tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187205988785761.post1746168895394670225..comments2024-03-19T10:39:34.661-07:00Comments on Views of the Ock: More signs of springRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049987106163260521noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187205988785761.post-53799374466258473252011-04-22T13:17:09.834-07:002011-04-22T13:17:09.834-07:00Hi Rachel,
Thank you very much for that fantastic ...Hi Rachel,<br />Thank you very much for that fantastic link. I'm a huge fan of Terry Whittaker's water vole pictures (there is a link to his blog on the right), somehow it is not surprising he spends up to 8 hours taking pictures.<br />I will add it to a future post.<br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />Richard.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049987106163260521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187205988785761.post-13411991609277579282011-04-22T13:12:34.964-07:002011-04-22T13:12:34.964-07:00Hi Anne,
I've done some research and yes, taxo...Hi Anne,<br />I've done some research and yes, taxonmically speaking, our orange tips are related to your falcate orangetip (they both belong to the genus Anthocharis).<br />I don't know if they share a common ancestor or have evolved separately to fill the same ecological nicheRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049987106163260521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187205988785761.post-35592451218732545822011-04-22T04:52:42.673-07:002011-04-22T04:52:42.673-07:00Hi Richard,
Did you see this in yesterday's D...Hi Richard,<br /><br />Did you see this in yesterday's Daily Mail? Good to see them promoting water voles (even though it's not my favourite paper!)<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1379071/Water-voles-One-Britains-endangered-species-play.html<br /><br />Hope this link works.<br /><br />Rachel MRachel Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187205988785761.post-32504511577327780592011-04-20T18:04:26.091-07:002011-04-20T18:04:26.091-07:00Terrific photos, especially of the queen bumble be...Terrific photos, especially of the queen bumble bee! We have a similar butterfly in the midwestern US, the falcate orangetip. I assume they're related.Anne McCormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411395323766178814noreply@blogger.com