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Jeff Blincow's Blog (Privacy Policy) Interesting records
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| Spring in Finnmark - May 2022 A cold start, then a quick transition to a heat-wave. . |
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 Fairy Shrimp Polyartemia forcipata |
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 Sørgekåpe Nymphalis antiopa |
 Cranberry Fritillary |
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 Polar Bumblebee |
 Bombus pascuorum |
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 Norse Grayling |
 Polarblåvinge Agriades aquilo |
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 Bombus balteatus |
 Glacies coracina at sea-level |
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| UK mammals - June 2021 Mammals from around and about. |
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 Hedgehogs in Earls Barton |
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 Badger in Colwyn |
 Badger in Colwyn |
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 Red Squirrel on Anglesey |
 Red Squirrel on Anglesey |
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| Nebo, North Wales - May 2020 Highlights from Spring around Nebo. |
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 Nantlle from Craig Cwm Silyn with a blue sky! |
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 Marsh Fritilliary |
 Small Pearl-bordered Fritilliary |
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 Bombus monticola |
 Bombus monticola |
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 Llyn Cwm Dulyn |
 Llyn Cwm Dulyn |
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 Ctenicera cuprea |
 Emperor Moth |
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| Amazon - July 2019 A primates and Parrots tour of the flood-plain of the Amazon. |
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 Rio Amana |
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 Confluence of Rio Negro and Rio Solimões |
 Rio Amana Fog Bow |
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 Golden-white Tassel-ear Marmoset Mico chrysoleucos |
 Silvery Marmoset Mico argentatus |
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 Capuchin Bird |
 Varzea Piculet |
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 Lake Baptista Titi Plecturocebus baptista |
 Spix's White-fronted Capuchin Cebus unicolor |
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| Nabang, Yunnan, China - Jan 2018 Birding on the Burmese border. Good forest birding and lots of wetland birds here too. The classic star bird Ibisbill was seen on the border river. Wire-tailed Swallow was found and a first for China was seen in the form of Stork-billed Kingfisher. |
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 Collared Starling |
 Rufous-naped Laughingthrush |
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 Long-tailed Thrush |
 White-crowned Forktail |
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| Baihualing, Yunnan, China - Jan 2018 This was a birding trip in Yunnan to Baihualing in the Gaoligongshan mountain range and, a few hours' drive to the south-west, Nabang and Yingjiang in the remaining lowland forests along the Burmese border. Sid, our guide, sorted the trip out efficiently so there were many happy hours birding. Birding is evolving here and a lot of time was spent in hides, but we did see lots of birds and had incredible views. Nights were cold. Daytime was quite cool in the mountains, but it was T-shirt weather on the Burmese border. Baihualing has a track that rises up the mountain through a range of different habitats enabling birders to enjoy a wide assortment of species. |
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 Mrs. Hume's Pheasant - stunning! |
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 Himalayan Red-flanked Bluetail |
 Vinaceous Rosefinch |
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 Scaly Laughingthrush |
 Scarlet-faced Liochichla |
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The Best of 2017
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| Stockgrove Country Park, Bedfordshire - Sept 2017 These were more than enough to brighten the day. |
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 Trumpet Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis |
 Trumpet Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis |
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| Epping Forest, Essex - Sept 2017 Hare's Ear and Blackening Russula contributed 60% of the the fungi on display. |
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 Hare's Ear Otidea onotica |
 Hare's Ear Otidea onotica |
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| Fungi in Northants - Sept 2017 There are just enough fungi about to make for a good foray. It is unusual as it is not particularly dry, but still the numbers are low. |
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 Yellowing Cup Peziza succosa |
 Pseudocraterellus undulatus |
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| NordKapp, Finnmark, Norway - Sept 2017 Perfect weather for a day out looking for wildlife on NordKapp. Everything was a bit thin on the ground, but a flock of 8 Sea-eagles was quite novel. |
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 Black-throated Divers were on every lake |
 NordKapp on a calm day |
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 Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata |
 Bibio pomonae |
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 Hygrocybe conica |
 Siberian Poppy |
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| Trollholmsund, Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway - 2017 I have never seen 5 species of helvellas in a day before. |
