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Moving & Adapting…...Another Butterfly By The Doocot……More From Spurness….

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 14 August 2025

Moving & Adapting…

The hominin Modus Operandi….

https://earthlogs.org/2025/08/12/earliest-hominin-occupation-of-sulawesi-and-crossing-of-an-ocean-barrier/

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Another Butterfly By The Doocot……

Mike went on his constitutional yesterday and, on some thistles coming through the fence round the Rendall Doocot marshland, he saw a Peacock butterfly. We’re not sure if they’re actually rare in Orkney, but we’ve never seen one in nearly 19 years here. It was the high-light of his walk!

That bit of marshy wild-land is a boon for wild-life!

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More From Spurness….

https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/08/13/spurness-2025-d9/

Including a reminder that on Friday evening, at 7.30pm, there will be a talk in Sanday school about the dig.

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