Cold Edge

Painted Lady feeding on clover. The white tips of the antennae are visible.

Shibden Valley

Large White 2

Cold Edge

Common Heath (?)

Also: Painted Lady 2

Shibden Valley

Mother Shipton moth 1.  Another Cinnabar

Shibden Valley

Cinnabar

Star of Bethlehem. Its flowers open fully only in the sun.

Ringstone Edge

Painted Lady 1

Shibden Valley Survey

 To ALL on Group

I am currently recording a  comphrehensive Record  Set   in Shiden Valley , Split into three parts Upper Shibden Valley , Shibden Hall and Surrounds , and Lower Valley up to and including Brookfoot notably around accesible land around Shibden Brook , Henshall Woods in the Upper Valley and through Sunnyvale via Red Brook onward to Brookfoot

This will include All Taxa Butterflies & Moths, , Wild Flowers Ferns , Records of any Bird Sitings .

Historical Records will shortly be updated and can be both Contributed and Viewed on the Following Link on i-record . 

https://irecord.org.uk/join/shibden-valley-survey--group-feet

It is anticipated that over the next 3 years the survey will support nature and conservation in the Shibden Valley 

The i-record app can be used on a Mobile to submt accuate GPS record of finds or if you use  i-record you can use the Map to geo locate your refence and enter your find

In 1962 HSS under took a brief survey and its now time to create a modern and accesible record  which you can help create and participate   i'll  post a few snippets here of that Survey which found Moonwort . The survey shhould extensively also address Invertebrates such Hoverflies Caddisflies BWARS ,and Other specialist species 

If you register on the Group you'll receive updates of any activities , Botanical training or Moth Trapping etc supporting the project

Ringstone Edge

Orange Tip 2 males

Colden

Small Tortoiseshell 1

Also: Painted Lady 1

Shibden Valley

Holly Blue 1 

Shibden Valley

Orange Tip: 2 males 

Whiteholme

1 of 2 Peacocks

New Bank

Orange Tip male

BAITINGS:  Peacock 1

Lee Mount - 9th April

 A couple of special moths this morning after a warmer than average day yesterday and overnight. New ones for this site and the best night yet this year.

Brindled Beauty

Lunar Marbled Brown

Also

1 Hebrew Character

9 Common Quaker

3 Small Quaker

2 Clouded Drab

1 Oak Nycteoline

1 Acleris literana (only 2nd record for here)

1 Brindled Pug 

1 Early Thorn 

Acleris literana

Early Thorn

Weather turned dull and cold today and tonight so don't expect anything much in the morning !

Lee Mount - slow going - January and February !

Cool, cold or wet nights continue and few returns from the moth trap which has been on at times throughout given reasonable conditions. 

Nothing in January

1st Feb  - 3 x Pale Brindled Beauty included one melanistic. 

9th Feb - 4 x Pale Brindled Beauty

22nd Feb - 1 x March Moth

25th February was as good as it got so far with 2 x March Moths, 1 x Oak Beauty and 2 xTortricodes alternella

Oak Beauty

Hardcastle Crags 17th jan 2026

Chestnut

Pale Brindled Beauty

Spring Usher

Spring Usher (dark form)

The first outing of the year and the first time trapping in January at the Crags.===

Chestnut x 2 ( first in)

Pale Brindled Beauty x 12 

Spring Usher x 6 (3 different forms)
 

Lee Mount - 29th Nov

Had a surprise early evening with what I suspect is the flightless female Winter Moth.?

I've tried looking for these in winter evenings on tree trunks and failed to find any even though males were present. 

This one was on the window frame where there were 2 males earlier this week.

Winter Moth - female

Lee Mount - 28th November

 A very nice surprise in the trap this morning even though I shut the trap down last night owing to the strength of the wind. Just the one moth in the trap, a new one for here..

December Moth

Lee Mount - October up to 16th.

Hardly ever get a lot of moths here but always something of interest...

6th - Red-green Carpet x 1, November Moth agg x 2, Large Yellow Underwing x 1, Tachystola acroxantha x 1, Light-brown Apple-moth x 1

8th - Feathered Thorn x 1, Blastobasis lacticolella x 1,

14th - Green brindled Crescent x 1, November Moth agg x 6, Silver Y x 1, Common Marbled Carpet x 1

15th - Streak x 1, Merveille-du Jour x 1

16th - Dark Sword-grass x 1

Green-brindled Crescent

Merveille-du Jour

Streak

October 13th 2025 an exceptional night

 Merville du Jour x 2

Vines rustic x 1

Brown Spot Pinion x 2

Rosy Rustic x 1

Lunar underwing x 2

Garden Rose tort x 1

Pink - barred Sallow x 1

Barred Sallow x 2

Grey Shoulder Knot x 1

Light Emerald x 1 #

Straw Dot x 1 #

Red Green Carpet x 8

Blair's Shoulder Knot x 5

Black Rustic x 8

Streak x 2

LBAM x 2

Angle Shades x 1 

LYU x 5

Square spot Rustic x 4

Spruce Carpet x 3

Acleris Spars x 2

Hypsopygia glaucinalis x 1 

Nov agg x 2