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 Trollholmsund |
 Trollholmsund |
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 Helvella arctoalpina |
 Helvella dissingii |
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| Sandvik, Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway - 2017 Entoloma heaven with 10 species in a day to go with a fine set of waxcaps. |
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 A temperature inversion created these unusual conditions in Porsanger Fjord |
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 Entoloma griseocyaneum |
 Entoloma infula |
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 Entoloma sericeum |
 Entoloma serrulatum |
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| Saproxylic Days - Northants - June 2017 Beetles are in good numbers this year, but a month earlier than normal. |
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 Ampedus quercicola |
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 Hallomenus binotatus |
 Brachytarsus fasciatus |
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 Platystomos albinus |
 Platyrhinus resinosus |
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| Hairstreak Days - July 2017 It has been good for butterflies over the last few weeks in Northants. Here are some of the finest: a prial of hairstreaks. |
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 Black Hairstreak was early this year. |
 White-letter Hairstreak on bramble in good weather. |
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 Purple Hairstreak is everywhere at the moment . |
 Purple Hairstreak |
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| South-central Chile - March 2017 I was picking off some of the rather lovely places I have missed on previous trips to Chile. I visited Nahuelbuta National Park to experience the Auricaria Forests and ventured up the Andes to the Argentine border near Laguna Maule. The Monkey Puzzle forests were right up there with the best places I've been to on Earth - you have to go - it must be on the list of places you 'have to see'. |
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 Nahuelbuta National Park Auricaria auricaria |
 Nahuelbuta National Park Auricaria auricaria (Wow!) |
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 Maule Valley - terrific scenery and lots of Torrent Ducks. |
 Explain this? |
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| Lomas in the Atacama Desert - February 2017 The Camanchaca fogs create the coastal fog/mist islands enabling a thriving plant community to survive in one of the driest regions on the planet. No clouds, no mist, no fog, just clear blue skies when I was in the Nacional Parques of Pan de Azucar and Llanos de Challe. At least it clouded over when I was at Paposa. |
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 Paposa with the clouds building over the coastal hills |
 Copiapoa haseltoniana |
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 Lush vegetation at Pan de Azucar |
 Copiapoa cinerea var. albispina |
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| Cayambe-Coca just east of Quito, Ecuador - February 2017 An excellent package was put together by 'Neblina Forest' to enable me to visit 3 sites where Spectacled Bear occurs and they had also suggested Sani Lodge. I saw nine different bears, but the Mountain Tapir eluded me. I will have to wait for another trip. |
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 Spectacled Bear |
 Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve |
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 White-tailed Deer |
 Andean Condor |
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Sani Lodge along the Rio Napo in Ecuador - February 2017 |
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 Sani Lodge situated on an Ox-bow lake. |
 Poepigg's Woolly Monkey |
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 Velvet Tarantula |
 Grey-winged Trumpeter |
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| Tapiche Reserve - February 2017 400km from Iquitos in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Well worth the effort and a fine set of birds and mammals. Two species of river dolphin and Bald Uakari were highlights but there is so much to offer and if you want real undisturbed jungle then this is truely miles from anywhere. |
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 Red Howler Monkey |
 Ucayali River where river dolphins often pass by the lodge. |
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 Great Potoo always special to see in daylight |
 Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat one of 3 we saw. |
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Los Amigos Biological Station - January 2017 |
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 Rio Madre De Dios |
 Saddleback Tamarin |
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 Emperor Tamarin |
 Purus Jacamar |
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The Best of 2016
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| Cruising Cuba in a Chevy The only way to bird Cuba is in a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. The Northants A team hired a car and driver and didn't look back. The Casa system of hotels is excellent making for an all-round classic trip. It had proved difficult to organise from home but was easy on the ground. If you want to do Cuba I have put together a PDF: Easy Birding in Cuba. You do have to do the birding yourself, but there are guides available at each site. |
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 57 Chevy |
 57 Chevy |
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 Cuban Trogon |
 Cuban Tody |
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 Black-throated Blue Warbler |
 Black & White Warbler |
