Published 16 June 2016, part of the RSPB Spotlight series
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- BLOG 12 May 23 A swift half?
- BLOG 10 May 2023 Firestarter
- BLOG 17 Apr 23 Mullein things over
- BLOG 16 Apr 23 Dancing kings
- BLOG 23 Mar 23 Bunking off
- BLOG 20 Mar 23 March moths
- BLOG 19 MAR 23 Moth-er's Day
- BLOG 25 Feb 2023 Rockit
- BLOG 28 Jan 2023 Winter surprise
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- BLOG 2022
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- BLOG 24 Dec 2022 Melandippa
- BLOG 18 Dec 2022 Nice light
- BLOG 17 Dec 2022 Hoomz
- BLOG 13 Dec 2022 I'm all ears
- BLOG 18 Nov 22 Aythya
- BLOG 17 NOV 22 Southern moths
- BLOG 15 Nov 22 October birding
- BLOG 14 Nov 22 Cow pat
- BLOG 13 Nov 22 September moths
- BLOG 12 Aug 2022 Turk
- BLOG 5 Aug 2022 Garden gold
- BLOG 1 Aug 2022 Salty Norfolk
- BLOG 28 Jul 2022 London town
- BLOG 26 Jul 2022 Garden moths
- BLOG 21 Jul 2022 Wildlife Travel
- BLOG 23 Jun 2022 Wainwright
- BLOG 24 May 22 Scarce vape
- BLOG 12 May 2022 Honoured
- BLOG 11 May 22 Moffing
- BLOG 7 May 2022 Bluebelle
- BLOG 29 Apr 22 Empress
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- BLOG 18 Apr 2022 Holy trinity
- BLOG 27 Mar 2022 Mad March
- BLOG 12 Mar 2022 Adderenaline
- BLOG 24 Feb 2022 Three colours: red
- BLOG 26 Jan 2022 Brrrr!
- BLOG 2021
- BLOG 31 Dec 2021 The year
- BLOG 10 Dec 21 The mating game
- BLOG 29 Nov 2021 Yesvember
- BLOG 18 Nov 21 Speckled Footman
- BLOG 11 Nov 2021 Kernow21
- BLOG 7 Nov 2021 Easy Taiga
- BLOG 3 Nov 2021 Papay pumpkin
- BLOG 19 Oct 2021 Double green
- BLOG 1 Oct 2021 Odds 'n' sods
- BLOG 12 Sep 2021 God's own
- BLOG 9 Sep 2021 Camberwell carrot
- BLOG 6 Sep Drama
- BLOG 2 Sep 2021 A Gateway Guide
- BLOG 1 Sep 2021 Honour
- BLOG 17 Aug 2021 Bicentenary
- BLOG 15 Aug 2021 Butter wouldn't melt
- BLOG 6 Aug 21 Summer 2021
- BLOG 30 July 2021 Dorset
- BLOG 22 May 2021 University Moth Challenge
- BLOG 16 May 2021 Broadly Caspian
- BLOG 13 May 2021 Global Big Day
- BLOG 27 Apr 2021 Acquired tastes
- BLOG 20 Apr 2021 Snakedance
- BLOG 17 Apr 2021 Little & Large
- BLOG 7 Apr 2021 Easter snake
- BLOG 2 Apr 2021 Mad March Moth
- BLOG 22 Mar 2021 Owl prowl
- BLOG 15 Mar 2021 White and yellow
- BLOG 2 Mar 2021 Jack the lad
- BLOG 22 Feb 2021 Hot birding
- BLOG 16 Feb 2021 Finecitybirding
- BLOG 12 Feb 2021 Snowbirding
- BLOG 7 Feb 2021 Horned hopper
- BLOG 4 Feb 2021 Gold star
- BLOG 27 Jan 2021 1,200x16
- BLOG 16 Jan 2021 Casp
- BLOG 9 Jan 2021 Ice dragons
- BLOG 2020
- BLOG 31 Dec 2020 Top 10
- BLOG 13 Dec 2020 Parklife
- BLOG 12 Dec 2020 Voyeur
- BLOG 9 Dec 2020 Iced whale
- BLOG 4 Dec 2020 Snow & ice
- BLOG 1 Dec 20 (Lock)down and out
- BLOG 2 Nov 2020 Yellow Lesserlegs
- BLOG 31 Oct 2020 Timing...
