http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/ BNHS News Group Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:09:45 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6293 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6293 Best find during a BTO AtlasTTV in Esme Wood/Birch Wood/Six Acre Wood at Tempsford was over 100 large toadstools which were identified by Alan Outen as Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:22 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6292 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6292 SHARPENHOE CLAPPERS Bedfordshire 24th November Wind WSW7. Cloud 8 oktas. Visibility 25 miles, except in passing showers when down to 5 miles. Dry on site. 12 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:18 GMT Ian Woiwod http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6291 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6291 I was surprised to see a Brimstone butterfly flying in our Cockayne Hatley garden this afternoon. I am sure this is the latest I've seen one on the wing. The Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:37 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6290 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6290 From 12.59-13.10, a large bat was hunting in bright sunshine just outside my study. Amazingly, this is the first bat that we've seen in Bedfordshire this year. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:07:17 GMT Stephen Plummer http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6289 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6289 Hi Andy, I've just been perusing the Beds Moth Group website again, and just wanted to say that I think you & David have done a brilliant job in putting it Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:57 GMT Andy Banthorpe yahoo http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6288 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6288 Hi all, I have now added David Mannings page and photos that forms an introduction to the micro-moths to the Beds moth Group website at www.vc30moths.org.uk Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:58:46 GMT Andy Banthorpe yahoo http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6287 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6287 I'm not sure who was the most suprised but at mid-day on Monday I was driving east along the Dunstable Road flyover in Luton and just as I arrived at the Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:44:43 GMT Bashford, Richard http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6286 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6286 ... From: Oakley-Martin, Darren Sent: 14 November 2009 16:56 To: _Bird News Subject: FW: bird news Apologies for late delivery... Saturday 7 November * Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:58:37 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6285 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6285 Highlights of a Winter Atlas TTV at Gibraltar Farm/Tempsford airfield/Woodbury Low Farm this morning were (1) three Fallow Deer crossing an open field and (2) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:38:24 GMT Keith Balmer http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6284 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6284 Mike, I'd suggest looking through the gallery on www.bwars.com as a start. If it has a narrow "wasp" waist and 12-13 segments on the antennae then it may be Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:02:17 GMT michael russell http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6283 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6283 Hi All, I've just found a dead specimen of wasp on the window sill which I have never come across before, and would very much like to put a name to it. Very Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:13:46 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6282 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6282 Interesting to compare the volume of passage* at Sharpenhoe Clappers this autumn with the 2006-08 average for the main migrants (winners at the top, losers at Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:25:23 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6281 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6281 SHARPENHOE CLAPPERS Bedfordshire 12th November 07.00-08.00 Wind SW5. Cloud 0 oktas. Visibility 8 miles. Dry. 8 degrees. No steady movement, just four 'big' Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:31:44 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6280 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6280 Sitting in the fog on Sharpenhoe Clappers for three dawns out of the past five, but news of hordes of Fieldfares bearing down on us from The Far North, so up Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:07:35 GMT Tim Sharrock http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6279 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/bnhs_news_group/message/6279 SHARPENHOE CLAPPERS Bedfordshire 10th November Wind W1. Cloud 9 oktas. Visibility variable 50 yards to 5 miles, usually 1 mile. Dry. 5 degrees increasing to 8