Large Blue - alleged taking specimen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-38570440
Jack
Actually non-conservation
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Re: Actually non-conservation
This is just appalling- but I am not completely surprised - I think a UKB member may have witnessed this , or a similar incident at Daneway.
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Re: Actually non-conservation
On the same day that BC send out an email headed "Bag yourself a butterfly bargain!"
Re: Actually non-conservation
Well, let's see what the sentencing is. Nice to see an image of the individual. I've committed it to memory (and saved the web-page) should I find myself at either of those locations in future.
Re: Actually non-conservation
There were reports of 'a man with a net' at Daneway the day before my visit last year.
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Amazing for the media, they actually showed a picture of the correct species.
Jack
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Re: Actually non-conservation
When we did our Large Blue Trip, on one of the sites, there were 2 people with nets, but as in most cases i have seen, they were there officially doing a survey of the reserve this time for the Six-belted Clearwing moth, and showed us one attracted to the scent trap, and caught in a net. We had kept a distant eye on them, and they came over and told us what they were up to.bugboy wrote:There were reports of 'a man with a net' at Daneway the day before my visit last year.
The Large Blues at that site were already past their best, unlike at Collard Hill.
We have also had similar on a BC walk at Box Hill on the Juniper Hall side, again for Clearwing Moths.