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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

51/22 last night. Three new for the garden. I'm pretty happy we got our first Vestal, Rhodometra sacraria. Also Straw underwing, Thalpophila matura and Clancy's rustic, Caradrina kadenii which I think is a rather dapper looking moth. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Funny enough, I have just finished watching it.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I love them. Although, I'm along way from their native habitat. They have incredible tail feathers. I'm secretly hoping that one falls through the cage at Birdworld and accidently lands in my pocket.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

During my walk yesterday along the ridgeway I came across some Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus. Mainly rather far away. But this one decided to kindly pose for me on some Field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oh dear. I found myself without the children and wife again. I'd best start my birthday early 😂

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I took a 15km hike around the Uffington white horse today. It included Uffington castle, Weyland smithy long barrow, the ridgeway and the pub. A rare day without children. Lots of nature seen too. I'll post the nature later. But here is the prehistory, views and pint.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My parents-in-law have a large colony of Ivy Bees, Colletes hederae in the front garden. A joy to watch.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My eagle-eyed son found this whole Linnet, Linaria cannabina today. He is very proud and can't wait to get it in his extensive feather book.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A fantastic time at Holbrook creek, Suffolk looking for pirate treasure with the 7 and 3 yo. We didn't find any but we did find Moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita bird foot prints and a middle Saxon fish trap

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Paraphaeosphaeria glaucopunctata and Hyponectria buxi found on Butcher' broom, Ruscus aculeatus in Cambridge universty botanical garden today. #fungifriends

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A daytime observation of Breckland plume, Oxyptilus distans in my parents-in-law's garden, on the Shotley pennisula, Suffolk. Wishing I'd brought the trap now. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Well, it's not a #commonname but I call it the 'ouch, my bum' thistle. Dwarf thistle, Cirsium acaule. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Blastobasis rebeli? @mothiduk.bsky.social In my house on the Hampshire/Surrey border. Many thanks.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A very dapper looking Tufted tortrix, Acleris cristana with its dinner jacket on. It was a busy night last night for our little garden. 185 /52 #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

173/51 Last night in the trap. A few NFG. Delplanqueia dilutella (although I'm inland. Happy to be corrected). Cypress pug, Gem, Iron prominent, Cydia amplana and C. fagiglandana. A good night. More tonight as I'm trapping again. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Well, as a family, we managed to see it. Despite the 3 yo wanting to play in the playground and needing a number two at the moment of maximum cover. 🤣

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

My eldest has been busy collecting feathers whilst in the Nederlands on holiday. Buzzard, Great spotted woodpecker, Great tit, Song thrush, Chaffinch, Jay, Blue tit, Dunnock and my personal favourite Hawfinch inner primary. (Also some from Amsterdam zoo... ssshhh. Griffin vulture)

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Corispermum pallasii on the dunes at Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Anchusa officinalis everywhere at Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Four-leaved Allseed, Polycarpon tetraphyllum on the streets of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Hilversum.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Dune and Common ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris ssp dunensis and J. vulgaris on a walk in Zwarte berg national park, Nederlands.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Fen nettle, Urtica dioica subsp. galeopsifolia lining the dijk near Hilversum, Nederlands. I can confirm that I had enough bottle to see if it stung... It did not.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thank you. I'll have a look at Goldenrod when I get home. It was a species I was leaning to.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I'm currently on holiday in the Nederlands, with a trap, but no ID book 🤦. Is there a possibility of an ID of this pug @mothiduk.bsky.social ? (I think the green material is giving it a green hue that wasn't there in reality)

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cydia amplana also in the trap this morning. Just outside Utrecht, Nederlands. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hallo, from holibobs in the Nederlands. Oak processionary, Thaumetopoea processionea. Barred Hook-tip, Watsonalla cultraria. Iron Prominent, Notodonta dromedarius. Coxcomb Prominent, Ptilodon capucina. With lots of by catch. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

88 of 38 I last night's trap. 16 of them being Small Mottled Willow, Spodoptera exigua. Some nice moths turned up. Lime-speck pug, Eupithecia centaureata. Evergestis forficalis E. limbata. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Two marshies. Marsh cudweed, Gnaphalium uliginosum and Marsh ragwort, Jacobaea aquatica at Thursley NNR. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Royal fern, Osmunda regalis with a number of fertile fronds on the edge of a ditch at Thursley NNR. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Oodles of White-Beaked Sedge, Rhynchospora alba at Thursley NNR. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Both Round-leaved sundew, Drosera rotundifolia and Oblong-leaved sundew, Drosera intermedia flowering at Thursley NNR. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Last nights Buck moon played a large part to the contents of the trap this morning. Just 13 species. Apple Leaf Miner, Lyonetia clerkella. Bucculatrix thoracella. Square-spot Rustic, Xestia xanthographa and Silver Y, Autographa gamma #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My son has become Dragonfly and Damselfly obsessed after watching an episode of Steve Backshall. So a trip to Thursley NNR was in order.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

From just the last few days. Blue tit, Jay, Mistle thrush, Great spotted woodpecker, Collard dove, Magpie, House Sparrow, Buzzard, Tawny owl, Canada goose.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

From the trap this morning, Scarce Bordered Straw, Helicoverpa armigera. Bird's wing, Dypterygia scabriuscula. Calybites phasianipennella f. quadruplella and Jersey tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria ab. lutescens #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What was Red-tipped cudweed, Filago lutescens at a known NE Hampshire site. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Lots of Common Lizard, Zootoca vivipara on the boardwalks at Thursley NNR thus week. My 7 yo son instantly became Steve Irwin and tried to catch one, without success.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Find of the walk yesterday. Was this Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus outer tail feather.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Haha. Definitely the moffs. 😁. Are you not sure of the ID? Help if you can.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Dewick's Plusia, Macdunnoughia confusa in Alton, Hampshire last night. The 30 odd year 7's were fascinated with the trap. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Some NFG this morning. Acleris forsskaleana ,Sharp-angled Peacock, Macaria alternata,Tree-lichen Beauty, Cryphia algae Waved Black, Parascotia fuliginaria. That is just outside the trap. #teammoth

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Any clues @mothiduk.bsky.social ? Obs 2 different moths. Many thanks.

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I've learnt from the best Moira. 😁

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Musk orchid, Herminium monorchis by the hundreds.... when you finally get your eye in. How many can you spot in the second image? @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Small scabious, Scabiosa columbaria and Field scabious, Knautia arvensis on Noar hill this week. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Water Dock, Rumex hydrolapathum on the Basingstoke canal near Eelmoor and Farnborough Airport. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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Andy Platt @andyplatt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Skullcap, Scutellaria galericulata whilst out on a ride with the wee one. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

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