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8:27 Thu 29 Jul 10
ELSIE you have posted so that looks as if all went well yesterday im pleased for you.
i too have been looking for the swans but havnt had much time last few days what with one thing and another and ive had someone in doing some decorating they have finished now thank goodness hope I will have more time to watch cams want to see mabel before she migrates, in case this is the last time. mary llandudno
7:52 Thu 29 Jul 10
sorry that should have said. Have seen a couple already tonight looking for food. Elaine
7:51 Thu 29 Jul 10
It looks as though the badgers are hungry tonight, have seen Elaine
6:05 Thu 29 Jul 10
Lindsay, there was a Painted Lady in the garden the other day on the flowers. Where are those illusive Black Swans, have only seen them altogether once and that was the first evening. Vicky and her Mum were watching them. Elsie
4:05 Thu 29 Jul 10
Jan (Herts) I'm hardly a moth "expert" but am trying to learn as much about them as I can as they fascinate me - just like birds! The moth you describe sounds to me like a White Ermine and they are very common around now.
Elaine I haven't seem many ladybirds around this year come to think of it - just a few here and there. I know there's an invasion of the Harlequin Ladybird this year that threatens our native ones so that may be an explanation. The Harlequins are more of a yellowy orange colour with a lot more black spots than our 7 and 5-spot varieties.
Karen your greenhouse sounds a good place to find moths as they are attracted to light if you have a nightlight in there - I bet Jordan would like to ID them so why not get him a little inspection pot - an old glass screw-top jar would do - then he can catch them for you! lol - you'll be amazed at how many different ones there are and they can be quite beautiful, as Wendy found out with her Large Emerald Moth!...Jill
2:25 Thu 29 Jul 10
Ahhhh, butterflies, now that's my hobby. I can almost tell you anything you need to know about butterflies, what they are, what their caterpillars need to eat to grow, etc. I have lots of beauiful butterflies in my garden, plus right now in my butterflies house I have lots of Black Swallowtail Cateripllars going into their chryslis (cocoons). I love watching and raising butterflies.

Karen, Florida (USA)
12:39 Thu 29 Jul 10
Karen it is a nightmare being without the proper computer, the laptop seems so slow compared to it. Also with it being my sons I dont like to spend to much time on it, I will put it on for about 15mins here and there during the day. But its on for a couple of hours at night for the badgers and the valley cam.
Whikst you have all been talking about moths I wondered if any of you have seen many ladybirds this year? In the last two days a couple seem to have made an appearance in my garden, it is usually full of them. Elaine
11:51 Thu 29 Jul 10
While working in my garden on 2nd july I saw something that looked liked a green leaf,it was a Large Emerald Moth,all green with a gold colour round the outside of it's wings and gold prong things as my mum calls them,I've been in touch with the butterfly trust and they've recorded it,they said they are in great britain but you don't see many of them,it stay'ed on the ground sun bathing and I managed to get a photo it,when I find out how to send to gallery I will send it.By the way I'm back on line now so can keep up with the osprey's and everything else that's going on.Wendy,West Yorks.
10:57 Thu 29 Jul 10
We only have white butterflies at the moment,I saw a peacock butterfly in march, i think it came out of hibination from our garage, but have not seen any since. Lindsay I sat to do the butterfly watch for 15 mins saw a small blue one and 1 yellow, took a picture of a moth which I will send to MrFarmer, Jill{moth expert;) }.I don't know what it is, it was small, with white wings with black spots and a yellow body?
Jan(herts)
7:55 Thu 29 Jul 10
The bush that was in a neighbours garden that i took photos of covered in butterflies last year has been chopped to the ground so we dont seem to get any butterflies much now. Elaine and i were fascinated by the ammount of butterflies that came to that one..The caterpillar i saw earlier this week was as elaine said at least 2 inches long it was on the ground outside my greenhouse i tried to get a photograph of it but it was in such an awkward place it didnt take very well.When i was walking down to my brothers house the same day i also saw a dead moth on the path it must have been about the same size as the caterpillar so it may have been the same sort. it was the biggest moth i have seen. Elsie glad to hear you are ok take care all. Sue n notts.
7:18 Thu 29 Jul 10
Just saw a black swan on its own. Also got a chance to see the owlets in colour - what a difference it makes. Rosie's Mum
6:51 Thu 29 Jul 10
Karen, the Wildlife folk said if you do come across a fledgling, and it looks like it might be in danger, put the bird in a shoe box where you have found it and keep a watch over it. The parent should be away no more than an hour and knows where the baby is. The one we looked after lives in hedges and if we knew where it had come from we could have put it in the hedge and watched for the parent to find it. The odds are that no other bird would notice it in the hedge. Just sorry we were not able to do that. The cat food to use if you attempt to feed one, is the "pate" type of wet cat food, but the bird needs to be with its own family to learn fear and how to be a bird. Unfortunately, if kept by humans, the bird tends to think it is a human and doesn't learn what it needs to survive. Rosie's Mum in Toronto
11:08 Wed 28 Jul 10
Betty,that's what my daughter called the moth when she noticed it,it just looked like a little Hummingbird.She was about 11 years old at the time so it is 25 years since I last saw the only one I have seen.That was flying around a fuschia plant.You are all very lucky to see them I hope one turns up here.Has anybody seen a Painted Lady butterfly this year?Lindsay. North Yorkshire.
