Keith Langdon
@keithlangdon.bsky.social
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Ecologist ~ Birds ~ Moths ~ Bees ~ all other invertebrates! ~ Mammals
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My last holiday moth trap on Saturday AM (30/5) had a few nice visitors. Peppered, Lesser Swallow Prominent & Scorched Wing the standouts. The highlight however was being serenaded by a Quail whilst checking! Embleton, Northumberland (VC68).
#ukbirding
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
#pollinators
about 21 hours ago
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Back from holiday yesterday afternoon. Had a fun 45 minutes or so with some pheromone lures! Currant, Yellow-legged, Red-tipped & Red-belted Clearwings all "new for year" in my
#Norwich
garden. Also a Hummingbird Hawk-moth nectaring.
#moths
#norfolkmoths
#teammorh
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
2 days ago
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A selection of the other nice visitors in this morning's holiday moth trap. Chinese Character, White-pinion Spotted, Lychnis & Elephant Hawk-moth. Embleton, Northumberland (VC68)
#moths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
#pollinators
4 days ago
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Quite a few migrants in this morning's holiday moth trap. Silver Y (7), Small Mottled Willow (3), Diamond-back Moth, Dark Sword-grass. Embleton, Northumberland (VC68).
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#moths
#migration
#pollinators
#moths
#bugsky
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
4 days ago
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Some nice moths from this morning's holiday moth trap. Small Elephant Hawk-moth, White Ermine & Poplar Grey. Embleton, Northumberland (VC68).
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#moths
#pollinators
#bugsky
5 days ago
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After the colourful, there are variations of brown! Brown Rustic, Small Square-spot, Broom Moth & Rustic Shoulder-knot from this morning's trap. Embleton, Northumberland (VC68).
#moths
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#pollinators
#bugsky
6 days ago
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More colourful visitors this morning in the holiday moth trap. Cinnabar, Elephant Hawk-moth & Angle Shades. Embleton, Northumberland (VC68).#moths
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#pollinators
#bugsky
6 days ago
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One of my favourite
#moths
was waiting in the holiday moth trap this morning. The absolutely fabulous Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis). Embleton, Northumberland (VC68).
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#pollinators
#bugsky
6 days ago
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Migration was evident in this morning's holiday moth trap in Embleton, Northumberland (VC68). A Small Mottled Willow & Diamond-back (plus two Dark Sword-grass) were great to record. This tiny Orange-tipped Nest Moth was a new species for me though quite common.
#teammoth
#bugsky
#mothsmatter
7 days ago
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Beautiful morning & nice trap on holiday in Embleton,
#Northumberland
(VC68). Pale-shouldered Brocade was a new species for me and it's always a delight to see a Lunar Thorn - both would be new species for my Norwich garden.
#moths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#pollinators
#bugsky
7 days ago
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Other interesting visitors to this morning's Northumberland moth trap. Small Phoenix (only ever trapped once at home in Norwich), 4.Scalloped Hazel (always nice to see!) & 2.Dark Sword-grass (suggesting some migration, along with a Silver Y)
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#moths
#pollinators
#bugsky
9 days ago
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First night trapping on holiday in Embleton, Northumberland produced 34 moths of 19 species. Gold Spot, White-spotted Pug & Glaucous Shears would all be new species for my garden at home in Norwich.
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#moths
#pollinators
#bugsky
9 days ago
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It's that time of year again when tricky micros arrive in the moth trap. Looking for some guidance on these two. I'm erring towards Notocella rosaecolana for both, more details in ALT.
@mothiduk.bsky.social
@norfolkmoths.bsky.social
@cambsmoths.bsky.social
11 days ago
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Mating Puss Moth on a chair near Norwich! What a treat!!
add a skeleton here at some point
12 days ago
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Pleased to bump into this female Andrena proxima (Broad-faced Mining Bee) whilst surveying in
#Suffolk
this morning. A new species for me. Will iRecord (for what it's worth - never had a bee verified in 10yrs!!!).
