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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some decent late September variety here in West Wilts last night. Small mottled willow, worn L-album wainscot, 2 white point, 2 turnip, angle shades, first black rustic of the year. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

First dark sword grass of the autumn here in West Wilts (VC7). A couple of turnip moths the only other possible migrants. Lunar underwings having an amazing year here, over 50 this morning, overtaking LYUs. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Variable cockroach an unexpected addition from the moth trap this morning in West Wilts (VC7). Also Ypsolopha sequella NFG a bit of a looker. Second delicate of the year too. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Distinctly fresh autumnal morning here in West Wilts (VC7). White point, barred sallow, rosy rustic all NFY. Big increase in lunar underwings (17). A few summers hangers on continuing. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Clifden nonpareil from the garden trap last night in West Wilts (VC7). Our second record and first since 2020. Also a Nephopterix angustella (spindle knot-horn) perhaps of note. Zero migrants! #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Autumn moth interest this morning a bit limited in VC7, but maiden’s blush and centre-barred sallow are nice things. Migrant interest just from turnip and rush veneer. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our second garden delicate the highlight this morning, and first lunar underwing a sign of an advancing year. Flounced rustic still a major component of the catch in VC7. #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Dewick’s plusia a very welcome addition to the garden list in VC9, plus silver y for comparison, another small mottled willow and an oak hook-tip which are having a good year here. Unthinkable a few years ago! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some nice moths in our VC7 garden, even without a striped hawk…yet. Evergestis limbata, vestal and scarce bordered straw, plus a broad bordered v LBBYU duo. #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Small marbled in the garden trap in Wiltshire this morning, a garden first and a decent migrant at last. Also 4 small mottled willows, 3 rush veneers and 2 European corn borers. #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Long-tailed blues this morning on Portsdown Hill, Hants before the mercury sailed towards a hundred. Brilliant to finally catch up with this species, surely trying its best to colonise the UK. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Queen of Spain fritillary today in Hampshire. At least three in an arable margin, with clouded yellows, painted lady, vestal and hummingbird hawk-moth. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Some decent micros from the garden this morning, with three NFG here in darkest Wiltshire. Archips xylosteana, Scythropia crataegella (hawthorn moth), Mompha ochraceella, plus Homoeosoma sinuella that only appeared here last year.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Not in the league of others, but two small mottled willow were new for our garden last night, part of the big influx. Other nice bits of late like grass rivulet, clay triple lines and small waved umber.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Cracking morning on Salisbury Plain. Singing grasshopper warbler, 5 stone curlew and 5 bustards,4 grey partridge, pair of breeding curlew, singing whinchats and masses of new in whitethroats. Corn buntings a plenty thankfully.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A very damp Slimbridge today. Sanderling on the Tack Piece, 2 wild barnacles with 119 white fronts, 16 beans still and the 2 whoopers on the Rushy, 3 grey plover, 2 ruff etc. 74 sp. @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Splendid day at Slimbridge, 84sp. Best a flyover great northern diver, the Temminck’s plus a little stint, 10 returning WFs with fresh juvs, pink-foot, merlin, 2 barwit, 3 spotshank, 4 sanderling, 1000+ goldies etc

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

First dip back into the rockpools in SE Cornwall today, nice to see some old friends. Blue-rayed limpet, cushion starfish, gem anemone and shore rockling.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Only 5 moths in the trap this morning, but Merveille du jour the obvious star. A bit more quality from recent days, green-brindled crescent, red-line quaker, barred sallow. West Wilts. #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A few autumnal moths from the garden trap in West Wilts this week . Satellite and grey shoulder-knot NFG. White points frequent now. Feathered thorn a sign of the advancing season. #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Somerset reservoirs in fine fettle now. Looked at Cheddar & Chew today. Combined totals 36+ glossy ibis, 13 curlew sands, little stint, 32 GWEs at Cheddar alone, osprey, white-tailed eagle, 25 black terns, 4 greenshank, 2 ruff, 2 hobby, 2 marsh harrier, returning duck numbers building. #ukbirding

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

This Pandemis cinnamomeana was species 1000 for our small suburban garden. Barred hook-tip was 1001, would have been a nicer milestone. Species breakdown for anyone vaguely interested. #panspecieslisting @graemelyons.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Nice morning at Slimbridge today. Best were 9 shags (and a cormorant, honest) upriver at 1130. Also 2 knot on the river, wheatear on the Dumbles, redstart in the hedge nearby, 3 spoonbill, 20 odd ruff, 3 green sands etc. #ukbirding@wwtworldwide.bsky.social @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Highlight of our Austrian family holiday, watching European hamsters in Vienna Central Cemetary. Critically endangered, but doing well here, with a penchant for grave candles...

