Where I'm at...

I'm pretty sure that I've never actually shown ANY photos of where I conduct my mothing activities. So, to put matters right the scene below is the view from the balcony where I'm staying for the six months in UK. Pretty nice eh. Is a blustery September afternoon. Across the bay you can see the coastline of Sandwich and Deal - a popular site for various invasions throughout history!

Below is my borrowed moth trap - thanks Phil! Was the very first thing that got sorted upon arrival - as you might imagine! Anyway, it works just fine and catches me lots of goodies. I'm amazed I catch so much being one floor up, but I do suffer when the SW wind blows since the moths don't like to fly high in such adverse conditions. BTW Mike, if you see this this is the kind of trap you need to be building for potential mothers in Ontario...

Of course, one does all this for one main reason over here in UK - to catch rare migrant moths! This year has been brilliant for rare moths from Southern Europe and North Africa and I've had my fair share up here on the balcony. Below is one such moth - a Blair's Mocha. I'm cheating a bit because I didn't actually catch this one here but the photo was easily available so what the hell. Nice looking geometrid whth those tiny discal spots. Has come a long way to grace our shores.

So there you have it. BTW it has been suggested in some quarters that MM has lost interest in all things Canadian. Perish the thought - I'll be back for more...