Sunday, 21 April 2013

More Brown Hares in north Lancashire

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April 1-16, 2013: Brown Hares are still very active in the area and the much delayed growing season makes them easy to see in the short gra...
Friday, 29 March 2013

Brown Hares are now very active in Lancashire

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March 21-28, 2013: As expected, 'March' hares are very active at this time of year and are relatively easy to see until the vegetat...
Friday, 22 March 2013

A rare lichen in Cumbria: Peltigera collina

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February 26, 2013: A rare forecast for good weather resulted in a hurriedly planned visit to the Seathwaite valley (Borrowdale, Cumbria) i...
Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Brown Hares in the Fylde, Lancashire

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March 5, 2013: Brown Hares (Lepus europaeus) are becoming active again (March Hares). Today there was beautiful weather and this not-so-act...
Sunday, 27 January 2013

Saxifraga Sub-section Holophyllae Engler & Irmscher: Two narrow-endemic members of this sub-section from the Italian Dolomites (Saxifraga facchinii Koch and Saxifraga depressa Sternberg) plus three others which are more widespread

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On botanical visits to the Dolomites in 1998 and 1999, I managed to locate and photograph two very rare endemic species of Saxifrage both o...
Friday, 30 November 2012

The Red Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) in a Darwen, Lancashire, garden

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November 29, 2012: A Red Lily Beetle was found on lily tubers in a garden in Darwen today despite the recent cold, frosty weather. This ap...
Saturday, 17 November 2012

Some recent Coleoptera (Beetles)

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A range of Coleoptera from tiger beetles to ladybirds has been photographed recently and some of these are now shown here. Dune Tig...