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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: fredg on July 16, 2010, 08:35:16 PM
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This should get everyone reaching for the sprays. ;D
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Fred there everywhere at the moment.PESKY THINGS
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At the beginning of June, (see the Wildlife June 2010 thread), I showed photos of early bumblebees occupying a nest box in my garden which had been vacated by a robin after she had raised a brood.
A third species now occupies the nest box. It is bumblebee wax moth, (Aphomia sociella), or more correctly the caterpillars of the moth.
Female moths enter bumblebee colonies and lay eggs in the detritus at the base of the nest. These then hatch and the resultant caterpillars slowly eat their way through the comb, the food supplies, and even the young bees themselves. Most nests eventually succumb to attack of this moth and, unfortunately, this is usually lethal to the colony. Although for most, the invasion will be late in the year so that the caterpillars will not finish off the colony until new males and queens have been produced.
So the moths clear up the old nest ready for the robin to start the cycle again next year – I hope.
Graham
Photos:
The nest with the caterpillars in the bee grub vessels.
The nest with a standard camera lens cap for size comparison. You will see how small the bee nest really is, although some of it could already have been eaten away by the caterpillars.
A caterpillar.
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In mid June I was clearing an area under trees and was suddenly surrounded by about 30 bumblebees flying low and realised I had disturbed their nest pulling up roots. The entrance was under a stone. Every time I went near in subsequent days the doorkeeper bee came out for a recce and told me to buzz off! Very exciting to know that a whole community of bumblebees has survived and enjoyed honeysuckle and other nectar rich flowers close by where I watched them each day. Now I am treading with care as all seems quiet but was interested to see that the bumblebee nest from your garden Graham.
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Graham
Thank you, I've never seen bumblebee caterpillars!
Yesterday we met Athene noctua.
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Very cute!
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Anyone know what this might be? It's munching on an elm.
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A most beautiful little owl, Olga.
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Anyone know what this might be? It's munching on an elm.
Larvae of the comma butterfly? Feeds on nettles, elm and willow.
http://www.whatsthatcaterpillar.co.uk/
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Here's a bit of July wildlife. I put the caterpillar in a jar with some parsley and check it the next day and look what I found.
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Did he prefer flat leaf or curly Arnold? ;D wonder if he'd like a bit of rosemary or thyme as well?
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Actually I prefer the flat leaf so that what it got.
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Centaurea field
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Oh, that is glorious, field and sky reflecting each other. :)
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This juvenile robin had got stuck in this bucket in the garden - couldn't quite manage to fly high enough to get out. Luck was on its side today!
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Anyone know what this might be? It's munching on an elm.
Larvae of the comma butterfly? Feeds on nettles, elm and willow.
http://www.whatsthatcaterpillar.co.uk/
Thank you, Gail, that does look like it!
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This juvenile robin had got stuck in this bucket in the garden - couldn't quite manage to fly high enough to get out. Luck was on its side today!
Thank goodness you rescued it Steven! I use old metal buckets to catch rainwater and will think again about placing them :o
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Lucky robin indeed. Occasionally I find a dead and dehydrated small lizard in a bucket.
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Did anybody see/hear news about a southern right whale breaching on a yacht in Cape Town yesterday?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10712323
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38339576/ns/world_news-africa/
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wow in a good and bad way
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A pair of blackbirds nested in a grapevine on the south wall of our house and we could watch the young birds closely. It's amazing how fast they grow. They have now left the nest but are still in the garden.
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Gunilla, you have taken the most wonderful photos of those young blackbirds in your grapevine - they are divine and so appealing as to want to feed the open mouths oneself :D
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puss moth caterpillar
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puss moth caterpillar
Now if they are as good a source of protein as they look, then Gunilla's baby blackbirds would get a good meal :-X
I have never seen a pussmoth caterpillar in real life.... they're pretty big, aren't they?!
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Maggie i couldn't believe the size of it,it's the first one i've encounted in the flesh.My nephew was pestering me to take it home bless him.
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http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1dJJBBq8Dfo/Sjl0POtfeuI/AAAAAAAAA7I/aRsamQmBh-0/s400/Puss-Moth.jpg&imgrefurl=http://roblaughtonsmoths.blogspot.com/2009/06/moth-trapping-may.html&usg=__LqM0_nXX2JAwV52con50RhgHGbw=&h=400&w=267&sz=28&hl=en&start=20&sig2=VbqZcUtL1ORS1XCYEPgoHQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=UKPl05c_T-dsqM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=83&prev=/i heres a good link for moths
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good link, davey, thank you.
