tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29575088944793262422024-03-19T08:48:36.888+00:00TrogTrogBlogtrogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.comBlogger1497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-78616686007687470922024-03-15T13:00:00.002+00:002024-03-18T08:01:43.573+00:00News from StoatCam<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I now don't know whether to call this WeaselCam or StoatCam as both weasels and stoats are turning up regularly. Perhaps SmallMustelidCam? The camera position within the box seems a bit better now but the camera's trigger time remains an issue.*</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On one exciting day this week two stoats and a weasel all visited in the same morning, the stoats only 10 minutes apart. The second one was paler with partial ermine colouring and was noticeably smaller so I think the first was a male and the second female. I now know it was the female whose partially white tail showed briefly on a camera <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2024/02/news-from-weaselcam.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">last month</span></a>. This is tha male.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4j_w1da80cEyXUjNhPy-kau5Uir0DcFGb_b9mnUvsILwIo_zDDhDxP53iJCEpA6BA_nJaCCvVRMccslGeWtBEqoCs3zI_Pk6qkV0r6Ow9y6Sj70KBK7F2MFrkRbwCG98RpcHjZBXLTyRPhsWw7iNVXTeAplngPvI6qxodkO3C0iCi-Iarx0RJaVCdq_s/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.39.59.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4j_w1da80cEyXUjNhPy-kau5Uir0DcFGb_b9mnUvsILwIo_zDDhDxP53iJCEpA6BA_nJaCCvVRMccslGeWtBEqoCs3zI_Pk6qkV0r6Ow9y6Sj70KBK7F2MFrkRbwCG98RpcHjZBXLTyRPhsWw7iNVXTeAplngPvI6qxodkO3C0iCi-Iarx0RJaVCdq_s/w640-h426/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.39.59.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And this is the female.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BsCn6II61u4EVpB9tVoEWfO5HFpeA_CoBi4s9inlffohI2_KveyxBb0QpjMYNyF2TtsfVdXa6JCZdPNP7rp_aAusar9qYIuUYaxrOZO_SgLyJqL4YX2Jkbe6Lm2JvDXv9mF_PIYelc9XwGYGpQqJ7KxuRhFyHsBqswb9LmYhb0wVnN-V5L4LU3kgRFo/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.38.54.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BsCn6II61u4EVpB9tVoEWfO5HFpeA_CoBi4s9inlffohI2_KveyxBb0QpjMYNyF2TtsfVdXa6JCZdPNP7rp_aAusar9qYIuUYaxrOZO_SgLyJqL4YX2Jkbe6Lm2JvDXv9mF_PIYelc9XwGYGpQqJ7KxuRhFyHsBqswb9LmYhb0wVnN-V5L4LU3kgRFo/w640-h426/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.38.54.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_T0I_QZKCA586X3DyMX1C7m181x460vLiKvvlFjpT97A84LfdpsyHyslSNImGRC7IB_tOpk4kpBEiDMOtyyX4Ac9WrrpHa9YJJDjnJu4JQjZlrRdStprNBlCfLB8hyphenhyphenGU0jLqF8DcIjaR1IfvTGP9VIYth5qRukaNToYBQtiDjCr7EYRqzNJ1a2tLNgRE/s1800/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.37.36.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_T0I_QZKCA586X3DyMX1C7m181x460vLiKvvlFjpT97A84LfdpsyHyslSNImGRC7IB_tOpk4kpBEiDMOtyyX4Ac9WrrpHa9YJJDjnJu4JQjZlrRdStprNBlCfLB8hyphenhyphenGU0jLqF8DcIjaR1IfvTGP9VIYth5qRukaNToYBQtiDjCr7EYRqzNJ1a2tLNgRE/w640-h426/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.37.36.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The video shows them first in real time and then with two zoomed-in slow motion replays. Unfortunately neither stoat went into the box so the inner camera wasn't triggered by either of them. I suspect the male left a scent mark as he turned round in the pipe because the female seemed very interested in the scent.<br /></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7dLrvwUWmVE" width="320" youtube-src-id="7dLrvwUWmVE"></iframe></div><br />I read a report from Ireland that showed that stoats were only detected by the Mostela camera 50% of the time compared with an external camera (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Croose E <i>et al</i>. 2021)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. And research from the Netherlands which found that a 10cm entrance pipe was significantly better than an 8cm pipe (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Mos J & Hofmeester TR. 2020)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. The pipe these two stoats went into is 16cm but narrows to 10cm inside so perhaps that put them off.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On a previous occasion a stoat (I think the larger male) went into the box so quickly that he was already behind the camera by the time it was recording. (I wonder if this is a tactic to try to ambush any prey that might be inside.) The video shows him running out. The outside camera also missed him going in but did see him exploring the outside.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RiSD60jgRYg" width="320" youtube-src-id="RiSD60jgRYg"></iframe></div><br />And here's the weasel visit. I like weasels because they often run in and out more than once which gives the cameras a better chance. This time the inner camera missed the first pass but did catch the weasel the second time. There is a puzzling distinctive straight-edged mark on the flank and judging by the under-chin markings (gular spots) this is a weasel I haven't seen before.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPX80Uwh1leIX_lg8LiSn58z9ZE8A-jgXIxw5vS9RgT1-1zv_OMxId0dUhqCyTaCEHk_dIgBeHyY0oSjY4RzOvVlNyVwIvuzfXrsbyXTadwRRF0tf3rl4KKQgQ45HVqMfzPqbzfz-cE5hAbFo5SI-oNiYdr_OnAD-eSOmRfXRfrYeGLLoowtWmEAy65w0/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.41.41.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPX80Uwh1leIX_lg8LiSn58z9ZE8A-jgXIxw5vS9RgT1-1zv_OMxId0dUhqCyTaCEHk_dIgBeHyY0oSjY4RzOvVlNyVwIvuzfXrsbyXTadwRRF0tf3rl4KKQgQ45HVqMfzPqbzfz-cE5hAbFo5SI-oNiYdr_OnAD-eSOmRfXRfrYeGLLoowtWmEAy65w0/w640-h426/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.41.41.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1dAyY5NU7rdn_zbZiwMrKXCBTGbz0yOlcnNoTHXNvZDofKFiGKIzd__4ovoQ8tlSqrGJSo1Gxy61DOP_p-4XatJGOjjRu99TJXXkDIJ5K7a2vNtLTSISBJnDT4OCUu-eF0cxgX_qE4AYQ6xuhMvWItCG0IOIlhL5fU3YDxedusc6cUYme8g3LwF2q-A/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.41.18.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1dAyY5NU7rdn_zbZiwMrKXCBTGbz0yOlcnNoTHXNvZDofKFiGKIzd__4ovoQ8tlSqrGJSo1Gxy61DOP_p-4XatJGOjjRu99TJXXkDIJ5K7a2vNtLTSISBJnDT4OCUu-eF0cxgX_qE4AYQ6xuhMvWItCG0IOIlhL5fU3YDxedusc6cUYme8g3LwF2q-A/w640-h426/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.41.18.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoysV03u-eZU5e5yo70Ls79AVKOFIT7m3foub9CyVbA49FZQJ39YI8F5HChXbUB1Kr5n7Ur1vRajl3_YDcnPtQf0XZIyIvT2fIyVSK3eVrWrDc6qc0QlJ8Z5a-rif_RN1_PZ-yKyXOHU5CpKVwypuq9slxN6E8k5TwT1mPQnd1ksUwFsvMHYt1agqcAqE/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.41.04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoysV03u-eZU5e5yo70Ls79AVKOFIT7m3foub9CyVbA49FZQJ39YI8F5HChXbUB1Kr5n7Ur1vRajl3_YDcnPtQf0XZIyIvT2fIyVSK3eVrWrDc6qc0QlJ8Z5a-rif_RN1_PZ-yKyXOHU5CpKVwypuq9slxN6E8k5TwT1mPQnd1ksUwFsvMHYt1agqcAqE/w640-h426/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2016.41.04.png" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSlvTdEHhtQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="PSlvTdEHhtQ"></iframe></div><br />A couple of days ago the cameras made two recordings of weasels within two hours. I suspect these are two different animals although it is difficult to be sure. I think the first one is smaller so they are likely to be female and male. The first one didn't go right inside and wasn't detected by the inside camera. The second one went through so quickly that it wasn't seen either.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Km4wnWwbjPw" width="320" youtube-src-id="Km4wnWwbjPw"></iframe></div><br />The recordings also give us the opportunity to compare the size of a (male) stoat and a (presumably female) weasel. I posted this picture on the Mammal Society Facebook page where it attracted a lot of interest. As above, the pipe's internal diameter is 160mm.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wt0ajYWNCswyAxGvGHjhQZEyp5IE-joWguWdL3tDqY3UXYPrvLqWbla4oD9-koUVxZIq5TaeLRQoP514wxFwZRtqRy8CMdoEneb3qPB96sWTAq35f6qSan3Zcdcfi2V0SSzVZhdwkR-7DUxAjSZHzSZV74sPbyvGKs3WMwJPHlCJCO0TN4-kuV4YXOA/s2940/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%2016.43.14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2110" data-original-width="2940" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Wt0ajYWNCswyAxGvGHjhQZEyp5IE-joWguWdL3tDqY3UXYPrvLqWbla4oD9-koUVxZIq5TaeLRQoP514wxFwZRtqRy8CMdoEneb3qPB96sWTAq35f6qSan3Zcdcfi2V0SSzVZhdwkR-7DUxAjSZHzSZV74sPbyvGKs3WMwJPHlCJCO0TN4-kuV4YXOA/w640-h460/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%2016.43.14.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is another version - male stoat, male weasel and female weasel. Unfortunately the female stoat didn't stand up in the same way as she came out so I can't add her in. I hope she'll be back to pose properly.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsH9nbj0IftSSbZJEzID7ve0fb7DLcIXtb6h08242pwhtb5URfxyaYE7zZrS2SRmaeAkDzaSgaHHCqkcug6LpKDY54VY-RLI1f3hTnw8Y6IF75I2TFDmHLSKMMWsMXfWcu0ZUZZ9qq_cjmZPVtp6ta_JQOhS95DQFqZooH-ZOPIJir9y4ujRy0O2udus/s3990/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%2011.19.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="3990" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsH9nbj0IftSSbZJEzID7ve0fb7DLcIXtb6h08242pwhtb5URfxyaYE7zZrS2SRmaeAkDzaSgaHHCqkcug6LpKDY54VY-RLI1f3hTnw8Y6IF75I2TFDmHLSKMMWsMXfWcu0ZUZZ9qq_cjmZPVtp6ta_JQOhS95DQFqZooH-ZOPIJir9y4ujRy0O2udus/w640-h292/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%2011.19.57.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">* All trail cameras have a "trigger time" - the delay between detection and the start of recording. Trigger times are shorter for photos (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">typically </span><span style="font-family: arial;">~100ms) than for videos (~400ms). The target also has to move in one of the detection zones - the trigger sensor doesn't "see" the same area as the camera lens. In a Browning, which I use and which has about the fastest video trigger time, the <a href="https://winterberrywildlife.ouroneacrefarm.com/2022/08/01/deep-tech-trail-camera-detection-zones/"><span style="color: #fcff01;">three detection zones</span></a> are in the centre and at either side. I suspect that my camera position in this new box means that an animal in the pipe is in between the centre and side trigger zones, thus delaying a response. I'll have to try adjusting the position a bit to see if I can improve things without spoiling the view.</span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Croose E et al. (2021) </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Mammal Research</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-021-00598-z</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Mos J & Hofmeester TR. (2020) <i>Mammal Research</i> https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00513-y</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-65129846656712228392024-03-11T09:00:00.034+00:002024-03-11T09:00:00.148+00:00More Fox News<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In yesterday's post I said I hadn't seen a fox for weeks until the new pregnant vixen turned up the night before. Not wanting to miss out, the dog fox was here by 8 last night.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqY1cJimjZ35VmfucLIGZt7642zsdLIHf38Q33lcvS7Gyg473ffNr0kRHbecQ3i7Otk81Aj7ZBvRFP-ksVUKaPxLLZmqh_maZ_MPaK1q8a9s_2UH0FiuqvpKnzS50UmzvzK_IYgT7pGmFDzA6HR9rXx_PHz-piLgb8GIIVFTEw83rQJn5NBXp8OlFq5Y/s4629/Fox--10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3086" data-original-width="4629" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqY1cJimjZ35VmfucLIGZt7642zsdLIHf38Q33lcvS7Gyg473ffNr0kRHbecQ3i7Otk81Aj7ZBvRFP-ksVUKaPxLLZmqh_maZ_MPaK1q8a9s_2UH0FiuqvpKnzS50UmzvzK_IYgT7pGmFDzA6HR9rXx_PHz-piLgb8GIIVFTEw83rQJn5NBXp8OlFq5Y/w640-h426/Fox--10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He has been in the wars since I last saw him. He has a nasty wound on his right temple although it looks as though it will heal.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyGSdQtq4078rbwuOrgu5RZ_iZNjMboGLu70gOEn0-1CcwIQcyMrTx3kmenqU0ZOzvzLrDROnLGL8WUfotYW6H6icoFtHbGO7Ceki7qZJuboWLQgwOWWMlw2TL9m52uRcuFf5lVautU5RhcnzvLGGocAXnsyWWYFVafBZw3fCz0uC9LT9kllGxFVIuGE/s3965/Fox--4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="3965" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyGSdQtq4078rbwuOrgu5RZ_iZNjMboGLu70gOEn0-1CcwIQcyMrTx3kmenqU0ZOzvzLrDROnLGL8WUfotYW6H6icoFtHbGO7Ceki7qZJuboWLQgwOWWMlw2TL9m52uRcuFf5lVautU5RhcnzvLGGocAXnsyWWYFVafBZw3fCz0uC9LT9kllGxFVIuGE/w640-h426/Fox--4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I suppose one drawback of being the alpha male is that you have to fight to keep your place. It will certainly make him even easier to recognise.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3xe2vQGqKGWeH9jjQWSB301SdIccuMNwEwEKxO2ZyVe5wc61rLEEx4sSywB6pxXmKBoQadQNLrHNGnvYPdKrgTh1s2lYWiKLttKjYA4FYuFy6fZfxm3kcgtQJT4WGlSGnAao-ZnyjMdgYEgLG56hKBxE2nOnd3ytaEu2nnKdIopsmYQHIk3bZgL46kE/s2178/Fox-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="2178" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3xe2vQGqKGWeH9jjQWSB301SdIccuMNwEwEKxO2ZyVe5wc61rLEEx4sSywB6pxXmKBoQadQNLrHNGnvYPdKrgTh1s2lYWiKLttKjYA4FYuFy6fZfxm3kcgtQJT4WGlSGnAao-ZnyjMdgYEgLG56hKBxE2nOnd3ytaEu2nnKdIopsmYQHIk3bZgL46kE/w640-h640/Fox-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlV0VjT6SceMQIILuEnFbfavoZFk4HDHL263O_xh7a3FIv2Pmh1fcGgM7Ko-lWYKkRKtj5aGz8VSTx2GxHftoxEKKJ7nQ0ZRCddkvgyUxiYsaJUbFcsnUpB1mwGnnCmLzmxkIzLibm3H52g6A2Z0vpGXeOmlblWikpGpz-gUQmFRIwbwrMGckIGpzU8eE/s2379/Fox--2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2379" data-original-width="2379" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlV0VjT6SceMQIILuEnFbfavoZFk4HDHL263O_xh7a3FIv2Pmh1fcGgM7Ko-lWYKkRKtj5aGz8VSTx2GxHftoxEKKJ7nQ0ZRCddkvgyUxiYsaJUbFcsnUpB1mwGnnCmLzmxkIzLibm3H52g6A2Z0vpGXeOmlblWikpGpz-gUQmFRIwbwrMGckIGpzU8eE/w640-h640/Fox--2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>This is his good side.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOi4SEywhV6N5r_93BlN4WhArgfUa_isu5Q65ou8AseVhSLybf0GxYwjNTAm7Y99HKw0Z1M6jJaOIgRqyh78eTRf1lgLWwip5C3biPJNTtQizmpABVD7SMciFlA1-C3apfHWJFcW7WVZ7NmmwEfrpOeyB_Wd0w4ky3frnRNUqDTqu9kejHbM5Pon7216Q/s2462/Fox--3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="2462" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOi4SEywhV6N5r_93BlN4WhArgfUa_isu5Q65ou8AseVhSLybf0GxYwjNTAm7Y99HKw0Z1M6jJaOIgRqyh78eTRf1lgLWwip5C3biPJNTtQizmpABVD7SMciFlA1-C3apfHWJFcW7WVZ7NmmwEfrpOeyB_Wd0w4ky3frnRNUqDTqu9kejHbM5Pon7216Q/w640-h640/Fox--3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He didn't look up much but made sure he found every last peanut.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUM4_OBXGHlfarf6yZrcoqSL65Vt7oyeA6eWttW1r8ZAvnM6e6DhKOqpsrq2pYcdRE7csMClgfFRHiPSetUKR-uGqsbLLcuordysUyTnV8IQ0YtiGJqDEXsphg1yJAkYI1cLU26_sQdB5Rdxhx99yTdPl4TWiPNchxWNXeUAmQAUnnGsv1ucxCUXHuqFw/s3534/Fox--5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2356" data-original-width="3534" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUM4_OBXGHlfarf6yZrcoqSL65Vt7oyeA6eWttW1r8ZAvnM6e6DhKOqpsrq2pYcdRE7csMClgfFRHiPSetUKR-uGqsbLLcuordysUyTnV8IQ0YtiGJqDEXsphg1yJAkYI1cLU26_sQdB5Rdxhx99yTdPl4TWiPNchxWNXeUAmQAUnnGsv1ucxCUXHuqFw/w640-h426/Fox--5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once they were all gone he sat down for a scratch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEzaT7iWzTKa9e_tPxSoz4RKY5n9aYrqDGE4XqbpnQfAAaiDovSUCIktz_E1EJ2PczEbWEpCsG6Oi-GZzkgaWvo9dHwzDU_iiQJW-ZKiOSojvTDkgFhc1ieAdkR2EUUAl2O5GQu664-gir45nM8hJo5BrFYQZUr-qhKIeS1pMt3XQIcrbvYfhSQ-MgN8/s3322/Fox--6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2215" data-original-width="3322" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEzaT7iWzTKa9e_tPxSoz4RKY5n9aYrqDGE4XqbpnQfAAaiDovSUCIktz_E1EJ2PczEbWEpCsG6Oi-GZzkgaWvo9dHwzDU_iiQJW-ZKiOSojvTDkgFhc1ieAdkR2EUUAl2O5GQu664-gir45nM8hJo5BrFYQZUr-qhKIeS1pMt3XQIcrbvYfhSQ-MgN8/w640-h426/Fox--6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLmihB7fePVjjmKn9VSfROpPPJTCk6pc-ZBP4MzOoFm_4_DjEP0TM2r5j9oWRSRpS53zlaU2a4fNwwA-qa4rnIT4mDviEb0fYctErGby8IYlun-xDWxu9fXnomUmmIAWozzRdyojtF2e1J30k6EEuSriYwuqJmmub2kT2qt5ncbb4eno3UgPvKBBYqqE/s3322/Fox--7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and then trotted away. If both foxes are now going to turn up reliably I'll have to put out a bit more food for them.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDl7jr0nm1mM4UDjFWReWr9aTfiNQLRaGZzxsqdrU5ni0bPkulnnfWh392tFKUfrWqvQJqZyg63E8wH0qt5a6SnHgdtQ6FN9V4J-dIE49qZt-F1BjsXXU_vp1xHvJhB16T79tE6Tuz8YTotEkYmU-MAXvKSaZlNQH7stroy8dwkMD29-Nv4gCwR2WPhbA/s4987/Fox--9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3325" data-original-width="4987" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDl7jr0nm1mM4UDjFWReWr9aTfiNQLRaGZzxsqdrU5ni0bPkulnnfWh392tFKUfrWqvQJqZyg63E8wH0qt5a6SnHgdtQ6FN9V4J-dIE49qZt-F1BjsXXU_vp1xHvJhB16T79tE6Tuz8YTotEkYmU-MAXvKSaZlNQH7stroy8dwkMD29-Nv4gCwR2WPhbA/w640-h426/Fox--9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-66437845077686685582024-03-10T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-10T09:00:00.150+00:00Fox News<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2RsYZPPSEnMncTXZFYIR6W2KnphhFlJ7TXA33kh9QjGbHKyzKlL1UQ4apsNv3vU4TDNBcP_Ua9alzFRWimBqSB0qyaO-nqtNxIeCRIQd8S1myEOiCyGmC-0RCn7S3HmasYiuhWdKuEz6mMdCqbOqAQAgjpCPVaUzE331oqlNnnn5qup2uEjZvfQVOyA/s3612/Fox--6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2408" data-original-width="3612" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2RsYZPPSEnMncTXZFYIR6W2KnphhFlJ7TXA33kh9QjGbHKyzKlL1UQ4apsNv3vU4TDNBcP_Ua9alzFRWimBqSB0qyaO-nqtNxIeCRIQd8S1myEOiCyGmC-0RCn7S3HmasYiuhWdKuEz6mMdCqbOqAQAgjpCPVaUzE331oqlNnnn5qup2uEjZvfQVOyA/w640-h426/Fox--6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I have seen very little of the foxes over the winter, partly because I probably spend less time watching for them but mostly because they don't often turn up before I have gone to bed. I am still putting out food regularly and it is almost always taken. There is also a rabbit in the garden so I am keen that the foxes turn up regularly, hoping that one of them might even catch its own dinner.