spinneybirder
Birds, Moths, Photographer, Traveller, joint Derbyshire Moth Recorder
- Over the New Year period the Derbyshire Moths website will be rolled-over into 2026, so it may be unavailable or sluggish for short periods over next day or two as we transfer over maps, charts etc,etc..
- Reposted by spinneybirderA project to restore ancient forests in the Scottish Highlands is significantly boosting moth biodiversity, a Butterfly Conservation study has found. 🌳 Read the full story 👉 buff.ly/AyKPh6e 📷: Patrick Cook, Sarah Wanless #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
- Reposted by spinneybirderRemember 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!!
- Reposted by spinneybirderNew #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!!
- Reposted by spinneybirderConfirmed 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
- Reposted by spinneybirderLovely community event last night with @spinneybirder.bsky.social for 'Greener Littleover'. 2 hours trapping resulted in 74 of 31. #teammoth #VC57
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- Reposted by spinneybirderDeeply 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reposted by spinneybirderSomething 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
- 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
- Reposted by spinneybirderAn embroidered #FoxOfTheDay today , created and shared by @ArtbyEmilyTull , thank you Emily !
- Reposted by spinneybirderY’know those little tufts of sheep’s wool you see on barbed wire fences? What if they aren’t always what they seem…
- Reposted by spinneybirderBlack-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.
- Reposted by spinneybirderIt’s the January WeBS Core Count weekend! This months' count is especially important as it feeds into the International Waterbird Census. Maddening that many of our WeBS sites will be frozen and birdless. You can read more about the IWC here: www.wetlands.org/knowledge-ba...
- As I left Foremark Res heading home I had 15 Whooper Swan flying over Ticknall towards Foremark Res - I turned the car around and just manager to get them heading towards the Trent Valley over Foremark - A great patch year tick.
- Highlights from Foremark Res, Derbyshire this am - 3 Gadwall; 16 teal; 1 Pochard, 4 Goldeneye 36 LBBGull, 75 GCGrebe; 2 Little Egret, 1 GWEgret