#bees
#solitarybees
#pollinators
#bugsky
#insects
15 days ago
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Alex Andreou
17 days ago
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things
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A few of the commoner species that often make up the bulk of numbers in my
#Norwich
moth trap at this time of year. Turnip Moth, Pale Mottled Willow, Treble Lines & Heart and Dart.
#norfolkmoths
#moths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
#pollinators
16 days ago
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New for year species in my
#Norwich
moth trap this morning. Marbled Minor agg., Common Marbled Carpet & Silver Y.
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#moths
#pollinators
16 days ago
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1/2: Late am/early pm wander at the fabulous Butser Hill NNR in the Hampshire South Downs to look for Duke of Burgundy. Saw perhaps 25 or so. A new species for me, absolutely stunning little insects!
#butterflies
#bugsky
#pollinators
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@ukbutterflies.bsky.social
24 days ago
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1/3: A really nice trap overnight on Friday in my
#Norwich
garden. Two of the best looking species visited - Buff-tip & Chocolate-tip - always a treat to see. Plus a new species for the garden (#572) - Phyllonorycter corylifoliella (Hawthorn Leaf-miner)
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
30 days ago
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Nice selection in the
#Norwich
moth trap this morning. Common Oak Leaf-miner was a new species for the garden (#571). Other new species for '26 were Toadflax Brocade, Least Black Arches & Grey Pine Carpet (a particularly fresh & well marked individual).
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Keith Langdon
Andy Symes
about 2 months ago
Hello botanists of Bluesky, I will be in north Wales next month and would like to look for the legendary Snowdon Lily. I've found various grid refs but it's a bit unclear which would require serious mountaineering! Would anyone be kind enough to help via a private message?
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Iberian Chiffchaff at Westleton Heath
#Suffolk
this morning.
#ukbirding
#suffolkbirding
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about 1 month ago
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"New for year" visitors to my
#Norwich
garden trap this week. A splendid Coronet, Muslin Moth โ๏ธ, Shuttle-shaped Dart & Oak Nycteoline.
#moths
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#pollinators
#bugsky
about 1 month ago
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Some of the other fabulous moths from this morning's trap. Pale Prominent, Nut-tree Tussock, Lunar Marbled Brown & another pic of the star visitor, Pinion-spotted Pug
#norfolkmoths
#moths
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#bugsky
#pollinators
about 2 months ago
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Absolute scenes in the
#Norwich
moth trap this morning! Pinion-spotted Pug - a total stunner & new for the garden, who says pugs are boring?! Also the 2nd Acleris literana this month (3rd for garden) & first Lime Hawk-moth for '26.
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#moths
#pollinators
#norfolkmoths
#bugsky
about 2 months ago
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Happy 11th birthday to our fur-baby Benji for tomorrow! Apologies, not wildlife related!!
about 2 months ago
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Sun setting on Friday (10/4) and rising this morning (15/4) in Norwich & west Norfolk respectively
about 2 months ago
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A cup of tea in my
#Norwich
garden at lunchtime produced some "new for year" insects. Gooden's Nomad Bee, Hawthorn Shield Bug & a personal favourite, Common Mourning Bee.
#bugsky
#bees
about 2 months ago
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Other highlights overnight in
#Norwich
were Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula) & Early Grey (Xylocampa areola) - both "new for year". Also this worn Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) is the first of this species I have a pic for in '26!
#norfolkmoths
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#moths
#pollinators
#bugsky
about 2 months ago
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A really nice moth trap catch overnight in
#Norwich
. The highlight for me was this beautiful Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis). Just the sixth garden record (one in '20, four in '24).
#norfolkmoths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#moths
#pollinators
#bugsky
about 2 months ago
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Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata) was another "new for year" species in my
#Norwich
moth trap this morning. The run of Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens) continues, a lovely fresh but dark individual showing variation with its counterpart.
