News archive

An archive of all the news items that have ever been added to the BMG website!

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See also the latest news and identification help for moths in Berks, Bucks and Oxon on the Upper Thames moth blog.

Moth reports for 2023 from Les Finch and Martin Finch are now available on our publications page - 7 February 2024

Micro-moths of Berkshire - 2nd edition coming soon! - 14 June 2022

Over a million Berkshire moth records! - 19 March 2022

Latest moth report from Les Finch and Martin Finch - 14 February 2021

Common Micro-moths available to download - 3 July 2020

iRecord activity pages - 20 June 2020

E-moth newsletter from the National Moth Recording Scheme – 14 May 2020

Summary of Berkshire moth records in 2019 – 10 May 2020

Moth survey reports from Finch and Finch – 10 May 2020

Website updates – 10 May 2020

Updated county checklist for macro-moths — Oct 19, 2018 11:17:52 AM

Micro-moth verification guidelines — May 11, 2017 11:18:11 AM

Records for the National Moth Atlas — Mar 8, 2017 10:26:47 PM

Activity pages on iRecord — Apr 7, 2016 12:18:31 PM

Pheromone lures for clearwing moths — Mar 24, 2016 9:37:58 PM

Database reaches half a million! — Jan 8, 2016 10:13:22 PM

Can you help digitise moth records? — Jan 5, 2016 11:06:06 PM

Latest site reports available from Les Finch — Jan 2, 2016 6:24:35 PM

Targeting squares and species for the national atlas — Dec 6, 2015 10:24:40 PM

Species list for Maiden Erlegh LNR — Nov 13, 2015 9:54:15 AM

Berkshire Moth Group online — Nov 12, 2015 1:51:12 PM

Update on records — Oct 6, 2015 9:25:45 PM

Berkshire features in micro-moth review for 2013 — Jan 23, 2015 10:07:49 PM

New records via iRecord — Sep 30, 2014 10:51:12 PM

Berkshire BAP species — Sep 30, 2014 12:31:48 PM

Latest records — Sep 26, 2014 5:54:53 PM

Berkshire's 2nd confirmed Clifden Nonpareil — Sep 17, 2014 9:13:13 PM

Records incoming! — Feb 2, 2014 11:52:19 PM

New blog for moth news in Berks, Bucks and Oxon — Jan 7, 2014 11:37:28 PM

Common Micro-moths - errata — Dec 11, 2013 10:25:31 PM

Maidenhead Thicket moth report 2013 — Nov 14, 2013 8:54:51 PM

Incoming records, October 2013 — Oct 20, 2013 5:22:51 PM

A new micro-moth identification book available from the Berkshire Moth Group — Oct 8, 2013 11:14:34 PM

