Rob Edmunds
@vc28nature.bsky.social
Leafmines/leafmines.co.uk/interested in nature
A mild night forecast so the first trap of 2026 🤞
January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A mild night forecast so the first trap of 2026 🤞
A small isolated Yarrow in flower yesterday #wildflowerhour
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
A small isolated Yarrow in flower yesterday #wildflowerhour
Good to see Duration Brewery, in West Acre, in the Sunday Times magazine today as one of the favourite UK Brewers! Their Tap Days are great too.
January 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Good to see Duration Brewery, in West Acre, in the Sunday Times magazine today as one of the favourite UK Brewers! Their Tap Days are great too.
I see Scrobipalpa ocellatella is making headlines on beet crops in our region
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
East Anglian farmers fight moth that is destroying sugar beet
The population of a crop-eating moth explodes across East Anglia in the last three years.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I see Scrobipalpa ocellatella is making headlines on beet crops in our region
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What are others doing now that the years Mapmate extension is ending? How are you going to record your sightings in future?
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What are others doing now that the years Mapmate extension is ending? How are you going to record your sightings in future?
My post-Christmas reading
December 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My post-Christmas reading
Ophiomyia alliariae -almost invisible stem miner of Garlic Mustard A. petiolata), Hedge Mustard (S. officinale) etc. I was unsuccessful looking for it last year but found it this autumn. Fresh mines are pale green colour but turn white (and slightly easier to find) when old. This was new to Norfolk.
December 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Ophiomyia alliariae -almost invisible stem miner of Garlic Mustard A. petiolata), Hedge Mustard (S. officinale) etc. I was unsuccessful looking for it last year but found it this autumn. Fresh mines are pale green colour but turn white (and slightly easier to find) when old. This was new to Norfolk.
This bagworm case puzzles me. Spotted on a tree trunk in Heacham this afternoon. It doesn’t look like Luffia lapidella. Perhaps a Dahlica sp??
December 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This bagworm case puzzles me. Spotted on a tree trunk in Heacham this afternoon. It doesn’t look like Luffia lapidella. Perhaps a Dahlica sp??
Hundreds of Pink-footed Geese travelling north past the house at 7:45 this morning. Incredible sight and sound!
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hundreds of Pink-footed Geese travelling north past the house at 7:45 this morning. Incredible sight and sound!
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Four new species for Dorset (and a belated one for Britain) are among the highlights of the Dorset Moths Annual Report 2024. Free PDF downland from dorsetmoths.co.uk
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November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Four new species for Dorset (and a belated one for Britain) are among the highlights of the Dorset Moths Annual Report 2024. Free PDF downland from dorsetmoths.co.uk
#teammoth
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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WOW! We have just passed 3.5 million records, it is certainly a record breaking year, details to come in December as I attempt a New for Norfolk advent calendar and post a species per day 😅... Yes we have had that many!!! #teammoth #norfolkmoths
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
WOW! We have just passed 3.5 million records, it is certainly a record breaking year, details to come in December as I attempt a New for Norfolk advent calendar and post a species per day 😅... Yes we have had that many!!! #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Too cloudy for the aurora last night but 7/4 in the trap. This Mottled Umber was NFY. 3 Udea ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) were highlights too #norfolkmoths
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Too cloudy for the aurora last night but 7/4 in the trap. This Mottled Umber was NFY. 3 Udea ferrugalis (Rusty-dot Pearl) were highlights too #norfolkmoths
Really pleased to trap a December Moth last night - a rarity in my garden
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Really pleased to trap a December Moth last night - a rarity in my garden
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
Such kitten-like moths!
