Hi Des and John Just to follow on from the earlier postings, here was the response from by Beetlehead mate Mark Telfer: "Your beetle is a chafer, as I expect...
Many thanks for that Gareth, always nice to have further confirmatory comments. I'm afraid as far as beetles go, I'm ok with ladybirds and Stag's, after that...
Des, System crashed as I tried to send - please delete if this appears twice. Did you get a look at the underwing? The hind u/w of the Small Skipper often has...
Des, as Garry says there is a slight tendency for the underwing of Small Skipper to have more orange than Essex Skipper, but this is really a museum specimen...
Hi Garry/David, Thanks for your comments, appreciated. Unfortunately I didn't get a look at the underwing nor the underside of the antennae but will try get...
I had a pleasant walk around the park this lunchtime. There were five fully-winged Egyptian Geese, an increase on the pair that have been visiting the park on...
... have been visiting the park on and off recently. Has there been a higher number in Inner London I wonder? I've seen 4 once by the Round Pond. 3 on the...
Common Terns have had a good breeding season at East India Dock, 17 Young have fledged from 11 pairs, the highest number since I have been recording at the...
Hi Andy, I've never received a record of higher than five Egyptian Geese in Inner London but did myself have five at HP/KG back on April 5th this year (one...
Any birder (or other discipline) on the group planning to dip-out of sobriety tomorrow evening could do worse (arguably) than join a few of your fellow London...
Added Goldfinch to my Tower Bridge patchlist this morning on the way to work - total now 40 John Archer Mail to: john.archer@... ... ABOLITION OF THE...
One addition to the Tower Bridge patchlist this lunchtime: 41: Yellow-legged Gull - a juvenile on one of the buoys off St Saviour's Dock - what I assume was...
Well done, John - a good find. And good to hear also that someone is still actively patchlisting through the quieter days of late summer ... mainly because of...
Trying to trace the finder of the Crossness Squacco and Purple Herons so as to encourage description submissions (if not already done), think his christian...
this is my first post, unfortunately it has to be a bad one unrelated to birds. It seems that a very uncool person called "cool guy with a knife" has trashed...
On the off chance that someone on the group is heading off to the Birdfair on Sunday Aug 19th and has a spare seat in their car, I'd appreciate a lift rather...
Hi all A long shot I know, but if anyone's driving up for the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Oare Marshes later today or tomorrow, and needs a guest with some some...
Belated notification of another addition to my Horsenden Hill 2007 patchlist last Wednesday: 85. Common Redstart; 1 on 8th August. A fair number of common...
Dear Each I know even less about Butterflys than I do about birds. Yesterday at the LondonWWT I saw one (captive) called a Jersey Tiger Moth and was stunned by...
Hi Reg The Jersey tiger (actually a moth not a butterfly) is a rare migrant to most of Britain, though it breeds in south Devon. In recent years, there have...
The Jersey tiger was one of the "target species" of National Moth night, which was on Saturday night. I don't know if any London "mothers" caught any, but I...
Hi, I believe I had a Jersey Tiger some 3 or 4 weeks back right in the heart of the Westminster area. Thought it was a butterfly at first when it flew past,...
