Part-time Naturalist

Well done Dave! Not jealous at all given my poor record of retaining micros!

Nice!

So a helpful BlueSky traveler has pointed out that my Devil’s Bit Scabious - (Succisa pratensis) is incorrectly labelled Devil’s Bit Scabious (Drosera rotundifolia) #ChunkyThumbs #WildFlowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

.. now that’s helpful .. I was also looking at Round-leaved Sundew and must’ve got chunky thumbs with the copy and paste .. see we all learn, and there’s no need to be clever or enigmatic in the process ;)

🤔 without an explanation just seems rude .. are you suggesting an alternative ID .. we are all here to learn after all 😉

Devil’s Bit Scabious (Drosera rotundifolia) in flower - seen on a slow walk to Broch of Culswick, Shetland @bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) in flower - seen on a slow walk to Broch of Culswick, Shetland @bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Devil’s Bit Scabious (Drosera rotundifolia) and Heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) in #flwr #WildFlowerHour #wildflowers Culswick, #Shetland this afternoon - seen on a slow walk to Broch of Culswick @bsbibotany.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

A small bright red mushroom with a bright red stipe growing wild in Shetland on the path to Culswick Broch. Putative identification as Vermilion Waxcap Hygrocybe miniata but requesting ID support as habitat does not seem right?

A small bright red mushroom with a bright red stipe growing wild in Shetland on the path to Culswick Broch. Putative identification as Hygrocybe miniata but requesting ID support as habitat does not seem right?

A small red / orange mushroom with a pale stipe growing wild in Shetland on moorland. Putative identification as Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus, but requesting identification support as unsure of this species

ID advice welcome 🙏 #fungi #WaxCap #WaxcapWatch from #Shetland putative identifications as Vermilion Waxcap (Hygrocybe miniata) and Heath Waxcap (Gliophorus laetus) No ID books to hand so relying on a “well known” App for clues ;) on moorland SW mainland. @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

They are occasional but annual.

Blair’s Mocha trapped overnight 24th September in South East Hampshire VC11

Clancy’s Rustic trapped overnight 24th September in South East Hampshire VC11

12 of 5 last night with singles of Blair’s Mocha & Clancy’s Rustic to add interest. SE Hants VC 11 #teammoth #migrantmothsuk #gardenwildlife to 25W Blacklight

It took a lot of effort to hold down the Riband Wave whilst I coloured it in with a crayon ;)

Portland Ribbon Wave, second garden record for this species. Trapped on 19th September 25 to 20W actinic Skinner (South East Hampshire VC11)

Lunar Underwing moth, one of three trapped on the 19th September 25 South East Hampshire VC11

72 of 18 last night in SE Hants VC11 Best of the bunch my second record of Portland Ribbon Wave. 3 Lunar Underwing were NFY I wonder how long it will be before they outnumber the Large Yellow Underwing (35 trapped last night)? #teammoth #mothsmatter #migrantmothsuk

Useful info here too .. www.hantsmoths.org.uk/lep.php?code...

❤️ is the wrong emoji in the circumstances .. but you know what I mean.

Early start for work all this week so traps not out until Friday night at earliest .. good luck with the blue!

👍 Traps will be out this weekend for sure!

Not jealous! Well maybe a little bit? ;)

My first garden record for Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) .. would have been easier to identify before it (presumably) got eaten by a #bat ? #teammoth #gardenwildlife SE Hampshire VC11 🙏 to #HantsMoths member for confirming ID

“You trapped me all night long”

That’s just grim! 🤮

🤣🤣🤣

Sounds more like Happy Mothdays? “You're twistin' my melon man, you know you talk so hip man” ..

Planet Moth err? Planet Rock radio?

Cracking!

Go on then? 🤣

Whole Lotta Rosy Footman?

Is that a Challenge? 🤣

“For those about to moth ..
We salute you” perhaps?

Small Emerald Moth trapped overnight 9th Sept Hampshire VC11

50 shades of brown (and yellow underwing) in the moth trap this morning the only splash of colour singles of Brimstone Moth and an unseasonal? Small Emerald #teammoth #gardenwildlife

Broad-leaved Helliborine (Epipactis helleborine), in seed. Buchan Country Park, West Sussex

Broad-leaved Helliborine (Epipactis helleborine), in seed. Buchan Country Park, West Sussex

Broad-leaved Helliborine (Epipactis helleborine), in seed. Buchan Country Park, West Sussex

Today’s highlight? when #Volunteers found a previously unrecorded location for Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) on site #orchids #wildflowers #BuchanCountryPark #WestSussex How these plants have gone unnoticed to date is beyond me? @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

I took the low road this afternoon and managed the journey in 5.5hrs door to door .. but that’s off peak .. a Friday handover may well take longer unfortunately. Safe travels!

Good Luck! Enjoy the rest of your holiday, and I will see you on Hantsmoths later in the week perhaps? :)