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It's bright
metallic blue and red colouration, makes The
Ruby-tailed Wasp relatively easy to identify and
is the most well known of the 31 UK species.
Ruby-tailed Wasps are occasionally referred to as
Cuckoo Bees. Females enter the nests of other
solitary bees to lay their eggs. The larvae feed
on the host bee's brood until maturity. This
colourful insect is regularly found on or around
fence posts. |
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| Sherwood
Forest - a brief invertebrate history |
| Sherwood
Forest is well known across the world as
the traditional home of the legend that
is Robin Hood. Many thousands of tourists
visit the site throughout the year to see
the magnificent Major Oak. But whilst
tourism puts money into the local
economy, it also assists in creating
additional pressures on the forest's
already fragile ecology. |
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| Mystery Gull |
| This pale 1st Winter gull
was at Dorket Head, Nottingham on 23/01/10. It's
identity caused some discussion and still remains
unclear. 
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Eakring
Bird news Lapland
Bunting north-east over Eakring Flash
(January 20th) 179 Sky Lark through on
17th, Peregrine on 3rd and 17th,
Short-eared Owl on 2nd, Pink-footed Geese
on 1st, 3rd, 7th and 19th. |
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Migration
summary 2009 2009
marked the 12th year of recording
migration through the Eakring area.
Overall, it was once again the usual mix
of several rarities and mixed fortunes
for several migrants. |
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January
2010 bird review Severely
cold weather, with standing snow and ice
for the first two weeks of the year,
helped to ensure an excellent start to
the new year with Short-eared Owl and
Lapland Bunting. |
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Insect
news 2010 Two
new Rove Beetles for Sherwood from 2009
finally identified and the first
Coleoptera of the year with records of Carabus
problematicus and Striped Ladybird
from Budby South Forest. |
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Systematic
bird list 2009 A
year list ending on 124 species, meant
that 2009 was never going to be the best
of years, but was by no means without
it's highlights and the typical range of
semi-rarities that often occur. |
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Species'
migration Index
page which provides links to individual
species migration pages, showing the
monthly and annual counts of 55 regular
migrant species from 1998. Includes all
2009 migration data. |
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| Ladybirds |
| One of our most popular
pages, featuring most of the Nottinghamshire
species and 
including
photographs to aid with identification and also
including links to pages showing species'
variants and early life-cycle stages - especially
those of larvae and pupae.
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