Carey Lodge
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Retired Paramedic (LAS), now birding, gardening and a volunteer at Pulborough RSPB
Send
Joined August 2014
Moth trap out this evening with mild, dry weather. Tathorhynchus exsiccata, a first for me and our Send, Surrey garden.
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I'm starting to use Bluesky, though I'll still be here for a while.
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First photo from early September when four fields of Sunflowers were at their peak. Second photo shows one of the fields today. Chaffinches in numbers not seen for some years. Greenfinches with them, 1 Brambling. Approx. 76 acres of prime bird food on the Papercourt patch
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RT @B_Strawbridge: Bluesky is definitely a kinder place. However, having weighed everything up I've decided to continue posting here, too….
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RT @NHSMillion: 2 out of every 3 frontline NHS staff don’t have access to a staff room. We think it’s completely unacceptable for staff to….
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My best find in the garden this week is Postia caesia, the Conifer Blueing Bracket fungus. Found on a corner post inside a compost bin. Taken with phone camera.
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"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.". 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
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We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled
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RT @PeterStefanovi2: Boris Johnson has crawled out of the woodwork to join Nigel Farage in saying the UK needs a referendum on ECHR members….
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In our Send garden today this female Stomorhina lunata, Locust Blowfly. A parasite of the Desert Locust in Africa, it lays eggs on the egg-pods of the locust and its larvae eat the contents. Considered a vagrant to the UK, numbers increasing. @surreybic
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Saw my 2nd of the year Painted Lady by the Wey Navigation in Send today, then found this one in the garden. Happy day.
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New hover for me today at Papercourt Marshes reserve, Send. Xylota sylvarum female. @surreybic
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Megachile maritima in our Send garden. He's been patrolling this Perennial Sweet Pea plant for over a week now.
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Covid bug in retreat so an isolated walk around Puttenham Common this morning. Some very nice bees and wasps including Nomada baccata and its host Andrena argentata, Ammophila pubescens, Coelioxys conoidea and Cerceris ruficornis. My first of year Silver-studded Blues as well.
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In the garden this morning, two female Panurgus calcaratus, Small Shaggy Bees. #SolitaryBeeWeek2024
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Back from holiday today to find that Pantaloon Bees, Dasypoda hirtipes, are back in our Surrey garden. Mostly males but did find one female. #SolitaryBeeWeek2024
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