tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84874262404206665362024-02-19T02:11:15.962+00:00Poole Birds and MothsMarcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-76709487574033723572023-03-11T14:27:00.002+00:002023-04-23T17:24:38.084+01:00Oman Butterflies November 2021 <p></p>The following butterflies were seen during a birding trip to Oman from 4th-16th of November 2021 with Rob Fray, Gary Howard and Andrew Raine. The vast majority were hastily photographed with a Canon 7D mk2 with the 100-400 mk2 lens. <div><br /></div><div>The two links below helped with identification although iNaturalist does appear to contain some errors and the Butterflies of Oman book is very outdated. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/butterflies-of-oman?tab=species" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/butterflies-of-oman?tab=species</a></div><div><br /></div><div>A downloadable pdf copy of the 1980 Butterflies of Oman is available here:</div><div><a href="http://enhg.org/resources/ebooks/BoO/BoOSearchable.pdf">http://enhg.org/resources/ebooks/BoO/BoOSearchable.pdf</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully this resource will prove useful to anyone visiting Oman with an interest in butterflies. If you notice anything which looks incorrect please let me know.</div><div><br /></div><div>I would like to thank Nigel Peace for confirming/correcting my initial identifications.</div><div><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvrAoNesqe_UMCizhzpQ1Oqex4pe5uLAe1Qm2LBtHRntdIkAR1mnioQhfx8B17ZEGHR28PDUiaNf3atYCWNCbkxciVM865_JZO62NgrTtjmHNO4F-hiGm9FGzIpuOYChdjlbXbj9jMcVZKDs1e9V3itQVYs-subNsYmvo4dVHTyJ6i5Vraml19R_60Q/s2463/N47A9560%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="2463" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvrAoNesqe_UMCizhzpQ1Oqex4pe5uLAe1Qm2LBtHRntdIkAR1mnioQhfx8B17ZEGHR28PDUiaNf3atYCWNCbkxciVM865_JZO62NgrTtjmHNO4F-hiGm9FGzIpuOYChdjlbXbj9jMcVZKDs1e9V3itQVYs-subNsYmvo4dVHTyJ6i5Vraml19R_60Q/w640-h426/N47A9560%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pontia glauconome</i> <b>Desert White 1 </b>-<b> </b>Wadi Al Khoud Recharge Dam<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQwMGPLhpTVio3KCrDA01-LubGcro5d4GUR3KiprBLKPzBrr-MPN1iK78_Ry_qORrPfqufeOWXoNlzggxvP4Kr77lSUOySp_qDkBvxvrCtvpVtZ1VW3e8_KzhqPu3DYl1vf7ueXLc6yaCvdkU6bAUyreOn1PV9W53MTvKPYoQwD3ANFdwAT0cC4-uaw/s2610/N47A9294%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="2610" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQwMGPLhpTVio3KCrDA01-LubGcro5d4GUR3KiprBLKPzBrr-MPN1iK78_Ry_qORrPfqufeOWXoNlzggxvP4Kr77lSUOySp_qDkBvxvrCtvpVtZ1VW3e8_KzhqPu3DYl1vf7ueXLc6yaCvdkU6bAUyreOn1PV9W53MTvKPYoQwD3ANFdwAT0cC4-uaw/w640-h426/N47A9294%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pontia glauconome</i> <b>Desert White 2 </b>- Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsj0Vf56mLajtXH2Y3lM9MkHEJwgTh-L6law-VQlfPpObX9p9w6AAgaUonooVWDSg_tI2jGqqCkMfIflEDNgi-HCpBz36RHo4EzxZ2Ag16_AfpqZ2cokAffg5KFwdjI3q6g5P6lEt-BIFCUyLpZDWeVrkhnLik00UbR7IvBKXd0nFMe5KanDY0zekHQ/s1576/N47A9284%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1576" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsj0Vf56mLajtXH2Y3lM9MkHEJwgTh-L6law-VQlfPpObX9p9w6AAgaUonooVWDSg_tI2jGqqCkMfIflEDNgi-HCpBz36RHo4EzxZ2Ag16_AfpqZ2cokAffg5KFwdjI3q6g5P6lEt-BIFCUyLpZDWeVrkhnLik00UbR7IvBKXd0nFMe5KanDY0zekHQ/w640-h428/N47A9284%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pontia glauconome</i> <b>Desert White 2 </b>- Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jWxNvi8UtF1SMmJ6BK36yuj20g2EDWXXhDltH9uR08zVlu2r8WL67r6k9PAa2TnoOne1Ycmza1aICMQGbYluNqDSn_CrAw1dV-qgnUvEeFc_uiNwPUD7lWyabC0lZpzyydSzGpiqHEDXJgbDjihqI-kK47FtL0kHdP4rteeONcXEEyVaUiGM1SLYlw/s1988/N47A9458%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1988" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jWxNvi8UtF1SMmJ6BK36yuj20g2EDWXXhDltH9uR08zVlu2r8WL67r6k9PAa2TnoOne1Ycmza1aICMQGbYluNqDSn_CrAw1dV-qgnUvEeFc_uiNwPUD7lWyabC0lZpzyydSzGpiqHEDXJgbDjihqI-kK47FtL0kHdP4rteeONcXEEyVaUiGM1SLYlw/w640-h426/N47A9458%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Spialia mafa</i> <b>Mafa Sandman</b> (could also be <i>Spialia doris</i> but currently only <i>mafa</i> known to be in range) - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxbohzngC7G_clL4c8ttbOCNQRgAvmyrCf1Qn80Dt9MzXzwDCjNfc8-npar8_bkJDDUZHdmFcYz7H_pCaP80lEii0LVZq-8wz0Cirt5G7DMm0ZqQw9xV4Cde1v6LUYf6zhFbXwEe7Cd1CcBXYFq8AKqV-KpqdceEUpEAqIRtkod9jUMz7pDC8_Pwp3Q/s1957/N47A9449%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1957" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxbohzngC7G_clL4c8ttbOCNQRgAvmyrCf1Qn80Dt9MzXzwDCjNfc8-npar8_bkJDDUZHdmFcYz7H_pCaP80lEii0LVZq-8wz0Cirt5G7DMm0ZqQw9xV4Cde1v6LUYf6zhFbXwEe7Cd1CcBXYFq8AKqV-KpqdceEUpEAqIRtkod9jUMz7pDC8_Pwp3Q/w640-h426/N47A9449%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Spialia mafa</i> <b>Mafa Sandman</b> (as above) - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGybp1yIAOr6TEV7_cz7pbCsvhO4-9hGcxm0rqc3qf8Yt2i0DHsXqFjE5pmIGHRageZEaEg12bIYfRqpCqLgoUTXL17GtRnC99s8PZuZpqH0hIfvtjEifvhXFAePEU1yBfFtjmViPyKopMjFXfx90aSp1hGtiWrnJqqHKjS2xgqkOfu4vovyi_0LIcsQ/s2255/N47A9442%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="2255" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGybp1yIAOr6TEV7_cz7pbCsvhO4-9hGcxm0rqc3qf8Yt2i0DHsXqFjE5pmIGHRageZEaEg12bIYfRqpCqLgoUTXL17GtRnC99s8PZuZpqH0hIfvtjEifvhXFAePEU1yBfFtjmViPyKopMjFXfx90aSp1hGtiWrnJqqHKjS2xgqkOfu4vovyi_0LIcsQ/w640-h426/N47A9442%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taracus rosaceus</i><b> Mediterranean Tiger Blue 1</b> - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxu61OvfwxH0_rNm8103I3J7toFNN-KqhiPIvvR8TP6vj21Sh4K7jYqtyFOKqrT4zK7fvY9jTFTi3BSsf82Y1gSf6U17bKX4uPaKHKC_mVDMSAuWi8XWlzTqL5XPFUckvwPM4A6JE6wlQthYesErnsBC0VjDGLYD_5SCA5fiYVdF4J8mKvkSlMqVQcvg/s2157/N47A8184%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2157" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxu61OvfwxH0_rNm8103I3J7toFNN-KqhiPIvvR8TP6vj21Sh4K7jYqtyFOKqrT4zK7fvY9jTFTi3BSsf82Y1gSf6U17bKX4uPaKHKC_mVDMSAuWi8XWlzTqL5XPFUckvwPM4A6JE6wlQthYesErnsBC0VjDGLYD_5SCA5fiYVdF4J8mKvkSlMqVQcvg/w640-h426/N47A8184%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taracus rosaceus</i> <b>Mediterranean Tiger Blue 2</b> - Ayn Tobroq<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-XAJ9nEaPyGdSRhLO0M93wj_WEB6qsKiNRpthEWCPbnd42AYAb4FzRwngNW95xsmD64q8BqM6wBZC-zbXQwDAK6-G-ZBwvVixYcFvj3lR6lLiPR6o0HiDciscDyJLPXp7HgxfYHKcm1Uxkv43DuetLouWwH2nqcV2k0unMT9gz-P5nKqHSfCtLsf6g/s2760/N47A7901%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2760" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-XAJ9nEaPyGdSRhLO0M93wj_WEB6qsKiNRpthEWCPbnd42AYAb4FzRwngNW95xsmD64q8BqM6wBZC-zbXQwDAK6-G-ZBwvVixYcFvj3lR6lLiPR6o0HiDciscDyJLPXp7HgxfYHKcm1Uxkv43DuetLouWwH2nqcV2k0unMT9gz-P5nKqHSfCtLsf6g/w640-h426/N47A7901%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taracus rosaceus</i> <b>Mediterranean Tiger Blue 3</b> - Nizwa<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A5MbBb3HiI8Xulo_M7rkVt2fxXTLuAgejwHNmPHwNvTryHiFQlBZVYZe9H07xch5C-xKH-EMmhhjK7ulb_8sib4w-uICNAczmgNEQA2WJKmwv6UvVgJKSSTFDXxs7S9cmwuf0tCEW2vq6YKgyQArG1dY62QwLun_K1vxZfKZWiLu4xKbioEVleGWJg/s2862/N47A7740%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2862" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A5MbBb3HiI8Xulo_M7rkVt2fxXTLuAgejwHNmPHwNvTryHiFQlBZVYZe9H07xch5C-xKH-EMmhhjK7ulb_8sib4w-uICNAczmgNEQA2WJKmwv6UvVgJKSSTFDXxs7S9cmwuf0tCEW2vq6YKgyQArG1dY62QwLun_K1vxZfKZWiLu4xKbioEVleGWJg/w640-h426/N47A7740%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taracus rosaceus</i> <b>Mediterranean Tiger Blue 4</b> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEm8JcEnIlMkmUdleZD1djF0twugNiAf0kQ5H64BP-txXRYdzDVhIZF_a4Q6cTDMPVg-A3v6x3coan008eQ2wSzN45rsIvOp2UystpovBTevw4dJYTKn-eXdyL3gH_-17FIgQbLAKeYTHg-r1trUIkqJNhtmghsTkCIUUMOiKWUTtxxR4h0tJuPkWIA/s2769/N47A9036%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="2769" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEm8JcEnIlMkmUdleZD1djF0twugNiAf0kQ5H64BP-txXRYdzDVhIZF_a4Q6cTDMPVg-A3v6x3coan008eQ2wSzN45rsIvOp2UystpovBTevw4dJYTKn-eXdyL3gH_-17FIgQbLAKeYTHg-r1trUIkqJNhtmghsTkCIUUMOiKWUTtxxR4h0tJuPkWIA/w640-h426/N47A9036%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ypthima asterope</i> <b>Common Three-Ring 1</b> - Tawi Atayr Sink Hole<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjb0wG7x9r2Nq7eHGLEXxVNA9zLKfaipTk_PAIVITx6M8Ic7G31WY3AnaDPZfOY-YeiL6MbJXtmOGZ3m381FKGq8bkz8ehXhSI5LryfHyVTad8W0R-nuJkKC526RH_Iat6RWmIudoVuStupfTZ5tO6FhmEeiLP5_ast6-nnXo-Lv4LOFYcus1-VMrwA/s1970/N47A8832%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1970" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjb0wG7x9r2Nq7eHGLEXxVNA9zLKfaipTk_PAIVITx6M8Ic7G31WY3AnaDPZfOY-YeiL6MbJXtmOGZ3m381FKGq8bkz8ehXhSI5LryfHyVTad8W0R-nuJkKC526RH_Iat6RWmIudoVuStupfTZ5tO6FhmEeiLP5_ast6-nnXo-Lv4LOFYcus1-VMrwA/w640-h426/N47A8832%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ypthima asterope</i> <b>Common Three-Ring 2</b> -Tawi Atayr Sink Hole<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbFKrzjmo7Yv0MtnWeGeICpDPkGFGC97e9F3S-489i7gvHxmCFpqJZigPJWcCBJUGQ_q2HLB8OeWd2VAbRPJjdfpCWcqyW9MziKWBJwIG3_FwdihURuhnbIPW00h9S34mnod38GKUKkZE7wnYsodSK-iFAg_R78K5t0drkWG5hZV-_0JeAI9Oh7NekA/s2583/N47A8828%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="2583" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbFKrzjmo7Yv0MtnWeGeICpDPkGFGC97e9F3S-489i7gvHxmCFpqJZigPJWcCBJUGQ_q2HLB8OeWd2VAbRPJjdfpCWcqyW9MziKWBJwIG3_FwdihURuhnbIPW00h9S34mnod38GKUKkZE7wnYsodSK-iFAg_R78K5t0drkWG5hZV-_0JeAI9Oh7NekA/w640-h426/N47A8828%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ypthima asterope</i> <b>Common Three-Ring 3</b> - Shaat viewpoint<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qekxdc1hHtWh1o5D0gahCDfGg0CL9HDVM37JE_r1gdkNlnYRosGqNKzqPGZSE2f-JaKsC6JcUTXvDHL23t39miMNSwsZFW_vFXPKQIw5xmen3EmcdG9-rx2ATWCwSYpH4uQrIjsLaGXSOIsGXmvGv-9yr0UgysMugVkyQAhSFBxYrzmnuaTZtP8vnA/s1545/N47A7820%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1545" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qekxdc1hHtWh1o5D0gahCDfGg0CL9HDVM37JE_r1gdkNlnYRosGqNKzqPGZSE2f-JaKsC6JcUTXvDHL23t39miMNSwsZFW_vFXPKQIw5xmen3EmcdG9-rx2ATWCwSYpH4uQrIjsLaGXSOIsGXmvGv-9yr0UgysMugVkyQAhSFBxYrzmnuaTZtP8vnA/w640-h426/N47A7820%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizeeria karsandra</i> 1 - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoC90Yr_rdiFJdW6LrsGRjbAuf5j1-1GJwj6OYcmitC-2nLMnO2bl609NzM0CBwvghJ020B0SvDFMLDUhJIvWA1GIjMiiogYeVPnh1vHEC8N1w9kBvq6ph5NjYqdTmpZp11-sh-MGa_hL2Kyi_J8jUoBq6ivmqtCNI4SJyaHkNBJLlRmoUrHHw0IH-g/s1714/N47A7741%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1714" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdoC90Yr_rdiFJdW6LrsGRjbAuf5j1-1GJwj6OYcmitC-2nLMnO2bl609NzM0CBwvghJ020B0SvDFMLDUhJIvWA1GIjMiiogYeVPnh1vHEC8N1w9kBvq6ph5NjYqdTmpZp11-sh-MGa_hL2Kyi_J8jUoBq6ivmqtCNI4SJyaHkNBJLlRmoUrHHw0IH-g/w640-h426/N47A7741%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizeeria karsandra</i> 2 - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6a-OCpMmaFNmyEaB8SegLZxkSCmfXCPL_AlBd65jLrQTbIi42fGE7xGUJqQyslrT2NtJ0jKySWWxXWJbzlvYrrxocx8QglG0SvslruNF6z1xI5yd5xydia0YgzNwHz5slZMWzvIPYMhlGrwH0C-eaMrD7IPXAlOFPKTkdy-e5svtjA3FuMXow_qX1sg/s1598/N47A7716%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1598" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6a-OCpMmaFNmyEaB8SegLZxkSCmfXCPL_AlBd65jLrQTbIi42fGE7xGUJqQyslrT2NtJ0jKySWWxXWJbzlvYrrxocx8QglG0SvslruNF6z1xI5yd5xydia0YgzNwHz5slZMWzvIPYMhlGrwH0C-eaMrD7IPXAlOFPKTkdy-e5svtjA3FuMXow_qX1sg/w640-h426/N47A7716%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizeeria karsandra</i> 3 - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxHBrcXIvUahhzAQwAL-PQOs0W5OabKP7qMpYbFpn-tix3vfjIEBpyjYcLDqXPbRwk9oqyYT9w351INuGGcaXljv-zDpkI3b3ISc_TY9CIpPvDfWGqybR4U_GTdiKxU-7-vP-hxPtRI_C2lKZvnIfYIoqzzsDmBCnyiSh0i6gneUmOSmpuxtlLsrKoQ/s1833/N47A7715%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="1833" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxHBrcXIvUahhzAQwAL-PQOs0W5OabKP7qMpYbFpn-tix3vfjIEBpyjYcLDqXPbRwk9oqyYT9w351INuGGcaXljv-zDpkI3b3ISc_TY9CIpPvDfWGqybR4U_GTdiKxU-7-vP-hxPtRI_C2lKZvnIfYIoqzzsDmBCnyiSh0i6gneUmOSmpuxtlLsrKoQ/w640-h426/N47A7715%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizeeria karsandra</i> 4 (or same as 3) - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqGkgwPO3u7u1F3qPgG3uIyk2R_rzoXsyaZwcYJvG2WwFf6Ne_yvbIyof8YQw1jMb-yxcXyfQBY0AI_ZnUgs1VoN7GpgHmRXkWj4uBwoJJONZldsdP1prDLxhv-gPxtLaNK0_qH6KHxuCHl5ESxARHxfBD785iY7QXdFhEtvVTBtBQNZstXH_sZm8OQ/s1340/N47A9193%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1340" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqGkgwPO3u7u1F3qPgG3uIyk2R_rzoXsyaZwcYJvG2WwFf6Ne_yvbIyof8YQw1jMb-yxcXyfQBY0AI_ZnUgs1VoN7GpgHmRXkWj4uBwoJJONZldsdP1prDLxhv-gPxtLaNK0_qH6KHxuCHl5ESxARHxfBD785iY7QXdFhEtvVTBtBQNZstXH_sZm8OQ/w640-h426/N47A9193%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizeeria karsandra</i> 5 - Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8hVlJdlrkn4o3R1nSpYdzJRxr-bfLUCG4xPOBaWu_O5vzuFd3Of81fp7mckNt-BGA-4F1M-9nreg2YdQCxW7sN5O-YYn6zpnZ3802Gd0dqnjDSxD7DpSV4p4d6s3Xa4NkmdFwDPlKw5FBho8VL2o7A793HaFJA02bW2hGo6D3trVvYWhHX3NRcpHgA/s1456/N47A9188%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1456" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8hVlJdlrkn4o3R1nSpYdzJRxr-bfLUCG4xPOBaWu_O5vzuFd3Of81fp7mckNt-BGA-4F1M-9nreg2YdQCxW7sN5O-YYn6zpnZ3802Gd0dqnjDSxD7DpSV4p4d6s3Xa4NkmdFwDPlKw5FBho8VL2o7A793HaFJA02bW2hGo6D3trVvYWhHX3NRcpHgA/w640-h426/N47A9188%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizeeria karsandra</i> 6 (may be same as 5) - Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoAXJtg4924f20lFo0KEbkpmxuSrlFJYe0PtYb9BlmE_an3Yve-KoBmb75p_RPuYOoLXkgovxIEoOvXtzE7inQbA6b4QfTQU5mUC5c8G71gV0MBBAA5B5ngaMbFE7VPMlNlXge3ngv9tfnPxBNtF6uEKgNpmZqbsOU-CLDb-bfZ6hSl9yzv020d3Ykw/s1324/N47A8359%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="1324" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzoAXJtg4924f20lFo0KEbkpmxuSrlFJYe0PtYb9BlmE_an3Yve-KoBmb75p_RPuYOoLXkgovxIEoOvXtzE7inQbA6b4QfTQU5mUC5c8G71gV0MBBAA5B5ngaMbFE7VPMlNlXge3ngv9tfnPxBNtF6uEKgNpmZqbsOU-CLDb-bfZ6hSl9yzv020d3Ykw/w640-h426/N47A8359%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Zizula hylax</i> <b>Tiny Grass Blue</b> - Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTkkmipTcWm5FRKS4p671cpsQc2vwjJiAXYOE13_U-X99Z_FQVgrBmGntZjDdyf5REw4GLCf21oLI7kyElQOxa_wDOXJ44RZuoBkYoa64WyQgTnCuvtzGZrlalnPSgSixZqdo8ktUL5rdZoJqZP4qb_UckiN3HW2u_PrTiG4JJHKXJ5_ex4_AtqEtCQ/s1487/N47A8349%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1487" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyTkkmipTcWm5FRKS4p671cpsQc2vwjJiAXYOE13_U-X99Z_FQVgrBmGntZjDdyf5REw4GLCf21oLI7kyElQOxa_wDOXJ44RZuoBkYoa64WyQgTnCuvtzGZrlalnPSgSixZqdo8ktUL5rdZoJqZP4qb_UckiN3HW2u_PrTiG4JJHKXJ5_ex4_AtqEtCQ/w640-h426/N47A8349%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Charaxes varanes</i> <b>Pearl