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| Grass snake | 27/8/2005 and 10/9/2005 | Rodental. I saw another two grass snakes earlier in the same (27th) day, one of which was much bigger. This was around 1m long. Apparantly the cloudy/blue eye means it's about ready to shed its skin. |
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| Addersnake | 14/4/2007 | Woods near Newtown, Isle of Wight |
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| Female scorpion fly | 10/9/2005 | Rodental. The male has an upturned tail that looks like a scorpion tail. |
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| Great GreenBush Cricket | 5/8/2005 | Coburg |
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| Roesel's Bush Cricket | 21/8/2005 | Hacksberg near Coburg |
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| Pond Skater | 27/8/2005 | Rodental |
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| Eurygaster testudinaria (Maybe) | 19/8/2005 | Woods behind Coburg castle |
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| Forest Bug | 23/7/2005 | Rodental |
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| Graphosoma italicum | 21/8/2005 | Coburg |
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| Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus |
6/6/2007 | Inside house, Isle of Wight. |
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| Frog with tail | 7/8/2005 | Rodental. He was pretty small, but there were other frogs around smaller than him without tails... so it seemed a bit odd he still had his. |
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| Harvestman | 14/8/2005 | Coburg (my flat). NOT a spider |
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| Hornet | 16/10/2005 | Coburg |
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| Bumble Bee | 23/7/2005 | Rodental |
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| Hover Fly | 5/8/2005 | Woods behind Coburg castle. I thought this was a bee - but a real bee has long antennae. |
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| Hover Fly | 24/7/2005 | Rodental |
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| Crane fly (daddy long-legs) | 30/8/2005 | Untermerzbach |
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| Rhagonycha fulva | 8/6/2007 | Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight |
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| 7-Spot Ladybird Larva | 8/6/2007 | Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight |
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| Ladybird larva. This had its bottom stuck to the leaf, and would raise its body and legs. | 13/6/2007 | Nettles by Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight |
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| Ladybird pupa | 8/6/2007 | Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight |
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| 10-Spot Ladybird | 8/6/2007 | Undercliff near Niton, Isle of Wight. The pattern is very variable. |
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| Oyster Catcher | 8/5/2003 | Isle of Arran (Scotland). Didn't realise at the time, but this Oyster-catcher (or carrot), had a nest nearby and was doing all sorts of tricks to distract us - pretending to have broken a wing and lying down in front of us for example. |
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| Oyster Catcher Nest | 8/5/2003 | Isle of Arran (Scotland). Not exactly comfortable to sit on, I imagine! |
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| Waxwing | 14/1/2006 | Staffelberg |
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| Raven nest (with me standing below) | 9/5/2003 | Isle of Arran (Scotland) |
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| Crow | 27/5/2006 | Frankfurt am Main |
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| Jay | June/July 2006 | Some of the 4 jays that regularly come to my balcony in Offenbach. |
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Video on YouTube. |
| Blackbird | 7/4/2006 | My balcony in Offenbach |
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| Mandarin duck (female) | 9/4/2006 | Frankfurter Stadtwald |
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| Kingfisher | 10/6/2006 | Muehlheim |
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| Red Squirrel | 15/5/2006 | My balcony in Offenbach |
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| Unknown (Please let me know if you can ID!) | 13/6/2007 | Nettles by Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight |
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| Unknown (Please let me know if you can ID!) | 13/6/2007 | Nettles by Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight |
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| Unknown (Please let me know if you can ID!) | 8/6/2007 | Nettles near Roslin, Isle of Wight |
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