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Paul writes: on a warm summer evening I like to sit in my garden with a light on and see what moths will come in. One of the best to arrive is the Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor). It makes its presence known quickly. Most moths will spend some time flying around before settling on the…

This week’s quote is from Alan Turing (died 1954). Statue of Turing by Stephen Kettle at Bletchley Park, commissioned by Sidney Frank, built from half a million pieces of Welsh slate. Photo: Antoine Taveneaux [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons. We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there…

In this occasional series of links to other interesting blog posts, here are some blogs that have caught my eye.  Rob Sheldon – a good blog to follow and the most recent post on attitudes to lead is well worth a read Martin Harper, RSPB – ‘Why the Prime Minister must now act to protect…

Tim writes: This is a Siberian Weasel (Mustela sibirica) photographed at night by torchlight in the forests at Labahe, Sichuan in China.  It was at an altitude of c2000m above sea level.  This is the one and only individual that I have seen, and judging by the scarcity of wild photographs, it appears that they…