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  1. Larry Sweetland

    Can someone please tell me this is a Dunlin….

    I'm far from sure it's a wader (and that's only assuming I'm looking at the right thing)
  2. Larry Sweetland

    Which Species Will Be the Next to Breed in the UK?

    Same here! I remember making the trip to Starcross mental hospital a couple of times in a mini with a car load of other teens from the southeast, only to dip out
  3. Larry Sweetland

    Giant Hummingbird

    Thanks. I'm still a bit confused though!
  4. Larry Sweetland

    Trochilidae

    I'm a bit puzzled re Giant Hummingbird too. I've only seen them in the northern winter months. The furthest apart I've seen them is in northern Peru (near Cajamarca) and towards the southern end of their Argentinian range in Mendoza province (foothills).
  5. Larry Sweetland

    Giant Hummingbird

    If Giant Hummingbird gets split into the two species as currently proposed, does anyone know what the currently know northern limit of Southern is in Peru and the currently know southern limit of Northern is is Argentina?
  6. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    We're up to 15 species out so far this year at my local pond in Bristol
  7. Larry Sweetland

    What makes someone a 'Birding Legend'?

    Like if they find lots of rarities, report them anonymously with top-notch directions, and when the twitchers bowl up all they find is the bird.... and a calling card at the viewing spot that's simply inscribed: "The Legend" 😁
  8. Larry Sweetland

    Which Species Will Be the Next to Breed in the UK?

    Barolo Shearwater would be nice
  9. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    Another couple of micros from the last couple of days: a Red-flanked Scymnus from buddleia in the garden, and (much more excitingly) an Angle-spotted Scymnus from a local brownfield site.
  10. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    Four-spotted Nephus found today on the ivy-covered trunk in Bristol BS5 pictured here. It's been a reliable spot for them since I first discovered them there 2 years ago.
  11. Larry Sweetland

    Minivet in Thailand--Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

    Yes, Scarlet Minivet 👍
  12. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    Forestier's Rhyzobius found in buddleia in the garden (Bristol BS5) today
  13. Larry Sweetland

    Cisticola, South Africa

    Looks good to me 👍
  14. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    I can beat the date for White-legged Damselfly. I had my first in Bristol on 07.05. 24
  15. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Is anyone able to confirm or otherwise my suspicions that these are female Scarce Blue-tailed Damselflies?
  16. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    You'll need wellies. Walk around the edges of the seasonal pool and check especially where the grass is emerging from the water. There are plenty of Common Blue-tails and other damsels there too, but not so many as to swamp you. I returned a bit later and found a male again fairly easily, and...
  17. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/96dtZr1LL4xa3TLGA
  18. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    I'm at the spot now and I've just found 2 males, so fairly confident they'd be findable if the weather's ok. I work on Thursdays unfortunately, though I could do thurs lunch time 1 til 2 or poss a bit earlier if that's any help. I'll put a pin in a map anyway when I get home.
  19. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    It's easy to access and a pretty small area, but I only found one individual today (though it was windy). If the other site you were thinking of is near Frampton Cotterell, then I believe they are in better numbers there, though I've not been there to look. If you want to try the Stoke Park...
  20. Larry Sweetland

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly found at a Bristol site (Stoke Park) today for 2nd consecutive year. First found here about 4 years ago.
  21. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    It's taken me until now to get 2-spot for the year, with these two in the garden. That's 25 species for the year now (23 on patch). They used to be one of the commonest species when I was a kid.
  22. Larry Sweetland

    First Butterflies 2024

    My first Purple Hairstreak of the year was an unexpected find while looking for ladybirds 😊
  23. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    Surprised to find a 2nd Red-rumped Scymnus today, and this time I managed a clearer pic (while in the field, and more by luck than judgement). It was a few hundred metres from the other one, in drier short-cropped mossy habitat at the edge of a housing estate on the other side of the M32 😊.
  24. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    Not sure how many are recorded, but there are approximately 49 species known to be established in the wild (I think!). This excludes one that's not been recorded for many years and includes a recent split that has an unclear distribution. Rarities occur too, eg there was a Pink Ladybird earlier...
  25. Larry Sweetland

    The Ladybird thread

    Took me a while to see the red markings in this pic. Pine Ladybird presumably?
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