By the way, I'm so taken by the huge caterpillar that I can't think what plant it is he's eating.... help , please?
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Puss moth - pussy willow of course! ;D I found a dozen or so on Salix caprea in Glen Lonan near Oban a few years ago. Alas, some conservation movement had fenced off several plots and planted these and rowans in what was, until then, an excellent marsh fritillary habitat. BTW, there are several smaller species and they are called 'kitten' moths! ;D
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Just recorded the four species of butterfly (ringlet; small, large and green-veined white and small tortoiseshell) I saw in my garden yesterday (which was, I suspect, our one and only summery day for 2010) on the 'Big Butterfly Count' (http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/). Judging by some of the ludicrous 'records' (http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/results), some people can't identify what they have seen even with a photograph in front of them. I mean, one(?) lunatic has reported seeing multiples of southern species like white admirals (2 in North Shields in the middle of a housing estate called Monks Wood), silver-washed fritillaries (1 in Durham), purple emperors (3 in North Shields - same address as before) and marbled whites (3 in North Shields - same address as before) in north east England! More people have seen Scotch arguses south of Birmingham and Lincolnshire (south of Hull), and another in Hertfordshire! They not only don't occur that far south (Arnside Knot is the only English colony) but aren't on the wing until August! ::) No doubt these nonsensical records will be discarded.
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Some really great photos from everybody above. The owl is beautiful.
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On Thursday I was lucky enough to see a red squirrel moving her babies to a new drey. i was collecting horse muck in thpine wood where my ponies live when I heard the scuffling noise of a squirrel coming down a tree. She was at the other side of the tree from me so I couldn't see her till she reached the ground and started to run or rather bounce (as squirrels do). She was carrying a fairly large baby in her mouth and stopped every few bounces to rest for a second or two then bounced off again. She crossed a small patch of birch wood then ran up apine tree in the next group. I was looking up into the trees to see if I could see the original drey when she came back again and up a tree quite close to me. If you do not move they come quite close and do not appear to notice you are there. A few minutes later she came back down the tree and bounced off to her new home with another baby. She came back for a third but my husband appeared and started talking to me so she did not come back down the tree while we were there. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me. It is fairly bulky so I only take it with me when I am going to take photographs. Must get a smaller one so I can carry it in my pocket.
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What a wonderful experience Roma. What would have made her change homes? Babies too big or perhaps some perceived danger in the old one?
The puss moth caterpiller is beautifully camouflaged isn't it? And the adult is really beautiful.
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That's the puss moth caterpillar being 'Mr Angry' with its head withdrawn to puff out its front and emphasise the false eye spots and its twin pink tail whips extended.
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This is a long shot as most of the action was over by the time I ran inside and fetched my camera. But this critter flew in on Sunday and landed on a pot next to where I was sitting. It was carrying what looked like a brown thing with wings that was about half the size of the flying critter itself. It then proceeded to push it's way under some of the slate/stone top dressing on the pot and when it came out it no longer had it's passenger. Then it turned round and push lots of dirt over the 'hole' where it had deposited the brown thing.
Does anyone know what the critter is? Also I was wondering it the cargo was a baby or whether it was food?
(Sorry about the rubbish photos - I really wish I had my camera with me when it first arrived carrying it's cargo as it was very interesting to watch).
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Looks like a digger wasp John. These species dig hole which they stock with paralysed flies, weevils or other insects according to species. They then lay an egg on the stock pile of sleeping insects and cover the hole.
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Thanks Anthony - I hoped someone would know the answer. I've never seen one before and found it fascinating.
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We have these here and they are called "bee wolves". They catch flying circadias and lay eggs in the body. The buried carcass serves as a food source for hatching your. They are very ominous looking but do not offer any danger to people.
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There is a big species found in the south of England called a bee-killer (Philanthus triangulum), which specialises in honey bees, but it has an orange abdomen. There are some really spectacular species called tarantula hawks that have dark blue wings. I saw one with a tarantula in Croatia in 2008. I'll try an dig out the pics. The biggest ones come from across the pond as there are bigger spiders there! 8)
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A moth..don't know what it is, I just liked the colouration.
