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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Durlston area this morning. Highlight was a Nightingale sat briefly on top of dry stone wall, also 12 Spot Fly, 9 Wheatear, 4 Redstart, Tree Pipit, two Yellow Wag, two Lesser Whitethroat and at least 6 Cirl Bunting

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Phil Saunders @beardybirder.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Record shot of an apparent Verge Cricket (based on the head barring) recorded as an extremely brief visitor to @agrimsey.bsky.social Swanage moth trap on 23rd June (photo reproduced with permission) - potentially superceding the run of records from Kent, Hants, & elsewhere in Dorset in recent weeks?

An apparent Verge Cricket, showing dark transverse barring on the head, rests vertically on a pale wall lit with the greenish glow from a moth trap.

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Gold Twinspot from light trap in Herston, Swanage last night @dorsetmoths.bsky.social

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Striped Hawkmoth looking sternly at me from my moth trap in Herston (Swanage) this morning.

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A few Mocha sp from Swanage this week

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Best moth of the weekend, first time I've trapped one. Herston, Swanage.

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This morning's Black Redstart house tick refound this evening (Swanage)

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Two Evergestis limbata taken from my moth trap in Swanage this morning while a Black Redatart sang briefly from a neighbouring rooftop @dorsetmoths.bsky.social

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Unseasonal Feathered Ranunculus in Swanage 17th June @dorsetmoths.bsky.social

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Very pleasant late evening near Knoll Beach with a calmer wind and three nightjars chasing each other and wing clapping almost within touching distance. Had to duck to avoid getting hit at one point... #dorsetbirds

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Eastern Bordered Straw last night, Friday 29th from Swanage trap @dorsetmoths.bsky.social

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Euchromius ocellea (Silver-spotted Veneer) amongst the catch in Swanage last night.

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Five Portland Ribbon Wave, two Small Mottled Willow, an Oblique Carpet and a mocha sp.(presumed Blairs) from trap in Swanage (Herston) this morning. @dorsetmoths.bsky.social

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Finally completed the move to the coast that we've been looking forward to for a few years. Here's one of new patches I can get to on foot. Lighthouse Valley, Durlston CP.

Lighthouse Valley, Durlston CP, Swanage, Dorset

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Wiki suggests that the Two-tailed Pasha can be baited with alcoholic beverages...

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Plenty of these Crimson Speckled #moths in coastal habitat of Northern Mallorca this week. Also found a couple of Balearic Warbler but they were far too skulking and mobile to get pics

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

While #birding the chalk slopes north of Luton at this time of year, #Redstart is a regular find and always good to watch. Here's one from Pegsdon Hills a few days ago.

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Andy Grimsey @agrimsey.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Lime #Hawkmoth #caterpillar dropped out of a tree in a tussle with a parasitic wasp. Put it back in the tree but outcome of course unknown. Luton, Beds.