Charaxes</b> - Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7xnUJqoChyxXd9uIcmM5wsvi9HbDIJQziLpi-2igxYlXuKR-BgzGrZcgknvPwB_Kcz2WRDdZMru2S2wUpjmSCs-kKcSCaMuRuu3x_gUuxvwhmr0H7vaKm9Et-dZK-3XbYyJZZaFTzdgBERCtw7TMfPH_GtSqd4UELYypARfd6UCqQv-feT3fTZLT_A/s1638/N47A9466%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1638" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7xnUJqoChyxXd9uIcmM5wsvi9HbDIJQziLpi-2igxYlXuKR-BgzGrZcgknvPwB_Kcz2WRDdZMru2S2wUpjmSCs-kKcSCaMuRuu3x_gUuxvwhmr0H7vaKm9Et-dZK-3XbYyJZZaFTzdgBERCtw7TMfPH_GtSqd4UELYypARfd6UCqQv-feT3fTZLT_A/w640-h426/N47A9466%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis liagore</i> <b>Desert Orange Tip</b> - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5LnWcjMUlhEK8CLFEbdnyDr8hlPh3rNZP-lH-OE47-4nSSos9UZRXvtImcID6oGtrLyzLgMZJvMxiu4nyWqD6oJHV153LpiOzTbrYhY1Op_wE4AvezkrzM-9ijZw0R6l0bvkqmAQbSirXoDtPMAT7sVDudhuKERQ1lPVlXCuwoAFArMroBMbGnkoAA/s701/N47A8360%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="612" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5LnWcjMUlhEK8CLFEbdnyDr8hlPh3rNZP-lH-OE47-4nSSos9UZRXvtImcID6oGtrLyzLgMZJvMxiu4nyWqD6oJHV153LpiOzTbrYhY1Op_wE4AvezkrzM-9ijZw0R6l0bvkqmAQbSirXoDtPMAT7sVDudhuKERQ1lPVlXCuwoAFArMroBMbGnkoAA/w558-h640/N47A8360%20copy.jpg" width="558" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tarucus balkanica</i> <b>Little Tiger Blue</b> - Khawr Dhurf<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfHzPpEgloa512sD3aDniOOBHeXkso1sqbAioCYh5az0DIAMq6EN6DzpflaFI_8TvmxsW_hx27i23h84PYYA1FZ8EPAnQ3OGEUgbKucNWa8x48LbMvzzkqcJ9_X2V2lMiVS_St90JlR2VueriJwgcQxMSwMlbXzva9GV_D-6QyPo0PFkrGg7oXLHIJQ/s1601/N47A8945%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1601" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfHzPpEgloa512sD3aDniOOBHeXkso1sqbAioCYh5az0DIAMq6EN6DzpflaFI_8TvmxsW_hx27i23h84PYYA1FZ8EPAnQ3OGEUgbKucNWa8x48LbMvzzkqcJ9_X2V2lMiVS_St90JlR2VueriJwgcQxMSwMlbXzva9GV_D-6QyPo0PFkrGg7oXLHIJQ/w640-h434/N47A8945%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades parrhasius</i> <b>Small Cupid 1</b> - Mudayy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf03R05wHFlIcFlpqTM-z3nCLapJKPbqBJsidpaqaPxm2bp_WEIbUfXu9VOk61TtDl4wam0ztpkikG5CXxNVMRvAYKB7O0VMkzxobt13EhrDpHP5K86V_pAB-Vg9aN8MtF04_tc0oJs4a_Nwl5Xe2MUCJyTixM2Z0BoFu8drNVDPNv7JtWTpIGI_4AA/s1973/N47A9461%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1973" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf03R05wHFlIcFlpqTM-z3nCLapJKPbqBJsidpaqaPxm2bp_WEIbUfXu9VOk61TtDl4wam0ztpkikG5CXxNVMRvAYKB7O0VMkzxobt13EhrDpHP5K86V_pAB-Vg9aN8MtF04_tc0oJs4a_Nwl5Xe2MUCJyTixM2Z0BoFu8drNVDPNv7JtWTpIGI_4AA/w640-h414/N47A9461%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades parrhasius</i> <b>Small Cupid 2</b> - Haya tip<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRU4AMob6pQFzOl0aEvqWX2oJZTq8uq3r3UBNR_irXSX9MnfLUmdfAcJeGursaAqN99ug271QgSDfjU7AQVj0run8GT_3VeVbI2EE_e8JcJLwpzl_xgVHWdwAA5iS4OYhZRzGBrzCfR-t-DWxK03rV54vtJKX52KB7BFJiFB2Cn9csgsgEq1d_DwDdeA/s1685/N47A8070%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1685" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRU4AMob6pQFzOl0aEvqWX2oJZTq8uq3r3UBNR_irXSX9MnfLUmdfAcJeGursaAqN99ug271QgSDfjU7AQVj0run8GT_3VeVbI2EE_e8JcJLwpzl_xgVHWdwAA5iS4OYhZRzGBrzCfR-t-DWxK03rV54vtJKX52KB7BFJiFB2Cn9csgsgEq1d_DwDdeA/w640-h386/N47A8070%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades parrhasius</i><b> Small Cupid 3</b> - Wadi Ash Shuwaymiyyah<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibURpiIWyHSyk0sqWFHYyc9-FvfAm6HXHiNfMXKmWjmrb4AFmnf0Snv2h0PyrRB8RkiM4Na6DSHRFiDdK8l3F9QUNVEDPL40KCOQWpyq920o_Nx-i7qo8tqj1DUdYGUUDiXm5WYl2I1DZPwPkCoPq6xQWU5MP236I-j4EAX1-Mkdv_1ZpssS_ZA8Ea_g/s4632/IMG_20211113_095718612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3474" data-original-width="4632" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibURpiIWyHSyk0sqWFHYyc9-FvfAm6HXHiNfMXKmWjmrb4AFmnf0Snv2h0PyrRB8RkiM4Na6DSHRFiDdK8l3F9QUNVEDPL40KCOQWpyq920o_Nx-i7qo8tqj1DUdYGUUDiXm5WYl2I1DZPwPkCoPq6xQWU5MP236I-j4EAX1-Mkdv_1ZpssS_ZA8Ea_g/w640-h480/IMG_20211113_095718612.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><i>Chilades parrhasius</i> <b>Small Cupid 4</b> - Hayma Services<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvIA2-4VKGG1e2KfZaeoKQryEPvCPQCisMCOEspRVEOHmLjoHpyF1tUMxIo5nObuhjX7wKk8W87_aHOo-1aImlEchieNjbttmWqOnv5_LNFwLok4U6OlYVt7uLAw5i7vL-1xzY75mLeUmPXFBNszyARQbcaYcOE8o5SbupTmkrldnqnLDSXhfCCgdWw/s1808/N47A7736%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1808" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvIA2-4VKGG1e2KfZaeoKQryEPvCPQCisMCOEspRVEOHmLjoHpyF1tUMxIo5nObuhjX7wKk8W87_aHOo-1aImlEchieNjbttmWqOnv5_LNFwLok4U6OlYVt7uLAw5i7vL-1xzY75mLeUmPXFBNszyARQbcaYcOE8o5SbupTmkrldnqnLDSXhfCCgdWw/w640-h382/N47A7736%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades parrhasius</i> <b>Small Cupid 5</b> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA-oJjnhZ0wZaojIygEle5g9n_4w_lmNYEv3qNa9X0C6BZ7eW-742EwuhqeumTPt5mVij1-0C731XenLlQ6hw6OoR3sjB2CNzKH3zbrKfBLYO07c3QjLSalJbBnfVwAYT2cgQnb9YAdiLKka70ypX39jW1yBZPAjRRRGW0mp3nxEnU1UfHjxbf8g3Aw/s1670/N47A7981%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1670" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA-oJjnhZ0wZaojIygEle5g9n_4w_lmNYEv3qNa9X0C6BZ7eW-742EwuhqeumTPt5mVij1-0C731XenLlQ6hw6OoR3sjB2CNzKH3zbrKfBLYO07c3QjLSalJbBnfVwAYT2cgQnb9YAdiLKka70ypX39jW1yBZPAjRRRGW0mp3nxEnU1UfHjxbf8g3Aw/w640-h396/N47A7981%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades trochylus</i> <b>Grass Jewel</b> - Ash Shuwaymiyyah<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zgg-rXK7Ui3wszSuGWaZz4oGgn376rJY5THmI9Whn5OrNvtXLKcxTSpF2vgDJVrye6SBuXMrFHAwYpKufJoO8U-fxzBo7KK3QOC2oQmNTFbI2uZpi2TeyAxoypfuPfrru1HxJTykzgmwSrvMX8IBbS8XRWUpcLRF1cJd7UT0rYxT-c_i77oDpLycxQ/s880/N47A7976%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="880" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zgg-rXK7Ui3wszSuGWaZz4oGgn376rJY5THmI9Whn5OrNvtXLKcxTSpF2vgDJVrye6SBuXMrFHAwYpKufJoO8U-fxzBo7KK3QOC2oQmNTFbI2uZpi2TeyAxoypfuPfrru1HxJTykzgmwSrvMX8IBbS8XRWUpcLRF1cJd7UT0rYxT-c_i77oDpLycxQ/w640-h440/N47A7976%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades trochylus</i><b> Grass Jewel </b>- Ash Shuwaymiyyah<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDZ5oCfPwzmHbVSr3jhUu4rPE_OFhhkHgOfVq3283-VgOQ2z6P5oaDTIJSRbFGUMR5YqLz1qMfNrWpx6od2s0YmSaA15F3a0fT6EywBDoYwP4AJGMoU3Z-5WYWVSz2f71ZEAKTny_4aAiRWrb9Y2B3hBEmoX2mcB7jI-EUiKwa20ZHR-hsL8ZHS_F_w/s1203/N47A7974%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1203" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDZ5oCfPwzmHbVSr3jhUu4rPE_OFhhkHgOfVq3283-VgOQ2z6P5oaDTIJSRbFGUMR5YqLz1qMfNrWpx6od2s0YmSaA15F3a0fT6EywBDoYwP4AJGMoU3Z-5WYWVSz2f71ZEAKTny_4aAiRWrb9Y2B3hBEmoX2mcB7jI-EUiKwa20ZHR-hsL8ZHS_F_w/w640-h426/N47A7974%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades trochylus</i> <b>Grass Jewel </b>- Ash Shuwaymiyyah<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrkWB4yN9aiKTRxMF9FqklB4MqOxeegoB6sfSL_Yo6YviAA9hLpHGJIOtqMhlASV7baPEjvoEmCVihzhUtxQgD7PRp2Muf8W9ozYEzku-oaTTcVxxN6LAGFZ-dg0EvT1Hu_b_VqNIRo9eH6Z7M8Mqlpsj7tlw5Q1qhe2YIymZL64sQR9GRuisF2pNmw/s1183/N47A7972%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1183" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrkWB4yN9aiKTRxMF9FqklB4MqOxeegoB6sfSL_Yo6YviAA9hLpHGJIOtqMhlASV7baPEjvoEmCVihzhUtxQgD7PRp2Muf8W9ozYEzku-oaTTcVxxN6LAGFZ-dg0EvT1Hu_b_VqNIRo9eH6Z7M8Mqlpsj7tlw5Q1qhe2YIymZL64sQR9GRuisF2pNmw/w640-h420/N47A7972%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chilades trochylus</i> <b>Grass Jewel </b>- Ash Shuwaymiyyah<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujQyEGI8dEG7JgPHu85Jh8OXuXXcYjCeOLD292lJ5phQF7WFSlM3XphQeSZD6z_Og7VfpJF7bt82PF-bJinnqUOiKM9JOrBUz9iTYMmuqXsw7DWNU6tsPXNpDFRNxcZ7C783d_NDwBajNoqbWJa71PhICnXzxWMUE8MEWPL2kYM3ScF9HEfBM-ml74A/s1442/N47A8067%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1442" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujQyEGI8dEG7JgPHu85Jh8OXuXXcYjCeOLD292lJ5phQF7WFSlM3XphQeSZD6z_Og7VfpJF7bt82PF-bJinnqUOiKM9JOrBUz9iTYMmuqXsw7DWNU6tsPXNpDFRNxcZ7C783d_NDwBajNoqbWJa71PhICnXzxWMUE8MEWPL2kYM3ScF9HEfBM-ml74A/w640-h434/N47A8067%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis calais</i> - Khawr Dhurf<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-h2AfTyqOuQHMzbd6LLvPnlKotyefBWD-gsIi86g30t5-Lj6zOURP4H0yGlSVMmNLvVM3GfVmAoTW67DLZOc_RXLDJdeo9WsRv7h4oTeziZtYT3cwc5o_Vx5K49vUbONljjgHguntm-7aNu8FU86YejbGEJLwEZoJRDBKTz29bK_OsdD89hMBC6wiw/s1472/N47A7723%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1472" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-h2AfTyqOuQHMzbd6LLvPnlKotyefBWD-gsIi86g30t5-Lj6zOURP4H0yGlSVMmNLvVM3GfVmAoTW67DLZOc_RXLDJdeo9WsRv7h4oTeziZtYT3cwc5o_Vx5K49vUbONljjgHguntm-7aNu8FU86YejbGEJLwEZoJRDBKTz29bK_OsdD89hMBC6wiw/w640-h392/N47A7723%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis calais</i> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUP4GHkdUzCATvaFQiOVJzkwW2Lqv1SZj2Aqk3OnnunjodzvvhhnGJE2ANBsh61sQh3xmB3Q2goJTPOo16TuR1ehW-85ZczvzXAcNoIZANaS7Jrp7g30WBb9IrGy2fiJHMP2Iq6J7X5B0qEzcEQxp0Hzv9zho1Dsg9kuGq0dhrkk0aU_iW_RzeY6iC_Q/s1951/N47A9439%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="1951" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUP4GHkdUzCATvaFQiOVJzkwW2Lqv1SZj2Aqk3OnnunjodzvvhhnGJE2ANBsh61sQh3xmB3Q2goJTPOo16TuR1ehW-85ZczvzXAcNoIZANaS7Jrp7g30WBb9IrGy2fiJHMP2Iq6J7X5B0qEzcEQxp0Hzv9zho1Dsg9kuGq0dhrkk0aU_iW_RzeY6iC_Q/w640-h416/N47A9439%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis liagore</i> <b>Desert Orange Tip 1</b> - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN1nbzSBQmaoUw7CXxHxo9AJHbe1Z6cdE_1gUsctWBOY31Oe0NMiLqTnZpjuO9fQUWg5Fk-hfkVcjvH6CUY8SLozt3AsIcALI53bZwJApjsJXibUfFz49F4QcF6H8kSj1ff-U6IabAzV5lPGmwwTUZyyZvg7cEBbWFYAiC2iwOSlsBvsBHppr5L70LQ/s1822/N47A9437%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1822" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijN1nbzSBQmaoUw7CXxHxo9AJHbe1Z6cdE_1gUsctWBOY31Oe0NMiLqTnZpjuO9fQUWg5Fk-hfkVcjvH6CUY8SLozt3AsIcALI53bZwJApjsJXibUfFz49F4QcF6H8kSj1ff-U6IabAzV5lPGmwwTUZyyZvg7cEBbWFYAiC2iwOSlsBvsBHppr5L70LQ/w640-h400/N47A9437%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis liagore</i> <b>Desert Orange Tip 1</b> - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzQ0XaAZGyRyypoTdcaaUay5S3rFf87r2_ucMn3DMTvs2YurfezY2O4ciCfvYGBHSjvVXX9UdLTPRVpmrFppgAF2CfcskSxM1unTQAMEx7M3A8OSiawLHynlfzTXnggMQF0CwgojxDxihQIdqnhsk00Eb7mitzp5uvGamcQkbel0fQCoEwtgF5iJcsg/s2003/N47A7853%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2003" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzQ0XaAZGyRyypoTdcaaUay5S3rFf87r2_ucMn3DMTvs2YurfezY2O4ciCfvYGBHSjvVXX9UdLTPRVpmrFppgAF2CfcskSxM1unTQAMEx7M3A8OSiawLHynlfzTXnggMQF0CwgojxDxihQIdqnhsk00Eb7mitzp5uvGamcQkbel0fQCoEwtgF5iJcsg/w640-h386/N47A7853%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis liagore</i> <b>Desert Orange Tip 2</b> - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRP-HtkBmXT_Iu3Lc34dYSRbqaOhbSvRLJmoeLmGUzA4JMEE-gGyvSsLqhpV55oA1a3TaUEKVLLvJgRanf1dvq-0tNUQS41pD4vzrARD2jadIsJdFMbvQ0pL_sJl1D6RmzbeuVARa-Dfw70_5qvsZYzwEzeBoAiJ-jhU8cpI8mEX6Ih2dPP2EI4HwD1Q/s2189/N47A7822%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="2189" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRP-HtkBmXT_Iu3Lc34dYSRbqaOhbSvRLJmoeLmGUzA4JMEE-gGyvSsLqhpV55oA1a3TaUEKVLLvJgRanf1dvq-0tNUQS41pD4vzrARD2jadIsJdFMbvQ0pL_sJl1D6RmzbeuVARa-Dfw70_5qvsZYzwEzeBoAiJ-jhU8cpI8mEX6Ih2dPP2EI4HwD1Q/w640-h396/N47A7822%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis liagore</i> <b>Desert Orange Tip 3</b> - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMiLCGP3ShC7SkkT_l_fM4vVWclxbV8OPRzIre1lIkUf0TrPY3dVhXB3YqVTdTxbh-V5afHxAMH_zkMTLeXe7ng3n1G9ZqjaJgbPHPPfgUq6Ersx6ErgrBSsF-61reGMRWfb48ELJAZbpnaRkCHHbmEAfUXamEuQrr3gQYJbqxhkxTwbIaZPv5YAhrQ/s1858/N47A9544%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1858" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMiLCGP3ShC7SkkT_l_fM4vVWclxbV8OPRzIre1lIkUf0TrPY3dVhXB3YqVTdTxbh-V5afHxAMH_zkMTLeXe7ng3n1G9ZqjaJgbPHPPfgUq6Ersx6ErgrBSsF-61reGMRWfb48ELJAZbpnaRkCHHbmEAfUXamEuQrr3gQYJbqxhkxTwbIaZPv5YAhrQ/w640-h392/N47A9544%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis phisadia</i> <b>Blue-Spotted Arab 1</b> - Ras Al Sawadi<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69XsNk9DlC43cy5WbndR82z9sTrZ1da_mSBu9ibMWD-6N4jOW2FlwopSspJVZxxL197WMoEBKC89FSlRTr9Bko7yxE8BRttpb1N9vW04fryGwpy6q_JJYCcdb0LsaTHP5qmmkAxmMzE2GRitnt39dlKkCaCD0bUF2RSfyV6fkZ3dsRdi3p7UN2RQwZw/s1497/N47A9540%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1497" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69XsNk9DlC43cy5WbndR82z9sTrZ1da_mSBu9ibMWD-6N4jOW2FlwopSspJVZxxL197WMoEBKC89FSlRTr9Bko7yxE8BRttpb1N9vW04fryGwpy6q_JJYCcdb0LsaTHP5qmmkAxmMzE2GRitnt39dlKkCaCD0bUF2RSfyV6fkZ3dsRdi3p7UN2RQwZw/w640-h412/N47A9540%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis phisadia</i> <b>Blue-Spotted Arab 1</b> - Ras Al Sawadi<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyDORqjkFptHfFEdAR4_39xvuq7X5y8d56mAP4dFzBmMx656ASb3DUfCAgxC1Y6WGCjTlCCSia2pwmQaI780iMqxY40kBa1L7XiDpxzrGF7vFEB8WnEmU9kpqqJtD0rHCdi1e8FZWI16FUJWDhK4iJnLA_kVO0Jh9MkLzq_WDHR9kZosUO1XDW5lgug/s469/N47A9537%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="469" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyDORqjkFptHfFEdAR4_39xvuq7X5y8d56mAP4dFzBmMx656ASb3DUfCAgxC1Y6WGCjTlCCSia2pwmQaI780iMqxY40kBa1L7XiDpxzrGF7vFEB8WnEmU9kpqqJtD0rHCdi1e8FZWI16FUJWDhK4iJnLA_kVO0Jh9MkLzq_WDHR9kZosUO1XDW5lgug/w640-h466/N47A9537%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis phisadia</i> <b>Blue-Spotted Arab 2</b> - Ras Al Sawadi<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywSC61jrXSdLCVrWxGI7LsOFw3aflnfehApkEQy_GrCVi1_KGjlAFORh7JrFhv4wQD_kpIRiP5dYeidJ9AJTEHQmJ00qOZETjgIwljalv7KfOXTJDFChbzz-B0l1ZODVZmr22K3vDf5YjO2gsIKMDfRzzX4nheoTG2EYBkE4OpE5wQNCTo0TndskS6w/s1106/N47A8943%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1106" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywSC61jrXSdLCVrWxGI7LsOFw3aflnfehApkEQy_GrCVi1_KGjlAFORh7JrFhv4wQD_kpIRiP5dYeidJ9AJTEHQmJ00qOZETjgIwljalv7KfOXTJDFChbzz-B0l1ZODVZmr22K3vDf5YjO2gsIKMDfRzzX4nheoTG2EYBkE4OpE5wQNCTo0TndskS6w/w640-h418/N47A8943%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis phisadia</i> <b>Blue-Spotted Arab 3</b> - Mudayy<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DJIwBirYj-N-96lBP4aktaotbFFgHHp-Q12NZlo7Y4KC4vffRkNSHQIo3N_wsEL5hvuisbg44m3tDHzeKPVp8A54srHZPnvn0NVV-0KS3zb3QOM5S7LV6_8y-3QDi62jWf0oMCobjmzjCRWfExDgvdhlp2pAIlPXkZhGTGdgs6Kc8elELJoqF074jA/s1664/N47A7726%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1664" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DJIwBirYj-N-96lBP4aktaotbFFgHHp-Q12NZlo7Y4KC4vffRkNSHQIo3N_wsEL5hvuisbg44m3tDHzeKPVp8A54srHZPnvn0NVV-0KS3zb3QOM5S7LV6_8y-3QDi62jWf0oMCobjmzjCRWfExDgvdhlp2pAIlPXkZhGTGdgs6Kc8elELJoqF074jA/w640-h422/N47A7726%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colotis phisadia</i> <b>Blue-Spotted Arab 4</b> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4aMbX9voWwqMdnqN0wr8haClVt7MK9OUIBOW7BDkVqJ6ogbo0zs7stfjlSQ2e8HiY8B3AGdGlhD9ghWeo-gxelOZsPLR5dmqRwv1sztOjmqTmuyC_jb_XlP4oKDEztbE7QvXGt1J7LY-aVvxLxHAd9U8rJ1pleJw7RW8VQRVjd9D9oS8h36B1E3xtA/s1022/N47A8116%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1022" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4aMbX9voWwqMdnqN0wr8haClVt7MK9OUIBOW7BDkVqJ6ogbo0zs7stfjlSQ2e8HiY8B3AGdGlhD9ghWeo-gxelOZsPLR5dmqRwv1sztOjmqTmuyC_jb_XlP4oKDEztbE7QvXGt1J7LY-aVvxLxHAd9U8rJ1pleJw7RW8VQRVjd9D9oS8h36B1E3xtA/w640-h394/N47A8116%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eurema