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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.
Please also check out the links in the sidebar to the right for other people's Blogs and informative Websites.
Thanks for looking and happy Mothing!

KEY

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.

If you have any questions or enquiries then please feel free to email me
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Saturday 6 January 2024

Latest from the garden trap

A couple of more moths have been recorded this week, just two moths mind, but thankfully both were new for the year.
A single Dark Chestnut on a wet Thursday night was all I could muster. The weather got so bad at 10pm that I had to shut it down.
Last night again I tried but it was rather chilly, and by 11pm it was far too cold. Luckily an Angle Shades was spotted on the wall behind the trap, my earliest record of this species.

The trap is now away for a bit as the weather deteriorates.


Moth garden list for 2024 stands at 4 species
 
04/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Dark Chestnut 1 [NFY] 

05/01/24 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths
 
Angle Shades 1 [NFY]

Dark Chestnut

Angle Shades


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