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last night I was lucky and this fox arrived at about 9pm. It is a puzzle, however, as it isn't one I have seen before. It knew exactly where the food was and I could see at once that it is pregnant, so a vixen, but the one I thought was the new alpha female <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2023/11/fox-news.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">last November</span></a> had a bright white tail tag, long black socks, and was very dark around the eyes. This one is paler and has a small dark grey tail tag and shorter socks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrT8iUPL0n-NAqtOmoFvJzkXD-sbGtpcPpk0U3v-kkiafuEJbHD1oLbU2ddqWxtIzmMhpeM2SPAclWu1NakLeywflg2ODJzlZva04NzBbBefgKOrAUMUkNwfs94aP2xXk6PE8P6lhTFBEC10edxmnW2p24o0QE-q8AG1vO_Tyz6KJ3jxo3zNigm7FvJ0/s4399/Fox-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2933" data-original-width="4399" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrT8iUPL0n-NAqtOmoFvJzkXD-sbGtpcPpk0U3v-kkiafuEJbHD1oLbU2ddqWxtIzmMhpeM2SPAclWu1NakLeywflg2ODJzlZva04NzBbBefgKOrAUMUkNwfs94aP2xXk6PE8P6lhTFBEC10edxmnW2p24o0QE-q8AG1vO_Tyz6KJ3jxo3zNigm7FvJ0/w640-h426/Fox-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhm903gFoiO9g4aL_rl-viM9VriP0WtSGEqdeW46VCTSU40hdMW8PjOguoxUa0aACmzc3GWR2tRlfCzkA_8y8osvJcml4H-gfwKnhvxGdVkCwzoHbW7WVnYTnURyumLJEhPE3byLuWONgk71KQgmdFlTCzlpHWc9ydiKhG3Ctsm6e-MVe2n1Hds8qsFc/s5472/Fox--5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3326" data-original-width="4989" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQPrlba9qCjWgskhHBENOa_6lK2wRgRtvhX5Y339_TfuLDRXgfN63V1m-t4oGpfYK3lS8_Dj0DHvtPePoeeoSn-fwnVIE2nFwjrojCaTiEU4uStSgcF6CEOczWIPYdDlV1Dkiu7WghuoLq0OrjlaNKKUKCNvAWVu7CwUlCIcRzkg4XRx5-96mxxJR5V8/w640-h426/Fox--7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUUJU7nKfeytZgwgdf8O1VIpeitABFsb4QQSWXEbgl3H2vD9sjmAtNaH5cHo4DCBfwQWXHcI8prIh8eVLsZAxMKRfpjMQeC5rrbP9tR5jJPHKfkXwUN4V2u_Oi7JJPzGOclBRxF04-qIi-BGicT44JND-0CUyHe0LsScbBHYw2LmHnaDGq-UFr7cD7GI/s4342/Fox--4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="4342" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUUJU7nKfeytZgwgdf8O1VIpeitABFsb4QQSWXEbgl3H2vD9sjmAtNaH5cHo4DCBfwQWXHcI8prIh8eVLsZAxMKRfpjMQeC5rrbP9tR5jJPHKfkXwUN4V2u_Oi7JJPzGOclBRxF04-qIi-BGicT44JND-0CUyHe0LsScbBHYw2LmHnaDGq-UFr7cD7GI/w640-h426/Fox--4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Assuming this is a new resident vixen, she is the third in a year on the patch and the fourth in 18 months (that sounds a bit like Prime Ministers!). It looks as though her cubs will be born soon but it will be a few months before they are old enough to visit the garden.</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-30911674957629468772024-03-03T16:00:00.002+00:002024-03-03T17:56:14.460+00:00Developing WeaselCam<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLD3ab_lCy6SOo7UU7uPisFiwOPFSaU-dpGxPMZeMrigZ3zDHtMyxBwXJ0-x1rJ__xcfRLroLn1fwXNngxtTqWQ-Dh2FcTPa1pGPcu6mnsKncm2KCcGlKU0lWTKCWgYB-m6BewDIngHlhcNujTjtdABD09UZOMzvPFXb8-9_TS2TqbDkdaJuboGs_dkM/s2490/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%2018.25.48.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2490" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLD3ab_lCy6SOo7UU7uPisFiwOPFSaU-dpGxPMZeMrigZ3zDHtMyxBwXJ0-x1rJ__xcfRLroLn1fwXNngxtTqWQ-Dh2FcTPa1pGPcu6mnsKncm2KCcGlKU0lWTKCWgYB-m6BewDIngHlhcNujTjtdABD09UZOMzvPFXb8-9_TS2TqbDkdaJuboGs_dkM/w640-h378/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%2018.25.48.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />I have been experimenting again. One of the limitations of the <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/pop-goes-weasel.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Mostela design</span></a> of the trail camera box for weasels is that the two entrance holes are opposite each other and the weasel often dashes straight across in a blur. It occurred to me that offsetting the entrances in some way might make visitors pause or look around so I built a new box. This one is made from a very long under-bed storage box, the extra length giving more flexibility with the camera position. The camera now looks straight down one entrance and the other is to the side, as before, with a small rock in between. This is how it looks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUPCfqxiDOHM7hipkI4MPf3hszMdo5PJDJcd4rwQImwKqbiG5ZEJR9gTaz-Z684zp-oKIXzqT9Nh6clAzzfv0UuJ76_ud4zGutugHsr5KbNoMtBcPZ9P8R7GAKaT1gnZuDSCQNUO7qmPHC2Gt2anBhYHIyvL-FU5rNuXk2mcKUInEfXv8AmHx-RG9AfI/s4032/IMG_3979.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUPCfqxiDOHM7hipkI4MPf3hszMdo5PJDJcd4rwQImwKqbiG5ZEJR9gTaz-Z684zp-oKIXzqT9Nh6clAzzfv0UuJ76_ud4zGutugHsr5KbNoMtBcPZ9P8R7GAKaT1gnZuDSCQNUO7qmPHC2Gt2anBhYHIyvL-FU5rNuXk2mcKUInEfXv8AmHx-RG9AfI/w640-h480/IMG_3979.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And this is a phone view of what the camera might see.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2JmlHX_RGiIb4W1rxnWo0r2yMPs-ALUJ6pEzQvZH-a_AvvJJ5YWBgMrZ-Zlfm1Xr6DGr4NchyKJRVrBr_3hnNg-J33TLNxHdFtxrr_bNsD9Acmen-XpmznefKTVUkrTc_oqDMYXcbd2aa7WDX6TCRmZKv68uudFKckB2PBOPnCA3TiSSC_Tl0IbBACY/s4032/IMG_3980.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2JmlHX_RGiIb4W1rxnWo0r2yMPs-ALUJ6pEzQvZH-a_AvvJJ5YWBgMrZ-Zlfm1Xr6DGr4NchyKJRVrBr_3hnNg-J33TLNxHdFtxrr_bNsD9Acmen-XpmznefKTVUkrTc_oqDMYXcbd2aa7WDX6TCRmZKv68uudFKckB2PBOPnCA3TiSSC_Tl0IbBACY/w640-h480/IMG_3980.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have camouflaged the box a bit more than before so that it might look a bit more "natural" from a weasel or stoat's point of view.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UR2JdlkRUk_MqOQlun2GWQcoATKi2YfG7HKTrmf2OhRFbgpE9-Hp_3KRFY1OssGpSz_pVvzH5aQW9Ovia0LFDqI6UPE6dRp86H3Va0QFS5esy_0SjhGbHacXyqxGTbvjaKyUeb4jIQZL4Yflh-nCQOQ0eudQ8cSIHgcZajLnUnQc7P0k-biRF7eheIE/s4032/IMG_3981.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UR2JdlkRUk_MqOQlun2GWQcoATKi2YfG7HKTrmf2OhRFbgpE9-Hp_3KRFY1OssGpSz_pVvzH5aQW9Ovia0LFDqI6UPE6dRp86H3Va0QFS5esy_0SjhGbHacXyqxGTbvjaKyUeb4jIQZL4Yflh-nCQOQ0eudQ8cSIHgcZajLnUnQc7P0k-biRF7eheIE/w480-h640/IMG_3981.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMcas2EhnyAATg80re99sMggOnsR7byxclOukV-6ClDpGCisGggvSQ-Hsqud07QmoUokMo0j6CrAVFcppvONGaajqCR8eX2LkUxJGsY99MD6qRyG3w1LGuD_kjWot6ddF_Ju9dVr8dKxjnNcJV7_zeX99YXmdbTmpY-tOvTzAZ7qKMO4KRK8VefbvgwM/s4032/IMG_3982.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMcas2EhnyAATg80re99sMggOnsR7byxclOukV-6ClDpGCisGggvSQ-Hsqud07QmoUokMo0j6CrAVFcppvONGaajqCR8eX2LkUxJGsY99MD6qRyG3w1LGuD_kjWot6ddF_Ju9dVr8dKxjnNcJV7_zeX99YXmdbTmpY-tOvTzAZ7qKMO4KRK8VefbvgwM/w640-h480/IMG_3982.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was no surprise that the first visitor to the new box was a wood mouse. With the new view we are able to see it coming and going. The third mouse seems to have the right idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IOEsfQlRSPY" width="320" youtube-src-id="IOEsfQlRSPY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up was a bank vole, good to see as there have been very few on the cameras in recent weeks. The population is at its lowest at this time of year as quite a lot have been eaten by weasels, stoats, foxes, kestrels, owls, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zlrgz4tkjEw" width="320" youtube-src-id="zlrgz4tkjEw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And best of all, within three days, a weasel, obviously intrigued by the new box.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgYsy-3oZ7W5Rsv-pXZVtazP34fdbYWk8ZEwyRRw2IWW8362AxGbQRZZQLCtpCeLQYtAXh_s38rMKf66MvtrKuZmfjlpVOXCu6TCHknuuQMORY-ohRRqbh92GRzXjwRKAWCZQCNBIOIqUbxYVnSerlymLUXycGEV-dhaO9yVknsiEU9L2UDlbltfDvMg/s1600/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%2018.26.54.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXgYsy-3oZ7W5Rsv-pXZVtazP34fdbYWk8ZEwyRRw2IWW8362AxGbQRZZQLCtpCeLQYtAXh_s38rMKf66MvtrKuZmfjlpVOXCu6TCHknuuQMORY-ohRRqbh92GRzXjwRKAWCZQCNBIOIqUbxYVnSerlymLUXycGEV-dhaO9yVknsiEU9L2UDlbltfDvMg/w640-h480/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%2018.26.54.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was one visit, all recorded within 40 seconds. It is fun to see what is happening outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AKTRBJmUKJQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="AKTRBJmUKJQ"></iframe></div><br />There is work to do on the camera position and angle, and perhaps a bit on the interior design, but I think it has promise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Planning ahead for the coming summer, I have also greatly extended the weasel wall which is between the copse and the meadow. Is is now higher than before and is 10m long. The original had a nest box built into it and I have put in another one in the new extension.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-MlFDclww9SfAJeLnbMGL2viP64ypWngi_ok6_9b2a75Vkas9tTs66_BBpNiYoQNUXrRd0Fl5JmFKzKrSn4cu6kan9-BGuWleircten4STRJKTyY4wWiapcFxE9Mh7E5MKWgOXzU8R8SH0WHn5f3HMCsuSAmPqr6e2Qw-md3aHpNfNdArfh159sL38o/s4032/IMG_3934.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-MlFDclww9SfAJeLnbMGL2viP64ypWngi_ok6_9b2a75Vkas9tTs66_BBpNiYoQNUXrRd0Fl5JmFKzKrSn4cu6kan9-BGuWleircten4STRJKTyY4wWiapcFxE9Mh7E5MKWgOXzU8R8SH0WHn5f3HMCsuSAmPqr6e2Qw-md3aHpNfNdArfh159sL38o/w480-h640/IMG_3934.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div>This is made from a small Ikea storage box, a bit larger than a shoe box, with a weasel-sized entrance hole. I have no way of knowing whether the weasels were using the original and the same will apply to this one which is now buried within the wall. Robert Fuller, <a href="https://www.robertefuller.com/diary/how-a-weasel-wonderland-i-built-in-my-garden-became-a-tv-set-in-nature/"><span style="color: #fcff01;">the source of inspiration for this</span></a>, had lighting and live-streamed TV cameras in his but that is a bit beyond me. However, I will put up a couple of trail cameras in the summer to watch the wall like last year. This is how the new wall looks, built with lots of gaps and nooks and crannies.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Kpb_kyjcK1V2oCipl4L3HsRNbluv1m5C8pCnvJZcaKrIPUbUVynn9Mk_O8NEnpOcD5JaK_t6Ln0akowYKy6Uu_B05zZWHCwh0sfcSXamdfDiZHqclsY_HNdUulKUW1eRA615sZ6WKOV_uM4ICc0vi6N1-5tzoGyFCsd7RWQjP1HnnkqKCPr5ZjsDqHM/s4032/IMG_3965.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Kpb_kyjcK1V2oCipl4L3HsRNbluv1m5C8pCnvJZcaKrIPUbUVynn9Mk_O8NEnpOcD5JaK_t6Ln0akowYKy6Uu_B05zZWHCwh0sfcSXamdfDiZHqclsY_HNdUulKUW1eRA615sZ6WKOV_uM4ICc0vi6N1-5tzoGyFCsd7RWQjP1HnnkqKCPr5ZjsDqHM/w640-h480/IMG_3965.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCWAjaFsnzsD94f0n90ZQSVwUnNwL-vDUrFk8QUs9lgrYeq7BIUIDprpYQLBx-8X4PMlYQl9V_gFGBByx6tit26Xy1yguHva-b5MpAjadnpRtHB_9U5GZe4WpgzZihCpImzteie-j6KB4lgb8b_muAsjgeFlQoMUVqREEvqeuRFZkkFywx2n_Ii-Q3Gc/s4032/IMG_3966.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCWAjaFsnzsD94f0n90ZQSVwUnNwL-vDUrFk8QUs9lgrYeq7BIUIDprpYQLBx-8X4PMlYQl9V_gFGBByx6tit26Xy1yguHva-b5MpAjadnpRtHB_9U5GZe4WpgzZihCpImzteie-j6KB4lgb8b_muAsjgeFlQoMUVqREEvqeuRFZkkFywx2n_Ii-Q3Gc/w640-h480/IMG_3966.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And lastly a bonus video. This camera was set up elsewhere to look for otters and recorded a frustrating near miss which was lucky all the same. A weasel was hunting right at the edge of the frame and made a kill just out of view. The main image is cropped and there is a more heavily cropped slow-motion replay ay the end. You can just see the weasel roll briefly into view with the wood mouse it has just killed.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tFVrXG2S1ug" width="320" youtube-src-id="tFVrXG2S1ug"></iframe></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-80198091867220965392024-02-26T17:00:00.019+00:002024-02-26T17:00:00.130+00:00My 2023 Yearbook<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My 2023 Yearbook of wildlife photography has just been published. You won't be surprised that there are plenty of pine marten and ladybird photos.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> You can view the free online version </span><a href="https://www.bonusprint.co.uk/view-online-photo-book?widgetId=ca91af33-1e70-4143-81fc-7ae63e40e39f" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here</span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHC0OqwfSkz1QUbPi6BrZ5854b1mn0-YMDPNt7nardnhb6GmYQiyprvouet5i60x-9E9s30D4CTDGqdhvUt-p567utqAUR1VObXftNVPSLv23zfFtPFD6JWSsRrWG10Xs_i_ITIdFC7egGuqd-TEfmtzXXmlUtf4IXtKSRhj9ylHjnEA10TE4FAdUDQI/s2370/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2010.31.34.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="2370" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHC0OqwfSkz1QUbPi6BrZ5854b1mn0-YMDPNt7nardnhb6GmYQiyprvouet5i60x-9E9s30D4CTDGqdhvUt-p567utqAUR1VObXftNVPSLv23zfFtPFD6JWSsRrWG10Xs_i_ITIdFC7egGuqd-TEfmtzXXmlUtf4IXtKSRhj9ylHjnEA10TE4FAdUDQI/w640-h492/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2010.31.34.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><p></p>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-13413306485223307892024-02-20T17:00:00.011+00:002024-02-20T19:25:09.179+00:00Southern wood ants<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEGLwTNxl1XuVzwQv0ycMrFb9hBGznHKEDW6BW0rdnxYnAvVHUoBfx9ijIO8FDNAeGxvUUOUfkyaLDGPEYUriXcYf0auFJPuSvtsM2fpj3CxdPMiDpHAoa06hMTDups875yetndXSfs79exiRWGWu0OuZGRuMhQVVk0GFiC1rPNaDDOAYEM0zGImhvmA/s4716/Ant%202x3-2160043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3144" data-original-width="4716" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEGLwTNxl1XuVzwQv0ycMrFb9hBGznHKEDW6BW0rdnxYnAvVHUoBfx9ijIO8FDNAeGxvUUOUfkyaLDGPEYUriXcYf0auFJPuSvtsM2fpj3CxdPMiDpHAoa06hMTDups875yetndXSfs79exiRWGWu0OuZGRuMhQVVk0GFiC1rPNaDDOAYEM0zGImhvmA/w640-h426/Ant%202x3-2160043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />I have never photographed an ant before - I fear this may be the start of a new interest. I met these in <a href="https://www.beds-northants-butterflies.org.uk/harlestonefirs.html#:~:text=Harlestone%20Firs%20is%20a%20300%20acres%20woodland%20and,with%20walkers%2C%20cyclists%2C%20horse%20riders%20and%20nature%20lovers."><span style="color: #fcff01;">Harlestone Firs</span></a>, a place I haven't been to for 50 years. When I was very young it was somewhere I visited frequently for walks and bike rides and I remember from then the giant anthills under the fir trees.</span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the Southern Wood Ant, <i>Formica rufa</i>, also known as the Red Wood Ant. Last week the anthill was covered with dead leaves and was mostly dormant but I found three worker ants wandering about the surface. Probably because it wasn't very warm, they didn't move very quickly and paused frequently, which was a help in taking the photos.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3-VqIbTDqJCinwhcFz-AwAPmNbdJmDXP9SeBqXrqR6tS9PWfqV5QrJ0lVdSzN31Nf1Qjzlk-MqLxiXrxl8r8d7AMcYW9HfVtMmq6uCNi4z82xLZ3yKkfnnbOJpo1ZVCHaB0EyxTMNQb4b8HriHJfNsmUEQT7Zz2xB4xw0H7VClGtFXN4N7DIFVBz860/s3490/Ant-2160050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3490" data-original-width="3490" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3-VqIbTDqJCinwhcFz-AwAPmNbdJmDXP9SeBqXrqR6tS9PWfqV5QrJ0lVdSzN31Nf1Qjzlk-MqLxiXrxl8r8d7AMcYW9HfVtMmq6uCNi4z82xLZ3yKkfnnbOJpo1ZVCHaB0EyxTMNQb4b8HriHJfNsmUEQT7Zz2xB4xw0H7VClGtFXN4N7DIFVBz860/w640-h640/Ant-2160050.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j6-5UZAkRPN84SP5RUnvLBzSd_Ludtmc-Yk0uU9-VdW75CBojM4L4QeoLOZN1A8sL_2yFhyaShGtfJ0p8CWT2eM56OxdEGEFBTAF9JD9WPv6TTgW27Pz6v5AE4JfDCYbXFRMIwBsGKlTsbD5SvWjomrVsqzWaEYiHZp7cim_IWIZpWSuvvvoV8NzPpU/s3067/Ant-2160041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3067" data-original-width="3067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j6-5UZAkRPN84SP5RUnvLBzSd_Ludtmc-Yk0uU9-VdW75CBojM4L4QeoLOZN1A8sL_2yFhyaShGtfJ0p8CWT2eM56OxdEGEFBTAF9JD9WPv6TTgW27Pz6v5AE4JfDCYbXFRMIwBsGKlTsbD5SvWjomrVsqzWaEYiHZp7cim_IWIZpWSuvvvoV8NzPpU/w640-h640/Ant-2160041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSi9ffEdrmOt_3X0ggCFJbErSlmvofiV2TM04FtG6BqOiSld8nDaY07O8ZXyZlEiwMvD_OMjmqXwE8Tsy8r_S_l57iQH0MKEXqxtKWw-y8ckR3wCTMKNXkyA2D22BRnZajfxezlg688-lpwvikLZJlhd9tMEjGMFCHQ9ZkwUuI9nAzt0dcPEIiXLFyAis/s3888/Ant-2160039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSi9ffEdrmOt_3X0ggCFJbErSlmvofiV2TM04FtG6BqOiSld8nDaY07O8ZXyZlEiwMvD_OMjmqXwE8Tsy8r_S_l57iQH0MKEXqxtKWw-y8ckR3wCTMKNXkyA2D22BRnZajfxezlg688-lpwvikLZJlhd9tMEjGMFCHQ9ZkwUuI9nAzt0dcPEIiXLFyAis/w640-h640/Ant-2160039.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8HqIzKDlG1qdcpSFMUkNYEb-PlpzKSBs1w6jcOHKD42ENe984ykuWTa_PN8_gdLyiE2MUnwNCnAGIn8I8MDTYSEtMtDzpiIKdsIBZW-EelPk3glYuuCW-yekfU9TzyxZk3YxfgBo0y6ZEgS7S5V8G34uYOuX16dBqdf9MOVQwk0PAzxoSUrfW8XsqVY/s3888/Ant-2160035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8HqIzKDlG1qdcpSFMUkNYEb-PlpzKSBs1w6jcOHKD42ENe984ykuWTa_PN8_gdLyiE2MUnwNCnAGIn8I8MDTYSEtMtDzpiIKdsIBZW-EelPk3glYuuCW-yekfU9TzyxZk3YxfgBo0y6ZEgS7S5V8G34uYOuX16dBqdf9MOVQwk0PAzxoSUrfW8XsqVY/w640-h640/Ant-2160035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ants are the most highly evolved of the Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, bees and ants). Formica ants are polygynous (with up to 100 queens in one colony) and with 100,000 - 400,000 workers in one hill. They eat mostly honeydew from aphids but will also prey on caterpillars and spiders. Unlike honey bees, whose colonies remain active all winter with honey stores, I read that ants hibernate in winter and the colonies are dormant. I presume they become active again once there is food available. I plan to revisit these in the spring to see what they are up to and to take more photos.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also on the anthill were a Devil's Coach-horse (<i>Ocypus olens</i>), which declined a photo, and a common pill millipede (<i>Glomeris marginata</i>) which I don't think I have ever seen before. Despite being a millipede it has only 36 legs, although this one wasn't prepared to show any of them.