Fantastic aurora here in Charsfield Suffolk this evening, this time clearly visible with the naked eye

2026 off to a start with 6 of 3, Early Moth, Spring Usher and Mottled Umber, none in the trap and all found on walls #TeamMoth

A very ethereal Deben Estuary this morning near Woodbridge #Suffolk

One each of 2 Pale Brindled Beauty and 7 Mottled Umber among a total of seven species and 17 moths that included a late Double-striped Pug and another Rusty-dot Pearl from last night’s trap #TeamMoth

A fabulous full moon between the clouds

Probably the most nicely marked Mottled Umber I’ve had in the trap in the company of 14 December Moths and a very late Lesser Yellow Underwing #TeamMoth

Yesterday’s rain somehow encouraged this monster GCN to find its way into the house, a good 150mm head to tail

Rosy footman a most unlikely first arrival at the moth trap tonight but apparently starting to turn up during the autumn #teammoth

This is deeply disturbing for anyone living in a rural area surrounded by intensive arable farmland. We are effectively all taking part in a large scale chemical exposure experiment www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Treated to a fabulous flock of over 30 Chough circling around St Ives Head for around 10 minutes this morning before they headed off south

Learnt something new and quite fascinating today, these lines of holes in the bark of small-leaved lime are made by woodpeckers to get at the sap. There were hundreds extending right up the stem

A nice trio of autumnal sallows in the trap, Barred, Dusky Lemon and plain Sallow

Another treat today was a very smart (freshly emerged rather than freshly arrived?) Painted lady up on the coast path

Not a species I ever catch in the moth trap at home in Suffolk so nice to see both female and male four-spotted footman in Swanage, Dorset

Can anyone help with this Coleophora sp please

Or better still, ‘may contain biodiversity’

I do love the fact that it is necessary to pick out the weeds from organic spinach. Maybe the label should advise ‘may contain weeds’….

Some very fine lenticular clouds seen from Robin Hood’s Bay this morning

The winter highlight in this part of Suffolk are the huge flocks of Redwings and Fieldfares that are drawn to the local orchards. These more traditional orchards are financially borderline and at high risk of being grubbed up. Buying local could still save these wonderful places if people choose to

Would anyone like to hazard a guess, arrived in a bag of organic Spanish spinach