Lesvos Day 4 - Insects Dominated by butterflies today but a nice bertle still to ID

Lesvos Day 4 - A rain interrupted day but we still got some excellent birds, a few of the best ones - Cinereous bunting, Eastern orphean warbler, Western Rock Nuthatch, Cretzschmar's bunting James Lowen Philip

Lesvos Day 3 - Finally got my moth trap out, hundreds of green oak tortrix but some nice moths hidden amongst them, some still to ID here are a few of my favourites

Lesvos Day 3 - The plants were excellent as well, too may to post, my pick below

Lesvos Day 3 - Also had some great insects the striking moth Synaphe moldavica the pick

Lesvos Day 3 - Not yet at 100% but much better so a full day in the field. The birds stole the show today, the star this Kruper's nuthatch James Lowen Philip

Lesvos Day 2 - The Plants.
Holy Orchid the pick

Lesvos Day 2 - The insects.

Lesvos Day 2 - the Herps
Also saw Balkan terrapin in addition to these Levant water frog, Balkan green lizard and Turkish House gecko

Lesvos Day 2 - I took it easy recovering from day 1, with a couple of short local walks but found lots to see - Day 2 Birds James Lowen Philip

Lesvos Day 1 - Did not go to plan, and I spent most of the day in hospital James Lowen brightened thing up with a nice striped hawkmoth thanks to Philip James Lowen for looking after me

Today's Monday Mammal is the Red Squirrel
Their Stronghold is Mainland Scotland
Some Islands in England and Wales never had Greys introduced or have been cleared of Greys to allow Red Squirrels to flourish Photos from Anglesey, Isle of Wight and Mersea Island

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Amazing Pasque Flower Display at Therfield heath, the white Helleborines not quite flowering for #wildflowerhour maybe next week

That is the end of #mammalweek
I hope you have enjoyed finding out about Cambridgeshire's Mammals
You can find out more at cambsmammalgroup.org.uk or contact me
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#mammalweek Day 7
In the last Ice age (c19,000 years ago) Cambs had Reindeer, Woolly Rhino, Woolly mammoths and Bison hunted by lions and hyenas. Their remains are on display in the Sedgewick Museum, Cambridge
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#mammalweek Day 6
In the Eemian Period (c125,000 yrs ago) Hippos, Rhinos, Elephants, Aurochs, Lions and Hyenas roamed round Cambs, their remains are on display in the Sedgewick Museum, Cambridge
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#mammalweek Day 6
Beaver, Boar and Wolf
Did you know that Beavers, Boar and Wolves were once present in Cambridgeshire, but they became extinct in the area in the 1300 to 1400s
They have not been reintroduced Cambs as yet
This skeleton was found in Burwell in 1902
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#mammalweekDay 5
There have been some vagrant mammals make it to Cambridgeshire
Grey Seal – Increasingly recorded in Cambs since the first record in 2015 Seal
Thanks Nick Littlewood for the photos
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#mammalweek Day 5
There have been some vagrant mammals make it to Cambridgeshire such as
Common Dolphin – Amazingly there have been three individuals in Cambridgeshire since 2020
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#mammalweek Day 5
Red Squirrel
Once widespread they are now extinct in Cambs, the last record was in 1973
The nearest population is on Mersea Island, Essex where they have ben reintroduced, I took these photos there recently
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