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current posts

 
Sat 28th March 2020 16:28 by Will Bown
Winterborne Stickland - 27th March
Thirty nine moths in total with single Dark Sword-grass and Oak Beauty the best.
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Sat 28th March 2020 09:56 by Julian Francis
Tolpuddle 27 March 2020
One Pine Beauty amongst only 11 moths.
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Wed 25th March 2020 16:06 by Geoff Lightfoot
Preston 24th March
Powdered Quaker.
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Sun 22nd March 2020 11:30 by Martin Wood
Wimborne 20th March
Had just one Hebrew Character in my Wimborne garden with a minimum temperature of 4.7c degrees.
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Sun 22nd March 2020 07:02 by Julian Francis
Tolpuddle 21 March 2020
One Dark Sword-grass.
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Sat 21st March 2020 20:32 by Alan Bernard
Coryates 21st March
Orange underwing flying around birch in my garden . Blown down by wind to observable level. It is not shown in the Atlas from the Weymouth area.
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Sat 21st March 2020 16:54 by Geoff Lightfoot
Preston 20th March
Dark Sword-grass.
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Sat 21st March 2020 10:20 by Colin Burningham
Yetminster 20th March
only 5 species but including a pristine Shoulder Stripe.
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Thu 19th March 2020 18:21 by Geoff Lightfoot
Preston 18th March
Double-striped Pug , Early Thorn , 3 Oak Beauty , 2 Small Quaker , Clouded Drab , Grey Shoulder-knot.  Early Grey.
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Thu 19th March 2020 10:25 by Colin Burningham
Yetminster 18th March
A grand night, 11 species including 1 Grey Shoulder-knot, 14 Early Grey, 2 Dotted Border, 2 Early Thorn, 3 Oak Beauty, 1 March Moth, 1 Dotted Chestnut.
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Mon 16th March 2020 10:38 by Gillian Nash
Leigh 14 March
Two Hebrew Character (min o/n temp 9.3 degsC)

Leigh 15 March: twelve of six species, including D.fagella. ffy Dotted Border (min o/n temp 2.3 degsC)

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Sat 14th March 2020 09:24 by Martin Wood
Wimborne 13th March 2020
Had my first moth of the year a Chestnut
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Thu 12th March 2020 11:16 by Colin Burningham
Yetminster 11th March
At last some visitors last night, singles of Diurnea fagella, Early Grey, Dotted Chestnut, March Moth and Common Quaker
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Wed 11th March 2020 17:13 by Martin Raper
Beaminster 10 march
New for year - Twin-spotted Quaker, Oak Beauty, Diurnea fagella
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Sun 8th March 2020 09:35 by Mike Hetherington
Puncknowle 7.3.20
Singles of Agonopterix heracliana/ciliella agg. and Hebrew Character.  2020 is starting very slowly here.
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