All about moths at Kentish Town City Farm

Moths are jewels of our natural heritage. They’re as beautiful as butterflies and as industrious as bees, yet lots of people seem to have an instinctive dislike of them. Join this evening session, led by Professor Tim Blackburn, moth expert and author of The Jewel Box, and discover the wonderful diversity of moths, which can be found even in the dark heart of the inner city. Tim will show how moths can inform about how the natural world works, and explain why they are such important links in the web of life. Hopefully, by the end of the talk, you will have a little more appreciation of this amazing group of insects.

Professor Tim Blackburn is a scientist with thirty years of experience studying questions about the distribution, abundance and diversity of species in ecological communities. He is currently Professor of Invasion Biology at University College London, where his research focuses on alien species, and his teaching mainly involves leading field courses. Before that he was the Director of the Institute of Zoology, the research arm of the Zoological Society of London. Tim regularly reports the findings in his moth trap in Camden on his Bluesky feed: @MothyBlackburn.bsky.social

During the evening we will be providing a vegetarian evening meal (donations towards the food will be welcome).

This workshop is being organised in partnership between Kentish Town City Farm, Permablitz London and Capital Growth.