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Postcards from Sussex: mating Adonis Blues and a Common White Wave
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Friday, 22 May 2015. Mating Adonis Blues and a Common White Wave. Adonis Blues mating, Polyommatus bellargus, male on left. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. Early evening I visited Fairmile Bottom and found a new moth, a beautiful Common White Wave which roosted and posed for me. Other moths found: Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Green Carpet, Meadow Grey, Red Piercer, Speckled Yellow, Thistle Bell and an unidentified Plume. This site never disappoints a moth hunter. Brown Argus, Aricia agestis.
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Postcards from Sussex: Goslings, cygnets and mating Comfrey Ermels
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Friday, 22 May 2015. Goslings, cygnets and mating Comfrey Ermels. Mute Swan cygnets, Cygnus olor. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. On Wednesday I visited Arundel WWT with Sue and added to the micro fauna I saw the previous day. Highlights inside the centre were Canada and Greylag goslings, Mute Swan cygnets, and Swallows building a nest in the Scrape Hide. Highlights outside the centre were a mating pair of Comfrey Ermel moths and a Meadow Longhorn moth, Adela rufimitrella. Cardoon, Cynara...
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Postcards from Sussex: Adonis awakes
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Saturday, 16 May 2015. Adonis Blue, Polyommatus bellargus. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. On Wednesday afternoon I did my Mill Hill transect and recorded Adonis Blue, Brimstone, Dingy Skipper, Green Hairstreak, Grizzled Skipper, Peacock, Small Heath, Wall. I was told a Clouded Yellow and Common Blue had also been seen. A large, fat black adder slithered into long grass and a nightingale sang. Sawfly, Pachyprotasis rapae. Beetle, Byturus species. Blow fly, Cynomya mortuorum. Small Copper,...
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Postcards from Sussex: April 2015
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015. Arundel Castle gardens - it's all about the tulips. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius. Alder Fly, Sialis. Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus. Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis. Swallow, Hirundo rustica. Foxglove Tree, Paulownia tomentosa. Lesser Periwinkle, Vinca minor. Summer Snowflake, Leucojum aestivum. Gadwall, Anas strepera. Mallard ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow me on twitter:.
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Postcards from Sussex: Juniper Shieldbug and roosting Dingies
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Saturday, 16 May 2015. Juniper Shieldbug and roosting Dingies. Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. Yesterday I joined Mark Colvin early at Heyshott Down. Mark found 2 Dingy Skippers but they were the only butterflies seen. Other interesting finds were a Juniper Shieldbug and an Emperor moth pupa lying on the ground. The latter is strange as it should have been in a cocoon. 7-spot Ladybird, Coccinella 7-punctata. Bramble leaves, Rubus fruticosus. European Swallowt...
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Postcards from Sussex: Crab spiders and an Orange-tip egg
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Saturday, 2 May 2015. Crab spiders and an Orange-tip egg. Male Early Mining Bee, Andrena haemorrhoa. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. Beetle - id needed. Plant bug, Stenodema species. Crab Spider, Misumena vatia with Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii. Dance fly, Empis tessellata. Fly, Meiosimyza species. Female Green Longhorn moth, Adela reaumurella. Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum. Orange-tip egg, Anthocharis cardamines. Arundel WWT car park:. Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata. Mudfoods - gr...
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Postcards from Sussex: Comfrey Ermel, Brimstones & Longhorns
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015. Comfrey Ermel, Brimstones and Longhorns. Comfrey Ermel, Ethmia quadrillella. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. On Monday I returned to Rewell Wood and saw Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, a Green Tiger Beetle, an Orange-tip, Brimstones and Green-veined Whites. Plenty of Green Longhorns were waving their antennae on Wood Spurge. I also found Vetch Piercers. Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni. Bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Crab Spider, Misumena vatia with hoverfly. Vetch ...
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Postcards from Sussex: Pearls, Moth flies and goslings
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Tuesday, 5 May 2015. Pearls, Moth flies and goslings. Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne. To view a gallery with more photos, click here. On Saturday morning I joined Neil Hulme’s tour for the Pearl-bordered Fritillary. This was part of Neil’s “ Fritillaries for the Future. Greylag Goose gosling at Arundel WWT, Anser anser. Pearl and tour participants. Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne. Bugle, Ajuga reptans. Bugle is a major nectar source for insects in the Spring. Fly, id needed.
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Where has all the money gone? : Peter Cairns Photography Blog
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What are National Parks for? Bring on the mavericks. What does an ethical wildlife photographer look like? Where has all the money gone? Http:/ www.kreditrechner.pw/. On Bears, beavers and bugger it – the camera is coming! On What are National Parks for? On What are National Parks for? Where has all the money gone? Published by Peter Cairns. On March 19, 2016. The nature photography landscape has close parallels with the African savannah. Both are shifting, dynamic habitats where change is both inevi...
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Postcards from Sussex: Steve has plenty of bottle
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Saturday, 15 January 2011. Steve has plenty of bottle. At our club meeting on Wednesday we were treated to a fascinating talk by Steve Homewood, an expert on bottles. He started in 2000 when he lived in Lewes and the river flooded. Bottles were flushed and dumped by the flood and Steve investigated and began his passion. He was based in. For some time and has found and collected bottles from all over. Including some unique and rare examples. He now lives on the Isle of Bute, and commutes regularly to.
