Liz Goodyear
@lizgoodyear.bsky.social
Butterflies, moths, boats and railways. Based in Hertfordshire. Can you see the Swallowtail in my banner image?
4/4 Poplar Kitten and what was the Archer's Dart if you look at Google Streetview!
December 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
4/4 Poplar Kitten and what was the Archer's Dart if you look at Google Streetview!
3/4 Purple Emperor which looks like its had a spruce up, Heart & Club, Garden Tiger
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
3/4 Purple Emperor which looks like its had a spruce up, Heart & Club, Garden Tiger
2/ 4 Painted Lady, Essex Skipper, White Admiral, Small Copper
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
2/ 4 Painted Lady, Essex Skipper, White Admiral, Small Copper
@corvidcrazychap.bsky.social - I thought I would share my Harlow moth & butterfly pubs taken in spring 2021 during one of the lockdowns. Some of them don't look that appealing sadly!! I didn't find all of them! #teammoth. Names in descriptions. 1/4
December 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@corvidcrazychap.bsky.social - I thought I would share my Harlow moth & butterfly pubs taken in spring 2021 during one of the lockdowns. Some of them don't look that appealing sadly!! I didn't find all of them! #teammoth. Names in descriptions. 1/4
Despite dropping temperatures, 12:5 last night in VC20. 5 Mottled Umber was more than is usual! Potted a micro early evening to realise it was Acleris hastiana only my 10th garden record! Picture of the macro haul, yes 6 Mottled Umber but which one was the one I recorded yesterday? #teammoth
December 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Despite dropping temperatures, 12:5 last night in VC20. 5 Mottled Umber was more than is usual! Potted a micro early evening to realise it was Acleris hastiana only my 10th garden record! Picture of the macro haul, yes 6 Mottled Umber but which one was the one I recorded yesterday? #teammoth
What appeared to be a very quiet night in VC20 (just 4:4) - came a very big surprise in the form of Exapate congelatella!!! According to the website the first Herts record since 2007! Shows its worth trapping all year! #teammoth @mothyblackburn.bsky.social @lesevanshill.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
What appeared to be a very quiet night in VC20 (just 4:4) - came a very big surprise in the form of Exapate congelatella!!! According to the website the first Herts record since 2007! Shows its worth trapping all year! #teammoth @mothyblackburn.bsky.social @lesevanshill.bsky.social
Yesterday, I went in search of Brown Hairstreak eggs at #BrookFarmOpenSpace in #LBBarnet. A new site in a known landscape. Pleased to find 19 eggs over 3hrs+.The books say young blackthorn growth, this female hadn't read the book! Record shot of egg on knarled blackthorn! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yesterday, I went in search of Brown Hairstreak eggs at #BrookFarmOpenSpace in #LBBarnet. A new site in a known landscape. Pleased to find 19 eggs over 3hrs+.The books say young blackthorn growth, this female hadn't read the book! Record shot of egg on knarled blackthorn! @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
After all my pessimism, it proved a quite productive trap this morning in VC20 with 11:9. I have convinced myself the Satellite is a different individual to the 8th (an advantage of taking photos). I think 1 of the Bricks I saw a few days ago. Also Red-green Carpet & Silver Y #teammoth #migrantmoths
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
After all my pessimism, it proved a quite productive trap this morning in VC20 with 11:9. I have convinced myself the Satellite is a different individual to the 8th (an advantage of taking photos). I think 1 of the Bricks I saw a few days ago. Also Red-green Carpet & Silver Y #teammoth #migrantmoths
A respectable 10:6 in VC20 last night although not everything stuck it out until the morning after it started to rain & 1 Mottled Umber found a spider's web☹️! Nearly missed the Dark Chestnut so it missed the photo call as did the Winter Moths & micros! Star a very smart Satellite #teammoth
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A respectable 10:6 in VC20 last night although not everything stuck it out until the morning after it started to rain & 1 Mottled Umber found a spider's web☹️! Nearly missed the Dark Chestnut so it missed the photo call as did the Winter Moths & micros! Star a very smart Satellite #teammoth
Crediting @mothyblackburn.bsky.social I have been playing with my data since 2020 for macro species. I can't do the micros as until this year hadn't been counting species let alone numbers as they are too inaccurate (I just ticked as present/make an approx number up plus too many aggs!) #teammoth
December 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Crediting @mothyblackburn.bsky.social I have been playing with my data since 2020 for macro species. I can't do the micros as until this year hadn't been counting species let alone numbers as they are too inaccurate (I just ticked as present/make an approx number up plus too many aggs!) #teammoth
In the summer I read in the EDP it was knocked over. I was in Cromer in October and saw it was replaced and did a detour and bingo!
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In the summer I read in the EDP it was knocked over. I was in Cromer in October and saw it was replaced and did a detour and bingo!
When you walked past the telephone box on your way to Roughton Road you then walked by a new CIIIR letter box - it's on the right side of the screenshot!!!! Pleased Jen likes Norfolk! @rupertairbear.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When you walked past the telephone box on your way to Roughton Road you then walked by a new CIIIR letter box - it's on the right side of the screenshot!!!! Pleased Jen likes Norfolk! @rupertairbear.bsky.social
The dreaded word being used was saved by these 2 in VC20. The temperatures rose, the rain didn't happen (although as I type is is raining) and there was some cloud. And my first attempt failed to send! #Teammoth
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The dreaded word being used was saved by these 2 in VC20. The temperatures rose, the rain didn't happen (although as I type is is raining) and there was some cloud. And my first attempt failed to send! #Teammoth
I didn't trap Monday night as it was VERY early start Tuesday. Got home put light on an hour late but still mild 8c, then it rained, then it dropped as far down as 1.2c 3:3 in VC20, December Moth, Satellite & Mottled Umber #teammoth I keep going!
