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  1. John P

    Pentax Papilio

    Everybody should own a pair of these: just sit in the garden and discover stuff.
  2. John P

    To drill or not to drill...

    Nooo: ;) ..........the hole in the down-turned section is where the dogclip on my shoulder strap attaches.
  3. John P

    ID please...

    Bearded tit, juvenile.
  4. John P

    To drill or not to drill...

    Done now, and no large holes. :t:
  5. John P

    To drill or not to drill...

    That's not going to happen Dave. My mind is made up now anyway.:king:
  6. John P

    Dragonflies .... help!

    You don't say what size macro lens you are using but I think you'll find that quite a lot of people do use longer lenses for dragonflies, the sigma 150mm is very popular. Until I managed to snaffle a Sigma 180 on Ebay very cheaply I used to use a canon 100-400 (at about 200mm) with a 30mm...
  7. John P

    Birding in July & August

    This time of year? Too quiet for birding (for me) - chase dragons .;)
  8. John P

    To drill or not to drill...

    The next wet day I'm free I'll be in the garage with the drill and taps, I don't have any roll pins but I do have bolts, I had thought of threadlock but I want to be able to remove it easily with (at most) one screwdriver; this caveat works for both roll pins and threadlock. I've convinced...
  9. John P

    Comment by 'John P' in media 'Common Darter'

    My thanks to you all.
    • John P
    • Gallery comment
  10. John P

    To drill or not to drill...

    ...that is the question. I've made a small bracket which screws into the socket on the tripod ring of my Sigma 180 macro. The bracket allows me to attach the camera to either of the two straps I use and to attach a monopod to the bracket at the correct position as regards balance. The whole...
  11. John P

    A Toulouse Odonata

    Female.
  12. John P

    Grasshopper/Cricket beastie

    Thanks Bob², with a name to go on and having looked at a few more pics I'd say that's as close as I'll get. I note that as a species it's very variable in colour and this is probably why I struggled to find an ID myself whilst looking through various websites yesterday. I see one website lists...
  13. Common Darter

    Common Darter

    A break from the rain, a bit of sun and out they come.
    • John P
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    • common darter
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  14. John P

    Grasshopper/Cricket beastie

    Came across this wee beast yesterday, if anyone can help with an ID I'd be grateful, pics are not the best but it was an awkward little b***** to get at.
  15. John P

    Comment by 'John P' in media 'Hover fly'

    Thank you.
    • John P
    • Gallery comment
  16. John P

    Comment by 'John P' in media 'Black-tailed skimmer'

    Thanks guys. (Still waiting for summer to arrive properly)
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  17. John P

    What determines the order of species in a field guide

    Voous: usually.
  18. Hover fly

    Hover fly

    Spotted this whilst waiting in vain for some dragons - needed help from BF with the ID.
    • John P
    • Media item
    • hover fly
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  19. Black-tailed skimmer

    Black-tailed skimmer

    Hiding from the wonderful June weather, as low down as possible.
    • John P
    • Media item
    • orthetrum cancellatum
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. John P

    Stripey thing

    Thanks Phil, I think you're right; I didn't realise that some hoverflies were as fat as that, all of those I see in my garden are skinny things - more googling required later - thanks again.
  21. John P

    Stripey thing

    An ID would be welcome for this stripey critter, photographed today in a New Forest enclosure.
  22. John P

    UK spider for ID

    I think you're right, and although aeneus looks particularly good I think the specific species is well beyond my abilities to deduce - I'll settle for Jumping Spider. Cheers.B (:
  23. John P

    Comment by 'John P' in media 'Broad bodied Chaser'

    Thanks Brian.
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  24. John P

    Where to buy a Sigma 150-500mm lens?

    £692.00 on Amazon, you can usually pick them up on ebay too. http://camerapricebuster.com/Sigma_150-500mm_f5-6.3_DG_OS_HSM_pc.html
  25. John P

    UK spider for ID

    Came across this one in my garden whilst looking for dragons - the nearest I can get to an ID is a False Widow but I'm really not sure.
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