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dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 20 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    



different i have not met one before

nice gillie suit if you are not on a blue peg

up close it looks like a moth, a rhinoceros and a stegosaurus had a bit of an incident in a matter transmitter, the other two "spawn" might be a tad odd as well

what is that?

derbyshiredowser



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Location: derbyshire
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 20 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:


different i have not met one before

nice gillie suit if you are not on a blue peg

up close it looks like a moth, a rhinoceros and a stegosaurus had a bit of an incident in a matter transmitter, the other two "spawn" might be a tad odd as well

what is that?


is it not a comma butterfly ?

buzzy



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Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 20 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I believe that to be a Silver Y moth (Autographa gamma). You can see the silver 'y', or gamma!

Sometimes appear in large numbers at about this time of year. They like purple flowers (thistles, knapweeds etc).

Henry

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 20 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

thanks, in that case it might have come for the lavender and been distracted by the peg when it needed a snooze

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 20 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I was trying to photograph a butterfly in the woods a couple of days ago but it escaped. Not quite sure if it was a faded silver washed fritillary, a comma or what, although the wing shape looked wrong for a comma. I am not sure if we have other fritillaries in the wood, or not, as I sometimes see some that don't quite look 'right', but not sure if they are females or another species.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 13, 20 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

note to self , i must try to snap more butterflies.

there are several types of pale ones with spots at the mo

in flight snaps would be fun for me but using the speedlight might be less fun for them
sometimes snapping them at rest makes it tricky to see what they are

i am still recovering from meeting the moth monstrosity, that one was a wow critter

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 20 8:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They can be a pain to photograph when resting as they either fold their wings when you don't want them too, or don't stay still long enough. Even worse in flight. Rather lovely though. We had a beautiful peacock land on the bonnet of the truck the other day. Have seen some yellow butterflies around lately, so think they must be clouded yellow as they are the wrong shape for brimstone.

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 20 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Saw a deer and large fawn eating the grass by a mowed area by a sign on the motorway the other day. The bits in front of the signs are kept fairly short, so ideal feed. Roe deer if it is of any interest.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 20 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

we used to track the blacktail roe across derbyshire, 2 spaniels doing wide swerves and 3 stealth hounds at heel.

we often found them and then watched them from a distance, nice critters, i suspect they were descendants of"park" SKPs from one of the "big houses"
a good way to learn the landscape as well

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 20 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Don't know much about black tailed roe, but how far would they travel just out of interest? I think ours tend to migrate fairly well around the woods, and into the fields locally as they have no reason to go elsewhere, but I know that fallow can go a very long way.

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 20 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

this smallish herd would amble up to ten miles at a time in a territory that was about 7 miles long and 5 miles wide from outside bakewell to outside matlock on the stanton moor side of the derwent,a big area for a herd of between 6 and 10
afaik they had no competition from other deer in that patch
a mix of woodland, moor and grazing much of which sloped, they were not shy at eating peoples gardens at 4 am either

in the cairngorms i used to amuse my self by stalking the big red ones, alone and without hound.
finding them is fairly easy but slithering into the middle of a herd sitting out a blizzard is worth it if you can manage it just for the look on their faces when you say hello in the midst of them.
i takes a few hours and probably has some serious hns and perhaps ethical issues but it was fun.
counting coup on a large stag might have gone very badly, being older and i hope a little wiser a cosy "hide" a comfortable distance and the 400m lens seem more appealing than meet and greet:lol:

imho with the right techniques deer are easier to find than many critters and to get close enough to eat or greet them

the only deer that have worried me were reindeer, not because they are fierce they are charming in many ways but because they can learn to trigger avalanches in order to have a safe descent route and perhaps some exposed vegetation as they head down
i saw them do it(i had been warned) but they were a bit further up the glen than me, if they had been directly above it would have been messy

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 20 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I do stalk deer in the wood, just to see how close I can get, but always do my best not to spook them. The aim is for them just to wander away gently. Thanks for the info on the territory. Although I have no real idea of the size of territory of the deer in the wood, I suspect it is something like our wood and the attached plus a few fields. They have been seen in quite big groups in the fields early in the morning in winter, and they tend to migrate into the attached woods during the day because of human and canine visitors.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 20 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

maybe the story of how Bird got his name needs updating

sorry muso joke, the article is quite interesting.

i had often thought that at times they were just enjoying themselves rather than asserting themselves by voice.

this study has had a methodical look at the idea

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 20 7:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Interesting article, but it seemed to miss out the need to communicate within a flock or smaller unit. Birds that are most vocal when together, such as starlings and sparrows also tend to be flock birds, and pairs must have to communicate in other contexts other than just for the necessities of life.

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 20 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

youngii is home

we so happy

nice he was pottering, smiled at his agah janissary who smiled back with a slightly sinister glint

i promised him i would take vengeance and return him to his homestead, after over a week with no rats he has returned from exile and hopefully will re-establish the dynasty in their rightful place

long live the sammisons

i need to get him a harvest to replace the winter stores despoiled by the barbarians

feeding birdtown again should help

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