Phil Dean

Canary-shouldered Thorn…just the second record here at Inveresk (VC83)…one of 38 moths here despite the wet conditions last night.

04.08.2025 08:31 — 👍 24    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Good shots Dennis…my images, taken last week, are little more than a grey smudge.

02.08.2025 15:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@mothiduk.bsky.social not sure about this: either Common Rustic agg. or Dusky Brocade?

02.08.2025 09:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

60 moths of 23 spp. in the trap in East Lothian this morning…nothing unusual but this fresh Burnished Brass was a first for the year.

30.06.2025 11:53 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

29 moths of 20 species in the trap this morning. 3 new for site and 13 NFY…best Green Silver-lines, Alder Moth, Shoulder-striped Wainscot and (I think) Dichrorampha acuminatana. Musselburgh SE Scotland.

31.05.2025 14:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks

28.05.2025 12:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pug in the trap this morning , SE Scotland, either Grey or Golden-rod? @mothiduk.bsky.social

28.05.2025 09:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

100% improvement on my last 2 attempts..ie 2 moths in this morning’s catch!….however both are new for the site: Muslin Moth and Yellow-barred Brindle

09.05.2025 08:55 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks

02.04.2025 10:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Best of today’s moths in Inveresk garden…a Streamer….found on the wall and not in the trap.

02.04.2025 09:19 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@mothiduk.bsky.social today VC 83 Lothian, provisionally ID’d as Acleris hyemana…any further comments welcomed.

02.04.2025 09:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Numbers and variety starting to build up slowly. Amongst the 21 moths of 10 species in the trap this morning were an Early Grey, new for year and Pale Pinion, new for site. VC 83

31.03.2025 18:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A first for the garden, or more accurately, found in the house, a scarce Rhigognostis incarnatella or Scotch Smudge.

28.03.2025 17:43 — 👍 17    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ended a good days birding in East Lothian accompanied by @shoremark.bsky.social with good views of 3 Snow Buntings at Gullane. Thanks @normmill.bsky.social for info.

11.03.2025 08:59 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Chilly day along the E Lothian coast with @philloscopus.bsky.social (thanks 4 photos). Namesake Shore Lark Barns Ness, Greenshank & Whimbrel Dunglass, Scandi Rock Pipit Dunbar where also 1st 2 Kittiwakes at colony. 3 Snow Buntings Gullane c/o @normmill.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian

10.03.2025 21:00 — 👍 23    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Early in the mothing season but great to get this Pine Beauty in the garden trap this morning, new for the site.

08.03.2025 18:02 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

White-winged Scoter among Velvets this morning n Gullane Bay. Appears in the middle of the flock about half way through. #BirdingLothian #BirdingScotland

14.02.2025 13:05 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0