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Geoff Busby

@gbusby.bsky.social

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Carmarthenshire (ex Leicestershire) Birder mainly with a love for all things in the natural world.

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Aug 7

Blood-vein
(Timandra comae)
Leicestershire 06/08/25
#teammoth

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 4d

Feathered Thorn
(Colotois pennaria)
new for our garden resting on the trap vanes after a wet night.
Carms 28/10/25
#teammoth

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 6d

Common Buzzard
(Buteo buteo)
River Towy Bridge, Dryslwyn
Carmarthenshire 27/10/25

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 12d

Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
South Gower RFC, Bishopston
Glamorgan 21/10/25
#BirdingWales

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 13d

Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
River Towy, Carmarthenshire
20/10/25

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 15d

3 x Merveille du Jour
(Griposia aprilina)
the most I've trapped yet
17/10/25 Carmarthenshire
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 15d

You lookin' at me?
male Vapourer
(Orgyia antiqua) nfg
Carmarthenshire 17/10/25
#teammoth

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 16d

Clouded Yellow
(Colias croceus)
Rhossili, Gower
17/10/25

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 18d

The Engrailed
(Ectropis crepuscularia)
Carmarthenshire 13/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 18d

Flounced Chestnut
(Anchoscelis helvola)
nfg Carmarthenshire 14/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 19d

The Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii)
new for garden Carmarthenshire 13/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 20d

Merveille du Jour
(Griposia aprilina)
potted of the trap vanes
Carmarthenshire 13/10/25
#teammoth

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 20d

Black Rustic
(Aporophyla nigra)
Carmarthenshire 11/10/25
Nfg #teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 21d

Large Wainscot
(Rhizedra lutosa)
new for me 11/10/25
Carmarthenshire #teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 22d

Red-line Quaker (left)
Yellow-line Quaker (right)
both in same trap
Carmarthenshire 10/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 22d

Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
St David's, Pembrokeshire
feeding on Wasps
1st for Wales Twitched 09/10/25
#BirdingWales

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 22d

Red-line Quaker
(Leptologia lota)
new for garden
Carmarthenshire 10/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · 28d

Seawatch at Strumble Head this am gave 5 Arctic Skuas, 3 Leach's Petrels, 6 Manx Shearwaters, Gannets, Kittiwakes and Auks. 5 Chough and 6+ Common Dolphins.

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 29d

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Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Oct 2

Red-green Carpet
(Chloroclysta siterata)
new for garden
Carmarthenshire 01/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Oct 2

Double-striped Tabby
(Hypsopygia glaucinalis)
Carmarthenshire 01/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Oct 2

Yellow-line Quaker
(Agrochola macilenta)
new for me
Carmarthenshire 01/10/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Sep 30

Lunar Underwing
(Anchoscelis lunosa) x2
nfg Carmarthenshire 29/09/25
#teammoth

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Sep 29

#birdingwales

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Sep 27

Turtle Dove
(Streptopelia turtur)
feeding along cycle track near North Dock, Llanelli 27/09/25

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Sep 27

Turtle Dove
(Streptopelia turtur)
feeding along cycle track near North Dock, Llanelli 27/09/25

Geoff Busby @gbusby.bsky.social · Sep 27

Mottled Umber
(Erannis defoliaria)
another new for garden
Carmarthenshire 26/09/25 looking as if it too has had a brush with a spider's web.
#teammoth