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    Caterpillar ID please

    The nearest in my book is the large White, but it still looks different. It was found on sandy heathland. What is it please? Many thanks
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    Sandmartins

    Hi Where abouts in the Chichester area would it be possible to watch, without disturbing them, Sandmartings in there nesting sites. Thank you.
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    Dragonfly ID

    Hello, I came across a fluorescent deep blue dragonfly today and it was beautiful. I sure would love to know what it is. I've been looking online but to no avail. Can you point me at some to look at. I live in the south of England and it was just of some heath land but not on the heath it self...
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    Brecon Beacons in June

    Hi, I'm going to Talybont-on-Usk at the end of June; only going for a week so any advice on good birding areas would be great. I've never been there before but I am looking forward to it. I did post this somewhere else and was told here was the best best place for advice. Thank you.
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    Brecon beacons

    I'm off to the Brecon Becons in June, are the any top spots there please. Thanks,
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    Parrot UK

    In a tree opposite my house today was a large green parrot with a small yellow patch on head. Any ideas what this could be? Thanks.
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    Strange Sparrowhawk

    A month ago I visited a shop on the end off an industrial estate next to some trees. I approached the glass door and right in front of the door was a sparrowhawk with a freshly caught wood pigeon. What was strange was the sparrow hawk never flew off as I approached it: i got to about 3 feet in...
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    poor old peacock butterfly.

    I was gardening today when a butterfly, it was a peacock, you could just tell this and he looked like he had been through the washing machine, his wings were all fraid and there was nothing left of him, he struggled around the garden for about 10 min and then fell dead right at my feet. Poor old...
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    Dragonfly ID please.

    Hello, My first time seeing dragonflies Matting (up close and all ) and in my own garden , which is good as i am live in built up housing estate. Now i know little about dragonflies so i would be grateful for any help in ID them. I hope you can tell by my bad picture. Thanks. Roger.
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    Can you confirm ID please

    This is as close i have been to a dragonfly to Id it. So am i right please. Is it a Golden-ringed Dragonfly. Thanks
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    ID please

    Could you tell me what this plant is please, i saw a few of these on my walk and this stem had been broken by a walker. Thanks
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    surprise to see bats

    my knowledge of bats is very bad, and living on a modern housing estate i never thought i would see any around my house. But surprised i have been because at 9.30 each night i have about six flying back and forth outside my back door. what type would they be please and would they live in the...
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    Could you tell me what is happening

    Hello, I am very bad on Butterflies and Moths but, Could you tell me if i am right that this is a puss moth. If i am right could you tell me what it doing, is it matting or shedding or what. It looks like two moths but the second one don't look like the first. Any ideas please. excuse my...
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    Bird Song

    I trying to learn Bird song like most of you have done before me. Blackbird, wren, Great Tit, chaffinch, Robin is about all I have got to grips with. Which are the easier one , I should be concentrating on first. many thanks.
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    Red admirals

    I Saw another red admiral today on the south coast. I thought they would be all gone by now. Do they migrate or hibernate, and what time of the year would i expect to see them? Thanks. Roger.
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    Common gulls.

    Are common gulls common? Have I seen one ? I couldn't tell if I had. What are the best things to look out for with common gulls. I can id Herring Gulls and great blacked back gulls and even Mediterranean gulls. But lesser black backed gull and common gulls are giving me difficulty. So if you...
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    could you help me ID this correctly

    Hello, could you please help me Identify this moth correctly. I am not good with moths. I found this dead in my kitchen in a saucepan this week. I live in west sussex, 3 miles from the coast on the edge housing estate near some farmland. if that helps ? I've looked it up and i think its a...
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    Black swans

    Hello, Today there was 2 Black swans in pagham harbour. Could someone tell me anything about these Swan as i don't have them in my field guide. thanks. Roger
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    Is there a program guide?

    Hello, I am interested in the wild issues tv. What sort of programmes are there, is it all in uk or abroad, birds or birds and animals. Is there a program guide? Will I need to upgrade to broadband and if I do would it be one with unlimited download capacity and not one that capped. Thank you...
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    skylark question

    Hello, I keep seeing what I finally identified as skylarks on the beach but near a harbour. I have not seen skylarks before, but I thought the were supposed to be birds of meadows and fields. My id of them is right and confirmed,but I would like to know if skylarks are found in winter on...
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    Is there a good migration book.

    Hello, Does anybody know of a good book on the migration of British birds. I find that a lot of field guilds give very basic descriptions and confuse , sometime more then they help, with there brief notes. I would like to get a book that gives maps as well as a good desciption on the movement of...
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    Rock pipit question

    Hello, I saw 4 pipits on some rocks today on the edge of a harbour. I am pretty sure they were rock pipits. The only point I am not sure is they flicked there tail. I am not sure if rock pipits do this ,none of my id books say this, they say, I think, tree pipits do, but not rock pipits. But...
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    Are kowa ts611 scopes any good.

    Hello, Never owned a scope before, and cannot afford too much money at present due to being now unemployed, but there is a Kowa ts611 angled spotting scope, with 27x wide angled ,in good condition for £230,in my area. Is this a reasonable scope and is it worth the money being asked. Thanks for...
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    Pied flycatcher question

    Out walking today and on some farm building, there was quite a few what looked like pied flycatchers . I have never seen these before, but looking in my book, I was quite sure. In my book it says that they should have all gone by the end of September so are there late to go or have I id them...
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    A gull question.

    Hello, I am not very good at i-d ing gulls, but while having a swim yesterday on a breakwater, I got about 5ft away from a gull, smallish, with a black bill, black legs and black eye a bit like a common gull. Now as I have not a picture to show you it hard, but I have looked in all my books and...
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