Naturewatch update ....

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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    Managed to get this little beauty the other day whilst he was warming his wings.

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    Noticed lots of butterflies about during my dog walks. That's a real beauty!
     
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    Peacock Butterfly?
     
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    We've seen a couple down here the last few weeks, and a small blue butterfly I've not seen before.

    My personal favourite at this time of year, just because of how bizarre they are.... the bee fly! They absolutely love grape hyacinths.
     
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    The blue butterfly is a Holly Blue, seems the Golden Eagle seen was a wind up or a miss identity
     
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    Whatever happened to cabbage whites?

    Always saw them in my youth late 70s early 80s.
     
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    Thanks for that, I couldn't tell if there was any black clipping the edge of its wings, but it was the other end of the garden.
     
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    Seen this on my walk tonight. And yes, I do live near Hillsborough. [​IMG]
     
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    Correct.
     
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    Sheep are stupid.
    We live surrounded on all sides by them, the lambs are a couple of weeks old, this one is the 3rd I've saved in a week, got itself stuck in a feeder, another one had its head through the fence, another front legs in a drinking trough and couldn't back out.
    It's no wonder they haven't taken over the world.
    Plain daft.
    But cute.
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    Nice wings shame about her face

    Which The Monks once nearly said
     
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    What do you call an owl from Yorkshire? Tawny.
     
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    I'm guessing that's a fly that looks like a bee?
     
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    Its got the body of a bee, a really long nose (proboscis) and has long dangly legs. But flies like a hoverfly. Strange but entertaining little creature.
     
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    I was outside in the backyard on Sunday and saw a bee/wasp land on the wall. It looked like a wasp but it had a dark brown body? Never seen anything like it before.
     
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    There are so many variations of things and I hope the decline of many of them can be slowed and reversed. I've not seen a blackbird in our garden this year, crazy. Though the song thrush has returned and the usual suspects are around. I've seen one stag beetle here in 15 years, my other half says she used to see huge swarms of them in summer in Kent when she was a kid.

    Still, have to enjoy what we have while we have it.
     
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    If it had come any closer it would have got rarer. I sat extremely still whilst watching it.
     
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    They are all harmless and have little interest in people generally, unless we put them at risk. I can watch bees in the garden for hours and have often rescued a worn out bee with a bit of sugar dissolved in water on a spoon.
     
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    Loads of blackbirds in mine. Proper rowdy in my garden now its Spring!
     
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