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Steve Turner

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A once keen birder and temporary Fair Isle resident in a previous life. Now just mostly obsessed with moths (Staffordshire VC39). Update Ordnance Survey data for a living.

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 1h

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 1h

Yeh man, I know. Been in a slump for about 2 weeks now.
Tonight here is another right-off, and if Wednesday night doesn’t deliver then that’s me scuppered.

100 & 600 would be a fantastic result for you.

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 1h

Emphatically yes 🤣

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 1h

Really great stuff there.

I’m on 95 NFGs up to the end of October. Really struggling now though.
After burning brightly for several months, I’m now fading badly literally & figuratively 😆😅🥴

{C’MON, STEVE!
One last push for the 100NFG/500Yearlist double 🤣🤦‍♂️}

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Staffordshire Moths @vc39moths.bsky.social · 4h

Ectoedemia quinquella (Five-spot Dot) on Quercus robor (Oak), provisionally new to Staffordshire, 3 November 2025, Wolverhampton (Image: Darren Taylor). #MothsMatter

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 4h

I haven’t knowingly seen any Buckthorn around here.

Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 6h

Oh flippin ‘eck!

Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 6h

Quality moth that. Nice one.

Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 7h

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 7h

That’s not bad considering the conditions.
A migrant would’ve been nice, but hey….

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 7h

Probably.
Tonight looks a right off too, but I’m more hopeful about Wednesday. However, I think we have some sort of mega super moon to deal with 🙄🙄🤦‍♂️

Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 7h

A Baldrick! 😆👍 Better than a Wogan, I guess!!

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 8h

Apparently they prefer drier habitats to regular Alder.

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 8h

Nice one, Dave! Always a nice feeling to send Terence packing 😁👍

Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 8h

Yes. I think the leaf has a more toothed edge and is greyer on the underside. Not a species I had heard of really, until I started looking into leafmines!

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 9h

😆 It is one I’ve been intending to look for, but I haven’t really seen any around here.

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 18h

Not another one 🙄🙈
I’m waving the white flag 🏳️ 😆

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 18h

Nice one!
I’ve just stuck my head out the window, and it seems calmer than forecast, but I still can’t be bothered I’m afraid!

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Steve Turner @sj84turner.bsky.social · 20h

Great work, Les.
A mammoth effort to pull together 4 counties worth of data.