Moth-ing Break. Speyside, Cairngorms and Moray Dunes 5th – 12th August 2023 A week long moth recording holiday in Speyside targeting the...

1st to 8th July 2023 A week long moth recording holiday in the Norfolk Broads targeting the areas rare and scarce species. St Benets...

Late summer and early autumn, is the flight season for the catocalid moths – the underwings. These large, attractive moths are mostly...

On the weekend of 10th July I was privileged to be invited along with a few friends to a private reserve in the Norfolk Broads for a...

1st and 2nd July 2021 We arrived in Spean Bridge early evening and after a pleasant dinner we put the moth trap out in a local wood. It...

The 29th June dawned bright and sunny which was ideal as today we were going in search of a rare day flying moth, the Scotch Burnet....

There are a number of rare moths, dragonflies and orchids that are to be found only in Scotland in the UK. I have wanted to see many of...

In late June I received a message form a friend to let me know an orchid had been discovered in Kent that had not been seen in the UK...

In mid June while visiting my mum in Nottingham I took the opportunity to catch up with a rare and enigmatic moth - the Welsh Clearwing. ...

Anybody who follows me on Twitter will know that I regularly trap moths in The Prince's Coverts in Surrey. Thought yesterdays catch...

Took a Sunday drive into Wiltshire for a lovely day on Pewsey Down. It is an outstanding piece of chalk downland and abounds with...

Since their discovery only a couple of years ago, I'd been hoping to visit the colony of Tongue Orchids in Essex. Apart from a few plants...

On Saturday morning it was my pleasure to guide Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and his partner Michelle on a mornings walk on Thursley...

Last week I took the opportunity to spend the night at Dungeness Bird Observatory to do some moth trapping. The great things about Dunge...

After processing my moth trap adjacent to Headley Heath this morning I took a walk there for the first time in a while. The good news is...

The garden Red-belted Clearwings have started to emerge with the first coming to lure this morning. If it's anything loke last year we...

A survey of the Wood Spurge in Chiddingfold has confirmed the presence of the nationally rare Drab Looper Moth. Good news.

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting a couple of reserves in the nearby Chilterns. I was lucky enough to see Lady, Monkey, Military...

Photographed a beautiful female Common Blue on Box Hill and noted the rare day flying Lace Border is on the wing. Burnets also starting...

Orchids are out in good numbers in Surrey now. Have recorded 9 species in the last 2 days and some are very numerous. A few pics for you.