@spinneybirder.bsky.social
Birds, Moths, Photographer, Traveller, joint Derbyshire Moth Recorder
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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
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
20th November 2025, Emily Milnes and myself travelled down to Bristol to attend the @nbntrust.bsky.social Conference. Emily entered the Derbyshire Moth Verification and Recording Team into the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording Group Category. Well we only went and won it!!
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
20th November 2025, Emily Milnes and myself travelled down to Bristol to attend the @nbntrust.bsky.social Conference. Emily entered the Derbyshire Moth Verification and Recording Team into the NBN Awards for Wildlife Recording Group Category. Well we only went and won it!!
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New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
New #GBRedList for vascular plants is published today by a team led by @bsbibotany.bsky.social with partners @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @plantlifeintl.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @thebotanics.bsky.social
Hummingbird Hawk-moth in my South Derbyshire garden this morning - Saw it from the bedroom window - mad dash for camera, swop lenses, unlock doors and just managed a burst of shots before it flew off. Phew!!
July 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Hummingbird Hawk-moth in my South Derbyshire garden this morning - Saw it from the bedroom window - mad dash for camera, swop lenses, unlock doors and just managed a burst of shots before it flew off. Phew!!
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Confirmed from the 10th July, Dichomeris alacella - a new county record. @belperbirder.bsky.social @richardttaylor.bsky.social @cliveaderbys.bsky.social @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social @spinneybirder.bsky.social @derbysnottsentsoc.bsky.social #teammoth
July 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Confirmed from the 10th July, Dichomeris alacella - a new county record. @belperbirder.bsky.social @richardttaylor.bsky.social @cliveaderbys.bsky.social @danmartinwildlife.bsky.social @spinneybirder.bsky.social @derbysnottsentsoc.bsky.social #teammoth
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Lovely community event last night with @spinneybirder.bsky.social for 'Greener Littleover'. 2 hours trapping resulted in 74 of 31.
#teammoth #VC57
#teammoth #VC57
June 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Lovely community event last night with @spinneybirder.bsky.social for 'Greener Littleover'. 2 hours trapping resulted in 74 of 31.
#teammoth #VC57
#teammoth #VC57
The May edition of Derbyshire Moth News is available here www.derbyshiremoths.org/derbyshire-m...
Derbyshire Moths News Bulletin - May 2025 - www.derbyshiremoths.org
www.derbyshiremoths.org
June 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The May edition of Derbyshire Moth News is available here www.derbyshiremoths.org/derbyshire-m...
I am pleased to announce that ALL moth species on the www.Derbyshiremoths.org website now have Records, Maps and Charts attached to each species page. The maps also give an indication of numbers being trapped and where the moths are located throughout the county. Feedback is always good.
Welcome to Derbyshire Moths - www.derbyshiremoths.org
www.Derbyshiremoths.org
May 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I am pleased to announce that ALL moth species on the www.Derbyshiremoths.org website now have Records, Maps and Charts attached to each species page. The maps also give an indication of numbers being trapped and where the moths are located throughout the county. Feedback is always good.
The Derbyshire Moth News for April is now out click here for this bumper issue - www.derbyshiremoths.org/derbyshire-m...
Derbyshire Moths News Bulletin - April 2025 - www.derbyshiremoths.org
www.derbyshiremoths.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Derbyshire Moth News for April is now out click here for this bumper issue - www.derbyshiremoths.org/derbyshire-m...
We have launched Maps that are now live on the website - Under The Moths Tab - Macro = Map on Macro Distribution and same under Micro / Under Information TAB - Mapping Moths = Map on Macro v Micro and a Map on Distribution of All Moths We are still working on the individual species maps.
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We have launched Maps that are now live on the website - Under The Moths Tab - Macro = Map on Macro Distribution and same under Micro / Under Information TAB - Mapping Moths = Map on Macro v Micro and a Map on Distribution of All Moths We are still working on the individual species maps.
For results of my overnight moth trap (11/4/25) please click here - www.derbyshiremoths.org/moth-trap-11...
Moth Trap - 11th -12th April 2025 - www.derbyshiremoths.org
www.derbyshiremoths.org
April 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
For results of my overnight moth trap (11/4/25) please click here - www.derbyshiremoths.org/moth-trap-11...
The March edition of Derbyshire Moth News can be found here - www.derbyshiremoths.org/derbyshire-m...
