Andy Underscore
@Andy_Underscore
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Insect Chaser. Bug Photograper. Coffee Enthusiast. Biodiversity Officer @EcoRecording (LERC for B'ham & Black Country). Opinions are my own.
Moseley, B'ham, UK
Joined September 2010
2 Raven circling low over Colmore Row near Snow Hill Station just. A tick for this area of Brum and great to hear their gronking calls echoing around the buildings here 👌@stevelilart @MrValley1 @NaturallyBirmi1 @CllrMajid @WTBBC @JimPanda @Andy_Underscore @JamieHicken
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So this week, we lost both Tilt in the City Centre and Wildcat in Stirchley 😭 Soon, the only pub left in Birmingham will ironically be The Flapper after its 17th 'closing down' party...
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It was great to record three new flies @BibbeysWildFarm this weekend, a Lance Fly of the Genus Lonchaea and two Soldier Flies: Yellow-legged Black (Pachygaster leachii) and Common Orange Leigionnaire (Beria vallata)
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With the talk around the recent (silly) proposal by the Reform Party to only allow UK, England or County Flags to be flown from public buildings I thought it would be a good time to reshare my Black Country flags project: https://t.co/lfihfZne8L
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And the results are in... Three species 🤣 (it was a bit cold last night) Clouded Drab x1 Pug (of some sort) x1 White-shouldered House Moth x6
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Moth trap set up for tonight! As part of the City Nature Challenge my Wildlife Trust colleague Jake and I are engaging in a "moth-off" to see who can record the most species on a single night of moth trapping this weekend.
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I'm only 84 away from hitting 5,000 wildlife observations on @inaturalist I'll have to try to make my 5,000th onservation something interesting! ☘️🐝🐾
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Sad to hear yet another Brum brewery, Sommar, is apparently no more....
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"Bees" Can anyone spot what's wrong here? (nb The notebook cover is also the January image in the calendar)
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And as a bonus, here's a flag for Sandwell in the style of South Korea... (using the symbols and colours from the @sandwellcouncil crest)
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* On re-reading the email, I realise the person asked for a flag of BOURNHEATH, not Bentley Heath. My bad. Oh well. Watch this space for a Bournheath flag I guess...
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The Bentley Heath* flag is based on a combination of the coat of arms of Lord Byron, who was once lord of the manor, and the emblem of Bentley Heath School.
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The Hollywood flag is inspired by the school crest of Hollywood Primary School, and I decided to make the flag in the style of the Canada flag for reasons of whimsy...
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The needle represents one of the principal industries of the town.
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So here's my attempt at a flag for Redditch. It's based on the crest of Redditch Council. The Cross is a reference to St Stephen, patron of both the Abbey and the Parish Church. The green of the Cross commemorates Feckenham Forest. The Borough stands within this former Forest.
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