David Bradley
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UK-based wildlife photographer, moth-er, birder, singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, chorister, author, allotmenteer, pondlifer, wild gardener, husband, father, oh and 36y+ a science writer #music #science #teamMoth #UKBirding Nature Matters
Grey Shoulder-knot was 40th new for garden of 391 total species this year for me; previously I've only seen it in Hayley Wood, west of Cambridge in 2023 #teamMoth
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Grey Shoulder-knot was 40th new for garden of 391 total species this year for me; previously I've only seen it in Hayley Wood, west of Cambridge in 2023 #teamMoth
I think I've finally memorised the chord changes for "Everybody wants to be a cat" for #panto but, of course, they'll go awry once we're rolling with it with keys and drums...they're nothing hard and they go to the expected places, there are just quite a few
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think I've finally memorised the chord changes for "Everybody wants to be a cat" for #panto but, of course, they'll go awry once we're rolling with it with keys and drums...they're nothing hard and they go to the expected places, there are just quite a few
Lots of reports of dead swans and more on our local patches from the birding chatgroups. Not good. #UKBirding
There are idiots out there with shotguns still wildfowling too, not only causing putatively infected birds to disperse, but potentally handling and even cooking birds carrying the disease
There are idiots out there with shotguns still wildfowling too, not only causing putatively infected birds to disperse, but potentally handling and even cooking birds carrying the disease
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Lots of reports of dead swans and more on our local patches from the birding chatgroups. Not good. #UKBirding
There are idiots out there with shotguns still wildfowling too, not only causing putatively infected birds to disperse, but potentally handling and even cooking birds carrying the disease
There are idiots out there with shotguns still wildfowling too, not only causing putatively infected birds to disperse, but potentally handling and even cooking birds carrying the disease
Still no Wogan...but then it's perhaps too warm for him, 12C here in Cambs for me.
390th species of the year - Black-spotted Rustic
Also, a bunch of the usual reprobates: Large Wainscot,
LBAM, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Turnip Moth #teamMoth
390th species of the year - Black-spotted Rustic
Also, a bunch of the usual reprobates: Large Wainscot,
LBAM, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Turnip Moth #teamMoth
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Still no Wogan...but then it's perhaps too warm for him, 12C here in Cambs for me.
390th species of the year - Black-spotted Rustic
Also, a bunch of the usual reprobates: Large Wainscot,
LBAM, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Turnip Moth #teamMoth
390th species of the year - Black-spotted Rustic
Also, a bunch of the usual reprobates: Large Wainscot,
LBAM, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Turnip Moth #teamMoth
I'm sure I could look it up, but what's the etiquette on kilt wearing, if you're only 1/8 Scottish?
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm sure I could look it up, but what's the etiquette on kilt wearing, if you're only 1/8 Scottish?
After 18 years singing with a community choir with the same leader and pianist, it was quite an odd feeling going to rehearsals today with a new MD and accompanist at the Saffron wing...lots of old friends there, of course, from the old massed choir, enjoyable session, but still an odd feeling
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After 18 years singing with a community choir with the same leader and pianist, it was quite an odd feeling going to rehearsals today with a new MD and accompanist at the Saffron wing...lots of old friends there, of course, from the old massed choir, enjoyable session, but still an odd feeling
The Sprawler turned up last night, great moth #teamMoth It was on the fence near the trap
I seem to have it in my April records, twice, this year, which seems odd...it's an October-December flyer, isn't it?
I seem to have it in my April records, twice, this year, which seems odd...it's an October-December flyer, isn't it?
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Sprawler turned up last night, great moth #teamMoth It was on the fence near the trap
I seem to have it in my April records, twice, this year, which seems odd...it's an October-December flyer, isn't it?
I seem to have it in my April records, twice, this year, which seems odd...it's an October-December flyer, isn't it?
From a couple of nights ago, Australian Orange-tip. 2 seen in our Cambs garden, along with a handful of the more usual suspects #teamMoth
Tachystola acroxantha first arrived in the UK around 1908 carried in on imported plants, it's been spreading over the last few years
Tachystola acroxantha first arrived in the UK around 1908 carried in on imported plants, it's been spreading over the last few years
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
From a couple of nights ago, Australian Orange-tip. 2 seen in our Cambs garden, along with a handful of the more usual suspects #teamMoth
Tachystola acroxantha first arrived in the UK around 1908 carried in on imported plants, it's been spreading over the last few years
Tachystola acroxantha first arrived in the UK around 1908 carried in on imported plants, it's been spreading over the last few years
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A shameless plug for my brother, who has created this book!
Ideal for children, or if you just enjoy a bit of mindful colouring, etc 🙂
Thanks.
#TeamMoth
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Ideal for children, or if you just enjoy a bit of mindful colouring, etc 🙂
Thanks.
#TeamMoth
amzn.eu/d/amK2hXu
Butterflies and Moths Puzzle and Colouring Book: Including Fascinating Facts, Word Searches, Mazes and Colouring Pages : Turner, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Butterflies and Moths Puzzle and Colouring Book: Including Fascinating Facts, Word Searches, Mazes and Colouring Pages : Turner, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A shameless plug for my brother, who has created this book!