hecabe</i> <b>Common Grass Yellow</b> - Ayn Tobroq<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TKCJPJig9vD7014QP0oIki-RJqF5pmjX_m24Avu7nXPkN87S4TCiKd2p5SsH8Cq8W6j6xu3Cr0JeqcZvP3IbXMxG0XnyH9MiNRCVDFS753gTC6R6r294EvcWHZEwSv_QVstWjjNCSTnz7-Rik9mDKYdH90jjm5mQ7Bico-0lS-SeSoK3np2f2H_yPA/s1384/N47A7719%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1384" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TKCJPJig9vD7014QP0oIki-RJqF5pmjX_m24Avu7nXPkN87S4TCiKd2p5SsH8Cq8W6j6xu3Cr0JeqcZvP3IbXMxG0XnyH9MiNRCVDFS753gTC6R6r294EvcWHZEwSv_QVstWjjNCSTnz7-Rik9mDKYdH90jjm5mQ7Bico-0lS-SeSoK3np2f2H_yPA/w640-h424/N47A7719%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Azanus ubaldus</i> <b>Bright Babel Blue</b> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVwdkd18QADWax75PIE23QEEVDpRJ-wyAlkSLSnf5P8G_zWPv1Rb5zLaoJBlS0gJgrqB3HBT2iw59pkgSFyU1Yt0beABbPdk9vunIKKi5KCHMi0G-QYQGS2nXvhJy9dau6Uyd7hzFP3w61yoTpAJ1FPFMD9Tr095vVbh1Jx_lil9p2ePv7uckpWaWzg/s1486/N47A9334%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1486" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVwdkd18QADWax75PIE23QEEVDpRJ-wyAlkSLSnf5P8G_zWPv1Rb5zLaoJBlS0gJgrqB3HBT2iw59pkgSFyU1Yt0beABbPdk9vunIKKi5KCHMi0G-QYQGS2nXvhJy9dau6Uyd7hzFP3w61yoTpAJ1FPFMD9Tr095vVbh1Jx_lil9p2ePv7uckpWaWzg/w640-h404/N47A9334%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gegenes nostrodamus</i> <b>Mediterranean Skipper</b> (could also be <i>Gegenes pumilio </i>but currently only <i>nostrodamus </i>know in range -probably!) - Qitbit motel<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWMuWj1pLr1XMQ9_Yz2l8QzoupNFcpaqOKhlOsrssmI_savzzX4hGuNCnaaHyYFJGOgY6fHGKc1bAQIX7OiuKGHHGT-J6y_sbxu_ewgQ-cd1UUYpaQgNzm9TtVGZGcYdI0Dphfke4o4XqaqxOZXw1JwhvCMVAwL8u711wvIex9zHMYBXL4q6TS1faqA/s872/N47A8882%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="872" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWMuWj1pLr1XMQ9_Yz2l8QzoupNFcpaqOKhlOsrssmI_savzzX4hGuNCnaaHyYFJGOgY6fHGKc1bAQIX7OiuKGHHGT-J6y_sbxu_ewgQ-cd1UUYpaQgNzm9TtVGZGcYdI0Dphfke4o4XqaqxOZXw1JwhvCMVAwL8u711wvIex9zHMYBXL4q6TS1faqA/w640-h444/N47A8882%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gomalia elma</i> <b>Green-marbled Skipper</b> - Jabal Samhan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1QSpwP73Hxxq_pxLCsqc1JvHP0DUVA8wn1g1G75wkCVk7oLpe0eHuw1uElSGroRTt7N6_qZx0uVpnix7-fahVkhmieqQ-L17mcjkDuNxHM3Qc-31ZqTzVZfR7luMP7dY9_N42r42qwz1WuTgCTWkOyyXBGM7pY8jpFCAshBbJ-W05maxwlmoopHVwA/s2657/N47A9413%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="2657" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1QSpwP73Hxxq_pxLCsqc1JvHP0DUVA8wn1g1G75wkCVk7oLpe0eHuw1uElSGroRTt7N6_qZx0uVpnix7-fahVkhmieqQ-L17mcjkDuNxHM3Qc-31ZqTzVZfR7luMP7dY9_N42r42qwz1WuTgCTWkOyyXBGM7pY8jpFCAshBbJ-W05maxwlmoopHVwA/w640-h420/N47A9413%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampides boeticus</i> <b>Pea Blue 1</b> - Nizwa<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUGq2rf2xndryvMEz7m0XN6O8V4gDKHuWzXvEvRE4-1tGBzpdq3rw88cyBMZ_AHdnhuOiYGYKNMFh_ub2lSD3aXRGSxlC-5YZdoKL6khRrdN9DYDwt23F4ailgt9gwFL07q7Sw2Ygev985JldS8Rvsd4gK73rCwk6kW9tjewetPpU18jZQqiFXOaM3w/s1969/N47A9379%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1969" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUGq2rf2xndryvMEz7m0XN6O8V4gDKHuWzXvEvRE4-1tGBzpdq3rw88cyBMZ_AHdnhuOiYGYKNMFh_ub2lSD3aXRGSxlC-5YZdoKL6khRrdN9DYDwt23F4ailgt9gwFL07q7Sw2Ygev985JldS8Rvsd4gK73rCwk6kW9tjewetPpU18jZQqiFXOaM3w/w640-h408/N47A9379%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampides boeticus</i> <b>Pea Blue 2</b> - Nizwa<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazV-6NSCzcEqdnrDVM297u7vL9jzh6shHPlhmNK8kcgkuWWutxLl5XIn1ZF4bUCYkvG-sz_eTJ4wHWOfWmPB3eYycIy_zqCLVHqqUzF10UF61Y0s0iJ6TcVLwOwyHFwB2lxigYFzed4BdYphFUI6_anPKhCgYStO270LwaBls_ECbH943P4KkSvpQfQ/s1801/N47A9373%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1801" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazV-6NSCzcEqdnrDVM297u7vL9jzh6shHPlhmNK8kcgkuWWutxLl5XIn1ZF4bUCYkvG-sz_eTJ4wHWOfWmPB3eYycIy_zqCLVHqqUzF10UF61Y0s0iJ6TcVLwOwyHFwB2lxigYFzed4BdYphFUI6_anPKhCgYStO270LwaBls_ECbH943P4KkSvpQfQ/w640-h458/N47A9373%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampides boeticus</i> <b>Pea Blue 3</b> - Nizwa<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHlOimzAvs9Kpmz_ymuIejQceqU6Rk12pGE6YfSaptI3gZgMWKnOklBuuKCla6VGrtvTworjeXRJ5WqiBLlD_AMn6gsa7eDqoPVFKPsQPBJZV7UtXly0H575N2XWPW-Rc_8-50i5WEtC8QywdogxFUzGVDcZPlIY53jQD7CSW6BwUPdVLOBsdq2n7Xw/s1982/N47A7838%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1982" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHlOimzAvs9Kpmz_ymuIejQceqU6Rk12pGE6YfSaptI3gZgMWKnOklBuuKCla6VGrtvTworjeXRJ5WqiBLlD_AMn6gsa7eDqoPVFKPsQPBJZV7UtXly0H575N2XWPW-Rc_8-50i5WEtC8QywdogxFUzGVDcZPlIY53jQD7CSW6BwUPdVLOBsdq2n7Xw/w640-h396/N47A7838%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampides boeticus</i> <b>Pea Blue 4</b> - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmjMdOFsejoBp4NQsg4n3P8zrO77E5-Ehn1Z4qmXa7xLrueGn0He52Tm5da6ai83baUmznkNOMDU5qWFRmMn-aL7jFm2LBWCP0Wuulid09kVvVD1LubD1GSQQw6JOtJ4Jx_rb3RQCOh_838HhmQGK6KXXmUwrSyzfI_Z1xxkEIXZA8LWDavoe5mVsGw/s2265/N47A8194%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="2265" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmjMdOFsejoBp4NQsg4n3P8zrO77E5-Ehn1Z4qmXa7xLrueGn0He52Tm5da6ai83baUmznkNOMDU5qWFRmMn-aL7jFm2LBWCP0Wuulid09kVvVD1LubD1GSQQw6JOtJ4Jx_rb3RQCOh_838HhmQGK6KXXmUwrSyzfI_Z1xxkEIXZA8LWDavoe5mVsGw/w640-h432/N47A8194%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Leptotes pirithous</i> <b>Lang's Short-tailed Blue</b> - Ayn Tobroq<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLrOymEDVy6ONS3coxeeVpiKeC5_4dMTpocUbC9sJMZSGSCgCydRXph_wMebNqNvEBPNWS9dr2mTjMBDI3UnvGMrY2zl9LacPmaRtvFLixgUTyyWidQCCbJl11_B3f1Afv9F-PRw4UVJ1O6gx4XaJwuP6YhlxIXs6NufDd6VYeMuqktmoshMWl-WX3w/s2143/N47A8346%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1607" data-original-width="2143" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLrOymEDVy6ONS3coxeeVpiKeC5_4dMTpocUbC9sJMZSGSCgCydRXph_wMebNqNvEBPNWS9dr2mTjMBDI3UnvGMrY2zl9LacPmaRtvFLixgUTyyWidQCCbJl11_B3f1Afv9F-PRw4UVJ1O6gx4XaJwuP6YhlxIXs6NufDd6VYeMuqktmoshMWl-WX3w/w640-h480/N47A8346%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Melanitis leda</i> <b>Common Evening Brown</b> - Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jWScpB_wx6m-GW52-lsXcOTHSSr9_KstC6NsHlZttl0EDtQZqKnbbeBb5lCs4wYCsX3y7HtF_ayGXXCAK6xddcpCb99wGAlf9rc1hZXTiuZewcQmR8Cid467dNb2aFNqa-_4VoYZM7Ggtl2y82_u-f_bHwBBORKiNeVf2v7jwhLJ9VPDxmgYl4EYLg/s1564/N47A8176%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1564" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jWScpB_wx6m-GW52-lsXcOTHSSr9_KstC6NsHlZttl0EDtQZqKnbbeBb5lCs4wYCsX3y7HtF_ayGXXCAK6xddcpCb99wGAlf9rc1hZXTiuZewcQmR8Cid467dNb2aFNqa-_4VoYZM7Ggtl2y82_u-f_bHwBBORKiNeVf2v7jwhLJ9VPDxmgYl4EYLg/w640-h464/N47A8176%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nepheronia buqueti buchanani</i> <b>Plain Vagrant</b> - Ayn Tobroq<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nhw-YbtMDiJ7l2h5PrRqUyWLFuvhG8Ur4feox0m9k24B9mzMczOsvd8OQV875uc9UOFZHr48RSscZc7ZBEoLWM_kc14Wu0t5wTcuOlQX0uQgj2QJm0fp4brIPkULH964_hojsn2VrLy4u51hQaLHMa0FkK31eJrZDkAxTwqjoI_pW7BRvZdyaL5f5Q/s2116/N47A9180%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="2116" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nhw-YbtMDiJ7l2h5PrRqUyWLFuvhG8Ur4feox0m9k24B9mzMczOsvd8OQV875uc9UOFZHr48RSscZc7ZBEoLWM_kc14Wu0t5wTcuOlQX0uQgj2QJm0fp4brIPkULH964_hojsn2VrLy4u51hQaLHMa0FkK31eJrZDkAxTwqjoI_pW7BRvZdyaL5f5Q/w640-h440/N47A9180%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vanessa cardui</i> <b>Painted Lady</b> - Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmk9sxd0nBHjbiihEKrzCh7Ga0mgV2odWjTu37SAU8JoT1-ONFjvJZFZlo_kbnsIp37a1nr49BZTrvdMNxPXUvyD0y16gTdCwk1PwIS8CXeHBOm7A88Hoo7vWYCUDS7TjWHxymRvG2MzVzcC4JApGuVEtsK4mkPV7gtDBkt2Q77MpsxGCHDMhUksbWw/s2022/N47A8339%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2022" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmk9sxd0nBHjbiihEKrzCh7Ga0mgV2odWjTu37SAU8JoT1-ONFjvJZFZlo_kbnsIp37a1nr49BZTrvdMNxPXUvyD0y16gTdCwk1PwIS8CXeHBOm7A88Hoo7vWYCUDS7TjWHxymRvG2MzVzcC4JApGuVEtsK4mkPV7gtDBkt2Q77MpsxGCHDMhUksbWw/w640-h460/N47A8339%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pinacopteryx eriphia</i> <b>Zebra White</b> - Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA3AyWGNIRm1BnwBLNRNhacBdMnLBgG6Qel2c9g7k58MTs1BjpPFC6hLwFXV334ZQIMkpk99rLpfK8wWYfmBV-0PcCfYW77m4Zo_IYzcZ6xLV5B9jh81MO2Fba-EaQMcq0ZaoH2jVJj7d5nq-7HhPPSghRjcQPuiGVZeFqmpC6RRftqBPDXbQfP2-dQ/s2618/N47A7948%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1681" data-original-width="2618" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKA3AyWGNIRm1BnwBLNRNhacBdMnLBgG6Qel2c9g7k58MTs1BjpPFC6hLwFXV334ZQIMkpk99rLpfK8wWYfmBV-0PcCfYW77m4Zo_IYzcZ6xLV5B9jh81MO2Fba-EaQMcq0ZaoH2jVJj7d5nq-7HhPPSghRjcQPuiGVZeFqmpC6RRftqBPDXbQfP2-dQ/w640-h410/N47A7948%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Danaus chrysippus</i> <b>Plain Tiger 1</b> -Khawr Dhurf<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiywRX_Nh8utR5KCAAabkC_u41c9dk32YdCSrlrgUp4isqoHRvI_ba4RqWOS-LPFJ7YVeXSlKVjaNT1esCa-Sf8OLKUl6_sTR02g7EzCsVZdBtM_ieEJtro2VUVPeQwQTO81QaIEyFGInaV9o3BHVJjQSf0rLwz5FnoBg7Is2EqT83qzh98Iymxf8oTA/s1351/N47A7746%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="871" data-original-width="1351" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiywRX_Nh8utR5KCAAabkC_u41c9dk32YdCSrlrgUp4isqoHRvI_ba4RqWOS-LPFJ7YVeXSlKVjaNT1esCa-Sf8OLKUl6_sTR02g7EzCsVZdBtM_ieEJtro2VUVPeQwQTO81QaIEyFGInaV9o3BHVJjQSf0rLwz5FnoBg7Is2EqT83qzh98Iymxf8oTA/w640-h412/N47A7746%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Danaus chrysippus</i><b> Plain Tiger 2</b> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrWsiPe3R9vQbpSkQc_o9IdUQErJpp9OcjsD5fXn9jcwsNqAoq_STHVnmFRrqqW5HXS-tW8FzZ3X0WJ6aek-CY1LzuwysjFI1Lzka2AIaOPUfMPunAVdEQzjsc1woP9PPgFwN2UJltp4itG0J8XNKHGil7cNUkE7E6KLaAnbicyPuJ0KWLeCYvFLHug/s2037/N47A7734%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2037" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQrWsiPe3R9vQbpSkQc_o9IdUQErJpp9OcjsD5fXn9jcwsNqAoq_STHVnmFRrqqW5HXS-tW8FzZ3X0WJ6aek-CY1LzuwysjFI1Lzka2AIaOPUfMPunAVdEQzjsc1woP9PPgFwN2UJltp4itG0J8XNKHGil7cNUkE7E6KLaAnbicyPuJ0KWLeCYvFLHug/w640-h474/N47A7734%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Danaus chrysippus</i> <b>Plain Tiger 2</b> - Sun Farms<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WgW35ey3wYrioo4FGPHOcu-JDuGdrYnOaDzADFjdCg6mH_uEoCAthA1SgqYT63Wnwr3hGyFdHOnzMancRLKQtgrzeC0ATO-UZvx5tQh7t3RRqqgO6qecqpVh6sWgR-4QDdrDinzlbQIBiORfMbDXIjqLBgiAPFxRf79POx1PbErCRhzw030Sp2cLlw/s2262/N47A8354%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2262" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WgW35ey3wYrioo4FGPHOcu-JDuGdrYnOaDzADFjdCg6mH_uEoCAthA1SgqYT63Wnwr3hGyFdHOnzMancRLKQtgrzeC0ATO-UZvx5tQh7t3RRqqgO6qecqpVh6sWgR-4QDdrDinzlbQIBiORfMbDXIjqLBgiAPFxRf79POx1PbErCRhzw030Sp2cLlw/w640-h430/N47A8354%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Charaxes varanes bertrami </i>- Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z16cDeIw_dV2p-b7FXDGbthgn7zica4wGtiePf4_zjJSY0Ti7stOqgTqz7ugk3qgCggibhAr1aT5hOIOuhCzvQFH67SBKUH-bBfyBZtWm--K_RAPoSenK0LS0jkwsOqdoVgUv2GfLktoVleL-tBCEHipdWYwcQKUYpQ3c7EI76Ugn40GbzxnR4R-eQ/s392/N47A8874%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="392" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z16cDeIw_dV2p-b7FXDGbthgn7zica4wGtiePf4_zjJSY0Ti7stOqgTqz7ugk3qgCggibhAr1aT5hOIOuhCzvQFH67SBKUH-bBfyBZtWm--K_RAPoSenK0LS0jkwsOqdoVgUv2GfLktoVleL-tBCEHipdWYwcQKUYpQ3c7EI76Ugn40GbzxnR4R-eQ/w640-h418/N47A8874%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Axiocerses harpax</i> <b>Common Scarlet 1</b> - Jabal Samhan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5WAQYU3eq-VpThFRNJTSrjHwBu5K51SmYV64Bt95B-OMBvI2KDmCCc5FXc_0-MhIpoiq_5KZU0eqADynXm7dTYrnI__W3dcKNs8O637z5eE6yAmtv4Q3QL17XEdqKo3QxD94-q43iCUAjhPvqaL8Mt9qt0I4lO7ESV7GRcrBXPVweIJfEHwwbqoT3A/s1402/N47A8870%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1402" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5WAQYU3eq-VpThFRNJTSrjHwBu5K51SmYV64Bt95B-OMBvI2KDmCCc5FXc_0-MhIpoiq_5KZU0eqADynXm7dTYrnI__W3dcKNs8O637z5eE6yAmtv4Q3QL17XEdqKo3QxD94-q43iCUAjhPvqaL8Mt9qt0I4lO7ESV7GRcrBXPVweIJfEHwwbqoT3A/w640-h462/N47A8870%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Axiocerses harpax</i> <b>Common Scarlet 2</b> - Jabal Samhan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWW_kqW5YNIjGewdWMZIa0nv-Qm9h7hqFNtHB3TwpT_oGM02rytj-lqvWyH5kAq3kFbp-ShEQuPfQTi8UKvKFPYHy347dHQWLaGrfddGb7hyjfO3WuyDtxdfHnH6cP4f0I5Om9lyHHyctrEYyZv40QVewj2Sg1-PIzt9mOtJ7gHOoBgjcxgG9nYSufA/s2324/N47A9456%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2324" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWW_kqW5YNIjGewdWMZIa0nv-Qm9h7hqFNtHB3TwpT_oGM02rytj-lqvWyH5kAq3kFbp-ShEQuPfQTi8UKvKFPYHy347dHQWLaGrfddGb7hyjfO3WuyDtxdfHnH6cP4f0I5Om9lyHHyctrEYyZv40QVewj2Sg1-PIzt9mOtJ7gHOoBgjcxgG9nYSufA/w640-h418/N47A9456%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Junonia orithya</i> <b>Blue Pansy 1</b> - Wadi Halinan<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uV4nsyhdSdjI7V8DuescVuIB4geZ_0YkADuSS4olVOY6mHtanHcZrr5oRab3xxlBCzv51IGGQq_h6q0C4GU33zJ_7D8PdWRROHGP_meiOFc-Jr757BdBMmxVoKpuYKzz6yg9yTU4BgxVLbkiye1B0t6voljtEj2jQNNq9vHIS6yFQxMLifAPorarhw/s1557/N47A9223%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1557" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uV4nsyhdSdjI7V8DuescVuIB4geZ_0YkADuSS4olVOY6mHtanHcZrr5oRab3xxlBCzv51IGGQq_h6q0C4GU33zJ_7D8PdWRROHGP_meiOFc-Jr757BdBMmxVoKpuYKzz6yg9yTU4BgxVLbkiye1B0t6voljtEj2jQNNq9vHIS6yFQxMLifAPorarhw/w640-h438/N47A9223%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Junonia orithya</i> <b>Blue Pansy 2</b> - Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GxzWy4-2C1jK06-5A2ROsGs5gkShyqM5qklcFdwpnQRog84l1dH8FLn1NR_0A29n6LIyg_i15nnb_8fsgjPIjLQ94DFH6uNQI_7nEYc8vzuIfEZIlNbs9HQv4_Hkv32YmSDA0lqkXoNNiKSnIOf_CCRTPRgJwxDb2IhTbIZXeEOFQwADP2mnW3uklg/s1875/N47A8335%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1875" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GxzWy4-2C1jK06-5A2ROsGs5gkShyqM5qklcFdwpnQRog84l1dH8FLn1NR_0A29n6LIyg_i15nnb_8fsgjPIjLQ94DFH6uNQI_7nEYc8vzuIfEZIlNbs9HQv4_Hkv32YmSDA0lqkXoNNiKSnIOf_CCRTPRgJwxDb2IhTbIZXeEOFQwADP2mnW3uklg/w640-h408/N47A8335%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Junonia orithya</i> <b>Blue Pansy 3</b> - Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBtDFCAhnL5tGlQUrjklh-rYGK9AsMLoJLcBVVd-DR2BUm0sX-gmRDJx_i4t7yeIbx5q4sEs9revWV2g74DG1WJMtueNQDv2tp4A-W1CpWw_ZHgdGQcU2K2uGd8c1zzx4EMSKt8MJFd6frOLzEjs-lpNBu-PvcyBb4EcMWr1o0GepwsiB_SeoSFh4Eg/s2717/One%20Pip%20Policeman.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2717" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBtDFCAhnL5tGlQUrjklh-rYGK9AsMLoJLcBVVd-DR2BUm0sX-gmRDJx_i4t7yeIbx5q4sEs9revWV2g74DG1WJMtueNQDv2tp4A-W1CpWw_ZHgdGQcU2K2uGd8c1zzx4EMSKt8MJFd6frOLzEjs-lpNBu-PvcyBb4EcMWr1o0GepwsiB_SeoSFh4Eg/w640-h374/One%20Pip%20Policeman.