Steve Chapple
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Mainly - moths, Somerset cricket, Villa and cooking
I've called on the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve. Please help spread the word - contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible birds!
action.rspb.org.uk/page/185536/...
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Save Our Hen Harriers!
Itβs time for the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve. Contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible ...
https://action.rspb.org.uk/page/185536/action/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&en_ref=302229352
about 2 months ago
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A beautiful dark Mottled Umber last night along with 8 December Moths (a record here) and a Dark Arches my latest record by over 2 months!
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4 months ago
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November Moth agg., in reasonable numbers this year
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4 months ago
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Three Feathered Thorn last night but still no Yellow and Red-line Quakers - still time I hope
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4 months ago
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I've been finding Crocidosema plebejana here regularly for many years but never such a fresh one as this
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4 months ago
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By chance I found a Fiery Miner (Chrysoesthia drurella) in the garden last year. A few weeks ago I found its leaf mines and larvae and yesterday one of these beautiful, tiny, moths emerged.
7 months ago
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Oak Nycteoline: probably the scariest moth picture I've ever taken
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7 months ago
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A superb Dichrorampha alpinana in the garden today - loving my new 'meadow'
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10 months ago
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Marbled Minor agg.'s come in many forms but this must be one of the nicest
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10 months ago
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A Chocolate-tip, such an exquisite little moth. Three last night.
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11 months ago
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A Red Twin-spot Carpet, Shoulder, Stripe, The Streamer and Oak-tree Pug along with another 7 new species for 2025 was a good sign but only 30 moths was disappointing.
11 months ago
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Two Pine Beauties last night, this one was just about to escape
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12 months ago
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Oak Beauties are still visiting - this one's antennae was highlighted beautifully by the light
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12 months ago
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A Powdered Quaker, a very welcome visitor. A moth I've recorded in 8 of the last 13 years
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12 months ago
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I found this Nut-tree Tussock on the garage door today. A full ten days earlier than my previous earliest record.
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12 months ago
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This March Moth from last night was probably the most attractive one I have ever found. Small Quaker and Twin-spotted Quaker were also new for 2025
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about 1 year ago
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I spotted this Dotted Border on the sitting room window last night. Not a moth I see every year
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about 1 year ago
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A very smart Agonopterix alstromeriana (Hemlock Moth) in the trap last night.
about 1 year ago
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An early Clouded Drab last night was a first for 2025
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about 1 year ago
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At last a mild dry(ish) night so the actinics were pressed into action. 9 moths of 7 species including an Oak Beauty, Early Grey and a Grey Shoulder-knot.
about 1 year ago
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Tortricodes alternella the Spring Harbinger I've had one each year for the last four years
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about 1 year ago
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The wingless, female, Mottled Umber Moth found in the garden yesterday.
about 1 year ago
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A lovely surprise on my last trap of 2024 an Acleris umbrana. A first for me here in Taunton
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about 1 year ago
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My first December Acleris schalleriana (Viburnum Tortrix) at the window last night.
over 1 year ago
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Any ideas what this is? Found feeding within a dead thistle stem - noctuid, black head and prothoracic plate.
over 1 year ago
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My best micro moths of 2024 Part 2: Dioryctria simplicella, Gelechia sororculella, Gypsonoma opressana and Pammene germmana
over 1 year ago
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My best macro moths of 2024 Part 2: Royal Mantle, Angle-barred Pug, Privet Hawk-moth and White Satin - all firsts for my garden.
over 1 year ago
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My four best micro moths of 2024: Dichrorampha acuminatana, Ptocheuusa paupella, and Chrysoesthia drurella and Pachyrhabda steropodes
over 1 year ago
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My four top macro moths of 2024: Bordered Pug, Porter's Rustic, Portland Ribbon Wave and Radford's Flame Shoulder - how times have changed
over 1 year ago
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