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Amazing couple of hours at Silverlakes in Dorset this afternoon. At least 6 male and one female scarlet darters the prize, but male red-veined darter, 2 male lesser emperors and loads of small red-eyeds. Unthinkable even a few years ago. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Tiny plant hunting in the New Forest today. Delighted to finally see yellow centaury in flower, with chaffweed and allseed for company. Thanks a million @trisnorton.bsky.social for the help. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #ukwildlife

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Rude not to pop over and see the male desert wheatear at Keynsham this morning, not what you expect in mid June! #ukwildlife #ukbirding

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It’s longhorn season, what great things they are. Agapanthia villosoviridescens, Rutpela maculata and Glaphyra umbellatrum, all from Chilcombe Bottom. @bathnature.bsky.social #ukwildlife

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Another invert foray today at Chilcombe Bottom. These were new for me, thistle tortoise beetle Cassida rubiginosa, the thorn-hopper Centrotus cornutus, yellow-barred longhorn moth & iris weevil Mononychus punctumalbum. #ukwildlife #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Chilcombe Bottom continued. And best of the rest, Downland villa beefly (Villa cingulata), a pile of young spiked shieldbugs (Picromerus bidens), knotgrass moth caterpillar (Acronicta rumicis), and a wonderful lacewing, probably Chrysopa perla. Top entertainment. 5/5. #ukwildlife

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Chilcombe Bottom continued. Terrific for hoverflies too. Crimson-belted leaf-walker (Brachypalpoides lentus), Dark-saddled Leucozona (Leucozona laternaria), Long-horned Othronevra (Orthonevra nobilis) & Blotch-winged white-belt (Leucozona lucorum). 4/5

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Chilcombe Bottom continued. Hymenoptera, with so many sawflies troughing down on the hogweed. Tenttaive IDs, Tenthredo mesomela, Arge melanochra, Macrophya duodecimpuctata and some randoms...3/5

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Chilcombe Bottom continued. First up beetles, Spotted longhorn Rutpela maculata, the tumbling flower beetle Variimorda villosa, Welsh chafer Hoplia philanthus and the click beetle Athous haemorrhoidalis. God bless hogweed. 2/5.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Further exploration of Chilcombe Bottom nr Bath this afternoon. Windy, but stacks of inverts to see....1/5

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Nice late pm wander at Wessex Water's lovely Charlecombe Bottom. Plenty to see, the tortrix Lathronympha strigana was new to me, smart false blister beetle Ischnomera cyanea, marbled white spot moth & escapee Rosa multiflora across the hedges. #ukwildlife #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

June always throughs up interest in our little garden. White-legged damselfly new for the year, ornate-tailed digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) on self sown ox-eye daisies, welted thistle a surprise garden tick & our mini-meadow looking ok after some rain. #ukwildlife @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

A few Devon hovers on hemlock water dropwort today in Topsham. Xanthogramma pedissequum, Riponnensia splendens, Chrysogaster solstitialis & Melangyna compositarum. A couple of those new to me I think.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Nice morning touring Portland and the Fleet, collecting various yearlies for @niallmachin1.bsky.social’s yearlist comp silliness. Best bits 5 Slavs (Tidmoor), 3 BN grebes and 3 GNDs Portland harbour and the 2 LT ducks Abbotsbury. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Good new years bash around Slimbridge yesterday, 79 sp, including spoonbill, whooper swan, GW teal, little stint, 5 cattle egret, ruff, kingfisher, peregrine, M harrier, WF geese, Bewicks etc. Coal tit a reserve tick too. The Frampton YBW was a real little star too. We go again...

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Slimbridge today. Cattle egret over car park, spoonbill flew into South Lake (+2 Epyptians). 4 returning Bewicks, smashing pintail (Rushy). Juv goshawk causing mayhem on Dumbles, ca. 14 whitefronts back, 2 DB brents, 4+ ruff, 5+ chiffchaff, siskin over, lots of fieldfare & redwing moving. 72 sp.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

A dark sword-grass and a silver Y here in West Wilts last night were as good as it got. A late LYU and a sleepy Eristalis pertinax best of the rest. 12 moths in total, most until next March? @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #migrantmoths #teammoth

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Weather entirely too nice on Portland this weekend, but a nice place to be. Beautiful gothic pick of 4 new moths for me, young stonechat ringed, pied & spotted flycatchers Culverwell, down shieldbug Slopes, passage waders Ferrybridge. 10sp butterflies inc Painted Ladies aplenty.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Still plugging away with garden moths. Grey chi a notable NFG, plus eyed hawk moth larva, year ticks this week white point and galium carpet.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

No showy hawk moths or prominents for us, but these were NFY this morning. Alder moth and light brocade, a common marbled carpet that wouldn’t pose and a garden pebble.

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

I'm new here, just come over from X for wildlife content. So, just posted a few garden moth pictures and had some likes, great! But unlike you other wildlife lot, my 'likers' seen like bots / folk I really doubt are entomologically inclined (see below). Am I missing a setting change?

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Paul Clack @paulclack.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Moths at last in the garden. 23 of 18 last night (West Wilts). 8 new for the year. Obligatory first buff tip on a stick, orange footman (NFG) and small waved umber the pick.

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