Sunday, November 13, 2011

October Moths 2011

A selection of the moths trapped in our garden during October 2011

pale-pinion

Pale Pinion Lithophane hepatica

agonopterix heracliana or ciliella-1

Agonopterix sp

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Agonopterix sp

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Agonopterix sp

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Agonopterix sp

agonopterix-arenella (2)

Brindled Flat-body Agonopterix arenella

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Brindled Flat-body Agonopterix arenella

Chestnut (2)

The Chestnut Conistra vaccinii

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The Chestnut Conistra vaccinii

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Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata

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Common Marbled Carpet Chloroclysta truncata

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Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae

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Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae

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The Brick Agrochola circellaris

red-green-carpet (2)

Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata

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Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata

Red-Line-Quaker-4

Red-line Quaker Agrochola lota

rusty-dot-pearl

Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

Rusty-Dot-Pearl-2

Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

Satellite

The Satellite Eupsilia transversa

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The Satellite Eupsilia transversa

silver-y (2)

Silver Y Autographa gamma

Spruce-carpet

Spruce Carpet Thera britannica

Yellow-Line-Quaker-1

Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta

November-1

November Moth Epirrita dilutata

This and all the following moths are November moths-a difficult one to identify, thanks to Roy Leverton for confirmation

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Garden Birds, Blooms & Beasts October 2011

A selection of photos of our garden birds and other visitors during October.

geraniums

Water droplets on Geranium

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Bluetit

brambling

Brambling

bullfinch

Bullfinch

cobweb

Water droplets on cobweb

feverfew

Feverfew

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Goldcrest

goldfinch

Goldfinch

greattit

Greattit

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Greattit

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Trying to escape!

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Greenfinch

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Comparing male & female greenfinches

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This ones been feasting on rosehips

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Great Spotted Woodpecker in the mist net

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His noise was deafening

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A very beautiful bird

gsw-biting

I’ll teach you to catch me!

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Checking the wings

gsw-head

This one is a male as only the males have the red stripe on the back of their necks. The adult female doesn’t have red on her head and the juveniles have a red cap.

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Male House Sparrow

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Hare just outside the window

Hare-2

Joined by another one

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and having a wash

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montbretia

Water droplets on montbretia

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Rainbow from the window

sparrowhawk

Female Sparrowhawk…

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..and the male with its prey, one of our Goldfinches!

squirrel-in-tree

We can see you!

verbens

Water droplets on Verbena..

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..and on the Hypericum