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No idea, mate. Even if we had, I doubt I'd remember you. I almost never remember names, faces, or the rest of it!
Now, routes, landmarks and that kind of stuff - that, I remember. I believe our minds work in different ways, and that we should all just accept that!
Now, routes, landmarks and that kind of stuff - that, I remember. I believe our minds work in different ways, and that we should all just accept that!
Have we met?
May 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
No idea, mate. Even if we had, I doubt I'd remember you. I almost never remember names, faces, or the rest of it!
Now, routes, landmarks and that kind of stuff - that, I remember. I believe our minds work in different ways, and that we should all just accept that!
Now, routes, landmarks and that kind of stuff - that, I remember. I believe our minds work in different ways, and that we should all just accept that!
Blimey - really? 6.5 hectares times roughly 2.5 to convert to acres equals (hang on a tick) a bit over 16 acres! Come to think of it, it looked roughly that size to me.
You've talked to Mike? I can't believe he wouldn't be interested! But, if not, Dunsmore Living Landscape will want to know.
You've talked to Mike? I can't believe he wouldn't be interested! But, if not, Dunsmore Living Landscape will want to know.
Yes and we've done quite a lot of work there since then. A shame BCWarks aren't interested :-(. Not so tiny at 6.5 Ha. and in a key location in he Rainsbrook Valley.
May 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Blimey - really? 6.5 hectares times roughly 2.5 to convert to acres equals (hang on a tick) a bit over 16 acres! Come to think of it, it looked roughly that size to me.
You've talked to Mike? I can't believe he wouldn't be interested! But, if not, Dunsmore Living Landscape will want to know.
You've talked to Mike? I can't believe he wouldn't be interested! But, if not, Dunsmore Living Landscape will want to know.
I received a letter from Reform today. It was bleating about how useless everything is in Britain today.
It arrived about seven hours after I cast my vote in the local election.
I'd quite like a conversation with this lot about why the bloody hell they thought they had a right to contact me!
It arrived about seven hours after I cast my vote in the local election.
I'd quite like a conversation with this lot about why the bloody hell they thought they had a right to contact me!
May 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I received a letter from Reform today. It was bleating about how useless everything is in Britain today.
It arrived about seven hours after I cast my vote in the local election.
I'd quite like a conversation with this lot about why the bloody hell they thought they had a right to contact me!
It arrived about seven hours after I cast my vote in the local election.
I'd quite like a conversation with this lot about why the bloody hell they thought they had a right to contact me!
I would think older people get "portmanteau" words. After all, the term derives from the children's novel "Alice in Wonderland", published 1865. The character Humpty-Dumpty uses the term to mean two words put together to mean something new, and that's how it's still used.
Drazkowski has an amendment to stop MnDOT from using messages that use portmanteaus, pop culture references, neologisms, etc on their digital signs on the highway. (This kinda feels a bit like "I'm old and don't get it").
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I would think older people get "portmanteau" words. After all, the term derives from the children's novel "Alice in Wonderland", published 1865. The character Humpty-Dumpty uses the term to mean two words put together to mean something new, and that's how it's still used.
Is that the tiny bit of of Warwickshire that you and I ducked through, lost as anything, last summer? Have they now cut a few paths?
Quite fun, though.
Quite fun, though.
Thanks to Arden Ringers for the invitation and coming to do the ringing work at Kilsby Lane LWS in Rugby. Lots of Willow and other Warblers here . Great scrub/grassland mosaic. See ALT for descriptions. @btobirds.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Is that the tiny bit of of Warwickshire that you and I ducked through, lost as anything, last summer? Have they now cut a few paths?
Quite fun, though.
Quite fun, though.
It certainly is! Where?
May 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It certainly is! Where?
Nice! I thought I had a pyrausta aurata today, but it was a Small Yellow Underwing.
May 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Nice! I thought I had a pyrausta aurata today, but it was a Small Yellow Underwing.
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happy may day here is a painting I did a long time ago
May 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
happy may day here is a painting I did a long time ago
Well done - I haven't seen one in 2025!
It's worth carrying a moth ID chart (I use the Field Study Council's one) just so you can sort out the curious people who say "I saw this black and red butterfly yesterday - what was it?" If it wasn't a Red Admiral, and it's in spring, it's a Cinnabar moth.
It's worth carrying a moth ID chart (I use the Field Study Council's one) just so you can sort out the curious people who say "I saw this black and red butterfly yesterday - what was it?" If it wasn't a Red Admiral, and it's in spring, it's a Cinnabar moth.
Cinnabar moth spotted on lunch break today. Love the red & black pattern. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #moths
April 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Well done - I haven't seen one in 2025!
It's worth carrying a moth ID chart (I use the Field Study Council's one) just so you can sort out the curious people who say "I saw this black and red butterfly yesterday - what was it?" If it wasn't a Red Admiral, and it's in spring, it's a Cinnabar moth.
It's worth carrying a moth ID chart (I use the Field Study Council's one) just so you can sort out the curious people who say "I saw this black and red butterfly yesterday - what was it?" If it wasn't a Red Admiral, and it's in spring, it's a Cinnabar moth.
Thanks, I'll bear that in mind while recording - though the Bedworth Burnet Companions are, in my experience, pretty co-operative when it comes to ID!
About a fortnight earlier than usual. Confusion species Burnet Companion day flying moths are on the wing at #AshlawncuttingLNR @warwickshirewt.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks, I'll bear that in mind while recording - though the Bedworth Burnet Companions are, in my experience, pretty co-operative when it comes to ID!
I like that we're now reporting first sightings of common day-flying moths. A few of my favourites are already out - I look forward to the first Chimney Sweepers. I've recently found a few sites with flowering pignut, which is a near-guarantee of the lovely little moth.
10 species added to the 1st sightings list in April. Thankyou to everyone who records butterflies & moths especially adding them to I-record!
April 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I like that we're now reporting first sightings of common day-flying moths. A few of my favourites are already out - I look forward to the first Chimney Sweepers. I've recently found a few sites with flowering pignut, which is a near-guarantee of the lovely little moth.
Just use anything that'll hold water! My work-place recently had its lights replaced - I managed to get hold of most of the old fittings. Large plastic roundels - very easy to clean, and last for ages! The important thing is to wash the bird-baths frequently.
I wanted to put a bird bath out front that I could see from my front window.
I looked at the price of ceramic birdbaths and thought twice.
I ended up using a large ceramic drip tray and put it on an unused plant stand.
I saw a robin and a finch both sipping from it this morning.
I looked at the price of ceramic birdbaths and thought twice.
I ended up using a large ceramic drip tray and put it on an unused plant stand.
I saw a robin and a finch both sipping from it this morning.
April 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just use anything that'll hold water! My work-place recently had its lights replaced - I managed to get hold of most of the old fittings. Large plastic roundels - very easy to clean, and last for ages! The important thing is to wash the bird-baths frequently.
I saw my first at Brandon Marsh a few days ago - one of my favourite butterflies!
Saw my 1st Small Copper of the year yesterday at Ryton Meadows reserve. Such fun little butterflies 😀 Here’s a mini video of it sitting on a cowslip! #butterflies @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I saw my first at Brandon Marsh a few days ago - one of my favourite butterflies!
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My painting TOWERING STORM
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My painting TOWERING STORM
Great, thanks. Must get over there. Pretty good species-counts at Coundon Wedge today, but we don't get the scarcer species over there. (As far as we know!)
Back on Bishop's Hill today to look for Small Blue butterflies. It seems there has been a bit of an emergence with several seen . Mother Shipton was keeping an eye on proceedings too. Nice to spot Green Hairstreak in Hawthorn scrub too. @warwickshirewt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Great, thanks. Must get over there. Pretty good species-counts at Coundon Wedge today, but we don't get the scarcer species over there. (As far as we know!)
Nice photo! So few stay still for even a moment.
