howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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saw it up the heights, not on the nature board though.
this chap blocked my path earlier.
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It looks to be a weevil of some sort. Best to cast down a coin so as to avoid guesses of Rhinoceros Beetle.
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Danged if ah know what that blossom is Howie but it sho is perty!!
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Blackthorn, I am told is the only thing in bloom at the moment.
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Blackthorn it is, start of this year's sloe gin!
The bug looks like a weevil or bark beetle, order Coleoptera, family Curculionidae if you must know
The smallest one in the pic is a grain weevil, none of the others have common names in this book.
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Yes Ray, it's definitely number 14.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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blackthorn was on the identification board i'm sure, didn't look like the photo.
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No Tom, no. 14 is an extra from Doctor Who -
It could be no. 1, I didn't include the top row as it definitely wasn't 2-5.
Otiorhynchus clavipes (Bonsdorff) - I should put that in italics but I don't want the mangement to shout at me
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Howard, might be hawthorn then but a bit early maybe.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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this bee seemed rather attracted to it.
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Definitely blackthorn with those thorns on it.
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I agree with Ray, definitely blackthorn (or slow = wild plum)
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i knew either ray and/or kath would come up with the answer.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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spotted another specie up there this morning that was not on the information board.
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Pussus magpieus
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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can't get one over on you academics, not sure what he was doing up there.
plenty of bird song but they never hang around long enough to give a cat a sporting chance.
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It's got the what used to be called 'A cat may look at a King' look.
Now it's the 'Who you lookin' at?' look.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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totally arrogant, must have known i'd forgotten to bring out my air rifle.
Brian Dixon
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howard thats bagpuss the nasty,lucky it didnt bite your ankles.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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saw this in pencester gardens earlier, wasn't this colour yesterday.
