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Mark Hows

@markhows

Mostly Mammals but likes all wildlife particularly Ladybirds, Birds, Moths, Herps, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Plants. Likes real ale and and chips.

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Joined February 2009
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Namibia 🇳🇦 Day 3 - Brandenberg - Some excellent Elephant encounters plus the endemic Damara ground squirrel
Savanna Elephant

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Ruppells Korhaan

ALT Ruppells Korhaan

Bokmakierie

ALT Bokmakierie

Damara Ground Squirrel

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Namibia 🇳🇦 Day 2 - Walvis Bay - Excellent boat trip Heavy side dolphins, 3 Humpback whales and loads of fur seals
Afro Australian Fur sea

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Humpback whale

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Humpback Whale

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Namibia 🇳🇦 Day 1 - Wavis Bay - mostly travelling to the coast but time for some Birding
Lesser Flamingo

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Crowned Cormorant

ALT Crowned Cormorant

Little Stint

ALT Little Stint

Chestnut Banded Plover

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Namibia 🇳🇦 Day 0, Arrived in Windhoek early afternoon time for a quick walk round town, mostly touristy stuff but Rosy faced lovebirds and Rock agama of note.
Windhoek

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Hassan Draught

ALT Hassan Draught

Rosy Faced Lovebird

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Rock Agama

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I was about to give up when the nutcracker put in an appearance in the torrential rain this afternoon, it made a lot of very wet birders very happy
Nutcracker

ALT Nutcracker

Nutcracker

ALT Nutcracker

Nutcracker

ALT Nutcracker

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21 Species in my Garden this morning (VC29) including this nice pink Vestal #teammoth
Vestal

ALT Vestal

Small Mottled Willow

ALT Small Mottled Willow

Rusty Dot Pearl

ALT Rusty Dot Pearl

Merveille du Jour

ALT Merveille du Jour

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Catching up on the trail cameras in my little reserve, a buzzard taking a weasel was a pretty good capture.
Weasel and Buzzard

ALT Weasel and Buzzard

Weasel and Buzzard

ALT Weasel and Buzzard

Harvest Mouse

ALT Harvest Mouse

Roe Deer

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About a dozen Juniper Carpets in Oxfordshire last night with @dartfordtrapper
Juniper Carpet

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Juniper Carpet

ALT Juniper Carpet

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Just 18 species in my VC29 Garden (Thursday morning) a Large wainscot was of note #teammoth
Merveille du Jour

ALT Merveille du Jour

Large Wainscot

ALT Large Wainscot

Dark Chestnut

ALT Dark Chestnut

Mallow

ALT Mallow

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Despite 2 trap failures in my nature reserve (VC29) (Thursday morning) I had 34 species, the highlight was over 60 large wainscots and a Pale lemon Sallow #teamoth
Dark Chestnut

ALT Dark Chestnut

Epirrita sp

ALT Epirrita sp

Mottled Umber

ALT Mottled Umber

Large wainscot

ALT Large wainscot

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Very few moths of 21 species in my VC29 garden this morning but a very interesting mix #teammoth
Streak

ALT Streak

Scarce Bordered Straw

ALT Scarce Bordered Straw

Dark Spectacle

ALT Dark Spectacle

Cypress Pug

ALT Cypress Pug

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Cypress carpet not Streak
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33 Species in my nature reserve (VC29) this morning a nice Vestal and yet another Dusky Lemon sallow #teammoth
Vestal

ALT Vestal

Silver Y

ALT Silver Y

Feathered Thorn

ALT Feathered Thorn

Dusky Lemon Sallow

ALT Dusky Lemon Sallow

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13 Species in the VC29 Garden this morning, first Silver Y for a while but apart from that the usual suspects #teammoth
Dark Chestnut

ALT Dark Chestnut

Mallow

ALT Mallow

Silver Y

ALT Silver Y

Barred Sallow

ALT Barred Sallow

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Just 17 species this morning little of note until the bottom of the last trap with a nice Vestal and a Merveille du Jour to save the day #teammoth
Merveille du Jour

ALT Merveille du Jour

Vestal

ALT Vestal

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Two really different sized Large Wainscots in my nature reserve this morning #teammoth
Large Wainscot

ALT Large Wainscot

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Of the 44 Species in my nature reserve (VC29) very unexpected species were Tawny wave, Kent Black Arches, Least Carpet and box tree moth 2/2 #teammoth
Box Tree Moth

ALT Box Tree Moth

Kent Black Arches

ALT Kent Black Arches

Tawny Wave

ALT Tawny Wave

Least Carpet

ALT Least Carpet

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44 Species in my nature reserve (VC29) A very strange catch plenty of expected species 5 sallow species, satellite, Autumnal rustic, Brick, chestnut, Green brindled crescent etc. and the cracking Merveille du Jour but TBC.. 1/2 #teammoth
Merveille du Jour

ALT Merveille du Jour

Satellite

ALT Satellite

Brick

ALT Brick

Dusky lemon Sallow

ALT Dusky lemon Sallow

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20 Species in my VC29 Garden this morning, a few nice moths Red Green Carpet and Grey Shoulder Knot the pick #teammoth
Red Green Carpet

ALT Red Green Carpet

Red Line Quaker

ALT Red Line Quaker

Grey Shoulder Knot

ALT Grey Shoulder Knot

Green Brindled Crescent

ALT Green Brindled Crescent

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No sign of the Sykes warbler on Friday but a good showing from the Bottlenose Dolphins were some consolation with @dartfordtrapper
Bottlenose Dolphins

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Bottlenose Dolphins

ALT Bottlenose Dolphins

Bottlenose Dolphins

ALT Bottlenose Dolphins

Bottlenose Dolphins

ALT Bottlenose Dolphins

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