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 Red-legged Thrush |
 Blue-capped Quail-dove |
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Churchill – Manitoba |
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 Polar Bear |
 Two young males sparring |
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 Red Fox (Cross Fox) |
 Time for a coffee |
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 Top class Aurora display near Churchill |
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| Arctic Norway - September 2016 A magic trip to Finnmark looking at all forms of wildlife. A hire car made this sojourn a little more enjoyable that my last visit back in 1980 when I was hitch-hiking. Varanger was suprisingly quiet, next time I will visit earlier in the year. However, this was peak time for fungi. |
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 Hygrocybe conica var. aurantioluteacea the lovely golden form of conica that occurs in the arctic. |
 Slettenes the most northerly light-house on mainland Europe. |
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 Sandfjordneset - I fancied a gentle swim in the sea, but luckily I had forgotten my trunks. |
 Arctic Redpoll |
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 White-tailed Eagle |
 Nesseby on the Varanger Peninsula |
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 Bluethroat |
 Reindeer |
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 Bankera fuligineoalba |
 Cortinarius philoides |
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 Siberian Jay |
 Siberian Tit |
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 Rough-legged Buzzard |
 Merlin |
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 Hydnellum caeruleum |
 Hydnellum caeruleum |
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Oygarden, Norway - July 2016 |
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 velvet ant Mutilla europaea |
 velvet ant Mutilla europaea |
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 Scalloped Shell Hydria undulata |
 Bilberry Pug Pasiphila debiliata |
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Yardley Chase - May 2016 |
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 Rhinoceros Beetle |
 Deathwatch Beetle |
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 Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea |
 Mordellochroa abdominalis |
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 Ischnomera cyanea |
 Scarce Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus |
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| Crete - April 2016 They say you should never go back... I was on Crete in 1985 and returned to make a better job of the plants. The whole island is now over-run by sheep and goats and few native plants survive on the agri-plateaus. There are a few bits left with a good set of wild flowers, but, the Lasithi Plateau, are you kidding - it might have had 2000 species of plant, but it certainly hasn't now. |
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  Cretan Sheep and Bishop's Ophrys |
  Sitia Orchid and its' nemesis: a Cretan Goat |
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 Lasithi Plateau: wall to wall agriculture |
 Mount Ida: completely goated out |
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  Common Cretan Orchid and Calomera littoralis |
  Cretan Tulip and Fan-lipped Orchid |
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  Yellow Asphodel and Scarce Swallowtail |
  Sparse-flowered Orchid and Cretan Yellow Arum |
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| Costa Rica - February 2016 I wonder why it has taken me so long to visit this gem of a wildlife country? This was a tour of the classic well-known sites close to San Jose. I've no doubt that I will return. We saw some of the all time classics: Replendent Quetzal, Agami Heron, Three-wattled Bellbird and Snowy Cotinga as well as a good set of mammals, so it was worth the wait. We were lied to twice about where to look for wildlife at the Monteverde front-desk - what is that all about? - if they expect to be viewed as a respectable reserve they need to get their house in order! Visitors should go to the excellent Curi Canchi Reserve nearby for an all-round better experience. The highlight of the trip was this gorgeous Velvet Worm at La Selva. |
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 Velvet Worm |
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 Resplendent Quetzal |
 Red-eyed Tree Frog |
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 Variegated Squirrel |
 Violet Sabrewing |
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 Collared Aracari |
 Keel-billed Toucan |
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 Zygogramma violaceomaculata |
 Green Pit Viper |
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The Best of 2015
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| Southern Chile - December 2015 The mainland King Penguin site on Tierra del Fuego goes from strength to strength. After a short detour for Magellanic Plover we then headed north for big cats. Several days of effort at Torres del Paine were eventually rewarded with views of 6 Pumas. On Chiloe Island we were greeted with lots of goodies in the Nothofagus Forests: you don't get more colourful that Ceroglossus buqueti and you don't get any bigger than Phenes raptor anywhere in the world. |
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 King Penguin colony site in Tierra del Fuego |
 King Penguin |
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 Darwin's Slipper in Torres del Paine |
 Magellanic Plover |
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 Puma snack in Torres del Paine |
 Puma |
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 Ceroglossus buqueti |
 Phenes raptor |
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| Northern Chile - November 2015 We had several days enjoying the desert and altiplano east of Arica. Very little survives here unless it is well adapted to the cold and lack of water. It took no time to find a proper bit of desert with nothing but rocks. We only saw 31 species of bird in 5 days and Viscacha and Vicuna were the only common mammals. Diademed Sandpiper-plover was the avian highlight. |
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 Proper desert, no life as far as the eye can see. |
 Azorella compacta survives the harsh condition for thousands of years and was flowering despite the lack of recent rain. |
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 Lago Chungara in Lauca National Park. |
 Andean Flamingo at a soda lake. |
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 Vicunas at Sular de Surire. |
 The impressive Sular de Surire was our final stop. This soda lake is worth the visit if only for the solitude - apart from the digging and the lorries that ruin this national park. |
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| Arne, Dorset - October 2015 A lovely Autumn day on the south coast. The Arne Reserve had a few Spoonbills and a couple of Firecrests, but the highlights were two Water Voles and a Raft Spider. |
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 Water Vole |
 Water Vole |
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 Water Vole |
 Raft Spider |
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| Norway - September 2015 A good showing of Aurora Borealis and an unexpected owl were both a real bonus. I was bird ringing with Nigel Goodgame on Øygarden not far from Bergen. Although numbers of common migrants birds were down there were some more unusual species to be enjoyed. |
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 Aurora Borealis |
 Hawk Owl |
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 Black-headed Bunting |
 Barred Warbler |
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 Hydnum concescens |
 Blue Jellyfish |
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| Norway in the garden - September 2015 For a few days there were Ruff everywhere: garden lawns being most suitable. There was a small but constant passage of raptors heading south in the warm weather that also kept the moth numbers up. |
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 Ruff |
 Brambling |
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 Sparrowhawk |
 Goshawk |
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 Red-green Carpet |
 Deadly Waxcap |
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| Heather - August 2015 Not for the fist time I was heather bound. I visited several sites in the Surrey Heathlands hoping for the much saught after Hieroglyphic Ladybird. Finally success and there are always other things to see when you have a target. The Shieldbug and Hieroglyphic Ladybird are dependant on Heather Beetle whose presence is erratic. |
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 Heather Ladybird |
 Heather Shieldbug |
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 Hieroglyphic Ladybird |
 Hieroglyphic Ladybird |
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 Heather Beetle |
 Hieroglyphic Ladybird |
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| The Chilterns - August 2015 Richard Van had me heading for the Chilterns again. Several sites later and we had seen a good range of stuff. |
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 Autumn Lady's-tresses |
 Beewolf |
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 Parasitic Bolete |
 Platydracus stercorarius |
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 Wasp Spider |
 Willow Bracket |
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| Yardley Chase - August 2015 Plenty of Great Crested Newt efts in a range of ages. The big efts are the size of adult Smooth Newts. Stacks of other good stuff around to enjoy. |
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 Smooth Newt larva |
 Great Crested Newt larva |
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 Marbled White |
 Silver-washed Fritillary |
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 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta |
 Median Wasp Dolichovespula media |
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| Northampton 2 - July 2015 Beetle time again. This reed beetle is more than impressive when photographed with flash. The puncture marks reflect a full spectrum of colours. Three Yellow Mealworm Beetles in a week, a photogenic tortoise beetle and some unusual ladybird examples. |
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 Donacia versicolorea |
 Yellow Mealworm Beetle Tenebrio molitor |
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 7-spot Ladybird |
 10-spot Ladybird |
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 Harlequin Ladybird |
 Green Tortoise Beetle Cassida viridis |
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| Northampton 1 - July 2015 The back garden. I was rearranging the logs in my back garden when a solitary wasp Ectemnius lituratus flew by carrying prey and disappeared into a hole in a log. I waited and it reappeared looking rather untidy. I was treated to days of fun as several of them used some old birch logs for their business; not the regular substrate for wasps. |
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 Old logs always come up with the goods |
 Just emerging from a hole and looking a bit worse for wear. |
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 Ectemnius lituratus and holes |
 Ectemnius lituratus sunning itself |
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| Kingsthorpe - Northampton - July 2015 It's moth time. The weather has enlivened the moths. A few nice specimens and evidence of migration in Pete Sharpe's back garden. |
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 A flight of hawk-moths: Poplar, Elephant and Privet |
 Goat Moth |
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 Varied Coronet |
 Small Mottled Willow, a migrant |
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| Yardley Hastings - June 2015 Time spent watching this logpile was profitable. When the sun came out there were jewel beetles everywhere. They were quick to settle in the bark cracks and lay eggs. |
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 Agrilus laticornis |
 Logpile with 100+ jewel beetles |
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 Agrilus cyanescens showing its' ovipositor |
 Agrilus cyanescens egg-laying |
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| Redgrave Fen - May 2015 A day out in East Anglia to look for the big spider. It has been thirty-five years since I first looked for this; it didn't let me down. This one gave a good display, it didn't move for an hour. It was doing what it does well: waiting and waiting and... |
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 Redgrave - Little Fen |
 Great Raft Spider |
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 Spider pool |
 Great Raft Spider |
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| I wasn't quite sure how to put my feet up - never done it before, I couldn't bring myself to miss an opportunity. Wicken Fen - May 2015 A few clicks down the road is one of the best sites in the UK. I moan about the weather, but this was a day with no wind - perfect. The reeds were still and there were beetles everywhere. |
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 Wicken windmill |
 Marsh Click Beetle
Actenicerus sjaelandicus |
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 Agriotes sordidus |
 Denticollis linearis |
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The Best of 2015
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Hankley Common - April 2015 |
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 Agonum sexpunctatum |
 Heather Ladybird |
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 Tooth-necked Fungus Beetle Laricobius erichsonii |
 Large Pine-shoot Beetle Tomicus piniperda |
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| Iffley Meadows, Oxford - April 2015 A lovely setting by the river in Oxford. I meant to drop in and enjoy this spectacle at the end of a trip one day, but never got it organised. This deserved its' own trip out - most enjoyable! |
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 Snake's-head Fritillary |
 Snake's-head Fritillary |
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 Snake's-head Fritillary at Iffley Meadows |
 Snake's-head Fritillary |
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| Bedfordshire - April 2015 I ventured into Bedfordshire with Richard Van. We had a nice showing of cladonia lichens at Rammamere Heath and a Blue Shieldbug. Common Groundhopper and a small Eyelash Fungus were at Flitwick Moor and finished with a good display of Pasqueflower at Knocking Hoe. |
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 Pasqueflower |
 Pasqueflower |
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 Common Groundhopper |
 Blue Shieldbug |
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 Devil's Matchstick |
 Eyelash Fungus |
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| Cyprus - March 2015 A plant and bird trip for two weeks to the Eastern Mediterranean. I had a great time and got to all of the sites. Conditions were ideal for the plants and there were plenty of migrants, so no complaints. The second spot on the best of 2015 roster was taken by Sandy Stilt Puffball at the Tomb of the Kings. That only leaves one place left for the rest of the year. |
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 Cyprus Scops Owl |
 Cyprus Warbler |
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 Orchis troodii |
 Ophrys aphrodite |
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 Ophrys kotschyi |
 Ophrys sicula |
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| The Mumbles - February 2015 A day out to the Mumbles for the 15 year extreme low tide on 20th Feb with Richard Van. The highlights for me were the much sought after Rosy Featherstar while rock-pooling and a Scorpion Spider Crab camouflaged with sponges. The Featherstar already takes one of the three places for best of 2015. |
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 Rosy Featherstar |
 Scorpion Spider Crab |
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 Five-bearded Rockling |
 Shore Rockling |
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 Long-legged Spider-crab Macropodia rostrata |
 Dead Mans Fingers |
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The Best of 2014
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West Papua - September 2014 |
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 Vogelkop Bowerbird |
 Vogelkop Bowerbird bower |
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 Wilson's Bird-of-paradise |
 12-wired Bird-of-paradise |
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 Western Parotia |
 Wandering Glider |
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Gran Canaria - August 2014 |
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 Gran Canaria |
 Blue Marlin |
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 Atlantic Spotted Dolphin |
 Barolo Shearwater |
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 Fin Whale |
 Seabirds |
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Romania - July 2014 |
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 Piatra Craiului |
 Brown Bear |
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 Ctenicera cuprea |
 5-spot Ladybird |
