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    Late Records

    With this mild weather continuing I'm still getting moths up here in North Wales, had 12 moths of 7 species last night including my first ever December records of Blair's Shoulder-knot and Silver Y. Had 10 species so far this month, my highest ever total for December. Geoff
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    Comment by 'van_ellus' in media 'White-ringed Atlas Moth'

    Hi Kes - It's an insignific-ANT!!
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    Good Day in the Garden

    Unusual Visitor I suppose I'm fairly lucky where I live but I get a good variety of birds in the garden, Sparrowhawks are fairly regular visitors (one took a Goldfinch a few days ago), I can hear Tawny Owls most nights and a pair of Buzzards probably bred a few hundred yards away this year...
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    Early Pale Brindled Beauty

    Even up here in North Wales I had 19 moths last night (only 5 species though) including a Pale Brindled Beauty, 14 December Moths, 2 Mottled Umbers, a Feathered Thorn and my first Winter Moth of the year. This is only the second time (in 20 years of trapping) that I have had Pale Brindled Beauty...
  5. Elephant Hawk-moth

    Elephant Hawk-moth

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    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  6. Swallowtail

    Swallowtail

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    Cricket? ID

    Can anyone identify these two insects (presumed crickets) which I photographed in Romania? Geoff
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    Bloodvein - I'm Confused (again!)

    Hi Jen I would say that these are all Blood-vein (comae), although there is a considerable variation. Small Blood-vein is fairly distinctive and you will know it when you see it, it is more of a sandy-brown colour, less red and has a broader central band) Geoff
  9. White-ringed Atlas Moth

    White-ringed Atlas Moth

    Had been attracted to the restaurant lights overnight and was sat on a post outside the entrance in the morning. A little later it was eaten by a Bulbul. Wingspan approx 6 inches.
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    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  10. Red Admiral

    Red Admiral

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    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  11. Mantis

    Mantis

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    • Category: Invertebrates
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    What's the most unusual bird you've seen on a seawatch?

    Over many years watching at Spurn I have seen a good variety of birds coming in off the sea, including regular Woodcocks, Short-eared/Long-eared Owls, Snow Bunting, etc. but probably the best was a Great Grey Shrike in September 1976 which landed on the edge of the cliff just in front of the...
  13. Forest Bug

    Forest Bug

    From the moth trap
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  14. Green Toad

    Green Toad

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    • Category: Amphibians
  15. Caspian Gulls

    Caspian Gulls

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    • Category: Britain & Europe
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