#norfolkmoths
The very early mines of Ectoedemia heringella are visible now on Evergreen Oak (Quercus ilex) as tiny brown spots on the leaves. These leaves will be covered in their mines by next February #norfolkmoths
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The very early mines of Ectoedemia heringella are visible now on Evergreen Oak (Quercus ilex) as tiny brown spots on the leaves. These leaves will be covered in their mines by next February #norfolkmoths
Tiny fungi in the veg patch - Bonnet species (Mycena sp.)? Can it be taken to species? Photographs of the same group @norwichbirder.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tiny fungi in the veg patch - Bonnet species (Mycena sp.)? Can it be taken to species? Photographs of the same group @norwichbirder.bsky.social
Just three moths last night but Sprawler was NFG #norfolkmoths
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just three moths last night but Sprawler was NFG #norfolkmoths
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After 163 nights of religiously hanging out the ORI pheromone lure in the garden, I finally caught a Slender Burnished Brass (T. orichalcea) in the lure trap! 3rd site record. St Mellion, Cornwall #teammoth
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
After 163 nights of religiously hanging out the ORI pheromone lure in the garden, I finally caught a Slender Burnished Brass (T. orichalcea) in the lure trap! 3rd site record. St Mellion, Cornwall #teammoth
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A PLUMED PROMINENT from last night in West Suffolk - one of three trapped in a new 10km square. 😀 #mothsmatter
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A PLUMED PROMINENT from last night in West Suffolk - one of three trapped in a new 10km square. 😀 #mothsmatter
Put the trap out last night. No rain forecast and mild too. We had some rain but 4 moths in the trap including two Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) #norfolkmoths
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Put the trap out last night. No rain forecast and mild too. We had some rain but 4 moths in the trap including two Udea ferrugalis (Rusty Dot Pearl) #norfolkmoths
We had lunch on the North Norfolk Coast today and I looked for Pink foot Geese as we came home, but didn’t see any. But, as I stood in the garden late afternoon, a large skein flew over - first of the year!
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
We had lunch on the North Norfolk Coast today and I looked for Pink foot Geese as we came home, but didn’t see any. But, as I stood in the garden late afternoon, a large skein flew over - first of the year!
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Stigmella naturnella was discovered only recently in the low countries (nl.pensoft.net/article/99360/) but in my region (Ghent, Belgium) it already seems to be the most common birch #leafminer. It probably spread naturally from S Central Europe. Here's how the mines look.
#mothsmatter #teammoth
#mothsmatter #teammoth
November 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Stigmella naturnella was discovered only recently in the low countries (nl.pensoft.net/article/99360/) but in my region (Ghent, Belgium) it already seems to be the most common birch #leafminer. It probably spread naturally from S Central Europe. Here's how the mines look.
#mothsmatter #teammoth
#mothsmatter #teammoth
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A great resource made more accessible by @britentsoc.bsky.social - thanks
Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SMALLER MOTHS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (4th Edition-Digital) - British Entomological & Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A great resource made more accessible by @britentsoc.bsky.social - thanks
Arrived this morning and looks an interesting read - Norfolk Bird and Mammal Report 2024. A huge effort to publish it so promptly and beautifully illustrated!
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Arrived this morning and looks an interesting read - Norfolk Bird and Mammal Report 2024. A huge effort to publish it so promptly and beautifully illustrated!
The new leafmine site update is now out. Has many excellent photos including some rarely seen eg Dialectica imperialella, Scrobipalpula tusdilaginis and Stigmella spinosissimae. Others more common. The amazing spiracles of Cerodontha iraeaos - like cow horns! www.leafmines.co.uk/html/updates...
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The new leafmine site update is now out. Has many excellent photos including some rarely seen eg Dialectica imperialella, Scrobipalpula tusdilaginis and Stigmella spinosissimae. Others more common. The amazing spiracles of Cerodontha iraeaos - like cow horns! www.leafmines.co.uk/html/updates...
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Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacilliferum, Plymouth, Devon, this very distinctive but tiny harvestman is found at several sites around the city. It has not been found anywhere else in the UK but may be overlooked? It is usually found sat on the underside of rocks lying on the ground.
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacilliferum, Plymouth, Devon, this very distinctive but tiny harvestman is found at several sites around the city. It has not been found anywhere else in the UK but may be overlooked? It is usually found sat on the underside of rocks lying on the ground.