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  1. walwyn

    Finches just stare at the feeder

    I’ve not seen finches in the garden for a few years. We get a lot of blue, great, and long-tail tits, robins, starlings, magpie, wood pigeon, ring/collar dove, house sparrows, and dunnock, but the finches seem to have abandoned us. From time to time see goldfinch in the trees near the feeders...
  2. walwyn

    Pesky Pug

    Small pug moth with swept back wings. Photographed 17/06/2023. Came to light. Looked very different from other pugs.
  3. walwyn

    July Moths

    Still don't get massive numbers of moths (except garden grass veneer which are ubiquitous at the moment. However I am getting a couple of new speciesd in the trap each time I put is out. Have getting on for 120 different since I started this early April.
  4. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    Another cold night in Warks. 2 Buff Ermine, 2 Teble Lines, 1 Buff-tip, and a Campion (I think).
  5. walwyn

    LUMIX fz2000 for digiscoping

    The lens on the FZ2000 doesn't retract or expand. It expands when turned on and then anything else happens by internally movement of the element. The length of the lens remains the same no matter what focal length of the zoom you use. With that said I've not done any digiscoping.
  6. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    Still only getting singles at most trebles if I count those around the trap in the mornimg. Surprised to find a Poplar Hawk Moth in there this morning. Along with something else that was large on the same egg box. Removed the PHM and set aside the egg box as the other thing was pretty dormant...
  7. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    Same here temp dropped quite early. Noticed a Brimstone and Buff Ermine outside the box and a couple of LBAM before going to bed. This morning the box had three Muslin on the outside. A Shuttle-shaped Dart, Treble Lines and what I think is a Vine’s Rustic inside.
  8. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    What confused me is that the upper bar is convex whilst it appears convex in the book, then I looked at my old images and they are all convex too. So Seraphim it is.
  9. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    It was around 8 degrees here last night. Not much in the trap except unident pugs. There was a White Ermine inside, and something which is probably a Seraphim but not sure. Outside the trap I found a Buff Ermine at the foot of a garden ornament.
  10. walwyn

    I/D required

    Agree it does look like a Seraphim. Had a few of them the last week.
  11. walwyn

    Shieldbugs.

    Here are some photos I took of a Southern Green Shieldbug last year in France. A nember of nymphs at various stages and the adult.
  12. walwyn

    Shieldbugs.

    My first port of call for UK hets is British Bugs Home - An online identification guide to UK Hemiptera by Tristan Bantock & Joseph Botting who were both at the NHM at the time it was started. For European bugs I favour Heteroptera - Bug Photo Gallery - Foto Galerie Wanzen. General internet...
  13. walwyn

    Scoparia sp

    Well I think it is Scoparia. Its about 12mm in size so vased on size and fs I'm favouring Scoparia subfusca but could equally be Scoparia ambigualis.
  14. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    Low numbers here last night too. Except for half a dozen pugs (which I can't id), and 3 cockchafers, there were 2 Treble Lines, a Pale Prominent, and a female Muslin. Not been much better the previous day with the obligatory 'chafers there was a Garden Pebble, female Muslin, 3 Brimstone, number...
  15. walwyn

    El Cheapo here, what do you think of my plans?

    The FZ200 has F2.8 throughout its zoom range. If you really need extra zoom then a TCON17 takes my 640mm FZ200 to 1000mm. Wife has a FZ72 which is 20mm-1200mm put the TCON on and you're at 2000mm (needs special handling though). It's not going to match a Nikon lens but then a Nikon 200-400mm is...
  16. walwyn

    El Cheapo here, what do you think of my plans?

    I've used Pansonic FZ series bridge cameras since 2006. First one was an FZ30 then since laterly a FZ200. I will probably replace it with an FZ2000 sometime this year. For birds I found that the FZ was a bit slow at focussing when trying to photograph birds flitting to and fro on feeders. OTOH I...
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    Hoverfly on Astrantia
    • walwyn
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    • hover fly and flower
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
  18. walwyn

    Any pug experts?

    Thanks.
  19. walwyn

    Any pug experts?

    Found in trap on the 15th.
  20. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    Last couple of nights have been cold. However, have had Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2 Chocolate tip, Yellow-barred Brindle, Flame Shoulder, and a bunch of Muslin.
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    Hoverfly on flower bed
    • walwyn
    • Media item
    • hover fly and flower
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
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    Oedemera sp beetle on Cornflower
    • walwyn
    • Media item
    • beetle
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  23. walwyn

    Tom Tom problem

    The device may be different but I bet the way the settings are laid out are the same. Change the keyboard to latin.
  24. walwyn

    Copy Writing Shots?

    The thing you have to accept is that anything you post online will be misused in some way. As such if the thing you post matters to you then don't post it on the web. As for photos I've seen images taken from Flickr and sold as print. National newspapers have taken them to illustrate their...
  25. walwyn

    May Moths 2023

    Things were better last night despite the 4 Cockchafers having a rave and bouncing of the walls disturbing everything. Single items Iron Prominent Spectacle Small Magpie Foxglove Pug Mottled Pug Least Black Arches Red twin-spot carpet Muslin
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