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The Autistic Naturalist: Aug 3rd Minsmere
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Monday, 3 August 2015. A sweltering day out at Minsmere with temperatures at around 25 °. A few painted ladies have made a long migration from Morocco to come feed from these buddleia bushes. The invasion of these lovely butterflies appears to be a small one this year, but maybe it will be next year in which we will get an invasion where fields and trees are covered in them across the country. It won't be long now I expect! The paler Spotted Redshank. Common Tern with a fish. Diving down for lunch! My CM...
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The Autistic Naturalist: How To Draw: Bats
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Saturday, 15 August 2015. How To Draw: Bats. Post has all the information you need, just replace the birds with bats. Redraw the outlines in pen and shade in the wings and tail, but be careful not go over the wing's framework or the legs. Lightly shade in the body, creating a texture of fur by making a layer of tiny lines. The head is a slightly darker shade and the ears have lightly dark centres with light lines representing blood vessels. Saturday, August 15, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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HarPer’s bizarre - a naturalist's miscellany: August 2014
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HarPer’s bizarre - a naturalist's miscellany. Sunday, 17 August 2014. The Bee and the Wasp. Back in November 2012, the bird-banding at our regular site at The Charcoal Tank Nature Reserve, not far from West Wyalong in central-west New South Wales, was keeping us occupied if not busy, and I had time to follow the activities of several solitary bees that I was not aware of having noticed on any previous trips. A solitary bee hovering just above the ground, looking to excavate a burrow. I spent several minu...
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The Autistic Naturalist: December 2014
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014. My 2014 - Review Of The Year. As 2014 comes to an end, there is no better time to revisit my best moments of the year. It has been a blast and I hope 2015 delivers the same. 65279; JANUARY. 65279;. My article in local paper. They then landed at Fen Hide, where I saw them again. This was the first time I had seen them here and it made me really pleased. Maybe they will eventually breed here next year? Also that month, I made a visit to Choseley Barns and Titchwell Marshes w...
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The Autistic Naturalist: Aug 12th Strumpshaw Fen
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015. Aug 12th Strumpshaw Fen. Male Mallard in eclipse phase. Juvenile Great Crested Grebe. Great White Egret with Grey Heron. Heron catching a Pike. I returned to Reception Hide sweating and tired from the brisk long walk back. I soon recovered and the sun was beginning to break through the clouds. It was nearing lunchtime and for one heron, it had an appetite bigger than its stomach. It hauled up a massive pike that was as big as its own head! Makes you think of where it all goes!
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The Autistic Naturalist: April 2015
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Thursday, 30 April 2015. April 30th The UEA. The UEA lake and ziggurat buildings. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Wednesday, 29 April 2015. April 29th Strumpshaw Fen. These spider-hunting wasps hunt, you guessed it, spiders, paralysing them and taking them to a hole where she lays her eggs on them. The young hatches and eats the spider alive! Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Tuesday, 28 April 2015. April 28th Mousehold Heath and Norwich. Beetle and nesting hole where it lays it's eggs. Cherry Trees down the street.
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HarPer’s bizarre - a naturalist's miscellany: Countdown to 600 - Top End Birds
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HarPer’s bizarre - a naturalist's miscellany. Wednesday, 12 August 2015. Countdown to 600 - Top End Birds. 600 is a landmark number for a birdwatcher in Australia. Enough to warrant the creation, quite a while ago now, of the 600 Club. This was apparently the invention of the late John McKean, an eminent Australian ornithologist and birdwatcher, who was supposedly the first to see 600 species of Australian birds. And I had a target list of some 15 or so birds that I wanted to try for. I wasn’t expe...
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The Autistic Naturalist: August 2015
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Saturday, 29 August 2015. Moth trapping at Will's. Back home, I found this canary-shouldered thorn outside my front door. It must know I'm a Norwich City fan! Saturday, August 29, 2015. Wednesday, 26 August 2015. Aug 26th Strumpshaw Fen. Grey Heron at Reception Hide. Male Mallard in eclipse phase plumage. Male Mallard looking handsome again. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Tuesday, 25 August 2015. Aug 25th Salthouse and Cley. The autumn migration is now under way! Godwit, Ruff and Ringed Plover. Drawing slug...
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The Autistic Naturalist: July 2015
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Thursday, 30 July 2015. July 30th Holkham Hall. We also came across a large gathering of feral barnacle, greylag and Egyptian geese feeding and resting across the fields of the estate. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. July 29th Strumpshaw Fen. Red Admiral on the 'Bee Log'. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Sunday, 26 July 2015. July 25th Buxton Heath. Bell Heather at Buxton Heath. 65279;. Darkness sets in while waiting at this gate for nightjars to show up. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Finally, colo...
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The Autistic Naturalist: Aug 12th Burgh Castle
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Thursday, 13 August 2015. Aug 12th Burgh Castle. The church at Burgh Castle. Last week when we were at Burgh Castle, we saw a poster on the gates of the church adjacent to the car park. It was advertising a bat watch event in the church itself. It seemed quite interesting and so Dad and I decided to go check it out. Baby Common Pipistrelle Bats. Almost time for bats! It was a great end to one of the best bat nights that I have ever been on. Leopard Slug (I think). Thursday, August 13, 2015. How To Draw: ...
