Martin's Moths

I am quite enjoying my trapless life because of the premium it places on scouting for moths at other, less powerful sources of light. He...

I'm afraid that my moth lethargy continues for the time being, with my trap bulb broken and rather a lot of other projects on the go....

Hello for the first time in 2015 - and apologies for the inertia here. Life's been busy, the weather hardly conducive to mothy excite...

...and the happiest of New Years too. Things have been very quiet here since I last posted, with few nights of trapping and nary a moth to...

We had some friends staying a year or so ago and when I took them their morning tea, they said: "We didn't know you had a ligh...

The weather has largely continued wet and/or cold, I've been busy and the trap has been idle. Hence the peace and quiet which reigns...

For the first time this year, the eggboxes were empty yesterday morning following a night which saw temperatures fall almost to freezin...

I've got up early today and the garden is still washed by the blueish light of the moth trap, but I am not expecting great things....

Debates about carpets are probably most associated with young couples furnishing their first home. In my case,  it's the issue of whe...

Have you met the Feathered Thorns? This sounds like a line from Agatha Christie or one of those society novels of the 1930s. You k...

The current mild spell is bringing all sorts of exciting moths to the UK on southerly winds from the Continent and we have all been ur...

Happiness reigns in the Land of Wainwright because my faithful assistant Miranda has come back. As always it was Eagle-Eye Penny who fo...

Years ago when I was a young reporter on the Bath Evening Chronicle , the Queen visited the city and to the consternation of our Fashio...