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Coeliades anchises</i> <b>One-pip Policeman</b> - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69jZCULbcwsOMs6cZqQyTM-tTtK5UIhbPRM0otkrZvTFMoSTCE5LP7Oo_FuU3BIV6CcElUJcGm1R4B6xg-1cd1Ehmb71sTizmlZEBJChBOwYguThOAhhZ4tPVUV_8nmGSJgDm3KwoG3rCow5IoVSx8dp2b-Iajhxm-hxZc8YVSVmJvoMxEdVYocQ5NQ/s1614/Pioneer%20White%20nr%20Nizwa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1614" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69jZCULbcwsOMs6cZqQyTM-tTtK5UIhbPRM0otkrZvTFMoSTCE5LP7Oo_FuU3BIV6CcElUJcGm1R4B6xg-1cd1Ehmb71sTizmlZEBJChBOwYguThOAhhZ4tPVUV_8nmGSJgDm3KwoG3rCow5IoVSx8dp2b-Iajhxm-hxZc8YVSVmJvoMxEdVYocQ5NQ/w640-h426/Pioneer%20White%20nr%20Nizwa.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Belenois aurota</i> <b>Pioneer White 1</b> - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYy5PMPFq8eDiEogI7TcA1Qb0LjHxWlrDRnYAkLCDuivggPJS3_lDyns8_7cuSaGD8Sw1nYy4kTANIdNqTjdPmASvHrMyVVLvgNcl1bsi7jkYcpdd8TGCtRTlCNVVPgIiWj6XANExvLJqZrSn-VmHdae7oJL4rklvPNVNqibaEyich7nW9IAzWeSR0w/s3467/Pioneer%20White1%20nr%20Nizwa.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="3467" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYy5PMPFq8eDiEogI7TcA1Qb0LjHxWlrDRnYAkLCDuivggPJS3_lDyns8_7cuSaGD8Sw1nYy4kTANIdNqTjdPmASvHrMyVVLvgNcl1bsi7jkYcpdd8TGCtRTlCNVVPgIiWj6XANExvLJqZrSn-VmHdae7oJL4rklvPNVNqibaEyich7nW9IAzWeSR0w/w640-h426/Pioneer%20White1%20nr%20Nizwa.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Belenois aurota</i> <b>Pioneer White 1</b> - Birkit al Mouz<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbkeLtZy92-C2ruFIGYgdUu8_W_pjB99i2vQ9-AwfN9BSukvL0gt4lpBa_CL_1hsPk1UJX9xmtbZPbUvmD0GlXRNdAySLRgP03s5rsENEa9r_YazxAvNkcA23rp5Rv_B_QreRK7FGRCECM3zHrY0gaG7wIItxJzR0Cwe73W1QuWWbgg85-Yv57XhXkQ/s1279/N47A9402%20(2)%20Nizwa.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1279" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbkeLtZy92-C2ruFIGYgdUu8_W_pjB99i2vQ9-AwfN9BSukvL0gt4lpBa_CL_1hsPk1UJX9xmtbZPbUvmD0GlXRNdAySLRgP03s5rsENEa9r_YazxAvNkcA23rp5Rv_B_QreRK7FGRCECM3zHrY0gaG7wIItxJzR0Cwe73W1QuWWbgg85-Yv57XhXkQ/w640-h380/N47A9402%20(2)%20Nizwa.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Belenois aurota</i> <b>Pioneer White 2</b> - Nizwa<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XuZ-6b1l3yaEQA86j8TCoh7kfAPLSm1LPdJ7mDCoCdEU5S43zsFya__rlexfCxMb5WXfRzQjfDqwengpPbmRYXOT3ibO--t6O7m-gzLm0xjUXmavlSJKnJ_QUohEh_ffQxCX2J-PQKgqgZuLPRDQqyR7Q0TIwichWNnPnxFAdG65cWhNnY6sQDv1Qg/s1501/N47A9401%20(2)%20Nizwa.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1501" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XuZ-6b1l3yaEQA86j8TCoh7kfAPLSm1LPdJ7mDCoCdEU5S43zsFya__rlexfCxMb5WXfRzQjfDqwengpPbmRYXOT3ibO--t6O7m-gzLm0xjUXmavlSJKnJ_QUohEh_ffQxCX2J-PQKgqgZuLPRDQqyR7Q0TIwichWNnPnxFAdG65cWhNnY6sQDv1Qg/w640-h412/N47A9401%20(2)%20Nizwa.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Belenois aurota</i> <b>Pioneer White 2</b> - Nizwa<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi889v2nzca9SjoS1bOsefGE9f_VsMjFKlDS-NUKD3Lp5zMAgSJctd4SiisHyf8Rcc3zJnliWLMU0zDKZG6cgPIyiEmj6cFYqYgfyqOUo8C8wWVMbZRANdAO7_ni4EeazLM1AeqVUccXsmWzOAo3qy4Qp9_SIGIUcHj0gPnzo-T1UiROktP3nJOePuEbg/s2403/N47A8191%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2403" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi889v2nzca9SjoS1bOsefGE9f_VsMjFKlDS-NUKD3Lp5zMAgSJctd4SiisHyf8Rcc3zJnliWLMU0zDKZG6cgPIyiEmj6cFYqYgfyqOUo8C8wWVMbZRANdAO7_ni4EeazLM1AeqVUccXsmWzOAo3qy4Qp9_SIGIUcHj0gPnzo-T1UiROktP3nJOePuEbg/w640-h382/N47A8191%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Belenois aurota</i> <b>Pioneer White 3</b> - Ayn Tobroq<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTHr-O931ymNkaD4PED_5_Zu1WTvE4fd4RnxWRiIJ4BUbiBM-BwOEzpa2oyoNHJMXIYDAnT_ymusXpEqmFVewTG3Z0I0z91ayB7HERpx444naMbpphDVabD75ZRC6VzJgNCZ0ywmNj87u8HDPZKBD8UBsNSIsFv5OhHrd2YA-0PNs3stFINpoSU670A/s2965/N47A8189%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="2965" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTHr-O931ymNkaD4PED_5_Zu1WTvE4fd4RnxWRiIJ4BUbiBM-BwOEzpa2oyoNHJMXIYDAnT_ymusXpEqmFVewTG3Z0I0z91ayB7HERpx444naMbpphDVabD75ZRC6VzJgNCZ0ywmNj87u8HDPZKBD8UBsNSIsFv5OhHrd2YA-0PNs3stFINpoSU670A/w640-h390/N47A8189%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Belenois aurota</i> <b>Pioneer White 3</b> - Ayn Tobroq<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHR4pU5wsRghMz9d6XqWZ4NRiXgMQre5T26LwFOcKAFdb6bUKoLJi4jXXO1OYkwxKJzINStW7r0znI-niLFIu7meqOYbMTxTKyfKwTSBIzAL_LTYUab6OwWUCcoNix3v_oYRHJPVB_CMt6L0UAGotfyaWb1ID7f_UTmgYRbyUVmz_sKpUoGDuWlg-Fg/s2286/Lime%20Swallowtail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2286" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHR4pU5wsRghMz9d6XqWZ4NRiXgMQre5T26LwFOcKAFdb6bUKoLJi4jXXO1OYkwxKJzINStW7r0znI-niLFIu7meqOYbMTxTKyfKwTSBIzAL_LTYUab6OwWUCcoNix3v_oYRHJPVB_CMt6L0UAGotfyaWb1ID7f_UTmgYRbyUVmz_sKpUoGDuWlg-Fg/w640-h426/Lime%20Swallowtail.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Papilio demoleus</i> <b>Lime Swallowtail 1</b> - Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UoueOY0nEq-K7u4oyslwkqO8PQhMRv5mb2vcWr3f-uNzFoPp1Mfo3eTVVCKgsfm3i57kOVJ9FVD-oacUxyhhOO6d59P3fFzRUU1V-0MmZz9rscV42bPxATijHp4T0ATWwGnD0bCWrGT7Jw16i5LVhkNXfGuF7Fo__joYYmoaj7KX21o3Kr6xVv3jFw/s1713/Lime%20Swallowtail2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1713" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5UoueOY0nEq-K7u4oyslwkqO8PQhMRv5mb2vcWr3f-uNzFoPp1Mfo3eTVVCKgsfm3i57kOVJ9FVD-oacUxyhhOO6d59P3fFzRUU1V-0MmZz9rscV42bPxATijHp4T0ATWwGnD0bCWrGT7Jw16i5LVhkNXfGuF7Fo__joYYmoaj7KX21o3Kr6xVv3jFw/w640-h426/Lime%20Swallowtail2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Papilio demoleus </i><b>Lime Swallowtail 1</b> - Al Balid Farm<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJNfIlGVEN8DBQk70Z3NYS20P4lbg-qCNvPY88RB_H9dv4mXfbgXudV1L83ttrYcU-FvlLvQ1HJREBeGv6X_tISit_EnNvlYAiVoiAUzdA57UzfgoI158Utrz5RAUm_v_r6bDyvgeZNkxyditC5uHdxkEUmBAEcgQEVN8tc63iXyPD0jXJxPlgWt0sg/s2676/Lime%20Swallowtail%20Nizwa%20wadi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1666" data-original-width="2676" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJNfIlGVEN8DBQk70Z3NYS20P4lbg-qCNvPY88RB_H9dv4mXfbgXudV1L83ttrYcU-FvlLvQ1HJREBeGv6X_tISit_EnNvlYAiVoiAUzdA57UzfgoI158Utrz5RAUm_v_r6bDyvgeZNkxyditC5uHdxkEUmBAEcgQEVN8tc63iXyPD0jXJxPlgWt0sg/w640-h398/Lime%20Swallowtail%20Nizwa%20wadi.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Papilio demoleus</i> <b>Lime Swallowtail 2</b> - Wadi al Muaydin<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pXACNsHWYvnc-XWy8op3mxhd2slyT2zyMkr3emL_cr1A0AwpRX71om64wBr5OYaFbgG66bI6dju5QKpMt_OHa8sJ--X3mICxjbemJ5meWwWTYRn540Cwhb7DMGButtS7Eyht48NHuL7czkrFbxgww428XbPZIjLL4vHUzpIKg7WOAsKmY2bJEAJfBg/s2021/Lime%20Swallowtail%20Nizwa%20wadi%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1264" data-original-width="2021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-pXACNsHWYvnc-XWy8op3mxhd2slyT2zyMkr3emL_cr1A0AwpRX71om64wBr5OYaFbgG66bI6dju5QKpMt_OHa8sJ--X3mICxjbemJ5meWwWTYRn540Cwhb7DMGButtS7Eyht48NHuL7czkrFbxgww428XbPZIjLL4vHUzpIKg7WOAsKmY2bJEAJfBg/w640-h400/Lime%20Swallowtail%20Nizwa%20wadi%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Papilio demoleus</i> <b>Lime Swallowtail 2</b> - Wadi al Muaydin<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmFno0TJUsRjKSutFKFzycffyCDbadleUumOlZsMcOHKfNyo2KqIyOuqP94Jg0GQZzt0Whz6uJq34yOLCjWvV88o0LhGCAtbxD0voGSz_P6HtKZPWdGSG72CeZ2bVet4vWWwUa10Y7PTy1NWn4URmAI8ZR4RBOqmIDWMEXqxrTmowjClZma5zzLwE2A/s2439/N47A8319%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="2439" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmFno0TJUsRjKSutFKFzycffyCDbadleUumOlZsMcOHKfNyo2KqIyOuqP94Jg0GQZzt0Whz6uJq34yOLCjWvV88o0LhGCAtbxD0voGSz_P6HtKZPWdGSG72CeZ2bVet4vWWwUa10Y7PTy1NWn4URmAI8ZR4RBOqmIDWMEXqxrTmowjClZma5zzLwE2A/w640-h426/N47A8319%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Junonia hierta</i> <b>Yellow Pansy 1</b> - Ayn Hamran<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OXNCzWfFUe2OCX37x0f-hljCg4b4hzhoxhsYWxH8Yo7lzlhomqiXM7ZYnTcYDNC6helyytzab-juHehluMRUaSD-qLnFafvf5eQk0XA_H8V29t6-Gkco_OSpE7KVIa42YMPcRfdhsOD3M0PLlLbO366DXYLHNaBLVPGMkMG8GKUKLXq-YXf6-MTyjw/s728/N47A8283%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="728" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OXNCzWfFUe2OCX37x0f-hljCg4b4hzhoxhsYWxH8Yo7lzlhomqiXM7ZYnTcYDNC6helyytzab-juHehluMRUaSD-qLnFafvf5eQk0XA_H8V29t6-Gkco_OSpE7KVIa42YMPcRfdhsOD3M0PLlLbO366DXYLHNaBLVPGMkMG8GKUKLXq-YXf6-MTyjw/w640-h426/N47A8283%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Junonia hierta</i> <b>Yellow Pansy 2</b> - Ayn Hamran</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxog5e4MxXcD2NiUrzJKThOxaXv22McTjyEpjND6hSnsggvu3zhFzchtAItAuQvj9vvI2rXH9C00tQuxZWfUBWYEf-uAan3ZTsx6b04s1QZvKJ2IG7cIloQfvZQdurWPBKjnLnxSKpmdZwhKCBz-uDY3mnfvbE1BQSCE3-zUj1LjMva1T7iJkkWl7ibA/s2538/N47A7849%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="2538" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxog5e4MxXcD2NiUrzJKThOxaXv22McTjyEpjND6hSnsggvu3zhFzchtAItAuQvj9vvI2rXH9C00tQuxZWfUBWYEf-uAan3ZTsx6b04s1QZvKJ2IG7cIloQfvZQdurWPBKjnLnxSKpmdZwhKCBz-uDY3mnfvbE1BQSCE3-zUj1LjMva1T7iJkkWl7ibA/w640-h450/N47A7849%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Catopsilia florella</i> <b>African Migrant</b> - Birkit al Mouz</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-69033259696729577502014-02-20T23:04:00.000+00:002014-02-20T23:10:01.478+00:00Siberian Chiffchaff - SwinehamAs the weather looked half decent for a change I decided to book a day off work and check a few sites out around Poole with the ultimate aim of trying to get some photos of Siberian Chiffchaff at Swineham. The first spot where I saw a stunning Sibe Chiff a couple of weeks ago yielded nothing unfortunately as the light here was excellent. I carried on to where the second of three birds had been seen previously and could hear some Long-tailed Tits so was optimistic they may be carrying the Chiffs. Sure enough a collybita called so I quickly blasted out the Sibe Chiff song and immediately a bird starting singing back - I'd never heard them singing before so was very happy. The collybita and tristis showed quite well together but never really posed for the camera. This was the best I could manage of this bird:<br />
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This last bird looks just like "patch" who featured in the excellent <a href="http://soundapproach.co.uk/book/catching-bug">Catching the Bug</a> book by the Sound Approach.<br />
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Other highlights at Swineham were an adult male Hen Harrier, 8 or 9 Marsh Harrier and a Jack Snipe. I had hoped for a white-winger but this was found via video-cam at the other end of the harbour on Brownsea. The saturating light drizzle, which then set in, put paid to the viewing of the gathering gulls off the point.Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-5177365484448845092014-02-16T22:09:00.002+00:002014-02-16T22:09:08.357+00:00Dartford Chat 16th February 2002<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Barry Wright found this rather interesting Stonechat just after Christmas of 2001 on Dartford Fresh Marsh. Field views gave the impression of Siberian Stonechat especially as the rump appeared pale and unmarked with the bird sporting a fairly prominent super.</div>
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After obtaining permission from the land owners and procuring the services of one of the local ringers we set about trying to catch the bird. A couple of nets were duly erected and it wasn't too long before the bird was in the bag so to speak. <br />
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I haven't got the measurements but I do recall that they all fell within the overlap range between Stonechat and Siberian Stonechat. A really stunning bird in it's own right and we came to the conclusion that the bird was just a "pigmentally challenged" Stonechat - probably!<br />
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Some features, in particular the rump, didn't look as good in the hand as they had done in the field and the hoped for black axillaries didn't materialise.<br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-46305164797654120722013-10-23T15:09:00.000+01:002013-10-23T15:09:11.775+01:00Hemsted Parrot Crossbills - all sounds good<div>
<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="540572208-23102013" style="background-color: black;">One advantage of moving down to Poole has been the
social aspect as the Poole Harbour birders meet up on a fairly regular basis. I
already knew a couple of guys from my twitching days and it's been great to make
some new acquaintances and develop what I hope will become good friendships. As
any of you who have read "Catching the Bug" from the Sound Approach team will
know, Mark Constantine is a fairly central figure within this group and through
him I have had the great pleasure to meet such birding luminaries as Magnus
Robb. Apart from the fact that he is a top bloke he is generally regarded as the
go to man for sound recordings. It must be difficult for birders like Magnus
who are inundated with requests to id this and that so before I sent him the
recording of the Hemsted Crossbills I emailed him first to see if he wouldn't
mind if I forwarded it to him for his opinion. He quickly got back to me and
after listening to the recording replied as such:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: inherit;"><span class="540572208-23102013">"A</span>t first when I heard the recording I was a bit
pessimistic because it was difficult to distinguish between flight calls and
song fragments. Then I noticed that around 0:15-0:18 there are several deep took
took excitement calls that are definitely Parrot Crossbill. They are much more
abrupt-sounding than the excitement calls of any other crossbill vocal types
that I know.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />Also
of interest - I can hear juvenile crossbill calls (vocal type unknown) around
0:05-0:08 and there are some Glip Crossbill flight calls around 0:08-0:10.<span class="540572208-23102013">"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span class="540572208-23102013" style="background-color: black;">The good news is that there are definitely Parrot
Crossbill on the recording! It's also good that Magnus could hear Glip Crossbill
and these would be the two small birds which were in the flock. The interesting
thing is that Magnus intimates that it's not possible to safely identify
juvenile birds from their calls. I asked him to clarify this and here is his
reply:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: inherit;"><span class="540572208-23102013">"</span>It's true that juv crossbill calls all sound
pretty much the same. Parrot juvs no doubt have slightly deeper calls, but the
shape is the same as in other crossbills and I think it would be unsafe to try
to identify Parrots to species just by their begging calls.<span class="540572208-23102013">"</span></span></div>
