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Hi Andy and Ken!
Can't get multiquote to work but thanks for replies.??Ruby Tiger...a moth or something else..sorry for ignorance!!!

Paul
 
northernloon said:
Doc. Looks like a Ruby Tiger http://home.btconnect.com/toadsnatcher/photos/RubyTiger0230.JPG
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Andrew Gibson said:
Looks like a ruby tiger
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waldrapp said:
I've just come back from a couple of weeks abroad and have been covering my local patch, Hetchell Woods, Bardsey this last week.
While the woods are full of Blackcaps, (more than ever before:t:) and plenty of Chiffchaffs, there are virtually no Willow Warblers, just one singing bird and another foraging yesterday and no singing birds today!!!! Has anybody else noticed a drop in their numbers this year??

On another note, I would be grateful if some-one could PM me details of where to see Black Grouse in Yorkshire. I have an idea of where to go, but I'm not sure and in these days of spiralling petrol costs, I would prefer not to waste a trip

Cheers

Steve
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Willow warblers in high numbers my patch Steve, no drop in numbers at all; even getting them in Vale of York hedgerows!!
Paul
 
vwxyzen said:
Hi Linda,
I think they are more likely to be Long-eared. Short-eared have been conspicuous by their absence this year.

Dave.
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cheers Dave - that's useful to know. I'll have another bash at it and hopefully get some better views this time. whatever the species, I never get tired of watching owls.

Linda
 
DOC REED said:
Cheers Keith!!

Clearly I have some IT deficits, as well as being pants at moth ID;still...learnt something new today!!

Paul
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I'm hoping to be pants at moth id someday... that's why the site is bookmarked I do visit regularly trying id the swines but sadly I fail most times due to not getting the requisite id clincher.
'How was I to know that you needed to check the antennae and not the wing spots guv!'3:)
 
Had a smashing afternoon up at Scar House & Gouthwaite today. Nothing wildly spectacular but I did add another lifer to my list. Lots of Mipits, a few Skylarks & Lapwings, Greylags & Canada Geese by Scar House along with a single Whinchat. Also had Chaffinch & Willow Warbler in the car park. As we were driving away my lifer for the day appeared in the form a male Merlin which flew over the car & across the road.

Stopped at Goutwaite for half an hour as well. Lots of Teal, Tufted Duck, Shelduck & Mallard. Also Redshank, Oystercatcher, Dunlin & Ringed Plover. Noticed quite a few duckings & goslings already making an appearance.

All in all a good day, and the weather helped as well!!

Richard
 
It seems to me that a lot of skulking species often show well on first appearance in the Spring. Breeding imperative and all that. You could probably delete the word 'skulking' from that first sentence and it still might be true. Is it as simple as that? I'd be interested in any thoughts on the matter.
 
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northernloon said:
It seems to me that a lot of skulking species often show well on first appearance in the Spring. Breeding imperative and all that. You could probably delete the word 'skulking' from that first sentence and it still might be true. Is it as simple as that? I'd be interested in any thoughts on the matter.
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I think you are bang on the money there Ken. They have to show to attract a mate. You have to be in it to win it sort of thing. Then once the more serious business of breeding takes place then it is time to protect your nest and whatever is in it by hiding away a little more.
 
waldrapp said:
While the woods are full of Blackcaps, (more than ever before:t:) and plenty of Chiffchaffs, there are virtually no Willow Warblers, just one singing bird and another foraging yesterday and no singing birds today!!!! Has anybody else noticed a drop in their numbers this year??
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I've had Willow Warblers singing in the garden for the first time this Spring, and they haven't seemed to be down in numbers generally. Blackcaps do seem to be doing really well, though. There are three territories for the first time in my garden, and I'm hearing them more and more in suburban or marginal habitat. With the weather at the moment it's like being in Italy.

Could the vegetation structure be changing over time at Hetchell to favour Blackcaps over Willow Warblers? Is the pollarded stuff and the scrub above the crag denser than a few years ago? Or the understory lower down getting thicker? That said, I would still expect plenty of Willow Warblers between Thorner Lane and the edge of the wood proper, the way I usually walk in.
 
The Rovin' Outlaw said:
I think you are bang on the money there Ken. They have to show to attract a mate. You have to be in it to win it sort of thing. Then once the more serious business of breeding takes place then it is time to protect your nest and whatever is in it by hiding away a little more.
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Totally agree too - Cetti's has been a prime example for me.
 

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