Kent Moths

News & Events

This page contains the latest news and event announcements from the Kent Moth Group.

The Kent Moth Group's 2024 Spring Meeting is being held at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory on Saturday 2nd March from 9:30am to approx. 1:30pm. 
Please let us know if you are planning to attend by contacting us at mothsinkent@gmail.com 

Proposed agenda set out below. It would be good to meet up with more of you. 
Please confirm via mothsinkent@gmail.com it will help us plan biscuits etc!

Moth Group meeting Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory CT13 9PF

Saturday March 2nd 2024 0930 to 1330.

0930am- Arrival and tea and coffee.

0950am- Welcoming remarks

10am- Rebecca Levey-Kent Magnificent Moths and the future (25 mins)

10.30am Dave Shenton – Kent micro report 2022 (20 mins)

10.55am Dave Shenton – Entering data via i-Record (10 mins)

11.10am Tea break

11.40am Greg Lee – Weather and migrants (20 mins)

12.05pm Ian Hunter – Kent macro report 2022 (20 mins)

12.30pm Ian Smith – Cameroon (25 mins)

1.00pm Oliver Bournat –Expecting the expected at Seal Chart SSSI (20 mins)

1.30pm finish

We will request donations to defray costs.

The Observatory is on a private estate and you may be requested by them to pay £1 entry for the estate

Britain's first Ancylosis convexella was caught by Tony King in Lyminge, Kent recently (det. D. Shenton). This is a species that occurs in southern Europe and northern Africa.

This continues a string of additions to the British list in the past month, potentially up to the 5th such new species!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Kent Moths website.

You can now access maps, images and a range of other info at your fingertips.

Let us know if you have any suggestions for further development.