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<span class="540572208-23102013" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">So what conclusions can be
drawn from all this? To be honest I think it all backs up my original thoughts
that the flock we saw and sound recorded contained 12 Parrot Crossbill and 2
Glip (Common) Crossbill. Since last Friday Parrot Crossbills have been recorded
in group sizes ranging between 3 and 7 birds and most reports seem to relate to
adult birds. I certainly saw at least 4 birds which I considered to be juveniles
due to the pale tips to the greater coverts as well as overall plumage details.
These juvs were actually the showier birds when feeding and the adults were
keeping a bit deeper into cover so I preferred to study the juvs rather than
catch glimpses of the far more obvious adults which swayed into view every now
and again. My thoughts are further borne out by the fact that when the flock
flew around us there were 12 brutes and 2 tiny by comparison birds. So, as
Magnus has confirmed that there are Parrot Crossbill calling on my
recording then surely all 12 brutes must be Parrot Crossbill and I will be
submitting such accordingly to the KOS rarities committee.</span></span></div>
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Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-59572033498610206522013-10-19T23:06:00.000+01:002015-02-28T21:35:28.831+00:00Hemsted Parrot CrossbillsWith a busy weekend ahead I decided to take Friday off work and try for the Parrot Crossbills which had been recorded back up in Kent as it would be a welcome addition to my Kent list. The only previous Kent record is of a lone male at Sandwich on the 7th October 1990.<br />
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I arrived at Hemsted Forest just after 9 and was greeted by a crowd of around 40 or so birders which contained many familiar faces, and it was good to catch up with them.<br />
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At around 10:30 a flock of Crossbill flew in with one particularly large adult female standing out as a very good candidate as Parrot but it soon dropped out of sight. It wasn't until early afternoon that the Crossbill action started to liven up. A few groups of Common could be seen feeding in the tree tops, delicately picking at the cones with their wafer thin beaks and generally slim profile allowing for a clear identification. Some birds had larger looking bills but to me none seemed right for Parrot. We then picked up a group in the NW corner of the clearing which looked interesting. Initially, one or two birds looked good, the bill profile was perfect with a bulbous lower mandible, heavy build and the fact that they were ripping the cones off the trees is also of interest. I looked through the rest of the group and pointed out that if one was a Parrot Crossbill then they all were. I didn't count the proportion of males to females as well as how many were birds of the year. However, several appeared to be first winter birds as they had pale tips to the greater coverts. The flock then took flight and flew straight towards us and circled us a couple of times before alighting far too briefly in a nearby tree. Two smaller birds were in this flock and somebody called them as a Siskin until I pointed out that they were actually two Common Crossbill!! These birds were massive, looking like Hawfinch on steroids, to my ear the call sounded different too and I grappled with my Remembird to try and obtain some recordings. Thankfully the birds flew around us a couple more times and I was relieved to get something on tape. The flock (12 Parrots) landed again behind us but then split into two groups, I watched seven birds drop down not far from the road and decided that I would call it a day. Much discussion was had, some positive, some negative, but it was clear that these birds weren't the Common Crossbills which breed in these parts. Were they good enough for Parrot Crossbill?<br />
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As ever, the trusty Macmillan guide to Bird Identification provided some answers (assuming that this info still holds). This from the book: "Noticeably larger and heavier than Crossbill...large bill and thick neck (recalls Hawfinch). Smaller billed females and juveniles generally show more pronounced forehead. Upper mandible prominently but evenly arched, while lower bulges at base of gonys before angling up to tip. <b>It must be stressed that bill size increases with age</b>, and males have larger bills than females, so it is adult males that are most likely to have classically huge 'parrot-like' bills, but even females usually look larger-billed than male Crossbills. Juveniles in particular may be altogether less impressive, so careful assessment of bill <i>shape</i> essential."<br />
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I didn't actually manage to get a good look at an adult male (others did), but the females and young birds fit in with the above perfectly. All the birds had the distinctive bulge on the lower mandible, were massive in flight and having listened back to the recording I can also hear the deeper calls. If you listen to the 11th recording down (42 seconds long) on <a href="http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Loxia-pytyopsittacus">http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Loxia-pytyopsittacus</a> then this sounds most like the predominant call in my recording.<br />
It takes a few listens but on mine at around 8 seconds you can hear a couple of deep chup chup calls as well as on around 15-16 seconds. At this second point you can also hear a Blackbird like call which also features on Xeno-Canto as being within Parrots repertoire.<br />
Hopefully this is a link to my recording: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/marcus-lawson-1/hemsted-parrot-crossbills">https://soundcloud.com/marcus-lawson-1/hemsted-parrot-crossbills</a> and it's best to listen to it with headphones.<br />
Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-47854258543022373032013-10-07T23:29:00.002+01:002013-10-10T20:23:22.695+01:00Many a migrant mothI volunteered to help empty the moth traps at Durlston over the weekend as part of the Dorset Bird Fair. I'm glad that I did as with many thanks to Steve Whitehouse I managed to see a species which was high up on my wish list.<br />
Steve had put out five traps around the Castle in addition to the two I had promised to sift through up at the Learning Centre. Whilst we were having a look through the second trap up at the Learning Centre news filtered through that Steve had caught not one, but two, Crimson Speckled - it's fair to say that I was quite excited and couldn't empty the trap quick enough. We hastily made our way down the hill and met up with Steve who still had two traps to empty and was looking somewhat exhausted. He produced one of the most stunning moths I'm likely to ever see from his cool bag and it was a glorious moment. OK, it's not quite the same as turning over that egg box and finding one in your own trap but sod it - I know that many a moth-er will be gripped by the photos below!<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Crimson Speckled - one of two on Saturday morning</span></div>
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I put out two of my traps Saturday night and William and I headed over there early Sunday morning. The 40w Actinic Skinner was pretty quiet but the 125w MV Robinson was heaving and I have to say that I felt a little overwhelmed by the numbers. Typically the best two moths were neither in the trap nor found by me! The Crimson Speckled pictured below was found by one of the BTO chaps just by their stand and the Bloxworth Snout was found in the gents by Luke from the RSPB (Lodmoor) - so many thanks to both of them.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Crimson Speckled - Sunday's individual</span></div>
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I won't list all the numbers as it's getting late and I want to get this post completed and get to bed! The probable highlight of Sunday's catch from me was two individuals of the pyralid pictured below - another scarce migrant.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Bloxworth Snout - another new moth for me</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Palpita vitrealis</i> - at least ten were caught over the weekend</span> </div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Uresiphita gilvata</i> - another scarce migrant, sadly it wouldn't show the distinctive yellow hindwings.</span></div>
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I would have liked to photograph some more of the moths out of their pots, but as there were some people travelling to see them it would have been a bit selfish if they had taken flight! I also neglected to take a decent photo of the 10 Convolvulus Hawk Moth neatly lined up on the Saturday morning or the 6 found on Sunday morning!!<br />
<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-11865041462327039812013-09-21T11:05:00.000+01:002013-09-21T11:05:00.062+01:00One good Tern...Well it's been a while but as the summer months have mainly been about lepidoptera and trying to the get the garden in order I've not really been that inclined to post much.<br />
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Now that Autumn is upon us and there are some birds about perhaps it's time I started this blogging malarkey again. I was asked to cover a couple of sectors for the Poole Harbour WeBS count last Sunday afternoon and being an amiable sort of chap I acquiesced (one good turn...). The weather forecast was proper hardcore with force lots of wind and lashings of rain so I had to dig out the waterproof gear and wellies. My two sectors were along the Arne Peninsula (part of the Royal Society for Proliferation of Bitterns reserve) and I was quite keen to explore some new areas for me which otherwise are out of bounds. I met up in the Arne car park with one of the RSPB staff who kindly drove me down toward the furthest point of the peninsula in a golf cart like vehicle. This saved me a fair walk which I was very grateful for and before embarking on my counts I quickly scanned across to Shipstal Point as it's often where the Spoonbill feed/roost - sure enough there were 10 in the channel. There were loads of Curlew, Little Egret and other stuff feeding on the mud but as it wasn't my department I moved swiftly on. I made my way out towards Patchins Point taking care not to flush anything as this would impact other birders trying to count their sectors as well causing undue disturbance to the feeding birds. I successfully managed this and reached the starting point of my first sector and could see a few gulls and terns feeding out in the harbour. In amongst them were two juv Black Tern and a rather fine adult Arctic Tern which in fact were feeding above a raft of Cormorant until they were flushed by a group of canoeists. <br />
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There wasn't really much else to report as I made my way back west along the shore but the habitat looks good for wintering Snow Bunts, Shorelark, and the like which are very scarce in the Harbour but probably under-recorded. The wind was now starting to pick up and the first few drops of rain were falling. A Wheatear flushed from just in front of me and sought shelter amongst the low vegetation out of the wind. The next sector along held a few more birds but by now it was hard going walking into the ever increasing westerly wind and driving rain. The Bins and 'scope were becoming almost unusable but I managed to log a few bits 'n' bobs with the best being 6 Common Sand, 6 Turnstone (I tried to persuade them that Swineham Pt would be a good place for them to feed but they weren't having it), 8 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin and 2 Snipe.<br />
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I then headed back across the heath to the car park looking forward to the prospect of a nice cup of tea.<br />
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I had popped into Swineham briefly on the way to Arne as there had been a Red-rumped Swallow the evening before at nearby Middlebere. There were probably about 400 Sand Martin with 250 House Martin and 100 Swallow carpeting the pit but with limited time and the strong wind it would have been pure luck if the RRS had given itself up to me. Anyway, I thought I would have another look on the way home in the hope that maybe a Kittiwake or something had been blown in. The weather was still absolutely atrocious but as I scanned the pit from the west end I noticed a small tern right up the other end. It looked quite pale so without delay I swiftly made my way up to get better views. As soon as I got my scope on it I could see that it was indeed a marsh Tern but didn't have any black shoulder patches - surely a juv White-winged Black Tern? I then noticed fellow Swineham patcher <a href="http://petermooreblog.blogspot.co.uk/">Peter Moore</a> on the other side of the pit and could see that he had photographed the bird and was reviewing his piccies on the back of the screen. Swineham is awful for phone reception (Vodafone) so being unable to contact each other on the phone I hastily made my way over to where he was positioned. Looking at the bird on the back of his camera there was definitely white in the rump but was the saddle a bit too pale? One of the photos had the bird twisting in mid-flight and this seemed to show a black patch on the body around the front of the wing on it's left hand side. As the bird had only been making it's close passes to us showing it's right hand side we wondered if maybe something was amiss. Conscious that time was getting on we eventually managed to get a signal to call a few locals and I put news out as a probable WWB Tern via Twitter so at least people could check it out for themselves. Peter had to get home so I stayed with the bird and moved round to another part of the pit. This was useful as the bird then flew past at close range revealing itself to have no black shoulder patch on the left hand side either.<br />
But what about the seemingly less contrasty than expected saddle? Well it transpires that as juvs moult into 1w plumage a lot of the dark mantle feathering turns grey - ooh it's all just one massive learning curve isn't it!<br />
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Steve Smith and Kevin Lane turned up just before dusk but unfortunately the bird must have gone to roost as we couldn't locate it. I was told that this was only the second record for Poole Harbour and would be a PH tick for everyone! It did show the next morning up until around 9 so at least some of the guys managed to connect.<br />
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The following photos are reproduced with kind permission from Peter Moore:<br />
