Martin's Moths

  Most unusually, I forgot about the moth trap this morning and only realised at 11am that it was running with the light still blazing...

My title for this post is a little harsh, but of all the places to hibernate, this unfortunate Small Tortoiseshell picked one of the w...

I once stayed in a Quaker B&B in the Lake District and much enjoyed it, although the well-meaning practice of befriending a solitar...

Penny does yoga on Monday mornings so I have posted the picture above in her honour. Not that there is any resemblance, but the creatu...

It's easy to think at this time of year that the moth season is over and that the worsening weather and darker mornings mean that t...

Rain has stopped play for the time being but when I went out this morning to bring in the trap, I saw the sad sight above. It's the...

I have been re-reading the best books yet written on (a) butterflies and (b) moths, both by the same expert author, the late Professor Ed...