The 12th National Moth Week starts today! As a country co-ordinator for the UK, feel free to contact me for any details or identifications and I will do my best to help. The UK weather isn't looking great for moths this coming week sadly! Good luck all! https://t.co/GCwRFB0e7B

Season first Black-spotted Chestnut was welcome here on the 27th, a female as well. It was the pick of 13 moths of 9 species. Photography extremely hard in low-light Winter conditions. No trapping on the horizon just yet. Fordham, East Cambs

The last moths before the cold. A superbly marked Rush Veneer (Nomophila noctuella) and an equally vibrant Scarce Umber. Both from the 12th of November. Fordham, Cambs

Latest from the garden moth trap. From the 7th and before I feel ill. 3 new species were added to the year list, December Moth x2, Scarce Umber & a garden first Crocidosema plebejana. That makes it a record 675sp recorded here, with probably no new ones left now. East Cambs

07/11/25 - Crocidosema plebejana to my actinic trap overnight here in Fordham, East Cambs. A first for my garden and moth species no.918. @MigrantMothUK

3 new species on Wednesday night here in Fordham, East Cambs amongst 24 species. The new ones were Vestal, Cosmopterix pulchrimella & Mottled Umber. Least Carpets having a big 3rd brood this year. 2025 year list now at 672sp.

Vestal to my Actinic trap here in East Cambs on the 5th of November. My 4th record for my garden. A completely different colour to the others (also pictured below for comparison). My first brown one for many years. @MigrantMothUK

Diurnea lipsiella today at work in East Cambs. The moth was flying next to me in the sunshine at 11am, no pot to hand sadly, but a few fuzzy record shots had to suffice. 2nd county record and not seen since 1998. No Oak in the vicinity, couldn't believe it!

Two more new species added to the garden year list on the 28th of October. 2x Sprawler and only my 2nd garden record of Pale November Moth, also more Plumed Fan-foots & a White Ermine cat. Mothing has been meh lately and i've stayed dark a lot. 668sp for 2025. Fordham, East Cambs

666 for the year, o dear... stuck on that currently as we edge closer to Halloween. A Dusky-lemon Sallow turned up on Sunday night. Very little opportunity to run the trap now. Other highlights included Caloptilia semifascia, a nice Turnip & Musotima nitidalis. Fordham, Cambs

2025 is officially the joint best year with 2022 on 645sp. On the 17th I added a 2nd garden record of Streak & 2 Yellow-line Quaker's. 109 moths of 31 species was an October record. Fordham, East Cambs

Will someone tell the moths that it's nearly November 🤣

Probably my smartest ever Delicate from Friday night. hint of migration here in Fordham, East Cambs, with two Udea ferrugalis & 1 Plutella xylostella. @MigrantMothUK

Macros (332) & Micros (331) are battling for top spot with 1 species in it for the year. Grey Shoulder-knot was new for the year on Thursday, but a tricky Epinotia (either caprana or maculana) was a super new for the garden. Cypress Carpet also returns. Fordham, East Cambs

Just 4 species to level with the best year here of 665 species. On Wednesday night 2x Grey-pine Carpet & 1x Brindled Green were new. A belated Humming-bird Hawk-moth that my wife saw on the doorstep at 9am on the 1st of October. Fordham, East Cambs

Two new species of moth for the year on Monday night increased the total to 658 sp. A probable male Autumnal Moth was dissected and correct, and the seemingly scarce these days, Brown-spot Pinion was the 2nd. Acleris rho,bana doing well & loads of Beaded Chestnut. Fordham, Cambs.

Cosmopterix pulchrimella today flying in front of me at work here in East Cambs, it luckily settled on a wall where I was able to quickly pot it up. A nightmare to get photos of I must add!

Latest moths from my garden moth trap. It was a green theme on Saturday night with two returning Red-green Carpet, one being very vivid indeed (last seen in April) and the stunning Merveille du Jour, that doesn't really need an introduction! 656sp for 2025. Fordham, East Cambs

10 more species needed for 2025 to level with the best year in my garden of 665 species, which was reached in 2022. On Friday night, late first for year Pine Carpets & a trio of Phyllonorycter messaniella were the pick. A couple of Acleris schalleriana & some more Mallows.

Two migrants & two new ones on Tuesday night. Dark Sword-grass, Udea ferrugalis (migrants) & November Moth & Red-line Quaker the new species. All amongst 19sp overall. Fordham, East Cambs

2 new species were added on the 5th of October, taking me past 650sp for the year. Feathered Thorn & the super sparkly Green-brindled Crescent. Nomophila noctuella was noteworthy & only my 3rd all year, and a mint Hypsopygia glaucinalis was my latest. Fordham, East Cambs