Stag Beetle, a pic at last!

[Mike J]

Flew across the garden around 8 tonight, stopped for a min. on some dead twigs.
Snapped a few shots with my iPad camera from 15ft away, the closest I could get before it buzzed off!

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It was followed a few mins later by a female that was photo shy.

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[davelumb]

I'll take your word for it there's a stag beetle in the pic.

[Mike J]

I'll take your word for it there's a stag beetle in the pic.

Expand the b' thing, although its wings are blurred buzzing you can see its head clear enough. Well I can

Or are your NHS lenses not up to it

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[davelumb]

I'll take your word for it there's a stag beetle in the pic.

Expand the b' thing, although its wings are blurred buzzing you can see its head clear enough. Well I can

Or are your NHS lenses not up to it

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I did expand it. It looks like some dried grass blowing in the wind!

[Mike J]

I'll take your word for it there's a stag beetle in the pic.

Expand the b' thing, although its wings are blurred buzzing you can see its head clear enough. Well I can

Or are your NHS lenses not up to it

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I did expand it. It looks like some dried grass blowing in the wind!

Im not going to speak to you anymore if you keep find faults with my photographs

It was only with an iPad camera, I cant afford the £Ks camera like you rod makers



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[davelumb]

Is it A or B?

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I can just about make out the 'horns' and blurry wings, but only because you said there's a stag beetle in the pic!

[Steve Dennington]

Bloody hell Mike. That makes me feel better about my wren pics. They're possibly not the worst wildlife pics on here after all!

[davelumb]

Bloody hell Mike. That makes me feel better about my wren pics. They're possibly not the worst wildlife pics on here after all!

[Cyprio]

That must have been some “Stag Night” Mike!

[Mike J]

How cruel you all are
All I did was post a nice pic and now your all picking on me like a nose

First its the rodbuilder and now its

Im off for a to drown my sorrows.




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[Cyprio]

How cruel you all are
All I did was post a nice pic and now your all picking on me like a nose

First its the rodbuilder and now its

Im off for a to drown my sorrows.




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You’ve inspired me Mike.

I took this pic of a Pigeon in a tree today.


I like the pause when you try to spot it.

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[davelumb]

How cruel you all are
All I did was post a nice pic and now your all picking on me like a nose

First its the rodbuilder and now its

Im off for a to drown my sorrows.




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You’ve inspired me Mike.

I took this pic of a Pigeon in a tree today.


I like the pause when you try to spot it. AF4EA27D-6602-4B3F-8840-6A87FF24E0BC.jpeg

The pigeon's obvious.

[Cyprio]

How cruel you all are
All I did was post a nice pic and now your all picking on me like a nose

First its the rodbuilder and now its

Im off for a to drown my sorrows.





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You’ve inspired me Mike.

I took this pic of a Pigeon in a tree today.


I like the pause when you try to spot it. AF4EA27D-6602-4B3F-8840-6A87FF24E0BC.jpeg

The pigeon's obvious.

I was trying to be sympathetic


Not

[davelumb]

How cruel you all are
All I did was post a nice pic and now your all picking on me like a nose

First its the rodbuilder and now its

Im off for a to drown my sorrows.





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You’ve inspired me Mike.

I took this pic of a Pigeon in a tree today.


I like the pause when you try to spot it. AF4EA27D-6602-4B3F-8840-6A87FF24E0BC.jpeg

The pigeon's obvious.

I was trying to be sympathetic


Not

[Mike J]

Here is another pic of the same beetle, flying this time
You can tell its flying because the wings are all blurred males fly in a vertical position because their jaws are so heavy.

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Andy Great pic of the pigeon, what did you take it with?

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[davelumb]

No comment.

[Cyprio]

Here is another pic of the same beetle, flying this time
You can tell its flying because the wings are all blurred males fly in a vertical position because their jaws are so heavy.


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Andy Great pic of the pigeon, what did you take it with?

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A pinch of Salt!

But Is it me or is that roof flapping in tune with the object now referred to as “B”

[Mike J]

No comment.

[quote="Steve Dennington" post_id=733224 time=<a href="tel:1654904931">1654904931</a> user_id=228]
Bloody hell Mike. That makes me feel better about my wren pics. They're possibly not the worst wildlife pics on here after all!

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Here is another pic of the same beetle, flying this time
You can tell its flying because the wings are all blurred males fly in a vertical position because their jaws are so heavy.