Derbyshire Moths News Bulletin - March 2025 - www.derbyshiremoths.org
www.derbyshiremoths.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The March edition of Derbyshire Moth News can be found here - www.derbyshiremoths.org/derbyshire-m...
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Deeply saddened to hear of so many redundancies at @savebutterflies.bsky.social, most in front line butterfly+moth conservation. A huge loss of expertise just when we need it. Also cessation of international work. Let’s hope their finances recover soon when so many species are in dire trouble
April 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Deeply saddened to hear of so many redundancies at @savebutterflies.bsky.social, most in front line butterfly+moth conservation. A huge loss of expertise just when we need it. Also cessation of international work. Let’s hope their finances recover soon when so many species are in dire trouble
6 Brook Lamprey at Willington Wetlands car park in stream this early afternoon. A lifer and I gather quite rare in Derbyshire.
March 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
6 Brook Lamprey at Willington Wetlands car park in stream this early afternoon. A lifer and I gather quite rare in Derbyshire.
Here’s a bit of DOS nostalgia. As a small child I sent letters to one of my aunts who lived near Skegness. Lo and behold she had saved them all and they have found their way back to me. Whilst looking through them I found this newspaper cutting.Not much has changed? @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Here’s a bit of DOS nostalgia. As a small child I sent letters to one of my aunts who lived near Skegness. Lo and behold she had saved them all and they have found their way back to me. Whilst looking through them I found this newspaper cutting.Not much has changed? @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social
Images from this mornings Moth Trap - South Derbyshire - Oak Beauty; Early Grey , Hebrew Character, all NFY. 19 moths of 10 species.
March 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Images from this mornings Moth Trap - South Derbyshire - Oak Beauty; Early Grey , Hebrew Character, all NFY. 19 moths of 10 species.
I ran my garden light trap overnight (South Derbyshire) - Result, my first Yellow Horned for the garden, 4 March Moth, 1 Common Quaker, 1 Agonopterix heracliana.
March 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I ran my garden light trap overnight (South Derbyshire) - Result, my first Yellow Horned for the garden, 4 March Moth, 1 Common Quaker, 1 Agonopterix heracliana.
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Something that may be of interest to moffers... Colin Plant, the Herts. & Middx CMR produces a very informative and entertaining newsletter, "Moth Mumblings". These can be downloaded from www.hertsmiddxmoths.uk/newsletters..... #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
Newsletters Herts & Middlesex Moths
Newsletters The Moths of Herts & Middlesex. In association with the Herts & Middlesex Moth Group.
www.hertsmiddxmoths.uk
March 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Something that may be of interest to moffers... Colin Plant, the Herts. & Middx CMR produces a very informative and entertaining newsletter, "Moth Mumblings". These can be downloaded from www.hertsmiddxmoths.uk/newsletters..... #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
Avocet Foremark Res. Still present
March 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Avocet Foremark Res. Still present
I had found an Oystercatcher earlier but these beauties dropped in after my departure. Managed to connect with them later Foremark Res 7 Shelduck.
February 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I had found an Oystercatcher earlier but these beauties dropped in after my departure. Managed to connect with them later Foremark Res 7 Shelduck.
A sign of spring this afternoon - Snowdrops at Staunton Harold Hall
February 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A sign of spring this afternoon - Snowdrops at Staunton Harold Hall
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An embroidered #FoxOfTheDay today , created and shared by @ArtbyEmilyTull , thank you Emily !
January 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An embroidered #FoxOfTheDay today , created and shared by @ArtbyEmilyTull , thank you Emily !
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Y’know those little tufts of sheep’s wool you see on barbed wire fences? What if they aren’t always what they seem…
January 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Y’know those little tufts of sheep’s wool you see on barbed wire fences? What if they aren’t always what they seem…
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Black-spotted Chestnut from a couple of weeks ago, a rather localised and lovely looking species with the most bizarre distribution that makes no sense. Fordham, East Cambs. #teammoth
December 15, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Black-spotted Chestnut from a couple of weeks ago, a rather localised and lovely looking species with the most bizarre distribution that makes no sense. Fordham, East Cambs. #teammoth
Always a thrill to receive this which arrived today. A marvelous piece of work and congrats to all involved.
January 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Always a thrill to receive this which arrived today. A marvelous piece of work and congrats to all involved.