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Recent content by Jan-Paul Charteris

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    Purple or Rock Sandpiper, Svalbard?

    There was a suspected one at Cley back in the 90s or something. Might have been in Birding World but can't remember for sure
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    Chipping Sodbury Common

    I was there yesterday morning too, and also mightily impressed with the place! I can add 2 Tree Pipits to your list. A decent visit to Ham Wall/Shapwick Heath area afterwards was paid off with Pec Sand, Glossy Ibis, Osprey, GWE's etc :t:
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    Parhelophilus perhaps

    Have posted the link on the facebook hoverfly group and had my thoughts confirmed that it's a female Parhelophilus. Is there any chance you can let me know grid ref and date it was taken so they can record it on the group, or do you I-record?
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    Fly - Russia

    Spelling has changed to E. intricaria recently, so I've been told :)
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    Bumblebees, London WWT, 1st July

    Are you on Facebook? There's an excellent bee ID group on there where I'm sure you'd get a definitive answer
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    Bumblebees, London WWT, 1st July

    Not sure on the one in the second post but I'd have thought the Buff-taled in the first post is more likely White-tailed given the very crisp demarkation between the black and white? The Tree Bumble is definitely right as is the Red-tailed
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    Brown-banded Carder Bee in Cambs?

    Ah fair enough, that was the only other option I guess :) In reply to the OP, lucorum wouldn't show the thin yellowish border at the base of the white "tail"
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    Brown-banded Carder Bee in Cambs?

    Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and Southern Cuckoo Bumblebee (Bombus vestalis)
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    ID help please

    It's some kind of cranefly rather than a scorpion fly. Hopefully someone else will be able to tell you the species
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    2 moths for ID, Hove East Sussex

    Does look disturbingly similar to Horisme radicaria though.
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    2 moths for ID, Hove East Sussex

    Many thanks chaps :t: It's the first time I've seen that form of LBAM :) Those Ferns on the Sussex Moth website do indeed look identical more or less P.s. Paul, unfortunately I don't still have it. Put it from the fridge to the table outside for some natural light photos, and the sod flew off...
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    2 moths for ID, Hove East Sussex

    The first of these is confusing me, as to whether it's a waekly marked Small Waved Umber or a strongly marked Fern, or something else? The other I think is Cyclamen Tortrix? Both taken today having been trapped last night
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    Hybrid Med x Black Headed Gull?

    This even more awful shot shows the completely white tail and no other immature signs on the wing, which I assume rules out an advanced 1st summer Med
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    Hybrid Med x Black Headed Gull?

    Took this a couple of weeks ago at Pett Level in Sussex whilst simply trying to get a good range of plumage photos of Meds. This one stood out clearly in the field by being a 3cy with lots of black in the primaries and still some in primary coverts, but at the time that was as far as it went for...
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    Extra limital BOP.....?

    Having had a London Gos record accepted back in mid-late 90s (Brent Res), I don't get all this pessimism surrounding submissions in this thread. If you submit a decent, honest description, or photos that actually show a Gos, there's no reason it should be rejected
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