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I'll try and post a few highlights from the summer shortly - probably!Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-73419011405725490232013-06-30T22:21:00.000+01:002013-07-21T15:48:08.317+01:00Alder Hills - 24th June 2013William had an inset day and asked if we could have a walk on one of the local heaths. We were a bit limited with time so we went to a little oasis in one of the other parts of Poole called Alder Hills as it's only 5 minutes drive away. He specifically wanted to try and see Sand Lizard which can be quite numerous in these parts but it wasn't particularly warm and we failed to find any. We did however manage to find a few bits and pieces and he was very happy to see a new butterfly in the form of a Green Hairstreak<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Green Hairstreak</span></div>
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William isn't really into our avian friends but that doesn't really bother me as he is very keen on other aspects of our wonderful Natural History so it was nice to show him a couple of damsels and dragons.<br />
If any of my id's are wrong please let me know<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Common Blue Damselfly - brown form</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Common Blue Damselfly - male</span></div>
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The above moth is common on it's foodplant - heather, and sure enough there were a few around.<br />
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However, I didn't notice any Horse Chestnut trees but I'm fairly certain this next moth is HC Leaf-miner<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Horse Chestnut Leaf-miner</span></div>
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Whilst I was trying to photograph a Common Heath moth, unsuccessfully, I noticed this caterpillar which appears to be an Emperor Moth larva. As it's a moth I've only seen once before and one that William is very keen to see we are going to try and breed it out. So far so good and it seems to prefer Hazel and is growing at a good rate.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Emperor Moth</span></div>
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I think it had just moulted out of it's 2nd instar skin and left this behind:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Emperor Moth 2nd instar?</span></div>
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This beast of a fly posed nicely for photos, anybody able to put a name to it please?<br />
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Brown Heath Robberfly (thanks Warren and Stuart Elsom)</div>
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Lastly, another plea for id help please. One of the shrubs in the front garden has good numbers of this caterpillar but I can't work out what it is.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Berberis Saw-fly (thanks @stewchat)</span></div>
Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-15744789395483012212013-06-25T12:08:00.000+01:002013-06-25T12:08:02.911+01:00Moths 20th June 2013A really nice selection in the moth trap this morning with some nice big fluffy ones for the kids to appreciate. The first Pine Hawk-moth for the garden was particularly well received:<br />
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I was most pleased with the next moth as I'm not sure I've ever actually pulled one out of my own trap before, just a shame it was a bit tatty. I thought it might be interesting to show how the colours change when photographed in the shade and in direct sunlight.<br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-22075972464020803622013-06-25T11:07:00.000+01:002013-06-25T11:09:53.396+01:00Moths 18th June 2013 - more microsAnother half decent haul in the trap but nothing new on the macro moth front so had to settle for a couple of new micros for the year.<br />
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As ever, loads of time spent peering down the microscope and looking on the internet trying to determine a correct id - probably! The wonderfully named "Bird-dropping Tortrix Moths of the British Isles" by Clifton & Wheeler is always a great resource too and is the best laid out moth guide available I believe <a href="http://www.angleps.com/books.php">http://www.angleps.com/books.php</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;">The next moth derives it's <span style="line-height: 14px;">scientific name from the whitish streak along the </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">costa</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">, or forewing edge. The larva feed on gorse, of which there is plenty around here.</span></span><br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-48443589523957223662013-06-22T20:54:00.003+01:002013-06-22T20:54:44.404+01:00Moths 17th June 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
By far and away the best night of the year so far with 152 moths of 36 species including some good micros. </div>
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Another species which I don't think I've seen that many times before is this:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Sharp-angled Peacock</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Small Yellow Wave</span></div>
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The next species shown is always a bit of a nightmare and I think I've got it right!<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Dusky Brocade</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Green Pug</span></div>
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Another species which I can't recall seeing that many of before:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Marbled White Spot</span></div>
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Most Common Marbled Carpet I've been seeing down here have been dark ones so this individual threw me a swerve ball for a couple of minutes until the penny dropped.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Common Marbled Carpet</span></div>
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Up until 2010 there had only been two records of the following micro but I suspect there's been plenty more since as has been witnessed elsewhere nationally.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Argyresthia cupressella</i></span> </div>
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As per the previous species this next one is surely under-recorded with only 4 records up to 2010<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Argyresthia trifasciata</i></span></div>
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Another tricky family of micros but I think the id is correct:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Bactra lancealana</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Pandemis cerasana</i> Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix</span></div>
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I do like a nice Caloptilia, at least you can work the family out quick enough!<br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Caloptilia azaleella</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Cryptoblabes bistriga</span></i></div>
Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-60752537442331135562013-06-20T22:33:00.002+01:002013-06-20T22:33:37.871+01:00Moths 10th JuneA decent catch at home with 64 moths of 25 species but still not as good as it should be and not an awful lot to get excited about. A couple of highlights below:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Scalloped Hazel</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Clouded-bordered Brindle</span></div>
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As Mumsy and Duffy were down for the weekend myself and Dr D went off to do a bit of sweeping on some chalk grassland in the afternoon but it was hard going with quite a stiff breeze and low temperature.<br />
Only 5 species of moth were found as well as three species of Butterfly. On the bird front it was nice to hear a singing Yellowhammer.<br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Adela fibulella</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Dingy Skipper</span></div>
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With news of a rather splendidly plumaged male Ruff on my patch at Swineham we headed off out again after dinner. The resplendent Ruff was soon located and this species is apparently not always an easy one to get in Poole Harbour so it was good to catch up with it. There wasn't an awful lot else to be seen so we carried on out to the point to carry out a bit more sweeping. As with elsewhere it seemed pretty quiet but we caught 30 or so of a micro we didn't recognise so we potted a couple up to id once home. They appear to be Bucculatrix maritima of which only 18 individuals have ever been recorded in Dorset so it seems it is well overlooked.<br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Bucculatrix maritima</span></i></div>
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Otherwise we caught just 2 <i>Elachista argentella</i> and a <i>Coleophora</i> sp.<br />
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On reaching the line of bushes between the point and the pits I noticed a rather pretty little moth and swiftly potted it up. Photos of the stunner below.<br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Eulia ministrana</span></i></div>
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No moths were harmed in the taking of these photos and they were returned home safely.Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-82014607543596432352013-06-20T17:30:00.003+01:002013-06-20T17:30:34.204+01:00Moths - 4th June 2013A few new moths for the year in the garden but numbers still very low except for 15 Shuttle-shaped Dart<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Cacoecimorpha pronubana</i> or Carnation Tortrix</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Tinea trinotella</span></div>
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If only all micros were as easy as this last one to identify!Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-73989647754420879572013-06-20T17:13:00.001+01:002013-06-20T17:13:18.614+01:00A long awaited new mothTrapping back at home on the night of the 3rd of June was quite productive with a total of 47 moth of 25 species, pick of the bunch was this Narrow-winged Pug<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Narrow-winged Pug</span></div>
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However, I had to wait until the evening for something I've wanted to see since I was a young lad. A friend had let me know that he had bred a Broad Bordered Bee Hawk Moth from a larva he had found and that he was going to release it back from the same area. This was only about 20 mins from home so with the children in tow we headed off early evening. I won't go into the ethics of "ticking" such a moth because I don't really care too much as it's on my list!!<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth</span></div>
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Once again William was a very happy bunny too and loves the fact that he's seen something that I've had to wait until now to see and he's only ten. Claira (5) was also entranced and insightfully stated that it looked just like a bee as it flew off.<br />
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So, Swallowtail on Monday, Broad-bordered Bee Hawk moth on Tuesday, was my son grateful for seeing these two delightful creatures - well yes he was but he also said what have you got lined up for tomorrow? Death's-head Hawk-moth?? I wish!!!Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-2629715659167606862013-06-20T16:42:00.004+01:002013-06-20T16:45:18.640+01:00Norfolk lepsWell it's been a while...<br />
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I'll post some stuff soon about the great trip to India back in April as and when I get round to processing some photos but in the meantime here are some moths from a few days in north Norfolk in early June. It was Dr Duff's (step-dad) 60th birthday so we all went up for a bit of a do which was attended by some of Norfolk's finest, but thankfully none of the Norfolk mafia!<br />
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It was blooming cold with the temperature around the 14c mark but with a strong northerly it felt a lot colder. <br />
Anyway, a few moths braved it out and here's a selection from the the trap in the West Runton garden from the 1st of June.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><i>Nemapogon cloacella</i> or Cork Moth</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Aspilapteryx tringipennella</span></i></div>
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The last moth was found whilst walking along the cliffs at West Runton and was a new species for Dr D leaving him less than 30 short off 1000 moths in the UK. I really should add up my list at some point, probably.<br />
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On the way home on Monday I thought I would go via Strumpshaw as I had only ever seen 1 Swallowtail before and I thought it would be a treat for my two children to see such a beautiful creature - what a great Dad I am! Anyway, we saw a couple of these stunning beasts and they were suitably impressed, especially William who was totally made up. I could never approach too closely but managed to get one shot I was happy with.<br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-28389182234580422013-03-24T22:45:00.001+00:002013-03-25T11:49:36.531+00:00Chiff centralA quick post to display some of the photos from yesterday's ringing session (and one from the 17th Feb). In total an amazing 73 Chiffchaff were caught in the PC World drain, Poole, of which 68 were new (incl tristis), 4 were re-trapped from previous visits and 1 was a control<span style="color: #454545; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">.</span></span><br />
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This is what we certainly believe to be a tristis<br />
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This next bird was caught on the 17th Feb and was a retrap having originally been trapped here in 2009. Could it be a tristis? Not heard to call and quite a bit of yellow below but other features look good.<br />
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I saw the next bird in the field yesterday before we caught it and it certainly looked interesting but it's not a bird I had seen previously this winter. In the hand it called twice, a fairly typical Chiffy "huet" but sadly it wouldn't call again when I had the recorder ready so no sonograms unfortunately.<br />
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This last bird is not a tristis-type but was quite a striking individual<br />
