Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Broadland ~ Wildlife Cruise on Horsey Mere

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The sun shone brightly on Bank Holiday Monday. We made a prompt start and were soon arriving at Horsey on the Norfolk Broads. We booked i...
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Friday, 23 August 2013

Beautiful Birds ~ RSPB Puffknit reaches Suffolk!

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An exciting package squeezed through my letterbox yesterday. A Puffknit popped out as I began to tear the recycled wrapping apart! T...
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Ladybird Alert ~ 7-spots and (a rising number of) Harlequins

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The (clipped) insect on the left seems to be Deraeocoris ruber, a member of the Miridae family We went to explore the walled garden a...
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Monday, 19 August 2013

Environmental Authors ~ Roger Deakin of Walnut Tree Farm

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Robinson's Mill on Mellis Common (' Mellis ' named after its 'mills') We were on our way home on Saturday when I not...
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Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Ladybird Alert ~ Harlequins in Suffolk

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Harlequin succinea We saw two large Ladybirds on the edge of the River Lark, near West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village , in Suffolk last Satur...
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Natural Phenomena ~ Perseid Meteor Showers in Suffolk

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OK, so these aren't *real* stars ... (Ipswich Waterfront by Night) A mini meteor shower of Tweets announced that folk were outside ...
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Saturday, 10 August 2013

Odonata: Banded Demoiselles

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We had fun watching about twenty of these eye-catching insects as they flitted about along the River Lark in rural Suffolk. I have neve...
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Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Ladybird Alert ~ Fourteen 7-Spots at Snape Maltings

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After a very slow start to my 2013 Ladybird-spotting, [no] pun intended, the situation has suddenly improved. We counted 14 Seven-spots a...
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Monday, 22 July 2013

Big Butterfly Count ~ at Sutton Hoo

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I undertook the Big Butterfly Count at Sutton Hoo over the weekend. You give yourself 15 minutes and chart the maximum number of a speci...
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