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, 12 September 2026

Some late records, summer hanging on

Another average September night here in my garden, with some late summer bits still hanging on.

A 2nd brood Scarce Silver-lines was recorded, the third year running that it has been warm enough for another brood, and the 3rd September record.
Another late specimen was a Knot Grass, which frequently has a second brood in the south.
 
On the smaller moth front, a season first Elachista canapennella was nice to see. An uncommon Elachista here. 
 
Just round the corner from me, Leslie Gardiner recorded a cracking Uncinus obductella, a new record for Fordham. 
 
The weather stays up and down. 
 
Moth garden list for 2026 stands at 681 species 
 
07/09/26 - Back Garden - Fordham - East Cambridgeshire - Actinic Trap

Macro Moths

Knot Grass 1 
Scarce Silver-lines 1

Macro Moths

Elachista canapennella 1

Uncinus obductella

Elachista canapennella

Knot Grass

Scarce Silver-lines

 

Posted by Bennyboymothman at 16:22