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Hello and welcome to my moth Blog. I now reside in a small village in East Cambridgeshire called Fordham. My Blog's aim is to promote and encourage others to participate in the wonderful hobby that is Moth-trapping.
Moth records are vital for building a picture of our ecosystem around us, as they really are the bottom of the food chain. They are an excellent early indicator of how healthy a habitat is. I openly encourage people to share their findings via social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.
So why do we do it? well for some people it is to get an insight into the world of Moths, for others it is to build a list of species much like 'Twitching' in the Bird world. The reason I do it....you just never know what you might find when you open up that trap! I hope to show what different species inhabit Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties.
On this Blog you will find up-to-date records and pictures.
I run a trap regularly in my garden and also enjoy doing field trips to various localities over several different counties.
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Thanks for looking and happy Mothing!

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NFY = New Species For The Year
NFG = New Species For The Garden
NEW! = New Species For My Records

Any Species highlighted in RED signifies a totally new species for my records.

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Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Saturday 18 September 2021

Moth surveying at Gifford Hall - Suffolk - 16/09/21

I was invited to carry out a moth survey at Gifford Hall in Suffolk.
 
Thursday had been very pleasant weather-wise, and after that lengthy deluge of rain we had on Tuesday (50mm in around six hours) the ground had dried up somewhat.
I was confident of a good baseline sample of moth species that typically fly at the end of Summer, and the beginning of Autumn.
I was assisted with setting up, and was even given a nice hot brew mid session, we really did need warming up it was that chilly!
It was a real shame as moths were very slow to come to the lights but we persevered until around 11pm when the temperature got a lot cooler.
 
Best moth of the night was a single Deep-brown Dart which feed predominantly on mature hedgerow species.
Also, a rather nice form of Common Marbled Carpet was good to see alongside the typical 'Orange-blotched' specimens.
 
I look forward to returning next year for some more surveys as the area is truly stunning!

Catch Report - Gifford Hall - Suffolk - 16/09/21 - 3 traps - 1x 250w Clear MV Robinson Trap & 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap & 1x Actinic Trap

Agonopterix heracliana sp 1
Angle Shades 1
Brindled Green 3
Brown-spot Pinion 1
Burnished Brass 1
Centre-barred Sallow 1
Coleophora alcyonipennella 2
Common Marbled Carpet 2
Common Wainscot 15+
Deep-brown Dart 1
Large Yellow Underwing 5
Light Emerald 2
Oak Hook-tip 1
Setaceous Hebrew Character 20+
Small Square-spot 1
Snout 5
Square-spot Rustic 15+

Brindled Green

Common Marbled Carpet



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