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23 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Dunno, iPhone pic as it goes, nearly 10 years old.

 

iirc I fished it out of my brother in laws pool, it was nearly dead, with cold I imagine, I put it in the sun to warm up, I don’t know if it survived.

 

I find them oftimes under piles of rotting logs, or a a flat yellow streak on the roads (not very road smart)

 

What about my marbled newt? Found in my garage, quite proud of this, hale and hearty he was too.

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Now that is a spectacular find.  Have you just seen the one or do you see them often ?  I would suggest this one is female - the male is like the Great Crested with (you guessed it) a splendid dorsal crest.  We have lots of the little Palmate ones with their webbed feet but nothing like this.

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Marbled newts are fantastically  beautiful. There are a few sites in the UK where they have been introduced (popular with pet keepers)

 

Yellow-bellied toads display their marking to advertise their toxicity. Found in ditches and puddles in Transylvania but classed as rare throughout Europe. Spectacular species

 

I admit to getting the 4-spotted chaser wrong I'd forgotten the broad-bodied chaser is common at this time of year 

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3 hours ago, ABtrees said:

Now that is a spectacular find.  Have you just seen the one or do you see them often ?  I would suggest this one is female - the male is like the Great Crested with (you guessed it) a splendid dorsal crest.  We have lots of the little Palmate ones with their webbed feet but nothing like this.

Only one I’ve seen, she is living in the barn tucked away in the stone wall.

theres just room to get under the roller door for access to the garden and pond.

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Thanks for your likes.  Can anyone help me out on #4 ?  About 12-15mm on an old oak trunk.  The rest (as I'm sure you guessed) are : Broad-bodied chaser (I'm sure we've all experienced those at some point!) ; Marbled Fritillary ??? ; Drinker Moth ; ??????; and Red and Black Leafhopper.  Also saw a Glanville Fritillary and a Stonefly and happy, happy days my Golden Orioles arrived back today as well.  Who knows what tomorrow brings ?
 

Someone may have answered but looks like glow worm to me, though some beetle larva look similar
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On ‎21‎/‎05‎/‎2020 at 14:01, timbernut said:


Someone may have answered but looks like glow worm to me, though some beetle larva look similar

Hi Timbernut

Yeah we have those too but I don't think this was one of them - fortunately/unfortunately.  More like some other beetle larva as was walking along an old Oak trunk.

 

Here's a couple (that maybe of interest) from the last few days ……. but I missed one of my super-rarities yesterday - no camera - prat !

 

 

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Hi Timbernut
Yeah we have those too but I don't think this was one of them - fortunately/unfortunately.  More like some other beetle larva as was walking along an old Oak trunk.
 
Here's a couple (that maybe of interest) from the last few days ……. but I missed one of my super-rarities yesterday - no camera - prat !
 
 
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I’ve found them on tree trunks b4, usually well b4 glowing times, they have a tendency to favour dry paths/paving at that time... a fallen trunk would b similar?
There’s a thread on here somewhere about glow worms and one of the posters was/is involved with surveying them (if it’s of interest)[emoji106]
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2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

One of the little wall lizards that seem to send my fox terrier insane.
 

 

 

 

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My spaniel has been chasing squirrels in the woods today . She can't work out were they go . ( up the tree ) . This morning at about 05:00 we came across a small fox cub in the barley . He must have been no more the 8" long  nose to tail .  The dog went after him but not aggressively ( she wants  everything to play with her ) .

He went into cover and turned to face her . The cub made these sort of grunting noises at her . I called her away and she came . Later this afternoon we saw the vixen in the same place .   Surprised as it was about 15:00 in afternoon . Sorry no pics .

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