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A Natural Interlude: Pied Flycatcher at Pitstone Hill
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Birding, Nature and…the world of the Wild. Barn Owl Pellet Analysis. Box Moor Trust (BMT) Maps. BMT Small Blue Project. Tuesday, 11 August 2015. Pied Flycatcher at Pitstone Hill. Now there’s a title to reflect a day when creative thinking is quite beyond me. So, yes, a fantastic little immature Pied Flycatcher. Was spotted on the hills early this morning. This species is a scarce passage migrant and I’ve only ever seen one other (up the road at Weston Turville reservoir in 2013). This time last year.
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A Natural Interlude: Minty moths, born of fire
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Birding, Nature and…the world of the Wild. Barn Owl Pellet Analysis. Box Moor Trust (BMT) Maps. BMT Small Blue Project. Friday, 14 August 2015. Minty moths, born of fire. This week, it was the pretty little Mint Moth. That caught my imagination. Smaller than my lady-sized thumbnail and, as the common name suggests, the larvae feed on mints and the adults spend most of their time also on/around these herbs. Their other common name, Small Purple and Gold. A fairly fresh specimen. A very worn specimen!
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Wildlife 2015 - Mentmore Parish Council
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Parish Council Meeting Agendas. Parish Council Meeting Minutes. Village Hall Committee Minutes. Mentmore Update, June 2015 by Steve Thomas. I’m writing this on the longest day of the year after a Spring which seems to have been richer in wildlife encounters than I can remember for some time. Quite why it should feel that way, I’m not sure. Is there actually more going on out there this year, or have I just been spending more time looking? Barn Owl by Steve Thomas. No, neither have I! This year than I hav...
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A Natural Interlude: BMT 2014
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Birding, Nature and…the world of the Wild. Barn Owl Pellet Analysis. Box Moor Trust (BMT) Maps. BMT Small Blue Project. The 12 most universally interesting or ecologically significant wildlife encounters from my 2014 project ("exploring all that was wild and alive on the Box Moor Trust estate" in Hemel Hempstead and Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, UK). In chronological order…. Green Hairstreak and Dingy Skipper. At Dellfield meadow, in May, I was dying for a cuppa and this rare Hertfordshire moth was the last ...
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A Natural Interlude: Brown Hairstreaks, Silver-spots & migrants
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Birding, Nature and…the world of the Wild. Barn Owl Pellet Analysis. Box Moor Trust (BMT) Maps. BMT Small Blue Project. Monday, 17 August 2015. Brown Hairstreaks, Silver-spots and migrants. Saturday was a good. Day It started with a Wood Sandpiper. Which admittedly, at a distance of c600 metres, was dangerously close to being a featureless bird-blob; and it finished with an infinitely closer, fiery male Redstart. In between, there were my first Silver-spotted Skippers. At Aston Rowant NNR. We were as jam...
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A Natural Interlude: Butterflies that flutter by
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Birding, Nature and…the world of the Wild. Barn Owl Pellet Analysis. Box Moor Trust (BMT) Maps. BMT Small Blue Project. Sunday, 9 August 2015. Butterflies that flutter by. Male and female Brown Hawkers. The second generation of Common Blue. Butterflies have been emerging, all looking pristine and perfect. There were a fair few mating pairs around the site too, making preparations for next season. The best welcome home present, though, was to find a splendid male Silver-washed Fritillary. These veins cont...
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A Natural Interlude: Damsels in white tights!
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Birding, Nature and…the world of the Wild. Barn Owl Pellet Analysis. Box Moor Trust (BMT) Maps. BMT Small Blue Project. Thursday, 13 August 2015. Damsels in white tights! Before I hightailed it up to Warwick last weekend, I joined a friend for a wander along the Aylesbury arm. Of the Grand Union canal. West of Wilstone Bridge. We were on the hunt for damsels sporting white tights, better known as White-legged Damselflies (Platycnemis pennipes). I’d hoped to see maybe a handful so 20 was fantastic. Subscr...
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Distinctly Average - Yorkshire & The Humber
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UK News and Blogs. Yorkshire and The Humber. There are no articles in this category. If subcategories display on this page, they may contain articles. Sharpening and Noise Removal. Owls, a real photographic challenge. A Very Welcome Visitor.
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Distinctly Average - East Midlands
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UK News and Blogs. Yorkshire and The Humber. There are no articles in this category. If subcategories display on this page, they may contain articles. Sharpening and Noise Removal. Owls, a real photographic challenge. A Very Welcome Visitor.
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Distinctly Average - North East
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