Andy Platt

I wasn't expecting much. So happy to get 23/7. Black Rustic, Aporophyla nigra and a selection of Lunar Underwing, Anchoscelis lunosa added to the first year list. #teammoth

The previous night, there were some rather nice migrants. The Vestal, Rhodometra sacraria. L-album Wainscot, Mythimna l-album and Scarce Bordered Straw, Helicoverpa armigera. #teammoth

Windy and cold night. Barred Sallow, Tiliacea aurago attracted to the light. In terms of bats Common pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus was seen and heard. Also heard were Serotine, Eptesicus serotinus. Brown ong-earred, Plecotus auritus and Noctule, Nyctalus noctula. #teammoth

Absolute treat last night at Gilbert White's House for a bat and moth evening. Over 300 Hirundines (will need to zoom in on the picture) feeding by the hanger as I arrived and a couple of deer grazing in the meadow.

Hopefully, bump into you in town while I'm not wearing a barbers gown!

Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus covering this fallen Beech. It would have been quite the forage if I was into that. #fungifriends

Penny bun, Boletus edulis in Abbotts Wood, Surrey/Hants border. #fungifriends

One of my favourite fungi. Saffrondrop bonnet, Mycena crocata. #fungifriends

Got a new camera lens for me birthday. So, I had to give it a whirl. This is a nice Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa slime mould.

Parasol, Macrolepiota procera on the way home. Size 9 for scale. #fungifriends

Also, in attendance at the free zoo was a single Common Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

A trip to the free zoo - aka, the garden centre with an aquatic centre, with the youngest child yielded Henbit Dead-nettle, Lamium amplexicaule. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Might take me a while 🤣

The birthday book fairy arrived today. Should keep me busy.

There are other benefits to going for a run. Common Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria muralis @bsbibotany.bsky.social

A welcome suprise to come across a population of Goldenrod, Solidago virgaurea while taking my youngest swimming. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Water Chickweed, Stellaria aquatica and Pink, Claytonia sibirica at Frensham great pond this week. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Common Calamint, Clinopodium ascendens this week. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

More from the works in Farnham. Many-seeded Goosefoot, Lipandra polysperma and Thorn-apple, Datura stramonium. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

All sorts popping up after the new path was put in, by the River Wey, in Farnham. Tree Spinach, Chenopodium giganteum. Balkan Spurge, Euphorbia oblongata. Cockspur, Echinochloa crus-galli and Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Old serial generation galls of Andricus grossulariae on Turkey oak this morning.

Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus spotted while on a run yesterday. Farnham, Surrey.

Ornithological find from yesterday. Curlew, Numenius arquata. Quite the collection.

A walk with the eldest along the shore at Holbrook creek ended with some wonderful ornithological finds. Starting with two gorgeous Redshank,
Tringa totanus feathers.

Evidence of Fig-leaf Skeletoniser, Choreutis nemorana at my parents-in-law's house. Suffolk. #teammoth

Also Dark Sword-grass,Agrotis ipsilon. Straw Underwing, Thalpophila matura. Small Square-spot, Diarsia rubi and The Nutmeg, Anarta trifolii. #teammoth

Cheers Dave.

Birthday morning mothing in Suffolk, brought lots of new moths for us. The Delicate, Mythimna vitellina. Centre-barred Sallow, Atethmia centrago. Six-striped Rustic, Xestia sexstrigata and Gold triangle, Hypsopygia costalis. With more to come. #teammoth

A Fox Moth, Macrothylacia rubi caterpillar I spied while on Farnham heath today. #teammoth

A few ornithological finds today. The first was a Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs secondary.