Felix wrote: Neil Jones wrote:I am sorry I still don't understand unambigiously what is meant.


It means unequivocally; leaving no doubt; clearly; certainly etc. etc.

Hope this helps.

Hahahaha... now I know why you're called Felix!!!

(All in jest, chaps!)

Gibster.

Just watched the programme with Sami. Within seconds of it finishing she stated, " That was AWESOME! That was really really good! It would definitely appeal to people who aren't already into butterflies, don't you think? We gotta hitch up with that guy with the giant butterfly garden! What an a...

Paul Wetton wrote:Beat me to it Seth.

Yeah but you've got Mountain Ringlet, so fair's fair!

A-ha, finally a moth ID which I can answer with certainty!
The beast is Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria.

Cheers,

Gibster.

In August, going to the Grasslands National Park in SW Sask. to help in the study going on there regarding the Mormon Metalmark Hi Bob, I was going to post something (vaguely) witty regards Mormon Metalmark's sexual preferences when it comes to partners but ended up Googling "Mormon" and ...

Now that I've officially turned to The Dark Side (I hardly ever go birding nowadays, I'm but a shadow of my former twitcher self), I have a butterfly orientated question borrowed from the birding scene. Do folks ever undertake sponsored butterfly races? In birding circles the rules are simple. Gener...

Rogerdodge wrote:At least he didn't resort to the spider.

Aaaaah...finally the penny drops! Duh

Girls of that age are largely pathetic. Possibly so, but it's so satisfying watching a girlie huddle explode screaming in 100 different directions when you throw stag beetles into their hair :lol: ...I should mention that the last time I did that I was 12 years old - and was suitably punished... I ...

I well remember a particular Girls 100m race in my junior school, a hot sunny afternoon on Sports Day. We boys had all run our heats, now it was the girl's turn. The girls lined up, fingers in the grass, bums in the air...on your marks...get set (cue a spider to run across one particular set of fing...

alex mclennan wrote:Those of you familiar with Adrian Riley's 'British and Irish Butterflies' might like to read 'Arrivals and Rivals', an account of a year's twitching (2002) in which Adrian and Lee Evans went head to head to notch up the highest UK bird count for the year. Makes interesting readi...

Gibster, were you on any of the 'twitches' featured? Hi Lee, I wasn't in the programme, but I was filmed inside the Scillonian Bar on St Mary's, Scilly. A nice insight into the role call each evening throughout the "Scilly (ie Silly) Season" with much humour and banter throughout. Unfortu...

Last month it was "Twitchers - A Very British Obsession". I know the three main characters the editors chose to portray. The main character, Lee Evans, was so unhappy with how his five and a half hours of interview were chopped into the 'juiciest quotes' he has since given a full interview...

And I thought we birders were the weird bunch....

Gibster wrote:Hence the introductions are for purely aesthetic purposes. These reintroductions are not "purely aesthetic". They have been for genuine research purposes. Work on understanding the ecology of the Large Blue, in particular, has been applied to most of the related species on t...

the introductions are for purely aesthetic purposes Assuming it harms nothing else, is this wrong? Hi Matsukaze, agreed, by and large no real harm is being done so generally this is not "wrong" (although illicit releases are illegal under British legislation). Indeed if the habitat has be...

I find this thread fascinating. I've read it back a couple of times. As a "natural born listmaker/listkeeper" and one who likes to know that what I'm seeing really is what I'm seeing, I find the current debate educational and, at times, just a little disheartening. My own personal view reg...

I find the idea of a British List rather odd - particularly an official British List Hi Matsukaze 松風 British folk are just queer, I guess! :wink: Incidentally, who are the 'officials' when it comes to butterflies? Does everyone follow and agree with Emmet? Do BC see themselves as the dons of the bu...

Oops....something about worms and an opened can?

Pete Eeles wrote:And the policy is the reason why Marbled Fritillary (seen in Finemere Wood for the last few years) won't be on the list. Is this a self-sustaining population then? Hi Pete, Felix, Jack et al What happens if the population becomes self-sustaining? Would it then become "British&...

Hi Paul, the trailer looks superb, we're looking forward to watching the whole thing on a big screen! Just a tad galling seeing Clouded Yellow and Mountain Ringlet as we missed both this year. Many congratulations, we're proper impressed. So what are your plans for next year? Something to trump the ...