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Moths from today
Agree with the Large Yellow Underwing but not the Beaded Chestnut - doesn't emerge until September. I thought Turnip Moth.- mollymawk
- Post #4
- Forum: Butterflies and Moths ID
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Somerset Birding
Lambert's Castle, a National Trust site, has breeding redstart. It used to have Wood Warbler but I don't think there have been recent records. It's on the B3165 south of Crewkerne. That's a little off your route. Map reference: ST 336890,98992. Park in the car park and walk around the... -
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Location: West Moor, Hambridge Date and time: 01 April, 1200- 1400 Conditions: 3/8-6/8 cloud cover, bright with showery intervals, stiff SW wind, 10-12 C, Records of note: Peregrine Pair of cranes 12 roe deer Comment: Little activity of note. -
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Location: Greylake RSPB Date and time: 29 March 2017, 0800 - 1100 Conditions: 3/8 cloud cover, bright but cold with stiff south west wind, 3 -8 C, Records of note: Several pairs of bickering redshank Several pairs of lapwings Several calling water rails One willow warbler singing 3 or 4 great... -
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Location: West Moor, Hambridge Date and time: 26 March 2017, 1345 - 1530 Conditions: 0/8- 1/8 cloud cover, very bright. 10 C, stiff north-east wind, heat haze Records of note: Pair of cranes 1st singing chiffchaff of the year male Northern Wheatear lots of small tortoiseshell and peacock... -
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I see the two threads have been merged. I hope this encourages a few more reports. -
Somerset Birding
'so presumably you are one of the elite ??' You are making two assumptions here: 1. I was the only who saw the Osprey. 2. In referring to an 'elite' I mean the SOS website. I'll leave it to you to decide. -
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Location: West Moor, Hambridge Date and time: 24 March 2017, 1330 - 1530 Conditions: 8/8 - 5/8 cloud cover, very dull becoming brighter. 10 C, moderate north-east wind. Records of note: Pair of cranes Osprey 2 male stonechat holding territory 60 mute swans (two herds of 23 and 25 plus several... -
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Location: West Moor, Hambridge Date and time: 15 March 2017, 1430 - 1615 Conditions: 1/8 cloud cover, sunny, 12-15 C, v light SW breeze Records of note: Pair of cranes, bugling. Three pairs of buzzards thermalling and declaiming territories, plus one bird sitting next to partially completed... -
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West Moor, Hambridge Location: West Moor, Nr Hambridge Date and time: 10 March 0930 - 1100. Conditions: Between 7/8 and 8/8 cloud cover, approx 11C, dry with light SSW breeze Records of note: Pair of cranes, bugling. Singing Cetti's Warbler, Stonechat, Wren, Robin, Skylark, Reed Bunting. 8 Roe... -
Somerset Birding
Thanks - other contributions are very welcome, needless to say. -
Somerset Birding
Thank you very much. I've just tweeted about it, too (@alicksimmons). Twitter is very useful but it will never be able to provide the same level of detail as a thread on BF. I'll keep at it for a while -it's good discipline for me, too, as I've never been much of a record keeper. -
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Location: West Moor, Nr Hambridge Date and time: 28 February 1000 - 1130. Conditions: Between 3/8 and 7/8 cloud cover, approx 4.5C rising to 7C, dry with stiff SW breeze Records of note: 1000 golden plover 50 lapwing 200 starlings 1 fox 6 roe deer 3 buzzards 3 stonechats Comment: Golden... -
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Location: West Moor, Nr Hambridge Date and time: 17 February 1300 - 1600. Conditions: 7/8 cloud cover, approx 10C, dry. Records of note: Female Merlin quartering fields frequented by skylarks and meadow pipits Green sandpiper on recently dredged rhyme. Wigeon, teal, lapwing and starlings all... -
Somerset Birding
West Moor, Hambridge Location: West Moor, Nr Hambridge Date and time: 15 February 1330 - 1515 Conditions: 3/8-5/8 cloud cover, approx 10C, dry after morning rain. The moor is drying out after flooding at the end of January. A few fields have splash flooding remaining. Records of note: 1 pr... -
Somerset Birding
I think this forum needs a bit of a Somerset boost and I propose to start posting records from my local patch and elsewhere in Somerset. The alternative site for posting records and items of interest is elitist and constrained and, at best, rather parsimonious with it's information. At worst... -
Little Bustard display sites
This might not seem directly relevant but read on. I spent a few days photographing Gt Bustards in the Castro Verde area of Portugal (not Spain, I know!) last spring. As these have traditional lek sites, they are easier to watch and photograph than Lt Bustards which are less predictable in...- mollymawk
- Post #3
- Forum: Spain including the Canary & Balearic Isles
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Gimbal Head Service
I own a Jobu Black Widow Gimbal head. It provides sterling service atop a Gitzo tripod and supporting a 500mm f/4 lens. I had noticed that it wasn't rotating or tilting with quite so smoothly as it did when first purchased. The manufacturer's and the UK distributor's websites weren't helpful...- mollymawk
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- Forum: Tripod and Heads
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Birding the Ourigane area
We also went to Oukamaiden. Little snow as it has been a warm spring so Crimson-winged Finch was missed for a second year although Atlas Horned Lark, Seebohm's Wheatear and Black Redstart were easy. As usual, there were wall-to-wall Choughs of both species. Warning: Unlike last year when I... -
Birding the Ourigane area
I'm no herp expert but these were interesting -