Bill's Birding

Acleris schalleriana ... ... Officially the 400th species of moth caught in the garden to date. Am I cool now?

Rare, or are they? If you were wondering why I haven't been posting in a while, it's because I've been staring at this photo co...

The Many Faces of Bookham Common Just in case you were starting to worry, the authorities didn't arrest me in the end for putting that...

Breaking the Law Who would have thought that such a harmless hobby could get so out of hand? When I first started, I knew I was getting my...

An Assortment of Butter Let's end July with some butterflies, eh? Overall, the weather hasn't been great for them, but on the odd ...

Cheers Italy Whilst I re-consider the title of this blog to 'Bill's Mothing'- judging by the fact that I haven't done a bi...

The Only Way is Essex... One of the two butterflies below is an Essex Skipper, and the other is a Small Skipper, but can you tell which is...

Getting Horny With Clearwings... Back in January, I decided to buy some moth pheromones. These are naturally emitted from wild female moth...

Beware: Post Contains Very Cute Birds  Surely it can't be three weeks since I last did a post? Blogger must be wrong? And surely we ca...

Garden Mothing- What I've been catching... Three days later, and without further ado, here are the results from three nights worth of ...