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The West Midland Bird Club is the UK's largest regional ornithological society. It has been serving birdwatchers and ornithologists in the four English counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and (since its separation from the aforesaid counties in 1974) the Metropolitan West Midlands, with lectures, field trips, research, a bulletin and an annual report, since 1929.
This is a list of butterflies of Great Britain, including extinct, naturalised species and those of dubious origin.The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still.
From 23 February 2009 until 24 May 2016, she was the weather presenter in the East and West Midlands, whilst also deputising as a news presenter. In August 2010, she presented the weather forecasts on London Tonight for ITV London. On 28 December 2010, she guest presented the weather forecasts on Daybreak for ITV Breakfast.
Kaye Forster (born c. 1980) [1] is a freelance weather presenter based at BBC East Midlands weather hub. Her usual role is providing weekday breakfast and lunchtime and weekend forecasts for the East Midlands, West Midlands and North West regions following budget cuts as part of the BBC's Delivering Quality First in England program.
On 4 December 2006, the South Midlands sub-region was disbanded, as follows: The parts of Gloucestershire served by Central South joined the majority of the county already covered by ITV West and receiving The West Tonight broadcast from Bristol. Herefordshire and Ludlow was now covered by the West Midlands edition from Birmingham.
Urania fulgens, the urania swallowtail moth or green page moth, [1] is a day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae.The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from Veracruz, Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America (west of the Andes and south to Ecuador).
Only one generation of moths are produced yearly, thus making R. fugax univoltine. The moth is diurnal, flying during the early mornings, finding its mate during its daytime flight. [4] [3] The adult moths lack mouthparts, thus making their lifespans brief. Male and female moths concentrate their energy as adults to find a mate before they die. [3]
The family Lymantriidae contains the "tussock moths", of which 11 have been recorded in Great Britain: Gypsy moth (male) Laelia coenosa, reed tussock — extinct; Orgyia recens, scarce vapourer — east-central (Red Data Book) ‡ Orgyia antiqua, vapourer — throughout; Dicallomera fascelina, dark tussock — south, west-central & north-east ...