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  1. Mouldy

    Goshawk/Sparrowhawk UK

    I spotted this distant accipiter giving a brief display this morning and was convinced it was a Goshawk while watching it but am no expert and have been fooled on many occasions in the past by displaying sparrowhawks at this time of year. Can anyone offer a positive ID from the attached...
  2. Mouldy

    Hairy query ?

    Has anyone ever noted Brachytron pratense hawking in woodland? Reason I ask is I have an unsolved mystery from back on June 30th when I saw my first hawker of the year in a small woodland clearing (and not close to any ponds though there is one in the wood with broad-bodied chasers). It was...
  3. Mouldy

    caterpillar ID and advice request

    Found this caterpillar today on a cauliflower from Tesco, originated in Cornwall now in Gateshead. Been searching google but no further forward with an ID so would be grateful for any help. Also, I realise it must be a species which spends the winter as a caterpillar so what do you advise I do...
  4. Mouldy

    Common or Ruddy

    Anyone say for sure if this (admittedly poor) photo shows Common or Ruddy darters mating? Both species are regular at the pond but these are the first of the year so haven't got my eye in yet. I've convinced myself they could be either so am baffled and need some fresh eyes on it. Also their...
  5. Mouldy

    moth for ID

    Found this biggie in my greenhouse yesterday, can't find a match for it in my Collins (In)Complete Guide to Insects but interested to know what species it is. Ta
  6. Mouldy

    Emerging Dragon

    I took this photo this morning at a pool which holds four-spotted chasers and black-tailed skimmers (which should be emerging about now). I've never seen either species in this just emerged state, I first thought BtS cos of the bright colouring but thorax pattern suggests 4SC. Anyone care to...
  7. Mouldy

    Butterfly mobbing swallow?

    A couple of days back I watched a butterfly following a swallow around the skies in good sunshine, fluttering like mad to stay never much more than a bird's length away from it, swallow didn't make any attempt to catch the insect but the chase went on for some time as the bird glided around the...
  8. Mouldy

    IDs anyone?

    A few photos for ID please til I can get a proper fieldguide (and a proper camera, sorry about the quality). The first two were taken in May and June, the third just a couple of weeks ago. Cheers Alan M
  9. Mouldy

    moth ID

    Anyone ID this micro moth from the very poor quality photos I got of it? probably a common one but it's all new to me. ta Alan M
  10. Mouldy

    southern hawker experience

    I wrote this account last year after a fascinating encounter with southern hawker dragonflies at a small pond I visit now and again in the local woods, having first discovered it to be teeming with dragonfly larvae a couple of years back. I was reminded of it as I witnessed a similar but less...
  11. Mouldy

    New to trapping

    I’m new to moth trapping and finding the number of species and variations in colouring a bit daunting, have attached a few photos of some recent catches I’m not sure about if anyone would care to confirm or give me an ID on them. Would think they would be pretty common as I’ve only had four goes...
  12. Mouldy

    Anyone for caterpillars?

    Anyone out there any good with caterpillar ID ? books I have are very poor quality in that respect. These two found recently in the garden. Thanks
  13. Mouldy

    Acrylic query

    Anyone out there use interactive acrylics or have any opinions on them? or got any hints on the best type of acrylics to use to get a flowing watercolour-ish effect on canvas? Your help would be greatly appreciated as I try to get myself back into proper painting but want to try something...
  14. Mouldy

    competition time

    Hello folks, Don’t know if this is of any interest to anyone or indeed if it has already been mentioned somewhere but BBC Wildlife magazine have announced a new Wildlife Art competition in the November issue. Some blah blah... Free to enter blah blah, 14 categories (including birds) blah blah...
  15. Mouldy

    Mouldy's Kingdom (Diary of a frustrated birder)

    Been meaning to start a diary of events on here for a while but never seem to get the time, well I’m having a lot of late nights/early mornings at the moment with number three son just three weeks old and a little grumper by night, I have a bit of time to kill so why not start now. A bit of...
  16. Mouldy

    Wasps: Bad press or Spawn of the Devil?

    The reason I ask is I just discovered a nest of the little blighters as I was cutting back the ivy just outside the front door. I count myself lucky I didn’t cut into the nest as I was slashing wildly with the shears and luckily noticed about half a dozen come buzzing out to investigate...
  17. Mouldy

    ID's anyone?

    A couple of pics I could do with a bit of help on. The first is one of about a dozen dragonfly nymph casings I found in the margins of a small woodland pond locally (Gateshead area). From reference photos ID points to southern hawker, but I'm unsure and haven't seen any adults around so anyone...
  18. Mouldy

    As bright as a Kingfisher

    This week I was reminded of something I once said to a photographer friend of mine - that I had yet to see a photo (or painting) that fully does justice to the outstandingly bright colouring of a Kingfisher as seen in the wild. Anybody out there in BF land want to prove me wrong? photo, own...
  19. Mouldy

    Red Kite Artwork

    Living in the Derwent Valley near Gateshead I have been inspired by the re-introduction of the Red Kites taking place on my doorstep so to speak and have made many paintings on the subject, mainly of Kites soaring in the sky as I love the sense of freedom they radiate. I've exhibited locally...
  20. Mouldy

    Mallorcan Sparrowhawk - any thoughts?

    I put this thread on the birds of prey page without success so thought I might try my luck here on a bird which remains a bit of a mystery. I was birding in the Bocquer Valley Mallorca (Marvellous place) last October when a smallish raptor glided at speed past my line of vision at just above...
  21. Mouldy

    Mallorcan Sparrowhawk?

    ID - Mallorcan Sparrowhawk? Having noticed a lot of identification query threads, thought I might try my luck on this from my notebook of last October which remains a bit of a mystery. I was birding in the Bocquer Valley Mallorca (Marvellous place) when a smallish raptor glided at speed past...
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