Felicity Liggins

@felicityliggins

Education Outreach and Early Careers Manager at the Met Office. Birds, moths, hedgehogs, cycling, walking, food & drink may also feature. Views all my own. She/her.

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Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· 4d

I have not been watching, but had a quick look at Episode 1. Was it this green one? If so, the link in the article is from doesn't work, but looks like you can rent it loanthelook.com/products/bta.... None of the other links I've found online work.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· 14d

I am very much looking forward to visiting her when next we are in Sneem. The day trip around the ring will be worth it. I imagine I will get a similar feeling to when I visited Millicent Fawcett's statue for the first time. Grateful, defiant, & a little bit revolutionary (in my own small way).

The statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett standing in Parliament Square, London, defiantly holding a banner that says 'Courage calls to courage everywhere'.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· 15d

There is a wider picture too, still all the dogs look like they have the same markings. I don't know how much variation is expected, but I'd assume more than this? Alongside the odd artefact and your knowledge of buildings, I'd also go for AI.

Screenshot from Insta of the Dogfest post.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jul 23

When it rains, it pours. But unfortunately not with water, #hedgehogs. Came down for lunch only to spot a teenie one, 140g, on our path. Scooped up into a box. Went back outside to check for others & found another two out. Much bigger ones though, 750g & 1kg+. Off to the rescue for all of them!

Very tiny hedgehog on a red towel in a box with a small bowl of kitten kibble next to it.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jul 16

I have made a fair few & the best recipe I've found is Felicity Cloake's (not just because of our first name). I haven't tried as individuals as I generally make it for Toad in the Hole or around a joint of beef. It is both crispy and stodgy and full of flavour. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A Toad in the Hole. Six sausages ensconced in Yorkshire pudding

A Toad in the Hole. Four sausages ensconced in Yorkshire pudding

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jul 8

You might already be aware of this series of books, but if not, might be worth a look? Available digitally as well as hard copy. They also produce ones for the UK, Alps, etc etc.

Overview of the section from the book covering Cevennes & Tarn

Map of Cevennes and Tarn region and the dip spots therein

An example of the descriptions of the dip spots

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jul 4

Is this a slightly wing-nibbled female Silver-washed Fritillary? #TeamButterfly

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jun 19

I can't recall if you are a vermouth or gin fan (I know you like port), but when we were in Copenhagen last year we stumbled across Two Socks on our first night & loved it. Great toasties & the thickest drinks menu we've seen. I love vermouth so was an exciting find. maps.app.goo.gl/RhM3jWELyEyw...

A pile of A5 size sheets of paper, each with 6 to 7 different drinks listed on them. An epic drinks menu from Two Socks in Copenhagen.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jun 3

And the stepped nature of the residential block (no's 194 and 196) alongside proximity to graveyard, tree placement etc also look somewhat similar

Aerial shot of the eastern edge of Heston Cemetery

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 30

I would like to snuggle a cat-sized version of the Pale Tussock in this morning's trap. Or the Puss Moth we had a few weeks ago.

A large black and white moth, its mottled wings streaked with gold, and with very, very furry legs.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 30

Three new moths for our garden caught overnight, out of 13-ish species. A Shoulder-striped Wainscot, a Sharp Angled Peacock & a Meadow Grey. Also in the trap, but not new, one of my favourites - a Pale Tussock. I do love a furry moth! #TeamMoth

A pale brown moth holding wings back along body. Darker stripes heading down wings from shoulder

A grey-ish moth. Triangular wings held out to side, with some brown splodges

A grey and light brown mottled moth. Stripey legs and huge eyes.

Oh such a furry moth! Grey and white ish wings. Super furry white legs held out front.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 30

ObsIdentify is going for 100% Ingrained Clay for the first two pics, but they look so different! And neither really looks like the Ingrailed Clays in our book. Can the experts at #TeamMoth help? And is the 3rd one a Shoulder-striped Wainscot & 4th a Meadow Grey?

Pale brown moth with lines down its wings

Small brown and grey stripes moth with stripes legs and huge eyes

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 28

#TeamMoth is this a Zeiraphera insertana? ObsIdentify suggested such with great confidence, but it's not in my book. Online info suggests it's a bit early flying, but have had that with other species this morning. It has been a bit warm!

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 24

They are rather bumbling creatures. We found one in our moth trap this morning, alongside a beautiful and much more serene Poplar Hawk Moth (and a variety of other lovely moths).

A Poplar Hawk Moth. A large moth with purple-grey wings.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 24

I need some help please #TeamMoth. Any suggestions for these two Shropshire moths?

