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Almost Birding: February 2015
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Jack Snipe encounters and patch ticks: 14 February. The highlight of an afternoon and evening session at the patch today was 7 Jack Snipe on Staines Moor, one bird in particular giving incredibly close views! Fascinating to watch their behaviour and take in the detail. 1 of at least 7 Jack Snipe seen today - I watched this bird for 45 minutes at a range of about a metre. In the NE corner (patch tick). Posted by Lee Dingain.
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Almost Birding: Smartphone wildlife macro photography
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Smartphone wildlife macro photography. Back in May I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 smartphone and discovered that the camera is excellent for macro photography. While not quite the same quality of the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, the Note 4's 16 MP front camera doesn't do a bad job and is great for those impromptu photographic opportunities. Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum. Worcester Park, Surrey, 28 July 2015.
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Almost Birding: Pagham Harbour RSPB: 28 June
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Pagham Harbour RSPB: 28 June. Watched it for a few hours - great scope views but just out of DSLR range. It was finding a lot of food - mainly crabs, which it caught and took to a patch of water to clean before breaking off the limbs and swallowing. Also watched preening for a while. It didn't associate with the 2 Eurasian Whimbrels present and in the evening at high tide it roosted alone. Caterpillar were also seen.
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Almost Birding: August 2015
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Just back from a really fun family break in Tuscany, Italy. Spent much of my time chilling out, reading, shopping in local markets and shops, mucking about with my nieces and nephews, eating and drinking, but I did have some time for a little birding and bugging locally around the villa, with three fruiting fig trees in the grounds of Villa Bordoni being particularly good for inverts. 1 on 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th. Pearl...
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Almost Birding: May 2015
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Moth dip at Thursley: 23 May. Made a late afternoon/early evening trip to Thursley Common to try and attract an Emperor Moth using pheromones (many thanks to Keith Kerr for the loan). No Emperor Moth (too cold maybe? But some nice lowland heathland inverts, plants and birds. Freshly emerged Four-spotted Chaser. A small orb spider found locally on heaths mainly in south-east England. Brassy Tortrix Eulia ministrana. Popula...
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Moths | Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu
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Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu, Atlantic Forest, Brazil. In October 2013 we constructed the world’s first ‘moth wall’ in the lodge garden – a roofed concrete wall with a mercury vapour bulb and a black fluorescent bulb on each side. The moth wall makes it easy for guests at the lodge to help us with our moth research – by photographing the moths and emailing photos of any species not shown on our checklist to us for identification. To the 110 species that have been recorded in the Serra dos Órgãos. Taxono...
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Almost Birding: Titchfield Haven NNR: 12 June
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Titchfield Haven NNR: 12 June. Greater Yellowlegs at a distance on Posbrook Flood this morning. Way out of DSLR range, I thought I'd try some phone-scoping. Well,. I'm crap at it - no amount of sharpening is going to improve these (taken with Samsung Note 4 through a Swarovski STS 65HD and. And a few Blue-tailed Damselflies. An approachable Red Fox was also watched along this trail. Posted by Lee Dingain. The patch: 6 June.
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Almost Birding: June 2015
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. Pagham Harbour RSPB: 28 June. Watched it for a few hours - great scope views but just out of DSLR range. It was finding a lot of food - mainly crabs, which it caught and took to a patch of water to clean before breaking off the limbs and swallowing. Also watched preening for a while. It didn't associate with the 2 Eurasian Whimbrels present and in the evening at high tide it roosted alone. Caterpillar were also seen.
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Almost Birding: The patch: 6 June
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A naturalist struggling to survive in birdless Surrey. Published stuff and reviews. The patch: 6 June. My first visit to the patch for a long time, concentrating on the east side of Staines Moor today. Between my ecological consultancy course, building the new REGUA. Website and other commitments, I haven't had very much time for birding at all this spring. Were noted amongst the irises. Botany-wise, Staines Moor has turned yellow with Meadow Buttercups Ranunculus acris. And Yellow iris Iris pseudacorus.