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jQtCgwOI2QynjljBxCfDkF74sOOlxcA6219Zpb3p0Y4QGXCCbEKnOzuWUiQ9142llyoYyyMNAPHXhIEKeOplJKGjyOjBzLHqS6_2d0T3yG903QWWX5cU3c6VgiqtzyVEydYTWiGdAZzp7ip5hQKjwU0HVpp28rAHr69Dvx8UJhykzaiAoD4dF2DxLy0/s2817/Millipede-2160018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2817" data-original-width="2817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jQtCgwOI2QynjljBxCfDkF74sOOlxcA6219Zpb3p0Y4QGXCCbEKnOzuWUiQ9142llyoYyyMNAPHXhIEKeOplJKGjyOjBzLHqS6_2d0T3yG903QWWX5cU3c6VgiqtzyVEydYTWiGdAZzp7ip5hQKjwU0HVpp28rAHr69Dvx8UJhykzaiAoD4dF2DxLy0/w640-h640/Millipede-2160018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-70538185392176173382024-02-15T08:00:00.003+00:002024-02-18T18:53:53.071+00:00OtterCam in February<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeOttMgoDT7zmjYutYSq_sGDSBOaOaCMZvuyKQVBxOcimDL2Xjzjk9q3vC2LpsihBPSThhai0MuW1U2qe3Mzsp1uuVjASz6P-qd1DDRqpy-YB4HdD2Z9McVW5EstxntrJHWnbDCrhqPlGuD7Slna0wPtZzh0_u5vuYXI1jyHBWDDzkqgFCGRYzsLM8zw/s2716/Otter-04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="2716" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeOttMgoDT7zmjYutYSq_sGDSBOaOaCMZvuyKQVBxOcimDL2Xjzjk9q3vC2LpsihBPSThhai0MuW1U2qe3Mzsp1uuVjASz6P-qd1DDRqpy-YB4HdD2Z9McVW5EstxntrJHWnbDCrhqPlGuD7Slna0wPtZzh0_u5vuYXI1jyHBWDDzkqgFCGRYzsLM8zw/w640-h436/Otter-04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I hadn't planned to post otters again so soon but the photo above has been attracting a lot of attention in various Facebook groups so I thought it only fair to share it here. The picture of the dog otter is a frame grab from a trail camera video, good enough quality to look OK on phones and laptops. I think it is helped by the fact that the otter stood very still for a fraction of a second and the light was good. And as usual the camera had an extra +0.5 dioptre lens. A freeze-frame gives a much clearer view of his whiskers and webbed feet than the video, especially the uploaded version on YouTube and Facebook. Click on the photo for a closer look. Here are three more photos from the same video.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVSvi6QqakKHfdjqmgOQaVTt0Syf0lQpY4lOgnxHBr9rb1SPr7CCCwO3oc2upL49DGDCzEHHPkmmKSXcf7y_H0o-AZ-W5ujmtEhvSv6zvnesIYA-nYBvXsT-anCfQJgUTXH_5VYUq08PC-mesz7jksqo-LXeFw9l4jCfpO40VW3a0zO9deVpjhhIZbBA/s2473/Otter-48.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="2473" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVSvi6QqakKHfdjqmgOQaVTt0Syf0lQpY4lOgnxHBr9rb1SPr7CCCwO3oc2upL49DGDCzEHHPkmmKSXcf7y_H0o-AZ-W5ujmtEhvSv6zvnesIYA-nYBvXsT-anCfQJgUTXH_5VYUq08PC-mesz7jksqo-LXeFw9l4jCfpO40VW3a0zO9deVpjhhIZbBA/w640-h420/Otter-48.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCWeCDMv9G5W5h6klU2lDcnJm6LJVPrLI0EtdqGDFjrxRcjBonXSmkH0aCZDC5-GZg-CLMDWrynidD5U2DViX3chL1OQT0aIimS6B2vF3fbfoas2ERqLlYyZxr1URIqoKAygG2ksw85X78SHhJV5-UxQ2jrWJ7AUCejR720DqGUJTybUwdkM2TtM90B8/s2980/Otter-48-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2980" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMCWeCDMv9G5W5h6klU2lDcnJm6LJVPrLI0EtdqGDFjrxRcjBonXSmkH0aCZDC5-GZg-CLMDWrynidD5U2DViX3chL1OQT0aIimS6B2vF3fbfoas2ERqLlYyZxr1URIqoKAygG2ksw85X78SHhJV5-UxQ2jrWJ7AUCejR720DqGUJTybUwdkM2TtM90B8/w640-h436/Otter-48-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXmtby4TYTI1HiFtrHJfghBE5WlbeMFyEKuUFPrx74s61QxBVjcoOw4DgZcIdzxhubkTV63v6sQFFd8qofWKbNm0rx7-IniyjtgC0tgEmNCPofGxblDN-qN3VLsP8oCQpW5EIB40RXhb3loNQQR9fDVqaVz0YOBcDDgBEVSuLD6pWIcJuGVHvMQG-Ahs/s3034/Otter-37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1852" data-original-width="3034" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXmtby4TYTI1HiFtrHJfghBE5WlbeMFyEKuUFPrx74s61QxBVjcoOw4DgZcIdzxhubkTV63v6sQFFd8qofWKbNm0rx7-IniyjtgC0tgEmNCPofGxblDN-qN3VLsP8oCQpW5EIB40RXhb3loNQQR9fDVqaVz0YOBcDDgBEVSuLD6pWIcJuGVHvMQG-Ahs/w640-h390/Otter-37.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>And here is the video. He is a very powerful-looking animal.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b__ZMxRozo4" width="320" youtube-src-id="b__ZMxRozo4"></iframe></div></span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-49095442155447353902024-02-11T17:00:00.002+00:002024-02-11T17:00:00.127+00:00News from WeaselCam<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqn-5co8EWLarq8Lq36_bexac156ljPB_TcZdM7O4Py3RW9KPaHg9L2DYre2g9R6kARuHLT13_dl2evL_ti942WZXLXW29Yl9WijMfCV-kMnQ3GcstMfYyNefm53MZgOzeqdqFaBdZvxkg9F7h93Vy6fJFPIue96ZM4yWeUpprno95KfUKsgdeNTBIW0/s1332/Weasel-18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1332" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqn-5co8EWLarq8Lq36_bexac156ljPB_TcZdM7O4Py3RW9KPaHg9L2DYre2g9R6kARuHLT13_dl2evL_ti942WZXLXW29Yl9WijMfCV-kMnQ3GcstMfYyNefm53MZgOzeqdqFaBdZvxkg9F7h93Vy6fJFPIue96ZM4yWeUpprno95KfUKsgdeNTBIW0/w640-h480/Weasel-18.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />I have been running two camera boxes in the garden for the past few months to keep an eye on weasels and whatever else makes an appearance. There were 12 weasel sightings in December, only one in January and so far there have been three in February. On one morning last week one camera recorded an American grey squirrel, a weasel and a stoat all within two hours. The sighting of the stoat was frustratingly brief as it was too quick for the camera. It only captured this frame of the tail.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkppQPfbd0P4SEHOMvILVkCYRVN-NXy6z7mUe7TpiuXEDfaj4M9JhUb1XFblHS5Fk6L96z7Pl8u9hDQvgNaJYS1u4ICLQHFoJmunYYWl9FwJ_u1IdZ6hrZ3OOlNitDVIYo1gFYowXklbijiffoF9bipWTEfmEo0HGBdtFu2M7IY4QoTvXU-0Fb_cWZ4w/s3200/Ermine-01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="3200" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlkppQPfbd0P4SEHOMvILVkCYRVN-NXy6z7mUe7TpiuXEDfaj4M9JhUb1XFblHS5Fk6L96z7Pl8u9hDQvgNaJYS1u4ICLQHFoJmunYYWl9FwJ_u1IdZ6hrZ3OOlNitDVIYo1gFYowXklbijiffoF9bipWTEfmEo0HGBdtFu2M7IY4QoTvXU-0Fb_cWZ4w/w640-h412/Ermine-01.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The fascinating thing is that it shows partial ermine colouration with a white tail. In northern regions some stoats turn white in winter, retaining just a black tail tip, although this far north (55°N) the change is more often partial. We can't see the rest of this one but it is obviously mostly still brown. Below is how it (or another one) looked in early December.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGCePbCbQkHziijZ5Oi-ppNhMVwALSff5Ca8pbu8Kxcf_-zYuFEPK_uqct6bfrq89MIyVd3q3xGyKbdRK8nX2o8ReAACeVUw7b3tYNzC9jNDd9g3KiZpek1S7huaF_15jSsiscODqYmmAMu7Q0iN0B-pQPjJ_zCFN0DeBv9HhaNOkCBUJXwcb6o-nomI/s3838/Stoat-00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="3838" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGCePbCbQkHziijZ5Oi-ppNhMVwALSff5Ca8pbu8Kxcf_-zYuFEPK_uqct6bfrq89MIyVd3q3xGyKbdRK8nX2o8ReAACeVUw7b3tYNzC9jNDd9g3KiZpek1S7huaF_15jSsiscODqYmmAMu7Q0iN0B-pQPjJ_zCFN0DeBv9HhaNOkCBUJXwcb6o-nomI/w640-h336/Stoat-00.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is the weasel from the same box.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPThA5-Doyjw-z2FOkkXsri8SjGC0oYucolkFozFLOme0aNZBW37yt82wQnYc8UywDrB2F3_QXwrLdvzC75b-pujv9wmwOj8CLCtAX5jk3CkxBQ8_nXIQ2RLnAdZMPWsBwWreQWPv7mqqInyAulZy1LsUx-Ed0ujllU1H2vRYqvIt422YsOzAg9v2Xs4/s1600/Weasel-17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPThA5-Doyjw-z2FOkkXsri8SjGC0oYucolkFozFLOme0aNZBW37yt82wQnYc8UywDrB2F3_QXwrLdvzC75b-pujv9wmwOj8CLCtAX5jk3CkxBQ8_nXIQ2RLnAdZMPWsBwWreQWPv7mqqInyAulZy1LsUx-Ed0ujllU1H2vRYqvIt422YsOzAg9v2Xs4/w640-h480/Weasel-17.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_BHtd3JFRl0" width="320" youtube-src-id="_BHtd3JFRl0"></iframe></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And here's the squirrel!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnso7UUaIpYSkSc-NNi45Sg-8PeeW3QRzou8XXZxRc-38Z-5BnGTkhsoS9duyDab6KrIC2zih_XwoyuX9UMd813XLGR_2zKLN8ePLClqHsFxfb1M2hYDKKGG9gevWp-X7yLfJf0_YpZhU_ZWaH-WZZTJgRSFliQZk7zzUt_72Hlgh115t6c5CwSH71UU/s3840/Screenshot%202024-02-10%20at%2012.53.40.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnso7UUaIpYSkSc-NNi45Sg-8PeeW3QRzou8XXZxRc-38Z-5BnGTkhsoS9duyDab6KrIC2zih_XwoyuX9UMd813XLGR_2zKLN8ePLClqHsFxfb1M2hYDKKGG9gevWp-X7yLfJf0_YpZhU_ZWaH-WZZTJgRSFliQZk7zzUt_72Hlgh115t6c5CwSH71UU/w640-h360/Screenshot%202024-02-10%20at%2012.53.40.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Weasels usually explore the box rather than just running through and very often return more than once during the same recording. I wish stoats did the same - perhaps I need a bigger box and a bigger pipe. This weasel activity was all recorded within two minutes although I have edited out the gaps.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65SQhi3K4E-DNt-C-o0XQZSd49nNHWIUszD8iIw1reJ6Tsjw4fJaLggWLDPuxd5KL0SQCIRd-RwHWKOnd5s1-1O8_F0PUeTdo2FQmLAKmG_jAf_hNrlR_UVjd8rDb67BX91XCG5WQzxcIpLaI8RGMNPlLsmFUGBEImcpSdeFmcOgOkesgR5mOr6BwmkE/s1332/Weasel-19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1332" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65SQhi3K4E-DNt-C-o0XQZSd49nNHWIUszD8iIw1reJ6Tsjw4fJaLggWLDPuxd5KL0SQCIRd-RwHWKOnd5s1-1O8_F0PUeTdo2FQmLAKmG_jAf_hNrlR_UVjd8rDb67BX91XCG5WQzxcIpLaI8RGMNPlLsmFUGBEImcpSdeFmcOgOkesgR5mOr6BwmkE/w640-h480/Weasel-19.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dve5dodPX6Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="Dve5dodPX6Y"></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The day after the stoat appeared in the box I saw it</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">from the kitchen window,</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> just outside the box. I was willing it to go in again but instead it ran right across the lawn towards me with something in its mouth, presumably prey. With luck it will stick around and I'll be able to post more pictures.</span></span><p></p>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-44769002400164391062024-02-05T08:00:00.000+00:002024-02-05T08:00:00.143+00:00Winter ladybirds<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8gYaFXThxwnzf0VE3LAFnm76aAfxC1C0TMfnKBf_FvcDkXPAMkqQYEFpxJGo4yqQjlCB-PVZftWJ3OHziNBjfR-H0J9_Uew8poX4K8NKOZW682Tx9Is9pg6DpeHWhk3tYC_eK7V7v9w6BybWMPGyaNO578WyvHaOxQ1vt5FVgpnJf7SHxzcl0uBQm48/s4502/HLQN%20&%20O-080131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3376" data-original-width="4502" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8gYaFXThxwnzf0VE3LAFnm76aAfxC1C0TMfnKBf_FvcDkXPAMkqQYEFpxJGo4yqQjlCB-PVZftWJ3OHziNBjfR-H0J9_Uew8poX4K8NKOZW682Tx9Is9pg6DpeHWhk3tYC_eK7V7v9w6BybWMPGyaNO578WyvHaOxQ1vt5FVgpnJf7SHxzcl0uBQm48/w640-h480/HLQN%20&%20O-080131.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />A year ago I learnt that winter is the best time to look for ladybirds and that graveyards are one of the best places to look. This winter I have been regularly popping into cemeteries and churchyards, armed with a torch and a camera. Here are a few of the ladybirds I have seen.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is a red <i>bimaculata</i> form of 10-spot Ladybird in a small crevice in a gravestone in Jesmond.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxjBcne7htpdJ085D0kNRqST9r6YWfzPgGCC2th42Rem3CRY-NwKfuL8iotrlSkux7-ABUew3dsTOMh4m2jspAeSnH-CgzK-gxojP7-RYH2-8STpZ35piMlP6DFB416IIQe794lRxidiStHadAykLfSCCx3EOMXEicaPWiZgIU_TecI2kfnR7w18eTHo/s2621/10%20dorsal-310204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2621" data-original-width="2621" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxjBcne7htpdJ085D0kNRqST9r6YWfzPgGCC2th42Rem3CRY-NwKfuL8iotrlSkux7-ABUew3dsTOMh4m2jspAeSnH-CgzK-gxojP7-RYH2-8STpZ35piMlP6DFB416IIQe794lRxidiStHadAykLfSCCx3EOMXEicaPWiZgIU_TecI2kfnR7w18eTHo/w640-h640/10%20dorsal-310204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is a black <i>bimaculata</i> form of 10-spot Ladybird on an adjacent gravestone.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCl7syyagXLW7yzOzdVkGZbWGUX24wktRNjLsoDktWwh2QkNj_6lfjuMVX_tIqT30Elo_9upOPwp6mOmN8qSpIEf3Umard5f6dkaD7gbAT9r6n7g9eFds-n6AU0kprVMJSjV5wUVdvUeSujmhwS7km-0oDRWe6pZa30bfIoeR2KHtGIzrjOD4I74J88w/s2130/10%20black-310180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="2130" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCl7syyagXLW7yzOzdVkGZbWGUX24wktRNjLsoDktWwh2QkNj_6lfjuMVX_tIqT30Elo_9upOPwp6mOmN8qSpIEf3Umard5f6dkaD7gbAT9r6n7g9eFds-n6AU0kprVMJSjV5wUVdvUeSujmhwS7km-0oDRWe6pZa30bfIoeR2KHtGIzrjOD4I74J88w/w640-h640/10%20black-310180.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When I went back a week later to get a better photo of the red one the black one had joined it.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERywf62DJ_oRgW0IxZiqfnUDf3A7UPVkax8FOj5X7eOXI-iFU_QNF9XlR00YkE_5f6IJtS2k-6sl7uxpfPHogLwlD7bxFLZ7Ahu_ltrABxlN1h9gf-A7WqoFK7h4o6P-zHO0no0Gmcycml5aZdOFR9r035m5TLUamZAVtoOJhY3rwMf6ByZ-HELBRhBY/s3888/10%20dorsal-1070068.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="3888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERywf62DJ_oRgW0IxZiqfnUDf3A7UPVkax8FOj5X7eOXI-iFU_QNF9XlR00YkE_5f6IJtS2k-6sl7uxpfPHogLwlD7bxFLZ7Ahu_ltrABxlN1h9gf-A7WqoFK7h4o6P-zHO0no0Gmcycml5aZdOFR9r035m5TLUamZAVtoOJhY3rwMf6ByZ-HELBRhBY/w640-h640/10%20dorsal-1070068.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And a month later the red one had disappeared and been replaced by a Cream-spot Ladybird.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAGFhN7yhj5hc5rz0IVqPpFDB61_9-suS_iEYtJ4cunx7RY_LGjRh8io4Gf76eQNA_9ZxNReESlkGZYzEyuQXoQvhJ0nUDguKC6IT1hYtvLYKxSvNRhzqghA4cVKz48NnvEfAatTRUetsTsIzzbkDVLu5cJ0Dqwy-QR98alz2w6ykEq5_1m1HxrqCMnE/s3313/10-2030162.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3313" data-original-width="3313" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAGFhN7yhj5hc5rz0IVqPpFDB61_9-suS_iEYtJ4cunx7RY_LGjRh8io4Gf76eQNA_9ZxNReESlkGZYzEyuQXoQvhJ0nUDguKC6IT1hYtvLYKxSvNRhzqghA4cVKz48NnvEfAatTRUetsTsIzzbkDVLu5cJ0Dqwy-QR98alz2w6ykEq5_1m1HxrqCMnE/w640-h640/10-2030162.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have seen several other interesting variations of 10-spot Ladybird but they are often tucked away </span><span style="font-family: arial;">making it difficult to get a good photo.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU43LWWXiZVQudySsNilp1aZk3U5SmFTgdvwkLoIFcdM1SSMalK-Ui9Z84wdz2UsD8e4KUwXWROJsqqaRMbREXpeCpzXKfOfCmDz7P6lDEHA-CwJtV3e-HcjN95Hb2Pxx3VCfm5qtE66H1yul5QF51xpt5zkLID7GifV-ERgFhj4q-7AhabhWh0GbnQ0Q/s3142/Pine-2030043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="3142" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU43LWWXiZVQudySsNilp1aZk3U5SmFTgdvwkLoIFcdM1SSMalK-Ui9Z84wdz2UsD8e4KUwXWROJsqqaRMbREXpeCpzXKfOfCmDz7P6lDEHA-CwJtV3e-HcjN95Hb2Pxx3VCfm5qtE66H1yul5QF51xpt5zkLID7GifV-ERgFhj4q-7AhabhWh0GbnQ0Q/w640-h480/Pine-2030043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmeXpR-wgAfNiIBR4uh3KRpEfhOH33b8NvBZLTRCcqFZeuVijxlyYoQZuo5yBr5GioPyCrIe8-rtGnyqdwCxEdC41gCDEWlbbYqqJeyPdNDOL4ygmAE12Z7jP9oleJspzm-l4fUuIPX4VQ9HwAXamT4ZpCsa7i26caysn4p_JKH0sUGACeANoM90SXtM/s2712/Pine-2030075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2034" data-original-width="2712" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmeXpR-wgAfNiIBR4uh3KRpEfhOH33b8NvBZLTRCcqFZeuVijxlyYoQZuo5yBr5GioPyCrIe8-rtGnyqdwCxEdC41gCDEWlbbYqqJeyPdNDOL4ygmAE12Z7jP9oleJspzm-l4fUuIPX4VQ9HwAXamT4ZpCsa7i26caysn4p_JKH0sUGACeANoM90SXtM/w640-h480/Pine-2030075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Pine Ladybirds are not the only black ladybirds with four red spots. Here is a Pine </span>Ladybird at the top with two <i>quadrimaculata</i> forms of 2-spot Ladybird.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0Um9EGjFgpr56ZRN5OfHPnu7VfMvh21-ek6sdyHV2v6Q6os_bI9j9kDHZD5EUfOuY3QlTu-7l4BTWLWMvouXnQ01Lp4F2KqYCobo-VCqLOM9-L4lKQLyCTyRp29wH3rEZgezndlvlmjjHxxB2Ku6enaViF7uhMF0xjNDL7Nrh56pawBV25fk7oHXJ84/s2718/Pine-310123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2718" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0Um9EGjFgpr56ZRN5OfHPnu7VfMvh21-ek6sdyHV2v6Q6os_bI9j9kDHZD5EUfOuY3QlTu-7l4BTWLWMvouXnQ01Lp4F2KqYCobo-VCqLOM9-L4lKQLyCTyRp29wH3rEZgezndlvlmjjHxxB2Ku6enaViF7uhMF0xjNDL7Nrh56pawBV25fk7oHXJ84/w640-h480/Pine-310123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And an unusual 2-spot </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Ladybird, f. <i>bar annulata</i>.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMAt67gM7fqjMtiA_3KBPvZR5aTER_5zU75gNpwfmyHubLkX-kGJ_UY7a56VNe4dQyBWvXHvlQWRaE2w3y9kwV5936BexiSVUi5Jurqkrkh1zB1bhO3i6_3NkSm3OLW0vuj1wGuxE7ONwSGU8LKXYfc33oRsAeD86PhINH3POdvMU40ILwKIAfZiTXnA/s3137/2-2030059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="3137" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMAt67gM7fqjMtiA_3KBPvZR5aTER_5zU75gNpwfmyHubLkX-kGJ_UY7a56VNe4dQyBWvXHvlQWRaE2w3y9kwV5936BexiSVUi5Jurqkrkh1zB1bhO3i6_3NkSm3OLW0vuj1wGuxE7ONwSGU8LKXYfc33oRsAeD86PhINH3POdvMU40ILwKIAfZiTXnA/w640-h480/2-2030059.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Most ladybirds at this time of year are immobile but I found a Larch </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Ladybird wandering round on a </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">gravestone in the sunshine at Slaley, a first for me. I have yet to find one in a larch tree.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn79800sy6Lj5Vo0zD3tDQ2yKvoiqTbivkQ_TTF3lXHg18vks6sqp_0oQRIoAkJQ34P9Ytl4uBNIVQY-AEW93Ss-I6MkfwSnJmkQFi2CUO0IIQiMcFtH2j0dBbYbjztd_wYXFAoricnTxcsFbh-2gxV-qVtiVCZMRqKYeS8Sj0n6WyYDYuXn1bruQkBo/s2561/Larch-1060223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="2561" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn79800sy6Lj5Vo0zD3tDQ2yKvoiqTbivkQ_TTF3lXHg18vks6sqp_0oQRIoAkJQ34P9Ytl4uBNIVQY-AEW93Ss-I6MkfwSnJmkQFi2CUO0IIQiMcFtH2j0dBbYbjztd_wYXFAoricnTxcsFbh-2gxV-qVtiVCZMRqKYeS8Sj0n6WyYDYuXn1bruQkBo/w640-h512/Larch-1060223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>An Eyed </span>Ladybird, the largest UK species.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxFqY_jkmJDWSE38VR-tKVVw4hppabNM0IakjcEPAHxxFSJnRORHDt6Gm5M66ha9C4Ozr82fGfo9wzyOiPND9bhtpJxifvN-gKJJWMridR3eFadHqRQsCsZ88vsG5IUcx1Imw-pBHDMF3HcGtnR1T7s8B1Em8hVZBrir3LUCVI1jc3pn5LBDRjuMFfLs/s3778/Eyed-070079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2834" data-original-width="3778" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxFqY_jkmJDWSE38VR-tKVVw4hppabNM0IakjcEPAHxxFSJnRORHDt6Gm5M66ha9C4Ozr82fGfo9wzyOiPND9bhtpJxifvN-gKJJWMridR3eFadHqRQsCsZ88vsG5IUcx1Imw-pBHDMF3HcGtnR1T7s8B1Em8hVZBrir3LUCVI1jc3pn5LBDRjuMFfLs/w640-h480/Eyed-070079.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><div><span><br /></span></div>Here are a few more, not on gravestones. A Harlequin </span>Ladybird.