Yes well worth a look and if you can find it the 'Greenfingers' section is all about gardening for wildlife so some really interesting posts about plant types and the like..
Any problems navigating on there give me a should either here or there and I'll help if I can..
I don't get the time that's my problem and I like that one as I can dip in and out of it as time permits and I always get a warm reception when I go back! This shows that many have followed it for years which to me shows that it is good.
I did go on a photography forum when I first started and it was so unfriendly and 'clicky' that I couldn't stand it.
A forum should allow good discussion and the sharing of ideas and experience as this one and the RSPB one does but the photography one was awful and could put people off of forums for ever if they haven't been on others..
Hope that helps? I'm sure there's more good ones out there but these are the two I've found the most user friendly myself.
Excuse my ignorance (we all have to start somewhere) but do the Peacocks change colour when they hibernate or are the underside of their wings always like that? I have never seen them like that before, but we get them in the garden so maybe i will check our woodshed .... Or at least point them out to OH so he is aware
When the Peacocks first hatch they are jet black underneath but do fade slightly with age. All butterflies and moths fade so you can have a good guess at how long they've been hatched and on the wing. Sometimes they get really tatty with ripped wings and virtually all the coloration and markings rubbed off.
Not a butterfly but this moth clearly demonstrates how tatty they get and I and others have been unable to identify it due to this...
To try and demonstrate the fading of markings, the two moths below are both the same species - Marbled Beauties but you can see how the markings are starting to fade on the second moth, which demonstrates the aging process a bit clearer hopefully...
If you see a Peacock butterfly straight from hatching it's a sight to behold as they almost glow! This doesn't last long and they start to fade quite quickly.
Thanks Higgy - definitely of interest. I will take a bit more notice of our peacocks this summer - i know we have quite a few of them as they are my teenage daughter's favourite instagram subject
I bought myself a butterfly book ( to go with my bird book and wild flower one) last year - once you start to notice these things i find you want to know more about them, and to be able to tell one from the other. However, moths have me stumped at the moment - currently they all look the same to my undiscerning eye
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Thanks higgy, I'll have a look at that forum
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes well worth a look and if you can find it the 'Greenfingers' section is all about gardening for wildlife so some really interesting posts about plant types and the like..
Any problems navigating on there give me a should either here or there and I'll help if I can..
This is my first forum, I've never been into them before. I need to look around for some good ones.
In the sticks near Peterborough
I don't get the time that's my problem and I like that one as I can dip in and out of it as time permits and I always get a warm reception when I go back! This shows that many have followed it for years which to me shows that it is good.
I did go on a photography forum when I first started and it was so unfriendly and 'clicky' that I couldn't stand it.
A forum should allow good discussion and the sharing of ideas and experience as this one and the RSPB one does but the photography one was awful and could put people off of forums for ever if they haven't been on others..
Hope that helps? I'm sure there's more good ones out there but these are the two I've found the most user friendly myself.
Cheers
Higgy
Nut - fabulous photograph when you blow it up - OH and I are spellbound just looking at it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Excuse my ignorance (we all have to start somewhere
) but do the Peacocks change colour when they hibernate or are the underside of their wings always like that? I have never seen them like that before, but we get them in the garden so maybe i will check our woodshed .... Or at least point them out to OH so he is aware
The undersides are always like that chicky. Well camouflaged in the woodshed
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks Dove, I'll tell the photographer
(OH)
In the sticks near Peterborough
Chicky,
When the Peacocks first hatch they are jet black underneath but do fade slightly with age. All butterflies and moths fade so you can have a good guess at how long they've been hatched and on the wing. Sometimes they get really tatty with ripped wings and virtually all the coloration and markings rubbed off.
Not a butterfly but this moth clearly demonstrates how tatty they get and I and others have been unable to identify it due to this...
To try and demonstrate the fading of markings, the two moths below are both the same species - Marbled Beauties but you can see how the markings are starting to fade on the second moth, which demonstrates the aging process a bit clearer hopefully...
If you see a Peacock butterfly straight from hatching it's a sight to behold as they almost glow! This doesn't last long and they start to fade quite quickly.
Hope that all makes sense and is of interest?
Best
Higgy
http://higgysgardenproject.blogspot.co.uk/
Thanks Higgy - definitely of interest. I will take a bit more notice of our peacocks this summer - i know we have quite a few of them as they are my teenage daughter's favourite instagram subject
I bought myself a butterfly book ( to go with my bird book and wild flower one) last year - once you start to notice these things i find you want to know more about them, and to be able to tell one from the other. However, moths have me stumped at the moment - currently they all look the same to my undiscerning eye