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and a caterpillar - possibly of a hawk moth? Someone will doubtless know
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Fraser the moth is one I have not seen for many years - Magpie moth Abraxas grossulariata
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WE all hopefully know that swifts are almost totally reliant on buildings and other structures for their nests. Way back they were cliff nesters just like house martins
Following a lead I found four pairs using a fracture on two limestone cliffs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4t-_sWLSw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4t-_sWLSw)
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and a caterpillar - possibly of a hawk moth? Someone will doubtless know
Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillar. Don't often see them with pink tubercules - usually yellow. It is Britain's only silk moth. Hawk moth caterpillars invariably have a spike at their rear end (in the US they are called 'Hornworms') and are usually smooth skinned.
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A few weeks ago I saw a ?flock of about 20 green-veined white butterflies feeding on dung. I had a camcorder with me but didnt think of taking a video of the butterfies
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A few weeks ago I saw a ?flock of about 20 green-veined white butterflies feeding on dung
Mark is it minerals they are after?
BTW there have been loads and loads of Swifts screaming overhead arching over evening skies recently - great to watch :)
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yes probably minerals
Swifts are almost ready to go :'( 3 months goes by way too fast. I have one chick left that will fledge today
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Swallows are back this time at my back door...I think it must be a bit to late to start making a new nest but maybe they have heard that property prices are on the way up.
Angie :)
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now that is a muddy face!
Loads of time for a nest and rear 5 before heading off. You could give them a helping hand with one of these
http://www.jacobijayne.co.uk/nest-boxes-by-species/swallow/ (http://www.jacobijayne.co.uk/nest-boxes-by-species/swallow/)
and can I say I'm jealousIf there weren't so many bad boys around here I would take the window out of the shed door
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Hi Mark, thanks for the web page on nests I will order a couple. I didn't think that there would be enough time for the birds to have young but that is good news. My husband said wait till you have all that mess at your back door but I replied quickly we do have a front door that we can use...I am just happy that after 16 years I finally have swallows nesting at my home :)
Angie :)
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25 years ago there were house martins on this house but sadly they decided not to come back. I must put up a few martin nests
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What will this caterpillar grow into, I wonder ?
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Something scary :o ;D
Angie :)
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no, something beautiful. It's a long time since I've seen the caterpillar or adult
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=elephant+hawk+moth&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=497da1a602dcd554 (http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=elephant+hawk+moth&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=497da1a602dcd554)
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The left picture in the link is Deilephila porcellus, the small elephant hawk. Get yourself a moth trap Mark and you'll see plenty of moths in June. The caterpillars can also be found on fuchsia. The small elephant hawk feeds on bedstraws.
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What a fascinating transformation. I will look out for this beautiful moth :D
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I think the Elephant hawkmoth caterpillar looks quite bashful, with those lovely big eye spots and almost a smile. :D
The Emperor moth caterpillar is beautiful - very classy. 8)
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Get yourself a moth trap Mark and you'll see plenty of moths in June.
Anthony I went to a moth night in June this year that failed. I went to another one where 25 species were caught but mainly small moths and masses of lough Neagh flies. Maybe I can borrow one. Do you go out 'hunting'?
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Yes Mark you are right, quite beautiful, I am a bit scared of creepy crawly things.
Angie :)
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Get yourself a moth trap Mark and you'll see plenty of moths in June.
Anthony I went to a moth night in June this year that failed. I went to another one where 25 species were caught but mainly small moths and masses of lough Neagh flies. Maybe I can borrow one. Do you go out 'hunting'?
I don't go out hunting moths Mark, although I do have a couple of moth traps. The big trap (Robinson MV I got in 1971) I used to use a lot in the garden, but it has a 125W MV bulb! I was invited to take it along to a butterfly orchid meadow in Fife to trap pollinating moths by Roy Sexton. We caught a silver-Y with pollinia attached to its eyes!
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So, here's what came out of the Black swallowtail chrysalis
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So, here's what came out of the Black swallowtail chrysalis.
Arnold, what a cracker! Absolutely perfect.... what a thrill to see him come to life!
To remind folks:
the caterpillar...
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5568.msg159788#msg159788
the chrysalis....