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-okKZp8wsaXpvX1s2paj42EhSZbCNZywwPqlDCPGXGUyR398Kg1VxhdNz9uv6MLVVrebaFLXe5nGhXGqUif_uqx4uPM2dXm9csBLitPdSXIvhgTvSMFW6lc95l6pnFie1PWa4H6agV1HlnvW-Em8bDGn161BNU9jVx2ZRmea-ma89Ga7AYFAgm6lDoA/s4618/HLQN-030016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="4618" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-okKZp8wsaXpvX1s2paj42EhSZbCNZywwPqlDCPGXGUyR398Kg1VxhdNz9uv6MLVVrebaFLXe5nGhXGqUif_uqx4uPM2dXm9csBLitPdSXIvhgTvSMFW6lc95l6pnFie1PWa4H6agV1HlnvW-Em8bDGn161BNU9jVx2ZRmea-ma89Ga7AYFAgm6lDoA/w640-h480/HLQN-030016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>An Orange </span>Ladybird.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlinfbKS0-UaIE4YMndpFayJzJwpqW62WdwkXdHyE165SUIa3nJRBtnHo7QuqwZLXsVgdsXI6JjfDIfASZqkiCvEC7khbZM0UunvRjUzdNt-NJ5bnB0l6aG5NtclUnY6B8IySE3axPL1cbYplMFPCDJ4UJMKFGW0MLl13EaONkl8AtBeKN_A8ZlLtnok/s3848/Orange-040320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="3848" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlinfbKS0-UaIE4YMndpFayJzJwpqW62WdwkXdHyE165SUIa3nJRBtnHo7QuqwZLXsVgdsXI6JjfDIfASZqkiCvEC7khbZM0UunvRjUzdNt-NJ5bnB0l6aG5NtclUnY6B8IySE3axPL1cbYplMFPCDJ4UJMKFGW0MLl13EaONkl8AtBeKN_A8ZlLtnok/w640-h480/Orange-040320.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>A 7-spot </span>Ladybird.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-StiSaY3dkjJL0vrcWM0SnwSAcQl56l5-Orc64irv8I4xwUrfAZ8dwoZJ9DfHuEZ2MkvsWnkM9qS0y_pcrpsRwbSboFzBWeGmC3yYdzawFqptkymN6s783ZGi99MiSHSphJcnWpaziulNPWJsQsELOt4ElwAaPE7M04WqBbp6V0nIM8iH20ubZ0ROxnk/s4036/7-050123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3027" data-original-width="4036" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-StiSaY3dkjJL0vrcWM0SnwSAcQl56l5-Orc64irv8I4xwUrfAZ8dwoZJ9DfHuEZ2MkvsWnkM9qS0y_pcrpsRwbSboFzBWeGmC3yYdzawFqptkymN6s783ZGi99MiSHSphJcnWpaziulNPWJsQsELOt4ElwAaPE7M04WqBbp6V0nIM8iH20ubZ0ROxnk/w640-h480/7-050123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A 10-spot Ladybird, f. <i>decempustulata</i>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFUUHrdUoPuFbi9qfIttZMaRJGx8a8CSSK8XiTqhfTgiJkA4xuD4a6IOmDx5jvHfz1db5yUx7YFHBAYTiCn48M3_tSpAOcn2gise6uI8R186z7Dem_cyaRr0Wmjobpf_5fxNIKoSGn3aVIHjpzzJDbYquifoBFN7dHX4E0p4-JGatKJEb7vQe4LZ91Bs/s4049/10-050198.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2699" data-original-width="4049" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFUUHrdUoPuFbi9qfIttZMaRJGx8a8CSSK8XiTqhfTgiJkA4xuD4a6IOmDx5jvHfz1db5yUx7YFHBAYTiCn48M3_tSpAOcn2gise6uI8R186z7Dem_cyaRr0Wmjobpf_5fxNIKoSGn3aVIHjpzzJDbYquifoBFN7dHX4E0p4-JGatKJEb7vQe4LZ91Bs/w640-h426/10-050198.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And my favourite recent ladybird photo, two Water Ladybirds.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnf7bgxvus5OgXrf1ZecPTEIdjUrUdf3KoX1pXMCiOQgUe_K5OnjWmMllO1tO0700keuP4oxuIBfnYvxzGTa0WZgc2tW6l9GkdZJHTV88DPLkxepQZCOnHYM_DG0fMu6BaS4TJmlf66aHXzDGA_LAq8nnDrFvOKoiSqWc6eFbe5Et2jtjuKVW6vsRBoqk/s5184/Water-190058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnf7bgxvus5OgXrf1ZecPTEIdjUrUdf3KoX1pXMCiOQgUe_K5OnjWmMllO1tO0700keuP4oxuIBfnYvxzGTa0WZgc2tW6l9GkdZJHTV88DPLkxepQZCOnHYM_DG0fMu6BaS4TJmlf66aHXzDGA_LAq8nnDrFvOKoiSqWc6eFbe5Et2jtjuKVW6vsRBoqk/w640-h480/Water-190058.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Having been to several churchyards and cemeteries that have no ladybirds I am gradually learning where they are more likely to be. Even then it is a bit unpredictable. Dinnington churchyard had none a year ago but four species when I returned this winter. I'll keep looking.</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-86621506572818951832024-01-28T09:00:00.028+00:002024-01-28T09:00:00.134+00:00OtterCam in January<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs7Gxvug4dPwO36evy5303ayd-5PyVQrpdaFGmWNI3EUIsDUmPIwb2hNoGpUVgbqPr_DLf13c0zqHDImXfAInsiXvL0mCHAHs2Jn3gPjE3t-AMU4fuO6eXdEplOARFJnQw-vSoDmHFUCqQUJbn3PaN0ZFQQgURiY0El9dZUiMwbZU4Wun7s7EzvCJPj4/s3100/Otter-55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="3100" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs7Gxvug4dPwO36evy5303ayd-5PyVQrpdaFGmWNI3EUIsDUmPIwb2hNoGpUVgbqPr_DLf13c0zqHDImXfAInsiXvL0mCHAHs2Jn3gPjE3t-AMU4fuO6eXdEplOARFJnQw-vSoDmHFUCqQUJbn3PaN0ZFQQgURiY0El9dZUiMwbZU4Wun7s7EzvCJPj4/w640-h426/Otter-55.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Otters live in a world it is difficult for us to imagine. Apart from the cubs being with their mother, otters live mostly solitary lives. Their sense of smell is very acute and they communicate by leaving spraint, urine or anal jelly to advertise their presence and condition. The cubs are already doing the same. There are popular scent-marking spots in front of my cameras, at the water's edge and up the bank. In the first video the mother led the cubs up the bank, sniffing as they went. When they returned the mother left a message, as did one of the cubs a little lower down. Three hours later the dog otter turned up to sniff the messages intently before leaving his own. (The flickering light is caused by a failing battery in another camera in the tree on the right.) Another two hours later, in daylight, mother and one cub went by, sniffing and scent-marking again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfIHkc4N6nDCtEXdLHP_2VJrEk4bKmrk0A8nyWnV_ThdodjeISylMeD2jbdw7l7iab2lFO6z6BDelwZNGQb-VQr0OA5ZVIsF9FIXQt3b8lstoJKiJB71FEIBsUzOSHYSRTScO94xl2p6FRPWNCoAxzik6K6q8RK2O-eomHZnjwL6CSXf2GHchJJE2CAY/s2134/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2008.37.04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2134" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfIHkc4N6nDCtEXdLHP_2VJrEk4bKmrk0A8nyWnV_ThdodjeISylMeD2jbdw7l7iab2lFO6z6BDelwZNGQb-VQr0OA5ZVIsF9FIXQt3b8lstoJKiJB71FEIBsUzOSHYSRTScO94xl2p6FRPWNCoAxzik6K6q8RK2O-eomHZnjwL6CSXf2GHchJJE2CAY/w640-h424/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2008.37.04.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7usM9b23BVY" width="320" youtube-src-id="7usM9b23BVY"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is hard enough at the best of times to decide where to put the trail cameras but once the lake freezes it becomes even more hit-and-miss. This next video is a case of what might have been, with most of the action frustratingly out of shot. It starts at the end of the video above - the female otter came down the bank with one cub, both looking wonderfully warm and fluffy in the cold. The mother then caught a fish in a hole in the ice, just out of view. She gave it to the cub to eat, just after the second one came rushing down. It's a bit fragmented but I have pieced together what I can of the action.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_DvwaV4xogFgNMP7UTEyE29rG-TU4WcioJDrB_g1ZALf8QyQdULGFvrkS1cpPgkMHFIMPFdX-M2R8PKJHza2EQ0IAblOMvdI635_Mbmgedf-MOAAmEgKGcYVAbR3CvxVGbYasbun8azhDodVFU8NOgNaXRfZ4FoGasN3xcVur5HNzOzOncKqtaIOWFY/s1924/Otter-40.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1924" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_DvwaV4xogFgNMP7UTEyE29rG-TU4WcioJDrB_g1ZALf8QyQdULGFvrkS1cpPgkMHFIMPFdX-M2R8PKJHza2EQ0IAblOMvdI635_Mbmgedf-MOAAmEgKGcYVAbR3CvxVGbYasbun8azhDodVFU8NOgNaXRfZ4FoGasN3xcVur5HNzOzOncKqtaIOWFY/w640-h432/Otter-40.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fsbJbwUi4LQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="fsbJbwUi4LQ"></iframe></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is interesting that one cub is already becoming very independent, often lagging behind. If my calculations are correct the cubs are about 29 weeks old in these videos so they still have a lot to learn and will be with their mother for some while yet. I'll keep trying to point the cameras in the right directions.</span></div></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-36869326810205456152024-01-21T08:00:00.002+00:002024-01-21T08:00:00.129+00:00A wasp nest in the roof<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-SpxE18FX5ywiaGswS50C5-cdLzm_K-bc0bpbKw5fFJdJNJ29ZsCz83qfqYIdcXg8wvYRyrZjrx5nxnxcFnGQ9Z-p5FE5k2c-YItpNfBzgrF3dQ-8iUCTyrfkMzSSzM8jgnkcfHYOGdWU6stY0HJ-y2fA20eUf2dPiaulBvP0k-v1PhxPBdRfGDAuCQ/s3015/IMG_3878.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="3015" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-SpxE18FX5ywiaGswS50C5-cdLzm_K-bc0bpbKw5fFJdJNJ29ZsCz83qfqYIdcXg8wvYRyrZjrx5nxnxcFnGQ9Z-p5FE5k2c-YItpNfBzgrF3dQ-8iUCTyrfkMzSSzM8jgnkcfHYOGdWU6stY0HJ-y2fA20eUf2dPiaulBvP0k-v1PhxPBdRfGDAuCQ/w640-h486/IMG_3878.HEIC" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All summer and autumn there were wasps flying in under the eaves, often more than 100 per minute, so I knew the nest would be big. Because a few wasps were still active in early December I waited until after a cold snap before going up to investigate. My roof is low and cramped and the nest was built around the rafters so it wasn't going to come out in one piece. This is how it looked before I started.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7cMPlJZzOYzZyNgHyLqEO0iFyWKMX2Hy_YGVw2Eb2nllgNBQN_YqVlGE9fU-4FDyOjc2ghQF6nnGR0-1pUqm4B7ESUcUytHcJrCSSyQek5zOtmC-iYWuhGaRQID6qO-qah2UTTDdoB5pmDCHxeXVdOA3RUjf-g6lOICIKa4xVOpDTeAzKyPohwesn1E/s4032/IMG_3877.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7cMPlJZzOYzZyNgHyLqEO0iFyWKMX2Hy_YGVw2Eb2nllgNBQN_YqVlGE9fU-4FDyOjc2ghQF6nnGR0-1pUqm4B7ESUcUytHcJrCSSyQek5zOtmC-iYWuhGaRQID6qO-qah2UTTDdoB5pmDCHxeXVdOA3RUjf-g6lOICIKa4xVOpDTeAzKyPohwesn1E/w640-h480/IMG_3877.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the outer insulation layer. You can see here how at one point the wasps must have changed to a different source of wood. I think the grey comes from my shed!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qm8rInKdH7uf4wTAJRjDh_1eReocPpSnJiGfLYVnHutAvSNQjdFADMgzSE-bcqVAOKTAzFkBRrDZZDT8GwrWL7sfTMGZB4ENn9C4OKQjmQBWza0Dl8uujy-2BNUJN122KVmzKOW954S0ut8n8ux9QuC4JL5DPXsEAfGkEeq1OnrO23Z7uP4b3UZM9V8/s4032/IMG_3879.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qm8rInKdH7uf4wTAJRjDh_1eReocPpSnJiGfLYVnHutAvSNQjdFADMgzSE-bcqVAOKTAzFkBRrDZZDT8GwrWL7sfTMGZB4ENn9C4OKQjmQBWza0Dl8uujy-2BNUJN122KVmzKOW954S0ut8n8ux9QuC4JL5DPXsEAfGkEeq1OnrO23Z7uP4b3UZM9V8/w640-h480/IMG_3879.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This shows a bit of the comb before I removed the main body of the nest.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-GWqbWcmB594307bNplBV3Ioo5E2vDl0Aq5mQJIrVSWpQQ1C2fc7HogwW-3Id31lb6agEtXmqvlvs3F5NOKAcITPyXFjRO0c1FR_MEi-mE56cUabJLfZng0a-BlqWl3Q-gjqjps0QOkKctxnLAAXnevCW1QbGyfNVhLb_N04Mu2Yw0dkXE94r10vxsU/s4032/IMG_3880.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-GWqbWcmB594307bNplBV3Ioo5E2vDl0Aq5mQJIrVSWpQQ1C2fc7HogwW-3Id31lb6agEtXmqvlvs3F5NOKAcITPyXFjRO0c1FR_MEi-mE56cUabJLfZng0a-BlqWl3Q-gjqjps0QOkKctxnLAAXnevCW1QbGyfNVhLb_N04Mu2Yw0dkXE94r10vxsU/w640-h480/IMG_3880.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And this is what it looks like once it is out, all made of paper. The combs are single-sided and horizontal with the cells opening downwards. This was a big nest with eight storeys of comb.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w4mkwtrOUOQ1TKP0ZZU-6DjNb22AKFgxmU_lc1KWmleo2ODkRg7lpySMiHAillDpHSdihbWT1hwIbb_KSxtmxnAuFhyphenhyphenhKM0_qLYtCgKOC-29fAPl0GZJfkK1_-Idyr3Yr1b5G86rp0mLBKZbXmAB6jRgZZI6QbUZI0AschXCJ31IL1mSV8j69YJV9Ns/s4032/IMG_3883.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w4mkwtrOUOQ1TKP0ZZU-6DjNb22AKFgxmU_lc1KWmleo2ODkRg7lpySMiHAillDpHSdihbWT1hwIbb_KSxtmxnAuFhyphenhyphenhKM0_qLYtCgKOC-29fAPl0GZJfkK1_-Idyr3Yr1b5G86rp0mLBKZbXmAB6jRgZZI6QbUZI0AschXCJ31IL1mSV8j69YJV9Ns/w640-h480/IMG_3883.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszCqZy3Ulm2IzVkR8xBWT0vIrx05opgf2w_84oHf9zxg4pomL9Ufljh5bKewSnChts5kO6I4jTh_VOKyXYQybqVH4qO-NTauA9aqXaIXsIihBoFeQDGizCvkSwAP31B5LvdrnFoGFCKFVmDVOiDeYdNOtfqXWHp07X8qA7EhwLv5dLgWJPUSgxXTBRlc/s4032/IMG_3882.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf9KYWxl8goJ58v4UBtHwq7p87BCCwfsvfLIh800mTeLCfMIiwCWqMsSxEmyLDfBfyx63SPVVgWffdmZNoSd56pJbRxol31RgIB09fDo11HEBfRCgsDIm0IXxC9873Cke0Jg1FGA72AzKXOGWU864UtmAxPhge12UXjtc0mMONP-T_piobyWSC1R9JiQ/s4032/IMG_3888.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxf9KYWxl8goJ58v4UBtHwq7p87BCCwfsvfLIh800mTeLCfMIiwCWqMsSxEmyLDfBfyx63SPVVgWffdmZNoSd56pJbRxol31RgIB09fDo11HEBfRCgsDIm0IXxC9873Cke0Jg1FGA72AzKXOGWU864UtmAxPhge12UXjtc0mMONP-T_piobyWSC1R9JiQ/w640-h480/IMG_3888.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There were a few dead wasps and from looking at them I think they are common wasps (<i>Vespula vulgaris</i>). The nest would be a success if it produced only a couple of queens surviving the winter to found new colonies next season. It seems an enormous enterprise to achieve that, compared with the Saxon wasps (<i>Dolichovespula saxonica</i>) that were <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/wasps-in-bee-house.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">in the roof of my bee house</span></a> in the summer.</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-73125042010042877332024-01-14T16:00:00.015+00:002024-01-14T16:00:00.145+00:00A ladybird twitch<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhtIyBFv8gN1b2AORk7M7rWHaaDICnm2QOQNt0vmGXKd-HcgZMwdlfgt3Gf8H7iO1l4nVDcdpYvC2weOLaSg9Ws2gfKPynj4ZYAMX3YJHX5oD8ZZ3ONYk8VpDgGkdEmTMoGW4ILz7IWbC43kim9sZyxN3xFXbuKGf3ajbwshPaTs5tixD99DTviQ5tYs/s3690/Oenopia-1140021-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2768" data-original-width="3690" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhtIyBFv8gN1b2AORk7M7rWHaaDICnm2QOQNt0vmGXKd-HcgZMwdlfgt3Gf8H7iO1l4nVDcdpYvC2weOLaSg9Ws2gfKPynj4ZYAMX3YJHX5oD8ZZ3ONYk8VpDgGkdEmTMoGW4ILz7IWbC43kim9sZyxN3xFXbuKGf3ajbwshPaTs5tixD99DTviQ5tYs/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140021-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I don't see myself as a twitcher but this was an opportunity too good to miss. When I heard that a very rare ladybird had been found in a churchyard not far from here I had to take a look. This is <i>Oenopia conglobata</i>, common enough in Southern Europe and North Africa but only the third record ever for the UK. It has no common English name but its German common name translates as Poplar Ladybird.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbx3mZpovVKxBA96Ma6B7tA3h4cukFZ2i0o-UEOKJUYJjdZmqcoHJGphRUW7cu1jNi9nVFv_jD1iQ1m-d0iFp_f7Cyg7P6XD2NAKDWUq_cfgFwXIr1yiTn9CFRwGT6PWZyu4x4XmEu2w6DN-n37KgkaL36oIepNQgM959UDs_4sGaPvI2NbOWl-2PLe0/s2768/Oenopia-1140028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2076" data-original-width="2768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbx3mZpovVKxBA96Ma6B7tA3h4cukFZ2i0o-UEOKJUYJjdZmqcoHJGphRUW7cu1jNi9nVFv_jD1iQ1m-d0iFp_f7Cyg7P6XD2NAKDWUq_cfgFwXIr1yiTn9CFRwGT6PWZyu4x4XmEu2w6DN-n37KgkaL36oIepNQgM959UDs_4sGaPvI2NbOWl-2PLe0/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140028.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUmxyBRjC6wXfuJRDB9GTeb6ZU1OpQULBSQwPwkEE-GymhnnsauTInD3rqHrX0OuHCvszX8N78mxysRERZQYQOBjYa39QSj-0id61Fntl6HUQkVkcaOIopa9GdwKFibkq6zv8WQCvfHUIJsQSjoUut0PSk2pnhB8A-WhKJMxfukAF01qT3LEIZbF1Dpo/s2941/Oenopia-1140032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2206" data-original-width="2941" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUmxyBRjC6wXfuJRDB9GTeb6ZU1OpQULBSQwPwkEE-GymhnnsauTInD3rqHrX0OuHCvszX8N78mxysRERZQYQOBjYa39QSj-0id61Fntl6HUQkVkcaOIopa9GdwKFibkq6zv8WQCvfHUIJsQSjoUut0PSk2pnhB8A-WhKJMxfukAF01qT3LEIZbF1Dpo/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgPixVyRIebLYd_kP20OvHdiKzF145rqbuXKIsPFFHrzWwL0xP5zGJOVEe-kcRERDGMY1I5ntd0kmTBZvQE8VKjFe75nTcTb9SdbtKA5nG0r2uxMsDNLDCeQNAgrFkuUq62y5Rkg_vGMEDLu3zfxyV0y0WlldIl6iuWesWmI-5JHjJvT1LZXDrkwH8zg/s3806/Oenopia-1140037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2854" data-original-width="3806" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgPixVyRIebLYd_kP20OvHdiKzF145rqbuXKIsPFFHrzWwL0xP5zGJOVEe-kcRERDGMY1I5ntd0kmTBZvQE8VKjFe75nTcTb9SdbtKA5nG0r2uxMsDNLDCeQNAgrFkuUq62y5Rkg_vGMEDLu3zfxyV0y0WlldIl6iuWesWmI-5JHjJvT1LZXDrkwH8zg/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140037.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The first UK record was in 2014 at Flamborough Head, a place for seeing rare vagrant birds and dragonflies, so that one may well have flown over from Europe. The second record was in Stirlingshire in 2021, found in a kitchen and presumably brought in on imported plant material. This latest find has obviously been here for some time as it was hibernating on a gravestone. There are supermarkets and garden centres nearby so the most likely route in would have been on imported plants.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwXUjd_iqtgzpKZnyJbaSwjP9MGb8oHuQi7raAeQaaxKSDPuxW0QE-M29mKBVxhPRg7hx31HhGzZnEiwPbJeZLW3g2O2OCMFsPmnuSSgellwKdwNtJJFVmVT4H5AZGbKNf81ome4bMIH3S7AX4FiPWUYAlbHybesr6yici5CXgJmHtjYWxEcwJ0Shnj0/s4258/Oenopia-1140044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3194" data-original-width="4258" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwXUjd_iqtgzpKZnyJbaSwjP9MGb8oHuQi7raAeQaaxKSDPuxW0QE-M29mKBVxhPRg7hx31HhGzZnEiwPbJeZLW3g2O2OCMFsPmnuSSgellwKdwNtJJFVmVT4H5AZGbKNf81ome4bMIH3S7AX4FiPWUYAlbHybesr6yici5CXgJmHtjYWxEcwJ0Shnj0/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140044.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssgAGzLQrd_eN1A90gbaU731Z3pv3Se-xanWRIivSUWwk0H80RmmmpgcVLsfaP5TCrbxtU3xBKA_idlb4qfZeAe9t4dPHnXCkr-NTVHbtbHi-K4cWg-E3J_DOucUR3S2jZoiFLvakV9EoCghkNdIWXwWzxs0ulkfReMjEjp_0Xlk09tO5i2w6QBebvr4/s5184/Oenopia-1140021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssgAGzLQrd_eN1A90gbaU731Z3pv3Se-xanWRIivSUWwk0H80RmmmpgcVLsfaP5TCrbxtU3xBKA_idlb4qfZeAe9t4dPHnXCkr-NTVHbtbHi-K4cWg-E3J_DOucUR3S2jZoiFLvakV9EoCghkNdIWXwWzxs0ulkfReMjEjp_0Xlk09tO5i2w6QBebvr4/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-onyX_9Gf9-lmvYCVSeFQRKOKGX4qYYlloaTu75TqSigy8HtRHaalvfPvsFeY_C8y7mSdFLb8FpJj4T60ohCo0x6yINf7SApfXtrMy8xXoxVNnsfZYHz-PjxuHaDlPiBEJCB5ZF_M2igaf7lzmek0Eo8jiTn5ldo4EJ5hqXzlSY_Eh0AoAXPM4WZHozw/s2842/Oenopia-1140038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="2842" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-onyX_9Gf9-lmvYCVSeFQRKOKGX4qYYlloaTu75TqSigy8HtRHaalvfPvsFeY_C8y7mSdFLb8FpJj4T60ohCo0x6yINf7SApfXtrMy8xXoxVNnsfZYHz-PjxuHaDlPiBEJCB5ZF_M2igaf7lzmek0Eo8jiTn5ldo4EJ5hqXzlSY_Eh0AoAXPM4WZHozw/w640-h480/Oenopia-1140038.