A Holly Blue that settled for a few moments today! While volunteering at Nelson’s Quarry for @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #butterflies
April 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Nice photo! So few stay still for even a moment.
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Always worth checking around your moth trap. Some moths like to chill on the outside 😆 This pale tussock being one of them. What’s your best out-of-moth trap find?
📷 K.Thorpe
📷 K.Thorpe
April 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Always worth checking around your moth trap. Some moths like to chill on the outside 😆 This pale tussock being one of them. What’s your best out-of-moth trap find?
📷 K.Thorpe
📷 K.Thorpe
Oh, that poor woman ....
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Oh, that poor woman ....
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Male and Female Dingy Skippr #butterflies on the larval food plant and a Gren Hairstreak butterfly egg laying on Dogwood were among the delights @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Stockton Cutting this afternoon. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social One SSSI in improving condition :-).
April 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Male and Female Dingy Skippr #butterflies on the larval food plant and a Gren Hairstreak butterfly egg laying on Dogwood were among the delights @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Stockton Cutting this afternoon. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social One SSSI in improving condition :-).
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Lots of Dingy Skippers seen while volunteering with our Warwickshire Butterfly group at Nelson’s Quarry. Also, Peacock, Brimstone & Holly Blue butterflies. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Lots of Dingy Skippers seen while volunteering with our Warwickshire Butterfly group at Nelson’s Quarry. Also, Peacock, Brimstone & Holly Blue butterflies. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
Snort ... you know when you want to cook frozen peas with tonight's dinner, but you spill a few on the floor? Easter Bunny droppings.
EGG-LAYING LAGOMORPHS: what are the endoparasitoid implications?
WHAT'S IN THE EGGS?
IS THE EASTER BUNNY ACTUALLY A PARASITOID WASP WITH ANTENNAE DISGUISED AS FALSE BUNNY-EARS??
DON'T EAT THE EGGS!!!!
WAKE UP SHEEPL—🐝🐝🐝💀🪦
WHAT'S IN THE EGGS?
IS THE EASTER BUNNY ACTUALLY A PARASITOID WASP WITH ANTENNAE DISGUISED AS FALSE BUNNY-EARS??
DON'T EAT THE EGGS!!!!
WAKE UP SHEEPL—🐝🐝🐝💀🪦
April 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Snort ... you know when you want to cook frozen peas with tonight's dinner, but you spill a few on the floor? Easter Bunny droppings.
You have your own marsh?
A great start to the day in the garden this morning.The leaf cuttings worked and the Lady's Smock has flowered in my marsh. 2 patches and a female Orange Tip found them. Somewhere to feed and lay eggs. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #WildSpaces @savebutterflies.bsky.social @wildlifelucy.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You have your own marsh?
Yup - one of the other two is an impressionist. But I think the third is simply dead. And none of the three has enough leaves to attract Brimstones - which is the point of them!
The Alder Buckthorn does a very good impression of being a dead stick until it buds!
April 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yup - one of the other two is an impressionist. But I think the third is simply dead. And none of the three has enough leaves to attract Brimstones - which is the point of them!
That's the sort of picture I'd enjoy in a gallery - maybe even look at it for quite a long time - but wouldn't want on my wall at home. Beautiful, but not quite beautiful enough to buy the print.
April 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
That's the sort of picture I'd enjoy in a gallery - maybe even look at it for quite a long time - but wouldn't want on my wall at home. Beautiful, but not quite beautiful enough to buy the print.
Wow! Only one of the three saplings I got off Mike on Saturday is definitely alive. Not sure about the others - but never mind! It turns out you can pull up runners very easily at this time of year. (of course, choosing those which would otherwise be trodden on or otherwise killed.)
Been out most of today, just got back and checked the Alder Buckthorn and counted 17 Brimstone eggs!! #butterflies @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wow! Only one of the three saplings I got off Mike on Saturday is definitely alive. Not sure about the others - but never mind! It turns out you can pull up runners very easily at this time of year. (of course, choosing those which would otherwise be trodden on or otherwise killed.)