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Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-75614464952794026352013-02-25T21:35:00.000+00:002013-02-25T21:38:51.637+00:00New Zealand Storm PetrelBirding has been somewhat limited recently with me undertaking loads of work on our new house. I've got a very sore neck from painting four ceilings today! Anyway, you can't beat a good bit of reminiscing to take you away from the hum-drum of such exciting chores.<br />
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With news today that at least one breeding site of the recently re-discovered New Zealand Storm Petrel has finally been tracked down I thought I'd share some of my photos from a wonderful visit into the Hauraki <br />
Gulf on the 29th October 2005 with Chris Gaskin of Pterodroma Pelagics <a href="http://www.nzseabirds.com/index.php">http://www.nzseabirds.com/index.php</a><br />
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The species was thought extinct as it had not been recorded for over 100 years then Brent Stephenson and Sav Saville saw one off the Coromandel Peninsula in January 2003. To read about the efforts undertaken to establish where the birds breed click here <a href="http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/02/new-zealand-storm-petrel-discovered-breeding-50-km-from-auckland-city/">http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/02/new-zealand-storm-petrel-discovered-breeding-50-km-from-auckland-city/</a><br />
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We were lucky with the weather on on the day and we saw at least one New Zealand Storm Petrel. I'm not always great on small boats but the pelagics in New Zealand were so good that I didn't have time to feel sea-sick!<br />
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Here's a selection of my photos of the bird of the moment:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">New Zealand Storm Petrel - Hauraki Gulf 29th October 2005</span></div>
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What a treat!<br />
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We only saw one albatross on this particular trip but it was this stunning Salvin's<br />
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One of my favourite photos of the trip was of this Buller's Shearwater in a slightly odd pose:<br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-53505504858665128252013-02-05T12:10:00.005+00:002013-02-05T12:10:48.505+00:00HoopoeAfter several kerb-crawling visits to Hamworthy searching for the Hoopoe in vain, I finally caught up with it this morning. I did say to myself yesterday that I wouldn't try again as it's not a particularly fun experience driving/walking around a housing estate with bins and a camera as understandably some residents feel as though you are up to no good!<br />
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As this morning was probably my last chance for a while, as we are due to get the keys to our new house today, then I thought I'd nip down there for an hour or so after dropping the children off at school. The past couple of days the bird has been in front gardens along Freshwater Drive, somewhere I have checked on numerous occasions, so I initially drove around here a couple of times with the usual outcome. I then thought I would change tack and walk around the road as it might not actually look quite so bad as slowly driving around but was prepared for the confrontations which may ensue. I parked in Carisbrooke Crescent and started to walk down to Freshwater Drive, as I neared the junction of the two there it was on the pavement across the road. As I lifted my camera it took flight and landed on the roof of 48 Freshwater Drive where I managed to get a couple of shots before it flew off to the small green. It alighted in a silver birch so I thought I'd nip back and jump in the van to use it as a hide so as not to flush the bird. Another birder present stayed with the bird but predictably it had flown off over some houses towards the play area and we couldn't relocate it.<br />
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Happy that I had seen it and got some photos, although not the ones I really wanted, I thought I'd head home especially as it started to snow and the light for photography completely went.<br />
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The estate agent has just called to say the keys are ready - today is a good day!<br />
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Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-78096519899039071732013-01-25T23:12:00.000+00:002013-01-25T23:27:12.780+00:00Hawfinch - Mercer WayAn old friend of mine from my time in the smoke had asked me several times to show him Hawfinch and coincidentally he now works just down the road in Lower Parkstone but lives up the other side of Salisbury. With good numbers of these beasts up at Romsey and with it being roughly equidistant for us to travel we arranged to meet there at 10. I got there a bit before that as having never been there before I wanted to suss out the area as directions have always been a bit vague - well non-existent. In the event it was all rather straight forward, and this link shows where the birds are<br />
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Within a minute of getting out of the car a couple of birds flew over and alighted in some tall trees. I headed back to the car to get my scope and wait for my friend who duly arrived shortly after.<br />
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Initially views weren't ideal but after a while we managed to get great views (not looks, as I'm not American!) but with dull light it wasn't easy photographing them. I tried to get some flight shots but should have upped the ISO as none turned out sharp, but here's three rubbish ones which I think put across the jizz of the birds quite well.<br />
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I really wish this last shot was sharp but it shows the blue on the secondaries quite well (if you squint!).<br />
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I noticed a couple of birds land about 20 foot up in a tree quite nearby so I stealthily approached and managed to get some half decent shots but it was impossible to get an angle where they were completely unobstructed. It didn't help when an elderly couple, in beautiful bright blue matching coats, walked up to me and asked if I had seen any Hawfinch. Oddly enough these two birds quickly flew and I doubt they would have seen them anyway with a pair of bins that looked like they'd come out of a Christmas cracker!<br />
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Showing the spiky inner primaries<br />
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My friend had said that he would like to try and see Waxwing too and I hadn't told him that five had been seen nearby yesterday as I wasn't sure if they were hanging around or not. A local birder then appeared and told us that there were in fact 35 Waxwing just a few hundred yards away so very content with our Hawfinch views (at least 15 birds) we made our way along the stream to where they were. As we got there a Sparrowhawk whizzed through spooking the birds up into an alder but at least it gave us the chance to hear the beautiful trilling call of these birds.<br />
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Slowly the birds started to come back to the berry bush by the small wooden bridge at the end of Mercer Way. I managed to get a few shots I was happy with but still await those perfect shots in nice bright sunlight.<br />
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1st winter<br />
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Adult male<br />
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Happy with our morning's twitching we sought somewhere for a cuppa. We struck gold with somewhere in Romsey called "That little tea shop"<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"> (48A The Hundred, Romsey, SO51 8BX) and a delicious Full English was duly wolfed down. Better still I didn't have to pay as my friend was so happy with finally seeing Hawfinch.</span><br />
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We then headed off in our respective directions and as there were no hold-ups on the way back I had time to pop into Longham Lakes to have a look for the Tundra Bean Goose. A quick in and out job as the 3 Bean Geese were easily located to the west of the causeway in the company of several Mute and two Bewick's Swan. To carry on with the theme in this post of truly awful shots here are some record shots - note to people with expensive cameras and mega-lenses - these are what most normal people consider record shots!</span><br />
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The three Tundra Bean Geese, six Mute Swan, two Bewick's Swan and a Little Egret<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;">A heavy crop of the Tundra Bean Geese.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;">I've been to Longham Lakes twice now and both times it has reminded me of many a happy hour spent on Staines Res causeway in the early 80's in that the wind chill makes it feel colder than the Arctic!</span><br />
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I will try and post about my shiny new patch Swineham at some point - promise!</span>Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-37271202329989254832013-01-13T16:22:00.004+00:002013-01-13T16:26:10.416+00:00It's all acleris mud!With the New Year starting off with mild overnight temperatures the moth trap has been out quite a few nights and produced some interesting stuff.<br />
Here's another photo of the Acleris logiana which I caught on the night of the 2nd<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Acleris logiana</span> </div>
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The A. logiana has only recently been discovered in the south of England having previously been confined to Scotland.<br />
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The night of the 3rd produced a couple of macros in the form of Dark Chestnut and Double-striped Pug and micros were represented by 3 LBAMs (Epiphyas postvittana for you purists!)<br />
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The night of the7th was the most productive so far and yielded a Silver Y on the wall near the trap as well as a Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla), an LBAM, an Acleris hastiana (which I initially thought might be umbrana but realised I was stringing) and a couple of Acleris notana/ferrugana - hence the somewhat convoluted post title!<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Acleris hastiana</span></div>
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This one has laid some eggs in the pot so I will go and find some leaves from oak and birch to try and breed it out in the hope of a successful identification.<br />
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I think all of these are <span style="color: yellow;">A. notana/ferrugana</span> but if you think otherwise please let me know!<br />
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Finally this Chestnut was caught the night of the 8th and shows how different the colours look dependent on the light<br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-20869457665466117392013-01-11T23:16:00.001+00:002013-03-25T11:50:12.335+00:00Chiff Heaven or HellWednesday gave me a chance to try and add a few species to my Foot-it list so I thought I would wander down to Holes Bay and take in the PC World drain on the way there. It took about half an hour to reach the eastern end of the drain where the first bird I put my bins on was a Common Sandpiper and next was a Grey Wagtail which was all good.<br />
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However, there were no Chiffchaff here so I moved into the car park at the back of PC World and immediately could see at least half a dozen of varying hues. One bird looked interesting but didn't appear quite right to me for tristis and in correspondence with one of the local birders he informed me that they caught a bird last year which looked good in the hand for tristis and responded well to the appropriate recordings but they also felt wasn't the full package - the same bird?<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: yellow;">Tristis or not tristis that is the question</span></span></div>
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I then played a sound recording of tristis call and this bird appeared which to my eye looks good for tristis but both of these birds were silent.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"> Siberian Chiffchaff</span></div>
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Looks good to me but usual caveats apply!<br />
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I saw the bird again yesterday but couldn't find it today, there must have been upwards of 15 Chiffchaff in the sunny conditions but they were more dispersed along the drain. Whilst playing the Sibe Chiff call a male Kingfisher flew in and perched no less than 20 feet away but didn't stop long enough for a photo unfortunately.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Chiffchaff</span></div>
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On to Holes Bay where it was the lowest tide I've seen since being down here. It was alive with birds, mainly Wigeon and Teal along with a handful of Gadwall and I could only locate one male Pintail but that's all I needed! There were over 100 Redshank scattered around the bay and I was pleased to pick up a Spotted Redshank amongst them. A tight flock of Avocet numbered 80 and it was good to see some Dunlin (18) as they're not always guaranteed up here. I picked up another Common Sandpiper flying in from over by the railway line and it pitched down in the drain. I hadn't included Kestrel on my target list for Foot-it as I hadn't seen one hereabouts so one perched on the lamp-posts along the road was a bonus.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Holes Bay - not much water but loads of birds - honest!</span></div>
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A quick look south of the railway revealed 5 Goldeneye but still no Black-tailed Godwit to be seen anywhere. The roof at Kerry Foods was covered in large white-headed gulls but I just wasn't inclined to scrutinise them but even with a cursory glance four Yellow-legged Gulls jumped out at me.<br />
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I calculated that I had walked 5.8 miles and upped my Foot-it total to 73 (target 82).<br />
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Any constructive comments on the various Chiffchaff gladly welcomed!<br />
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On the 5th January I took part in a bird-race and as one of the team members has already written a blog post that it quite amusing then I'll just direct you to it:<br />