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Oenopia conglobata</i><span><span> is listed in the back of <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/field-guide-to-the-ladybirds-of-great-britain-and-ireland-9781472935694/"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Helen Roy's book</span></a> amongst "potential new species". I went round the churchyard and had a very careful look at all the Harlequin Ladybirds but couldn't see another </span></span><span><i>Oenopia conglobata</i><i>. </i></span><span><span>It would be nice to think this very </span></span><span>attractive pink ladybird will eventually join our list of native species.</span></span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-84298318251625965812024-01-09T09:00:00.002+00:002024-01-09T10:36:48.911+00:00Sparrowhawk news<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTH8oYM7tyPz8rN6NpZNVN_qa3XGnIAeoWASsGwmhwsjJPSSTYmEfnE_oP5Oj8ehyphenhyphen138VJBx2wb4OFZquPKQwyfJ5sU03V36nH_7bD4s66MZAWqrqg4g5WpvJttaSrLri6CfRk1Rh5DbAHH2K4NK44XPz09XFH9q2ppt6XuJz4YNWBsNpmzTSkr3lhw5Y/s3600/sparrowhawk-7231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTH8oYM7tyPz8rN6NpZNVN_qa3XGnIAeoWASsGwmhwsjJPSSTYmEfnE_oP5Oj8ehyphenhyphen138VJBx2wb4OFZquPKQwyfJ5sU03V36nH_7bD4s66MZAWqrqg4g5WpvJttaSrLri6CfRk1Rh5DbAHH2K4NK44XPz09XFH9q2ppt6XuJz4YNWBsNpmzTSkr3lhw5Y/w512-h640/sparrowhawk-7231.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />This winter's sparrowhawk is a juvenile. It is the eighth winter in a row in which a male sparrowhawk has come to sit on this perch outside my window. In early autumn I got a glimpse and one photo of an adult </span><span style="font-family: arial;">but ever since it has been this first-winter bird. To start with he was playing hard to get by sitting in the wrong place.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNocTPk9_0AWC44Nrf_qccESIksT1hslMhndUkC9rhdW8wUHjR8POWOB1RU8L67pZj-u3vMNACf4YM_i3Advyzw1HqYGc2d-XVw-8Mj-j2zHVuYRyBJuBps70BXK2SM7tkI4pGHewnqYmt9G6z0Mj83Jk_BuLHNWrkiXKALStQOrE2lDyutvhEB1MXUJw/s3237/sparrowhawk-6960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3237" data-original-width="2590" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNocTPk9_0AWC44Nrf_qccESIksT1hslMhndUkC9rhdW8wUHjR8POWOB1RU8L67pZj-u3vMNACf4YM_i3Advyzw1HqYGc2d-XVw-8Mj-j2zHVuYRyBJuBps70BXK2SM7tkI4pGHewnqYmt9G6z0Mj83Jk_BuLHNWrkiXKALStQOrE2lDyutvhEB1MXUJw/w512-h640/sparrowhawk-6960.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also saw him under a blackcurrant bush with a kill.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb_7xaPMlUgEiZeI87S-fgHc9MyJa9megfPvp8XGnjhOPzif2rVVMIwEPjAMeLmbF2OhIdFrw0bNR4rIP1LXpa1m2x3Ju68l_6c4IZTDwX-IE9rb_nNowemuTqvb8tBqhPUDDexP4aJM7rwXu4UNbl1srcAfre-nfSZzQRsRmUuvVzq_0x_JvOR4Z2fU/s4517/Sparrowhawk-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3011" data-original-width="4517" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb_7xaPMlUgEiZeI87S-fgHc9MyJa9megfPvp8XGnjhOPzif2rVVMIwEPjAMeLmbF2OhIdFrw0bNR4rIP1LXpa1m2x3Ju68l_6c4IZTDwX-IE9rb_nNowemuTqvb8tBqhPUDDexP4aJM7rwXu4UNbl1srcAfre-nfSZzQRsRmUuvVzq_0x_JvOR4Z2fU/w640-h426/Sparrowhawk-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I knew he had been here because on some days almost no sunflower seed was taken from the feeder. Eventually I was watching at the right time and he sat for quite a while, preening, stretching and fluffing up his feathers.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9g-0W7s7HmQm3qumL3WMtO22s5Y97WZUhSOBQ5s4Q5BuFVTepF2CxXq9gBvIJBCZy4JUWGhUBBrSu-ZExA1PU5R_aLbnwSIMcNvsFtv3FZiowLdJ-hazO1LZwCz3gKiaUY6uGR6EBs2453VXUDwMzi0uphTWEcsrqAzuVhLuZH-PCeujkh3zfo2Monw/s3696/sparrowhawk-7246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3696" data-original-width="2957" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9g-0W7s7HmQm3qumL3WMtO22s5Y97WZUhSOBQ5s4Q5BuFVTepF2CxXq9gBvIJBCZy4JUWGhUBBrSu-ZExA1PU5R_aLbnwSIMcNvsFtv3FZiowLdJ-hazO1LZwCz3gKiaUY6uGR6EBs2453VXUDwMzi0uphTWEcsrqAzuVhLuZH-PCeujkh3zfo2Monw/w512-h640/sparrowhawk-7246.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4139" data-original-width="3311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhBpS6eJzrDeDgfYDn1d2q-Vrs_KuOymVJUN8ovO8NkMlvAG4XkCMDCWlG4dThdgC1Pgkz-PM0sQXLUizZZZrnrBhO5KWvZ5dAdU0jqXs8QnLTUccAi4u9fx9x67HNFDc6cIJZcZMD8icHPxSh_5m40Qhr9Lyrwci2qklIXrYR13wViYQpwKT6HJtWSM/w512-h640/sparrowhawk-7052.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On another day the sparrowhawk took a kill up to the perch to eat - something I haven't seen before. I expect it was trying to protect it from a magpie.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SNWFB5GJJbN21GfZ0zhGhCi9q9Z-RHIoA_diTAjJ95ZvtbuPmY-BpidDqRKy8KFErVqyJAul5cW0pZjBAWbSlldlKoke6ESf_9eHdHQ5VyupyVKj8OrTvXwskyMPAWadEAIT7Ts6_NFtPn8Oi6wLAwchyphenhyphenZv4rrj-Dw8nQws2RKHXfMi9AZ65tMGklvo/s4021/Sparrowhawk-7252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4021" data-original-width="3217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SNWFB5GJJbN21GfZ0zhGhCi9q9Z-RHIoA_diTAjJ95ZvtbuPmY-BpidDqRKy8KFErVqyJAul5cW0pZjBAWbSlldlKoke6ESf_9eHdHQ5VyupyVKj8OrTvXwskyMPAWadEAIT7Ts6_NFtPn8Oi6wLAwchyphenhyphenZv4rrj-Dw8nQws2RKHXfMi9AZ65tMGklvo/w512-h640/Sparrowhawk-7252.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGPnpu6f0sRNQ_OO8JQDVWQDtis64DbdBB3kgo34TSttFzhAuKhdtdcq0QH-Jlg-QXO0sjvwA33JUZjcXF5Tv3gD_1LghLE4RhPde5OMHCdzbw-YEopUNaVFe5ZD-NOzEhsB3Qmj-GpCFAWC-RtDzHvhikKHDA0D3wS4EmAukp25Os2QZJr4z2A6CjwA/s4083/Sparrowhawk-7268.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4083" data-original-width="3266" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGPnpu6f0sRNQ_OO8JQDVWQDtis64DbdBB3kgo34TSttFzhAuKhdtdcq0QH-Jlg-QXO0sjvwA33JUZjcXF5Tv3gD_1LghLE4RhPde5OMHCdzbw-YEopUNaVFe5ZD-NOzEhsB3Qmj-GpCFAWC-RtDzHvhikKHDA0D3wS4EmAukp25Os2QZJr4z2A6CjwA/w512-h640/Sparrowhawk-7268.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxzfa81u0m0hisBSUak8oz4dD2l7ve4B0dgVuDGCu0lrzWPzYPzcFfLf7pkDfvL9bUkXJE5pWHkih1kmsAQp3ftk21yORt4b6UaL6d_Mk33-M71utBkL7RaMkC7OXTANpE0c5SOtrR9BbTYTkOH-GeQ_2nRGm4C-_4qmH58GAwOMnf0C4-ULiLAAmZ8Y/s3889/Sparrowhawk-7277.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3889" data-original-width="3111" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxzfa81u0m0hisBSUak8oz4dD2l7ve4B0dgVuDGCu0lrzWPzYPzcFfLf7pkDfvL9bUkXJE5pWHkih1kmsAQp3ftk21yORt4b6UaL6d_Mk33-M71utBkL7RaMkC7OXTANpE0c5SOtrR9BbTYTkOH-GeQ_2nRGm4C-_4qmH58GAwOMnf0C4-ULiLAAmZ8Y/w512-h640/Sparrowhawk-7277.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p></p>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-4957937423575326512024-01-06T08:00:00.001+00:002024-01-06T08:00:00.133+00:00Strange tracks<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Every time I pass the sluice gate I check for tracks to see if an otter has been by. The orange algae, or whatever it is, regrows in 24 hours or so and wipes out older tracks. As well as otter prints there are often water rail and moorhen prints and scrape marks from floating branches but on one occasion several weeks ago there were some very strange marks. They appeared when the water was very shallow and whatever made them didn't trigger the trail camera.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgAePNIqSgyBItGhu7wJZzHI4PGTNI0HARXZAVDZpVRbxLSdppaV8BbeTWphxMDfhgL3vVaPM-ErFC4qof18_01TVI5pMk_O6lfdMszMQzlfVwhf-XPWuKGUxJ44DSN9DdOtVHAYJt6UwFqiMUlAtcexVOC9DwjJXihqrCk_IWeAVLp3p5ICyzb1rcTI/s4032/IMG_3550.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgAePNIqSgyBItGhu7wJZzHI4PGTNI0HARXZAVDZpVRbxLSdppaV8BbeTWphxMDfhgL3vVaPM-ErFC4qof18_01TVI5pMk_O6lfdMszMQzlfVwhf-XPWuKGUxJ44DSN9DdOtVHAYJt6UwFqiMUlAtcexVOC9DwjJXihqrCk_IWeAVLp3p5ICyzb1rcTI/w640-h480/IMG_3550.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the photo above you can see otter prints near the camera and three sets of wiggly lines on the far side, possibly or perhaps not related to the slightly diagonal lines. Here is a closer view.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgIJStkNLQ7bXAo7q9S8oGTlta7MAvh8oREub4sSofOe3_ZjiglTdnKQmtXoSs-Mc3zVM_QlJZ0ogTM8mtiR91t_mJfhTu_8U_tk2VLom22MjBmgpUO-dJN2fuM8yIfPDJJqt0_E6roNLGPKyL_LoPouoKGewrc_k_93vHI8FjCqtrVWJcj-iG_IHRrs/s4032/IMG_3545.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgIJStkNLQ7bXAo7q9S8oGTlta7MAvh8oREub4sSofOe3_ZjiglTdnKQmtXoSs-Mc3zVM_QlJZ0ogTM8mtiR91t_mJfhTu_8U_tk2VLom22MjBmgpUO-dJN2fuM8yIfPDJJqt0_E6roNLGPKyL_LoPouoKGewrc_k_93vHI8FjCqtrVWJcj-iG_IHRrs/w640-h480/IMG_3545.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WW5nBnnTaZ1n7X06Gb13zihjuT74Zi408guQ-Q2LHJuHJGq2hSXi0t-yqsFC2dV5kLVIzbUyYoa1fbqhjZIPKrKRaudz1Gp8BYT8qtVLYTK0OfYW3YgR2vFIRvyuM1U0GJw_AzL9hqPaVKx_BEz_dp4ao7wei5gr4bezDz1Ix907U6WOe9wJt2eV7rE/s4032/IMG_3546.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WW5nBnnTaZ1n7X06Gb13zihjuT74Zi408guQ-Q2LHJuHJGq2hSXi0t-yqsFC2dV5kLVIzbUyYoa1fbqhjZIPKrKRaudz1Gp8BYT8qtVLYTK0OfYW3YgR2vFIRvyuM1U0GJw_AzL9hqPaVKx_BEz_dp4ao7wei5gr4bezDz1Ix907U6WOe9wJt2eV7rE/w640-h480/IMG_3546.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXMXOc2jOVOKK4SXyox665i8IpvsnCJ73MROhkJFkyu32qnmsxEbnAEYs-wpRjxcp8R15TGqTMsJPtFPV2VUP-Q-QLFCKSaDc7VUGsmWeN5c6MSVPaQ2u8N3WrABFxnWf6UYsPrlNOOf7usH_XRYKA7NTEcjfLZQd4dyJPP-ywT7tCWr3O4Xy7qy7cAE/s4032/IMG_3548.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXMXOc2jOVOKK4SXyox665i8IpvsnCJ73MROhkJFkyu32qnmsxEbnAEYs-wpRjxcp8R15TGqTMsJPtFPV2VUP-Q-QLFCKSaDc7VUGsmWeN5c6MSVPaQ2u8N3WrABFxnWf6UYsPrlNOOf7usH_XRYKA7NTEcjfLZQd4dyJPP-ywT7tCWr3O4Xy7qy7cAE/w640-h480/IMG_3548.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I have kept a close eye out but the marks haven't reappeared, perhaps because of the prolonged heavy rain which has meant the water is much deeper. I haven't been able to work out what has produced these marks. My best wild guess is an eel, swimming upstream against the current in very shallow water but that may be way off and searching online produces no useful result. If you know, or can make a better guess, please leave a comment.</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-60492566434361362382024-01-02T17:00:00.039+00:002024-01-05T16:19:01.852+00:00My meadow year<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I haven't written a post about the meadow on this blog before, although it has been mentioned now and then. I started off by giving up mowing part way through 2019 to see what happened and in the four years since I have cut it once a year in September. It is about 30m by 20m and is in sun for most of the day. It has several standing dead and almost dead sycamores and contains a few birches and two large Turkey oaks. To the north is a small copse of mostly mature sycamores which is left wild and brambly with lots of log piles.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the first winter I sowed seed of various wild flowers but it was difficult for them to compete with the grass. Since then I have put in a lot of yellow rattle and used plugs of wild flowers which are becoming established - many of which I raised myself from seed. In early 2022 I dug a pond so that has now had its second season.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The meadow is wonderful to look at but I find it very hard to photograph. I have ended up using the phone most of the time and reserving the cameras for close ups. Here are some phone views from this past year, roughly in date order.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oXZPGPoMBipmvwgWgQqHWdydDrP2H9TDBW0szp6XT2eLRPVBwvWdWNbm12CLY_sECXHN-F5S0MN2UXN9SZ1drtw20bpCknkRwJ4_k4Sj9OXQ9bTbIM66KPd0N1RIjOwHNVW50RNq65wH3xaOqcQFCdFCf17blZ6CQqTT_1m38eVFRwKajklSGqoKfFE/s4032/IMG_2968.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oXZPGPoMBipmvwgWgQqHWdydDrP2H9TDBW0szp6XT2eLRPVBwvWdWNbm12CLY_sECXHN-F5S0MN2UXN9SZ1drtw20bpCknkRwJ4_k4Sj9OXQ9bTbIM66KPd0N1RIjOwHNVW50RNq65wH3xaOqcQFCdFCf17blZ6CQqTT_1m38eVFRwKajklSGqoKfFE/w640-h480/IMG_2968.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJR_61cM4ofpBNQ7InGvfW9G-bxfWXiFIzXoCd0D9s2kNNYaqSubknVBpoaqCoBW7Ilij6CGjn5PGJpRpJcWak8vTRFoGOvct10eWjkht21uXzFdj_bqgDDCD-pU4jNnkyOknXG790izqYdeEt3mmOYzRfhGFvD9iBKGd-K6k3_VN2WZbidJgC0IL0xM/s4032/IMG_2965.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; 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There are plenty of field voles as well, although I don't have any photos. 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The meadow and the pond are a delight and are full of life throughout spring, summer and autumn. I plan to keep adding to the flowers and may even put in second pond. I'll try harder with photos in 2024 and will aim to post pictures regularly here.</span></div><br />trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-66205216194883106722023-12-30T09:00:00.003+00:002023-12-30T09:00:00.129+00:00My mammal year<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2023 has been mostly about mustelids, from weasels and stoats in my garden, to otters nearby, to pine martens in Ardnamurchan, with badgers here and there. Other mammals have been foxes, mice, shrews, voles and even a roebuck in the garden, not to mention rabbits and squirrels. Oh, and a bat I rescued from a pond. Here are some highlights.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyiOia2Rq9_983IcjpAGXNcphitoF931GRw4CqdqPm1_1koZhqRo7YufVJw5JU7Mpk8w7lvck2OUqBZ58tKNdWD_r6AO2iuc3fU8jLgkxCellCRDBA1H-NiJfPVHGsHNmCZy8CuwArTL2prWi_x5SZZeLKZPpCCIvmIEbpqF4asuchRbnr7ynUXhOetQ/s3534/Pine%20marten--4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2356" data-original-width="3534" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyiOia2Rq9_983IcjpAGXNcphitoF931GRw4CqdqPm1_1koZhqRo7YufVJw5JU7Mpk8w7lvck2OUqBZ58tKNdWD_r6AO2iuc3fU8jLgkxCellCRDBA1H-NiJfPVHGsHNmCZy8CuwArTL2prWi_x5SZZeLKZPpCCIvmIEbpqF4asuchRbnr7ynUXhOetQ/w640-h426/Pine%20marten--4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yP0bUnHih5fgA9F3kYkLJp44RvC2WFscTYV7182cH8dmBLxjxzjpCJ_OJkl9eqzviPC6PvE8FBj9vWTNWCf2qq1ASGaZAiWI3ywJm6AlRqZU8Fjx4e4KPkFbUFlEXWCFaPBMmeoGQGacfTYqdyJhhUiknTG2EEaqca8DCUKzQYclUy68SzfeHtkrBdE/s3452/Badger--3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It has been fascinating to learn how, where and when to find them and to be able to track down a few rarities, including <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-famous-five.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">5-spot Ladybird</span></a> and 11-spot Ladybird. The picture above shows the 24 species I have seen so far, listed in taxonomic order as in <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/field-guide-to-the-ladybirds-of-great-britain-and-ireland-9781472935687/"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Helen Roy's book</span></a>. In the same order, they are:</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Heather Ladybird</b>. Rare but I have come across a few, including one on a gravestone, miles from the nearest heather.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUjfyYNjsbKZXROqvawJMnzXa8mIDQBVbayjS51O87OhyphenhyphenaGDkxnsmmYBB2RleKar4qm68bNxlEoIG3fxXS-0JZXJdRs4sBGFmA75GGhawDiKV2P5x1YhQla2ZteQtlPmUIz7BiXihCxSoPMcbi0SFdj4_FuZoN5bZOOLkeMl9QeJJnaceZinJHz8rA3k/s3237/Heather-4674.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="3237" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUjfyYNjsbKZXROqvawJMnzXa8mIDQBVbayjS51O87OhyphenhyphenaGDkxnsmmYBB2RleKar4qm68bNxlEoIG3fxXS-0JZXJdRs4sBGFmA75GGhawDiKV2P5x1YhQla2ZteQtlPmUIz7BiXihCxSoPMcbi0SFdj4_FuZoN5bZOOLkeMl9QeJJnaceZinJHz8rA3k/w640-h426/Heather-4674.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBQpa15JQn6tFx_HVEcU_c0UpuEpmR1DNLhytC9_WvX21gksRovWlh1ojruDtmy2beECstxcLrLccCBs0KitLu3GYhWU56z9u8FjhXyMclM1mKVGtFQj71vouQrhoENCYc7te3RE6kp8QUesz-kNAvhN2OJNeqNEeB5fkb7ysZC6QZdv-VVran0lbf0s/s4562/Heather-3228.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3041" data-original-width="4562" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBQpa15JQn6tFx_HVEcU_c0UpuEpmR1DNLhytC9_WvX21gksRovWlh1ojruDtmy2beECstxcLrLccCBs0KitLu3GYhWU56z9u8FjhXyMclM1mKVGtFQj71vouQrhoENCYc7te3RE6kp8QUesz-kNAvhN2OJNeqNEeB5fkb7ysZC6QZdv-VVran0lbf0s/w640-h426/Heather-3228.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Kidney-spot Ladybird</b>. They seem to like young ash trees and can be found not far from here.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIHsBTHFDNe1vqApSDuopqo0bE7YvXG5rQ-MzFBts79aWI4ClGEWduCTtJEerzgupGeVCZOlo4x9NIc8kW2VBGMQ1kH3ev-311MALACBYa3TYd0d-MDLF2VzeMwjmROmXU83xPrI4VroXulOTlrHlzgODz73R74PCt0bKrdl-lrvCDOv2eAjJMmHK71Q/s2743/Kidney-4856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2743" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIHsBTHFDNe1vqApSDuopqo0bE7YvXG5rQ-MzFBts79aWI4ClGEWduCTtJEerzgupGeVCZOlo4x9NIc8kW2VBGMQ1kH3ev-311MALACBYa3TYd0d-MDLF2VzeMwjmROmXU83xPrI4VroXulOTlrHlzgODz73R74PCt0bKrdl-lrvCDOv2eAjJMmHK71Q/w640-h426/Kidney-4856.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pine </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Small, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">widespread and often not on a pine tree. Even on apple trees in my mother's garden.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOIilF5YI75HRyhsX7CRjE7apw-B3Hx8AXNgaUMg5mZW274Y9O1Pdeih51pavyPWHS6REkJPKIFZyjYLmwsvnGnxeYCEgRl8M0rT8A7imEs8f4B5RijAdXPDpi69zKvwIxCD8TMtafSVrIHdyarCZTCkGD6JrMzn2XgMrfkyY-sWD99Ub-0bBuZANWM8/s3227/Pine-050052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2420" data-original-width="3227" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOIilF5YI75HRyhsX7CRjE7apw-B3Hx8AXNgaUMg5mZW274Y9O1Pdeih51pavyPWHS6REkJPKIFZyjYLmwsvnGnxeYCEgRl8M0rT8A7imEs8f4B5RijAdXPDpi69zKvwIxCD8TMtafSVrIHdyarCZTCkGD6JrMzn2XgMrfkyY-sWD99Ub-0bBuZANWM8/w640-h480/Pine-050052.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Orange </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Quite distinctive and found in woodland and on garden trees like mine.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEG2v3jAmBi3Tty1xe1R0zr-IHFPE40ZvWhSjfkWW5UyKv8S_qOdrinOo3UESoBdsAV_-7rAxuJgfKCmXQudV95uMTXIMtR_KjlrYDFxrXFSpwa2F9ivELoQvm0152mN_nnGFsN07QnUDvLx612lg-tToLS-5Lfm1xg3OuTAKGrII7bTXHcro5LTrsaI/s3848/Orange-040320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="3848" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEG2v3jAmBi3Tty1xe1R0zr-IHFPE40ZvWhSjfkWW5UyKv8S_qOdrinOo3UESoBdsAV_-7rAxuJgfKCmXQudV95uMTXIMtR_KjlrYDFxrXFSpwa2F9ivELoQvm0152mN_nnGFsN07QnUDvLx612lg-tToLS-5Lfm1xg3OuTAKGrII7bTXHcro5LTrsaI/w640-h480/Orange-040320.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>22-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Also easily recognised. This one feeds on mildew.