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5776.msg160318#msg160318
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My daughter actually fed it with a honey water solution in a bottle cap.
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My daughter actually fed it with a honey water solution in a bottle cap.
goodness.... she must win the prize for 'animal' keeper of the week! 8)
Is the weather okay to let it go free to find a mate?
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please show us a cropped tight shot of your flutterby
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The weather is in the 90's most of the time. We are having a blistering summer. Warnings of a bad hurricane season due to the warm water nearby.
It flew away last night..... to find a mate
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USB chameleon for Anthony
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/usb-chameleon/index.html (http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/usb-chameleon/index.html)
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Beautiful butterfly, Arnold.
I'd never seen an elephant hawk moth caterpillar before Gunilla posted her picture.
And what did I find when weeding the garden today?
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Wow! That's amazing...... what was it feeding on?
I've got a lot of Galium in the front garden, which I think it likes, but I've never found one......
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It was on the soil when I spotted it but I'd been pulling out fairly big plants of willow herb (not rosebay) which is one of its food plants so it may have dropped off one of them. It's quite a large beast and looks quite scary when it tucks in its head and goes all fat to show off the eye spots. John held it in his hand while I dashed into the house for the camera.
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Wow! That's amazing...... what was it feeding on?
I've got a lot of Galium in the front garden, which I think it likes, but I've never found one......
It's just the small elephant hawk that feeds on bedstraws. The large (this fellow) is a willowherb feeder (as well as fuchsia).
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Oh, right, thanks, Anthony.
I don't know whether to be disappointed or relieved.... :-\
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It's just the small elephant hawk that feeds on bedstraws. The large (this fellow) is a willowherb feeder (as well as fuchsia).
How come, Fuchsia - does it taste like willowherb to a hawkmoth?
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I hope they prefer the willowherbs to my fuchsias :D. But they belong to the same family, don't they ?
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How come, Fuchsia - does it taste like willowherb to a hawkmoth?
Now ,as our resident "omnivore" Stephen, you must realise that I'm going to ask you if fuchsia tastes like willowherb to YOU!??!! ;D ;D ;)
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I hope they prefer the willowherbs to my fuchsias :D. But they belong to the same family, don't they ?
Well, I never new that - you are absolutely correct :o Would never have guessed that they were the same family - I will now look at Willowherbs in a new way!
Maggi - in the name of science I will sample both tonight and report back. If I don't report back....
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I hope they prefer the willowherbs to my fuchsias :D. But they belong to the same family, don't they ?
Well, I never new that - you are absolutely correct :o Would never have guessed that they were the same family - I will now look at Willowherbs in a new way!
Maggi - in the name of science I will sample both tonight and report back. If I don't report back....
Gulp! What have I done? :o :o :o
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both Fushia and Epilobium are in the same family - Onograceae
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Please all people :-[ what are the botanical names of bedstraws and willowherbs ? :D
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Bedstraws are Galium, mentioned earlier and willowherbs are Epilobium
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I wonder if they feed on sticky willy? :P
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Thanks Maggi ;)
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I wonder if they feed on sticky willy? :P
Well, if they do there would be plenty here for them of that this year ( Galium aparine or G. tricorne ?) as well as my quantity of Galium odoratum :-X
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There are two other hawkmoths found in the UK that feed on bedstraws: the bedstraw hawkmoth (Hyles gallii) - eigth UK hawkmoths are named after their food plants - and the hummingbird hawkmoth (Macroglossum stellatarum). The latter certainly does feed on sticky willy, aka goosegrass or cleavers (Galium aparine). My tortoises love it.
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I thought I'd post a few pictures of bigger wildlife from earlier this month. I was fortunate to able to accompany my wife on a business trip to southern France - she spent several days working in Montpellier and I spent the time exploring the Carmargue and surrounding countryside. Not much in the way of interesting plantlife (it was hot and the vegetation was very crispy :D), but the wildlife was fabulous.
First some of the birds:
- European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster). Not the best of photos, but the only one I manged to take.
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus). 2 photos - this individual was 'stalked' in the car and did not object to being photographed at close range. I was fortunate to find very quiet roads.
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). 2 photos. Small wihte herons seemed commoner than gulls. This was one of six heron species I found in the two days I spent in the Camarmgue 'proper'.
