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Maggi Young · « **Reply #810 on:** September 28, 2016, 09:26:00 PM »

Quote from: annew on September 28, 2016, 09:00:28 PM

Fantastic kingfisher photos!

Aren't they just? Fred is man of many talents - no wonder he used to be the SRGC journal's picture editor!

Gail · « **Reply #811 on:** October 02, 2016, 08:42:07 PM »

Those kingfisher images are incredible - very well done! The village I've moved to has the river Wensum running through it and my regular Sunday morning walk always involves some time spent on the bridge hoping for otters and kingfishers; they have been seen at nearby Pensthorpe Nature Reserve.

My butterfly & moth books are still packed in one of 34 boxes of books - can anyone identify this caterpillar from the garden this afternoon for me?

Maggi Young · « **Reply #812 on:** October 02, 2016, 08:47:20 PM »

You're quite sure that is a caterpillar and not a hat, Gail?

ian mcdonald · « **Reply #813 on:** October 02, 2016, 08:51:51 PM »

A pale tussock?

Gail · « **Reply #814 on:** October 02, 2016, 09:05:34 PM »

See what you mean Maggi - it really did not want to pose properly but Ian's speedy reply looks correct. (http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/calliteara-pudibunda/larva/)
Many thanks; I'd say who needs books when you have such knowledgeable forum members but I do love my books...

ian mcdonald · « **Reply #815 on:** October 03, 2016, 12:38:54 PM »

Hello Gail, the internet is very useful but like you, I still prefer books.

Roma · « **Reply #816 on:** October 07, 2016, 02:08:35 PM »

Midgies were quite vicious this morning. Ponies got their hooves trimmed this morning about 11am. The temperature rose from about 6C at 10.15 to around 9C at 11.30. As it got warmer the midges attacked and we had to stand there being eaten while the farrier did his work.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #817 on:** October 07, 2016, 02:42:10 PM »

Ouch!

Tristan_He · « **Reply #818 on:** October 07, 2016, 06:04:32 PM »

Nasty Roma! Very late for midges too - ours are gone by end August.

ian mcdonald · « **Reply #819 on:** October 07, 2016, 07:34:15 PM »

We don,t get them at all here, must be too dry.

ian mcdonald · « **Reply #820 on:** October 10, 2016, 12:08:45 PM »

This frog has been in the greenhouse since last year. It spends the day in a plant pot. A good way to keep slugs down, providing there are no chemicals in the green house. img. 1020038.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #821 on:** October 10, 2016, 01:46:01 PM »

Ian, that frog doesn't have a very healthy colour- I wonder if it may be suffering from Ranavirus, which is all too common these days.

$:-\$

http://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/files/2013/06/Amphibian-disease-alert_June-2015.pdf

ian mcdonald · « **Reply #822 on:** October 10, 2016, 04:32:44 PM »

Hello Maggi, it has been that colour since last year. I don,t know how it finds food because the greenhouse door is closed at nights. It seems quite active and there are slugs in the greenhouse.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #823 on:** October 10, 2016, 04:57:54 PM »

It's something that I have seen around here too - in frogs that look perfectly healthy. Quite a mystery - and a worry too!

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #824 on:** October 11, 2016, 08:11:30 AM »

Common frogs can vary quite a bit in colour, and can even be quite red. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rana_temporaria.jpg

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