Trevor Codlin

Tissue moth

Buttoned Snout

Bloxworth Snout

Another bat survey today in South-east Hants, exploring tunnels on Portsdown Hill. The highlights for me were another Tissue, Buttoned Snout and Bloxworth Snout. Also a dozen or so herald moths and over 50 peacock butterflies. #teammoth

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Grasshopper warbler

It’s not been a great year numbers wise at Titchfield Haven NNR, but today the 200th grasshopper warbler of the year was ringed. This is now the highest total since 2014 when we ringed 341 from 29 sessions, this year there have only been 19 sessions so far. #ukbirding #birdringing

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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

Very little on the migrant front for me 1 each dark sword-grass and rush veneer also 4 four spotted footman, 3 Clancy’s rustic and a white-point bit they are probably not migrants

The wonderful intricately marked Cherry Bark Moth (Enarmonia formosana) to light in the Hampshire garden last night. Ignore micros at your peril! #TeamMoth

4am on 25/8

4pm on 25/8

11pm on 25/8

A couple of interesting nights on the way as our weather is influenced by ex-hurricane Elin. Tonight, we could see the 1st arrivals in S. Ireland, SW Britain & perhaps along the south coast. Monday will be very warm with air from N. Africa, and perhaps the most likely night for migrants. #teammoth

Cracking photo!

My nephew even had one on his front door last week, and I know of a few others that have caught them so must be fairly common this year.

Gypsy Moth - a few have been caught locally so no surprise really, but a new moth for me!

Face on these antennae look like the big ears of a brown long-eared bat

This pic a took a few years ago. A brown long-eared bat with ears up. I may have to start a new feed of moths that look like bats!

82:48 to my South Hants VC11 garden last night. Some nice bits - Jersey & Garden Tigers, shaded broad-bar, rosy rustic, four-spotted footman & a diamond back, but this Gypsy Moth was the star, a new moth for me. Great antennae - face on it looks like a brown long-eared bat #teammoth #migrantmothuk

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Amazing footage!!

21 day old ringed plover chick

21 day old ringed plover chick

Mum, standing guard very diligently

It’s now 21 days since my last plover post, we have found nest 11, outside the enclosure. It only had one egg, but the female was incubating it. Although she seems to have stopped now. Meanwhile, one chick from the brood 4 reported last time is still doing well. Fingerscrossed. #ukbirding

My 29th year monitoring nightingales in Hampshire this year, and it looks like a good year. The first birds were recorded back around 7th April, at least 16 males held territory locally and 5 breeding females confirmed. So far 3 juveniles ringed in 2025, proving breeding success. #ukbirding

I'm so excited to share that this springtail, one that seems to have rapidly appeared in graveyards and gardens across the UK, now has a proper name: Entomobrya petri!

I hope this will be the first of many new species descriptions, allowing us to track our rapidly changing springtail fauna. 🧵⬇️

I’ve had to step back a bit as it was all getting a bit overwhelming, especially when recording other stuff too. Put the the trap out last night and still had nearly 300 moths. I did have 2 small marbled and 6 light crimson underwings plus a host of other stuff, but was too much before work

Dark Crimson / Light Crimson Underwing ID tip - The discal spot is adjacent with the postmedian line and the antemedian line is pointed near the dorsum / The discal spot is isolated from the postmedian line and the antemedian line is curved near the dorsum. #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Neely hatched chick - three eggs to go

Two newly hatched chicks two to go

Chick approaching parent for a quick warm up

Egg four - still not hatched and being left for longer periods now. Maybe it won’t.

Since my last post we have found two more nests, nest 9 was outside the enclosure & quickly predated by crows. Nest 10 was evidently missed as when I found it yesterday, the first chick had already hatched. By midday today 3 were running around but egg 4 was sat with just a hole. #ukbirding

It’s only the 2nd I’ve had, any thoughts on this ermine? I caught 2 bird cherry, and two of these

Four-spotted footman, one of 8 last night, all males

Migrant action last night was limited to two species, foot-spotted footman of which there were 8, and a rush veneer. #migrantmothuk

Nemapogon Koenig I

Monochroa palustris

Rosy marbled

Paraswammerdamia nebulla

182:76 to my S Hants VC11 garden last night, took a while to sort this AM. A lot NFY, some highlight were Rosy Marbled (1), Monochroa palustris, which is a real nice moth imo and a Nemapogon keonigi which was new for me also Paraswammerdamia nebulella. #teammoth

Every one I know locally caught four-spotted last night so guess they were migrants

Orange-tailed clearwing attracted to VES lure

Silver Y a nice fresh individual

Mothing has continued throughout the day, five lure put out and so far 9 orange-tailed clearwings and a red-belted have been attracted. Also flushed another silver Y out from the garden shrubbery! #teammoth #migrantmothuk

Small blood-vein

Barred yellow

Male Four spotted footman

Pyrasta purpuralis

109:56 to my S Hants (VC11) garden. A few NFY inc. four-spotted footman, small blood-vein, barred yellow, Pyrasta purpuralis and small dusty wave. Very little on the migrant front, just 2 diamond backs and a silver Y. #teammoth #migrantmothuk

The ringed plovers on Hayling are resident- these two were ringed last summer and had different partners. They are currently incubating Nest 8.

One of the unringed birds, hanging around the enclosure

This non-breeding individual has recently turned up on the site. Presumably in this plumage it hasn’t attempted to breed this year.

A bonus summer plumaged sanderling was hanging around yesterday.

After the initial high for the Hayling Is Ringed Plover Project it’s been tough. We’ve had 8 nesting attempts, 5 have been predated (3 fox, 1 crow & 1 unknown) despite being protected, two have hatched chicks (but they’ve not been seen since) & 1 still incubating. But there’s still time. #ukbirding

I was at Gunner Point today and hardly any thrift there this year that I could see

Agrotera nemoralis, another species very high on my list of wants. Have been exploring hornbeam woods in hope!