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This blog asked you to write about either the best month of the year or the worst.  The winner of the ‘Worst Month’ category is Louise Bacon with her entry ‘February’. Louise wins a copy of my book Remarkable Birds. The winner of the ‘Best Month’ category will be published next Sunday. Louise writes:  I…

Tim writes: this is a male Silver-studded Blue butterfly showing its silver studs in the black pupils around the hindwing margin. The second photograph shows the upperwings.   It occurs primarily on lowland heathlands but a few colonies also occur on limestone.  Its caterpillars feed on a variety of plants including gorse, heather and rock-rose, but…

Egg collector pleads guilty to charges Most prolific egg collector in recent times took nearly 5,000 eggs, including those of rare and declining birds. Today (12 October) Daniel Lingham appeared at Norwich Magistrates’ Court facing five charges contrary to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, relating to the taking and possession of wild bird eggs….