Prague, pests and patch

If anyone wondered why I’d been quiet for the last week or so, it’s because I had a week away in Prague. It’s a beautiful city, but it would be off-topic to talk too much about it. Needless to say I kept my eyes open for birds while I was there, though. I missed out [...]

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More harlequins

I’ve seen two more of the dreaded harlequin ladybirds since my last post about them. The first was another ‘spectabilis‘ form individual in the living room the other week, walking across the floor. This one was quite sprightly, so undoubtedly different to the half-dead ladybird I found last time, although I found it (or at least [...]

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