Andy Underscore

Insect Chaser. Bug Photograper. Coffee Enthusiast. Biodiversity Officer @EcoRecording (LERC for B'ham & Black Country). Opinions are my own.

[Chris Millward Jnr @Chris4Patches]

2 Raven circling low over Colmore Row near Snow Hill Station just. A tick for this area of Brum and great to hear their gronking calls echoing around the buildings here 👌@stevelilart @MrValley1 @NaturallyBirmi1 @CllrMajid @WTBBC @JimPanda @Andy_Underscore @JamieHicken

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So this week, we lost both Tilt in the City Centre and Wildcat in Stirchley 😭

Soon, the only pub left in Birmingham will ironically be The Flapper after its 17th 'closing down' party...

[Chris Millward Jnr @Chris4Patches]

It was great to record three new flies @BibbeysWildFarm this weekend, a Lance Fly of the Genus Lonchaea and two Soldier Flies:
Yellow-legged Black (Pachygaster leachii) and
Common Orange Leigionnaire (Beria vallata)

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#30dayswild spotting orchids in the meadow at the University of Birmingham. @WTBBC

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@BearwoodCouncil Erm, in Smethwick? 🤷‍♂️

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With the talk around the recent (silly) proposal by the Reform Party to only allow UK, England or County Flags to be flown from public buildings I thought it would be a good time to reshare my Black Country flags project: https://t.co/lfihfZne8L

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And the results are in...

Three species 🤣
(it was a bit cold last night)
Clouded Drab x1
Pug (of some sort) x1
White-shouldered House Moth x6

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Moth trap set up for tonight!
As part of the City Nature Challenge my Wildlife Trust colleague Jake and I are engaging in a "moth-off" to see who can record the most species on a single night of moth trapping this weekend.

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Eel, Speckled Wood, and approximately 52 Swans at Edgbaston Reservoir Today! @EcoRecording

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I'm only 84 away from hitting 5,000 wildlife observations on @inaturalist I'll have to try to make my 5,000th onservation something interesting! ☘️🐝🐾

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@Sewn_apart Just the brewery (and tap room) I think

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Sad to hear yet another Brum brewery, Sommar, is apparently no more....

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Ricco - ageing like a fine wine

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An essential festive watch for any Matt Berry fans https://t.co/LgutkLKeNC

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"Bees"
Can anyone spot what's wrong here?

(nb The notebook cover is also the January image in the calendar)

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@RedditchMatters @Redd_Advertiser @RedditchLibrary @RedStand

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Hey there, Flag Fans! A while back, you may remember that I designed a load of hypothetical flags for areas of Birmingham and the Black Country https://t.co/UXokmvlqjJ
Anyway, every now and then, people get in touch with some flag based requests...

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So here's my attempt at a flag for Redditch. It's based on the crest of Redditch Council. The Cross is a reference to St Stephen, patron of both the Abbey and the Parish Church. The green of the Cross commemorates Feckenham Forest. The Borough stands within this former Forest.

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And as a bonus, here's a flag for Sandwell in the style of South Korea... (using the symbols and colours from the @sandwellcouncil crest)

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* On re-reading the email, I realise the person asked for a flag of BOURNHEATH, not Bentley Heath. My bad. Oh well. Watch this space for a Bournheath flag I guess...