The Natural History Of Staffordshire: Fauna and Flora (1 Viewer)

[carlj]

Can't see a stoatally black tip to the tail, so weaselly identified

 

[chris23565]

Can't see a stoatally black tip to the tail, so weaselly identified

Thanks for that Carl and not what I expected.

 

[carlj]

Sorry Chris it's an old joke that id's the two.

 

[laesevets]

Hey up Guys whats this little Bugger found two in my moth trap this morning.
:eek!::eek!::eek!:

Regards Steve.

 

[Acid John]

Looks like a type of Sexton beetle it eats dead creatures.

 

[laesevets]

Looks like a type of Sexton beetle it eats dead creatures.

Many thanks............:t:

 

[carlj]

Nicrophorus investigator - and a little beauty too!

 

[Neil-T]

I found 2 of these last year on a dead female blackbird, the ones I saw were more red in colour than your orange ones Steve.

 

[laesevets]

I found 2 of these last year on a dead female blackbird, the ones I saw were more red in colour than your orange ones Steve.

Not nice..:eek!::eek!:
Cheers Guys......................:t:

 

[laesevets]

I know these are Moles but what is this done for, the local farmer or someone else seems to be sticking these along the lane at Biddulph Moor WHY ?

 

[Neil-T]

Hope they have not been poisoned and a raptor or owl comes along and eats them. Not sure what they do it for but the farmer down at hawksmoor used to do it with foxes. I regularly saw 2 or 3 foxes strung up on the bridge.

 

[Steve Turner]

I know these are Moles but what is this done for, the local farmer or someone else seems to be sticking these along the lane at Biddulph Moor WHY ?

I've just spoken to a colleague who resides on the Staffs Moorlands, and he tells me that the farmer has done this to advertise the fact that he's a proficient mole-catcher i.e. if you need some moles dealing with, I'm your man for the job!

Furthermore, my colleague says that he will not have used poison because this means that moles would die in their tunnels, so he must have been using humane trapping techniques...it's a whole new world out there that I knew nothing about!

Steve

 

[coloz]

Is it just me or is there a lack of butterfly's about i have got 3 large buddlia's all in bloom and all i have had is a peacock and a large white i know the weathers hasn't been brill but i expected a few more than this . cheers col

 

[Steve Turner]

Is it just me or is there a lack of butterfly's about i have got 3 large buddlia's all in bloom and all i have had is a peacock and a large white i know the weathers hasn't been brill but i expected a few more than this . cheers col

yeah, I've noticed that too.

I guess you're aware of the National Butterfly count that's on at the moment?

Steve

 

[chris23565]

Is it just me or is there a lack of butterfly's about i have got 3 large buddlia's all in bloom and all i have had is a peacock and a large white i know the weathers hasn't been brill but i expected a few more than this . cheers col

Very few butterflies at Westport at the moment except for Gatekeepers which seem to be everywhere, also good numbers of Meadow Browns but very little else including Whites which are very thin on the ground this year

 

[Neil-T]

Is it just me or is there a lack of butterfly's about i have got 3 large buddlia's all in bloom and all i have had is a peacock and a large white i know the weathers hasn't been brill but i expected a few more than this . cheers col

There are a few about in the right conditions, all these were taken over the past week at various locations in Staffs, including my garden.

 

[coloz]

There are a few about in the right conditions, all these were taken over the past week at various locations in Staffs, including my garden.

I have seen a few on my travels but not many in the garden Neil i did have a comma in yesterday though. We could do with a bit of constant sunshine might bring some in. col

 

[Neil-T]

Notice how the pictures of the whites are in shade instead of sunlight, the whites are known for this as they will still fly when the sun is not shining, the other 3 pics are in full sunlight.

 

[carlj]

Red admiral in Lidl today....

 

[Richard Powell]

Can anyone shed some light on this flutterby, seen at Brown End Quarry at Waterhouses?

Looking through my flutterby book, female Common Blue or Brown Argus? To make things more difficult, it had half a wing missing.