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Recent content by Paul Chapman

  1. Paul Chapman

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    I think the challenge falls within differing perceptions on whether the status quo works. All the best Paul
  2. Paul Chapman

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/lepto- The use of Latin name throughout this post for scientific names is delightfully ironic in light of the topic. It is clearly as inappropriate as Inca Dove and I feel for any Greek readers who may be offended.... 😀 All the best Paul
  3. Paul Chapman

    Petition to AOS Leadership on the Recent Decision to Change all Eponymous Bird Names

    Many thanks for posting. I read it mainly to find out whether there was anything persuasive in there that changing the majority of names would improve diversity and engagement. I failed to find anything cogent or persuasive and instead saw a repetition of that opinion as if it were fact. That...
  4. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    My last emberiza bunting save for a really terrible photo... Two with no pics as during my no camera period. 3504. Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata Israel All the best Paul
  5. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Another bunting... 3499. Little Buntings Emeriza pusilla from three different counties - Norfolk, Wiltshire & Hertfordshire, England All the best Paul
  6. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Another bunting.... 3497. Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Wales & Finland All the best Paul
  7. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Using bunting... 3495. Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus Norway All the best Paul
  8. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    I'll play my last (passer) sparrow (rather than another bunting 😀) .... 3493. Shelley's Sparrow Passer shelleyi Uganda All the best Paul
  9. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Penultimate sparrow for me.... 3491. Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus Thailand All the best Paul
  10. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    It does the job. Using sparrow... 3489. Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus Turkey All the best Paul
  11. Paul Chapman

    May Moths

    The warmer and more settled spell last week was relatively kind so two nights trapping at my local rewilding site produced 47 species on 7th May and 89 species on 11th May including two Buttoned Snouts. In Clevedon, a few bits and bobs have included two Netted Pugs. Yearlist now 150 species. A...
  12. Paul Chapman

    May Moths

    Oak-tree Pug for me All the best Paul
  13. Paul Chapman

    Name a Bird You've Photographed

    Been busy... But let's go with rock:- 3487. Rockwarbler Origma solitaria Australia All the best Paul
  14. Paul Chapman

    Paul's British & Irish 2024 Moth List

    With a good night in the field with 79 species on Saturday, the year list is now up to 150 species:- 113. Peppered Moth Clevedon, North Somerset 10th May. 114. Figure of Eighty Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 11th May. 115. Coleophora alcyonipennella Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North...
  15. Paul Chapman

    Paul's British & Irish 2024 Moth List

    Continuing additions with one night in the field:- 86. Celypha lacunana Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 7th May 87. Scarlet Tiger (caterpillar) Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 7th May 88. Peach Blossom Watercress Farm, Nailsea, North Somerset 7th May 89. Common Carpet...
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