Vitrealis

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'Beardies' at Radipole Lake, Dorset

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  Bearded Tit - RSPB Radipole Lake, Dorset, UK - 6 January 2026 Surely one of the most charismatic of reedbed birds, as well as one of the m...

How to See a Smooth Snake

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  Smooth Snake - RSPB Arne, Dorset, UK Smooth Snakes are the rarest, the hardest to find and (for me) the coolest of Britain's reptiles....

By Boat to the Great Bear Rainforest

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  Grizzly Bears (above) and Orcas (aka Killer Whales), the two wildlife stars of Canada's Pacific Northwest, were top of my 'must se...

Exploring Costa Rica's Undiscovered Wetland

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Pinnated Bittern - Medio Queso Mention Costa Rica as a birding destination and you'll quickly start hearing about cloud forests like Mon...
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Mike Hetherington
Birds, moths, butterflies, herps and other wildlife. All my own photos (unless stated). Based in Dorset, UK; travelling when I can.

BSc Ecology; MSc Biological Recording and Ecological Monitoring; MCIEEM. Dorset Moths verification team. https://www.dorsetmoths.co.uk/

RSPB volunteer

FSC Associate Tutor

The blog's name honours one of my favourite moths - the Olive-tree Pearl (Palpita vitrealis).

Bird names and lists (usually) follow the HBW/Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo et al 2014, 2016).
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