Done :)

IRecord has (rightly) flagged it. And now I’m wondering whether I saw it or not 😅 but at the time I couldn’t have been anything else. Habitat wise there’s a CWS woodland with mostly oaks 500m away and the woods here is relatively young (1950s).

How rare are these - or is it also a case of under recording? I saw one fly low in the canopy here - black with white stripe, very clear. There were red admirals and small whites flying too, but very different and flight behaviour was very different. Flew into canopy before I could get a pic.

Thanks! Will try and check for males, saw another today and again, just too busy to stop so I could take a proper look.

Any tips on IDing skippers when they just won’t sit still? 😂

What a beauty!

#bats 🦇 #ecology #britishecologist

Too sweet - though I have made cider vinegar before.

That’ll be why it flagged on iRecord - will be setting the trap later this week & will retain one if I get it again. How hard is ID under a microscope? 🤔

🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ I should go to sleep

I genuinely thought that, couldn’t even remove a tick from my son when he was a baby. Last one I had was on my boob and didn’t even flinch! Maggots are my real hate, but after scrubbing them off my sheep’s butt, I can’t imagine it being worse so kinda not bothered now either.

Thanks, that’s good to know - still learning micros so there’s likely a going to be some mis-IDs 😅

Listen to the @ologies.bsky.social episodes on ticks - it pretty much cured my fear of them.

My pears are looking good this year! Just wish I liked pears 🤣

I didn’t tackle most of the micros either, and about 20 escaped 🤪

@terryjermymp.bsky.social - part 3 needs to go.