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Steve Turner
@sj84turner.bsky.social
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A once keen birder and temporary Fair Isle resident in a previous life. Now just mostly obsessed with moths (Staffordshire VC39). Update Ordnance Survey data for a living.
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The only moth from last night was Acleris umbrella ☔️ 😑☹️
#TeamMoth
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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Shameless plug for possibly my favourite day of the year! The Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair. A brilliant event with just loads of interesting stands and people. At a new site this year so should be more space 😊😊😊😊
February 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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‘The Northern Lights’

Watercolour by Isaac James Turner (age 9)

😁 #ProudDad
January 25, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Great White Egret & Red Kite seen whilst out surveying by Hanchurch fishing pools this morning! Nice.
@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Both kids off school! 😀

But I might have to walk into the office for work 😐
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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The obligatory snow photo!!
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Shraleybrook - female Mandarin, 45 Teal & 4 Shoveler on the small pool here.
@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Balterley Heath - 3 Pink-footed Geese, 102 Wigeon & 2 Shoveler on the pool at Black Firs.
@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Madeley - 2 Chiffchaff at the sewage works, and 5 Goosander on the pool.
@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Siberian Chiffchaff at Seamer Sewage Farm this morning. Gave a nice "peep" call. Found by @sj84turner.bsky.social two days ago but remained silent at the time.
#Scarborough
##YorkshireBirding
@nybirdnews.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Probable Siberian Chiffchaff at Seamer Sewage works, N Yorks. In western boundary hedge with at least 3 Chiffchaff.

@birdguides.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
sj84turner.bsky.social
I’ve had some lovely Christmas presents, but this artwork on canvas from my 9 year old son was extra special 😄
#TeamMoth
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Ended the year the same way it began, with a Wogan 🥴😌
Fitting really.

That’s a wrap for 2025. See you all on the other side!
#TeamMoth
December 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Interested in moth trapping?

Wondering which trap to use? Or if different bulbs collect different species?

Using 100k samples from @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social our new paper looks at these questions and more! With with Bill Kunin and @katatrepsis.bsky.social

#mothsmatter #teammoth
Effect of bulb type on moth trap catch and composition in UK gardens
We analyse 10 years of records Garden Moth Scheme (GMS) to estimate the effect of bulb and trap type on the number of moths caught by moth traps. We find that brighter, higher wattage bulbs collect ...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
sj84turner.bsky.social
Just had a bumblebee outside on a window sill 😳
Maybe I should trap tonight…#TeamMoth
December 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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#TeamMoth
paulupwey.bsky.social Paul Harris @paulupwey.bsky.social · Dec 8
Some totting up for the year: 2 new macros and 16 new micros. Best micros for me were Ethmia bipunctella, Pammene aurana, Ypsolopha sequella and Yponomeuta irrorella. I think the aurana might take top spot, a simply stunning little micro. Garden list somewhere north of 850 now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Nine of my 41 NFGs for 2025 here in Cambs #teamMoth More details and first dates in the ALT text.

2025 totals: ~250 sessions, ~9000 moths ~400 species
Clockwise from top left with first appearance date: Lunar Hornet Moth (13 Jun to LUN lure), Striped Hawk-moth (29 Aug, very scarce immigrant, was on sheet behind trap, almost lost it before photo), Sandy Carpet (28 May), The Gothic (25 Jul), Purple-bar (6 Aug), Goat Moth (23 May, on the decline and very rare now, was on sheet behind trap), Pale Oak Beauty (15 Jun), The Seraphim (29 Apr), Scarlet Tiger (18 Jun, seems to have moved into gardens from the fenland woods this year).
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Five December Moth and a Mumber from last night.
I think that’s probably about it for this year 🥲
#TeamMoth
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Not as pretty as the macros, but some significant micro records from the garden this year.

Cadra figulilella (Raisin Moth) and Phycitodes saxicola (Lesser Clouded Knot-horn) both new for VC39, with at least four specimens of the latter recorded & confirmed by gen det.

#TeamMoth
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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And a few more of the macro NFGs from the garden this year, here in North Staffordshire.
A few details in ALT text.

#TeamMoth
Twin-spotted Wainscot & Privet Hawk-moth both new for SJ84. Juniper Pug was one of four NFG pug species this year, along Dwarf, Haworth’s and Cypress. 26 species of pug now recorded in the garden!
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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It’s freezing cold & I’m bored. So here’s a selection of the 34 macro NFGs from this year’s efforts in the garden. A few details in ALT text.
Micros to follow in a separate post!

A total of 95 NFGs pushed the garden total up to 603. A pretty crazy year all round.

#TeamMoth
Small Marbled was the second for VC39, beaten to the first by 48 hours! Two Four-spotted Footman arrived in June, the first of which was a joint-second for VC39. Ni Moth was the third for VC39, all three arriving within a week of each other. Oblique Carpet was new for SJ84. Bedstraw Hawk-moth speaks for itself 😁
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Remember a little while ago I said that the Joint Derbyshire moth Verification and Recording Team had been shortlisted for the @nbntrust.bsky.social awards? We only went and won it! Thank you @spinneybirder.bsky.social for your wonderful company! #teammoth #VC57
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The 20 new Macro moths for garden this year in order of capture. #TeamMoth
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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norfolkmoths.bsky.social
WOW! We have just passed 3.5 million records, it is certainly a record breaking year, details to come in December as I attempt a New for Norfolk advent calendar and post a species per day 😅... Yes we have had that many!!! #teammoth #norfolkmoths
norfolkmoths.co.uk passes 3.5 million records
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM