A new species for me and our Send, Surrey garden today. Cordulegaster boltonii, the Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
On iRecord.
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A new Tachinid for the Send, Surrey garden and me yesterday, a female Phasia hemiptera.
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A daily garden sighting since August 21st has been Locust Blowfly, Stomorhina lunata. Today, two males on their lookout on the back of a metal chair and this one on a Hydrangea flowerhead. Females are here but not seen so often.
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Great views of Hobby at Thursley Common today. Also Curlew, Teal, Treecreeper. eBird checklist:

ebird.org/checklist/S2...

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Finally got around to twitch this stunning Wood Warbler, a much awaited lifer.

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Was a treat to watch this nightjar churring in the blue hour yesterday late evening at Chobham Common. eBird checklist:

ebird.org/checklist/S2...

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It’s the third Saturday in February so it must be time for the annual Surrey Recorders’ Meeting… everything is set and ready to go, all we need now are some recorders and speakers 😊

Have you come across @biologicalrecording.co.uk's excellent webinars... many free to attend?

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Moth trap out this evening with mild, dry weather. Tathorhynchus exsiccata, a first for me and our Send, Surrey garden. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @surreybic.bsky.social

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Ever wondered why different bulbs collect different species?

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Using 100,000+ samples from the GMS (@gardenmothscheme.bsky.social), our new pre-print addresses these questions and more (thread)

Congratulations to all of this year’s NBN Wildlife Recording Award winners, in particular Roger Morris and Stuart Ball for their Lifetime Achievement awards! #NationalBiodiversityNetwork #Hoverflies #HoverflyRecordingScheme nbn.org.uk/news-events-...

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Recording species observations generates invaluable #biodiversity data. This short video explores what components are needed to create a biological record.

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New atlas published 🎉 Many congratulations to Howard Mendel, author of the new atlas of click-beetles, the latest in the series of recording scheme atlases supported by the @ukceh.bsky.social Biological Records Centre. Early-bird discount available at www.field-studies-council.org/shop/publica...