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- Greater Flamingo ( Phoenicopterus ruber) x3. The Carmargue is noted for its breeding population of flamingoes and they are fairly easily spotted up and down the coast, generally at a distance. This individual was incredibly confiding, and did not seem to mind me getting out of the car. The first picture was taken when it was Etang de Vaccarès (a very large lagoon, hence the waves) and then it decided to come closer and explore a smaller lagoon.
- Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus). The first time I have seen this species, and it happened to be in the camera viewfinder.
- Red Kite (Milvus milvus). This individual was flying down the road towards me, so I had time to stop, change lenses and take several photos. It was carrying something in its talons, possibly a small bird.
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- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) x2. Generally fairly shy birds, but there were lots of them, so you couldn't fail to get a reasonable picture eventually.
- Little and Cattle Egrets together (the little egrets have the black bills). It makes a change from having starlings on the roof.
- a couple of mammals! The Carmargue is noted for its stocky black bulls which take part in bullfights (the bull isn't killed, I gather, the trick is to get it very annoyed and then place small rossettes on the horns as it charges past! :o) Rather them than me - these bulls were photographed with a long lens from the far side of a canal ;)
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And now for something smaller - butterflies.
- Marbled White (Melanargia galathea lachensis). Yes it was a subspecies!
- Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba pardilloi). Another subspecies - it's the identification of the insects that has taken me so long to post these photographs.
- Swallowtail (Papillio machaon). a very active butterfly, fortunately the moving wings disguised the fact that they were a bit worn.
Dragonflies:
- Black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
- Dainty Bluet (Coenagrion scitlum). Caught in flagrante delicto - for all you Latin scholars out there!
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More dragonflies/damselflies:
- Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum foncolombii). 3 pictures, two females, then a male.
- Scarlet Darter (Crocthemis erythaea). Male, it has to be with a colour like that! 8)
- Small Redeye (Erythromma viridulum). Apparently these damselflies occur in the UK, but I've yet to see a a blue damselfly with red eyes here.
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Final couple:
- Edible Frog (Rana esculenta). He was quite safe from me, there wasn't much meat on him and I didn't have any garlic and butter handy. ;D
- The other large animals of the Carmargue are the white horses. Those UK residents of 'a certain age' may remember a TV programme from the 60s that was filmed here - the title shot shot showed white horses galloping towards the camera through shallow water to a great theme tune. Inspiring stuff, but I have no recollection of what the programme was about!
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Wonderful photos, Peter, thank you.
I am glad you finally got round to the horse! Here's a youtube link to the opening sequence... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc
the programme was about "White Horses", oddly enough.....though the Camargue is famous for its white horses those of the 1960s TV programme of that name was about the Lippizaner horses ( famous for the Spanish Riding School of Vienna) who are raised in Lipica in Slovenia..... :D
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Wonderful bit of nostalgia (ah, the black and white TV pictures), nice tune, but I don't think it's the programme I had in mind; I definitely remember horses running through surf.
I have a feeling that it was a children's TV programme - does that that stir anyone's memories out there?
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Great set of shot, Peter.
Paddy
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Wonderful bit of nostalgia (ah, the black and white TV pictures), nice tune, but I don't think it's the programme I had in mind; I definitely remember horses running through surf.
I have a feeling that it was a children's TV programme - does that that stir anyone's memories out there?
Oh, right... not that one then... what about the late 1990s Guiness advert where pounding surf turned into w galloping white horses.... great film effects...... ???
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Wonderful bit of nostalgia (ah, the black and white TV pictures), nice tune, but I don't think it's the programme I had in mind; I definitely remember horses running through surf.
I have a feeling that it was a children's TV programme - does that that stir anyone's memories out there?
'Yes' Peter, it was a Play School film shot specially for the programme! Through the ? window into the real world and covered a huge range of events and places. Many now famous people worked on the programme:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/playschool/trivia.shtml
Congratulations on your superb shots in this region of birds and insects and a great study of the bull's head - it could be on a coin!)
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Peter some wonderful photos there thanks for sharing.
Yesterday I took these pictures of a family of deer that are always on the road up to my house. I get really close to them...noticed she has a injury to her eye.
