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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 15h

Two large aggregations of 16-spot Ladybirds Tytthaspis 16-punctata preparing to overwinter on fence posts. Branscombe, Devon www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Ue...

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16 spot Ladybirds Tytthaspis 16 punctata Branscombe, Devon 4 October 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 17h

A super tame Dunlin Calidris alpina dropped in to feed by the pool at Branscombe Mouth, Devon today oblivious to the people and dogs nearby! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyBB...

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Dunlin Calidris alpina Branscombe, Devon 4 October 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 17h

Ivy Bees Colletes hederae Branscombe, Devon today. Hundreds of males patrolling nest site and one mating seen. Several pollen laden females flying to their burrows some hassled by the over amorous males www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPDl...

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Ivy Bees Colletes hederae Branscombe, Devon 4 October 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Salvia "Red Bumble" is currently a magnet for Hummingbird Hawk moths Macroglossum stellatarum in the gardens of @nationaltrust.org.uk Coleton Fishacre, south Devon www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1S_... thanks Dave Turrell for the tip-off

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Hummingbird Hawk moths Macroglossum stellatarum Coleton Fishacre Devon 2 October 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A pack of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus hunting Garfish Belone belone south Devon coast this evening www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utjp...

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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus hunting Garfish Belone belone South Devon 3 October 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Buff-breasted Sandpipers Calidris subruficollis feeding on craneflies, Davidstow, Cornwall

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

4 Buff breasted Sandpipers Calidris subruficollis 3 together at north end of runway with Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula & one on its own by blockhouse. Close views from car window as they fed mainly on Tipula craneflies Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall 1 October 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaEo...

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Buff breasted Sandpipers Calidris subruficollis Davidstow, Cornwall 1 October 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Carcina quercana Oak Lantern moth the only UK member of the Peleopopidae. A distinctive long horned moth that usually flies in July and August but increasingly has a 2nd brood in October. Several at light this week Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Convolvulus Hawk Agrius convolvuli caterpillar from Atherfield, Isle of Wight changing to pupa, full-grown caterpillar gradually shrinks before the transformation takes place, 'jug-handle' tongue case slowly forms & pupa darkens in 24 hours, September 2026 studio.youtube.com/video/H-YlzF...

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ingredients for a 'cheap night out' warm them gently until sugar dissolved. Paint on tree trunks then check after dark. A good way to attract moths eg the Blue Underwing or Clifden Nonpareil Catocala fraxini a spectacular moth that is now regularly recorded in south Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ivy Bees Colletes hederae males patrolling the nesting site on low cliffs at Branscombe, Devon in windy but very mild conditions late pm yesterday. No females seen but they will be emerging over the next week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9d8...

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Ivy Bees Colletes hederae males Branscombe, Devon 29 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius showing well as it fed along on shore near dam, Drift Reservoir, West Cornwall, 27 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dipper Cinclus cinclus feeding in River Dart, Buckfastleigh, Devon today. With water level low and lovely September sunshine it was possible to see it turn 'silver' as it foraged on the riverbed for caddis larvae and small fish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPeI...

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Dipper Cinclus cinclus, River Dart, Buckfastleigh, Devon 28 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ocean Sunfish Mola mola with Herring Gulls Larus argentatus was one of the highlights seawatching at St Ives Island, Cornwall yesterday. Also seen Sabine's Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Pomarine Skua, a Peregrine with Turnstone prey, Common Dolphins & Atlantic Blue-fin Tuna www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ5r...

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Ocean Sunfish Mola mola St Ives Island, Cornwall 27 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rainbow Sea Slug Babakina anadoni with its prey the Hydroid Candelabrum cocksii - great find by Daisy Wood, Wembury Point, Devon at the weekend. The Olympus TG cameras are great for rockpooling able to withstand impact of being dropped on rocks and also completely waterproof - I use at TG6

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

First Mediterranean Oil Beetle Meloe mediterraneus of the season out at Great Mattiscombe, Devon on Friday thanks Susan Williams

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The crazy long Green Paddleworm Eulalia presume its viridis not clavigera? Wembury Point, Devon yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iat9...

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Green Paddle Worm Eulalia viridis, Wembury Point, Devon 26 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Female Curlew Numenius arquata beautifully camouflaged amongst Sea Lavender and a Little Egret Egretta garzetta fishing, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. The egret showed a behaviour I haven't seen before rippling the waters' surface to imitate feeding fishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX0aT30YuOo

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Little Egret Egretta garzetta and Curlew Numenius arquata Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 13 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the highlights of our trip to the Isle of Wight earlier this month were the tame Ravens Corvus corax. This is the male of the pair at Tennyson Down near The Needles and we saw another very tame bird at The Duver, St Helens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Uo...

