Martin's Moths

Hi one and all and a Merry Christmas plus all warm wishes for the New Year. The trap is packed away and I shall spend the next month or so...

It was a lovely evening last night, crisp and clear with a swollen moon presiding over the garden. I had a relatively leisurely morning i...

I haven't lit the lamp since my last post, three weeks ago, because that night the fuses went in the house and because it had rained,...

A week has gone by, of cold weather mostly, with rain moving in whenever the temperatures rise a little. It was so damp the other night ...

I haven't been putting the trap out much recently on account of the cold weather and darker nights, and this will now be the case unt...

Two nights ago, just before the cold snap arrived, I found this attractive pair on the cowl of the dew-covered moth trap. The lower one...

A solitary arrival three nights ago, the first time that this has been the case for a while. It's a handsome moth, though: the Spraw...

Here's a first. I've never started a post with a picture of the desert before. But the Sahara plus Hurricane Ophelia and now St...

We had a foggy journey back from London late last night and the garden was misty and very still when I put the trap out a little before ...

As much discussed in the UK, we enjoyed delightfully spooky weather yesterday, variously described as a Red Sun and Marmalade Skies. The ...