wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I new it wouldn't be long before they reached you 👍 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trapping in the garden of our accommodation in Kilnsea, East Yorks last night produced 201/27 including two nfm in Delicate & Feathered Ranunculus. Also Scarce Bordered Straw & 8 Beaded Chestnut #teammoth 0271
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The five Barnacle Geese were also at Beacon Ponds this afternoon (c.3.45-4.00) before heading south. 000
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Interesting piece, giving much pause for thought. However, I would question the arithmetic. 000
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#WWTSlimbridgeSightings there are now two Pectoral Sandpipers in water beyond Top New Piece looking west from Zeiss hide 041
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fairy quiet traps 21/9 (33/10) & 22/9 (43/14). However, Acrobasis suavella on the latter date was new for me with Black Rustic & Scrobipalpa ocellatana were nfy. Otherwise much as recent traps, 3 Garden Rose Tortrix and Eudonia angustea being the only 'different' species VC37 SO96 #teammoth 1220
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've never had 100+ of any species, although I did have 99 Large YUs one night earlier this month. 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Were there any moths left when you got back to the trap? 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#WWTSlimbridgeSightings Rushy 15.15: Spotshank 5, Greenshank 5, Garganey 3, Green Sand, Snipe, Ruff 3+. South Lake 13.30: Spoonbill, Blackwit c.200, Knot 27, Ruff 12+. 070
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've read the book, which was OK. Won't be able to comment on the Netflix interpretation as I generally avoid watching anything I've read. Usually raises too many utterances of "That didn't happen in the book". 010
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Another brown trap this morning, but more so. Nothing nfy, but my first Shuttle-shaped Darts & Garden Carpet for three weeks. Best was probably a single Pale Mottled Willow. 48/14 overall VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0170
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This morning's trap of 84/27 was almost exclusively brown, Lunar Underwing (5) being the only nfy and Silver Y & Rush Veneer the only hint of migration. Large YU, with 37, were unsurprisingly the most numerous but Lesser YU just reached double figures with 11 VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0200
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 10/09/202669/13 in this morning's trap, one nfy being Small Blood-vein. Silver Y (interesting markings on left wing), 2 Old Lady, Light Emerald & Yellow Shell the best of the rest VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0160
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Wasn't looking, just caught my eye on my way into town. Promise I won't make a habit of it 😉 000
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Absolutely no knowledge of leaf mines, this one caught my eye this afternoon. Obsidentify gives either S.aurella or S.spendidisimmella, so I presume the former is more likely but not definite. 220
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026175/17 in the trap this morning, despite the damp & blustery conditions. S Unexpectedly, 99 of them were Large YU, wth 23 Sq-spot & 16 Vine's Rustics also in double-figures. Migrants: 2 Rush Veneer & singles of Silver Y, PM Willow & Turnip. Also 2 Small Ranunc & 3 Cent-bar Sallow VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0210
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Re the LBBG, Tim only had bins & camera. Looks like 4 characters to me, where are the possible schemes based? 000
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 03/09/202641 would appear to be the record. It was 35 per Gert's Forum post last December. 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026An interesting question - it seems I have seven plus perhaps another many years ago in Lanzarote before I started trapping. 010
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Three hours to 20.00 at Moors Pool #uptonwarren. Several heavy rain showers didn't bring anything in, so the best was a single Wigeon that has been around for 2-3 days & a good count of 41 Gadwall. 1100
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Maybe Nephopterix angustella? Do you have spindle in or near your trap site? 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 25/08/202689/26 plus one each of Coleophora sp. & Bryotropha sp. Highlights of Centre-barred Sallow & Anania coronata nfy. Migrants Rusty-dot Pearl & Silver Y, others of interest Orange Swift, SM Willow, Y.scabrella & Large Fruit-tree Tortrix VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0182
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Nice find Pete. Hopefully, one will find its way down here shortly 🤞 000
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The first is Celypha lacunana (Common Marble) & the second is Water Veneer. 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Also Hummingbird Hawk-moth on buddleia for its fourth day. Vid from 18th #teammoth 090
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 20/08/202681/23 in the trap this morning, highlight being a nfm Clay Triple-lines plus my first Small Emerald since 2021. Large Fruit-tree Tortrix & Flounced Rustic also nfy. 27 Vine's Rustics & 13 LBBYUs accounted for almost half the moths VC37 SO96 #teammoth 1280
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A first for me this morning was Jersey Tiger. Scarce in Worcs to the end of 2024, I'm not sure how many have been reported in Worcs. in 2025 & 2026 to date, but suspect it's quite a few as the species spreads north. VC37 SO96 #teammoth 1250
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Late post re Thurs night's trap. 129/33, highlight being my first Vapourer. Also nfm was Phyllonorycter harisella with two nfy being Pale Mottled Willow & Ypsolopha scabrella. Duky Thorn was my first in the garden this year, also SM Willow (2), Wax Moth & Marbled Beauty VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0140
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A similar, if slightly duller, example in north-east Worcs this morning. 030
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The eclipse was eclipsed by a bank of dark cloud in NE Worcs 🤷😖 120
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It can be overwhelming, especially if you don't trap regularly so you get used to increasing numbers gradually. Just go for whatever looks different with the pots, macro or micro. It helps if you can deal with the trap indoors. You can then pot anything that looks interesting from walls & windows. 120
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 10/08/202686/34 this morning, which included 3 nfy - September Thorn (had been attacked by something as it only had one wing), Small China-mark & Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix - & one nfg for the year - Poplar Hawk-moth. Nothing else particularly notable VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0180
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Agree Spectacle. The other two, which I've brightened up a bit, look to be Straw Underwing (left) & Flounced Rustic (right). 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Non-egg box shots of yesterday's hawk-moth double VC37 SO96 #teammoth 0210
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There do seem to have been a few Striped HM in the county this year. No doubt other stuff I've not heard of too. 100
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Large moths the order of the day, though total numbers quite low. The highlights, in increasing size order, were: Pale Prominent (2nd of the week), Lime Hawk-moth (nfy) & Striped Hawk-moth (new). Possibly the first time I have audibly sworn when turning over an egg-box VC37 SO96 #teammoth 3240
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Not seen anything close to this since, even if I do have lots of purple toadflax in my garden 😔 110
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I've just looked back at my photos and it seems I was so conditioned to Foxglove Pugs that I even labelled them as Foxglove rather than Toadflax 🤦 Amended on the attached. 120
wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The thing that struck me initially about Toadflax was that the crossbands seemed brighter and more solid in colour. That made me look at it more closely. 110
