Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beech : we do have them in abundance in the park - but I would never have thought you could trim them into hedges - lesson learnt, thanks. As to the moth, it was certainly common in our previous place. I had posted photos then. But can?t find them on my own site ? Thanks Amities Philippe > Le 24 mars 2020 ? 12:51, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > > Philippe, it's Fagus Sylvatica which is known as Beech over here and in > the UK. > > It's full of birds at the moment, bursting their little hearts out with > song as they nest and fly busily, and far too speedily for our cat - and > my lens. Amazingly, there's quite a lot of wildlife in our little urban > garden at this time of year. At the end of February, I was out on my patio > which has our kitchen herbs growing in a raised concrete bed running > alongside it. I was standing beside our Rosemary bush, and was quite > motionless in contemplation when something fast shot down and alighted on > it. > > I couldn't believe it - it was a Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum > stellatarum) which is a rare summer visitor here, but has not over > wintered here yet. I know they are very common on mainland Europe, and are > just starting to breed in the south of the UK as global warming gives > Brexitannia some new migratory species - as well as improving British > wine. However, they are really rare insects here. I only saw one in our > garden before at the height of the 2017 August heat, and this was February > so the sighting was very strange. I recorded it on the moth and butterfly > website > https://butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/recording-and-monitoring/migrant-watch/humming-bird-hawk-moth-2020/results > > <https://butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/recording-and-monitoring/migrant-watch/humming-bird-hawk-moth-2020/results>., > and so far it is the only one recorded in Ireland. I'm baffled as to how > it appeared in my garden, but must assume it was the result of a mistaken > visit to some warm crevice in a local building, and it then overwintered. > > I keep a beady eye on the patio, but no sign of any reappearance of the > moth, so assume an early bird got lucky. > > Douglas > > On 24/03/2020 07:26, Philippe via LUG wrote: >> Is this hornbeam / bower? >> >> I love these as they keep their leaves in the winter only to lose them >> when the new one come out, and provide shelter from the winds >> >> Yours looks thicker and denser than mine (planted last year only) Good on >> you and the birds :-) >> >> Amities >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >>> Le 24 mars 2020 ? 02:11, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >>> >>> My hedge is filling with nesting birds not that you can see any in this >>> shot. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Beech+hedge.jpg.html >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Beech+hedge.jpg.html> >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Beech+hedge.jpg.html >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Beech+hedge.jpg.html>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > <http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> for more information