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  1. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Managed to add two more species today at Fishlake Meadows HIWWT (just north of Romsey, Hants) with Four-spotted Chaser and Southern Damselfly.
  2. pdwinter

    Carpet Beetle sp? Cyprus

    Just found this website Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Homepage of Andreas Herrmann Had another Anthenus verbasci in the study yesterday and today
  3. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    There have been quite a few species on the wing now (all these from iRecord if not otherwise mentioned) 15.02 probable Vagrant Emperor -- St Leonards-on-Sea (East Sussex) (fb Migrant Dragonflies) 20.03 Beautiful Demoiselle -- Christchurch (Dorset) 21.03 Common Blue Damselfly -- Hackney Marshes...
  4. pdwinter

    Carpet for ID 09.05.24

    Thanks both
  5. pdwinter

    Carpet for ID 09.05.24

    I came across this moth yesterday (09/05/24) in woodland just north of Southampton (Hants, UK). I tentatively thought it was a Wood Carpet until I read the section that says it doesn't fly until Jun. so would be grateful for correction Only got the one pic I'm afraid. Thanks
  6. pdwinter

    Carpet Beetle sp? Cyprus

    With the caveat that I know little about coleoptera I'm sure its an Anthrenus species but I think you will need to get a more detailed image of the antennae to work out which one. The antenna of verbasci has 11 segments with a club of 3 segments (image attached) while other species have...
  7. pdwinter

    Merlin ID

    I've also been trying it in the field and it seems to be accurate for the common UK species. It's picked up a few I wasn't hearing but could do when I turned myself round to point my hearing aids in the right direction.
  8. pdwinter

    Merlin ID

    That's a thought - I think you must be right. I've just tried a few extra species that are on the merlin "able to id" using the Roche recordings stored on computer and played through the computer. The following it identified Lesser Whitethroat Common Chiffchaff Wood Warbler Marsh Tit Reed...
  9. pdwinter

    Merlin ID

    I've picked a few tracks where it sounds like a 'bog standard' Iberian Chiffchaff to me, Andy, although that's no guarantee!
  10. pdwinter

    Merlin ID

    On this current recording it's suggesting Wren.
  11. pdwinter

    Merlin ID

    I'm sitting here on the edge of Southampton in the southern UK running the Merlin app (on android) for which I have the Western Palearctic pack installed. I'm playing a 'standard' Iberian Chiffchaff song from xeno canto and Merlin doesn't recognise it despite Iberian Chiffchaff being a species...
  12. pdwinter

    ID help please! South coast Uk

    3CY rather than 2CY (assuming a recent image!)
  13. pdwinter

    Shieldbug ID? (Cambridgeshire)

    Box Bug. (Coreidae) Gonocerus acuteangulatus
  14. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Two more first dates that I could find by looking in iRecord and iNaturalist are Variable Damselfly, 12/04, Westbere Lakes (Kent) Broad-bodied Chaser, 14/04, Dartford (Kent)
  15. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Azure Damselfly, 13/04/24, Hertfordshire Record of Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) I did look for dragonflies yesterday but could find only Large Red Damselflies.
  16. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Hairy Dragonfly, Sussex, 10/04 from iNaturalist Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense) and from iRecord Banded Demoiselle, Leybourne Lakes(Kent), 11/04 Blue-tailed Damselfly, Marazion Marsh(Cornwall), 12/04
  17. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Large Red Damselfly, 24.03.24, Paignton (Devon) in iRecord Record of Pyrrhosoma nymphula
  18. pdwinter

    UK Dragonflies and Damselflies 2024

    Common Blue Damselfly, 21.03.24, Hackney Marshes on irecord Record of Enallagma cyathigerum. I'm not in any of the UK facebook groups but expect there have been a few Large Red Damselflies by now.
  19. pdwinter

    Large insect Fuerteventura

    With the tubercle on the prosternum (top pic if you take the detail out of the shadows) and the very long wings it should be Cyrtacanthacridinae and with a lack of colour in the forewing (although it's a bit difficult to see which wings are showing) I'd have thought Schistocerca gregaria (Desert...
  20. pdwinter

    Caspian, Yellow Legged and Herring Gulls

    In terms of length, wingspan and weight they are all roughly the same size. This article is quite interesting (well to me, anyway!) https://gull-research.org/cachinnans/polska/images01/June21CaspianGulls.pdf
  21. pdwinter

    Dragonfly ID - West Papua

    There is a free download for the dragonflies of New Guinea at https://www.brachytron.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Download-Fieldguide-dragonflies-NewGuinea-2015.pdf and if you have access to Researchgate the damselflies volume is at...
  22. pdwinter

    EOS RP with EF 100-400mm lens

    I found when using the EOS RP , the adapter and an EF 100mm macro that the focus point would often move off centre (bottom left quite often) even though I had set the touch screen off. As I don't do movies I programmed the Red movie button to set Centre Focus Point.
  23. pdwinter

    Dragonfly ID - West Papua

    Possibly Neurothemis stigmatizans (certainly Neurothemis sp)
  24. pdwinter

    Leica 8x32 HD vs papilio 6.5 or 8.5x21 For insects and butterflies?

    Hi Sam I'm not someone who is very good at analysing why I like a pair of binoculars but I'll try! For birdwatching what I particularly like about the Leica Trinovid HD 8x32 is (1) They are a decent weight (630g) so have a good solid feel in the hands without being overheavy - I struggle with...
  25. pdwinter

    R7 for bird photography and birds in flight

    Pretty sure you've got a full range / 3m to infinity switch on the side of the barrel rather than a full range / 20m to infinity (latter is on my 800mm F11)
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