Martin's Moths

My new Robin is a great improvement on the one which pestered me over the moth trap for the last two years. That was a rather battered bruis...

I started this post back at the end of January and then got diverted. That is why it begins like this... We don't have snow or icicles a...

Four more moths new for the year have arrived: the Early Grey with its associations with flavoured tea, the Early Thorn in its highly distin...

Moths have begun to arrive in some numbers with the sudden and very welcome turn in the weather. A lovely warm afternoon yesterday was as go...

                                   Although my first six butterfly sightings of the year have all been Brimstones, the species is seeing ser...

Penny and I and a friend saw our first butterfly of the year yesterday, a very early Brimstone flying happily round in the sunshine which ha...

Happy New Year belatedly and I hope that you had a lovely Christmas, quiet or fun-filled according to your preference. We've had a happy...

There are endless advantages to having a hobby from the simple pleasure it gives to the more complex psychological needs which it no doubt f...