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  1. harry eales

    Another 'GREEN' Bird Killer.

    I found this on a US Website having no connection with Birdwatching. The paper it was taken from was not named. February 14, 2014 Another Green Bird-Killer Peter Wilson The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the world's largest "tower-based" solar plant, is scheduled to open this week...
  2. harry eales

    A pleasant surprise.

    Walking through my rear yard in which I have a number of large Tubs containing fruit and vegetables yesterday morning I was very pleasantly surprised to find a freshly emerged Current Clearwing female. This is the first I've met with locally in over 50 years of recording. Identification was...
  3. harry eales

    What bat species could this be?

    Mid morning today in very bright sunshine and in a very warm day I was out on my local shooting range sighting in a new rifle when my attention was drawn to what I first thought was a bird some 500 yards away. The flight looked very peculiar for a bird and so I grabbed my binoculars, lo and...
  4. harry eales

    What to feed Robins

    I'm not a birder, I'm an insect guy, but I like my feathered friends and in winter I put out Seed and Peanut feeders. However, I have a Robin that more or less lives in my rear yard, and every time I go out I get the 'Hard Stare' from it. What the heck do you feed them on? I know they tend to...
  5. harry eales

    Is it me or has anyone else noticed.

    Is it me or has anyone else noticed how fast larvae are feeding up this year? My Puss Moths went from ova to pupa in five weeks, I have pupating Poplar Hawk larva whilst the adults are still on the wing locally and some first instar Peacock Butterfly larvae fed up and pupated in just 15 days...
  6. harry eales

    Is it spring at last?

    This evening around 5.0pm at the end of the second consecutive day of sunshine this year (albeit still cold) in my street, in the little village where I live, there were two Blackbirds and one Thrush sitting on roof tops singing their hearts out. Bugger all the rare migrants, it was a sheer joy...
  7. harry eales

    Important programme/

    **TONIGHT** on BBC Radio 4. You can tune in to:- "The Plight of the Bumblebee" 9pm. Presented by Louise Batchelor. It features interviews with a number of BBCT staff and will hopefully raise the profile of bumblebees, and the need to conserve them. Don't miss it/ Harry
  8. harry eales

    An insect attracting plant

    For many years I have, like so many others, grown Buddlia davidii (the Butterfly Bush) because of it's attraction to insects. I have six different colours of Buddlia in my own garden. I thought there was nothing better in the plant world for attracting insects, that is, until this year. In...
  9. harry eales

    Migrant Hawkmoths.

    Living in the NE of England I seldom get to see many migrant Hawkmoths in any year, indeed I often go a decade or more between captures. A couple of years ago I gave a none-entomological friend a Buddlia bush I had grown from a cutting, for their garden. This very reliable bush, (in it's moth...
  10. harry eales

    Red Admiral.

    After over half a century of recording insects , I have never seen a Red Admiral at such a late date as today 10.12.2008. I did so today on bunches of flowers outside a shop that specialises in providing the same. I really hope it survives until next year. Harry
  11. harry eales

    It's mother might love it.

    Photographed today in Chopwell Woods, Co Durham. I can assure you that both me and my camera were 'sober' at the time. No prizes for guessing what it is. Harry
  12. harry eales

    Help, pollen problems.

    I have a Fuji S602z which does everything I need in the photography line. I've had no problems until last week. I took a series of pictures of an area I am surveying and then moved to a different position, to get there I had to push through some small pines, during which time I disturbed a...
  13. harry eales

    Sallowing

    Just a quick reminder for moth recorders, light traps aren't the only way of recording many moth species. Sallowing is an ancient way of recording and is still useful today, in that occasionally, you will meet with species that don't readily come to 'light'. Carried out at dusk on a warm(ish)...
  14. harry eales

    Wind Farms and Bat deaths.

    This may not apply to Bats in Britain, but a friend of mine in the USA has been working on maintenence of generators attached to wind turbines in Washington, USA. He noted that some birds had been killed by the blades, but was very surprised to see large numbers of dead bats in the very near...
  15. harry eales

    Badger Culling legislation

    I'm passing on this link for a petition, in order that those who object to this proposed legislation can sign objecting to it. A bill is progressing through parliament to legalise the culling of badgers in England, supposedly to prevent the spread of bovine TB. There is no scientific evidence...
  16. harry eales

    A rare capture.

    Head up moth recorders. There may not be a lot of moths about at present, but a very good capture was made By Jim Parrack one of the Northumberland County Recorders on the morning of the 17th. April 2007 in his garden at Seaton Sluice, a coastal village in SE Northumberland. The moth has been...
  17. harry eales

    A reminder

    Now that the weather is warming up (slightly) It is perhaps time to remind Moth recorders that Sallowing by moths is in full swing with as many species to be found nectaring during the hours of darkness as can be found in a trap. A net and a torch is all that is needed, or, if your really...
  18. harry eales

    Opps, wrong sort of playground.

    Some people build swimming pools in their back yards. But outdoor pools in Alaska just won't work. Since this particular family lives on the outskirts of Anchorage, they decided to build a sturdy, colorful playground for their 3 and 4 year old sons, with smooth-stone gravel all around itto avoid...
  19. harry eales

    Dog pack kill alligator in Florida

    Dog Pack Kills Alligator In Florida At times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty. The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the apex predator in its natural eco-system, can...
  20. harry eales

    The need for a Sales and Wants section for Entomological equipment and books.

    Whilst there is a Sales and Wants section in Bird Forum, it is somewhat dominated by Cameras and Binoculars. I was wondering if anyone felt that a similar section should be added into the Entomological Forums would be beneficial? By having a separate section devoted to items of entomological...
  21. harry eales

    All in a days work.

    8.30am Alarm clock goes off. After crunching it with my fist I wearily arise, wash and dress and stagger down stairs to have breakfast. Make a few sandwiches and put a few drinks in the cool box and off to work. An hour later I am beside a pond about 50m diameter. Set up directors chair, slap...
  22. harry eales

    The State of Butterflies in Britain & Ireland.

    For those of you who already have the Butterflies of the New Millennium Atlas or those of you who haven't. The update containing an additional 1.6 million records collected between 2000-2004 has recently been published. Containing 120 pages, it is the same size as the Millenium Atlas, some 70...
  23. harry eales

    Midges and how to avoid them attacking you

    For most of my life working outdoors, Midges have proved to be an occupational hazzard that I have either had to learn to live with, or avoid. Unfortunately, my work in insect surveying has taken me to places where Midges are often legion. For the last ten years I have worked continuously...
  24. harry eales

    Better than medicine.

    Still recovering from winter illnesses, I took a slow walk around an area of waste scrubland on the edge of my village. A lovely sunny day, made better by seeing several Green veined Whites, Orange tips and very good numbers of Dingy Skipper and Green Hairstreak, all in fresh condition. Nothing...
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