Ideal for children, or if you just enjoy a bit of mindful colouring, etc 🙂
Thanks.
#TeamMoth
amzn.eu/d/amK2hXu
Ideal for children, or if you just enjoy a bit of mindful colouring, etc 🙂
Thanks.
#TeamMoth
amzn.eu/d/amK2hXu
Had a great jam session with a couple of mates in our newly rebuilt "studio" today (it's just the conservatory, but with a proper roof now). 09h30 start, no booze, no drugs, not exactly Rock 'n Roll, but close...
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Had a great jam session with a couple of mates in our newly rebuilt "studio" today (it's just the conservatory, but with a proper roof now). 09h30 start, no booze, no drugs, not exactly Rock 'n Roll, but close...
Just a couple of handfuls last night in Cambs #teamMoth 12 of 7
But first NFG for a while - Australian Orange-tip, Tachystola acroxantha (2x)
Diamond-back Moth, LBAM 3x, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Silver Y, Turnip 3x
But first NFG for a while - Australian Orange-tip, Tachystola acroxantha (2x)
Diamond-back Moth, LBAM 3x, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Silver Y, Turnip 3x
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just a couple of handfuls last night in Cambs #teamMoth 12 of 7
But first NFG for a while - Australian Orange-tip, Tachystola acroxantha (2x)
Diamond-back Moth, LBAM 3x, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Silver Y, Turnip 3x
But first NFG for a while - Australian Orange-tip, Tachystola acroxantha (2x)
Diamond-back Moth, LBAM 3x, Least Carpet, Red-green Carpet, Silver Y, Turnip 3x
I know you're dying to know how old I am, well here's a clue, when I started out as a science writer, I was writing material for CD-ROMs, such as Encarta and Dorling Kindersley etc
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I know you're dying to know how old I am, well here's a clue, when I started out as a science writer, I was writing material for CD-ROMs, such as Encarta and Dorling Kindersley etc
So...I've got first pit band rehearsal for this year's show...will I still be lighting up tonight? #teamMoth
#WhatDoYouThink
#WhatDoYouThink
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So...I've got first pit band rehearsal for this year's show...will I still be lighting up tonight? #teamMoth
#WhatDoYouThink
#WhatDoYouThink
Fairly apparent where the "Feathered" comes from in the name of the Feathered Thorn moth #teamMoth. The "Thorn" not so much, that's derived from the look of the larva, which is very twiggy and will set itself erect at 90 degrees to a twig on its foodplant to hide from predators in plain sight
November 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Fairly apparent where the "Feathered" comes from in the name of the Feathered Thorn moth #teamMoth. The "Thorn" not so much, that's derived from the look of the larva, which is very twiggy and will set itself erect at 90 degrees to a twig on its foodplant to hide from predators in plain sight
Took me a while to relocate this Feathered Thorn #teamMoth after it fluttered off some garden shelving next to the trap and landed on this bit of brick
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Took me a while to relocate this Feathered Thorn #teamMoth after it fluttered off some garden shelving next to the trap and landed on this bit of brick
Corvid was harrying a Common Buzzard over the fen, I got a few snaps and in this one it looks like the tables were turned they weren't. What I'm not 100% on is whether this is a Carrion Crow or a Northern Raven, couldn't hear any cronking at the time so assuming crow #UKBirding
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Corvid was harrying a Common Buzzard over the fen, I got a few snaps and in this one it looks like the tables were turned they weren't. What I'm not 100% on is whether this is a Carrion Crow or a Northern Raven, couldn't hear any cronking at the time so assuming crow #UKBirding
In 2022, I found some set-aside with 20+ Clouded Yellow. It was subsequently razed but wild again this year. There were 6-7 CYs today and a solitary female Common Blue. #Butterfly Have these migrant CYs naturalised?
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In 2022, I found some set-aside with 20+ Clouded Yellow. It was subsequently razed but wild again this year. There were 6-7 CYs today and a solitary female Common Blue. #Butterfly Have these migrant CYs naturalised?
Eponymous lepidopterist moths #teamMoth
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Moth’s named for people – David Bradley Science Writer
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November 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Eponymous lepidopterist moths #teamMoth
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Still no sign of Wogan here in Cambs for me, despite the cold and wet #teamMoth
First Brick of the year (very worn, not the one pictured), brings garden total for 2025 to almost 9000 moths of 387 species
First Brick of the year (very worn, not the one pictured), brings garden total for 2025 to almost 9000 moths of 387 species
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Still no sign of Wogan here in Cambs for me, despite the cold and wet #teamMoth
First Brick of the year (very worn, not the one pictured), brings garden total for 2025 to almost 9000 moths of 387 species
First Brick of the year (very worn, not the one pictured), brings garden total for 2025 to almost 9000 moths of 387 species
More moth name silliness #teamMoth, this time the British moths named after other animals
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October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
More moth name silliness #teamMoth, this time the British moths named after other animals
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So, moths with body parts in their names... #teamMoth #JustForFun including tongues, feet, snouts, wings, shoulders, and hearts
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October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So, moths with body parts in their names... #teamMoth #JustForFun including tongues, feet, snouts, wings, shoulders, and hearts
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