9:59 Wed 28 Jul 10
5 badgers and a fox on Cam 1. We have seen a hummingbird moth once here in Canada. We were at the local garden centre. We thought it was a hummingbird first as we do get those often, but at closer look was a moth. We had to look it up as we didn't know it existed. very exciting. Betty Canada
9:58 Wed 28 Jul 10
If you want some Moths Jill, your quite welcome to visit my greenhouse, they make me jump every night when they fly out at me lol i nearly went through the glass the first time they did it this year it really made me jump!. How lucky Jan you have seen a Hummingbird moth i have never seen one in real life only on TV and pictures, i am in awe of you to say the least. Then i read on and Jill names some i have never heard of let alone seen how i enjoy your posts Jill, i am so sorry to hear about your pulled muscle they are painful i have done the same in the past.. to be quite honest with you i would swap it any day for the aches i have now lol at least it will go better for you soon i hope take it easy Jill. Elaine what a night mare your comp going down pleased you have a lap top though, so at least your able to look in on the cams and keep up, My net has been playing up all day dam it i am sick of it they must be working on it now they have gone all this HD malarkey i turned my TV on earlier ans Noel Edmond's was on he looked as though he was in the Hall of Mirrors i had to alter it he was terrifying lol. Going back to moths Last year Jordan came in with countless weird looking chrysalis they were massive and had horn things on them he told me they were hawk moths i bet they could have been Hummingbird moths for all i know if he gets any more i will take a photo and send it in if the photo page takes off again. Rosie's Mum in toronto enjoyed your post about the bird i agree it make`s you think twice about helping them now i keep thinking i should have left that baby blue tit fledgling i caught and it died on me but i am sure the Magpies would have claimed it but i tried and will seriously think again if it ever happens again i will sit out and shoo the Maggie's off next time it was so upsetting when it died the next morning i was sure it was going to make it with going from about 4 in the afternoon and living till 9 ish the next morning stress got to it i am sure of it. I havent seen much of the cams today as i say my net went down but i saw the Osprey on the nest this morning just one dont know which one though. I watched the badger last night i never tire of watching them they are quite beautiful to me. Karen Stoke
3:46 Wed 28 Jul 10
Have been reading with interest about these moths. I have seen the caterpillar for the Elephant Hawk moth, they are about 2 inches in lenght. In fact Sue said this morning that she had seen one the other day.
Well my computer has well and truly died, I borrowed a monitor from Sue this morning to see if that was the problem, sadly it came up saying the same thing. So I am back to using my sons laptop!!
Elsie, I hope everything went well with your op today. Bet you will be glad to see much better now! Poor Harold you will be finding him more work now! Going for a look round the cams now. Elaine
2:55 Wed 28 Jul 10
Gooodness my typing was appalling in that last post! Jan(Herts) sorry for the mis-spellings! In my defence I can only say that I pulled a muscle in my back yesterday(under shoulder blade and side ribcage) and am in a lot of pain and can't move my left shoulder much. Poor excuse I know lol...
Laura I think you are right that is the proboscis of the hummingbird hawk moth - close-up details are amazing of a moth's head and face..Jill
12:27 Wed 28 Jul 10
Jan(Hers) how luck for you to see the hummingbird hawk moth! Thats one of the great Hawks that I've yet to see - This year at Dungeness I saw Elephant Hawk, Privet Hawk, Eyed Hawk and Poplar Hawk, all of which are beautiful but not as striking as the hummingbird nawk so I am envious! See if you can get a pic of it next time! I'm getting fascinated by moths now and try and catch them in an inspection pot to ID them when I can.
Lovely view of the lake at Denbury this morning but I haven't seen the swans today yet - have they made friends with the original one yet?...Jill
12:15 Wed 28 Jul 10
I will have to keep an eye out for these Hummingbird Hawkmoths, they are lovely to watch, I think if my memory is correct the prong at the front is the proboscis. I have had a lot of butterflies and moths in my garden this year but none of those. They like the budleia (not sure of spelling).
Laura
10:14 Wed 28 Jul 10
Whose Jan @ 8.25, because it wasn't me?
I know there are a few Jans on here, just curious? because I haven't seen both owls flying yet. Must watch them more often.
I will take a look at the butterfly conservation website Lindsay, thank you, I know they only turn up in warm summers, never saw any last year, I have seen it on 2 different days so will keep a note if I see it again.

Jan(herts)