Welcome

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, I have now removed commenting as the bots were starting to appear
Contact Email : bensale@rocketmail.com

My Latest Notables and Rarities

Saturday, 16 May 2026

Still very quiet and far too cold

Cold and just rather bleak lately, so i've barely run the trap although that looks set to change from mid next week!

The last two nights have been very slim pickings, adding a Shears to the year list on Thursday night, and a Grey-pine Carpet last night, hardly inspiring stuff.

There were no micros on either night, showing just how the cold temperatures really puts off the smaller moths, with lows of 4/5 degrees on both nights.

Hopefully milder nights now, but a few wet ones incoming.

 

Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 180 species

 

14/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths
 
Shears 1 [NFY] 
 
 
 
15/05/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap
 
Macro Moths

Grey-pine Carpet 1 [NFY]
Garden Carpet 1
Heart & Dart 3 
Pebble Prominent 1
Rustic Shoulder-knot 1
Shuttle-shaped Dart 3
Spectacle 1 
Treble Lines 5
Turnip Moth 5

Micro Moths

None Recorded!
 
Turnip Moth

Grey-pine Carpet

Shears

 
Posted by Bennyboymothman at 20:39