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLBnmRLsOx49EU5wAwbpQHTKOZaGnxnV-tLQLBf1vaf6PxKm4kHm0us0y8xa9vERgc3BMwXPvtSlXZNXSdeM2ShwSkwRJox9UhnRFYGWqcTPuXW6PRUQSpDSgXKzv-WBhoblxw32kL9x5h5f4IdZSNdsrKr7NQUbBryvlPHp1h5pem8cYH4cIFMIsJus/s3466/22%20spot-4329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2311" data-original-width="3466" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLBnmRLsOx49EU5wAwbpQHTKOZaGnxnV-tLQLBf1vaf6PxKm4kHm0us0y8xa9vERgc3BMwXPvtSlXZNXSdeM2ShwSkwRJox9UhnRFYGWqcTPuXW6PRUQSpDSgXKzv-WBhoblxw32kL9x5h5f4IdZSNdsrKr7NQUbBryvlPHp1h5pem8cYH4cIFMIsJus/w640-h426/22%20spot-4329.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Water Lad</b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>ybird</b>. Previously thought to be rare in the North until people started looking. Now it turns up in reed beds </span><span style="font-family: arial;">everywhere. Very small.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZnoCu9-RD5PWybbDENE94hT0cEUHxlaRb6cUjrJ_LHp0lCZ9OODiCDRymbqI8fyWazxVYoGSEUj6w1KHTBHQ70RPOz0pCwWhGXZsu_sWdBLQI7rWf6PQHuBJaBE6SjH9Zy0RREQvQeh6QneQkQZlmjIcVcXvRmkjyDO1SB7Eb8sr5sRNtZXgnjbggEM/s3835/Water%202-190132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="3835" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZnoCu9-RD5PWybbDENE94hT0cEUHxlaRb6cUjrJ_LHp0lCZ9OODiCDRymbqI8fyWazxVYoGSEUj6w1KHTBHQ70RPOz0pCwWhGXZsu_sWdBLQI7rWf6PQHuBJaBE6SjH9Zy0RREQvQeh6QneQkQZlmjIcVcXvRmkjyDO1SB7Eb8sr5sRNtZXgnjbggEM/w640-h480/Water%202-190132.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Adonis </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Another rarity. Small but distinctive.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRN0DZVA7cAmwrU0YQGqtOLHRb0EpOi2Gk3Ouoyh77iayjdGMdEiQwSMK29lCUFhcFcHOdKsmuX-aoktsa-56zJOV7FnYaaY7B73qp6SBQ7GqzWxI1c0Lm_bmbGayE3Gl32TiWaTXzOu-fgPMKzrklWUxeBrhH4omPS7XHpPm1T5qHk4zCDHR8YSe5n_g/s3438/Adonis-5454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2292" data-original-width="3438" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRN0DZVA7cAmwrU0YQGqtOLHRb0EpOi2Gk3Ouoyh77iayjdGMdEiQwSMK29lCUFhcFcHOdKsmuX-aoktsa-56zJOV7FnYaaY7B73qp6SBQ7GqzWxI1c0Lm_bmbGayE3Gl32TiWaTXzOu-fgPMKzrklWUxeBrhH4omPS7XHpPm1T5qHk4zCDHR8YSe5n_g/w640-h426/Adonis-5454.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Larch </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. I have yet to find one in a larch tree but have seen lots in pine trees.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg7dj3xv3Gf7m1vMYLJNwNlpVm4omxUfOTItXzzvGVvVnIzhKA9jwYd-1p-wJq3nn3vqoNpAn4pJ4pGQtmrtCgQNczySvJeML-T25t6fpnPgwhBrvRdKqw3etmTDJ_Hcj-vUFDbdzElh5w8igUktkHnTiCzNJYt_JImkSPt2opfjQsMdhSGjxcqO9DmQ/s2411/larch-1909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1607" data-original-width="2411" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg7dj3xv3Gf7m1vMYLJNwNlpVm4omxUfOTItXzzvGVvVnIzhKA9jwYd-1p-wJq3nn3vqoNpAn4pJ4pGQtmrtCgQNczySvJeML-T25t6fpnPgwhBrvRdKqw3etmTDJ_Hcj-vUFDbdzElh5w8igUktkHnTiCzNJYt_JImkSPt2opfjQsMdhSGjxcqO9DmQ/w640-h426/larch-1909.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Despite its name this one is quite variable and comes in two, four and six spot variants (the last two red on black) as well as some others that I have yet to see.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjakkRLNLp8nnC8TLRgtwyj4cLPzraJt5cx_6t3lgdTOKiXeoAUPaMe1JOesJihoUsUFq_dWys9qg-tQtYgHA002nzk43FjAsWYMcvM9v_5O2RJXM2l7pV8hyphenhyphenQtmiyJU5J-C_9qUTFoOiLQPwDmqE7Np5ogL93WogShmmy4h7XIiK81LKnft_tmtkJ7U/s2254/2-4301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="2254" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjakkRLNLp8nnC8TLRgtwyj4cLPzraJt5cx_6t3lgdTOKiXeoAUPaMe1JOesJihoUsUFq_dWys9qg-tQtYgHA002nzk43FjAsWYMcvM9v_5O2RJXM2l7pV8hyphenhyphenQtmiyJU5J-C_9qUTFoOiLQPwDmqE7Np5ogL93WogShmmy4h7XIiK81LKnft_tmtkJ7U/w640-h426/2-4301.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoPY3FYFULEyoITbabtvi_m3OyC9H22PPwiwlH0fyq9h7eZWdb61t9X_12i2UYMi3bqqJiDau-g6sHtUhDs65sdroS4Rr7rifeDKI2IM3GbV8N-4VKZs2TkJlEQ3qvXU2sGjFnuKnc3UBUhBG6JmW6oPg2yHlB_GuqXV5exzRLjspjEFQRMJpx_uguIo/s2685/2%20spot-5015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="2685" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoPY3FYFULEyoITbabtvi_m3OyC9H22PPwiwlH0fyq9h7eZWdb61t9X_12i2UYMi3bqqJiDau-g6sHtUhDs65sdroS4Rr7rifeDKI2IM3GbV8N-4VKZs2TkJlEQ3qvXU2sGjFnuKnc3UBUhBG6JmW6oPg2yHlB_GuqXV5exzRLjspjEFQRMJpx_uguIo/w640-h426/2%20spot-5015.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclU0eOMt5SZlZAsnzmp9GdP9FPW9MaAggpzt146DQNunlRbUVVkSqi1hZ2FllnhBqS0SUW3w8ebL-n6O6lbGdAv5GmufWVrcLlksfx9mu2X8A7m5bDYUrTPu7K_BqysERXMluFCE9aBp9YOXaCSLMc38lFwwvlFKG1YspF5ZlgWKHHtnJ8hsH5oOhjEw/s2485/2-4291.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="2485" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclU0eOMt5SZlZAsnzmp9GdP9FPW9MaAggpzt146DQNunlRbUVVkSqi1hZ2FllnhBqS0SUW3w8ebL-n6O6lbGdAv5GmufWVrcLlksfx9mu2X8A7m5bDYUrTPu7K_BqysERXMluFCE9aBp9YOXaCSLMc38lFwwvlFKG1YspF5ZlgWKHHtnJ8hsH5oOhjEw/w640-h426/2-4291.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. A deciduous tree specialist and our most variable l</span><span style="font-family: arial;">adybird. Here are some of the variations I have seen so far. You can click on the photo for a larger view.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcaevbA0rirnl3AA716A1bC4vBF-U_ejDMb9d0sOKi-vFIHeSaAFBSm_hls_nSt1QcAzqNu3nvQ-sYE7_F_8dJ0cJhDc0FQqabKuUh5OngBuimVnKXT9IXql2D4bBgIZXY3PbG4FR_g6x4r2-SniBVeUo4-thU_RU_lCH3tA-VaquVkIcY4C8iOFknj4/s3507/15%2010-spots.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="3507" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcaevbA0rirnl3AA716A1bC4vBF-U_ejDMb9d0sOKi-vFIHeSaAFBSm_hls_nSt1QcAzqNu3nvQ-sYE7_F_8dJ0cJhDc0FQqabKuUh5OngBuimVnKXT9IXql2D4bBgIZXY3PbG4FR_g6x4r2-SniBVeUo4-thU_RU_lCH3tA-VaquVkIcY4C8iOFknj4/w640-h452/15%2010-spots.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Very rare but I was pleased to track down this one in Scotland.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUOoSzzfPx8_sITW4l3Bst-d9s6k-vJCBXiZDO2xJwU0mCyD4wZyc4_Hu_8Wwdst9CRkTUk6Y6uTINvProC5ZZ6KnX-e-wUgX3ud0Iz-57OKuARVEAy1xlYLh0N6bynBbeFWbr4rqJnpJIALcu9eArH0kwkXJpQ4xAE5avbnmf1xSos7WiB3nQeowclU/s3282/5-210324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="3282" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUOoSzzfPx8_sITW4l3Bst-d9s6k-vJCBXiZDO2xJwU0mCyD4wZyc4_Hu_8Wwdst9CRkTUk6Y6uTINvProC5ZZ6KnX-e-wUgX3ud0Iz-57OKuARVEAy1xlYLh0N6bynBbeFWbr4rqJnpJIALcu9eArH0kwkXJpQ4xAE5avbnmf1xSos7WiB3nQeowclU/w640-h426/5-210324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. The ladybird of Ladybird Books and childrens' stories. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4QocvyC2tFQAzuX6V3vRVbstQWO5tpy0SSarmn9axJb9lOy-D5EdfNoUqSUxqrQyHLuODFTqaaU81Ag2cyf35qM4RolPdlf-ljLb4rfrBoOIce8O-Z8BOYkkgj7cEDwoFstVYDwkDrM-zBaXGc1DQ8MKqdNFgmKGx58QAw8cPfWJm5ypXShmjhittzI/s3486/7-5937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2324" data-original-width="3486" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4QocvyC2tFQAzuX6V3vRVbstQWO5tpy0SSarmn9axJb9lOy-D5EdfNoUqSUxqrQyHLuODFTqaaU81Ag2cyf35qM4RolPdlf-ljLb4rfrBoOIce8O-Z8BOYkkgj7cEDwoFstVYDwkDrM-zBaXGc1DQ8MKqdNFgmKGx58QAw8cPfWJm5ypXShmjhittzI/w640-h426/7-5937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Rare. This one was on a post at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QQp6sd3R9XeKooL9TFsTrKlIFRQ8Ny5vDDMsKru1G5j0TnJjdwEDMNF3T-Pzl-l4Z_Azi3ZuDT7wPIDPLuagziuDBOT5fCwvyND6EtAMDu7_spjFOBHLJsB6CJalPBgSA23dg0WBgCl5wotNXCHmNOoR9tXz_O9Kn6BEl1RUGDKO4uzIV_V3whlmsEY/s2804/11-2600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1869" data-original-width="2804" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QQp6sd3R9XeKooL9TFsTrKlIFRQ8Ny5vDDMsKru1G5j0TnJjdwEDMNF3T-Pzl-l4Z_Azi3ZuDT7wPIDPLuagziuDBOT5fCwvyND6EtAMDu7_spjFOBHLJsB6CJalPBgSA23dg0WBgCl5wotNXCHmNOoR9tXz_O9Kn6BEl1RUGDKO4uzIV_V3whlmsEY/w640-h426/11-2600.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Harlequin </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Non-native but already our most numerous and widespread ladybird. Very variable in size and appearance.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLC-DGdrlOuIbtSa9jbYU_4F3nkDAdZKNa-8T11yTOdwADH1kWbQrSHWMYvV4xFlk23VO_tMBm2t6hwS04ZMGlyp-U0ppw2DeMesODKx-VFHnetWlB-IIrRNl4qZDEqGdQnw3kktXyV74Fzv0ALOniId4Wm3XQKnAs5zg3kGYOAtL-bbi6dEzltsnDgy8/s4961/HLQN-170002.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="4961" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLC-DGdrlOuIbtSa9jbYU_4F3nkDAdZKNa-8T11yTOdwADH1kWbQrSHWMYvV4xFlk23VO_tMBm2t6hwS04ZMGlyp-U0ppw2DeMesODKx-VFHnetWlB-IIrRNl4qZDEqGdQnw3kktXyV74Fzv0ALOniId4Wm3XQKnAs5zg3kGYOAtL-bbi6dEzltsnDgy8/w640-h426/HLQN-170002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cream-streaked </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird.</b> A conifer specialist, particularly fond of Scots pine.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCLTYSCzy3mazymF32GV3gEN5Nht3DRsvn83YsC0ES6wmP3Fx1oTn7rHVdwnRxtGOONOa08XO1uqavPJixOCDXD1_AX58XhdpX4D94Lb8Pxy37k8FuMJxfGQQECfQghUSOIeONm6Kvh5UPEduHsB4hD2RG8I3DozgURXweVA85yYE5NHbgrTAl7ehlFQ/s3405/cream-streaked-5080-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2270" data-original-width="3405" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCLTYSCzy3mazymF32GV3gEN5Nht3DRsvn83YsC0ES6wmP3Fx1oTn7rHVdwnRxtGOONOa08XO1uqavPJixOCDXD1_AX58XhdpX4D94Lb8Pxy37k8FuMJxfGQQECfQghUSOIeONm6Kvh5UPEduHsB4hD2RG8I3DozgURXweVA85yYE5NHbgrTAl7ehlFQ/w640-h426/cream-streaked-5080-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>14-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Common in gardens. Very mobile and difficult to photograph.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVlxFzrZ63Gsqj2N3MO2qQ8vYDJIhQ6PUUye44CjjtH7iJlc1ritnY3FYfigA-uCFbPaIJ7Q6C01zLKDa9u-NT1CYsad03CejZYrJ5PdlKuJKUvt3xaJ41t7lJ-MSFUbirbM-IFeGWZxeMNlt2GHrNIMWKNc77ZzJ2vNzNnTquIVuOwSdvfFwaVaubyU/s2176/14-8988-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="2176" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVlxFzrZ63Gsqj2N3MO2qQ8vYDJIhQ6PUUye44CjjtH7iJlc1ritnY3FYfigA-uCFbPaIJ7Q6C01zLKDa9u-NT1CYsad03CejZYrJ5PdlKuJKUvt3xaJ41t7lJ-MSFUbirbM-IFeGWZxeMNlt2GHrNIMWKNc77ZzJ2vNzNnTquIVuOwSdvfFwaVaubyU/w640-h426/14-8988-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eyed </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. The largest UK species and a beauty.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRMKxSN6LyNOw7au2kfdp__lF3aYtQ03ya7LxH3n80WdSyjh03OJnFjs5HTRfvwI3TGNwI_nkuHHdDG9NCIyz3g22KJ2wKwJDQ5JdVeckGKzeAbBXP_lvnOT0SqBj4YVLM7790jhPxvoXPNnRrUioRfGKxnBt7gpUZgfc41G6LltLtTGcZcoM7vkLWOk/s4089/eyed-170014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2726" data-original-width="4089" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRMKxSN6LyNOw7au2kfdp__lF3aYtQ03ya7LxH3n80WdSyjh03OJnFjs5HTRfvwI3TGNwI_nkuHHdDG9NCIyz3g22KJ2wKwJDQ5JdVeckGKzeAbBXP_lvnOT0SqBj4YVLM7790jhPxvoXPNnRrUioRfGKxnBt7gpUZgfc41G6LltLtTGcZcoM7vkLWOk/w640-h426/eyed-170014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>18-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. A pine specialist found at the end of my road.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VxfRW-aR2RCcvU1TTBHDc373k5qdDfRPxUf4dB8ecf2xLllrTA498wuukhb9dkk6R4pBEXttYWVemUpQEHsUUEvyJh4-jY0cR6sbmDtr49TR-OMc8IyJ0e8xunB4biBOTHaoBod7f4lL4AURahdOxgd3Xp74EAY_BKU3KeeA0wtSSQxjJOYEm5pVZXg/s2786/18-3428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1857" data-original-width="2786" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VxfRW-aR2RCcvU1TTBHDc373k5qdDfRPxUf4dB8ecf2xLllrTA498wuukhb9dkk6R4pBEXttYWVemUpQEHsUUEvyJh4-jY0cR6sbmDtr49TR-OMc8IyJ0e8xunB4biBOTHaoBod7f4lL4AURahdOxgd3Xp74EAY_BKU3KeeA0wtSSQxjJOYEm5pVZXg/w640-h426/18-3428.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Cream-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Common in deciduous woodland, and on gravestones in winter.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwYc6gegGL8QvqhAZHfcAaCnufTzg0JHXj1jUk4osMat5iGFTKuKSv1n5LcmCEPogBnJ40lLO0RdyvxrBxXAC4rqX3vjZxY1mxYwYn5vwpzvRIFiTXjWZTKVgFGAI1nHIxUTwQby6DmtE75h74TqaP6RF4WzhoeJvjsgYg6H3MZyu5MFxzTEICT49zxE/s2851/Cream-spot-3615-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1901" data-original-width="2851" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwYc6gegGL8QvqhAZHfcAaCnufTzg0JHXj1jUk4osMat5iGFTKuKSv1n5LcmCEPogBnJ40lLO0RdyvxrBxXAC4rqX3vjZxY1mxYwYn5vwpzvRIFiTXjWZTKVgFGAI1nHIxUTwQby6DmtE75h74TqaP6RF4WzhoeJvjsgYg6H3MZyu5MFxzTEICT49zxE/w640-h426/Cream-spot-3615-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Striped </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Another pine specialist also found at the end of my road.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NNtM0MKITMngG8WKjpNr89eP6Zlu9D6hGZLge55VkQXNgYQJckOiLwNNfVq4k5Na9e-mqwF66-DLbdMNe_dkR7shDBQHtqbXIdJa9JhuShmeZrw8sNkpw-pCTnKWe24Itwqpb0uVaZ-bWjI-xsviaBo2zV3W2cXDeLpnkDUG3Q6DcITFam7m_1YGZyk/s2645/Striped-6506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1763" data-original-width="2645" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NNtM0MKITMngG8WKjpNr89eP6Zlu9D6hGZLge55VkQXNgYQJckOiLwNNfVq4k5Na9e-mqwF66-DLbdMNe_dkR7shDBQHtqbXIdJa9JhuShmeZrw8sNkpw-pCTnKWe24Itwqpb0uVaZ-bWjI-xsviaBo2zV3W2cXDeLpnkDUG3Q6DcITFam7m_1YGZyk/w640-h426/Striped-6506.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>24-spot </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. A vegetarian and very small. Very local in the north.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmNTRK8PIeYDbcI3-9MXpUZnj1zANiu3A8pMtVCtBEcsseYqCAfCZD_o-_Yvg_Nu8tYTddcF_s8CY6UPBibpvi3bJQ4YjXx1tf5CTM3cN7OgYnxztCwnGpBEAWWFUc9yQkVWx-HqD0ndqp7YklT7It_4YwHvudDryqYPpWBgye7S9dqdZsVCn6UDbFV4/s2578/24-4708.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="2578" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmNTRK8PIeYDbcI3-9MXpUZnj1zANiu3A8pMtVCtBEcsseYqCAfCZD_o-_Yvg_Nu8tYTddcF_s8CY6UPBibpvi3bJQ4YjXx1tf5CTM3cN7OgYnxztCwnGpBEAWWFUc9yQkVWx-HqD0ndqp7YklT7It_4YwHvudDryqYPpWBgye7S9dqdZsVCn6UDbFV4/w640-h426/24-4708.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Red Marsh </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. Like the next two, this is one of the "inconspicuous ladybirds", all very small. It is found in wetlands or dune grasses.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gU_KRDpafSaqGEDmhNy1qutHRwUcOjWJz5MwaTO1X-h_NSz2tYxdYoqo5p3jNli7XsE5uF02P1klickm7XT0rUYKlRQZzc9RQYKatd1ccPJImZoUg2X9GFx0kXE-A12zDTxWzRuTMpj6mOjTBErBbjKRu5Ou1A_saiGQ_VM-YPM8-PYfzxlZQyf0uKA/s2198/Red%20marsh-5644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2198" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gU_KRDpafSaqGEDmhNy1qutHRwUcOjWJz5MwaTO1X-h_NSz2tYxdYoqo5p3jNli7XsE5uF02P1klickm7XT0rUYKlRQZzc9RQYKatd1ccPJImZoUg2X9GFx0kXE-A12zDTxWzRuTMpj6mOjTBErBbjKRu5Ou1A_saiGQ_VM-YPM8-PYfzxlZQyf0uKA/w640-h426/Red%20marsh-5644.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Meadow </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ladybird</b>. A grassland specialist, this one was in my meadow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7W9xzS9zYlo_223-FDJfXYJiT_AK-kS-U3NINwd95GHm8yD0PLisJn1RIqUy5wK21Y2t3yl2fh1kPE0uPxEk9Ptibhzgla8OxXmWzvZvmR481reWlGL8ss4cC1L7sDrkFkkj5MN8AUPvc_pZ2JuKd35lxWmz1Zlwr7mRAsvcjMSNxTqIqlj0_EfESQw/s2571/Rhyzobius%20litura-2701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1714" data-original-width="2571" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7W9xzS9zYlo_223-FDJfXYJiT_AK-kS-U3NINwd95GHm8yD0PLisJn1RIqUy5wK21Y2t3yl2fh1kPE0uPxEk9Ptibhzgla8OxXmWzvZvmR481reWlGL8ss4cC1L7sDrkFkkj5MN8AUPvc_pZ2JuKd35lxWmz1Zlwr7mRAsvcjMSNxTqIqlj0_EfESQw/w640-h426/Rhyzobius%20litura-2701.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Pine Scymnus</b>. I have found only two so far, both swept from pine trees.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2Tt8gancViBZ4PqyCOVGgGkaU7uVK0ttcb98qIJ2GzD7hQigfpPR6kZRumLtrnRWqPXbnU3p8Y5ztbJ45o3msnyoEjJvR269gBr6GzY73NNBhlOG9r2O2UqoZb5JDk5kDC61IwJqxnEIvUQgq6jiIRtsuaGrCqxZbKVEa2zpxVGlsKT_2j5MtrX_BRw/s2047/Pine%20scymnus-4398.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2047" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2Tt8gancViBZ4PqyCOVGgGkaU7uVK0ttcb98qIJ2GzD7hQigfpPR6kZRumLtrnRWqPXbnU3p8Y5ztbJ45o3msnyoEjJvR269gBr6GzY73NNBhlOG9r2O2UqoZb5JDk5kDC61IwJqxnEIvUQgq6jiIRtsuaGrCqxZbKVEa2zpxVGlsKT_2j5MtrX_BRw/w640-h426/Pine%20scymnus-4398.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are more to find next year, but most are farther south. I’ll be on the lookout.</span></span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-50228159977696817542023-12-25T07:00:00.010+00:002023-12-25T07:00:00.136+00:00Merry Christmas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BjH7QtmpDjzBzrQWuGlIdfcimyr3R74-EU2YOm5HRtHABZuJTznOZ8c_Qtpg5bas_rY32T-bHADVdKPnI_5-y0lzRuRi85-ewa3Z4wS2l7r1kkUN427GfgWjdgffSut0HjL9IYaGKdakrkcwmjMDU7tgEpTgsfXY8AThTaAxLWRQdY1lDynLhx_eY1M/s3126/Fox--2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3126" data-original-width="3126" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BjH7QtmpDjzBzrQWuGlIdfcimyr3R74-EU2YOm5HRtHABZuJTznOZ8c_Qtpg5bas_rY32T-bHADVdKPnI_5-y0lzRuRi85-ewa3Z4wS2l7r1kkUN427GfgWjdgffSut0HjL9IYaGKdakrkcwmjMDU7tgEpTgsfXY8AThTaAxLWRQdY1lDynLhx_eY1M/w640-h640/Fox--2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-14754004395434255912023-12-21T09:00:00.051+00:002023-12-21T09:00:00.136+00:00Growing up fast on OtterCam<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last week the otter cubs and their mother reappeared on the cameras for two nights in a row. They are a month older than their first appearance and already look bigger and more agile.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QGPu7p43Wk5OMn8ZzdOXsyRvMXYPO7aGiCF0_gJcCY_wD3mwZTgMj3_D1yeixUt9LTy9FJa3F_D5CPI2-yIM3nXRGerekGZIlbLwopqRm1Ss9n1DysZNkRg8GDar4zp-qDRUcMNTqB5WoIx2p07tTxNYOrptgB8s_Z43oTDzLdJ_ioPKUSB_Xa10klo/s2700/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2020.18.54.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="2700" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QGPu7p43Wk5OMn8ZzdOXsyRvMXYPO7aGiCF0_gJcCY_wD3mwZTgMj3_D1yeixUt9LTy9FJa3F_D5CPI2-yIM3nXRGerekGZIlbLwopqRm1Ss9n1DysZNkRg8GDar4zp-qDRUcMNTqB5WoIx2p07tTxNYOrptgB8s_Z43oTDzLdJ_ioPKUSB_Xa10klo/w640-h416/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2020.18.54.