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 Transfagarasan |
 Pachyta quadrimaculata |
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 Chafer |
 Pharmacis carna |
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 Ruby-tailed Wasp |
 Field Cricket
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Thursley Common - June 2014
It's not every day you find a Snakefly. An Eyed Ladybird with a few less spots than normal was a bonus. It was nice to find Scarce Seven-spot Ladybird at one of the classic site; it was in a tree next to an ant nest. |
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 Snakefly |
 Eyed Ladybird |
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 Scarce Seven-spot Ladybird |
 Triaxomera parasitella |
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Suffolk - June 2014 A Flat Bug and a Spongefly on the same day was pretty good. |
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 Aneurus laevis |
 Aneurus laevis |
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 Spongefly Sisyra fuscata |
 Cream-spot Tiger
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Salcey Forest - May 2014 |
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 Black-striped Longhorn Beetle Stenurella melanura |
 Oomorphus concolor |
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 Anisoma humeralis |
 Anisoma humeralis on Enteridium lycoperdon |
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 Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus |
 Hedobia imperialis |
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 Cellar Cup Peziza cerea |
 Agonum muelleri |
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Colorado - April 2014 |
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 Colorado |
 Greater Sage Grouse |
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 Sharp-tailed Grouse |
 Dusky Grouse |
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 Aspen |
 Elk |
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 American Dipper |
 Greater Prairie Chicken |
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Texas - April 2014 |
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 Rio Grande |
 Altamira Oriole |
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 Speckled Racer |
 Great Blue Heron |
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 Anahuac |
 Blackburnian Warbler |
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 Scarlet Tanager |
 Hooded Warbler |
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Ladakh - India - February 2014 |
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 Hemis NP |
 Wallcreeper |
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 Blue Sheep |
 Rumbak Valley |
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 Snow Leopard |
 Snow Leopard |
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 Brown Dipper |
 Black-throated Thrush |
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Black Mountains - Wales - February 2014 |
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 Severn Bore |
 Cat's Back |
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 Jelly Tooth Pseudohydnum gelatinosum |
 Jelly Tooth Pseudohydnum gelatinosum |
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| Northern Argentina - December 2013 This turned into a sprint across Argentina where we saw a good selection of what was on offer. A fabulous trip was spoilt by a dreadful car hire experience with Alamo. The car was not fit for the journey from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires; it broke down 4 times and we lost several days. The vehicle green card was out of date for which I was fined $200 by the Argentine police. |
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 Southern Right Whale |
 Elephant Seal |
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 Toco Toucan |
 Elegant-crested Tinamou |
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 Iguazu Falls |
 Great Dusky Swift |
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 Surucua Trogon |
 Black-throated Mango |
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Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia - November 2013 |
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 Beagle Channel |
 Gentoo Penguin |
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 Snowy Sheathbill |
 Darwin's Bread |
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 Ruddy-headed Goose |
 Magellanic Snipe |
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 Rockhopper Penguin |
 Rockhopper Penguin |
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 Commerson's Dolphin |
 Chubut Steamer Duck |
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 Magellanic Plover |
 Dwarf Armadillo Zaedyus pichiy |
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Cairngorms - Scotland - October 2013 |
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 Cairngorms |
 Scaly Hedgehog |
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 Hydnellum Peckii |
 Cairngorm Sunset |
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 Drumstick Truffle Club |
 Snake's Tongue Truffle Club |
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 Glen Affric |
 Amanita rubescens var annulosulphurea |
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Blorenge - Wales - October 2013 |
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 Parrot Waxcap Hygrocybe psittacina var psittacina |
 Parrot Waxcap Hygrocybe psittacina var perplexa |
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 Big Blue Pinkgill |
 Parrot Waxcap with unusual colouration |
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 Squamanita paradoxa |
 Vermillion Waxcap |
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Burnham Beeches |
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 Burnham Beeches |
