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Offline Merddin Emrys

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #960 on: July 31, 2014, 02:08:00 pm »
Clever birds pigeons, apart from our resident birds we have some very tame regular visitors, who remember faces, know where the seed is etc. our young one is now ready to be released, no doubt he will hang around with the others!

They even find ways of looking in to see where I amM
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« Reply #961 on: July 31, 2014, 02:13:00 pm »
Keep sharing the pics when you do release him  $good$
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Offline DaveR

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #962 on: July 31, 2014, 06:43:05 pm »
Saw this rather nice Butterfly whilst out walking in Beaumaris the other day. Is it a common one, I know nothing about them?
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« Reply #963 on: July 31, 2014, 06:49:05 pm »
Great shot Dave, I have not seen that one before either. Could be a rare one?
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Offline SteveH

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #964 on: July 31, 2014, 07:15:35 pm »
Meadow Brown  ??? not sure..........
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« Reply #965 on: July 31, 2014, 07:19:33 pm »
Hi Dave, just did some trawling for you, it's a Gatekeeper Butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) mate. Rare for this part of the UK anyway. Nice find :)
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« Reply #966 on: August 01, 2014, 01:08:09 am »
This is the closest picture I could find to the creature that tried to kill me last night.

It was a very evil moth, the size of which I have never seen..... and it kept banging into my window, interfering with Emmerdale.

So, after turning the lights out outside, I was minded to overlook this frightening beast, and I forgot about it.

About Midnight, I went to the loo, and I could hear a loud flapping, vibrating sound, and to my horror, this monster was trying to batter it's way through the half-inch gap in the bathroom window.
It was the size of my fist, and was hell-bent on killing me.

Realising that it was a 'him or me' situation, I attempted to crush the evil beast in the window by closing it.... but NO!, it was too fiendish, and it chose the perfect moment to drop back a few inches.
It is still out there,  and no doubt there are others like it..... BEWARE!
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Offline Nemesis

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #967 on: August 01, 2014, 10:57:04 am »
Fester---you are a wuss ! ;D
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Online Ian

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« Reply #968 on: August 01, 2014, 10:59:13 am »
You do realise he's actually cowering behind that thing, Nem? It's even bigger than he said!  WWW WWW WWW
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Offline Nemesis

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #969 on: August 01, 2014, 12:23:30 pm »
Yeah ! Think it crossed our back garden last night-- then I realised it was a bat ! :twoface: :twoface: :twoface:
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Offline DVT

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #970 on: August 01, 2014, 05:22:40 pm »
Could Fester's moth have been a Death's Head Hawkmoth? (google it) - that's the biggest moth I've seen, a few years ago.

http://www.andynewman.org/html/deaths_head_hawk_moth.html

Plenty of rich people around who would have moths that big in their wallets!!!
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Online Ian

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #971 on: August 01, 2014, 06:13:05 pm »
I suspect it was more like this...

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Online Ian

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #972 on: August 01, 2014, 06:15:20 pm »
For ME: click here

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Offline SteveH

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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #973 on: August 01, 2014, 06:30:55 pm »
Could be Festers missing Seagull chick...... ;D
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Re: Local Wildlife
« Reply #974 on: August 01, 2014, 06:39:45 pm »
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