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6SCOckA__ks" width="320" youtube-src-id="6SCOckA__ks"></iframe></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The cameras also caught an episode of the cubs play-fighting and tumbling into the water. It is a bit disjointed because of the camera positions but fun to watch.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmv1tymWIkGlsZhM5kVtKbLYAvs4yH5Z8UFOKsquwFBdG5boJ_bjmvj2z7CYZo0xfCQX0elJka2XPJ24pNT2DqfbAE13BD-b8PA0XbIXJRmMwe6j01W7klICWd1g1p-JEaZ6G2BpI87CaihuCmSh63xAgufe7XaKkiDdvefx0xVZSguNn5Ih_8QFjFh-A/s1800/Screenshot%202023-12-21%20at%2007.38.23.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmv1tymWIkGlsZhM5kVtKbLYAvs4yH5Z8UFOKsquwFBdG5boJ_bjmvj2z7CYZo0xfCQX0elJka2XPJ24pNT2DqfbAE13BD-b8PA0XbIXJRmMwe6j01W7klICWd1g1p-JEaZ6G2BpI87CaihuCmSh63xAgufe7XaKkiDdvefx0xVZSguNn5Ih_8QFjFh-A/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-21%20at%2007.38.23.png" width="640" /></a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sdSzQ1RNCBY" width="320" youtube-src-id="sdSzQ1RNCBY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />I also managed to retrieve a camera from the culvert after the recent floods. It wasn't well positioned so the view isn't as good as usual but we do get a few glimpses of the cubs. It is a bit fragmented but in the first clip the cub is scared of the culvert and retreats and the mother has to go back to collect it. In the daytime clip later on the cubs really struggle against the current and slippery gate, even though the water level was low.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_DLUj-92kkE" width="320" youtube-src-id="_DLUj-92kkE"></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Having seen where the cubs were playing on the first video I went back to reposition the cameras but they haven't been back since. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the new camera angles is looking directly at a wood mouse nest hole with the disadvantage that it records dozens of mouse videos every night. However, the camera wasn't the only one watching.</span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ej0cG1XC7UDArbppxBb3ArgbMAqHrkxLSQbgo4XdsR2GTCRDW7SWGHf-x7slo5uevuuUe2a3b1oa8Fl_Cizy6aSMh40trVKari4GHwpbTOsVG09gOCFNnZM3YzQG6tG8xK7jMr3hOTH72NQCdroskMkk3sX8KdKu2EZZv0AzK6tWvKIYdyY4mCqAxrg/s2054/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2017.37.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2054" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ej0cG1XC7UDArbppxBb3ArgbMAqHrkxLSQbgo4XdsR2GTCRDW7SWGHf-x7slo5uevuuUe2a3b1oa8Fl_Cizy6aSMh40trVKari4GHwpbTOsVG09gOCFNnZM3YzQG6tG8xK7jMr3hOTH72NQCdroskMkk3sX8KdKu2EZZv0AzK6tWvKIYdyY4mCqAxrg/w640-h446/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2017.37.57.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The video shows the views from two cameras separately.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TKhQw3HrtwQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="TKhQw3HrtwQ"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />I can't tell from the video whether the owl caught the mouse but I suspect not as a mouse later reappeared and the owl was back two nights later. The second time only the top camera caught it in action but we can see a mouse in its talons as it flew off.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzI68gKYgWRJv75Ln37zDJZNZfX6huaSgs4B6A4r9a_pRi6drPRzsjffMjWGgmW9WkMvqQCb21P0ZpMSmduevLOVegxaLkD-YwJPTN3fCceuMBYBnJpl76jpTovTb4hqbeUEkdbapvUdLrqy6KUqihAlLg3KjPIjrX2sKl72jJHyNBDVGqCNvQpmeGec/s2400/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2017.30.28.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzI68gKYgWRJv75Ln37zDJZNZfX6huaSgs4B6A4r9a_pRi6drPRzsjffMjWGgmW9WkMvqQCb21P0ZpMSmduevLOVegxaLkD-YwJPTN3fCceuMBYBnJpl76jpTovTb4hqbeUEkdbapvUdLrqy6KUqihAlLg3KjPIjrX2sKl72jJHyNBDVGqCNvQpmeGec/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-20%20at%2017.30.28.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lyIeTWh4at0" width="320" youtube-src-id="lyIeTWh4at0"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />More news on the otter cubs in the new year.</span><p></p>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-69162876786208940382023-12-17T08:00:00.007+00:002023-12-17T08:00:00.143+00:00Bohemian rhapsody<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19gB3qpoci1exPZjOaM2XIbfPqRFP-d3Vx53oBDpkJjMxtPV-w4yBzWrOIyztd0qMkYHKWacEKc6WT43lPEII5UnUkaBmWh-nqYSvMX_DllO6Xwi6R3UepSQ8M4Th3rttaf8dhI_U7BXa4DN5_Sku325X2GOOwoRtp1R8m0aHjGrFWUOWpYQZANonnYk/s2774/Waxwing--9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1849" data-original-width="2774" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19gB3qpoci1exPZjOaM2XIbfPqRFP-d3Vx53oBDpkJjMxtPV-w4yBzWrOIyztd0qMkYHKWacEKc6WT43lPEII5UnUkaBmWh-nqYSvMX_DllO6Xwi6R3UepSQ8M4Th3rttaf8dhI_U7BXa4DN5_Sku325X2GOOwoRtp1R8m0aHjGrFWUOWpYQZANonnYk/w640-h426/Waxwing--9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />This is already a "Waxwing Winter" with large numbers of these Fennoscandian birds having arrived in the autumn and now being seen right across the country. When they first appeared I didn't join the throngs of observers as I have photographed them <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/waxwings.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">before</span></a> and even saw them in my garden in my first winter here. Nevertheless, when I received a tip-off from my friend Tim W about 200 Bohemian Waxwings at the end of my road I thought I should take a look. I walked along the road about an hour after sunrise yesterday to find no sign of them but within a few minutes the flock turned up. They sat high in some ash trees and swooped down to the hawthorn berries in the hedge below for 10 minutes or so, then circled a few times before flying off to the east.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC0tZYHv-UvkBN7HR636NutwqxLCNuratIaQAbgMafkj22yitpGLAb2t7p-mJ6PWVLkJnFVCN3LtDVeYoqdOYTGVr0279wQLeppOxJQ1VHxfq0S-mVjYY3qogNyQR6sn2xHJ1x3ZEc9IVs9_x1DjajXiG1E_LIdgwGEkfX3RdSJzqC6tIV1HbnTQx84Y/s4122/Waxwing-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="4122" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC0tZYHv-UvkBN7HR636NutwqxLCNuratIaQAbgMafkj22yitpGLAb2t7p-mJ6PWVLkJnFVCN3LtDVeYoqdOYTGVr0279wQLeppOxJQ1VHxfq0S-mVjYY3qogNyQR6sn2xHJ1x3ZEc9IVs9_x1DjajXiG1E_LIdgwGEkfX3RdSJzqC6tIV1HbnTQx84Y/w640-h426/Waxwing-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKV24RbDrcD3rBOZgDInrVto5aJLwSqddY309pTiCL2wja2JclfapjMygVTUpIq99Zhm4rlafESxKknDNNt15fjIUJRoZkmA0-M9QF0lMcD90bb0V3gr-Cr2qZeBYP-ldkVcAWZAli6rl3O0gPOr0hZgCWVlQeywaOzyO-vG34fHg4lUmV8ecbW27n4M/s4953/Waxwing-7409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I still have plenty of cotoneaster berries so there is a chance they may visit my garden this winter.</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-39315660321968897202023-12-14T16:30:00.000+00:002023-12-14T16:30:00.137+00:00News from WeaselCam<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">First a first. Ever since a stoat appeared <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/stoatally-different.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">in September</span></a> (but didn't go into the camera box) I have had two boxes in action all the time in the garden, with wider entrance pipes than before. And at last a visit from a stoat - larger and more strongly-built than a weasel and with a longer, black-tipped tail. It was only brief so I have added a slow-motion replay which makes it look even more powerful. Note the straight border between the brown and white fur (it's a wiggly line in a weasel).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_QlzSpry-GmWiwQNzVKKoNJ_B6CnwQPNdhU417ORkKh4j__J2uXA7Rcu771G_K9eswpn8lV5rDRr67LaMfWS1lyAfAWbQLERm0TrFv8xLvm1dmeBbVMGKWPajHDHHIqdVbN6lH66mKxeFHNHUDHS-YHVkFgzrG7K8fzq01ryqWKG5TqX9DsdaSYkVws/s3520/Screenshot%202023-12-09%20at%2020.18.21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="3520" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_QlzSpry-GmWiwQNzVKKoNJ_B6CnwQPNdhU417ORkKh4j__J2uXA7Rcu771G_K9eswpn8lV5rDRr67LaMfWS1lyAfAWbQLERm0TrFv8xLvm1dmeBbVMGKWPajHDHHIqdVbN6lH66mKxeFHNHUDHS-YHVkFgzrG7K8fzq01ryqWKG5TqX9DsdaSYkVws/w640-h362/Screenshot%202023-12-09%20at%2020.18.21.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Mb1w5DVoKxlVTkzZCy1H9MgHKxdC0pLZYvi5QBtP9Bi3cEtrzosYgezCsz9VM3hwx_laZAR4HcRKWhBB2ZyFEG03ZgkgKkJzgY1fcSg-bqWhtSZg0ObCGdvDI4K6pq9M8uudcy9PM8CQ9VYJpkF_B6xuJdE8G6mMrguCBe_Mo390d9zVbdaaZxZzBWM/s3830/Screenshot%202023-12-09%20at%2020.19.13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="3830" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Mb1w5DVoKxlVTkzZCy1H9MgHKxdC0pLZYvi5QBtP9Bi3cEtrzosYgezCsz9VM3hwx_laZAR4HcRKWhBB2ZyFEG03ZgkgKkJzgY1fcSg-bqWhtSZg0ObCGdvDI4K6pq9M8uudcy9PM8CQ9VYJpkF_B6xuJdE8G6mMrguCBe_Mo390d9zVbdaaZxZzBWM/w640-h352/Screenshot%202023-12-09%20at%2020.19.13.png" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v2LiFdS6mbs" width="320" youtube-src-id="v2LiFdS6mbs"></iframe></div><br />After the flurry of weasel activity in the camera box in August things quietened down a bit with nine recordings in September and four in October. Since then it has picked up again with a weasel visit to at least one box roughly two days in every three in November and almost every day this month. Judging by the fur patterns under the chin and the size of the weasels I think there is more than one visiting. The first one below, in the same box as the stoat above, is longer, and probably a male, while the second is smaller and presumably female. The colour variation is due to the camera which reacts a bit unpredictably to varying light levels and isn't easy to correct.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyf8WUYTMPoIc8VSp2uq-0n1vFRSeAp3XG0Jj_gKx7VTtecgr4Hd40a6aRxhQ8UwQ1FRbhBOK9PVVB3Olq70oluE485-qhcsE3pB6yoqvVAY1o8VaG8Fv1EG4457XL5JcYxhCNYCvSoAD4WVtCibacd8eDZyFUyc_IZkeqp49JONqlOa0vOeCnvcuomOA/s3826/Screenshot%202023-12-07%20at%2020.05.47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2096" data-original-width="3826" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyf8WUYTMPoIc8VSp2uq-0n1vFRSeAp3XG0Jj_gKx7VTtecgr4Hd40a6aRxhQ8UwQ1FRbhBOK9PVVB3Olq70oluE485-qhcsE3pB6yoqvVAY1o8VaG8Fv1EG4457XL5JcYxhCNYCvSoAD4WVtCibacd8eDZyFUyc_IZkeqp49JONqlOa0vOeCnvcuomOA/w640-h350/Screenshot%202023-12-07%20at%2020.05.47.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE-44Z2KGXmkI-c0oaTSE8CGimAcCK6mWxLUi7H-KlA6jiOvodkhTKWjZpmxmgb1FKELO4_ssGwt_k_tQtA_NVQbbQ1dtVz1ZMPRPqqeHJUF24_vJCZYbJTni3oOaPdN42MC763RW2S-RICYeKyLBjYdsOr3Pd5aShFmrKosWO5dnFag9rpayh3C5gsU/s3520/Screenshot%202023-12-07%20at%2020.15.47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="3520" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE-44Z2KGXmkI-c0oaTSE8CGimAcCK6mWxLUi7H-KlA6jiOvodkhTKWjZpmxmgb1FKELO4_ssGwt_k_tQtA_NVQbbQ1dtVz1ZMPRPqqeHJUF24_vJCZYbJTni3oOaPdN42MC763RW2S-RICYeKyLBjYdsOr3Pd5aShFmrKosWO5dnFag9rpayh3C5gsU/w640-h362/Screenshot%202023-12-07%20at%2020.15.47.png" width="640" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The weasel I am seeing most often is the larger of the two above. He (I presume it is a male) has a distinctive under-chin mark</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">and is different from the three individuals that appeared in August.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1RhZcuKcn3gmsni3k5tLXhuqAm9AfjPX0C0lw7bX3wNoujlyhW5lJ-QyNHHC6T1wo2yla3dkev4VLX4VhZbwSSv5UaW39Jx0Yh7HdE6xdvtjUV9N5Y3FdJEzQ_flB98Hd5-xj0h841bt-tO4BqAglh-sN_G0T6AriKyFDXzho6aq5TTWaQhe0tB8ha0/s2400/Screenshot%202023-12-12%20at%2010.11.56.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1RhZcuKcn3gmsni3k5tLXhuqAm9AfjPX0C0lw7bX3wNoujlyhW5lJ-QyNHHC6T1wo2yla3dkev4VLX4VhZbwSSv5UaW39Jx0Yh7HdE6xdvtjUV9N5Y3FdJEzQ_flB98Hd5-xj0h841bt-tO4BqAglh-sN_G0T6AriKyFDXzho6aq5TTWaQhe0tB8ha0/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-12%20at%2010.11.56.png" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The weasels are confidant and inquisitive in the boxes and often have a quick look round, sometimes round behind the camera. They are very often scent-marking as well so I expect the boxess smell of weasel, not that I can smell it. This probably attracts other weasels but seems to be discouraging smaller mammals - the cameras now rarely see shrews, mice and voles in the daytime, only at night when the weasels are asleep (they hope). Incidentally I have only once seen a weasel in the box after dark, with now dozens of daytime recordings.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX2lxHwQOwjX3Cx-Bu0Wq-Xit2XPRq_MyhCcijQWfViPXIGKj5oPUNWozF1elat8gd04DVeMK-WvSO18Bit8DoeKDI39AA-peXFF2yqsuHOf-_q4NqKQMYJZ-c_mdEX-MWudDTfCeQcOjEnZ7BI0J1PAnDL_Wcu-fABCEYDLiox3juR68iAM59ELUNRY/s2760/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%2009.37.05.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2760" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpX2lxHwQOwjX3Cx-Bu0Wq-Xit2XPRq_MyhCcijQWfViPXIGKj5oPUNWozF1elat8gd04DVeMK-WvSO18Bit8DoeKDI39AA-peXFF2yqsuHOf-_q4NqKQMYJZ-c_mdEX-MWudDTfCeQcOjEnZ7BI0J1PAnDL_Wcu-fABCEYDLiox3juR68iAM59ELUNRY/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%2009.37.05.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_tlXzFDdquBOdOHTSdpfSwfzZE1qCy6biekocJQjKGBu0Cj4XXhP8WdB4v_lVBcvWaZujiC2_RMaFSNYIsm3GmSnI9wkuiFa3t8qyhE_mjNehp0eoqTPq-K578z-qXDACqc7I16PRjy1sgFGequvBk6T58N7uesWnBXqW63k9wV3McLnGnRrplsIshI/s2760/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%2009.35.47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="2760" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_tlXzFDdquBOdOHTSdpfSwfzZE1qCy6biekocJQjKGBu0Cj4XXhP8WdB4v_lVBcvWaZujiC2_RMaFSNYIsm3GmSnI9wkuiFa3t8qyhE_mjNehp0eoqTPq-K578z-qXDACqc7I16PRjy1sgFGequvBk6T58N7uesWnBXqW63k9wV3McLnGnRrplsIshI/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-11-06%20at%2009.35.47.png" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xubjW10vK0Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="xubjW10vK0Q"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lQauuMYcFvM" width="320" youtube-src-id="lQauuMYcFvM"></iframe></div><br />One very windy day a lot of dead leaves blew into the box. The weasel(s) made several visits but didn't find anything hiding.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KAlyv1UcT1w" width="320" youtube-src-id="KAlyv1UcT1w"></iframe></div><br />Last week a weasel turned up with prey. It dashed through the box in a blur twice. There was five second gap, which I have edited out, and I added a 1/10th speed replay. It isn't easy to see what it is carrying but whatever it is has an impressive tail. I think it is probably a baby rat.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPbZX8MGG1yDDvKtpdqVEaZx7ivG9AUAU30kuuz-nG6oFQjQp5Gy7MNAvO5cAoR8n2n4Jc-j-3kGaJLXfV1KQ64Gc_P9YrfvaR2JATgOCe3NbUlbp4Axv-ZZMPQx3KMgkimQGV6gZtQgIYxt9Pc7b2qeqEmli2mKiBv6JZh6DZgToNGP1JpiR1U_ZIPM/s2456/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2009.13.29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2456" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPbZX8MGG1yDDvKtpdqVEaZx7ivG9AUAU30kuuz-nG6oFQjQp5Gy7MNAvO5cAoR8n2n4Jc-j-3kGaJLXfV1KQ64Gc_P9YrfvaR2JATgOCe3NbUlbp4Axv-ZZMPQx3KMgkimQGV6gZtQgIYxt9Pc7b2qeqEmli2mKiBv6JZh6DZgToNGP1JpiR1U_ZIPM/w640-h408/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2009.13.29.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSv2VNdU8m-6kED6oQjKtpR6i9Lwk3RERzqiXMDNW__IWlr-9JT-m6daGBWKIGOuHC4d8hcSs_RI2P8UTIoHbSg9JY-eryk_8zLGvmxA7HSi8QzC0UK5vGc3Mad8ZQPeRikPMRQXBKxlk3QnezHHqCRD2D5X0o9kkvVbu2-lC7EXM9ZrxB8GBQRWvOZI/s2456/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2009.12.52.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2456" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSv2VNdU8m-6kED6oQjKtpR6i9Lwk3RERzqiXMDNW__IWlr-9JT-m6daGBWKIGOuHC4d8hcSs_RI2P8UTIoHbSg9JY-eryk_8zLGvmxA7HSi8QzC0UK5vGc3Mad8ZQPeRikPMRQXBKxlk3QnezHHqCRD2D5X0o9kkvVbu2-lC7EXM9ZrxB8GBQRWvOZI/w640-h408/Screenshot%202023-12-11%20at%2009.12.52.png" width="640" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tt1QChHN6aI" width="320" youtube-src-id="tt1QChHN6aI"></iframe></div><br />At the beginning of the month we had snow and I found weasel tracks in the garden - the first time I have ever seen them. The snow was about two inches deep, so quite deep for a weasel. As it bounds its back feet land exactly where its front feet were.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jiw6JKvy-8v3qbUfU5TCmKgaindpsmzyOAzZaW64u42xVLEreknCYRiE0hZLs7Rg7M2q8j6l-JKDHq2cbQW7YnK_wXdl_CEtvCBB25D_4j9CcYivyb2fdQ0HRcsSw2s_RTvtzOVPV9yjceWgS_Epsmf5c_a2wGLyfcFIrnYbr26u2Inpv1wqEgAjQkI/s4032/IMG_3814.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jiw6JKvy-8v3qbUfU5TCmKgaindpsmzyOAzZaW64u42xVLEreknCYRiE0hZLs7Rg7M2q8j6l-JKDHq2cbQW7YnK_wXdl_CEtvCBB25D_4j9CcYivyb2fdQ0HRcsSw2s_RTvtzOVPV9yjceWgS_Epsmf5c_a2wGLyfcFIrnYbr26u2Inpv1wqEgAjQkI/w640-h480/IMG_3814.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShrPkQg13bXc4H0cXI5PilLQgoZ4Acb5tvV5JdCU-ttZNriO-HJ46X-9LDDFa5TzGRRpnsid_Hd4AKF49YnX6RZsl3CpNTa4UmcNf15Fbw0u5al5eaU-nEeO1-0bbozUpLqwC3OKTNqM_ew8Txhg7wb9az7zVDYoJEs5k8nvRLsl-lH16UNQIi2Aaxwk/s4032/IMG_3815.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShrPkQg13bXc4H0cXI5PilLQgoZ4Acb5tvV5JdCU-ttZNriO-HJ46X-9LDDFa5TzGRRpnsid_Hd4AKF49YnX6RZsl3CpNTa4UmcNf15Fbw0u5al5eaU-nEeO1-0bbozUpLqwC3OKTNqM_ew8Txhg7wb9az7zVDYoJEs5k8nvRLsl-lH16UNQIi2Aaxwk/w640-h480/IMG_3815.heic" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgJhWFAeW3g5oBd-bfsjqSgqh461Httjq3YAmiFgWKE7bfwlVG2wdSSxUfVIScAA0ehBkXA4bmbPe2F1gR8zE31atP0-50Fv35HIJo8w6bEG2kddCdfMHNSbpQPSlBGVW0heHdB9aF_VZGQpTlVmaExLFcPBQRHOujXfz1RZeMQFNPfCxPo3Q0RVMLHk/s4032/IMG_3816.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgJhWFAeW3g5oBd-bfsjqSgqh461Httjq3YAmiFgWKE7bfwlVG2wdSSxUfVIScAA0ehBkXA4bmbPe2F1gR8zE31atP0-50Fv35HIJo8w6bEG2kddCdfMHNSbpQPSlBGVW0heHdB9aF_VZGQpTlVmaExLFcPBQRHOujXfz1RZeMQFNPfCxPo3Q0RVMLHk/w640-h480/IMG_3816.heic" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRUtGtsqRiaTM6LQ_ofQiFyM-7CSp-wBGANkUFswxOkNnslmemHGLoLpGztiaweJi-KPwohGa0ytYp00W-SDxL42gGlbTKh9qC3TsR1t37sYHpVAcTSILbUE_fs3poCZatIn3g81NqMyAwk4n4gzrr7fe_lHQO6YT4gB3IlRYK3CTacDMZU8qtRe9yds/s1234/IMG_3817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1234" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRUtGtsqRiaTM6LQ_ofQiFyM-7CSp-wBGANkUFswxOkNnslmemHGLoLpGztiaweJi-KPwohGa0ytYp00W-SDxL42gGlbTKh9qC3TsR1t37sYHpVAcTSILbUE_fs3poCZatIn3g81NqMyAwk4n4gzrr7fe_lHQO6YT4gB3IlRYK3CTacDMZU8qtRe9yds/w640-h422/IMG_3817.