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I asked a simple question and in under six days 908 people responded: Now that’s quite clear. We have no way of knowing who these people were – the survey was promoted on social media and was open to any to answer (but that doesn’t mean that the respondents were anything like representative). But the…

Guy writes: Golden eagle – it doesn’t really get much better does it! Probably one of the most well-known birds to the man on the street – symbolic of beauty, power, speed & wilderness. I saw my first eagles when I was about 11 years old on a holiday with my father to Scotland.  A…

Tim writes: Purple Hairstreaks are one of our commonest hairstreaks, but they are not easy to see and even less easy to photograph.  That’s because they are essentially a treetop butterfly that only occasionally ventures down to ground level.  They occasionally visit flowers but usually obtain their sugary fuel from aphid honeydew on tree leaves. …

…and it takes about 15 minutes to complete.