Suzannek Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 On Sunday I went to Bishop Middleham Quarry Nature Reserve, half an hours drive away. Very difficult to find via sat nav as not on google maps! Anyway some lovely flora growing there with it being part of the Magnesian Limestone grasslands. Fragrant Orchids, Common Centaury and the Dark Red Helleborine loads growing here, . There were also lots of Durham's butterfly Northern Brown Argus, Common Blues and other butterflies none would pose for photos. It is an amazing place. Also usually growing here are Bee, Frog, Spider, Pyramidal, Common and Heath Spotted Orchids
Suzannek Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Monday at Low Force in Upper Teesdale, 20 minutes in the car
Guest Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Lots of these wee chaps out at the moment, which is great considering all the talk about their decline.
Winsford Soul Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 12 hours ago, suzannek said: Monday at Low Force in Upper Teesdale, 20 minutes in the car Suz. Looking fabulous. You live in a truly stunning part of the country. Steve
Winsford Soul Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 7 hours ago, Steve Lane said: Lots of these wee chaps out at the moment, which is great considering all the talk about their decline. Steve. I,m assuming its a white tailed bumble bee but not my strong point insects. Lovely photographs, actually looks like the bee is asleep Steve
Winsford Soul Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) This picture was taken recently and is believed to be the largest Great White shark ever photographed and is estimated to be over twenty feet in length.it dwarfs the divers. its a truly stunning and amazing creature Edited July 20, 2016 by Winsford Soul
Guest Posted July 21, 2016 Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) 19 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: Steve. I,m assuming its a white tailed bumble bee but not my strong point insects. Lovely photographs, actually looks like the bee is asleep Steve Don`t know much myself but this one`s a wild bumble-bee, very placid......not sure how to tell it`s sex or I would have got a little nearer, males don`t sting! Our next door neighbour has a bee hive (Hive bees are small and have very little colour) and the other week while I was washing my car they all came out and swarmed together, like a giant cloud of noise, fascinating until a few of them decided I was trespassing and had to chase me off.....all anyone could see was a half naked nutter running and jumping whirling my shirt around like I was playing helicopters. I got stung on the eye-lid. All from our garden.........This one I took today, different kind of Bee.....looks more wasp-like. Edited July 21, 2016 by Guest
Crazylegs Posted July 21, 2016 Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Just found this little bu**ger eating away at my orange tree this afternoon!! He has now been relocated to the garden wall..................... with a few leaves to chomp away on! Eastern Black Swallowtail???? x Edited July 21, 2016 by crazylegs
Tattoodave Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 12 hours ago, crazylegs said: Just found this little bu**ger eating away at my orange tree this afternoon!! He has now been relocated to the garden wall..................... with a few leaves to chomp away on! Eastern Black Swallowtail???? x Yes, that's what it is, quite a variable species as a caterpillar and a butterfly, and not that common. It's one I would have tried my best to help along by leaving him where he was feeding and hope he would pupate where I could watch.
Crazylegs Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Hey Dave I did want to leave it but the orange tree is still a baby, so he is now lodging on an older tree and I am monitoring progress Can anyone help out with this mushroom/toadstool/funghi/dunnowhatthehell Its growing under an hibiscus, its quite frail, but its not getting much sun under such a large bushy plant Cant find info it and I'm quite concerned cause of Clyde (doggy) Im sure someone on here can help out x Edited July 22, 2016 by crazylegs
Tattoodave Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 3 hours ago, crazylegs said: Hey Dave I did want to leave it but the orange tree is still a baby, so he is now lodging on an older tree and I am monitoring progress Can anyone help out with this mushroom/toadstool/funghi/dunnowhatthehell Its growing under an hibiscus, its quite frail, but its not getting much sun under such a large bushy plant Cant find info it and I'm quite concerned cause of Clyde (doggy) Im sure someone on here can help out x Well done, he should be OK in an older tree. As for the fungi, I doubt whether Clyde would be interested in it, just pull it up, it's growing on the rotting vegetation from the hibiscus soil, and they thrive in the shade. Identifying them is a minefield and I don't have a book that covers anywhere but the UK
Suzannek Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Bees and Hoverflies Safari, on the patch of thistles in our garden
Woodbutcher Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Something a little more suitable to the forum from me for a change ... Can never quite seem to make just a straightforward box me ...
