Howard Eastcott

Retired Public Health Physician

[Howard Eastcott @HEastcott]

@marysimuist Lovely to think of you back on Eriskay. One of the highlight places in my life :-)

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@TheDetermin8or Yes, fascinating birds. Similar behaviour is described by my brother's friend Berndt Heinrich in his book 'Ravens in Winter' - a good read, and an amazing biologist.

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@MigrantMothUK Not sure if this is still regarded as a migrant but I had this Oak Processionary to blended MV in Mid Sussex (VC13) last night.

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@TheDetermin8or Thought you might enjoy this https://t.co/maSkDJwKcx

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@TheDetermin8or So pleased to have these two beautiful moths to my trap last night. Great Oak Beauty and Burnished Brass also a couple of nfy micros E. bilunana and I think Hedya nubiferana.

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@doctorshaib Hi Bharat, I'm doing a clear out & found these books I inherited from my Dad. Are they of interest to you otherwise may go to the inevitable skip later. He was at Harvard School of Public Health in 1949 hence the compliment slip from the prof. Happy to post

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@TheDetermin8or @TicesMeadow Bother, wrong day for me. I should love to have met up and Tice's Meadow is very doable for me.

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@TheDetermin8or @ianjuliandorset @AbiJacobs Not only out there. They've been recorded hunting and killing Harbour Porpoises in the Northern and Western Isles of the UK.

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@TheDetermin8or @AbiJacobs Love the pictures. One of the main reasons we have been going to Elgol, Isle of Skye for almost twenty years. I found a Risso's skeleton there washed up, one day while scrambling around some rocks

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@TheDetermin8or @AbiJacobs Such magical delights ! I remember them well, brilliant surreal flitting jewels amongst the hibiscus in a Carmel monastery garden. What a treat. Thank you.

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@TheDetermin8or Wonderful. A beloved subject of my bro and S-i-l. https://t.co/SLWAeUhhgo I once abseiled into a sea arch at Nugget's Pt. south of Balclutha and was startled when my whole foreground suddenly upped and raced for the sea, a huge male.

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@TheDetermin8or So pleased for you both. You are having a ball :-) and to think you could have settled for Scotland :D. You need to go visit your Dad and head for Balclutha Mouth to see Hector's Dolphins !

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@TheDetermin8or If your dead lucky you might get to see a California Condor which has been re-introduced to the Central and Southern California mountain ranges.

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@TheDetermin8or Brilliant. there's loads to see there. I still have a fossil sand dollar I picked up on the beach in San Francisco !

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@FlyinginFordham Thanks Ben. I'm most grateful for all your help.

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@FlyinginFordham Hi Ben, you kindly alerted me about my Fern last year and of a paper in the offing. Kent Moth Group website files has a PDF paper on this of which is Table 2 and my original image to see if you & others still think it fit's the bill for Cryptic? Or still an H.sp

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@marysimuist Had to love this https://t.co/l4SXUkFjvw

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@TheDetermin8or If you've an interest in North American mammals this job might appeal to Mr and Mrs Foote :D https://t.co/sWmK03m5UX

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@TheDetermin8or Well that's a blast from the past - 62 years since I was there with my parents around Monterey and Carmel. I remember deer, bob cats and rabbits but also exquisite humming birds and sea lions as well. Have a great time !