Hawk moth
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:17:49 +0100
I found what I believe was a Convolvulus Hawk Moth on the golf course in
North Cornwall this morning. A beautiful little creature that was
resting on a patch of grass waiting for the sun to gather strength, or
so I thought. How common are they in the UK. Last year i found a dead
Oleander Hawk Moth in the road ...
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Willow tree growths
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:10:32 +0100
On local willow trees there are numbers of dark coloured
growths. I know that birch trees get these, but they look
different. The birch trees seem to sprout a new set of shoots
at an uncommon place.
These dark growths seem dead to me.
I looked closely at one. The twig leading to the growth was
about 1 cm. lo ...
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Sniff my fingers
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:34:40 +0100
Hmm, pilchards.
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id a dragonfly please
Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:29:35 +0100
Two of us spotted something like this perched on
a leaf away from water:
http://www.ghmahoney.org.uk/dragonfly/liqua01.jpg
However, I cannot be sure this is that same one.
We both agree on 4.5 cm length, which made it
so noticeable.
Neither of us have noticed them that small.
Our area was in the North Midla ...
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Collins New Naturalist Series, Dust Wrappers / Jackets
Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:15:42 -0700
I would like to know if there is any definitive source of
descriptions / pictures of first edition dustwrappers, as recently I
have seen several later dustjackets on first edition books, as well as
facsimiles.
A specific question does the original dust jacket for NN 91 Nature
Conservation have 'Collins' on the ...
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Otter in Norfolk
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:38:25 +0100
I was delighted yesterday to observe an Otter in Norfolk. I sat beside a
dyke, along which I could look as I had my tea. I watched the many fish
rising and then was aware of a very powerful disturbance moving straight
along the creek towards me. It got to within about 10 metres before
putting its head out of the ...
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RSPB Central London Group welcomes new members
Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:33:13 -0700
The RSPB Central London Local Group welcomes new members. We are a
friendly group with around 300 members who range from complete
beginner to experienced birdwatcher and most of us live or work in
London.
We hold monthly indoor meeting and field trips and full details of our
2007-08 programme will be posted short ...
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Biting Insect Ident
Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:50:10 GMT
When I was fishing at Woodlands Lakes near Thirsk in Yorkshire the other
day, I had a flying insect looking a bit like a overgrown yellowish mosquito
about an inch and a bit long, with what can only be described as a beak for
a proboscis (large diameter and curved) land on my arm. I flicked it off
very quickly ...
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Plant identification help, please
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 18:57:44 +0100
Two views of a creeping plant, shown at...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/watchman/1041104713/
baffled us completely.
Can anyone help please?
Mike
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Hole in Oak Tree
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:17:44 +0100
I noticed a hole about 2- 2.5 inches diameter, in a mature
oaktree. The bark was gone, showing some old damage,
and the hole seemed bored upwards, under the remaining
bark. the wood with no bark could be rotting I suppose, from
the inside.
There is a fallout trail of reddened, powdered wood below it.
Could t ...
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