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Martin
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Noar Hill

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Went to Noar Hill in Hampshire today as I've seen it mentioned quite a bit here, and was glad I did. It seems all the DoBs have finished and that was a disappointment, but that was more than made up for when I spotted a Lesser Spotted Robin Turner and his wife, Pat. It was lovely to meet you both...it quite made my day :D
Anyway, only 7 species spotted I'm afraid, and I'm pretty peed off at my photographic efforts too...just had an off day I suppose. I was pleased after telling everyone who'd listen that I'd seen a Dingy Skipper (I was the only one apparently) that when walking at the end of the afternoon with Robin and Pat we saw another one, a female laying eggs. Spotted were:-

Red Admiral
Speckled Wood
Holly Blue
Green Hairstreak
Small Heath
Common Blue
Dingy Skipper

There were unconfirmed reports of Large Skipper and Small Blue as well.

Like I said, I'm not happy with these images but here goes anyway. The Holly Blue was taken at Park Wood in Ruislip before I left for Noar Hill.

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Robin...you'll be pleased to know I saw the Dingy Skipper in the image above about 3 minutes after you left :D

Martin

PS - can anyone ID this moth please?

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Nice shots!

The moth is Alabonia geoffrella. See:

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=929

Cheers,

- Pete
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Post by Robin »

Hi Martin,
It was good to meet you yesterday, I have sent you a pm with some info in it.
Cheers,
Robin
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