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    Stick Insects, Isles of Scilly

    Thanks that worked fine and I will contact Bob. Appreciate the help so much obliged. P
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    Stick Insects, Isles of Scilly

    Fantastic, thanks guys that's great. I recall seeing smooth on Tresco when the '93 hermit thrush was there. That's, ahem, 25 years ago. Time a say a few more! Thanks, P
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    Stick Insects, Isles of Scilly

    Morning all, Will be on a family holiday on Scilly last week of August and I'd be keen to see the established stick insects there. We are staying in Old Town and I've worked out the cemetery area is good for prickly stick insect (presumably on bramble). Does anyone have spots to try for the...
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    Hot summer, migrant dragonflies?

    With all this excessive heat and dryness, I wonder if 2018 might see a few late summer migrant dragonflies hit the UK. Perhaps of interest is the article on the 1995 invasion to East Anglia at link below: https://issuu.com/suffolknaturalistssociety/docs/tsns32f As an impoverished student in...
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    Canvey Island site gen

    Visited this fantastic spot today, 1015-1200. The now famous ditch held a territorial male Southern Migrant Hawker seemingly every 20m or so, stopped counting at 20. Amazing views if you stand in the ditch (mostly dry near the eastern end, wetter to the west) with males hovering at eye level...
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    Canvey Island site gen

    Super, thanks for the update, planning on being there tomorrow to join the SMH appreciation society!
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    Canvey Island site gen

    Hi all, Timely thread as planning on going on Monday - probably late am arrival if folk want to pool efforts. Any news, especially on the SMH and SED would be great to hear. I believe the area is also good for brown banded carder bee and maybe shrill carder bee - though grateful for news of...
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    Dragonfly ID

    You have a wise friend. Keeled skimmer for me too. P
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    Which Grasshopper?

    Sorry Andy just meant a meadow grasshopper with longer than average wings. Has to be a male, as females v short winged.
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    Which Grasshopper?

    If this were taken in the UK, I'd have thought long winged meadow grasshopper with those dark knees. Looks bit like this one: http://www.bbowt.org.uk/species/meadow-grasshopper If in Russia, not sure!!!
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    Insect prey, ID help please

    Looks like a stonefly nymph to me, which are certainly aquatic. P
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    UK Dragonfly Listing

    Morning all, In a rather pointless OCD listing way, I was wondering if anyone in the UK has yet seen 50 species of Odonata in the UK? Farnboro John must be close as I recall he was on 49 a while back? I'm languishing on 41, and know the ones I could have seen but haven't: Willow Emerald...
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    Willow Emerald Damselfly?

    Hi Ray Any chance you could share directions to your willow emeralds at Holmethorpe? PM if sensitive. Living in Wilts they are getting closer, but still not seen one myself! Thanks Paul
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    2017 UK orchids

    To answer my own question, the star attractions are just coming out, one flower open on one plant, one other slugged. Probably 10 days away from best. Lancaster whitebeam and herb Paris showing well! P
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    2017 UK orchids

    Gait Barrows Morning all I'll be driving up to Cumbria this week and wondered if anyone has looked at Gait Barrows this year? Probably too early for the star attraction but they were all over by mid June last year and with some plants being early this year I just wondered? Ta P
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    UK dragonflies and damselflies, 2016

    SMHs +1 for this. Any details gratefully received. Having missed the Wat Tyler fun last year I've been keeping an eye on the BDS page too. These have been reported twice in the last week and I would love to see this species. Larry, I work in Bristol - lift share? P
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    2016 UK Orchids

    Could I please ask for the same PM if possible as I'll be up your way middle of next week, but do not know the site at all. Many thanks. Rather than all take, here's a bit of give back - musk orchid, frog and a rather stonking knapweed broomrape (sorry, I know, not an orchid) all from Noar...
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    Forest of Dean boar

    Thanks Not had chance yet but this sounds like great info. Will try and get out this month to go pig watching!! Paul
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    UK dragonflies and damselflies, 2015

    Still 2 migrant hawkers and 2 common darters in Cardiff Bay today. Long may the nice and mild weather continue.
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    Ladybird and cricket ID

    Thanks Shane I think you are right - what I believe is called decempustulatus form; needed to look closer at the irecord app! Thanks, new for the garden at least.
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    Ladybird and cricket ID

    Morning all Help with a couple of IDs would be appreciated. First is a ladybird from my garden yesterday, one of the smaller ones that I'm struggling to place. Extra points for the springtail ID that's in image 2. The snail I assume is a juvenille garden snail (Cornu aspersum). Sorry for the...
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    Is this bush-cricket? South Bulgaria, October 2015

    Yes it is and I would suggest a Conocephalus species, aka conehead. Not sure what species you have over there though. Paul
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    UK dragonflies and damselflies, 2015

    Don't think Dainty has any legal protection under the WCA but maybe wrong, just southern damsel and brown hawker from memory. Good to hear that the species is still there though speaking as someone who missed them a few years back having small kids and left the SE!! It seems to have been a...
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    Chequered skipper and mountain ringlet timings 2016

    Morning all My friend and I are making plans for next year and were looking at trips for chequered skipper and mountain ringlet. I'd always assumed the flight times were a bit different but looking at bugalert this year it looks like a trip in the second week of June could cover both? Anyone...
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    Brown Bear cam in Estonia

    Racoon dog there now!
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