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Showing posts with label Butterflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Butterflies. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Silver-studded Blues on the Purbeck Heaths

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Male Silver-studded Blue - Scotland Heath, Dorset Britain's resident butterflies can be divided into two main groups - the wider country...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

On Moths and Butterflies

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  My slightly tongue-in-cheek social media post yesterday (below) provoked an entertaining exchange of views on the differences - or, more e...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Goa 2022 - Netravali: Endemic Birds, Vine Snake and Leeches!

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Saturday 12 November 2022 Common Vine Snake - Netravali Day 7 - the final day of the trip Another early start: we were up and packed for 054...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Goa 2022 - Butterflies and Bee-eaters on Baga Hill

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 Wednesday 9 November 2022 Common Rose Pachliopta aristolochiae  - Baga Hill Day 4 continued ... It always worth checking out your immediate...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Bringing Back the Butterflies

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When it comes to conserving nature, road building gets a bad press.   And while it can damage existing habitats and displace wildlife, it’s ...
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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.

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

RSPB, BTO and ARC 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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