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The Natural Stone: January 2015
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Sunday, January 18, 2015. Red-necked Grebe, Rutland Water. Took a little walk out on the Hambleton Peninsula of Rutland Water on a beautiful day and located the wintering Red-necked Grebe. Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena. Canon Powershot SX50 HS. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers. View my complete profile. UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers. Gary - The Biking Birder.
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The Natural Stone: July 2014
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Saturday, July 26, 2014. Perhaps this is not the rarest of moths but it's not exactly common and when I had one in the garden moth trap 9 years ago. It caused enough interest for a couple of people to come and take a look. So it was a bit of a surprise when this was spotted on the roof of a tent at a big family camping do at Salhouse on the Norfolk Broads. Bedstraw Hawkmoth Hyles gallii. Canon Powershot SX50 HS.
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The Natural Stone: Garden bugs and butterflies
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Sunday, July 05, 2015. Garden bugs and butterflies. A few insects from the garden. Also Large White and Meadow Brown butterflies about. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae. Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus. Canon Powershot SX50 HS. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers. View my complete profile. UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers. Gallicissa - Sri Lanka.
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The Natural Stone: More moths at last
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Saturday, June 27, 2015. More moths at last. Long time since I posted any moths. Weather's not been great for moths so far this year but picked up recently. Catch still rather low in number and diversity though. Small Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila porcellus. Elephant Hawk-moths Deilephila elpenor. Buff Ermine Spilosoma lutea. Burnished Brass Diachrysia chrysitis. Light Emerald Campaea margaritata. 1392 Udea olivalis 1.
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The Natural Stone: March 2015
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Thursday, March 12, 2015. So, I didn't record any moths last year and was much reduced the year before but this year I'm hoping to see how things have changed so the traps are out again. Had a reasonable catch to the 15W actinic last night:. 1524 Emmelina monodactyla 2. 1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 3. 1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 1. 2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 5. Canon Powershot SX50 HS.
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The Natural Stone: July 2015
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Another serendipitous encounter. This smart rove beetle landed on my office window ledge today. Canon Powershot SX50 HS. Monday, July 13, 2015. Just occasionally something drops right in front of you when you have the camera handy. This male Sparrowhawk stopped off in the rain outside our living room window for long enough. CAnon Powershot SX50 HS. Sunday, July 05, 2015. Pale Prominent Pteros...
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The Natural Stone: The Streamer
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Thursday, April 09, 2015. Another chilly night last night but it's been warm enough to bring out a few moths and the first few Pipistrelles hunting them yesterday evening too. Just nine moths with these two being the best looking. The Streamer Anticlea derivata. Early Grey Xylocampa areola. 1747 The Streamer (Anticlea derivata) 1. 2187 Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) 2. 2188 Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta) 3.
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The Natural Stone: Platydracus stercorarius
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Thursday, July 16, 2015. Another serendipitous encounter. This smart rove beetle landed on my office window ledge today. Canon Powershot SX50 HS. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers. View my complete profile. UK and Eire Natural History Bloggers. Gary - The Biking Birder. Peterborough Bird Club Sightings. Weedon's World of Nature. Kevin Du Rose's Dogsthorpe Digest.
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The Natural Stone: October 2014
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Friday, October 24, 2014. Smart antennae on this typical autumn moth that visited our kitchen window last night. Sunday, October 12, 2014. South of France Road Trip. This bug was on board. A recent colonist from North America that arrived in Europe in 1999 and is now well established both sides of the channel. Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum. The weather was bett...
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The Natural Stone: June 2014
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Mainly a pictoral nature diary. Enjoy. All images are Brian Stone. 1000 for 1km sq list. Thursday, June 26, 2014. The Broadway Cemetery conservation area looking very nice at the moment. Mainly common insects but some reasonable photos. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum. Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis f. succinea. Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina. Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus. White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda.