Jake Williams // VC53

Birds / Moths / Tottenham Hotspur.

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@BritishMoths #mothsmatter #ukmoths #muchadoaboutmothing

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

A proper mothy night last night here in Market Deeping, South Lincs. 195/56 despite clear skies and near-full moon. My first ever Bordered Straw, Concolorous and Ethmia quadrillella!

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

Morning Ben, any ideas on this Tort? Black-fronted Straw perhaps? Also I’ve been looking at this dagger too long and it has a darker ground colour than I’m used to… presumably still dark/grey? @FlyinginFordham

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Pinion-spotted Pug from the trap last night. One of only 6 moths total. A complete surprise and I think one of only a dozen Lincolnshire records. #ukmoths #moths #britishmoths

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

Today was the first time I was able to make it out of the house to Maxey Pits for the lingering Lesser Yellowlegs found by Hugh Wright. Spent a good while at 10ft distance drinking in scope views. What a bird! @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

Ferrugana form of Agapeta zoegana was new for me a couple of nights ago. I only usually get one zoegana per year so to get this form felt extra special. Also an indet. Parornix the first of that family I’ve had.

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

3 NFG last night in Market Deeping, South Lincs. Including just the 4th record of Jersey Tiger in Lincolnshire. Was also surprised to see Frosted Orange so early!

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@MOTHIDUK @FlyinginFordham Evening gents - any possibility of an ID on this one, my mum trapped in North Norfolk but it was rescued from a pool of water, I fear it may be too far gone! It’s roughly the size of a Turnip (moth! 😉).

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

Genuinely couldn’t believe it when this peppered moth flew past me and landed… has anyone ever encountered a living moth with less of its body remaining?! @BritishMoths @FlyinginFordham @JLowenWildlife #britishmoths #mothsmatter

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@MOTHIDUK @FlyinginFordham Morning guys, really on the fence with this one… originally thought Turnip but could it maybe be Garden Dart?

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

Haven’t trapped much this year, twice this past week and managed some nice new ones for the garden including a pair of Scarlet Tiger, Four-dotted Footman and Phtheochroa rugosana (Rugged Bryony Beauty). #ukmoths #mothsmatter

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@BranstonUK do you know how depressing it is to be excited to eat the best beans in the world only for the ring pull to snap off - a traditional tin opener wouldn’t finish the job and now I’m devastated. Where do we go from here? #moderndaytragedy

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Any caterpillar experts able to ID this from the video my wife took. Went back to take photos but it was gone. @rlewington2 @MOTHIDUK #britishmoths #caterpillar

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

Nothing much to report from the trap this morning, Large Thorn NFG and an unusually dark Yellow Shell - never seen one like this before! #ukmoths #mothsmatter #muchadoaboutmothing

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@MOTHIDUK @FlyinginFordham Morning chaps, what do we make of this Cochylis? molliculana?

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

A family holiday away around Barcelona, no bins and no moth trap but still managed some great wildlife highlights including: Two-tailed Pasha, Noble False-widow, Alpine Swift, Monk Parakeet, Rush Veneer and the unexpected Paysandisia archon, an exotic inventive from Uruguay!

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@FlyinginFordham @MOTHIDUK Yeah, always a couple over the trap unfortunately, usually a collage of wings on the ground sheet for me to ID! At least they’re eating well I suppose…

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@MOTHIDUK @FlyinginFordham Morning guys - just a wing for you this morning - I’m thinking Shaded Broad-bar but that would be NFG so tentative

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

206/66 here last night. No contest for star of the show… White-spotted Pinion, the first in Lincs since 2019. Accompanied by a NFG cast of:

Lesser-spotted Pinion
Calamotropha paludella
Catoptria falsella
Clavigesta purdeyi

#ukmoths #mothsmatter

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@FlyinginFordham @MOTHIDUK Fantastic news! Thanks Ben

[Jake Williams // VC53 @deepingsbirder]

@MOTHIDUK @FlyinginFordham Never had a Cosmia and then two show up at once! Is the first lesser spotted? The second I’m pretty confident is white-spotted, does that make the former the same, just worn?