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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 29, 2020January 10, 2021

Animal Crossing: New Horizons probably needs no explanation if you’ve been paying attention in the console games world. Since its release in March 2020 it…

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Unravel two

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 29, 2020November 30, 2020

I saw this little game a while ago but wasn’t convinced enough by the reviews to buy when it was £24.99 but yesterday it came…

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SuperHot: Time moves only when you move

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 6, 2020November 28, 2020

There are many different types of computer game and I’ve played most over the years but the games that intrigue me most are the ones…

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Nintendo Switch – my first console

by ChrisRPosted onOctober 4, 2020November 18, 2020

I know I probably left it a few decades late to join the games console generation but with Coronavirus ravaging the land and the prospect…

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Vegan meat substitutes

by ChrisRPosted onSeptember 28, 2020October 12, 2020

In the last year the impact on personal health and the environment of continued large-scale meat eating has been in the news headlines quite a…

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Observing orchids

by ChrisRPosted onApril 25, 2015August 4, 2020

Recently I have been helping with a project called Orchid Observers, at the Natural History Museum. The aim is to get members of the public…

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Sloe gin – my recipe

by ChrisRPosted onMarch 1, 2015August 4, 2020

My first batches of sloe gin are ready to drink and are tasting pretty good so I think I can rough out my recipe now.…

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Review of commercial sloe gins

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 3, 2015August 4, 2020

This winter I have been making liqueurs with hedgerow fruits – things like sloe & damson gins and vodkas but also variations with hawthorne berries,…

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Sarcophaga carnaria group male genitalia

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 30, 2014August 4, 2020

I made this photo a little while ago, from my own specimens of the British Sarcophaga carnaria group (carnaria, variegata & subvicina). I posted it…

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Tarassus shannoni confirmed from Colombia

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 29, 2014August 4, 2020

A little while ago I posted about a strange fly that had been shown to me at the Natural History Museum. It looked clearly like…

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The first female of Alvamaja chlorometallica Rognes, 2010 found in Romania

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 29, 2014August 4, 2020

This autumn my friend Alexandru Pintilioaie in Romania sent me a batch of flies, including one metallic rhinophorid. We both agreed that it looked very…

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Tachinids from La Palma

by ChrisRPosted onMay 8, 2013August 4, 2020

I received a really interesting parcel today from a friend who holidayed in La Palma earlier this year. He had spotted some Tachina that looked…

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Serious flooding at Moor Copse

by ChrisRPosted onMarch 31, 2013August 4, 2020

Stopped in at Moor Copse on the way home today to check out how high the river is. Well, the answer is – VERY! Tidmarsh…

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Some nice Venezuelan tachinids

by ChrisRPosted onDecember 1, 2012August 4, 2020

Just had time to look at a box of Venezuelan tachinids sent to me by my good friend Jose Manuel Ayala. There are plenty of…

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Cretan and Dutch tachinids

by ChrisRPosted onJune 16, 2012June 16, 2012

Today I will be working on a nice little batch of tachinids sent to me my Ruud van der Weele and collected by him in…

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More Romanian tachinids

by ChrisRPosted onJune 2, 2012June 7, 2012

Here are the last of Alexandru’s batch of Romanian tachinids, caught in 2010. They spent a long time in alcohol so they are not in…

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Dinocampus coccinellae at Hartslock

by ChrisRPosted onMay 23, 2012May 23, 2012

Last weekend, on a quick (and rather cold) trip to Hartslock, I discovered a 7-spot ladybird that had been attacked by Dinocampus coccinellae, a parasitic wasp.…

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New Forest – May 12th

by ChrisRPosted onMay 13, 2012May 14, 2012

Here are some photos from the Dipterist’s Forum Spring field meeting to Denny Wood in the New Forest.

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Something from Yves

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 29, 2012March 4, 2012

This week has been a good one for deliveries – today I received a parcel from my friend Yves. This is part of a batch…

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A Venezuelan delivery…

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 29, 2012February 29, 2012

This week I have been working on a batch of Venezuelan tachinids, kindly sent to me by Manuel Ayala (see right). They are a lovely…

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