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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 4d

Slightly apprehensive that I would draw a blank last night. Needn't have worried, 15/12 this morning, including nfm Satellite plus nfy Juniper Carpet (2), Red-line Quaker (2) & Yellow-line Quaker (thanks @stevetortrix.bsky.social for confirmation on the YLQ) VC37 SO96 #teammoth

Yellow-line Quaker - Bromsgrove 21/10/25

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Ruth Newby @ruthnewby.bsky.social · 5d

I have now been able to identify these leafmines on my garden Lombardy Poplar as Gypsomoma oppressana, after reading comments by Ben Smart which note that the narrow mine from the midrib is distinctive of this species and not found in G. dealbana. #teammoth

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 7d

A decent 21/14 this a.m. after a week away suffering FOMO, which included two Merveille du Jour, my first for five years 👍 Two Green-brindled Crescent & a Red-green Carpet continued the colour theme. Black Rustic (3), Cypress Carpet, White-point & C.quercana best of the rest VC37 SO96 #teammoth

Green-brindled Crescent - Bromsgrove 18/10/25

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 8d

A bit of video of today's Short-eared Owl in East Yorks. #ukbirds

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 8d

A reasonably close encounter today with a Short-eared Owl on a kill in East Yorks. #ukbirds

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 9d

I managed three of those in my garden this year 😟

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 13d

5/5 in and adjacent to the trap this morning. Grey Shoulder-knot was nfy, Willow Beauty a little surprising plus LBAM & C.consimilana & a presumed E.angustea that is somewhere in the conservatory VC37 SO96 #teammoth

Grey Shoulder-knot - Bromsgrove 12/10/25

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 15d

Over ten years 🤔 Doesn't seem half of that!!

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 15d

No camera!? That's a hell of a water-colour sketch 😉

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wheatearlp @wheatearlp.bsky.social · 15d

A little bit of green within the 13/10 this morning, was my first Brindled Green. Also Turnip (2), Pale Mottled Willow, Barred Sallow, Epirrita sp., E.angustea VC37 SO96 #teammoth

Brindled Green (nfm) - Bromsgrove 10/10/25