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  1. Lep Man

    Norfolk birding

    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Out of interest while delivering a car to Hethersett near Norwich yesterday I had a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling for several minutes near Hethersett Hall.
  2. Lep Man

    MBGBI Vol 5, 1&2

    Having now received a replacement Part 1 that was damaged in transit I have now placed the two volumes in with all the others.....to find that they are a completely different size! What are Brill playing at? Not impressed, a long-awaited opportunity missed. I'll shut up now...and hope for...
  3. Lep Man

    MBGBI Vol 5, 1&2

    Received my copies of the long-awaited Tortrix volumes, the first to be published by Brill rather than Harley. To be honest I am distinctly underwhelmed: the text is pretty good but already out of date (I know there has to be a cut-off date but adding dots to the VC map cannot be that...
  4. Lep Man

    Turtle Doves

    How can we in the UK deplore the actions of the Maltese and Cypriot hunters when people like these are allowed to promote shooting in this country and abroad? Makes my blood boil. :C:C:C
  5. Lep Man

    Moths of July 2012

    An excellent four days 21-24 July, two traps visiting 3 sites in North Yorkshire. A total of 2837 moths identified of 236 species. Need a day or two to recover..... http://grampybustard.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/famine-to-feast.html
  6. Lep Man

    Moths of June

    I can't see anyone answering, so here goes, this is Lead Belle.
  7. Lep Man

    Moths of May

    Not a bad night in the end. On a bit of millstone grit moorland near Harrogate, 227 of 41 species, the highlights being six Lunar Thorn, also a couple of new micros, two Nematopogon schwarziellus and four Ancylis myrtillana, and a good count of 15 Glaucous Shears.
  8. Lep Man

    Moths of May

    Yeah, I did this with my first Figure of 80 moth....had to photoshop reverse it to stop it being the Figure of 08 moth....3:-)
  9. Lep Man

    New book on micros

    Worth the wait! I got my hardback copy in the post yesterday, and I can say it is a super book. I think the species covered is about right, and the information given is enough, and of course the plates are superb. My copies will be well used I am sure!:t: I had an email from Phil Sterling...
  10. Lep Man

    Yorkshire Moths

    Just to advise that the new Yorkshire Moths website has been launched, the first to cover the status and distribution of moths in the five vice-counties that make up Yorkshire. Try www.yorkshiremoths.info and enjoy!
  11. Lep Man

    Yorkshire Birding

    And a few more.... More White-wings
  12. Lep Man

    Yorkshire Birding

    After a few heart-stopping moments (well several days really), eventually decided upon pale end of argentatus spectrum, have had three. Gull 2 is a 2nd-winter Glaucous Gull and the last, obviously a stonking adult Iceland.
  13. Lep Man

    Yorkshire Birding

    A few goodies from near Boroughbridge. 8-p
  14. Lep Man

    Odd Gull in Yorkshire

    Two similar birds seen today I attach some more shots of one of the birds today. I fully accept that they are argentatus, now that better views obtained, and I appreciate the feedback. I have certainly never seen similar before.
  15. Lep Man

    Odd Gull in Yorkshire

    Thank you for the input so far, much appreciated.
  16. Lep Man

    Odd Gull in Yorkshire

    I have seen this bird twice over the last week at two sites 3 miles apart, along with up to 8 Icelands and 2 Glaucous on various dates. A fairly small 1st-year gull with small head, neat dark bill with a hint of red (?) at base. Legs not seen, nor seen in flight. Seen at range this is a...
  17. Lep Man

    Climate Change Denial

    Good debate guys....just a bit concerned, as I live somewhere between you two just off the A1....
  18. Lep Man

    The Status of Microlepidoptera in Britain

    For anyone who has missed this, the reviews of the status of micros by Tony Davis has been published, and a copy is available on the Butterfly Conservation website. http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/uploads/The%20Status%20of%20Micro%20Lepidoptera%20in%20Britain.pdf
  19. Lep Man

    Butterflies of Europe and the Mediterranean area

    Pemberley Books has it at £79.
  20. Lep Man

    The Dirtier side of Twitching ...

    This is all rather tame.....where is LaRGEego when you need him....? Oh I see he's stirring on the Bufflehead forum.
  21. Lep Man

    Petition against illegal bird trapping in Cyprus

    It has my full support. I have not been back since 1988, except for a brief stop at Akrotiri for an hour when I got shouted at by the military for getting my bins out.... My abiding memory of the place was in 1982 spending the summer watching the breeding Night Herons at Phassouri, which were...
  22. Lep Man

    Moth ID South Wales

    A worn Gem?
  23. Lep Man

    Moth-ers!

    The Atropos NMN website is in need of update, but the provisional NMN dates published in the magazine are as follows: 20-23 June 2012, 8-10 August 2013 and 3-5 July 2014.
  24. Lep Man

    Rannoch Looper influx

    In addition to the two above... Night of 3rd June Four, Portland, Dorset One, Chickerell, Dorset One, Oakers Wood, Dorset Two, Poole, Dorset Three, Arreton, Isle of White Three, Wickham Common, Hants One, Landguard, Suffolk One, Banstead, Surrey Three, Crawley, West Sussex By day, 4th June...
  25. Lep Man

    Rannoch Looper influx

    At least eight in Dorset last night, with others in Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Suffolk. See Dorset Moths for info on the Dorset ones.
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