Wednesday, 15 February 2012

September

Wood Bolete

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Additional Notes: 

The species is said to be edible, but should not be picked due to rarity.

Information sourced from 'Mushrooms' (Phillips), 'Fungi of Switzerland Vol.III' and Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

Photographs included courtesy of  Mike Valentine.

 

Arcyria incarnata

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Additional Notes: 

Inedible.

Queen of Spain Fritillary

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Female Image: 
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Scientific Name: 
Issoria lathonia
Wingspan (mm): 
Male: 34 - 52mm, Female: 50 - 56mm
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Description: 

Instantly identified by the large and shiny silver spots on the underside

Short-tailed Blue Butterfly

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Male Image: 
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Scientific Name: 
Cupido argiades
Wingspan (mm): 
14mm
Also Known As: 
Bloxworth Blue
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Description: 

Male upper-side violet blue female sooty brown sometimes with dusting of blue. A short tail on hind wing and two orange spots

Sparrowhawk

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Scientific Name: 
Accipiter nisus
Common Family: 
Sparrowhawk
Also Known As: 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk or northern sparrowhawk
Length: 
33cm
Wingspan (mm): 
62cm
Speed: 
30-40 km per hour reaching 50 km per hour in short bursts
Lifespan: 
4 years
Breeding Pairs: 
39,000
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Description: 
The sparrowhawk is an expert predator that is especially adept at high-speed flight weaving through dense woodland. The male is considerably smaller than female and amongst the smallest of all of Britain's raptors. Unlike the Kestrel, the sparrowhawk is almost never found perched on lampposts along the motorways and it never hovers over the ground in search of prey.

Pied Wagtail

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Facts
Scientific Name: 
Motacilla alba yarrellii
Length: 
18cm
Wingspan (mm): 
28cm
Weight: 
21g
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Description: 
The Pied Wagtail is a small black and white (pied) bird that many people mistake for a very young Magpie but it is much, much smaller than a Magpie and is similar in size to a Great Tit. It's most distinctive feature is it's constantly wagging tail, which never stops bobbing up and down.

Curlew

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Facts
Scientific Name: 
Numenius arquata
Length: 
55cm
Wingspan (mm): 
90cm
Weight: 
770 / 1000g
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Description: 
Large wader, with long down curving bill. Uniformly streaked and barred grey brown. distinctive haunting call

Black Grouse

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Facts
Scientific Name: 
Tetrao tetrix
Length: 
Male:- 49-58cm. Female:- 40-45cm
Wingspan (mm): 
72cm
Weight: 
1.2k/925g
Lifespan: 
12 max Ave 4
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Description: 
Male - medium-large grouse with distinctive red eye patch and lyre shaped tail feathers in male. Loud take off noise, and compact in flight. Black with purplish gloss except for white under wing and white wing bar. Female - slightly smaller than male. Black brown striping all over, with rufous tinge. Narrow white wing bar. Female is much shyer than male, more wary of humans.
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