Observations of the diverse wildlife found in Lincolnshire, UK.

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Web Name: Observations of the diverse wildlife found in Lincolnshire, UK.

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keywords:Text and images of animals, birds, butterflies, moths, beetles, other insects, plants and galls observed in Lincolnshire, UK.
description:Images, notes and diary records of some of the biological species found in East Lincolnshire, UK. The sitemap has links to all featured species
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This page Home - Introduction Recent updates Use of images Site evolution Acknowledgements Feedback (contact) Links
Site Map (species index)
Butterflies Micro Moths a Micro Moths b Macro Moths 1 Macro Moths 2 Macro Moths 3 Macro Moths 4 Macro Moths 5 Macro Moths 6 Beetles Page 1 Beetles Page 2 - Weevils - Ladybirds Bugs Dragonflies, etc. Flies Page 1 Flies Page 2 Flies Page 3 Hoverflies Sawflies Bees and Wasps Other Insects Spiders Galls page 1 Galls page 2 Plants Animals Birds page 1 Birds page 2 Leeches, etc. What is it?

page updated
01.10.2016

A Nature Observer's Scrapbook Introduction

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....... hopefully, that title, "A Nature Observer's Scrapbook", will imply that this site has no pretensions, in any way, to being an authoritive wildlife guide or a reference site.

The images and diary records that follow simply represent the astonishing diversity of species that I have stumbled across in my 'home patch' near Horncastle in East Lincolnshire, UK. The entries date from 2003 when I bought my first digital camera. Initially I thought I might find half a dozen butterflies, a few moths and one or two beetles but I gradually awoke to the huge variety of natural wonders that exist all around us - if only we care to stop and look. On a few occasions I have gone out with the deliberate intention of looking for something in particular. I rarely find what I am looking for but, I do come across all sorts of surprises and chance encounters.


Initially, I tried to keep my intrusion into the natural world to a minimum and most subjects were photographed as they were found. But latterly, hand tremor has made that less successful and I have resorted to carefully scooping up tolerant subjects and bringing them indoors where I have more camera control - and can occasionally add a scaled background which is vital for identification of a lot of species. All specimens are then released back from whence they came, to their natural environment.


NB. All dates are in the dd.mm.yyyy format.

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Changes to the site since 6th April 2014.

The most recent updates are at the top and clicking on a specific 'Update' should take you directly to that item.

DatePageUpdate01.10.2016Other InsectsScorpion Fly (revised text)31.08.2015ButterfliesHolly Blue (new image and text)27.05.2015SpidersNursery Web Spider (new image and text)27.02.2015Macro Moths Page 5Burnished Brass (new species)24.02.2015Macro Moths page 4Green Pug (new image)17.02.2015Macro Moths page 2Gem (new species)15.02.2015Birds page 2Robin (new species)14.02.2015Birds page 2Jay (new species)13.02.2015Birds page 2Pied Wagtail (new species)12.02.2015Birds page 1Dunnock/Accentor/Hedge Sparrow new species.Birds page 1Lapwing, new image.11.02.2015Birds page 2Fieldfare, new image.Birds page 2Turnstone, new species.25.01.2015Birds page 2Blackbird, new species.22.01.2015Birds page 2Fieldfare, new species.Birds page 2Redwing, new species.18.01.2015Macro Moths page 4Flightless female Winter Moth, new image13.01.2015Birds page 2Long-tailed Tit, new species added12.01.2015Birds page 2Goldfinch, new species addedBirds page 2Chaffinch, new species addedBirds page 2Blue Tit, new species addedBirds page 2Great Tit, new species addedBirds page 2Coal Tit, new species added15.11.2014 Macro Moths page 4Winter Moth text updated, new image.10.11.2014 Macro Moths page 2Mottled Umber, new male moth image.20.04.2014SpidersClubiona, Sac spider, text correction.06.04.2014Flies page 2Bee-fly, new images and text update

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Use of images.


I am only too well aware that there are many excellent images out there on the web but, copyright issues often do not make it possible to use them to embellish what I have found. Therefore, where it is felt appropriate, links are provided pointing to parent websites where topic supportive images can be viewed.

By the same token, all images on this site are copyright protected and inbound links are allowed.

While the use of individual images may be favourably approved for non web based personal use, educational, charitable or non-profit purposes (provided that the copyright attribution is retained), formal approval should be sought from ....

. . . . . this mail address

.... advising of the circumstances in which a specific image will be used.

Publication approval for any other purpose will be considered on its merits.

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Site evolution.

This DIY attempt at a multi-linked-page site (using X/HTML and CSS) started out way back in 2004 as a 'for my eyes only'concept - a sort of, 'I wonder how that's done?', experiment. It was a tortuous road with many visits downblind alleys.

I cannot claim that the site was 'designed'. It just grew. As problems were solved other options opened up.It was initially developed on an IE6 browser and a 15 inch monitor with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pix. (That'sby way of an excuse should any 'odd' things show up on your system.)

After some persuasion to 'embrace a multi browser audience' - and many tweaks, twiddles andvalidation cycles later, it appears to comply with W3C X/HTML and CSS standards. It 'should' now be viewable (more or less as intended) with the IE6, IE7, IE8 (in 'compatibility' mode), Opera 7.23, Mozilla 1.6 and the Apple Safari browsers.

One of my self imposed goals was to keep the lefthand navigation sidebar viewable at all times. As a result, the layoutis a bit lop-sided when viewed full screen in Opera and Mozilla but that is an attempted compromise to keepthe content viewable should anyone want to use a minimised window.

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Acknowledgements.

While building the site, I relied heavily on a well thumbed edition of,
'A Visual Quickstart Guide',HTML for the World Wide Web , 5th edition, by Elizabeth Castro,
- very good value at Amazon.co.uk.

That apart, probably the best HTML teaching aids that I came across were the two validation engines that I used,
the CSE HTML Validator Lite and the W3C MarkUp Validation Service .
These validators not only point out what may be wrong with the coding, they also offer hints and suggestions about putting it right!

And then there was the invaluable friendly help, advice and encouragement receivedfrom the uk.people.silversurfer newsgroup gang, who kept me going as I struggled through the 'dark days'.

As the site audience grew and information accuracy became paramount I came to rely extensively upon the expertise of a large band of very knowledgeable experts, largely drawn from the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union, for verification of species identification. Whatever merit the site may have is down to their enthusiastic help and encouragement - for which I am truly grateful.

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And finally, ....... feedback.

Should you find any broken links, errors, typos, questionable statements or identifications or, indeed, any irritating facets of the site design, or maybe you have a follow-up question or general comment, please feel free to contact me at

. . . . this feedback address.

Thank you for viewing. I hope you found something of interest.

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Links.

Mentioned within this site are several links to other websites where context supportive information can be found. The following sites are among those which I return to regularly and can recommend.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Lincolnshire Naturalist's Union
'ukmoths' photo gallery
Nature Notes from Skye
Nature Notes from Argyll
Paul Mabbott Ladybird Surveys

Nature Diaries Webring [JoinNow | RingHub | Random| Prev | Next ]

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