I could not count either but they were flying through Shropshire on a fairly regular basis over the weekend. Sheila On 31 May 2009, at 16:43, Ian Woiwod wrote:...
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Blain, Stephen
steve_blain
Jun 1, 2009 12:29 pm
2 Black Terns 1 Cuckoo (rarer than BT at Broom!) 7 Pochard Hairy Hawker - 2 Black-tailed Skimmer - 30+ Four-spot Chaser - 40+ Large Red Damsel Blue-tailed...
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Katie Fuller
bogbumper
Jun 1, 2009 1:11 pm
Two Emperors patrolling the heath and a Broad-bodied Chaser ovipositing at lunchtime Katie...
5924
Hugh Griffiths
u138mph
Jun 1, 2009 2:41 pm
We visited the reserve at Sharnbrook Summit yesterday (Sunday); breezy, especially on the top path, but a very pleasant place to visit. Sightings included the...
5925
SteveCham1@...
Jun 1, 2009 6:40 pm
Hi Although I missed out on the influx into Beds over last week I was camping in the New Forest where the numbers passing were phenomenal. Over several days on...
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Tim Sharrock
tim336660
Jun 1, 2009 6:55 pm
Turtle Dove purring on Tempsford airfield, Cuckoos cuckooing there, at Roxton and at Blunham, and Yellow Wagtails singing in wheatfields at Roxton. - Tim...
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Tim Sharrock
tim336660
Jun 2, 2009 10:04 am
Excellent pre-breakfast stroll at Tilwick Wood, with Barn Owl hunting in strong sunlight (watched for 25 minutes - it never caught anything) and another...
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Graham Bellamy
gcandphbellamy@...
Jun 2, 2009 6:03 pm
Grassland around the recently closed MFI, norse road, Bedford, has a good population of bee orchids. Well over 100 here will be out for next couple of...
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David & Karen Anderson
danderson64
Jun 3, 2009 10:29 am
To add to the comments about Painted Ladies, we have just returned from a week in north west Spain near Zamora and as late as Monday the 1st June they were...
5930
John Pitts
pitts262003
Jun 3, 2009 5:36 pm
Hi I also had a Hornet at Segenhoe Manor through the woodland yesterday afternoon 2/6/09. I list all my sightings and thought I would pass them on to BRC for...
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Andy Banthorpe yahoo
andybanthorpe
Jun 3, 2009 11:45 pm
Hi all, You will spot that it should be 67 species as the Burnet Companion was found in the afternoon whilst surveying ready for the evening. Cheers Andy ... ...
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Andy Banthorpe yahoo
andybanthorpe
Jun 3, 2009 11:55 pm
Hi all, Have now dissected the two Oligias I took so here is the final list from Saturday night's moth trapping at MVCP. Of the things we took home to id the...
5933
Alan Outen
outen@...
Jun 4, 2009 8:18 am
Have just finished leading my third overseas tour of the year : N Cyprus, Croatia and Romania, returning from the latter on Saturday evening. We saw quite a...
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Tim Sharrock
tim336660
Jun 4, 2009 3:18 pm
Derek White's Eggs Pit is a horrible name (and applicable only for the duration of that business). Surely the pits should be called Elm Farm Pit or Elm Farm...
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Blain, Stephen
steve_blain
Jun 4, 2009 3:54 pm
Of course, Elm Farm is only named so on a 1:25,000 scale OS map. The same farm is Elmcott Farm on a 1:10,000 scale OS map, and not named at all on a 1:50,000...
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John Pitts
pitts262003
Jun 4, 2009 4:18 pm
Hi Alan You have made my mouth water. Off to Croatia this weekend for week. Good day at DENR though quiet. Most unusual find was a very wasp like hoverfly. ...
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Stephen Mason
stephenjohnm...
Jun 4, 2009 4:59 pm
I am wondering if anyone knows anything about a large elm tree near Eyeworth (near Eyeworth lodge) on the road to Ashwell. I've been living in Scotland and so...
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Bashford, Richard
richardbashford
Jun 5, 2009 2:42 pm
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5939
Nigel Willits
nigel454932
Jun 6, 2009 7:41 pm
The highlights of some bird atlas roving in north Beds today were an occupied Hobby nest & my first Large Skippers of the year. Nigel ...
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Judith Knight
jknight381
Jun 7, 2009 12:07 pm
I was admiring the Fox-and-Cubs on the small front "lawn" this morning after the rain, and realised that there is a Bee Orchid flowering among them. (Linslade...
5941
SteveCham1@...
Jun 7, 2009 1:46 pm
This afternoon the first Southern Hawkers of the year are emerging at our garden pond. This is a week later then the last two seasons. Their delayed emergence...
5942
Tim Sharrock
tim336660
Jun 8, 2009 3:21 pm
My usual pre-breakfast stroll, this time in Bolnhurst, produced a pair of Turtle Doves (one purring) and a pair of Spotted Flycatchers (feeding young). - Tim...
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Keith Balmer
remlabk
Jun 9, 2009 3:46 pm
There are about 500 spikes of Common Spotted Orchid in the meadow/clearing inside Mowsbury Hill LNR at the moment, looking near their best: ...
5944
Barry Squires
birdingbas
Jun 10, 2009 11:22 am
Unfortunately one dead on the south-bound slip road of Barton Cutting where it joins the main carriageway. It is laying in a postion that shows the face mask...
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Ian Woiwod
leopardmoth
Jun 10, 2009 7:13 pm
During an aborted butterfly transect in Potton Wood, I was sheltering under some trees and starting to get wet when I noticed a St Mark's Fly (bibionid) ...
5946
Keith Balmer
remlabk
Jun 10, 2009 7:44 pm
There is a new article on the www.bnhs.org.uk website about Bedfordshire scale insects, kindly contributed by Chris Malumphy. He suggests there may actually be...
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Andy Banthorpe yahoo
andybanthorpe
Jun 10, 2009 8:37 pm
Blimey that is rare!! The only previous Bedfordshire record was by J C Dale in Clapham Park Wood on 1st June 1820. This has to be a suspected immigrant. Andy &...
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Sheila Brooke
hetsgalore
Jun 11, 2009 11:26 am
I know I have already asked but if anyone suddenly finds they have time to spare on Saturday and would like to help hunt for 'bugs' with Beaver Scouts you...
5949
Steve Williams
wallcreepers...
Jun 12, 2009 1:20 pm
A pleasant walk this morning. A number of teneral Southern Hawkers along the rides. Broad-bodied Chaser at the ponds. A good selection of the commoner...
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Ian Woiwod
leopardmoth
Jun 12, 2009 2:20 pm
I hadn't realised until Andy and Melissa's comment below that this was only Bedfordshire record since 1820. I have as a result re-edited my blog entry, which...
