RED DEER AT WALLAND FARM

Whilst delivering Roy's birthday present on Wednesday, we saw a shy red deer hind coming out of the woods. Here you can see the conservation lake, the deer and the back of Corinna's head in one stunning image....

WHEN A MUMMY BUFF ERMINE LOVES A DADDY BUFF ERMINE VERY MUCH,,,

When I was a boy in Woolsery back in the 1970s, the ermine moths (both this species (Spilosoma luteum) and the more common white ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) were amongst my favourite lepidoptera.

I say "more common" under advisement, because these days neither species is particularly widespread.

However, these two, on the wall of the cottage just outside my office door are doing their best to remedy that, and ensure that there will indeed be a new generation next year...

GLEN VAUDREY: Lego alien abduction

Jon,

This made me laugh. The latest Lego set out this summer. what is the world coming to when a Lego start making an alien abduction set. it cant be long before they bring out the cryptozoology set.

all the best

Glen


UFO Abduction Item #: 7052
Stop the alien abduction!
The alien defense unit soldier is on a mission to stop the UFO as it tries to abduct the poor farmer! Watch out, the UFO’s illuminated tractor beam is fired up to capture him! Fire the flick missile before the alien brings the frightened farmer on board and spins his ship into space. If the UFO lands on the farmer, he’ll be trapped inside!


Includes 3 minifigures: alien defense unit soldier, farmer with pitchfork and alien trooper
Alien UFO features illuminated tractor beam
Includes LEGO® bricks to build roadblocks
Land on minifigures to take them prisoner in the UFO with the abduction function!

DALE: The third and final part of his series on giant eels

Part III of the Chessie series has gone up to cover the Giant Freshwater eel problem in the rest of the World:
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/07/cressie-and-chessie-part-iii-great-orms.html

To be followed by an afterword about Titanocongers, the BIGGER kind of giant eels (apparently exclusively marine), And today has a brief posting on Frontiers of Anthropology alerting readers to a site on Human Giants which incl;udes some of my material along with more evidence supplied by others:

http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2011/07/new-info-on-prehistoric-giant-humans.html

LITTLE GREEN MEN WITH GREEN FINGERS?