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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A hedgehog extravaganza here tonight. Four at once, two mini, one midi, one maxi. The two minis and maxi are featured in the below. Assuming that's their mum, being a hog parent looks exhausting... The little ones have been feeding perfectly fine on their own since we first saw them. Not tonight!

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm assuming there is no point trying to rescue these unless we know the food plant of the caterpillar. Any tips, or do we just let nature / window cleaner take its course? #TeamMoth

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Overnight something has laid eggs on the outside of our south-facing conservatory window. Can we do anything to rescue / relocate? #TeamMoth

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sorry to not reply directly, I'm not sure why it wouldn't let me... I haven't bought from her myself, but I recalled @katebevan.com saying her cousin was a designer who makes from scratch but also reworks old jewellery into new pieces (which is such a great idea) alicerobson.co.uk

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

When it rains, it pours. But unfortunately not with water, #hedgehogs. Came down for lunch only to spot a teenie one, 140g, on our path. Scooped up into a box. Went back outside to check for others & found another two out. Much bigger ones though, 750g & 1kg+. Off to the rescue for all of them!

Very tiny hedgehog on a red towel in a box with a small bowl of kitten kibble next to it.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Is this a slightly wing-nibbled female Silver-washed Fritillary? #TeamButterfly

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Three new moths for our garden caught overnight, out of 13-ish species. A Shoulder-striped Wainscot, a Sharp Angled Peacock & a Meadow Grey. Also in the trap, but not new, one of my favourites - a Pale Tussock. I do love a furry moth! #TeamMoth

A pale brown moth holding wings back along body. Darker stripes heading down wings from shoulder

A grey-ish moth. Triangular wings held out to side, with some brown splodges

A grey and light brown mottled moth. Stripey legs and huge eyes.

Oh such a furry moth! Grey and white ish wings. Super furry white legs held out front.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

ObsIdentify is going for 100% Ingrained Clay for the first two pics, but they look so different! And neither really looks like the Ingrailed Clays in our book. Can the experts at #TeamMoth help? And is the 3rd one a Shoulder-striped Wainscot & 4th a Meadow Grey?

Pale brown moth with lines down its wings

Small brown and grey stripes moth with stripes legs and huge eyes

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

18 species in the trap last night, which is the highest for our garden. However, I have a feeling we lose a lot before we get to check. I'm pondering a new trap. We have the NHBS one linked below. We like travelling with this, but not averse to having non-collapsible. Any recommendations #TeamMoth?

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#TeamMoth is this a Zeiraphera insertana? ObsIdentify suggested such with great confidence, but it's not in my book. Online info suggests it's a bit early flying, but have had that with other species this morning. It has been a bit warm!

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I need some help please #TeamMoth. Any suggestions for these two Shropshire moths?

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Managed to snag two tickets for tonight's canoe safari up the River Axe, run by Wild East Devon & Axe Vale Canoe Club. Absolutely glorious. We saw the sand martins, swifts, a marsh harrier, mullet, and jellyfish that make Seaton Wetlands their home. And a lot of inquisitive cows. Highly recommended.

Canadian canoes on a river bank, with the far bank lined with cows and the low evening sun on the horizon.

A Canadian canoe on a river bank with more cows on the far bank. The sky is blue without a cloud and the water of the river lightly rippling.

View downstream of the River Axe, with our canoe club guides making their departure.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Taken by a friend in Scotland. What's going on here #TeamMoth? Apparently the caterpillar reacted when gently prodded with a blade of grass, but wasn't moving otherwise and it looks like it's been turned inside out. I'm assuming it has come to some kind of grizzly end. Perhaps Drinker Moth?

Caterpillar (possibly Drinker Moth?) with a slimy green protuberance at one end, which then give way to yellow strands draped across muddy surface

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A day of gardening and you come across all sorts of beasties. I think this is a Jersey Tiger Moth caterpillar munching on a borage seedling in our greenhouse. Relocated to somewhere a bit safer with plenty of its preferred food to hand. Is #TeamCaterpillar a thing on here, as well as #TeamMoth?

Caterpillar wrapped around a borage seedling. The caterpillar has a black body with a white / yellow stripe down the side. This is broken up by rings or orangey warts down its body topped with prickles. It's a very funky caterpillar.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Came down to the moth trap this morning to find a Puss Moth hanging out on a terracotta pot nearby. These are one of my favourite moths. Furry, spotty, stripey, ridiculous leg warmers, dramatic wing markings reminiscent of spalted beech and streaked with gold like a kintsugi pot. Perfect. #TeamMoth

A large black, white and gold moth hanging out on a terracotta pot. It's front legs are furry and splayed out to the front, it's got a large furry head, and its wings are patterned like spalted beech, shot through with gold.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It's our first moth of 2026. My ID skills are not well honed, particularly for pugs. Can anyone help me on these? I'm thinking Tissue, Common Pug and something? Location is East Devon #TeamMoth

Brown moth with wedge shaped wings, a ragged edge to the wings, and a white dot near the inner edge corner

Small brown moth with narrow elongated wings

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

@eurostarjustin.bsky.social hello! Is there a way to know from outside of Eurostar carriage which end to enter closest to seat? I figure you could probably work it out from seat plan if you have access, but if not, or if you have seats reallocated, is there any indication to save faff with 🚲/bags?

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

@rspb.bsky.social thank you for the recent advice on feeding garden birds safely. A question has come up on our work chat around the safety of mealworms, particularly for nestlings, prompted in large part by posts such as this. Do you have advice on best practice? www.facebook.com/share/p/177Y...

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The pear cordons we planted about 7 years ago have flowered for the first time (we are slowly learning how to prune to encourage fruiting spurs). They smell of fish. This was not expected.

A cluster of white blossom on a pear tree

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

@lynnnothegger.bsky.social morning! Do I remember you went to Puglia sometime in the recent past? If so, is there anywhere you'd recommend for a base, for around a week? We have an interrail pass booked, but no plans where to go. With today's news about Brussels-Milan sleeper, S-Italy is an option.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Well the very persistent and frustrating cloud patch over East Devon cleared just enough for us to capture red and green #aurora from our drive. Even saw green patches moving with the naked eye. Never thought that'd happen here! We headed out to get an unobstructed view northwards. Wow.

A green streak of aurora in the sky, sandwiched between a house and some tree branches.

An East Devon sky, green aurora on the horizon, red aurora covering the rest of the sky. Some very annoying cloud covering bits of it.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

@eurostarjustin.bsky.social hello! We have a trip to Chantilly planned. Our Eurostar to TER change could be a bit tight, and if we miss it we will need dinner near-ish Gare du Nord. Do you have any recommendations? Bouillon Chartier and Julien already noted!

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The robins at Seaton Wetlands take their role of guides very seriously. I hope the @WildEastDevon team is paying them appropriate weekend rates.

A sign telling visitors about the Robin Trail at Seaton Wetlands, which consists of 15 wooden robins around the site. On top of the sign stands a fully feathered, real life robin.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

@sabrinaghayour.bsky.social We are making your fab spiced lamb & apricot stew soon for a family visit (with mutton, even better!) We're serving rice the next day, so I was wondering if you had ideas for non-rice/bread alternatives that'd work well. Something potato or couscous based perhaps?

The introductory paragraph for Spiced Lamb & Apricot Stew, from the Persiana recipe book.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Yesterday we pulled onto our drive after around 11 hours driving home from holiday (which followed 9 hours the day before). We were exhausted and we couldn't wait to unpack and stop. But lo! What is that teenie brown ball wobbling across our drive? My heart sank. It was a teenie hedgehog.

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John Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 03/07/2024

When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

@happytoast.co.uk re the book cover you have asked about, I don't have a suggestion, but I did find this book in the same book club series which looks like it is by the same artist. It might be helpful having two reference points in your search?! bloodymurder.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/n...

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NECESSARY EVIL (1965) by Kelley Roos

During the 1940s married amateur sleuths Jeff and Haila Troy appeared in a handful of screwball mysteries by husband-and-wife authors Audrey Kelley and William Roos, who signed themselves ‘Ke…

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

@petagna.bsky.social I saw this and thought of you, in case you haven't spotted these Ottery-based meet-ups. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Gij... (sausage dog socials)

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The video below looks gross, but it's only a squished loganberry with inhabitants. Can you help ID the bugs inside it for us?! I think we might have Spotted Wing #Drosophila in our garden. We have seen these squirming grubs in our cherries and loganberries. Can any #fly experts advise?

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I'm struggling with this one. A well-aged Beautiful Carpet? Spotted in south-west Ireland. #TeamMoth

A moth with dark head and shoulders, mainly white wings with dusky markings on the edges

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Ear pods (with a name beginning with L printed on the case) left on a seat on a #SWR Salisbury-bound #train, under a copy of June's RHS magazine. Found when getting on at #ExeterCentral, handed into the guard when stopped at Pinhoe, so owner should be able to collect from SWR #LostProperty

Ear pods case, with a name beginning with L printed on the reverse.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Today was a day of chores in the garden. One job was pruning some of the very whippy growth from the damson so it doesn't get damaged in the wind. Found a number of these outrageous Vapourer Moth caterpillars living on it. Love 'em.

A caterpillar on a leaf. Its body is grey, it has red spots on it, and out of each of these spots spring long pale hairs. On its top surface are four dense tufts of custard yellow hairs. All very punk.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Oh, feeding yourself is hard work & requires so much concentration. This is one of our newly fledged Blue Tits. At least 4 have made it out of the nest. They spent a lot of this afternoon tackling the seeds and fat balls, with much quivering of wings when the adults appeared. #TeamBird

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Compared to many, a small mothy haul for us this morning. But I'll never complain when we have both floofy ones & ones that look like they have absorbed the egg box colouring... Pale Tussock, White Ermine & Elephant Hawk moths, amongst others. #TeamMoth

Grey and fluffy Pale Tussock moth sitting on my partner's fingers, having been rescued from the ground where it was asking to be stood on. Its wonderfully hairy legs are stretched out in front of it.