Angie :)
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Really natural relaxed shots you took of the deer, gorgeous young one with those appealing eyes and markings and some sun Angie, perfect setting in the ferns :D
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Gulp! What have I done? :o :o :o
Don't worry, I forgot...
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on white horses, snowy white horses
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Wonderful bit of nostalgia (ah, the black and white TV pictures), nice tune, but I don't think it's the programme I had in mind; I definitely remember horses running through surf.
I have a feeling that it was a children's TV programme - does that that stir anyone's memories out there?
Oh, right... not that one then... what about the late 1990s Guiness advert where pounding surf turned into w galloping white horses.... great film effects...... ???
I preferred the McEwan's lager adverts, although there was one Guinness ad where David Haig(?) is trying to say something over the din of a disco and shouts 'marvellous' at the top of his voice just as the music stopped!
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The adverts I liked best that have a wildlife connection were the tuly superb series for Budweiser beer, featuring Louie and Frank the chamaeleons and the frogs.... and the ferrets........magic ads..... though useless in that I never bought any beer!
Heaps of them on You-tube... here's one to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcdTJtYhah4
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Peter,
I have a feeling that it was a children's TV programme - does that that stir anyone's memories out there?
I have a distant memory of this too. Set me off searching the web and can only find this reference to
Jacquie and Hermine sounds like the programme you're thinking about.
http://whirligigtv.yuku.com/topic/5382/t/Children-s-series-from-France.html
Cheers
Mick
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So, here's what came out of the Black swallowtail chrysalis
What a magnificent creature and what a privilege to have it sit on your hand Arnold. 8)
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I remember those horses too Peter, galloping through water towards me but from slightly right of centre to slightly left as they came on. Can't remember what programme tho'. ::)
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Was it by any chance Belle and Sebastien?
http://www.coucoucircus.org/series/generique.php?id=243
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Was it by any chance Belle and Sebastien?
http://www.coucoucircus.org/series/generique.php?id=243
I don't think so, Brian....that series, while it had an episode titled "Belle, Sebastien and the horses" was set in the mountains .......Pyrennean mountain dog (Belle), orphan (Sebastien) brought up by mountain guards etc...... :-\
Good grief.... I AM a mine of useless information :-[
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Useless information maybe Maggi, but far more than I retained apart from the title! :-\
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My childhood memory has been really stirred now and further back I think this might be the key to the white horse on the Carmargue. These wonderful films made for cinema but shown for children on TV in B/W when I was little - The Red Ballon (coloured red in the film) & White Mane by Albert Lamorisse. Could this be it? What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMhny7VDKAI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cupfe9QfFRc&feature=related
http://www.kiddiematinee.com/w-whitemane.html
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I remember a 1960s TV programme simply called "The White Horses". ::)
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I remember a 1960s TV programme simply called "The White Horses". ::)
Yes, Anthony, that's the one I mentioned already see this Re: Wildlife July 2010
« Reply #89 on: July 30, 2010, 05:34:39 PM » a couple of pages back.... but that's not the right one! :-X
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I certainly seem to have started something here..... ::)
Robin; I watched the trailers you posted the URLs for: in the second one, did my eye deceive me or did the boy fall off the white horse and crush the unfortunate rabbit he had been chasing?
Anthony; I'm sure that is the programme I'm thinking of, Anne and I think that it was screened on Thursday evenings, after 'Blue Peter'. None of the other suggestions so far have quite corresponded to what I dimly remember, although it may have inspired the Guinness advertisement. The theme tune, which I can almost remember, was something like a stirring march, and the lead instrument may have been a (French?) horn. Still have no idea of the name though!
Lesley; Was it shown in New Zealand also??
To return to the wildlife topic, we had a red squirrel in the garden yesterday, didn't have the camera handy, but I thought that it was quite a good 'tick' for a garden in central Newcastle
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Just for you Peter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6z8GUywyc
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Whatever it was Peter, it must have been shown here, as I too remember the horses, in surf. Otherwise, my memory fails me but I did remember vividly, the wonderful film "The Red Balloon" mentioned by Robin. I saw this when I was quite young, (shown before the "big" picture, at a cinema) and it had been in my mind ever since until last year I saw it advertised as a DVD along with "White Mane" so I ordered and bought the DVD and was thrilled to see the balloon again, the whole thing in colour, not just the balloon. "White Mane" isn't the one we're looking for though. :(