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New Moths
Green Arches, Anaplectoides prasina. Crowborough, 24 June 2017.I have been seeing a lot of new moths in my garden in Crowborough, some that I didn't see in my Hayes garden, some that I have never seen...
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More Thorns
Purple Thorn, Selenia tetralunaria. Luxford Lane, Crowborough, 20 July 2017. Thorns are STILL my favourite moths for looks. They are gorgeous. I've seen four species here in Crowborough, of which...
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The Trees (that were) In The Knoll
Fallen Horse-chestnut in The Knoll, Hayes. 8 June 2017.Making occasional trips back to Hayes while selling my old house there. So while there, I have been looking in on The Knoll, my nearest local...
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Pugs
Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata. Luxford Lane, Crowborough, 2 August 2017.Pugs are a group of small moths, most of them in the tribe Eupitheciini of the family Geometridae, that mostly...
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More Pugs
Lime-speck Pug, Eupithecia centaureata. Jubilee Country Park, 2 June 2012.More Pugs! Starting with this easily recogniseable Lime-speck Pug from Jubilee Country Park. The white wings with a dark...
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August Moths at Sevenoaks
Common Wave, Cabera exanthemata. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 26 August 2017. A whole bunch of light-coloured moths turned up this month at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, in the trap set behind the...
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Some of the Ashdown.
Camps in a grove on Ashdown Forest.Here are some impressions of the Ashdown Forest, which is mostly moorland. But it does have plenty of trees, some in groves like this one which is just downhill from...
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Marbled Carpets
Common Marbled Carpet, Dysstroma truncata. Luxford Lane, Crowborough, 26 September 2017.This is a Common Marbled Carpet. It's quite variable in colouration, but consistent as to shape and general...
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Ashdown Woodland Track
Silk Button Spangle Galls on a fallen oak leaf. Ashdown, 15 October 2017.I am starting to see where the interesting places are in my new area. Of course, some are obvious and are marked on maps. But...
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Some Ashdown Fungi
Marden's Hill from Church Hill car park, Ashdown Forest, 24 October 2017.The Ashdown is a mixture of woods and moorland. This spot has a good mixture of trees, and not far away is the stream I showed...
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Wide Angle Moorland
Old Lodge Nature Reserve, Ashdown Forest. 22 February 2018I walked around part of the Old Lodge nature reserve with an extra wide angle lens on my camera. It's just a cheap add-on, and not very...
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Small Brindled Beauty, Apocheima hispidaria. In my light trap in Crowborough on 4 March 2018.The moths are back! Here are a few that have turned up in my garden light trap in Crowborough. Some of...
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Sevenoaks Moths for March
Oak Beauty, Biston strataria. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 24 March 2018.Once a month (usually) I go to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve to unpack a moth trap that has been set out behind the visitor centre...
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Walshes Park
Alder Brook, Walshes Park, Crowborough, 2 April 2018.Walshes Park in Crowborough is almost a secret. A huge, empty secret. It's a new park, and it's not mentioned in the town guide booklet, and...
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Another Thorn!
Purple Thorn, Selenia tetralunaria. In my garden light trap on 21 April 2018.Thorns are my choice for the UK's most dramatically beautiful moths. This one was in my light trap, but flew out and...
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Eridge Rocks
Eridge Rocks, 26 April 2018This part of the High Weald has quite a few sandstone cliffs and outcrops, something we did not have in the Hayes area where I used to live. That area was mostly on chalk...
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To continue ...
Swallow-tailed Moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria. In my garden light trap set on 22 June 2018Nearly two months since my last post! I keep getting material together and thinking it's not yet complete...
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A Boxful
Moths from a garden light trap in an egg box. 25 June 2018.When I have counted and photographed moths from my garden light trap, I tap as many as I can into one or two of these small egg boxes and...
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Country Park Butterflies
Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus. Crowborough Country Park, 6 July 2018.Crowborough Country Park is a small but scenic area managed by our local ranger. It was a clay quarry as recently as 1980, and has...
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On the Fence
Moths on the fence near my light trap. Crowborough, 14 July 2018.On any good mothing night there is a collection of moths near, but not inside, the light trap. It's interesting that the moths that...
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Catkins
Hazel catkins on Hayes Common, 5 February 2017.I was searching my photo folders with the key work "cat" and I came across a lot of interesting pictures, including cathedrals and catkins. So here are...
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A few views of Wakehurst
A meadow at Wakehurst, West Sussex. 17 August 2018.Wakehurst is a botanic garden in West Sussex, owned by the National Trust but run by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It's half an hour's drive from...
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Ashdown Woods
Ashdown Forest looking south from below Church Hill car park, 19 August 2018Hot and dry weather has been kind to this part of the Ashdown, which I think must never be entirely dry. Water runs down...
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Sevenoak Moths August 2018
Acleris emargana. Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, 29 August 2018There was a reasonable collection of late Summer moths in the trap at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve this month. One moth was sitting on top of...
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A Rare Treat
Clifden Nonpareil, Catocala fraxini. Crowborough, 4 September 2018.This is a Clifden Nonpareil, sometimes called Blue Underwing. It was once resident in the UK, but died out, and was then seen only as...
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