Vitrealis - A Wildlife Blog

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Sunday, September 8, 2024

Easy 'Alpine' Birding in Spain's Picos de Europa

Monday 26 August 2024 Alpine Chough - Fuente Dé One of the advantages of being based in south-west England is that it is easy to access ferr...

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Starting to Identify Moths (part 2) - What family?

I don't know about you, but my natural instinct when trying to identify something - be it moth, butterfly or bird - is to look at pict...

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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.

All text and images (c) Mike Hetherington

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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