Winsford Soul Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 11 minutes ago, WoodButcher said: Something a little more suitable to the forum from me for a change ... Can never quite seem to make just a straightforward box me ... Had one made for me a few years ago by Mark Clugston very similar in size. proper dovetail joints on the corners. With a little plaque inside with a nice inscription Steve
Winsford Soul Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Not long got in from fishing a match at Tarvin sands fishery near Chester. No pictures but had the pleasure of helping weighing my mate John Hammonds catch. He has set a new fishery record beating the old one by 120LB . It now stands at a massive 281LB for a five hour match. .Jealous or what. I had a measly 25LB Steve
Amsterdam Russ Posted July 23, 2016 Author Posted July 23, 2016 28 minutes ago, WoodButcher said: Something a little more suitable to the forum from me for a change ... Can never quite seem to make just a straightforward box me ... Wonderful - it must be incredibly heavy! Does it get lugged around much?
Woodbutcher Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Not these days ... Not that heavy , but no handles to make it awkward for anyone to make off with it ... Edited July 23, 2016 by WoodButcher
Addio Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Burbage common, paths freshly cut, golf course in distance. if you could bottle today's weather........
Martyn Pitt Posted July 24, 2016 Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) A Small Skipper Edited July 24, 2016 by martyn pitt
Winsford Soul Posted July 24, 2016 Posted July 24, 2016 4 hours ago, martyn pitt said: A Small Skipper Martyn. Stunning picture as always. Question. Was you stood up in tall grass or lay down in short grass to get the picture. ? You seem to be at eye level with it. You heading for Bury this weekend mate ? Steve
Martyn Pitt Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 12 hours ago, Winsford Soul said: Martyn. Stunning picture as always. Question. Was you stood up in tall grass or lay down in short grass to get the picture. ? You seem to be at eye level with it. You heading for Bury this weekend mate ? Steve I was knelt down No to Bury Have another one for your cheek
Crazylegs Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 Been for a walk around Ciutadella today, had lunch by the old port and when we came home my new Hibiscus has flowered, love the colours! x
Shsdave Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Found this fellow on top of a light behind me in a taverna in Corfu, lucky enough to catch him/her feeding on flies etc attracted to the light
Martyn Pitt Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 A first ever for Belvide, I suspect a fugitive on the lamb ... anyone missing a Peacock? He was trying to hide on a bough across a pond, in the woods.
Suzannek Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Did my Big Butterfly count and here are a few photos, taken mainly down my favourite woods, it is a wildlife haven. First two of Small Skippers; Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral and a Speckled Wood Edited August 2, 2016 by suzannek
Suzannek Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 I took this stunning boy a male Common Blue Damselfly at Low Barns Nature Reserve at Witton le Wear
Gerry H Posted August 2, 2016 Posted August 2, 2016 just a few pickies i got off the net if they work
Woodbutcher Posted August 4, 2016 Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) Well after twenty-odd years of being abused I thought it about time that my trusty chisels deserved a couple of decent cases , it'll be nice to have them all in one place for once ... And as I had some very nice 100+ year old quarter-sawn oak waiting for the right moment and bundles of veneers kicking about I couldn't help but get a little carried away again , they'll no doubt get trashed on site soon enough but sometimes you just have to go the extra yard ... And just in case you think I cheated ... Edited August 4, 2016 by WoodButcher Added photo.
Widnes63 Posted August 4, 2016 Posted August 4, 2016 Great work old chap....love those dovetails with the score lines left in...too good to use out though !!!!
Woodbutcher Posted August 4, 2016 Posted August 4, 2016 14 minutes ago, Widnes63 said: Great work old chap....love those dovetails with the score lines left in...too good to use out though !!!! Nah , they'll soon be slung in the back of the motor and covered in s**t with everything else ...
Venus Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 5 BIRDS OF A DIFFERENT KIND...MY 5 LOVELY SISTERS SORRY COULDN'T RESIST IT.
