Garden Mega - Hummingbird Hawk-moth - July 2025

A mate sent me a video of a Hummingbird Hawk-moth in his Sheffield garden, so knowing they were relatively common this year, I kept an eye on a Budleja that I'd grown a few years ago in the front garden.

After I couple of weeks I got lucky as this day flying migrant moth visited one morning, making several appearances through the day.

Hummingbird Hawk-moth

A coupe of days later I got lucky again with a Painted Lady for only the second time in the garden.

I saw the Hawk-moth briefly a couple of times a few days later, but not after July.  During a visit to Norfolk in August we saw 10+ in the walled garden at Holkham Hall - clearly they were enjoying the hot summer of 2025.

Thanks for looking!