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 15

Managed to snag two tickets for tonight's canoe safari up the River Axe, run by Wild East Devon & Axe Vale Canoe Club. Absolutely glorious. We saw the sand martins, swifts, a marsh harrier, mullet, and jellyfish that make Seaton Wetlands their home. And a lot of inquisitive cows. Highly recommended.

Canadian canoes on a river bank, with the far bank lined with cows and the low evening sun on the horizon.

A Canadian canoe on a river bank with more cows on the far bank. The sky is blue without a cloud and the water of the river lightly rippling.

View downstream of the River Axe, with our canoe club guides making their departure.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 13

There is this FB post mentioning it, with what looks like a wrapper aligning to your description www.facebook.com/share/p/18UU... (wrapper image uploaded below too in case FB not accessible).

White and red chocolate wrapper bar of Summit

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 12

Taken by a friend in Scotland. What's going on here #TeamMoth? Apparently the caterpillar reacted when gently prodded with a blade of grass, but wasn't moving otherwise and it looks like it's been turned inside out. I'm assuming it has come to some kind of grizzly end. Perhaps Drinker Moth?

Caterpillar (possibly Drinker Moth?) with a slimy green protuberance at one end, which then give way to yellow strands draped across muddy surface

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 4

A day of gardening and you come across all sorts of beasties. I think this is a Jersey Tiger Moth caterpillar munching on a borage seedling in our greenhouse. Relocated to somewhere a bit safer with plenty of its preferred food to hand. Is #TeamCaterpillar a thing on here, as well as #TeamMoth?

Caterpillar wrapped around a borage seedling. The caterpillar has a black body with a white / yellow stripe down the side. This is broken up by rings or orangey warts down its body topped with prickles. It's a very funky caterpillar.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 4

It's our first moth of 2026. My ID skills are not well honed, particularly for pugs. Can anyone help me on these? I'm thinking Tissue, Common Pug and something? Location is East Devon #TeamMoth

Brown moth with wedge shaped wings, a ragged edge to the wings, and a white dot near the inner edge corner

Small brown moth with narrow elongated wings

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· May 1

We were at a friend's for a BBQ and we got to see Moonrise. It was pretty special.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Apr 25

This is what it says in our Brewer's Britain & Ireland.

Description of how Woolfardisworthy got its name, and how you pronounce it (Woolzery)

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Apr 15

It's really joyful seeing them collecting fluff at this time of year, isn't it? If you have a spare fat ball or block feeder, that works really well as a holder. Your crocheted one is super pretty (I never learned, I should try one day), but it might introduce a slight risk of tangling little feet?

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Apr 12

The pear cordons we planted about 7 years ago have flowered for the first time (we are slowly learning how to prune to encourage fruiting spurs). They smell of fish. This was not expected.

A cluster of white blossom on a pear tree

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Apr 9

I was intrigued so had a quick look. I think there is something in it, assuming I've found the right location?

Screenshot of a description of a guest 'experience' at a Scottish holiday location

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Apr 9

Well that's one good deed done for the day. I've never been to Budapest, it was purely online detective work based on what you had shared in the thread. I seem to have a skill for it! The offer for this week sounds blooming delicious. I hope you have enough time off to enjoy it.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Feb 4

Thank you for this recommendation. We didn't need it on the way out as our Eurostar was on time & we made our connection to Chantilly. However, we headed there for lunch today before departure. The onion soup is indeed a very good one, as is the onglet. Much appreciated!

A top down shot of a table in a French bistro. There is a delicious looking toasted cheese top of an onion soup, a different plate has a couple of slices of terrine and salad, and there is a bowl of sliced baguette, alongside a Kir, and a Picon Biere.

The same table, this time adorned with a steak frites, and a boudin noir with mash. There is more sliced baguette in a bowl too.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jan 19

Well the very persistent and frustrating cloud patch over East Devon cleared just enough for us to capture red and green #aurora from our drive. Even saw green patches moving with the naked eye. Never thought that'd happen here! We headed out to get an unobstructed view northwards. Wow.

A green streak of aurora in the sky, sandwiched between a house and some tree branches.

An East Devon sky, green aurora on the horizon, red aurora covering the rest of the sky. Some very annoying cloud covering bits of it.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Jan 4

We have several terracotta saucers that have been going years despite repeated freeze thaw (and most terracotta pots succumbing). I'm not sure the brand, but will check later in case there's a markers mark. And yes, this one from today needs both defrosting and a good scrub - it's on the chore list.

Shallow terracotta bird bath currently frozen over.

Felicity Liggins@felicityliggins· Dec 14

The robins at Seaton Wetlands take their role of guides very seriously. I hope the @WildEastDevon team is paying them appropriate weekend rates.