Report and newsletter added — Mar 30, 2013 4:55:40 PM

Gelechiid micro-moth recording scheme — Mar 3, 2013 1:11:52 PM

Records from Martin Corley — Jan 3, 2013 10:20:23 PM

Latest Berkshire moth records — Dec 30, 2012 11:13:24 PM

Verifying moth records in Berkshire — Dec 22, 2012 10:50:26 PM

Latest Berkshire moth records — Dec 22, 2012 12:39:32 PM

First for over 100 years — Jun 5, 2012 5:27:14 PM

More highlights — Jun 5, 2012 3:42:21 PM

Incoming data — Jun 5, 2012 2:09:25 PM

Data moves again! — Jun 3, 2012 10:53:48 PM

The spot that got away ... — Feb 23, 2012 11:03:40 PM

Latest records — Feb 23, 2012 6:07:56 PM

Data imports — Feb 12, 2012 7:38:23 PM

Moths by month in words — Feb 9, 2012 10:20:07 PM

Moth reports and analysis from Les and Martin Finch — Jan 4, 2012 11:27:35 PM

Records sent to the National Moth Recording Scheme — Nov 29, 2011 10:47:13 PM

Records, records, records ... — Nov 29, 2011 10:25:08 PM

More updates — Nov 27, 2011 7:14:58 PM

Records from two new recorders — Nov 27, 2011 12:46:50 PM

More records — Nov 20, 2011 3:15:55 PM

Latest record import — Nov 20, 2011 12:23:28 AM

Two micros new to the county — Nov 19, 2011 11:42:30 PM

New dots on the maps — Nov 9, 2011 1:30:52 PM

Records from Bracknell — Nov 3, 2011 10:24:21 PM

Day-flying moth records — Nov 3, 2011 3:02:53 PM

New recorder and new moths — Nov 1, 2011 2:17:19 PM

Records in — Oct 30, 2011 10:27:09 PM

Records in — Oct 30, 2011 7:13:20 PM

Records in — Oct 28, 2011 10:40:29 PM

Records in — Oct 27, 2011 10:26:48 PM

New photos — Oct 27, 2011 7:00:32 PM

Bibliography of Berkshire moth documents — Oct 16, 2011 9:06:46 PM

New photos — Feb 5, 2011 7:57:08 PM

New download: Verifying moth records in Berkshire — Nov 10, 2010 5:10:33 PM

Updated: Oak Processionary Moth found in Berkshire — Nov 4, 2010 10:30:43 AM

A new species for Berkshire — Jul 14, 2010 9:53:51 AM

Small Eggar reappears in Berkshire — Jul 7, 2010 8:22:14 AM

Devon Carpet reappears in Berkshire — Jun 12, 2010 4:25:22 PM

Records update — Jun 11, 2010 8:49:19 PM

Drab Looper in Berkshire — Jun 11, 2010 8:45:49 PM

New downloads — May 28, 2010 4:28:36 PM

Lots of lovely records! — Feb 19, 2010 11:19:24 PM

Field meetings in 2010 — Feb 16, 2010 9:01:37 AM

Common moths through the year — Jan 3, 2010 9:55:45 PM

Recording the 'critical' species - revised guidelines — Jan 3, 2010 12:58:35 AM

Moths by month - updated versions — Jan 3, 2010 12:16:42 AM

Data from Wytham Woods research project — Jan 2, 2010 12:11:55 PM

Berkshire moths photo gallery — Dec 30, 2009 7:23:56 PM

More incoming records — Dec 29, 2009 8:46:57 PM

moth records from Malcolm Storey — Dec 29, 2009 6:18:10 PM

December Meeting report added — Dec 15, 2009 10:30:25 AM

November Meeting report added — Dec 4, 2009 1:54:29 PM

Newsletter from Moths Count — Dec 3, 2009 10:19:04 PM

Records in, 11 November — Nov 11, 2009 6:31:39 PM

New BMG logo — Nov 4, 2009 11:37:11 PM

Incoming records — Nov 4, 2009 11:21:23 PM

August meeting report added — Oct 16, 2009 11:47:16 AM

Moth new to Britain found in Berkshire‏‎‎‎‎‏‎‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‎‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‎‏‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‏‏‏‎‎‏‎‎‎‏‏‎‎‏‎‏‏‎‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‎‎‏‎‏‏‏‎‎‏‏‏‎‏‏‎‎‏‎‏‎‎ — Oct 11, 2009 8:28:27 PM

Species account added — Oct 11, 2009 5:55:11 PM

Photos and report from National Moth Night‏‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‎‎‎‎‏‎‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‎‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‎‏‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‏‎‎‏‏‏‎‎‏‎‎‎‏‏‎‎‏‎‏‏‎‎‏‏‎‏‏‎‎‎‏‎‏‏‏‎‎‏‏‏‎‏‏‎‎‏‎‏‎‎ — Oct 8, 2009 7:31:43 PM

Records update — Aug 9, 2009 5:38:08 PM

Photo galleries on the BMG website — Jun 21, 2009 4:43:43 PM

Grass Moths Guide — Jun 2, 2009 9:16:22 AM

BMG meeting reports — May 24, 2009 5:23:58 PM

Workshop: Conserving Drab Looper and woodland moths — May 24, 2009 4:48:42 PM

White Ermine species account — May 24, 2009 3:07:44 PM

website links — May 24, 2009 1:56:16 PM

Moths in the media — May 14, 2009 2:00:00 PM

field trip report: Moor Copse — Apr 11, 2009 1:33:40 PM

earliest ever Eyed Hawk-moth — Apr 7, 2009 10:07:15 AM

RESCHEDULED: Moor Copse field trip — Mar 27, 2009 3:52:42 PM

Update — Mar 12, 2009 6:36:03 AM

Website news — Mar 11, 2009 11:15:00 PM

Records update — Mar 11, 2009 10:17:03 PM

BMG meeting — Mar 11, 2009 7:39:33 PM