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  1. Farnboro John

    Two micros I'm not sure about - Farnborough, Hampshire

    Two micros from the overnight back garden trap that I think I've identified but I'm unconfident about. Opinions welcomed! Cheers John Psychoides filicivora? Epinotia immundana?
  2. Farnboro John

    Case-bearing Clothes Moth?

    I have a bad feeling about this - we've had a few singles in the lounge lately but once you've swatted them there isn't much left to ID so when my suspicions rose I grabbed one with a pot. Looks to me like Case-bearing Clothes Moth - opinions welcome. Cheers John
  3. Farnboro John

    Shrikes of the World

    BTO has just endorsed "Shrikes of the World" as its Book of the Year. Does this mean the book supplies the definitive answers to shrike taxonomy? I'm guessing not tbh, which makes me wonder why a science-based organisation that must be aware of the problems with shrike taxonomy would stick its...
  4. Farnboro John

    Totally at a loss, Farnborough, North-East Hampshire

    Found this on the outside of the window above the moth trap this morning. I can't get any kind of grip on what it is, even macro or large micro. Help please! John
  5. Farnboro John

    Tories fail British wildlife

    No surprise really: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/ministers-urged-not-to-play-culture-wars-over-species-reintroductions-in-england/ar-BB1hjbjx?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=940c6f15e8be43e8af513b995bc2c406&ei=30 Nobody with an interest in wildlife should ever vote for this lot. John
  6. Farnboro John

    Moth for ID - day flying, by Farnborough Airport Hampshire

    I hate micros.... this is however the only moth I've seen this year so an ID would be valued and appreciated! It was aviating around sallows and willows between the Basingstoke Canal and Farnborough Airport, this afternoon. There's a lot of heathland habitat in the area as well. I guess it...
  7. Farnboro John

    Mink Removal achievable (allegedly)

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trapping-invasive-mink-with-gland-scent-could-help-save-british-wildlife/ar-AA1mXU22?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=20c8205396114599a896ad71523f677f&ei=59 Get on with it, I say. John
  8. Farnboro John

    Northern Waterthrush, Heybridge, Essex

    I went with Roy to see the Northern Waterthrush at Heybridge on Wednesday when the weather forecast was for a bright sunny day. We missed the early show principally because I wasn't interested in seeing the bird until there was some decent light, and then had to wait until 1100 for it to show...
  9. Farnboro John

    John's Mammals 2024

    Happy New Year everybody! Clare and I started the year with a tour of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire for birds but of course we encountered some mammals in the course of our travels. In fact I did before that, the New Year was only twenty minutes old and the Somme-like barrage of fireworks was...
  10. Farnboro John

    December Moths

    ...or not as the case may be. After a warm, dry but very windy night, one LBAM. John
  11. Farnboro John

    Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean

    I was prepared to abandon this from the off; I've never been a fan of Liz Bonnin and I don't often like people being a focus of wildlife documentaries. I've just finished the series and I hope there's another to come - it was great. Not too doomy, some smashing people fighting for their wildlife...
  12. Farnboro John

    Great-tailed Grackle, Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire 27 October 2023

    So the Autumn possibly concludes where it seemed to start: right down the far end of South Wales down a single track road with passing places. A four hour drive down (it started raining as I reached the Welsh side of the Prince of Wales Bridge though the devastating shower was reserved for Port...
  13. Farnboro John

    Yellow Warbler, Hoswick, Mainland Shetland 15 October 2023

    We saw the Yellow Warbler at Hoswick on its first day but it was very windy, cloudy and occasionally raining so the photos were sub-optimal! A second go yesterday didn't even produce a sighting for us but today the weather was better with less wind and more sun: the bird responded very...
  14. Farnboro John

    White's Thrush, Bressay, Shetland 9 October 2023

    Finally took the opportunity to go and see the White's Thrush in a plantation on Bressay yesterday after seeing a BOC shot confirming the "showing well" claims on information services. A good trip - a few showers but not too wet or prolonged - and a bit of a birdfest compared to some of the...
  15. Farnboro John

    Veery, Lunna, Mainland Shetland 30 Sep 2023

    Better photos on my second visit to this super little American thrush, showing extremely well along the sycamores in the lee of a stone wall near Lunna Kirk (and below Lunna House, original base of the Shetland Bus clandestine arms and agent transport from Britain to Norway during WWII) on...
  16. Farnboro John

    Blackburnian Warbler, Geosetter, Mainland Shetland 26 September 2023

    Second day on Shetland this year and the pager's mega siren blasting out seemingly every half hour: finally it was our turn to "fire up the quattro" as news broke of a Blackburnian Warbler in willows at the top of the burn at Geosetter, part way down Mainland below Lerwick. Fortunately although...
  17. Farnboro John

    Magnolia Warbler, St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire

    After dragging Marion over to the North Foreland yesterday for Cliff Swallow I did not want to go to Pembrokeshire today but the twitching reflexes kicked in and off I went. I am so glad I did! Maz's back was playing up so she baulked at a second trip. A few photos including a couple that show...
  18. Farnboro John

    Red-footed Booby Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly

    My take on this, from Sunday. Maz and I got absolutely fried in the sun, on a near-flat Atlantic with masses of seabirds. I've included some of the other highlights in this thread. Many thanks to the crew of the Seahorse whose boat handling was top-notch around the Bishop Rock, keeping us in...
  19. Farnboro John

    Patch

    In the spring of 2020, while humans were locked down and wildlife watchers had to take what sightings they could get, Big Whitey and his vixen Rip produced a litter of cubs. They were born near the end of March, with Rip showing full teats on feeding visits to my front door from 28th. Two males...
  20. Farnboro John

    Deer culling the natural way

    Nice George Monbiot article about reintroduction to UK of wolves and lynx. Long overdue IMO. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/11/britain-deer-population-ecological-disaster-wolves-humans-predators He doesn't even mention the benefits from Wolves of keeping live deer moving so...
  21. Farnboro John

    Red Underwing sp

    Hi All, I'm looking for confirmation that this is a Light Crimson Underwing, please? (Or not if you think it isn't!) Cheers John
  22. Farnboro John

    Bigger than pigs

    I'm sure we all know what was meant but I'd have liked to see that! John
  23. Farnboro John

    Beaver zoos

    Another new Beaver zoo being reported today as a release, in Northumberland. These are no more releases than Bison in Kent: not only that but these particular Beavers have been taken from the wild in Scotland to be imprisoned in England. Its time the media stopped or was prevented from...
  24. Farnboro John

    July Moths

    Dry again last night so trap out for the first time this month. Not such a big catch, waxing Moon and a breeze may have influenced numbers: 34/17 spp. For the first time Heart and Club at 7 outnumbered Heart and Dart's 6; only 3 C. culmella and 4 Uncertain got past 2, and most species were...
  25. Farnboro John

    Exuvia ID please, Wasdale, Cumbria

    Hi all, What's this? It was on a rock part way up Ritson's Force in Mosedale Beck just above Wasdale Head in Cumbria. Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers John
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