Moths from other places in England

There's a good selection of species here, including one of Britain's rarest moths, from various spots I've visited in the past.

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Moths of Derbyshire - part 2

This section includes the hawkmoths, prominents, tiger moths and a few others!

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Moths of Derbyshire part 1

Derbyshire has a reasonably good diversity of moths, given the wide variety of habitats found across the county. The limestone dales of the Peak District hold populations of nationally rare species, such as the Chalk Carpet.

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Moths of Derbyshire part 3

This last section contains the Noctuids and various micro-moths I've seen and includes some of Derbyshire's most commonly-seen species.

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Moths of Dry Sandford Pit NR, Oxfordshire

Dry Sandford Pit is a BBOWT Nature Reserve near Abingdon. It's well known for a population of Scarlet Tiger moths, although I've never been lucky to see them when I've visited! It's also a guaranteed site for Privet Hawkmoths.

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Moths of Garston Wood

Garston Wood is an RSPB reserve in the far north of Dorset, near the village of Sixpenny Handley. It is an ancient broadleaved woodland with hazel coppice and has a superb moth fauna.

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Moths of other parts of Dorset

Dorset has a superb range of moths, and many nationally rare species can be found here.

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Moths of Wicken Fen NNR

Wicken Fen NNR is THE classic moth site in England. It is Britain's oldest National Nature Reserve, and is a remnant of the once extensive fen system in Cambridgeshire, which was drained for agriculture in the early 20th century.

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