http://petermooreblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/poole-harbour-big-day.html<br />
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<br />Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-68351949958427184612013-01-03T19:10:00.004+00:002013-01-03T19:10:47.496+00:00Moff tick already?With the lack of rain and a warm (relatively!) airstream from the south I thought I'd put the MV out and wasn't disappointed. There were four moths in total, all micros, one was a Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla), 2 Ypsolopha ustella and what I'm sure is an Acleris logiana and I would welcome any comments:<br />
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As I put the trap out this evening there was an Acleris notana/ferrugana on the back door. I'll post some more photos tomorrow.<br />
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I managed to add a few more species to the Foot-it list by scoping the harbour from our bedroom, yesterday's additions were Spoonbill (13 over at Shipstal Pt), RB Merg, Oystercatcher, Curlew and Shelduck whilst a Common Buzzard flew over late in the afternoon. Today I managed to scope Lapwing and Canada Goose whilst a Sparrowhawk whizzed past taking the total to 62 - or 75.61% of my expected total.<br />
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I took the kids down to Whitecliff Park in the afternoon as they can have a good runaround whilst I can check the small bay there which usually holds a few Brent Geese. There were 190 today which is my highest count down there so far, there were also a couple of Rock Pipit, a female Goldeneye, 7 Great Crested Grebe and 8 Turnstone as well as the obligatory brain dead dog walkers in large numbers.<br />
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I drove round to Baiter Park so I could scan the harbour for any grebes or divers but nothing doing, however I did see a male Blackcap in nearby gardens which would have been a brucie bonus for Foot-it.<br />
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Should have the afternoon to myself tomorrow so a chance to do a bit of a recce for Saturday's bird race.<br />
Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-5254985455546036252013-01-02T12:37:00.001+00:002013-01-02T12:48:31.021+00:00Happy New Year!<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok so it's been a while but I promise I'll try and blog more frequently this year especially with these three challanges to enjoy:</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;">1: <b>Foot It</b></span> </span><a href="http://birdingbyfoot.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-rules-and.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit;">http://birdingbyfoot.blogspot.co.uk/p/the-rules-and.html</span></a><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">2: <b>Patchwork challenge</b></span> </span><a href="http://patchworkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/what-is-patchwork-challenge.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit;">http://patchworkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk....-challenge.html</span></a><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><br /></span><span style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="background-color: black;">3: <b>1000 for 1ksq</b></span></span> </span><a href="http://1000for1ksq.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-rules-first-draft.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit;">http://1000for1ksq.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/the-rules-first-draft.html</span></a><br />
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The first challenge only lasts for January so is not an arduous undertaking and that's how I began 2013 with a walk down to Hatch Pond and great views of a Bittern - full write up here:<br />
<a href="http://birdingbyfoot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/hatch-it-job.html">http://birdingbyfoot.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/hatch-it-job.html</a><br />
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A brisk walk back home to pick up William and head down to Poole Quay to board the Brownsea Island ferry which Mark & Mo Constantine had kindly booked for the day. A gathering of about 50 Dorset birders were already onboard and we soon headed out into the harbour. It was a beautiful morning and with flat calm conditions it made picking up birds such as Red-breasted Merganser and Goldeneye quite easy. As we neared Brownsea I got on a diver sp but it dived straight away, thankfully it surfaced in much the same area and with better views we were able to see a white flank patch confirming the identification as a Black-throated Diver - quite rare within the harbour with Great Northern being the most frequent diver species encountered. The ferry stopped to overlook the lagoon on Brownsea and the year ticks fell thick and fast, with the like of Avocet, Knot, Bar and Black-tailed Godwit and a lone Greenshank whilst a male Sparrowhawk glided and then perched on the seawall. As we set off again a Razorbill and then two Great Northern Diver appeared, the latter looking so much bulkier and angular than the earlier Black-throat. They were also within half decent photo range so I rattled off some shots:<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Great Northern Diver (1st winter)</span></div>
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Heading deeper into the harbour we paused near the landing at Furzey Island and someone superbly picked up a Kingfisher perched quite high up in a tree. Despite careful scanning no Golden Pheasant could be seen but a Raven was hanging in the air at the western end. Further along to the west of here a Red-necked Grebe was picked up and showed quite well but not within distance for the camera with perhaps a second bird further back but too distant to confirm. Two or three Black-necked Grebe were also seen in the same area. Next it was on towards Shipstal Point where the Spoonbill often are and we were not to be disappointed with 15 roosting and then performing a quick fly-by.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Spoonbill (and Shelduck)</span></div>
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Heading back to the quay another Black-necked Grebe appeared quite close to the boat and a few hasty shots were taken<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Black-necked Grebe</span></div>
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Finally, as we neared the quay a Guillemot was another surprise addition to the day list<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Guillemot</span></div>
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A great few hours in good company so a big thank you to Mark and Mo for organising the event. I ended the day with a species total of 84 and a couple of pints (Ringwood Best) in the Angel pub in the Old Town.<br />
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With regards the other two challenges I probably won't get down to the new patch (Swineham GPs) until next week and the 1000 in 1ksq will begin when we move into our new house just down the road from where we are currently renting, which hopefully will be before the month's end.<br />
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Almost forgot, I also found a moth in the underpass heading down to Hatch Pond <br />
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Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-57017284115583212002012-10-25T11:26:00.003+01:002012-10-25T11:33:34.142+01:00Winspit - 23rd October<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
The last time I was at Winspit was the 31st October 1993 so I thought it was about time I made a return visit! I didn't recall there being quite so much vegetation along the valley and it took me a lot longer than I anticipated getting down to where the Bluetail had been all those years ago. Robins, Blackbirds and Goldcrests were present in good numbers with a few Song Thrush for company. It was a bit late in the day for vis-mig and I suspect what few things were "moving" had arrived earlier and were just relocating slightly. About halfway down the valley I found my first Ring Ouzel of the day, a smart male, and the first Chiffchaff and Blackcap appeared. A Grey Wagtail and a Yellowhammer flew over but I suspect these were local birds rather than wanderers and a Little Owl called a couple of times up near the pumping station. I then headed up the east side of the valley to try and get a phone signal as with a Daurian Shrike down the road at Portland I wondered if anything else had turned up. I followed a Hawthorn hedgerow up the slope and more Blackbirds, Robins and a group of four Blackcap moved up ahead of me. A couple of Stonechat were in an adjacent field as well as some Meadow Pipit and another Yellowhammer. I managed to get a signal at the top of the slope and safe in the knowledge that I didn't need to be elsewhere I thought I'd have a wander around the coast facing slope. More of the same except for two more Ring Ouzel, which as ever were not very obliging but I obtained some record shots.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Ring Ouzel</span></div>
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Heavily cropped shots but they're representative of the usual views of Ring Ouzel.</div>
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Whilst eating my lunch I noticed some activity offshore and was pleased to see a small pod of seven (or so) Bottlenose Dolphins. I haven't seen any of these for many years and I must admit I've always called them Bottle-nosed Dolphin in the past!. I managed a few shots and although they breached clear of the water a couple of times I wasn't quick enough to capture it on film (well, SD card!). Here's a couple of photos and if you think my id is incorrect then please let me know.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Bottlenose Dolphin</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Looking east towards Anvil Point Lighthouse, Durlston.</span></div>
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Wandering back down towards the valley proper I was once again struck by how much habitat there was, loads of massive sycamores and not just the handful that I recalled from my visit of nearly 19 years ago. Birdwise it was still much of the same but with some Siskin and a lone Redpoll flying over, a single Bullfinch could also have been a migrant. A few Red Admiral and Speckled Wood were still on the wing and this one of the latter was enjoying some autumn sunshine.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Speckled Wood</span></div>
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A single Migrant Hawker was chasing smaller insects up in the sycamores too. Where the footpath meets the sea there's some great low vegetation in the gully there, and half a dozen Chiffchaff feeding actively.<br />
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A couple more Blackcap were present as well as more Robins and Blackbirds.<br />
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The occasional Song Thrush would fly over quite high up but Redwing were strangely low in numbers with just seven seen/heard.<br />
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I headed east along the lower coastal path and into the quarry, almost immediately I flushed an eared owl and thought it was probably a Long-eared but wanted to try and get better views. I saw roughly where it landed and thankfully I managed to locate it on the rock-face before it took flight again.</div>
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A small slim falcon then appeared for a couple of seconds above the quarry heading east but with the poor light and brevity of the sighting no details could be ascertained - shame! I noticed a path which headed up to the coastal path proper so clambered up the steep slope in the hope that the falcon may have alighted and also to avoid disturbing the owl. I failed on both counts as there was no sign of the falcon and the owl flew from a cave below me, I took advantage of the great flight views and apologised for disturbing it again.<br />
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I then noticed a Black Redstart down amongst the rocks in the quarry which was getting some stick from a Robin. With time getting on I started to make my way back up the valley towards Worth Matravers, there wasn't much more to report other than a Merlin which whizzed over me near the pumping station.<br />
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Goldcrest 28<br />
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Chiffchaff 21</div>
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Yellowhammer 11</div>
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Blackcap 13</div>
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Song Thrush 23</div>
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Robin 85</div>
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Blackbird 110</div>
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Grey Wagtail 1</div>
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Ring Ouzel 5</div>
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Bullfinch 4</div>
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Redwing 7</div>
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Little Owl 1</div>
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Siskin 17</div>
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Redpoll sp 1</div>
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A pleasant afternoon and I'm looking forward to more visits in the future.<br />
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Marcus Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08215807414194366085noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8487426240420666536.post-14006903071019135482012-10-21T22:04:00.000+01:002012-10-21T22:04:03.653+01:00Durlston Moths - 21st OctoberA brief post as it's getting late! William and I made a slightly tardy start to Durlston Country Park this morning with the aim of hopefully seeing some moths as a few goodies had been seen there the previous two nights. In the event there were no visiting moth-ers so that left us with just the trap at the centre, the wall around the trap had a fair number of moths including one Delicate (5 in total) and a Green-brindled Crescent so things were looking good. One species I was hoping to see was Oak Rustic which like the Sombre Brocade has recently colonised the area and as luck would have it after having gone through the trap I discovered one low down on the wall. Another good moth was a Clancy's Rustic which I had previously seen at Dungeness, where the first record was from there only 10 years ago. A Brindled Ochre was also a bit of a surprise and a species which I have seen on the last few visits to the Shetlands.<br />
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