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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mating pair of Blue-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipoda caerulescens) at Reculver in Kent. Big difference in sexual dimorphism. #Orthoptera

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Good trip by train yesterday down to Reculver in Kent to see Blue-winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) at one of their only known sites in Britain. #Orthoptera

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Dawn chorus chronology at Blease Road, Blencathra in the Lake District from the Song Thrush at 03:28 to the Chaffinch at 04:40. #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #birdsong #UKBirding

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Quail singing at 01:48 this morning along Blease Road, just east of @fscblencathra.bsky.social Cumbria, NY 307255 #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #birdsong

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) resting on an Alder along the River Glenderamackin on the south side of Blencathra. #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #Odonata #Zygoptera

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Glaucous Shears (Papestra biren) to light trap at @FSCBlencathra NY303255 Didn't bring the camera this year so images taken with mobile phone #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #Cumberland VC70

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Mediterranean Banded Centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) from the Valle de Ojén #Myriapoda #Andalucía #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Common Stick Grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha conica) from La Breña de Barsbate, Andalucía #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus) from Valle de Ojén, Andalucía #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Lamenting Grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans) from Valle de Ojén, Andalucía #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Common Maquis Grasshopper (Pezotettix giornae) from Duna de Bolonia today #Orthoptera #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina) plus larva on Andalucian Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia baetica), Atlanterra, Andalucía, Spain #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Great train trip from London to Malaga via Paris & Barcelona. Highlights inc Marsh Harrier, Black Redstart, Black Kite, Greater Flamingo, Black-winged Stilt, Short-toed Eagle, Whiskered Tern & Griffon Vulture #birdingbytrain #lowcarbonbirding #biol0028 #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It's been a great month for new books on Orthoptera...and it's not even my birthday yet 😁 Grasshoppers, Locusts, & Crickets of the World by M Husemann & O Hawlitschek Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland by P Sutton, B Beckmann & R Lewington

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Three Blackcaps heard sub-singing (probably in French or German 😃) this morning in Purfleet-on-Thames, favouring dense, ivy-clad trees. #birdsong #subsong #UKBirding

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It's not my latest Holly Blue though... had one on 18 November 2021.

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Third generation Holly Blue on ivy in Purfleet this morning in 16°C sunshine with a few Ivy Bees (Colletes hederae) still around too 13/11/25.

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Well, it looks like the Corydoras have bred in my community aquarium without me knowing! 😀🐟

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The sound of summer... Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), Blencathra, Cumbria #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #Orthoptera

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Up with the lark... Dawn chorus chronology @fscblencathra.bsky.social from the Skylark at 02:58 to the Cuckoo at 04:21 #biol0007 #FieldCourseFortnight #birdsong #UKBirding

Timeline of bird song during the dawn chorus at Blencathra FSC field centre in The Lake District, England, 11 June 2025.

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Interesting orthopterans from Cadiz provence: Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus), Iberian Wingless Groundhopper (Tetrix nodulosa), Shady Grasshopper (Morphacris fasciata), Raymond's Grasshopper (Omocestus raymondi) #biol0028 #uclecolgen #orthoptera

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina) butterflies active after this morning's rain in the Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de los Alcornocales, Andalucía #biol0028 field course #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

An Iberian Grass Snake (Natrix astreptophora) in the Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de los Alcornocales, Andalucía #biol0028 field course #uclecolgen

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Interesting orthopterans from Cadiz provence: Common Stick Grasshopper (Pyrgomorpha conica), Common Digging Grasshopper (Acrotylus insubricus), Earthling Stone Grasshopper (Euryparyphes terrulentus), Garden Locust (Acanthacris ruficornis) biol0028 #uclecolgen #orthoptera

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Fraser Simpson @fssbirding.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Several Crimson Speckled (Utetheisa pulchella) moths flying in the dunes at Atlanterra on the Costa de la Luz today. #biol0028 field course #uclecolgen #Andalucía #TeamMoth

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