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Can someone please help identify this Moth , found on the Sweet track at Shapwick Moor, a new species for me.17-06-2024

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Can someone please identify this Moth , found on the Sweet track at Shapwick  Moor, a new species for me. 17-06-2024 I must say that few butterflies were seen during my visit ! Ringlet £ Speckled woods very disappointing. Of interest for the birders, another rarity, another  first for Somerset. Amer...

https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com All thins that fly. Around 1987 pestered by my youngest son I started building model aircraft, it had been a teenage  hobby of mine, one of my associates in our flying club who built gliders had the idea of  incorporating  a camera in one of his gliders, he flew o...

Sounds like a great trip Pete, thank you .
No experience with bears but regarding Wild Boar/Sangliers, here are three pictures of these critters taken with my 500+1.7 converter at a "safe" distance, I also much prefer my encounters with them on the dinner plate. take care.

Visitors to my garden https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/ A poor year for springtime butterflies in my Somerset garden, however the arrival of my first sighting of a Painted lady yesterday 12-05-2024 ( ("belle dame" in French),) hopeful this will set a trend and more visitors will arrive ...

Nostalgia https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/ The purpose of our trip to Cahors was to visit Château Cedre a Château we had previously visited, this time for my 83rd birthday gift “because I’am worth it ” for one of Cahors great wines, mission accomplished the following day a visit to a site discov...

Help please.
Can someone ID this critter?
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https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com Bempton Cliffs and Tree Sparrows. HOM_9913 Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus).jpg Bempton Cliffs is an absolute must visit for all bird lovers, an unforgettable experience, Bempton Cliffs car park area has been a reliable  location for Tree Sparrows, I do hope that bi...

Hello David, what an exciting visit,some great species, the Vallé de la Neste looks great for a visit, it's not one that I have had the pleasure of visiting. You have inspired me to make one last visit, if not for butterflies just to enjoy the scenery. My first visit to the Pyrenees was the result o...

Tiger in the garden.
Today in the garden ,my first Red Admiral of the year and a surprise visit by a Jersey tiger
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My favorite butterfly. https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com UK. my choice will be the White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) its elegant gliding flight is what attracts me to this species Somerset doesn't have a great selection of butterflies but we are fortunate to have a colony of White Admirals that  a...

Hi zig zag , thank you for your comments, your brother does seem to have an interesting patch, a little too far north for me. I have included a short video of Spoonbills taken at Catcott Lows, Somerset, your brother might find it interesting, Spoonbills travel in from the continent and can often be ...

Seeing is believing , amazing to see these photos . On our four principal Somerset reserves Marsh Harriers can often be seen but nevertheless to see the birds making a food pass is quite uncommon. In springtime the birds give a remarkable demonstration of coordination and aerial skill, pictures show...

Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra) Drôme. But where is Antony.

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I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest you've actually photographed two males here: Hello  Guy,  I visited the UK Dragonflies website following your comments  and checked the photo that you commented on and yes it appears to be an immature male, however might it also be a immature Female,? it d...

My walk along the Sweet Track was disappointing as regards butterflies, one Red Admiral,and three Specked Woods, however returning along the old S and D track a small Dragonfly caught my attention a male Scarce Chaser, this cheered me , my first sighting of the Male of this species, returning home a...

Your comments on the short video of the Black veined White compensated for the discomfort, many thanks.Jim. More videos on the link below, my favorite video is of the magnificent Apollo, surely the most beautiful Butterfly of the Mountains. Close Macro video. The Apollo https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfol...

Having touble with my computer this morning !!!

Video of Black veined White https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/p79 ... #h616a96df

Mention of Black veined White on UKB has brought back happy memories.of a visit to la Brenne, Indre, an early morning visit to a paddock neighbouring our campsite I chanced upon a colony of Black veined Whites at roost with the early morning dew on their wings. a favorite species APR_5398 Black-vein...

Le Col de l'Izoard,would be a good location for your search Chris , 100 yards to the west of the summit monument is a sheltered rocky gully where I have found female Cynthia's Fritillary, a likely spot to check out if you are in this locality.

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