- BLOG 28 Oct 2020 Fallow period
- BLOG 20 Oct 2020 Backchat
- BLOG 8 Oct 2020 Tricky sprite
- BLOG 7 Oct 2020 Blythi spirit
- BLOG 28 Sep 2020 Bearded Tit
- BLOG 23 Sep 2020 Blue Hindwing
- BLOG 22 Sep 2020 Spritely
- BLOG 19 Sep 2020 The Arctic formula
- BLOG 12 Sep 2020 Knowledge
- BLOG 5 Sep 2020 White sugar
- BLOG 31 Aug 2020 Jynxed
- BLOG 19 Aug 2020 Completer-finisher
- BLOG 17 Aug 2020 Frustration II
- BLOG 15 Aug 2020 Frustration
- BLOG 4 Aug 2020 Catocala
- BLOG 3 Aug 2020 Coasteering
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- BLOG 30 Jul 2020 Persistence
- BLOG 27 Jul 2020 The little things
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- BLOG 12 Jul 20 Slammer dunk
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- BLOG 5 Jul 2020 Albert
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- BLOG 29 June 2020 Spotted
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- BLOG 22 June 2020 Micro magnitude
- BLOG 20 Jun 2020 Back of the net
- BLOG 15 Jun 2020 Life's a beach
- BLOG 12 Jun 2020 What's the Point?
- BLOG 8 Jun 2020 Blyth spirit
- BL:OG 2 Jun 2020 Small stuff
- BLOG 29 May 2020 Masonic
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- BLOG 24 May 2020 Daughter
- BLOG 22 May 2020 Colonoscopy
- BLOG 19 May 2020 National Geoff Week
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- BLOG 9 Jan 2020 All's well...
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- BLOG 24 Dec 2019 Happy Sibemas
- BLOG 7 Dec 2019 Eddie
- BLOG 4 Dec 2019 Moth advent calendar
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- BLOG 10 Nov 2019 The new October
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- BLOG 28 Sep 2019 National Moth Night
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- BLOG 18 Apr 2019 Sloe ye go
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- BLOG 15 Apr 2019 Line of beauty
- BLOG 13 Apr 2019 Blackadder II
- BLOG 12 Apr 2019 Blackadder!
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- BLOG 25 Mar 2019 March moths
- BLOG 23 Mar 2019 Water Ermine
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- BLOG 25 Feb 2019 Snake
- BLOG 14 Feb 2019 Gonads
- BLOG 2 Feb 2019 Case in point
- BLOG 27 Jan 2019 A kindness of moth-ers
- BLOG 23 Jan 2019 Recent articles
- BLOG 16 Jan 2019 Juan the Guan
- BLOG 15 Jan 2019 Early moths
- BLOG 1 Jan 2019 Home truths
- BLOG 2018
- BLOG 30 Dec 2018 Ten things...
- BLOG 7 Dec 2018 Rumper revisited
- BLOG 19 Nov 2018 Colombia
- BLOG 15 Nov 2018 Colombia's rares
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- BLOG 13 Nov 2018 Tanagers
- BLOG 12 Nov 2018 Hummers
- BLOG 11 Nov 2018 SA Birdfair
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- BLOG 31 Oct 2018 Last chance saloon
- BLOG 25 Oct 2018 Stej
- BLOG 23 Oct 2018 New book
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- BLOG 20 Oct 2018 Meeow
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- BLOG 9 Oct 2018 Nor'easterly
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- BLOG 25 Sep 2018 Beluga!
- BLOG 23 Sep 2018 #Soggy10000
- BLOG 19 Sep 2018 Prince(ss) Caspian
- BLOG 18 Sep 2018 Olé!
- BLOG 12 Sep 2018 Green giant
- BLOG 4 Sep 2018 Shortlist
- BLOG 3 Sep 2018 Bonking butterflies
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- BLOG 27 Aug 2018 The fridge of beauty
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- BLOG 22 Jan 2017 On black or red?
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