 Porcelain Fungus |
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 Powdery Piggyback |
 Silky Piggyback |
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 Ceratiomyxa porioides |
 Ceratiomyxa porioides |
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 Clavulina coralloides / Helminthosphaeria clavariorum |
 Death Cap |
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Norway - August 2013 |
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 True-lover's Knot |
 Bar-tailed Godwit |
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 Common Hawker |
 Lemon Sole |
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 Pollack |
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Cornwall - August 2013 |
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 Buoy Barnacle |
 Cornish Sucker |
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West Wales - July 2013 |
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 Dune Tiger Beetle |
 2-spot Ladybird Larva |
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 5-spot Ladybird Larva |
 7-spot Ladybird Larva |
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 14-spot Ladybird Larva |
 Cream-spot Ladybird |
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Nepal - April 2013 |
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 Chitwan |
 Indian One-horned Rhino |
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 Chitwan |
 Smooth-coated Otter |
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 Rhyothemis variegata |
 Trumpet Tail |
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 Silver-backed Needletail |
 Greater Painted-snipe |
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 Sarus Crane |
 Everest |
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 Gharial |
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Bhutan - April 2013 |
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 Blood Pheasant |
 Himalayan Monal |
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 Golden Langur |
 Rhododendron kesangiae |
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 Rhododendron edgeworthii |
 Rhododendron falconeri |
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 Ward's Trogon |
 Gaeana sulphurea |
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 Zhemgang Road |
 Capped Langur |
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 Beautiful Nuthatch |
 Amata cysseus |
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Western Sahara - December 2012 |
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 Km 216 |
 Fat-tailed Jird |
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 Lesser Egyptian Jerboa |
 Oued Jenna South |
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 Desert Sparrow |
 Western Reef-egret |
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Corby - November 2012 |
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 Coral Tooth on Ash |
 Coral Tooth |
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 Coral Tooth |
 Inocybe geophylla var lilacina |
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Sichwan - China - November 2012 |
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 Laba He |
 Lady Amherst's Pheasant |
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 Red Panda |
 Red Panda |
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 Tibetan Macaque |
 Dusky Thrush |
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 Grey-hooded Parrotbill |
 a silk moth Rhodinia jankowski |
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Tibet - November 2012 |
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 Tibet Scenery |
 Tibetan Fox |
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 Przewalski's Pinktail |
 Saker Falcon |
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 White-rumped Snowfinch |
 Ibisbill |
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 Hume's Groundpecker |
 Chiru |
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 Bar-headed Goose |
 Henderson's Ground Jay |
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Tenerife - August 2012 |
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 Mount Teide |
 Canary Blue |
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 Cory's Shearwater |
 Tenerife |
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 Plain Swift |
 Scarlet Darter |
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 Yellow-mouthed Barracuda |
 Ornate Wrasse |
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Norway - August 2012 |
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 Blue Jellyfish |
 Corkwing Wrasse |
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 Cuckoo Wrasse |
 Lion's Mane Jellyfish |
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| Sulawesi - August 2011 This was a birding trip to Sulawesi and Halmahera. Lots of lovely birds and mammals everywhere. Diabolical Nightjar and and Tarsier were the best that Sulawesi had to offer, Standardwing was all that Halmahera needed to shine brightly. We saw the best set of night birds we have seen anywhere. |
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 Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher |
 Green-backed Kingfisher |
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 Black Crested Macaque |
 Spectral Tarsier |
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| Norway - July 2010 A family trip to Vik near Bergen with Nigel and Sissel. Swimming with comb jellies and Lion's Mane Jellyfish was most enjoyable and cold. |
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 White-tailed Eagle |
 a comb jelly Bolinopsis infundibulum |
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 Poor Cod |
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 Cod |
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Nepenthes pitopangii