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More Butterflies!
Well the summer is well and truly over now. So to brighten up this dull, chilly autumnal day hereâs some photos from when we had a bit of sunshine. Do you remember the sunshine?Â
Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus
Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus
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Falcons will pluck flight and tail feathers from their prey to prevent them from flying away then 'storeâ them in rock crevices to consume later
West Kirby, Wirral
One of my favourite places in the whole UK! Although to be fair I havenât travelled much so there are many places I still need to see.Â
The above photo is taken on West Kirby beach with Hilbre Island in the distance. At low tide you can walk across the beach to the island. The island is a great little stop off point for migrating birds so as migration starts to get into full swing now is a good time to take a walk out to Hilbre and you may be treated to some rare migrants!Â
In autumn-winter large flocks of waders come to West Kirby beach to feed on the invertebrate rich mudflats. These large gatherings are quite a spectacle especially when thousands of knot (Calidris canutus) and other waders take to the air and form a dense murmerating cloud of sound.
This photo is taken looking over Marine Lake with the Welsh hills in the distance. Both photos are taken on my iPhone and have not been edited.Â
Some city birds like lining their nests with cigarette stubs, cutting parasite numbers but also damaging chicks' DNA
Mixed fortunes for birds that nest in cigarette bins
Fred Leak, a dentist from British Columbia, proved that not all dentists are assholes when he saved a bald eagle who had been shot and left for dead by a truck driver. He wasn't alone in this heroic accomplishment, as several civilians, veterinarians and doctors chipped in to aid inâŚ
Bald Eagle gets prosthetic beak after being shot
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Some photos taken recently on my SLR whilst out walking and counting butterflies:
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Today is the last day of the Big Butterfly Count organised by one of the UKâs leading wildlife charities Butterfly Conservation. If you have spotted any butterflies between 17th July - 9th August you can record your sightings here: http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/Â
We may not have many species in the UK but I think we are quite lucky that these two beautiful specimens are a common sight in our gardens and wider countryside.
Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) and Peacock (Aglais io) taken on my iPhone
Woodland Walks
Now really is the best time to be visiting your local woodland...
Beautiful carpets of violet blue bluebells and burst of white as Wood Anemone and Greater Stitchwort come into flower.
Or perhaps your woodland is filled with the aroma of Wild Garlic...
So get exploring your nearest woods now before this spectacle disappears for another year...
Butterfly of the Wood - by J-Barnes
Whatâs that growing in your fur? Sloth fur is a messy business. Their long, coarse hairs, riddled with deep grooves or cracks, provide a place to live for a wide variety of organisms ranging from algae, fungi, ciliates, and nematode roundworms to cockroaches, moths, and beetles. Sloth fur often shows a greenish tint which is due to symbiotic green algae. This discoloration is thought to provide camouflage for the sloths among the foliage of their arboreal habitat. Image by Steve Garvie via FlickrÂ
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Absurd Creature of the Week:Â Emei mustache toad
This Toad Grows a Spiky Mustache and Stabs Rivals for the Ladies
by Matt Simon
This dapper little amphibian doesnât just walk into the breeding season unarmed. For one chaotic month a year in China, males grow extremely sharp facial spikes, which they use to shank rivals for the choicest nesting sites.
Some 90 percent of all males end up injured. Victors win the right to mate. Losers shuffle away and seriously consider never growing a mustache again, because maybe it wasnât a good idea in the first place and they were just curious how it would look, like that one time when I was in high school.
Their weapons are called, no joke, nuptial spines, and theyâre made of keratin â the same stuff as your fingernails. The spines grow straight through the toadâs skin, and although they will at times pop off in combat, theyâll simply sprout once again, only to fall off at the end of the breeding season.
And if you think that mustache is handsome, wait until you hear about the toadâs other transformations. Its forearms will actually buff up considerably in the mating season, like a bro during a Jersey Shore summer. This, according to evolutionary biologist Cameron Hudson, likely aids both in combat and in amplexus: the amphibian sexy-time, in which strong forelimbs will help the male grasp the femaleâŚ
(read more: Wired Science)
photographs by Cameron Hudson
Spider Tailed Horned Viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides)
This rare and understudied viper has adapted a different type of hunting strategy. Â Unlike its cousins who use their tails as warning rattles, this small viper uses its strange looking tail as a caudal lure. Â The growth on the end of its tail resembles a spider crawling about, and it twitches it in such a way that captures the attention of animals that prey on spiders such as small mammals and birds. Â
Although this snake is extremely well adapted and special, specimens found for study are few and far between, so not much is known about its behavior, reproduction habits and lifestyle. Â It was not described officially until 2007. Â The first specimen found in 1968 was thought to have an abnormal growth on its tail. Â Another was not collected until 2003. Â Both were found in the deserts of Iran.
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Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans). These vary in colour although I've never seen one looking as vibrant as this before!
Programme website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03tt7jm Dr Alex Taylor sets a difficult problem solving task, will the crow defeat the puzzle?
From the BBC's Inside the Animal Mind
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Outside my house this morning, Coventry city centre, UK. Awesome to see this juvenile take down an adult Woodpigeon equal its size. I took this with my phone, that's how close I got!
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Another excellent wildlife documentary by the BBC. Dolphins - Spy in the pod.
Conservation Course Update 3
I've finished it! I handed in the last bits of paperwork last week to complete my portfolio and it has now been sent off to the exam board to be marked.
My wildlife report went really well. I ended up writing 5000 words about the nature reserve I was surveying. I enjoyed every minute surveying and also writing the report as it threw up some unexpected results and I found researching fascinating again. The nature reserve produced some really positive wildlife sightings which I think is great for a small reserve situated on a hospital site. I recorded 27 species of birds, 16 species of butterflies and 9 species of Odonata on my survey days.
The wetland management module didn't cover as much as I was expecting as it remained pretty much restricted to pulling Himalayan balsam and clearing rivers of blockages and litter. I'm not complaining though because I acquired a lot of new knowledge about health and safety and environmental issues I wasn't aware of before. I also developed a lot of confidence with leading groups of volunteers, giving advice and safety talks which I think has been the most valuable experience this course has given me.
I've enjoyed doing the course despite all the paperwork which makes me even more certain I want a career in this sector. There's still no job for me to apply for but when it does come I know I will have a better chance of getting it with this added experience Warwickshire Wildlife Trust was able to offer me.
