I’ve had two days recently when I went looking for butterflies and was feeling a little disappointed not to see very many when, all of a sudden, a moth flew by and landed at my feet … like Nature saying ‘Here’s a consolation prize!’ or, maybe, ‘Don’t be a Wally! Look at this amazing creature!’ … and so I did. And then another moth appeared, and another, and …

Cream wave (Scopula floslactata)

Latticed heath (Chiasmia clathrata)

Mocha (Cyclophora annularia)

Silver Y (Autographa gamma)

Yellow shell (Camptogramma bilineata)