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part-time Naturalist: February 2014

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Tuesday, 25 February 2014. Ringed Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus L.), Eastney, Hampshire 7th Feb 2014. Before the month is out, I should not forget to post about the BTO ringed adult Meditteranean gull, which I photographed at Eastney on the 07/02/14 - as the history of the bird has now been obtained. From the BTO ringing scheme. The bird (metal ring No. EG61729 ). Ringed mediterranean gull Eastney. Thursday, 20 February 2014.

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part-time Naturalist: June 2015

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Friday, 19 June 2015. Portsdown Hill - patch listing. An hour and a half spent below Fort Southwick, Portsdown Hill, this afternoon walking the old transect in Campartments 1 and 2 produced: large skipper (4), small blue (5), holly blue (2), meadow brown (18), marbled white (13), brimstone (5), speckled wood (2), and singles of comma and brown argus. Silver y, treble bar. And a single white ermine moth were also noted. White ermine moth (.

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part-time Naturalist: March 2014

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Thursday, 27 March 2014. Winter Wildfowl Photography. The results are in. Today, I took the opportunity to get a few more shots off - of the purple sandpiper (. It may seem a little repetitive from a BLOG point of view, but I was keen to practice with the camera on some familiar subjects, whilst trying out some of the lessons learned on a recent photography course. Aperture Priority and manually setting the ISO. As above - cropped to single...

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2017 Calendar of UK Botanical Illustration/ Painting Courses. Directory of painting classes at the Artists Home. Fiona Kane Botanical Painting. 2017 Calendar of UK Botanical Illustration/ Painting Courses. List of UK Botanical Illustration/Art/Painting Courses for 2017 in the form of a Directory. These courses are held in public venues and colleges in the UK in 2017. This is a comprehensive list of Botanical Painting and Illustration Courses. JANUARY 9 January 2017. Botanical Painting - A taster Day.

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part-time Naturalist: Silver studs on Gore Heath, Dorset

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Friday, 3 July 2015. Silver studs on Gore Heath, Dorset. The briefest of an afternoon's exploration of the southern slopes of Gore Heath in Dorset (off the B3075) enabled me to connect with silver-studded blue ( Plebejus argos. For the first time this summer. Also noted large skipper ( Ochlodes sylvanus. Small skipper ( Thymelicus sylvestris. Small heath ( Coenonympha pamphylis. And meadow brown ( Maniola jurtina. Try these other Blogs.

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part-time Naturalist: March 2015

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Friday, 20 March 2015. Don't mention the Solar Eclipse . It wasn't visible in Southsea . The purple sandpiper ( Calidris maritama. Numbers have built up over the last week, with fifteen seen today. Two or three chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus collybita. Southsea Castle purple sandpipers. Monday, 2 March 2015. Patch birding . Southsea seafront pt. 2. After my visit to Southsea Castle I went looking for Mediterranean gulls ( Larus melanocephalus.

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part-time Naturalist: January 2015

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Friday, 16 January 2015. Just what I've been waiting for! Taking the time out for some local patch birding today, I was keen to catch up with the dartford warbler ( Sylvia undata. That has been reported at Fort Cumberland since the 13th of this month. Closing in on the location of the calling bird amongst the gorse, I was caught out by it's sudden appearence in a scrubby thorn, against the sun, the camera not yet set up properly. Nature Aro...

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part-time Naturalist: April 2015

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Saturday, 25 April 2015. Noar Hill - Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina L.). Having noted a window of opportunity in the weather forecast this afternoon - we headed to Noar Hill, where Duke of Norfolk butterfly have been reported since the 18th of April. Hitting the briefest of sunny patches between 13:00 and 15:00 we were lucky to find up to 8 individuals, a fine showing in comparison to the singles of orange tip (. Wednesday, 22 April 2015.

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part-time Naturalist: April 2014

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Enjoying natural history . beyond Sparsholt College 2008 -2011 . Thursday, 24 April 2014. On the wing at Portsdown Hill. Thursday, 17 April 2014. Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe L.) at Milton Common. Two of three wheatear found Ca 17:00. This evening at Milton Common. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). On the wing at Portsdown Hill. Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe L.) at Milton Commo. Try these other Blogs. BTO Bird Ringing - 'Demog Blog'. Ringing on Fair Isle. North Ronaldsay Bird Observatory. First Autumn Birding 2016.