Assuming I have got the ID correct, based on the Atlas, this seems to be the first record for the hectad SP63, and indeed the first record for any of the four hectads of NW Bucks since 1963!
Hello Phil, The ID is correct and that's an excellent record for your part of Bucks. It will be very interesting to see where else it appears this year. I had a pair in the garden last night but it is an annual visitor here.
Thanks Dave, I see it is associated with Wych Elm and I have a few of these in the garden, though they never get beyond about 5m before the they die. However they continue to survive via suckers.
Hello Phil,
ReplyDeleteThe ID is correct and that's an excellent record for your part of Bucks. It will be very interesting to see where else it appears this year. I had a pair in the garden last night but it is an annual visitor here.
Thanks Dave,
ReplyDeleteI see it is associated with Wych Elm and I have a few of these in the garden, though they never get beyond about 5m before the they die. However they continue to survive via suckers.
One in my garden between Hampstead Norreys and Ashampstead last night
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