At Houghton Regis Chalk Quarry today were about 10 newly hatched Small Blues. Every season I’m impressed by how tiny these things are! Any chalky site is...
Excellent day out with David Fisher: TOTTERNHOE QUARRY Holly Blue 2 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Brimstone 2 Small Heath 2 Duke of Burgundy 5 Dingy Skipper 3 Green...
Colin - Can you help me to try to identify some bees seen today at Totternhoe Quarry, please? I don't remember seeing them before, but they were obviously not...
Tim, These were possibly Osmia bicolor, solitary bees rather than social bees, that endearingly nest in empty snail shells. Vic Chambers used to report them as...
Keith - That's very helpful. They were always buzzing about at high speed, flying erratically, low over the turf, and I thought that only the hind half of the...
Sheila and I watched loads of these little creatures while up on the Knolls this morning doing our skipper/hairstreak survey for the W T. We were fascinated by...
Judy - Fascinating. Yesterday, I did not see any of them carrying anything, and I didn't see them visiting snail shells. They just seemed constantly to be...
.... and I've just watched the youtube clip and they were certainly doing nothing like that yesterday morning (about 09.30-11.00 GMT). Perhaps they were...
Strange that so many of us are noticing these Bees this year,i was watching them for ages, ealier in the spring at Sundon Quarry area[ and at Sharpenhoe]. I...
Three pairs of Large Red Damselfly engaged in copulation and ovipositing in my Blunham garden pond this afternoon, the first that I've seen here this year....
Hi all, A new paper in Science details the range expansion of the Brown Argus butterfly in the UK, and interestingly has a particular focus on Beds. If anyone...
Thursday the 14th May, Cuckoo and Peacock calling, Buzzard and a few Large Red Damselflies flying, plus Lol Carman and Bob Henry walking! Butterflies seen,...
I wonder if anyone can help with the identification of some fish I saw in the river at East Hyde this morning please. They were just south of the road bridge...
Hi Barry, I too have witnessed this event and I believe they are spawning Tench. There are a number of stonking sized individuals that inhabit the deeper...
A couple of very large, presumed queen, hornets at the Lodge today - including one that came in the office window. Nigel [Non-text portions of this message...
I saw similar fish just swimming in the river to the north of the East Hyde Bridge on Wednesday this week, which I estimated to be 18 inches long and had red...
 Must have been exciting ! I saw one at a Shuttleworth air display a couple of years ago and my jaw dropped as it cruised past. The workers come to my moth...
Hi Barry, these fish are almost definately Chub,and i have caught many in this river[ carefully returned],they are easily the most common large fish the river...
After yesterday's Large Red Damselflies, my Blunham garden pond has today attracted two male Banded Demoiselles, four Common Blue Damselflies and an immature...
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May 26, 2012 7:31 pm
Dear Bird Club Members The May Hobby is now available on the Bird Club Website (www.bedsbirdclub.org.uk) for you to view or print off. Paper copies for those...
Hi all, After my sightings at Batford this morning (just a few km downstream & into Herts from East Hyde), I would suggest that Clive is right and that Chub...
Hello Jason, Thank you very much for the info. I would also like to thank Mike, Marilyn, Clive and David & Karen for their replies too. All appreciated. Barry....
Scarce Chasers are now flying if anyone wants to find out how far up the Great Ouse they go. I found eight over three of the four 1km squares surveyed...
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SteveCham1@...
8:21 am
David et al Scarce Chasers were flying at Roxton on Saturday. Steve ... From: David & Karen Anderson <dandkk@...> To: Dragonflies...
