Up the hill past 694 At the stone wall make a left.https://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mwqaknfnvc2fA good 8hrs exercise on Blakeney Point y'day - all the action was further north but managed Pied Fly, 5 Redstarts, S-e Owl, a sprinkling of Robins and Song Thrushes and the first few Redwings of autumn. A bat over the sea first thing was a surprise (Nathusius's Pip on probability) #UKBirding30 Sep 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqaknfnvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mwh2ojgstk2lA completely unexpected and absolutely pristine Gold Spot was new for the garden last night (Royston VC29) #TeamMoth26 Sep 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh2ojgstk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mwh2jvnix22lWhat do people think - not a 100% classic setup but maybe the odd bird in East Anglia on Tues? #UKBirding26 Sep 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwh2jvnix22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mu5lozs55k2iBeautiful Plume pursued by small shadow dragons - dramatic scenes on my kitchen wall last night #TeamMoth28 Aug 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5lozs55k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mu5lj655xs2iFinally got my long-awaited Ni Moth on Thursday night, hiding round the side of the actinic trap with the Ni lure on. Very nice indeed. Campion, Dark Spectacle and O. semirubella less exciting but always a pleasure! Royston, VC29 #TeamMoth28 Aug 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5lj655xs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mtqrwiopx22rShow your moth-er you care with this limited edition gold-plated Box-tree Moth #TeamMoth23 Aug 2026 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqrwiopx22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mteyzqhn522aA surreal experience watching the antics of these entertaining and endearing European Hamsters in a Vienna cemetery on a hot early August weekend. Scarce Swallowtail, Red Squirrel and Spotted Sulphur were also noted in between the palaces and beer gardens.18 Aug 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteyzqhn522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mtdynjwt2k2bSummer of the Heliothis/Helicoverpa: Marbled Clover, Bordered Straw and Scarce Bordered Straw from the garden over the last few weeks. But where's my Eastern Bordered?! #TeamMoth18 Aug 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdynjwt2k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mtdxmnv2ek2bRecent mothy bits from the Royston garden: potential VC29 first Cydia interscindana, plus Cydia amplana, Tawny-barred Angle, Silky Wainscot, Delicates, Cosmopterix pulchrimella, Ypsolopha alpella, Anania perlucidalis, Palpita vitrealis and Vestal18 Aug 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdxmnv2ek2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mtdwvxlvl22bSome nice moths from north Herts on 13th August: Antler Moth, Lunar Yellow Underwing, Barred Rivulet, August Thorn, Mompha miscella, Parectopa ononidis, Agonopterix kaekeritziana and Argyresthia semitestacella #TeamMoth18 Aug 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdwvxlvl22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mt4ehzms6s2xTwo recent crazy nights trapping with cheap LEDs and homemade traps on chalk grassland in North Herts: 3 Aug >>1,000 Small Mottled Willow 13 Aug c150 Delicate British records for both? A crazy summer, or the new normal? Answers on a postcard (that's covered in Small Mottled Willows) #TeamMoth15 Aug 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4ehzms6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mqwbgcyrvc2cVisited Stotfold, Beds Green-flowered Helleborines only to find whole colony (and significant area of woodland floor) in the process of being trashed by dumping of waste soil from a nearby development. Work now stopped til Mon when I'll have to try to speak with council... @ukorchids.bsky.social18 Jul 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwbgcyrvc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mowrmcj7ms2vGlorious colours at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social: Long-headed Poppy and Viper's Bugloss, Biting Stonecrop, Kidney Vetch and Pyramidal Orchids.23 Jun 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowrmcj7ms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mowrhpjlys2vTawny Wave, Oblique Striped, Small Blue and Small Heath at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social #TeamMoth @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowrhpjlys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mowrd6ezzk2vA profusion of peas at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social: Bur Medick, Rough Clover, Sand Lucerne and Purple Milk-vetch23 Jun 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowrd6ezzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mowr4gi34c2vBreckland rarities at Cranwich Camp on Saturday with Norfolk Flora Group and @norfolknats.bsky.social: Proliferous Pink, Spanish Catchfly, Purple-stem Cat's-tail and Sand Catchfly23 Jun 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowr4gi34c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3movoc5jihc2wClearwings from the garden over the last month: Lunar Hornet, Red-belted, Orange-tailed and Currant. Six-belted and Red-tipped have also dropped by but didn't want to stop for photos! Royston, Cambs VC29 #TeamMoth22 Jun 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3movoc5jihc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3movnl7r5ec2wNew for garden moths over the weekend included Small Marbled, Larch Pug, Schoenobius gigantella and Anania perlucidalis (Royston, Cambs VC29) #TeamMoth22 Jun 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3movnl7r5ec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mohkyugmec2zCrested Cow-wheat, Sulphur Clover and Pyramidal Orchids decorating some Cambridgeshire road verges yesterday17 Jun 2026 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohkyugmec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mobm43wm522nFour-spotted, Aethes hartmanniana and Nemophora fasciella in south Cambs today, and Grapholita pallifrontana from 23/05. I've been bumping into hartmanniana and fasciella in lots of places recently, belying their supposedly scarce status - worth looking out for both of these at the moment #TeamMoth14 Jun 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobm43wm522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnzonqcv522mHorehound Longhorn, White-letter Hairstreak, Rose Chafer and Beautiful Demoiselle during periodic bright spells of weather on surveys in south London this week11 Jun 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzonqcv522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnpxdprstc22Purple Milk-vetch, Lizard Orchid, Bastard-toadflax and Bee Orchid from Therfield Heath today #WildflowerHour07 Jun 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpxdprstc22https://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnpwy726ws22Perennial Flax, Knapweed Broomrape, Chalk Fragrant-orchid and Wild Candytuft all looking splendid at Therfield Heath, Herts today #WildflowerHour07 Jun 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpwy726ws22https://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnmdaoyzqk2aLong-held ambition fulfilled on a dreamy day up Cwm Idwal, Eryri on 18th May, with Snowdon Lily, Tufted Saxifrage and views to die for.06 Jun 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmdaoyzqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnm4s3judc2iRed Squirrel, Razorbill, Lanceolate Spleenwort and Small Adder's-tongue from Anglesey, May 2026.06 Jun 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnm4s3judc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnm42ouljc2tWild Cotoneaster, Nottingham Catchfly, Hoary Rock-rose and grazing gang taking a break - Great Orme, May 202606 Jun 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnm42ouljc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnkqhfqta22tField Fleawort ssp maritima, Spotted Rock-rose and Pale Dog-violet from the flower-rich Anglesey coast last month.05 Jun 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkqhfqta22thttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnkol3rke22tA selection of Pugsley's Marsh-orchids to delight and confuse, from a lush Anglesey bog on 16th May05 Jun 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkol3rke22thttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnfmfntgmk2aA few Fly Orchids still in reasonable condition in Hertfordshire yesterday03 Jun 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfmfntgmk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andysymes.bsky.social/post/3mnfcvyrnxs25Thisanotia chrysonuchella, Apotomis turbidana, Phtheochroa sodaliana and Oxyptilus distans from the Brecks on Saturday #TeamMoth03 Jun 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:kqhsnhqehgwqjv5g2e7hqeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfcvyrnxs25