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Humphrey Keeper @humphrey-keeper.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A childhood dream fulfilled for me last night with a short feature on Springwatch! Thanks to Jo and Josh for making it such a cracking segment! And everyone who came along on the night @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social @sibthorpia.bsky.social @jamesdrage.bsky.social @leelachanner.bsky.social #teammoth

James, Finley, and I setting up one of the moth traps in and around the ruins at Poltesco, while being filmed.

One of the moth traps we had set up around the site

Two Cream-spot Tiger Moths, probably the highlight of the night, other than one Small Mottled Willow

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋 The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

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Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society

The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Good moths are starting to appear! 4 Scottish specialties from the last month - Kentish Glory, Rannoch Brindled Beauty, Small Dark Yellow Underwing and Rannoch Sprawler 😍

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Today I found the Loch Ness Monster! Not the scaly reptilian though, but an invasive species of flatworm - Phagocata woodworthi - that outside of North America is only known from the loch, where is was first recorded in the late ‘70s. Might not get the tourists in like Nessie does!

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The Green Shield-moss (Buxbaumia viridis) is a very rare and charismatic species inhabiting rotting wood in NW Scotland, largely in ancient Caledonian pine forest. I was lucky to see quite a bit of it in RSPB Abernethy Forest at the weekend, towards the end of its fruiting season 😊

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I’ve always been interested in fossil hunting, but I’ve never had much of a chance for it until recently. However, I’ve spent more time on the Jurassic Coast recently and am having great fun learning about everything there is to find! Detailed descriptions on the pics!

The ammonite Promicroceras planicosta, with a squid bite-mark in it (~30% of local ammonites met their end through squid predation).

2 small pyritised Promicroceras ammonites.

The stem of an extinct species of crinoid, ancestor to modern feather stars.

Pyrite nodules form some weird shapes and can easily catch beginners like me out! I thought this was a crab claw until I was told otherwise.

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

On thin, sandy soils Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris) often grows as the densely tomentose ‘var. hirsuta’ instead of the usual ‘var. vulgaris’. Although likely an oversimplification, the sea of ‘hirsuta’ contrasting with the odd ‘vulgaris’ on the stabilised dunes of Culbin Forest is amazing to see!

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Salticus cingulatus, a species of Zebra Jumping Spider found mostly on old trees. It’s scarcer than the very common S. scenicus and this was my first, found under Scots Pins bark in Glenmore Forest last month.

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The Earpick Fungus (Auriscalpium vulgare) is a specialist species of tooth fungus, growing solely on conifer cones. After searching high and low through September and the first half of October, I finally found it in the middle of last month! A bucket-list species for sure 😍

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Finley Hutchinson @finleyhutchins2.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Sounds like this is the place to be now… and why not start with some blue skies! Temperature inversions and Brocken spectres up Ben Wyvis with @sibthorpia.bsky.social last Saturday, certainly a day to remember! 😊

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