#MigrantMothUK

Another interesting collection to the actinic & MV overnight. A pristine Dark Sword-grass was the pick of the migrant moths, while a surprise Bunny Moth is easily our latest record to date. A bit faded now but the bunny's still there! @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleymothobs #norfolkmoths #teammoth

At Landguard this morning a probable migrant Dusky lemon Sallow was in one of the moth traps @neilsmothman.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

63/21 in SE Hants with 3 NFY. Sallow, Pink-barred Sallow and Deep-brown Dart were new. Surprise moth was a late Least Carpet, migrants/locals were Four-spotted Footman, Turnip Moth and Clancy’s Rustic #teammoth #migrantmothuk

46:18 was better than expected from my cold S Hants VC11 garden. The undoubted highlight was a clifden nonpareil, 1 silver Y the other migrant. Others bits included northern deep brown dart 1, black rustic 1, pink barred sallow 1, sallow 3 and L-album wainscot 6. #teammoth #migrantmothuk

Another migrant at today's Grosvenor & Hilbert Park moth event - White Point

The beautiful Palpita vitrealis (Olive-tree Pearl), a migrant pyralid, at today's moth event at Grosvenor & Hilbert Park

Considering we're 30 miles inland, we had a surprising number of migrants in our trap for today's Grosvenor & Hilbert Park moth event - including Vestal (left) and seven L-album Wainscot (right)

Trapping around Cothill Fen this week produced some nice moths including Clifden Nonpareil! Evergestis limbata was the rarest to turn up, and it was nice to see Vestal and other migrants #teammoth @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Passenger Moth trapped overnight at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

181/48 in SE Hants. Best was a Vestal with other common migrants, 3 Rush Veneer, 1 Rhubarb, 1 L-album, 2 Clancy’s, 11 Four Spotted, 3 Blair’s. Unusual moths, as in very late were Small Yellow Wave and a Blackneck. Box Moth numbers have rebounded this year with 10 overnight. #teammoth #migrantmothuk

79/18 here in Mundford VC28 overnight for week 29 of @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social Clancy's Rustic and Four-spotted Footman nfy, single Angle Shades in the trap and Silver Y to ORI lure the only other migrants #teammoth #norfolkmoths

A busy night in St Mellion, SE Cornwall, with c500 moths of 53 species recorded. Most of the migrants arrived later in the night. Highlights: Striped Hawk-moth and 2 Cosmopolitan. #teammoth

In our garden, at least, #mothing is about the browns of decaying leaves. So to see an unseasonably late, vibrant-green Scarce Silver-lines this morning was a treat. Especially as the best migrant - on what I was hoping would be a decent night - was Dark Sword-grass. #teammoth #MuchAdoAboutMothing

The temperature is certainly good, but we've had constant drizzle, which wasn't forecast. A bit breezy as you say, but noting ventured... Hopefully, you get your Black Rustic 🤞It's about time I had a decent migrant here 🙏. Take heed moth gods!

Little sketch of yesterday’s Silver-striped hawkmoth. @philj61.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #TeamMoth #NatureNotebook

It almost escaped trying to pot it but in the end I've got my 2nd very rare migrant moth at light this autumn, Diasemiopsis ramburialis! About the 16th for Belgium since 1980 and my 708th garden species, hopefully better pics this evening... #mothmigration #insectmigration #mothsmatter

This morning, I discovered a Vestal in the trap, which is bittersweet. Aside from the fact that it's a new tick for my garden, it doesn't even have a hint of pink. It's a scarce migrant moth where I live in VC61. #teammoth #mothsmatter #moths #leptember @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

25/11 much colder last night here in Hunstanton, nothing new. Possible migrants: Silver Y*, Rush Veneer* & Scarce Bordered Straw. Also 7 SSD*, Box-tree & Frosted Orange etc. (The Conv. HM stayed on fence until Dusk) #teammoth #norfolkmoths Peacock butterfly on window this morning, warming up.

On my travels to Spain - 4th Sep 2025 I was at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, - great accommodation & for moth trapping too! in the evening out in Sandwich for a Pizza with the warden and friends. And we talked lots about moths! Excellent coastal and migrant moth trapping #teammoth #spanishmoths

Silver Y (Autographa gamma) - North Antrim, September 2025. As well as the rarer migrant moths, some of the more frequently encountered ones have been showing up as well. #moths #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

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Some great birding today, with plenty of migrants making landfall throughout the day. Personal highlights included 2 Barred Warblers, 2 Rosefinch, a Wryneck, Black and Common Redstart, 7 Garden Warblers and nearly 20 Willow Warblers! Four Convolvulus Hawkmoth and two Bat sp in the evening at nets.

And just when you're left wondering, is it worth the effort, the answer flies in out of the darkness. Assumed migrant, Oncocera semirubella - Rosy Knot-horn. What a moth! Oo-la-la! #teammoth #norfolkmoths #MigrantMothUK

Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) North Antrim, Sept 2025. The first of this scarce migrant I have seen in N. Antrim. Also of note was a Scarce Bordered Straw. #moth #mothsmatter #teammoth #gcampbellphoto @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

A bevy of Beauties in last nights trap included a NFG Lilac Beauty that took my breath away. The migrants were mainly imagined whistling overhead in the southerly, heading for Minehead it seems. ECB, ferrugalis and a tired (?retrapped) Vestal consoled. Next, a camping (&ninja #teammoth ing!) break.