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scatigaz

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1245 on: February 24, 2018, 07:00:06 PM »
Hi Ian, they actually look like Ring -necked  ducks with the bill pattern, a scarce/rare North American duck but cant be sure. Or possibly a hybrid. Have you any more photos of them? Its usually the bill pattern that clinches the identification combined with general head and body shape.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1246 on: February 25, 2018, 12:05:45 PM »
Gary, I have checked my notes and the Scaup was recorded at another local site, not the one in the photo., hence the mix-up. I have also looked at the bird blog for  the site in the photo. I used to visit in the past. The photo. I posted was taken on 11-2-12. The bird list for the site in the photo. 2012 contains Ring Necked Duck (1), no date given. There are two more photos. but the bird is swimming away so the bill is not shown.
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ian mcdonald

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1247 on: February 25, 2018, 12:22:28 PM »
Gary, I have just had a reply from the Collator of bird records for the site in question. The bird further away is a female ring necked duck. The nearest bird is a tufty. Good work on your part.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1248 on: February 25, 2018, 05:48:45 PM »
Cheers Ian, keep the photos coming.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1249 on: February 25, 2018, 08:08:01 PM »
Here are some more, hope I get them right this time. ???









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« Reply #1250 on: February 25, 2018, 09:53:37 PM »
1 Harebell, 2 Siskin, 3Common Twayblade, 4 Common Crane, 5 no idea. Only confident of Siskin
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1251 on: February 25, 2018, 11:54:54 PM »
Starry saxifrage (S. stellaris) for #5?
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1252 on: February 26, 2018, 11:02:21 AM »
Gary and Ashley, both right. Here are some more.









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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1253 on: February 26, 2018, 12:35:05 PM »
#3 is Water Avens, Geum rivale?

#5 is White Helleborine, Cephalanthera damasonum
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1254 on: February 26, 2018, 07:24:12 PM »
Gordon, 3 is right.
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scatigaz

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1255 on: February 26, 2018, 07:33:27 PM »
1 Lesser Celandine. 2 Herring Gull.
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1256 on: February 26, 2018, 07:35:24 PM »
#1 : Gagea lutea (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem)
#4 : Silene acaulis (Moss Campion)
#5 : Cephanlanthera longifolia (if it's not one, it's the other  ;)) with its short bracts (Narrow-leaved Helleborine)
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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1257 on: February 26, 2018, 07:40:19 PM »
Gary, 2 is right. Yvain, 1,4 and 5 are right.
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ian mcdonald

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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1258 on: February 27, 2018, 11:39:24 AM »
Some more puzzles. Picture 3 has an unusual colour.









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Re: wildlife
« Reply #1259 on: February 27, 2018, 12:21:22 PM »
#1 is a Wall Brown, (Lasiommata megera)
#3 is Borago officinalis
#5 is Vapourer Moth caterpillar (Orgyia antiqua)
« Last Edit: February 27, 2018, 03:44:03 PM by GordonT »
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