0E0FEA84-D1CF-4E2B-8067-0E19746A9B25.jpeg

Andy Great pic of the pigeon, what did you take it with?

A pinch of Salt!

But Is it me or is that roof flapping in tune with the object now referred to as “B”

Another shot just for you p1ss takers but a bit closer this time

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[davelumb]

No comment.

[quote="Steve Dennington" post_id=733224 time=<a href="tel:1654904931">1654904931</a> user_id=228]
Bloody hell Mike. That makes me feel better about my wren pics. They're possibly not the worst wildlife pics on here after all!

Here is another pic of the same beetle, flying this time
You can tell its flying because the wings are all blurred males fly in a vertical position because their jaws are so heavy.

0E0FEA84-D1CF-4E2B-8067-0E19746A9B25.jpeg

Andy Great pic of the pigeon, what did you take it with?

A pinch of Salt!

But Is it me or is that roof flapping in tune with the object now referred to as “B”

Another shot just for you p1ss takers but a bit closer this time
B5864DC7-C692-4357-BEC9-0B6FDDD630F5.jpeg



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That's more like it.

It's a big bugger alright!!

[Andrew]

How cruel you all are
All I did was post a nice pic and now your all picking on me like a nose

First its the rodbuilder and now its

Im off for a to drown my sorrows.




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You’ve inspired me Mike.

I took this pic of a Pigeon in a tree today.


I like the pause when you try to spot it. AF4EA27D-6602-4B3F-8840-6A87FF24E0BC.jpeg

That is a cool tree to be fair

[Mike J]

And right on que his Lady love arrives walking across the lawn.

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Now they are like buses, found a larger male entangled in a cobweb behind the garage that we cleaned up but it is so weak it might not make it and smaller male that had been half eaten.

Incase anyone is interested and sees or has them in their area or garden there is a website where you can register your location. They are a protected species Wildlife and Countryside Act and Biodiversity Framework.

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[davelumb]

Looking at teh distribution map I'm not likely to ever see one.

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles ... tle-facts/

[Andrew]

Looking at teh distribution map I'm not likely to ever see one.

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles ... tle-facts/

I've never seen one of these yet. Do they even have em in scotland.... probably

Used to remember growing up always seeing rain beetles. Frickin huge ones too. Havnt seen any for a good while now. Always a treat to see one.

Did catch a glimpse of a devils coach horse once years ago. Only ever once

[Cyprio]

Another shot just for you p1ss takers

What! To be fair you left the barn door open (or should I say Grants boat door).

Tip hold the camera steady and let the bug crawl like this one I keep in a white box.

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Used to see them in Hertfordshire as a kid. I guess most areas have been turned into housing.

[davelumb]

Looking at teh distribution map I'm not likely to ever see one.

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles ... tle-facts/

I've never seen one of these yet. Do they even have em in scotland.... probably

Used to remember growing up always seeing rain beetles. Frickin huge ones too. Havnt seen any for a good while now. Always a treat to see one.

Did catch a glimpse of a devils coach horse once years ago. Only ever once

According to the link I posted they don't venture much out of the soft south of England.

[Mike J]

Another shot just for you p1ss takers

What! To be fair you left the barn door open (or should I say Grants boat door).

Tip hold the camera steady and let the bug crawl like this one I keep in a white box.
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Used to see them in Hertfordshire as a kid. I guess most areas have been turned into housing.

I have it in good authority that they can found in certain woods in Hertfordshire and around the Hitchen area.

My place is built on the edge of a field, the old trees along the boundary (now the bottom of my garden) had fallen down long before the houses were built but the roots remain and it is in those roots that the beetles have lived for decades. Mine just pop up through the lawn and borders, starting around now and going on into September.
I had a pile of old sticks I had heaped over a heap of moss I raked from the lawn, the idea being to attract a hedgehog but when I looked inside the moss there were a colony of these beetles.

All the shots are with an iPad.
My last camera was a Brownie 127

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[Steve Dennington]

Looking at teh distribution map I'm not likely to ever see one.

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles ... tle-facts/

All you need to do is move to somewhere around that London and Bob's your uncle

[Steve Dennington]

They're proper whoppers, Mike. Like most, I suspect, I'm yet to see one.

[davelumb]

Looking at teh distribution map I'm not likely to ever see one.

https://ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles ... tle-facts/

All you need to do is move to somewhere around that London and Bob's your uncle

Stuff that for a game of soldiers!

[Steve Dennington]

Stuff that for a game of soldiers!

I thought you might say that!