A White Ermine. White with black spots, and a very splendid fluffy white bolero jacket over its shoulders.

What a moth. Elephant Hawk Moth, pink and green body and wings, hanging out on a pink eggbox.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

@mothiduk.bsky.social fairly terrible photo, sorry. Wondering if you can tell what this is? #TeamMoth

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I love crows. This one was getting frustrated by not being able to reach the last fat ball. It tried swinging the feeder to no avail, but then realised if it pulled the feeder close & held it with one foot, it could tuck in. So clever, characterful & very good at eating our fat balls!

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Two of our moths from yesterday's trap. A Swallow Prominent and a Muslin Moth. I particularly like the front view of them both hanging out in the trap. I feel like they are about to head off together and solve moth-related crimes across Devon. #TeamMoth

Front on view of two moths - a Swallow Prominent (left of picture) and a Muslin Moth (right). They are both floofy moths.

A Swallow Prominent side view. A wedge shaped moth. Grey brown in colour, with a darker band at the top of the wing and a cream coloured one below it. Its floofy legs are outstretched in front of it and its head is adorned with fluff.

A top view of a Muslin Moth. It has grey wings with black dots on them. Its body is covered with dense grey fluff. Its two front legs have dayglow peach fluff, and it has two long feathered antennae.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

@mothiduk.bsky.social good morning. Is this a Marbled Brown? It seems out a bit early according to our book, but struggling to ID if something else. We're in Devon. ID help also welcomed for the other three! #TeamMoth

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

@marcusbrig.bsky.social @rachelparris.bsky.social in case it's useful to consider for toddler & cycle, you can get tag-alongs (e.g. www.weeride.co.uk/product-category/tag-alongs) but for something more fun (if pricey) there are these excellent tandems by Circe www.circecycles.com/products/sol...

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

@lynnnothegger.bsky.social in your search for little nuggets of joy on this site, can I recommend George Penney? Their threads of things spotted are just so lovely. bsky.app/profile/geor...

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

@mothiduk.bsky.social this just scurried across our patio. Female of something, or newly emerged something? Sorry about the shaky video, I tried to capture something before it disappeared.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We raided our recycling bin and kitchen cupboard for the purposes of eclipse viewing. Turns out a pinhole camera made from a Figgy's Christmas Pudding box (red arrow - was dessert last night) & back of an envelope (yellow arrow) works well. As of course does the seeming ubiquitous colander (blue).

Person standing next to a garden table. In their right hand they are holding a bit of cardboard which is casting a shadow on white paper. In the middle of the shadow you can see a faint image of the sun having had a bite taken out of it by the moon. Also on the table is an upturned colander.

Shadow of a colander on a white piece of paper. The sun is shining through the holes, but each image of the sun is missing a bit due to the Moon.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

In case it's a timely reminder, #hedgehogs are out looking for food. If you want to help them, pop some out. We scatter kitten biscuits, alongside making sure there is water too (we have a pond, but like the birdies they seem to prefer a terracotta bowl). This was last night's visitor.

Hedgehog tucking into kitten biscuits that have been scattered on a woodchip path in a garden.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Locally Sourced Comedy, the new material night, starts again this evening at Little Drop of Poison in Exeter. And they’ve reinstated the alphabetically themed raffle! So here is my contribution, a biologically accurate drawing of an aardvark. It’s FUN, come along if you can. Free entry. 7.30 start.

Stylised drawing of an aardvark. It has a haunted expression, as if to say “You’ve drawn me all wrong”.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Well that's a new and unexpected visitor to our garden pond this morning! We're down one newt, but we'll forgive it! (Sorry for shakiness of the video, I was in a bit of a stress position with my phone as I didn't want to move too much and frighten it off)

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

We spent a good four hours today at Seaton Marshes in East Devon. It's always lovely to visit, but today was made extra special thanks to a very obliging water rail, some hungry blue & great tits coming to the hand, & robins galore.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Love this article on our route planning system for flights, ensuring safety while reducing environmental impact. We look to do the best for our customers & Santa's no different. When his reindeer are in bed with the sniffles but deliveries await, we can help. www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2024/ho...

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How Met Office science is saving Santa’s Christmas journey

Met Office scientists apply aviation technology to complete Santa’s Christmas Eve deliveries when his reindeer are stuck by seasonal sniffles.

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Felicity Liggins @felicityliggins.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Alongside the excellent Yorkshire Pudding, I did these roasties using Nigella's recipe for the first time. Blooming wonderful, highly recommended (cooked on a slightly lower setting of 190°C but still came out crispy and delicious).

A roast dinner for Christmas Eve. Topside of beef from our local Triffords Farm, incredible Yorkshire pudding (Felicity Cloake recipe), brussels, and crispy roast potatoes and parsnips courtesy of Nigella's recipe, all covered in gravy. A good dollop of Graham's Horseradish sauce on the side.

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