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The weasel came into the box during the snow but didn't stop and was still busy hunting. Having checked round the box they very often run back straight through like this, sometimes more than once.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1UZPW42L7To" width="320" youtube-src-id="1UZPW42L7To"></iframe></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-88608253368525383402023-12-09T08:00:00.013+00:002023-12-09T08:00:00.125+00:00News from OtterCam<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After several months with not much happening, suddenly there is exciting news from OtterCam. The first evidence of new cubs was about three weeks ago, with a glimpse of two tails and a tell-tale squeak from a cub. A week later a clear, if brief, sight of the mother otter with two small cubs. At this young age they keep very close to her.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24_u1X78GTfZRDPGvrtlfn7QJkOD9FrYy6IsEk2M0N5eDHvPU4vd3q90caPOGC5G7c2fcl7ez_NgBAYE5Q2tOA_o7djOCIDzIxB51iXgYOSh0LVzWVZoPpw1QOqN9VR36HoteyY4lrVPNJBF8uFs3wIl9wKOhEmiJQo5RHPz7fGXJdm5h36Q9p1qFKbI/s2400/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2017.58.25.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24_u1X78GTfZRDPGvrtlfn7QJkOD9FrYy6IsEk2M0N5eDHvPU4vd3q90caPOGC5G7c2fcl7ez_NgBAYE5Q2tOA_o7djOCIDzIxB51iXgYOSh0LVzWVZoPpw1QOqN9VR36HoteyY4lrVPNJBF8uFs3wIl9wKOhEmiJQo5RHPz7fGXJdm5h36Q9p1qFKbI/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2017.58.25.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ZWr6j0bn3ZXYKbJT12N4fuF-JFuKtn_E76U5yVxNz4zAyClRZC1tLVuJ7PTU8XJaj87Z8D-OAA-ZMqu7_4YnLB_O7-q3SbsEyJnaJV_xFSytZdmXWP2tgubiHJUKZu0BysVobu0cJBgpimfc-A8MGLTOnZqd5fW3RFkCxRxK3WdivA2jONTphpNXgY/s2400/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.00.05.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ZWr6j0bn3ZXYKbJT12N4fuF-JFuKtn_E76U5yVxNz4zAyClRZC1tLVuJ7PTU8XJaj87Z8D-OAA-ZMqu7_4YnLB_O7-q3SbsEyJnaJV_xFSytZdmXWP2tgubiHJUKZu0BysVobu0cJBgpimfc-A8MGLTOnZqd5fW3RFkCxRxK3WdivA2jONTphpNXgY/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.00.05.png" width="640" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M68PIgwDnqg" width="320" youtube-src-id="M68PIgwDnqg"></iframe></div><br />These cubs are small.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> The previous cubs were last seen with their mother on <a href="https://trogtrogblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/an-exciting-night-on-ottercam.html"><span style="color: #fcff01;">03 May</span></a>, on which night she was seriously courting the dog otter. Assuming she mated around then, the new cubs will have been born in early July. They turned up on the cameras again</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">last weekend</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> in the snow at perhaps 22 weeks of age. This time the family came up the bank twice, towards three cameras although the bottom camera missed the second visit.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4atAHKwbmhyphenhyphenl8FvXVp1mfcLVoMdAzGX3WMsKSK1bA9u4wORXrYKhyMw4yAxKrL6fY9lbjLyEtt-q4VLI4LwDafhQ-eCwEtVwvnm1EebTD22_FvbnJb86nojFhaJI8qH0oMl-4QbpSM-PJuVQOhRczHISH8SJYD4DOR8Q4OEZaLB5MdPujhRlDp8gXDj4/s2400/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.10.04.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4atAHKwbmhyphenhyphenl8FvXVp1mfcLVoMdAzGX3WMsKSK1bA9u4wORXrYKhyMw4yAxKrL6fY9lbjLyEtt-q4VLI4LwDafhQ-eCwEtVwvnm1EebTD22_FvbnJb86nojFhaJI8qH0oMl-4QbpSM-PJuVQOhRczHISH8SJYD4DOR8Q4OEZaLB5MdPujhRlDp8gXDj4/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.10.04.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKEjC9MLP3Ff4MzLGYBZ3XCjq5pxf6E27evosK40qqvfcW4kD6XzbG5HcuCYozXxbJt7U4q7zMF_yTr6jhoc5GIvoDKxM9IAn1zYH9djI0lwSprPebzibQB9gmf6cGWPEWYRb-fT_oq2WJetrGrv3I74aSeACfPcqnZMsqxow1jMEY_EQuoYHPY9v1fo/s2400/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.10.46.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKEjC9MLP3Ff4MzLGYBZ3XCjq5pxf6E27evosK40qqvfcW4kD6XzbG5HcuCYozXxbJt7U4q7zMF_yTr6jhoc5GIvoDKxM9IAn1zYH9djI0lwSprPebzibQB9gmf6cGWPEWYRb-fT_oq2WJetrGrv3I74aSeACfPcqnZMsqxow1jMEY_EQuoYHPY9v1fo/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.10.46.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/agaeAcy-Zlo" width="320" youtube-src-id="agaeAcy-Zlo"></iframe></div><br />The dog otter also went by in the snow, having a little slide down the slope. You can see how he isn't sure about the ice and tests it before deciding it won't bear his weight. He then dives through a hole in the ice made by an otter, perhaps him as well, about an hour before.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQovV4TAiKZoDdDuyQ-LPxbdrSMtuTeZrVN-sydq6DlTn9neaG8uOFogp_oNyvXWcyiytHyoG437DIOzDcnbjvRGjZou9zJRe3-nnmMZJSX9fzZMhQ45z_zJjXrWjlCOJiGPdC6h_1-7dWJIpAtRc2dZuYumpFkq5PpLccCEvETxOIeRPIniaHMK8w0o/s2848/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.15.45.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1764" data-original-width="2848" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQovV4TAiKZoDdDuyQ-LPxbdrSMtuTeZrVN-sydq6DlTn9neaG8uOFogp_oNyvXWcyiytHyoG437DIOzDcnbjvRGjZou9zJRe3-nnmMZJSX9fzZMhQ45z_zJjXrWjlCOJiGPdC6h_1-7dWJIpAtRc2dZuYumpFkq5PpLccCEvETxOIeRPIniaHMK8w0o/w640-h396/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.15.45.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JZVei0qTfsE" width="320" youtube-src-id="JZVei0qTfsE"></iframe></div><br />And on the most recent episode he caught and ate a fish. Luckily he had just gone down into the water</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">so the camera was already recording. He</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> must have caught it immediately and it didn't take him long to polish it off.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8xbGmjgZv8Ddj0roCiS2Fs-TGSpNgc-dIrEByYPZ_k8N8lPV2m8t1oJuZiwcGTu0F5S-8bLp6gO0FaYcNgbem0N0jXfVq99tUz8y6RyfZtMnaeq5b2FFx8A233Zs4839uKewwc8yPBm7Etebe_iCRDZnl1OP3QKiXyx7Kj3Cy-u9rcMgKFF_wAmMNB8/s2000/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.20.17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8xbGmjgZv8Ddj0roCiS2Fs-TGSpNgc-dIrEByYPZ_k8N8lPV2m8t1oJuZiwcGTu0F5S-8bLp6gO0FaYcNgbem0N0jXfVq99tUz8y6RyfZtMnaeq5b2FFx8A233Zs4839uKewwc8yPBm7Etebe_iCRDZnl1OP3QKiXyx7Kj3Cy-u9rcMgKFF_wAmMNB8/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-12-05%20at%2018.20.17.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h3N0IWTJUUo" width="320" youtube-src-id="h3N0IWTJUUo"></iframe></div><br />The new cubs are the sixth set I have seen on the cameras since I started following my local otters in February 2019. I'll post more photos and videos as these cubs grow over the next few months.</span></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-78380862586006818242023-12-05T07:30:00.006+00:002023-12-05T07:30:00.130+00:00BadgerCam in Ardnamurchan<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is probably the last set of images from my trip to Ardnamurchan a few weeks ago. The trail cameras and food put out for the pine martens mostly attracted badgers. The white flash Wingscapes camera did better with the badgers than it had with pine martens, probably mainly because the badgers didn't move around as much.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNv20qjdl0EUiHN5HDP8TuYVvghMbJvK86W0eHn_G-LN-Ux1HWjwbIXTrMnjpe-vhlzhyphenhyphenj83y0wkpWaMt9ecICzogMTzij4VkuiYfSXwoDChzQ1go9_mzwnvDR5X-1vSWVREkXmXCuFdLOfNnx93somhk4XRk-XBM9dpp0SN9e189vSX80sBeJG42RBxM/s2388/Badger-0047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1791" data-original-width="2388" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNv20qjdl0EUiHN5HDP8TuYVvghMbJvK86W0eHn_G-LN-Ux1HWjwbIXTrMnjpe-vhlzhyphenhyphenj83y0wkpWaMt9ecICzogMTzij4VkuiYfSXwoDChzQ1go9_mzwnvDR5X-1vSWVREkXmXCuFdLOfNnx93somhk4XRk-XBM9dpp0SN9e189vSX80sBeJG42RBxM/w640-h480/Badger-0047.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5KhBp94gvjWkeZ3ArYVn7g1pYlOH96e_MvjywjzlYeZjuM0NNrfUfOV556ceJymIlKxrtQKv1o7DerghclPtt6mVfW_eP-9Cs6miQmPQ-70WEgBMI77usFsi5RLtHXZHZBkOq8FY47AQw9EA1YWmK5Ny-nKCkFq1c5MDnLAXOrN2KwGIqjMbo0V__d0/s2719/Badger-0049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2719" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5KhBp94gvjWkeZ3ArYVn7g1pYlOH96e_MvjywjzlYeZjuM0NNrfUfOV556ceJymIlKxrtQKv1o7DerghclPtt6mVfW_eP-9Cs6miQmPQ-70WEgBMI77usFsi5RLtHXZHZBkOq8FY47AQw9EA1YWmK5Ny-nKCkFq1c5MDnLAXOrN2KwGIqjMbo0V__d0/w640-h480/Badger-0049.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAs3da0-YGCkhXWxbH7HnDz8saYBr3cThlQ5EgcHbbN235hpbcL2ycB5_OYZedySGp3pxMALdxxwXpYxzmqKulqvldoEiXJ_yAeZKvJScxQ4S8HOggkRHr5VlwmQhgSbp7HtwKn1fytyzKIXgZ9p_euV-O3hoxZ-pvTd1bWqM6lJi2DSqPxbavyLKllu8/s2719/Badger-0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2719" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAs3da0-YGCkhXWxbH7HnDz8saYBr3cThlQ5EgcHbbN235hpbcL2ycB5_OYZedySGp3pxMALdxxwXpYxzmqKulqvldoEiXJ_yAeZKvJScxQ4S8HOggkRHr5VlwmQhgSbp7HtwKn1fytyzKIXgZ9p_euV-O3hoxZ-pvTd1bWqM6lJi2DSqPxbavyLKllu8/w640-h480/Badger-0009.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YZTxtBM06Ft2YArCbPdXYUOdnrRPqczu5K-aTqBpJJwSHwwavlVLawu8tdBkoYbgiCwt9cgCoHU_0JmxzezTiGglT9Xd5CKhjMAV70y1bYF9ARWjxtK2PK9fUH31Mhv4nt1k8OOOgwYI-kri6RkfAfFWX0evvWvuYZfuykp1_fRVtmabyAm5cUMg2qE/s2719/Badger-0029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2039" data-original-width="2719" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YZTxtBM06Ft2YArCbPdXYUOdnrRPqczu5K-aTqBpJJwSHwwavlVLawu8tdBkoYbgiCwt9cgCoHU_0JmxzezTiGglT9Xd5CKhjMAV70y1bYF9ARWjxtK2PK9fUH31Mhv4nt1k8OOOgwYI-kri6RkfAfFWX0evvWvuYZfuykp1_fRVtmabyAm5cUMg2qE/w640-h480/Badger-0029.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Each night the badgers stayed until all the peanuts and raisins had gone so I ended up with dozens of videos of badgers eating, all pretty much the same. They don't have great table manners and are very noisy eaters as you can hear on this video. The occasional flickering is caused by a second camera</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to the right</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> switching off and back on.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qTOYSNNdU9c" width="320" youtube-src-id="qTOYSNNdU9c"></iframe></div><br />The badgers also took a liking to the peanut butter and strawberry jam I put on a stick to encourage the pine martens to climb. The badgers are less agile but taller and can reach without climbing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qFXV8H6-Yfg" width="320" youtube-src-id="qFXV8H6-Yfg"></iframe></div></div>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-45868236027931976462023-11-29T08:00:00.021+00:002023-11-29T08:00:00.145+00:00PineMartenCam<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You won't be surprised that as well as my cameras I took a few trail cameras to Ardnamurchan last month. Although the pine martens were extremely co-operative with normal photography I wanted some video away from the feeding station. I set up nearby and put out some food (raisins and peanuts) to keep them interested. Notice how the marten scent-marks the rock as it leaves, something all mustelids do frequently.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOfRdcdPnaZla_YR4TczA3ljFVhyphenhyphenY4KZ6ydQp-6dAEKvXADm7ObsqUYvRKWnFt4EusIvQft754-SOAznKI_CY5JwusSFwrtOBuv-xtdrxMFXLn7kc572thPuhLnS_VpfGCvi0uNKC13E4Qax54KYs5cXMYsYB_LGRaaT-vhxJfucUfaCeRVWZOADMwxA/s2400/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2015.37.08.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOfRdcdPnaZla_YR4TczA3ljFVhyphenhyphenY4KZ6ydQp-6dAEKvXADm7ObsqUYvRKWnFt4EusIvQft754-SOAznKI_CY5JwusSFwrtOBuv-xtdrxMFXLn7kc572thPuhLnS_VpfGCvi0uNKC13E4Qax54KYs5cXMYsYB_LGRaaT-vhxJfucUfaCeRVWZOADMwxA/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2015.37.08.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ceXMAUQX5vg" width="320" youtube-src-id="ceXMAUQX5vg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />I also tried my old Wingscapes Birdcam 2.0 which takes white flash (colour) stills rather than videos at night. Two martens turned up but were rarely in a good position when the camera fired.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlgJz9kzKpF_XvlTMWJyMJitA_-7Ve77EwPBvrRmxi5QtWocU9vs9jp_xaw-x9RZlVd1kx6gJV3HeGOa9JZWqbHkY9g57t9TE62uzoXgETBspo0qT_gpP4PzDilxVqingQFuNM3wZa5uQS6sQp-Y8Hz4XdPYytgTUq3LQ_E6KwtVfOM7h6QchZ1jVahI/s2613/Pine%20marten-0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="2613" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlgJz9kzKpF_XvlTMWJyMJitA_-7Ve77EwPBvrRmxi5QtWocU9vs9jp_xaw-x9RZlVd1kx6gJV3HeGOa9JZWqbHkY9g57t9TE62uzoXgETBspo0qT_gpP4PzDilxVqingQFuNM3wZa5uQS6sQp-Y8Hz4XdPYytgTUq3LQ_E6KwtVfOM7h6QchZ1jVahI/w640-h480/Pine%20marten-0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHDBWlhhWMdrOlX8tDcJggtWlfwLcc9fmPpOqNMZBcNvD1wSgStO5Afk9d6FMK5NYvT1QSFzhr-MsiSuy-RIG1oAB5e-dIN1N2z221E_hvq4wgF9Mhb-N3DO3qTJEQQG1hkMAWIT3qYkeHbSVLOKQ0n0gdKASL6-QdGcpjS_pOoZ-jsgPTNSzeGOOnfg/s2105/Pine%20marten-0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1579" data-original-width="2105" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHDBWlhhWMdrOlX8tDcJggtWlfwLcc9fmPpOqNMZBcNvD1wSgStO5Afk9d6FMK5NYvT1QSFzhr-MsiSuy-RIG1oAB5e-dIN1N2z221E_hvq4wgF9Mhb-N3DO3qTJEQQG1hkMAWIT3qYkeHbSVLOKQ0n0gdKASL6-QdGcpjS_pOoZ-jsgPTNSzeGOOnfg/w640-h480/Pine%20marten-0005.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6BjZraFKoBSisckj6QX9L1a9oqzM6ANWNc7vfy04KkRWtyJr7dHDhU7V5voDQAm36tlPThy_awF_mu78-F4LEN2GX7VNCADzBT0sPc6QBGg18vEGBCpdk-ojcisnJleikTjmKmkrPprRqlg7i-xMXe-KJi03Luu2MEaK2DnIalO20Hoi4zpPz0Xrv8g/s2032/Pine%20marten-0036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6BjZraFKoBSisckj6QX9L1a9oqzM6ANWNc7vfy04KkRWtyJr7dHDhU7V5voDQAm36tlPThy_awF_mu78-F4LEN2GX7VNCADzBT0sPc6QBGg18vEGBCpdk-ojcisnJleikTjmKmkrPprRqlg7i-xMXe-KJi03Luu2MEaK2DnIalO20Hoi4zpPz0Xrv8g/w640-h480/Pine%20marten-0036.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the last three nights I also tried to get video of a pine marten climbing. I took with me a stout curvy stick and baited it with strawberry jam and peanut butter. The first night the stick wasn't high enough and the marten just leaned against it and didn't bother to climb. The second night was better but I hadn't allowed quite enough room in the field of view for the marten at the top of the stick.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtfwVHRnNfHAfwAnPVY-S1trcfMzxTKVwAYgFWKXf3YY4kplFPeSNMJdypWH9_uRJ3tq3iVZv49VLif-NZORRw1Snm5CNPMI9H1weisP-t-1C4Qn8kciRPEJZDc4q0J46QvdhPpUIMjjMRfPQg5GrK8uHf5nb_vADfqYkm6q4QrLcF3v0dZbQcbcRFzI/s2400/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2014.27.40.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtfwVHRnNfHAfwAnPVY-S1trcfMzxTKVwAYgFWKXf3YY4kplFPeSNMJdypWH9_uRJ3tq3iVZv49VLif-NZORRw1Snm5CNPMI9H1weisP-t-1C4Qn8kciRPEJZDc4q0J46QvdhPpUIMjjMRfPQg5GrK8uHf5nb_vADfqYkm6q4QrLcF3v0dZbQcbcRFzI/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2014.27.40.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6jtqjqAaY8HRrHazNKea16yR_TUuHykjPM4kUNlfB11ZCbFn2K0K50hkC97MKsF1T_LX1D6kvHp1f7DICk_eS9dJAHUJ2dKOJs6k9HHMc0UE5_p5z-KW-akLaugJDR05RkD49zEPvAGc9FqjW0w7qbLaI3tiop_19xyBZqHiS1NYPilYYupX8bjdK7Y/s2400/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2014.28.47.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6jtqjqAaY8HRrHazNKea16yR_TUuHykjPM4kUNlfB11ZCbFn2K0K50hkC97MKsF1T_LX1D6kvHp1f7DICk_eS9dJAHUJ2dKOJs6k9HHMc0UE5_p5z-KW-akLaugJDR05RkD49zEPvAGc9FqjW0w7qbLaI3tiop_19xyBZqHiS1NYPilYYupX8bjdK7Y/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2014.28.47.png" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZKVJSt2xsHY" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZKVJSt2xsHY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />And on the last night there was a bad reflection from one of the other lights on the trail camera lens, plus a bit of spider's web in the way! It is probably still worth a look as there is a good view of how the pine marten uses its claws.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVViO0-vxmXmMcEbmuDalczK26SOjs-QdT59jlQ4FnPP8OLN1za6p84QWY1i1-A8Gb8sf0CLjANTYlbizA3Ey1l2L-3SBQ0kgSKZT1OuZ9v80APPtsZqR393P12wEOvBf-XRyFGyxGIxUS9aNZmH5Vn9KD4MzmYN1103MljCtI-1rjW3tbyz1FTsUuHVc/s2400/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2014.29.12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVViO0-vxmXmMcEbmuDalczK26SOjs-QdT59jlQ4FnPP8OLN1za6p84QWY1i1-A8Gb8sf0CLjANTYlbizA3Ey1l2L-3SBQ0kgSKZT1OuZ9v80APPtsZqR393P12wEOvBf-XRyFGyxGIxUS9aNZmH5Vn9KD4MzmYN1103MljCtI-1rjW3tbyz1FTsUuHVc/w640-h426/Screenshot%202023-11-27%20at%2014.29.12.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oZ2x74gdtdk" width="320" youtube-src-id="oZ2x74gdtdk"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />For much of the time the marten had its back to the camera, whichever way round I had put the branch. It was a learning process for me and if I return at some stage I shall have plenty of ideas on how to improve the videos.</span><p></p>trogtrogbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12393331921469572350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957508894479326242.post-41370644180387375142023-11-23T08:00:00.046+00:002023-11-23T08:00:00.139+00:00Badger portraits<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My main aim on my trip to Ardnamurchan last month was to see pine martens but their fellow mustelids, badgers, also omnivores and attracted to free food, put in an appearance most evenings. Although it was wonderful to see them, badgers aren't very exciting to watch as they are nose down in the food most of the time. Fortunately they did occasionally look up to give me a chance of a photo.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlReQnh17P-XVChRa659ZKvkC7VpGF8Ks7mWDgk0dPPmkcD6t9sg5PKWp2z8y8nIsjmA9LAYqcDG0o050jfZ1vW0b2-5jetoV6NrwcHw5CdQcHZePK8N5-xqDz3HlVj4oYlI__cz0twxmfmpO6bRejM0FPBCtoxPAbDj4nZOOdGLQdUc5VrtbK-Onmko/s2766/Badger--5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="2766" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlReQnh17P-XVChRa659ZKvkC7VpGF8Ks7mWDgk0dPPmkcD6t9sg5PKWp2z8y8nIsjmA9LAYqcDG0o050jfZ1vW0b2-5jetoV6NrwcHw5CdQcHZePK8N5-xqDz3HlVj4oYlI__cz0twxmfmpO6bRejM0FPBCtoxPAbDj4nZOOdGLQdUc5VrtbK-Onmko/w640-h426/Badger--5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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