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Raven Corvus corax Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight 12 September 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great find at Wembury, Devon today by @jacob-wood.bsky.social a Fire-tipped Sea Slug Hermaea variopicta. Only a handful of UK records so far of this tiny beautiful sea slug.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Great to see the Red Data Book Gravel Water Beetle Hydrochus nitidicollis on Dartmoor, Devon. This tiny water scavenger beetle is confined in the UK to Devon & Cornwall it hasn't been seen for many years so good to know it is surviving on at least one clean section of river here. Thanks Clive Turner

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Female Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima basking in the warm autumn sunshine yesterday at Start Point, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am looking forward to giving a talk on Westcountry Wildlife at Tiverton, Devon this evening 7.30 pm (24 September 2026). All welcome more information www.mdw.org.uk

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata, Osborne House, Isle of Wight today #teammoth

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The beautiful translucent camouflage of the Light Emerald moth Campaea margaritata Ventnor, Isle of Wight

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A Hornet Vespa crabro nest with a one-way system! @rspb Brading Marshes, Isle of Wight this evening. Thanks to the local birders who let me know about this fascinating nest @waspwoman.bsky.social

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Radford’s Flame Shoulder Ochropleura leucogaster and Mullein Wave Scopula marginepunctata Ventnor, Isle of Wight

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Convolvulus Hawk Agrius convolvuli caterpillars the 3/4 grown green one is happy to feed by day but the larger brown almost full grown one hides away and will feed at night. Isle of Wight

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A lovely sunny September afternoon ideal for watching Heath Potter Wasps Eumenes coarctatus in south Devon with @exmoormothman.bsky.social and Roger Musgrove

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An unusual spot to find a Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi in our garden today, Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dewick's Plusia Macdunnoughia confusa Cerne Abbas, Dorset and the bird poo mimic Lime-speck Pug moth Eupithecia centaureata Hayling Island Hampshire this week.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking forward to giving a talk on Westcountry Wildlife to the Mid Devon Natural History Society at Tiverton on 24th September 2026 non members welcome www.mdw.org.uk

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Great day seawatching at St Ives Island Cornwall yesterday. Amongst the highlights Bonxie Stercorarius skua, adult Sabine's Gull Xema sabini, Common Dolphins Delphinus delphis and Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My wife spotted a new moth for me during a brief stop at Cerne Abbas, Dorset this afternoon. A Dewick's Plusia Macdunnoughia confusa. The grid reference of this Christian graveyard amused me! #teammoth

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The lovely pale form of Grass Eggar Lasiocampa trifolii that occurs on the sand dunes at Gunner Point, Hayling Island, Hampshire last night #teamoth

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

About 20 Mediterranean Stick Insects Bacillus rossius seen on roadside brambles along the golf course fence at The Kench, Hayling Island, Hampshire last night

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Another new UK Orthopteran for me on Hayling Island Hampshire last night the Tree Cricket Oecanthus pellucens. Three males heard and one seen at Gunner Point after dark.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sandwich Terns Thalasseus sandvicensis were a real feature of our trip to Hayling Island, Hampshire this week. These were at The Kench, Langstone Harbour during the high tide roost on 3 September 2026 watched with @trevorcodlin.bsky.social

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Exciting to find this beast of a moth the Passenger Dysgonia algira in a friends moth trap this morning on Hayling Island Hampshire

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My first UK Large Conehead Ruspolia nitidula on Hayling Island Hampshire this evening thanks Andy Johnson

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Notes from my 1st St Ives seawatch 3Sept1983 If I could relive a wildlife day it would be this one No one had cameras then & the optics poor compared to now Vivid memories Gt Shearwaters, LongT Skuas, a 'wall of Gannets', 1000s of petrels + flock of 50 adult Sabines Gulls! @liamlangley1.bsky.social

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Scorched Carpet moth Ligdia adustata doing its best impersonation of some bird poo!. Buckfastleigh, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I had to watch my feet walking down from the car park to Great Mattiscombe beach last week after dark - 13 Common Toads Bufo bufo and an egg-laying Grey Bush-cricket Platycleis albopunctata. Start Point, Devon

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Whilst looking for Raft Spiders Dolomedes fimbriatus in the Bovey Valley Woods, Dartmoor, Devon today I found these 2 Heath Potter Wasp Eumenes coarctatus pots on some Cross-leaved Heath - the first record for Dartmoor National Park.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Out looking for Lobster Moth Stauropus fagi on Dartmoor, Devon today - no luck. Several years ago I was given some larvae to rear - the weirdest UK caterpillar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JxF...

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Lobster moth caterpillar

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our largest moth the Death's Head Hawk most obvious when compared as a pupa to Convovulus & Hummingbird Hawks. The Convovulus pupa has a 'jug handle' extension where its 10 cm long tongue develops. The DHH lacks this as it has a very short tongue used to suck honey from honeybee comb.

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hummingbird Hawk moths Macroglossum stellatarum are a challenge to photograph but with a bit of patience and keeping very still it is possible to get close to them as demonstrated here by my friend Charles Tyler. This one on Buddleia at St Ives, Cornwall yesterday www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1dq...

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Hummingbird Hawk Macroglossum stellatarum St Ives, Cornwall 31 August 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Great seawatch at St Ives Cornwall yesterday From minute counts of close Manx Shearwaters I estimated 50-60K moving west 6am-2.50pm but many more were moving further offshore. Good views of Gannets & Arctic Skuas I missed highlight probable Barolo's Shearwater picked up by @liamlangley1.bsky.social

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Broom Moth Ceramica pisi caterpillar I didn't know until I saw this one that they will feed on gorse flowers. Mynytho Common, Llyn Peninsula, Wales 10 August 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHDh...

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Broom Moth Ceramica pisi caterpillar Mynytho Common, N Wales 10 August 2026

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John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Rockpooling highlights today a huge 20 cm long Depilatory Sea Hare Aplysia depilans (one of three seen) and a pair of Velvet Swimming Crabs Necora puber - the male guards the female until she sheds her shell as it is only at this time that he can fertilise her. Torbay, Devon thanks Jake & Daisy Wood

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