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Tristan_He

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #75 on: April 09, 2016, 06:45:01 PM »
Three more to identify A is img. 1291. B is img. 09 185. C is img. 2597.

A is tricky Ian. Reminds me of a Sparganium but I'm not sure.

B: one of the tiger beetles.

C: Utricularia vulgaris or australis. Either way a nice plant for a garden pond, or even an aquarium.


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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #76 on: April 09, 2016, 08:15:08 PM »
Three birds, what is img. 041. I,m sure you should have hatched, we are waiting img. 040. An avocet img. 3152.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #77 on: April 09, 2016, 08:27:33 PM »
If you don,t like spiders look away now. Garden spider, Araneus diadematus img. 3320. A. quadratus img. 09 127. Apologies if I have posted these before.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #78 on: April 09, 2016, 08:34:26 PM »
Image 041 looks like a Woodlark, not that I see any in my neck of the woods.
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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #79 on: April 10, 2016, 05:13:22 PM »
Correct Steve.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #80 on: April 10, 2016, 05:16:35 PM »
Tristan, right with the birds. The flowers are C, Gentianella campestris and D, G. amarella.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #81 on: April 10, 2016, 05:18:53 PM »
Green Tiger beetles and U. vulgaris. The plant is rather rare and only found in Scotland in the UK.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #82 on: April 10, 2016, 06:26:04 PM »
Green Tiger beetles and U. vulgaris. The plant is rather rare and only found in Scotland in the UK.

Re Utricularia I didn't know that  Ian, though certainly true for the U. intermedia complex.

Found this great guide on separating vulgaris and australis, and in fact I did think the flowers in your photo had rather narrow 'skirts'http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33122]
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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #83 on: April 11, 2016, 03:20:11 PM »
Hello Tristan, the rare plant in Scotland I referred to is image 1291. It used to be more common throughout the UK but has been lost in English sites due to drainage. Last published record from the local patch was in 1870.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #84 on: April 13, 2016, 09:46:37 PM »
Among wildlife seen on the local patch today were Wheatears img. 1010198. 20 adders img. 1010202 and img. 1010205. one common lizard img. 1010207.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #85 on: April 14, 2016, 12:07:11 AM »
First two adders coming up for a moult. Second pic shows the result. 8)
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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #86 on: April 14, 2016, 04:48:52 PM »
Right Anthony, of the 20 about a third were about to moult. Two skins were also found.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #87 on: April 20, 2016, 09:35:53 PM »
Among the birds seen today were blackcap img. chiffchaff img. 1010224. Also a sedge warbler, whitethroat, redshank and a short eared owl.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #88 on: April 27, 2016, 09:56:46 PM »
On the local patch were found a teals nest with 6 eggs img.1010278. Also a mallards nest with 8 eggs img. 1010279.

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Re: my local patch and wildlife - Ian McDonald
« Reply #89 on: April 28, 2016, 05:18:19 PM »
Among the birds seen today were these three marsh harrier. Two male and one female. One of the males is about to pass food to the female img. 1010289.

 


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