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  1. ashrich

    Founds this in Four Marks , Hants

    Hi everyone , any idea what this is please , looked like a smallish butterfly , found in porch last night Thanks , Ashley
  2. ashrich

    Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillars

    Hi everyone , a neighbour of mine invited me in to his garden to photograph some Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillars today , he has eight of them munching their way through his Fuchsias , a favoured food apparently . Would have been nice to have seen the moth actually laying the eggs , but for now...
  3. ashrich

    Leveret

    I found this little cutie this morning , well actually my dog found it , she was gently picking it up in her mouth , I thought that she had found some leftover takeaway someone had left behind so I told her to drop it ( she had just got her mouth round it ) and when she left it and moved away I...
  4. ashrich

    Odd Insect South East England

    Hello everyone , anyone got any ideas as to what this charming chap is , second photo has been turned 180 degrees and cropped . It was found on a Daphne shrub in Maidenhead last Thursday . I have only just been given the photos so wasn't able to post before . Thanks , Ashley
  5. ashrich

    Poplar Hawk Moth

    Hello everyone , found this ravishing creature on my front door the other morning after some heavy rain and thunder during the night , I had never seen one before despite their apparent numbers and being the commonest Hawk Moth ( someone correct me if I am wrong ) Photo taken with a Sony...
  6. ashrich

    What baby Kites have for breakfast !

    What every self respecting baby Kite should be eating right now , although they had finished with this one so mum obviously through it away , still , Hare tastes good at any time of the day !! Ashley
  7. ashrich

    Aggressive Red Admiral

    Hello all , I have just returned from a week in Norfolk , and while walking the dogs in the large garden of the rented house I was flown at aggressively by a Red Admiral that was holding territory in a weeping willow . It would fly out at anyone passing by and actually run straight into you ...
  8. ashrich

    Dead Owl mystery ......

    Hello all , this morning , about 7.45am I found this dead owl while walking the dog , it seems to be one of the juvs that have been hanging around being fed by their parents . It was found several hundred yards from any road at the side of our village playing field , surrounded by soft downy...
  9. ashrich

    Oh the noise !!

    Not really a birding day , more of a night , sitting here at the computer I have two of the noisiest Tawny Owl chicks , calling just outside the window , that I think I have ever heard in my life ! The two parents are feeding them on an obscenely regular basis so they screem for food even louder...
  10. ashrich

    Raven !!

    Always have an hours birding , casually , while walking the dog after getting home from work , here in the Hambleden Valley , S.Oxon/Bucks border . This evening ther were loads of buzzards around , some full feathered , probably juvs judging by the amount of chasing and switchbacking they were...
  11. ashrich

    Our Black and White chums !

    This afternoon we had the most amazing thunder storm , huge amounts of rain , 8" deep outside my front door and vast amounts of fork lightening . When it had all finished and the power supply had finally come back on I decided to take the dog ( see avatar ) for a walk . It was like a tropical...
  12. ashrich

    A couple of hours at Little Marlow GP

    Hi all , I spent a couple of hours late morning / early afternoon at the Little Marlow GP , also known as Spade Oak GP , today , very warm , humid and noisy !! . I actually lost count of the Common Terns and their young as there just seemed just too many , plus they never seem to stay in one...
  13. ashrich

    Hello from Hambleden , England

    Hello , I live in the Hambleden Valley on the border of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in the centre of Southern England , probably the most filmed village in England !! . We have a range of habitats including Chiltern hill woodland ( mixed , but mostly beech ) wet valley bottom , rich grazing...
  14. ashrich

    Hello from New Member !!

    Hello from me , Ashley ,a new member , situated in the Hambleden Valley , Bucks/S.Oxon borders ,England , with a positive glut of birds of prey living here !! . Ashley.
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