Powdered Quaker, worn.
19/2 last night in Hunstanton, chilly!
18 Shuttle Shaped Darts, all male, 17 in trap, 1 on windowsill & 1 Powdered Quaker, a little worse for wear. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Holly Blue on Maris Bard potato pots - not Holly!
Hunstanton - Holly Blue on Maris Bard potato pots - not Holly!
Turnip, tucked into gap in shed door.
Turnip, showing his half feathered antennae, smart little moth
7/3 last night, very chilly here in Hunstanton. Nfy Turnip, tucked into the shed door opening, a couple of weeks earlier than in 2025. Also 5 SSD & 1 D/S Pug. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Oystercatchers overhead, calling.
Let's hope we have lots!!!
6 Shuttle-shaped Darts in trap this morning.
male Muslin moth in trap this morning, very smart little moth!
7/2 last night, very chilly this morning in Hunstanton. Just 6 SSD and 1 Muslin in trap, nothing sitting around. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
FYI Terry sowed his N Alata seeds yesterday. Roll on August for the Conv.HM!
Potted eventually last evening, Depr. chaerophylli, (Tabby Brown). Very lively, new to our area.
Another view of the Tabby Brown, very well marked little moth.
Out of trap into egg box & turned straight onto its back! Our 1st m Muslin moth of the year
1st for year a Chamomile Shark, on back of bench this morning. Didn't trap one last year.
Only 8/7 last night in Hunstanton. NFG Depr. chaerophylli, (Tabby Brown), scarce here. NFY Muslin Moth & Chamomile Shark. Only migrant 1 D/Back. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
1st w Ross's Gull reported from ploughed fields at Thornham, was found at RSPB Titchwell this morning.. #norfolkbirds
Another Oak-tree Tussock, very attractive moth
On our shed this morning, a Pine Beauty.
Found on one of our Spindle bushes today our first Spindle Ermine web of this year.
Only 15/7 last night in Hunstanton. Nothing new. Top was 8 DS Pugs, 2 SSD, & singles of Brindled & Oak Pugs, Lunar-marbled Brown, Nut-tree Tussock* & Pine Beauty*.
Found this web on our spindle today, first of the Spindle Ermines!* #teammoth #norfolkmoths
Siskins over calling as we opened trap.
Been unable to do much on it all day, keeps telling me i have no Internet connection and there is a server error etc.
Heavy rain last evening in Hunstanton, but egg boxes were dry this morning, trap empty, but last night we found a DS pug on back of bench.
#teammoth #norfolkmoths
Med gull over calling, Blackcap on Hawthorn singing and RL Partridges as well. ##norfolkbirding
Found on wall last night, our 1st Red Chestnut of 2026
More to come! Our 1st Shuttle-shaped Dart of the year.
Our 2st Nutmeg of the year.
Flame Shoulder, first for year, not many recorded here yet.
10/9 trap out for a few hours only last evening in Hunstanton, as rain forecast... didn't look like we had any!
5 Nfy:- Red Chestnut*, SSD*, Nutmeg*, Oak-tree pugs & Flame Shoulder*. All photos taken last night with flash. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
You can borrow ours! 1st for gdn on 9th April.
Snap! We had our 1st Red Chestnut of the year last night.
No trap last night in Hunstanton, but on our Spindle this morning, seen from kitchen window, we've had a pr of Chiffchafff, and a singing Willow Warbler. We had 3 Blackcaps on it the other day, a very good bush, if you don't mind the Ermine cats. webs later!!!!! #norfolkbirding #norfolkmoths
We've got 2 here in hunny
Very nice!
Good morning at Titchwell, no sign of Pied Fly but nfy were 2 Yellow wagtails, (in horse paddock), Sedge and Reed warblers. Very noisy gulls! LRP x 4 on Freshmarsh, 2 near to path, good nos of sandwich terns on FM. Bearded tit, male, showing well in reedbed.
#norfolkbirding
Good luck, we have a 2 x 20 actinic skinner. We have 2 actually but rarely put both out.
Min 109 last year, had a vast influx in 2016, the year after we moved here, garden was alive with them..pests!
Remember visiting the reserve many years ago, wonderful birds!
Had our 1st Db today too. Many more to come!
3/3 last night in Hunstanton. NFY Diamond-back moth. Also Powdered Quaker & Frosted Green.
Holly Blues, Peacock only butterflies yesterday.
#teammoth #norfolkmoths
4 Oystercatchers were flying overhead, plus Sparrowhawk and Red Kites. Willow warbler calling briefly this morning. #norfolkbirding
Our 1st Dotted Chestnut at last!
1st Great Prominent of the season, subtle markings.
Not our usual view of a Hebrew Character, on the shed last evening.
A Many-plumed moth was flying around last night and finally landed on the light frame, looks a bit worn.
34/17 last night in Hunstanton, Nfg Dotted Chestnut*, at last!
Nfy Waved Umber, Frosted Green, Great Prominent* & Lunar Marbled Brown.
Also 8 D/S Pugs, 5 Hebrew Ch*., 3 C semifascia, Pine Beauty, Many Plumed*, Powdered Quaker etc.
Sadly a Nut-tree T was caught by a Robin.
#Norfolkmoths #teammoth
2 Powdered Quakers this morning, one on floor of trap and one found on the grass near the trap.
Nut-tree Tussock, found on wall by trap last night at 8.50, still there this morning.
14/8 last night in Hunstanton, nfy 2 x Powdered Quakers & Nut-tree Tussock. Also a poss Scarce or Pale Maple Stilt.
1st garden Willow Warbler heard & Greenshank calling as we emptied trap.
Yesterday, Holly Blues & Orange-tips in garden
#teammoth #norfolkmoths #norfolkbirding
1st Brindled Buff this year
Another Oak Beauty, a little worse for wear.
Not so well hidden Common Plume, on edge of shed!
Another well marked Double-striped Pug
9/7 last night in Hunstanton. Nfy Ag.arenella (Brindled Buff)*
Also another Oak Beauty* found on bench, Cmn Plume* found on edge of shed, D/S Pug*, Cl Drab, Cmn Q found on window & 3 Hebrew Ch. #teammoth #norfolkmoths
1st Blackcap singing in garden this year plus Chiffchaff calling.
Just had one whizzing through our back garden too!
2 Sedge w, Snow bunting, Spoonbills and a couple of Pinks at Titchwell, all topsy turvey!
Well done, this morning one of our cold frames had lifted off the paving, ended up by the bench, knocking over our pot of muscari. Only 1 plant was moved from under the frame, found plant on grass and pot in flower bed. Got off lightly here!
Good photo!!
Counts of birds migrating past Hunstanton between 06.15 and 08.45 on 3rd April 2026
A portrait of a medium-sized black, grey and white shrike towards the top of a small bush
A picture of a black female sawfly with a brighy orange head resting on a pine cone
A group of orange-coloured fungi growing and glowing in a peaty stream
A grand day in northwest Norfolk, with a good movement of passerines along Hunstanton cliffs followed by Great Grey Shrike in the nearby dunes and a fine display of Bog Beacon and my first ever Red-headed Pine Sawfly (a female) in the woods at Dersingham