#teammoth
#norfolkmoths
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
about 2 months ago
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Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) NFY in my
#Norwich
moth trap this morning. A common but mesmerisingly beautiful species. Always a welcome visitor.
#norfolkmoths
#moths
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#bugsky
#pollinators
about 2 months ago
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Keith Langdon
Tim Strudwick
about 2 months ago
Visiting Ranworth Church this am, following up a belated report of a new bee for Norfolk on iNaturalist by bhunt27, I quickly discovered a thriving colony of Osmia cornuta nesting in the south-facing wall of the church. Most nests are 3-5m up but a few were at head height.
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Chuffed to find Acleris literana (Lichen Tortrix) on the moth trap this am, the 2nd garden record. A worn, shabby individual, but you can see why it has it's colloquial name. Brindled Pug (upithecia abbreviata) also "new for year" - my thoughts in ALT.
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#bugsky
#norfolkmoths
about 2 months ago
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Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes), Gwynne's Mining Bee (Andrena bicolor) & Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) in West
#Norfolk
this morning.
#bees
#pollinators
#solitarybees
#oilbeetles
#bugsky
#insects
#beetles
about 2 months ago
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Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria) was "new for year" in this morning's
#Norwich
moth trap. Plus a brace of Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens) - always a welcome sight.
#moths
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#norfolkmoths
#bugsky
about 2 months ago
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Pleased & surprised to spot this female Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroaenea) on my urban dog walk just now. I think this is my first
#Norwich
record. Spotted whilst admiring Hairy-footed Flower Bees on a large area of Red Dead Nettle that has not been mown down!
#bees
#bugsky
#solitarybees
about 2 months ago
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A little bit of colour in this morning's moth trap. Only my second Early Thorn (and first of the spring generation) and one of two Frosted Green, more regular in the garden but great to see after none in '25.
#norfolkmoths
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#moths
#bugsky
about 2 months ago
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A gorgeous Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea) in the trap this morning. 3rd
#Norwich
garden record.
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#norfolkmoths
2 months ago
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A freshly emerged Greater Bulb-fly (Merodon equestris) found on a house plant this morning. So fresh that the wings were not yet fully inflated. Safely moved outside into the sun.
#flies
#bulbfly
#bugsky
2 months ago
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Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) in
#Essex
last week.
#birding
#essexbirding
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2 months ago
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Pleased to see this lovely fresh Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) yesterday morning. Found on some washing hanging near the moth trap! A common species but only my 3rd garden record and the 1st of the spring generation. Previous records (3/7/20 & 27/6/25).
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#norrolkmoths
2 months ago
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Pleased to discover several male Grey-backed Mining Bees (Andrena vaga) have emerged from the West Pottergate
#Norwich
colony. Hopefully some females will emerge soon to secure their future at this site.
#bees
#solitarybees
#bugsky
@timstrudwick.bsky.social
@vannabartlett.bsky.social
2 months ago
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1/3: Spring mothing well & truly underway on my
#Norwich
garden. Here's a selection of the species that I have recorded so far. Pale Brindled Beauty, Hebrew Character, Common Quaker & Diurnea fagella.
#mothsmatter
#teammoth
#bugsky
3 months ago
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Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) in Earlham Cemetery,
#Norwich
. Thanks to
@vannabartlett.bsky.social
for where to check &
@ians4ad.bsky.social
for a great discovery last year!
#bugsky
3 months ago
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reposted by
Keith Langdon
Tom Lowe
3 months ago
Managed a couple of hours
#goosing
this evening and came across this delightful Todd's Canada with Pinks between Docking and Bircham at Honey Hills!
#happydays
#norfolkbirding
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What a fabulous rediscovery. Stunnig
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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Some New Year astronomy for Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast.
#astronomy
#moon
#saturn
#jupiter
#lunarhalo
5 months ago
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