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  1. RJElse

    Nikon HGL 8x42. Fog-free?

    Hi all I've recently bought a pair of the Nikon HGL 8x42 bins, which I think are superb, but I just have one query about them. The specification describes them as fog-free, but I don't really know what this means. For instance, when I take them indoors out of the cold weather they still steam...
  2. RJElse

    A wasp and two burying beetles

    Hi I've caught these in the moth trap this week. Can anyone ID them? 1:I've had a few of these wasps recently. 2:The first beetle looks like one of the banded sexton beetles (Nicrophorus investigator?) Is this correct? 3:And is the other beetle a black sexton beetle (Nicrophorus humator)...
  3. RJElse

    Unknown Noctuid and Tortrix (UK)

    Can anyone help with this one? Forewing length about 14mm. The second picture has a Square-spot rustic, but does anyone know what the micro next to it is? Ta in advance.
  4. RJElse

    Some Feathers

    Can anyone tell what these feathers came from? Obviously they are all from different species.
  5. RJElse

    UK dipper variation?

    This morning I had fantastic, very close views of an adult dipper on my patch in Lancashire. Despite the views and in very good light, I could not make out the rufous belly that you would expect. At best, the edge of the belly where it meets the white was very slightly tinged with orange-brown...
  6. RJElse

    Female Black Darter?

    This dragonfly was with black and ruddy darters at Cors Caron Nature Reserve near Tragaron in Wales last week. Is it a black darter?
  7. RJElse

    Common (?) Lizards, Tregaron, Wales

    Last week I visited Cors Caron Nature Reserve near Tregaron in Wales. Around the boardwalk nature trail we found nearly 100 lizards sitting on the low wooden fence and the edges of the boardwalk. Most allowed close views and there were two types. Most were around 10cm long, reddish brown along...
  8. RJElse

    North Wales

    Hi Next week I'll be driving along North Wales, and I was thinking of maybe stopping off somewhere for some seawatching. Can anyone recommend a good site? Llanfairfechan looks a possibility, especially if the black scoter may be around. Oh, and while I'm here, does anyone know of a good...
  9. RJElse

    Sparrowhawk display

    Hi all This morning at my local patch I noticed two sparrowhawks high above me; a male and a much larger female. Both seemed to hang in the air for a minute, before flying out of site. A minute or so later a heard an almost buzzard like call (although weaker and less disyllabic). I looked up...
  10. RJElse

    frugivores

    As I was browsing 'Raptors of the World' the other day I came across the fact that the Palmnut vulture is one of the two raptors whose diet consists largely of fruit. Does anyone know what the other one is? The Pacific Baza is down as eating figs, but they dont usually make up a big percentage...
  11. RJElse

    Moths to ID

    These two turned up in the trap yesterday. The first looks like a tatty Heath Rustic, the other I've not got a clue. Can anyone help?
  12. RJElse

    Daddy-long-legs invasion

    Last week I was staying in Wales, and there were crane flies everywhere. Continually coming in through windows and frightening my mum. Then, back at home last night I spent ages transporting them all back outside, and on checking the moth trap this morning there were more of them than moths in...
  13. RJElse

    Two unknown moths to identify

    Hi I think this forum is a great idea for helping beginner moth-ers, and also for giving those more experienced a bit of practice. These two moths have been found in the trap, and in the case of the first one, several times. That one is about the size of a small fanfoot, but the pattern does...
  14. RJElse

    Oak/Northern Eggar moths

    Hi I found this moth at South Stack, Anglesey. I think it's a Northern Eggar, but how do you split this species from Oak Eggar (if they are seperate species)? Whereabouts do their ranges meet? Thanks, RJElse
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