Winsford Soul Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 4 hours ago, Venus said: 5 BIRDS OF A DIFFERENT KIND...MY 5 LOVELY SISTERS SORRY COULDN'T RESIST IT. All looking gorgeous . but I knew that already. Steve. X
Ncfc Posted August 6, 2016 Posted August 6, 2016 (edited) On 8/4/2016 at 15:02, WoodButcher said: Well after twenty-odd years of being abused I thought it about time that my trusty chisels deserved a couple of decent cases , it'll be nice to have them all in one place for once ... And as I had some very nice 100+ year old quarter-sawn oak waiting for the right moment and bundles of veneers kicking about I couldn't help but get a little carried away again , they'll no doubt get trashed on site soon enough but sometimes you just have to go the extra yard ... And just in case you think I cheated ... I use mine for knocking tiles of walls these daysBeen a carpenter all my life and hate it with a passion.(too much housebashing) Kitchen fitter now known as the Caister flatpacker Edited August 6, 2016 by NCFC
Amsterdam Russ Posted August 6, 2016 Author Posted August 6, 2016 Standing just now at Hoofddorp station waiting for a train into Amsterdam and heard the unmistakable cry of a peregrine. Looked up and spied two of them. Most unexpected!
Martyn Pitt Posted August 7, 2016 Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) A juvenile Marsh Harrier has been on the prowl for food most of the day, didn't see it catch anything so I expect he is getting peckish Edited August 7, 2016 by martyn pitt
Winsford Soul Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 Just returned from a fabulous long weekend in Porthmadog on the Llyn peninsular in North Wales. Will sort out a few pictures but here's one for now Steve
Zed1 Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 Right....time for something a little less organic. My December 1976 Kawasaki Z1000 which has been my little project for the last couple of years.....
Widnes63 Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, Zed1 said: Right....time for something a little less organic. My December 1976 Kawasaki Z1000 which has been my little project for the last couple of years..... So that's where you have been hiding !!!! Nice bike Gaz, looks brand new
Winsford Soul Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 6 minutes ago, Zed1 said: Right....time for something a little less organic. My December 1976 Kawasaki Z1000 which has been my little project for the last couple of years..... Gaz. I,m sorry mate but I cant see GP 200 or SX 200 or TV 175 anywhere mate Ste
Peter99 Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 18 minutes ago, Zed1 said: Right....time for something a little less organic. My December 1976 Kawasaki Z1000 which has been my little project for the last couple of years..... Wow! Nice project mate. Well done. Peter
Zed1 Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 11 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said: Gaz. I,m sorry mate but I cant see GP 200 or SX 200 or TV 175 anywhere mate Ste Owned an SX and LI back in the day Ste, but big Jap 4's were always my first love.
Rick Cooper Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said: Gaz. I,m sorry mate but I cant see GP 200 or SX 200 or TV 175 anywhere mate Ste Here you go, my SX 200 from 1970 Rick
Winsford Soul Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 12 hours ago, Rick Cooper said: Here you go, my SX 200 from 1970 Rick Thanks Rick. Only ever had Li 150,s. And I haven't any pictures unfortunately. I know there is some of me from my scooter days but don't see the lads or girls that I knocked about with very often . Only seems to be at funerals these day. Steve
Winsford Soul Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) These three pictures where taken a few miles inland from Shell island in Snowdonia. The 1st one doesn't really do the picture justice as I have climbed down onto a rocky ledge overlooking a fifteen metre drop into the raging waters. The 2nd one is pointing the camera upstream and the 3rd is taken of the view down the gorge. Steve Edited August 10, 2016 by Winsford Soul
Winsford Soul Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 Here's a few more sunsets . The 2nd one is a arty farty take on the 1st one . Deliberately moving the camera slightly as you press the shutter button. Steve
Winsford Soul Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 I was unfortunately about 15 minutes late to get the shots that I really wanted Steve
Zed1 Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 Gorgeous views Ste. Although I remember a time when you'd have preferred this one ......
Winsford Soul Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 21 minutes ago, Zed1 said: Gorgeous views Ste. Although I remember a time when you'd have preferred this one ...... Cheers Gaz. If only. Without a doubt the greatest time of my life. Ste
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