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I didn't trap Monday night as it was VERY early start Tuesday. Got home put light on an hour late but still mild 8c, then it rained, then it dropped as far down as 1.2c 3:3 in VC20, December Moth, Satellite & Mottled Umber #teammoth I keep going!
With temperatures plummeting after a wet day in VC20 and a clear sky I've already avoided the empty trap with Winter Moths and a Brick! #teammoth
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
With temperatures plummeting after a wet day in VC20 and a clear sky I've already avoided the empty trap with Winter Moths and a Brick! #teammoth
A nice haul in VC20 last night of 27:8, helped by a few female December Moths appearing, 16 in total (still not my highest count), there was a mating pair & some eggs. Late Clancy's Rustic & LYUW plus 3 Red-Green Carpets & a Chestnut (not yesterday's missing one) & the usual micros! #Teammoth
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A nice haul in VC20 last night of 27:8, helped by a few female December Moths appearing, 16 in total (still not my highest count), there was a mating pair & some eggs. Late Clancy's Rustic & LYUW plus 3 Red-Green Carpets & a Chestnut (not yesterday's missing one) & the usual micros! #Teammoth
This is my tried & tested notebook for trapping & garden butterfies. Plenty of abbreviations plus notes and temperature. All goes into MapMate & extracted into a spreadsheet at the end of year for the CMR. I refer back to it when the gen dets come in or a photo query or missing data on MM!
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is my tried & tested notebook for trapping & garden butterfies. Plenty of abbreviations plus notes and temperature. All goes into MapMate & extracted into a spreadsheet at the end of year for the CMR. I refer back to it when the gen dets come in or a photo query or missing data on MM!
The grand total in my VC20 garden last night was 10:5 which included Dark Sword-grass & 6 December Moths; the Winter Moth and Red-green Carpet had gone by the time I wandered up the garden. Plus 1 x LBAM!! Only 1 slightly damp egg tray! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The grand total in my VC20 garden last night was 10:5 which included Dark Sword-grass & 6 December Moths; the Winter Moth and Red-green Carpet had gone by the time I wandered up the garden. Plus 1 x LBAM!! Only 1 slightly damp egg tray! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
4:3 moths were sheltering from the rain this morning in VC20, hoping not to be released I suspect! I almost needed my notebook! When it stops raining I will check nothing else was hiding, I wasn't hanging around this morning to check! #teammoth
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
4:3 moths were sheltering from the rain this morning in VC20, hoping not to be released I suspect! I almost needed my notebook! When it stops raining I will check nothing else was hiding, I wasn't hanging around this morning to check! #teammoth
A modest catch in VC20 last night with 17:12 incl. micros. A Merveille du Jour over a week since my last one brought this year's MduJ total up to 81 (av. over 19yrs is 15). 3 Winter Moths (none in Jan) making macro species 307 my highest ever garden yearly total! Plus a nice Satellite #teammoth
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A modest catch in VC20 last night with 17:12 incl. micros. A Merveille du Jour over a week since my last one brought this year's MduJ total up to 81 (av. over 19yrs is 15). 3 Winter Moths (none in Jan) making macro species 307 my highest ever garden yearly total! Plus a nice Satellite #teammoth
A very wet but mild night in VC20 didn't deter a few moths 16:13 macro 6:4 micro. My 218th garden record of Clancy's Rustic this year. 1st recorded 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (3), 2023 (92), 2024 (24 but away for 6 weeks in June/July). Now 218! #teammoth
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A very wet but mild night in VC20 didn't deter a few moths 16:13 macro 6:4 micro. My 218th garden record of Clancy's Rustic this year. 1st recorded 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2022 (3), 2023 (92), 2024 (24 but away for 6 weeks in June/July). Now 218! #teammoth
My Monopis from last night is a *****r!! 8mm single wing & these 2 photos are the best I can get. It moves the minute you take it out of the fridge!!! Not helped by another dirty pot! Obsidentify suggests crocicapitella which would be NFG! Otherwise it was 23:14 macro & 9:4 micro in VC20 #teammoth
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My Monopis from last night is a *****r!! 8mm single wing & these 2 photos are the best I can get. It moves the minute you take it out of the fridge!!! Not helped by another dirty pot! Obsidentify suggests crocicapitella which would be NFG! Otherwise it was 23:14 macro & 9:4 micro in VC20 #teammoth
A quiet night in VC20 despite the mild temperatures. Wind and rain until midnight! 8:7 macro (yesterday 5:5) but it did include a Silver Y which normally wouldn't be noteworthy but only my 8th garden record of 2025! 18 year average is 29! #teammoth #migrantmoths
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A quiet night in VC20 despite the mild temperatures. Wind and rain until midnight! 8:7 macro (yesterday 5:5) but it did include a Silver Y which normally wouldn't be noteworthy but only my 8th garden record of 2025! 18 year average is 29! #teammoth #migrantmoths