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ian mcdonald

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1170 on: December 05, 2017, 11:20:07 AM »
All correct Yvain. Try these.










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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1171 on: December 05, 2017, 02:35:49 PM »
1 : Lythrum salicaria. Purple Loosestrife
2 : Anas strepera. Gadwall
3 : Anser cygnoides and Anser anser f. domestica. Domestic geese
4 : Helianthemum nummularium. Common Rock-rose
5 : Metrioptera brachyptera (nymph). Bog Bush-cricket
Yvain Dubois - Isère, France (Zone 7b)  _ south east Lyon

ian mcdonald

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1172 on: December 05, 2017, 09:28:07 PM »
All right, Yvain. Here are some more.










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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1173 on: December 09, 2017, 09:22:47 PM »
This one is not so easy to me.
1 : no idea. Flower look a bit as Rumex or Veratrum but not the leaves, so...
2 : I don't know anything in fungus
3 : Pyrrhula pyrrhula - Eurasian Bullfinch (male)
4 : Pseudorchis albida -  Small White Orchid
5 : Jasione montana - Sheep's bit
Yvain Dubois - Isère, France (Zone 7b)  _ south east Lyon

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1174 on: December 09, 2017, 10:40:36 PM »
#1 looks like mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna.
Ashley Allshire, Cork, Ireland

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1175 on: December 10, 2017, 08:20:42 AM »
#2 is a Puffball (Lycoperdon) but too old to say which one with any certainty.
South Uist, Outer Hebrides

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1176 on: December 10, 2017, 11:11:16 AM »
Yvain, Ashley and Chris are correct (I did not know the puffball species). Try these.










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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1177 on: December 10, 2017, 11:54:51 AM »
1. Black-throated Diver
2. Broomrape ?
3. Coconut Milkcap (Lactarius glyciosmus)
5. Sandwich Terms
« Last Edit: December 10, 2017, 11:58:52 AM by Chris Johnson »
South Uist, Outer Hebrides

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1178 on: December 10, 2017, 01:06:21 PM »
#2 is Monotropa hypopitys, (Pinesap, or Dutchman's Pipe)
Southwestern Nova Scotia,
Zone 6B or above , depending on the year.

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1179 on: December 10, 2017, 07:26:56 PM »
#4 is difficult without seeing the leaves really. It is probably Dactylorhiza incarnata and not Dactylorhiza cruenta.
Stefan
Southern Bavaria, zone 7a

ian mcdonald

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1180 on: December 10, 2017, 07:32:15 PM »
Chris, 1 and 3 are right. 2 is correct Gordon. 4 is D. incarnata.

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1181 on: December 11, 2017, 08:18:45 AM »
#5 - I mentioned Sandwich Terns as the bulk of the picture but there are also Arctic Terms present.
South Uist, Outer Hebrides

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1182 on: December 11, 2017, 01:06:51 PM »
Sorry, Chris, I,m a bit slow. Yes you are right about the terns. The photo. is not very good. Try these.










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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1183 on: December 11, 2017, 01:15:22 PM »
The two easy ones are #1 Helleborus foetidus and #3 Bohemian Waxwing
Southwestern Nova Scotia,
Zone 6B or above , depending on the year.

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1184 on: December 11, 2017, 04:34:59 PM »
Right, Gordon.

 


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