Graham Ramsay
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Graham RamsayParticipantGot logged in today – first time for a week or so. The site is almost unusable due to the formatting problem though.
Graham RamsayParticipantThe smallest grade food I tried was something called oyster relish which has particles down to 1 micron. Some of the other stuff I tried like Nannochloropsis & green water is also really small. Small enough even for these.
They were certainly eating something as unfed fry always died after 3 or 4 days. I think it may have as much to do with environment than food.
Graham RamsayParticipantThey are very easy to spawn and you get thousands of eggs every few days. I tried lots of ways of raising the fry. Different water depths, temperatures, filtration, salinity and all types of foods – green water, rotifers, mud from rock pools etc. etc.
The best I did was 10 days.
Graham RamsayParticipantThe current populations are all re-introductions. Beavers were hunted to extinction on these islands as much as 5 centuries ago sadly.
Graham RamsayParticipantGoodness it needs a good feed! Loaches not my thing but these are usually sold as horse-faced loaches
May 20, 2015 at 1:28 pm in reply to: Messing about in Andalucía; birds, butterflies, and other bichos #354666
Graham RamsayParticipantWhen I lived in Saudi Arabia people sometimes approached me about a strange bird they had seen. It was always, without exception, a Hoopoe.
May 12, 2015 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Messing about in Andalucía; birds, butterflies, and other bichos #354624
Graham RamsayParticipantThe gulls would be Larus michahellis. As for the lark? Not the best angle to see the beak, which is the best way to separate them. It looks like it’s quite long though, so maybe crested.
Have a look here – comparison.
Graham RamsayParticipantApril 29, 2015 at 12:14 am in reply to: Messing about in Andalucía; birds, butterflies, and other bichos #354560
Graham RamsayParticipantDo the vultures get fed?
Graham RamsayParticipantThe molly might be mexicana?
Graham RamsayParticipantNot sure if this is what you want. I know nothing of the regulations in Jordan though.
Graham RamsayParticipantGood circulation is advisable in any tank. Filter or not.
February 18, 2015 at 1:02 am in reply to: Messing about in Andalucía; birds, butterflies, and other bichos #354201
Graham RamsayParticipant@Matt said:
Cheers Graham, any opinion on species? Tree or meadow maybe?
The long hind claws and thin bill are characteristics of Anthus pratensis – meadow pipit.
February 13, 2015 at 7:35 pm in reply to: Messing about in Andalucía; birds, butterflies, and other bichos #354166
Graham RamsayParticipantThink your grasshopper warbler is a pipit. Check out those hind claws.
February 8, 2015 at 10:35 pm in reply to: Messing about in Andalucía; birds, butterflies, and other bichos #354136
Graham RamsayParticipantYes I’ve been watching birds since I was a kid. I did a fair bit when I was in the RAF back in the 80s. Locally around the Eden estuary in Fife and abroad in Cyprus, Falkland Islands etc. Also did a lot when I lived in Saudi Arabia (recorded first breeding of Vanellus leucurus and first record of Saxicola caprata). I should try and do more now, plenty to see here.
Your lark looks more chunky and shorter-billed than the zillions of crested larks I’ve seen so thekla seems reasonable to me but it’s not a bird I’m at all familiar with.
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