For information about recording moths, see our Resources page, and also the Moths Count website. Or come to one of our meetings or events. If you want to report a one-off moth sighting in Berkshire please use our recording form. If you are recording moths more regularly (even if it's just a few) then your records will be welcomed for the county database - please contact county recorder Martin Harvey for details, either direct or via our contact form. If you are just starting to record moths, you may find it useful to look at our Common moths through the year - an attempt to show the moths you are most likely to find in your moth-trap in order of when you will see them! Moth recording is organised around 'vice-county' boundaries, which are roughly equivalent to the county boundaries in use before 1974. This means that "Berkshire" includes much of what is now south-west Oxfordshire. For instance, these places are all in Berkshire for moth recording purposes:
NEW: Are you feeling adventurous? See the four 10km squares that are (just) in Berkshire and have no moth records at all - get the first records in and fame could be yours! | Number of moth species recorded in Berkshire per 2km square ('tetrad') at November 2011 - not a dramatic change from 2009 but some good progress on infilling the empty space on the west Berkshire downs, and increasing species totals in the Reading and Maidenhead areas:  Number of moth species recorded in Berkshire per 2km square as it was in February 2009:  |
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