part-time Naturalist
@p-hoags.bsky.social
Garden Wildlife, Moths, Birds, Dragonflies, Botany. Occasional Stone Botherer. Hampshire based VC11
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Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrant) in flwr roadside on the Kent/Sussex Border 12/2/26 #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social (introduced/naturalised)
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrant) in flwr roadside on the Kent/Sussex Border 12/2/26 #Wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social (introduced/naturalised)
Celebrate the longest day of the year with a scary ghost story! 👻
Robert Lloyd Parry takes to the #LTYLR stage tonight at 8pm with two eerie tales from M R James for your delectation. Grab your tickets, if you dare...
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Robert Lloyd Parry takes to the #LTYLR stage tonight at 8pm with two eerie tales from M R James for your delectation. Grab your tickets, if you dare...
events.livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/livet...
December 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’ve been avoiding 0/0 by not putting the lights on ;)
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’ve been avoiding 0/0 by not putting the lights on ;)
Tempted by the double figure temperature’s forecast and a cloudy sky, I got the #mothtrap out last night for the first time since mid-November. Rewarded with 3 of 3 #teammoth #gardenwildlife
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tempted by the double figure temperature’s forecast and a cloudy sky, I got the #mothtrap out last night for the first time since mid-November. Rewarded with 3 of 3 #teammoth #gardenwildlife
🙏 I hadn’t seen any signs of ‘hogs since April so it’s great to know that they are still around in the neighbourhood .. I must get a wildlife camera!
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🙏 I hadn’t seen any signs of ‘hogs since April so it’s great to know that they are still around in the neighbourhood .. I must get a wildlife camera!
Seems rather late in the year, but #Hedgehog poo was found on the garden path this afternoon? #GardenWildlife #mammals #hibernation @ptes-org.bsky.social #HedgehogStreet
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Seems rather late in the year, but #Hedgehog poo was found on the garden path this afternoon? #GardenWildlife #mammals #hibernation @ptes-org.bsky.social #HedgehogStreet
Just checked my records I had two NFG 20th and 25th Dec 2024
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just checked my records I had two NFG 20th and 25th Dec 2024
I was just as surprised to get NFG so late into the season. My last one was in mid-September.
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I was just as surprised to get NFG so late into the season. My last one was in mid-September.
Not had one here yet!
November 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Not had one here yet!
10 of 8 last night #teammoth #migrantmothuk #gardenwildlife incl. singles of Ypsolopha ustella (NFG) White-point (mortally wounded) and Rusty Dot Pearl VC11 SE Hants #hantsmoths
November 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
10 of 8 last night #teammoth #migrantmothuk #gardenwildlife incl. singles of Ypsolopha ustella (NFG) White-point (mortally wounded) and Rusty Dot Pearl VC11 SE Hants #hantsmoths
I wasn’t going to put the moth trap again tonight having only had 5 of 3 last night. However an RDP to the kitchen window has changed my mind! #teammoth #migrantmothuk #mothsmatter #gardenwildlife #HantsMoths
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wasn’t going to put the moth trap again tonight having only had 5 of 3 last night. However an RDP to the kitchen window has changed my mind! #teammoth #migrantmothuk #mothsmatter #gardenwildlife #HantsMoths
I had a squint at the traps after my last comment, and entirely unsure as to whether they actually have any moths in them? And yes the temperature feels somewhat lower than the forecast when I put the put the traps out .. rain is now forecast, when it wasn’t earlier in the evening?
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I had a squint at the traps after my last comment, and entirely unsure as to whether they actually have any moths in them? And yes the temperature feels somewhat lower than the forecast when I put the put the traps out .. rain is now forecast, when it wasn’t earlier in the evening?
Fairly misty here (just up the road) .. !
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fairly misty here (just up the road) .. !
Thanks will file this away for when we next head north!
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thanks will file this away for when we next head north!
This last week has seen Earthtongue sp. and Blackening Waxcap #WaxcapWatch appear on the road verge immediately adjacent to my house. Plenty of the former, only a single of the latter to date #fungi #VC11 #Hampshire @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This last week has seen Earthtongue sp. and Blackening Waxcap #WaxcapWatch appear on the road verge immediately adjacent to my house. Plenty of the former, only a single of the latter to date #fungi #VC11 #Hampshire @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk
Another great haul Dave! Put my 7 of 5 just up the road from you into perspective 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another great haul Dave! Put my 7 of 5 just up the road from you into perspective 🤣
The M. R. James show was both pleasing and terrifying! Many thanks to Robert and #LTYLR for a cracking evening’s entertainment 👏 👏 👏
M.show
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The M. R. James show was both pleasing and terrifying! Many thanks to Robert and #LTYLR for a cracking evening’s entertainment 👏 👏 👏
Downloaded for future reference!
October 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Downloaded for future reference!
Quite possibly the coolest #fungi that I have seen to date #FlutedBird’sNest (Cyathus striatus) on woodchip #BuchanCountryPark #WestSussex #VC13 #Autumn
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Quite possibly the coolest #fungi that I have seen to date #FlutedBird’sNest (Cyathus striatus) on woodchip #BuchanCountryPark #WestSussex #VC13 #Autumn
Btw I hope it’s the first for VC65 that you think it might be
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Btw I hope it’s the first for VC65 that you think it might be
Daily email .. your recorder must be a saint! ;)
October 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Daily email .. your recorder must be a saint! ;)