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basquesteve

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  1. I am South of Pau  Channel 5 breaking up but it is hammering down with rain and my dish 80 cm skims the peaks of the Pyrenees  a slight ajustment may do the trick
  2. http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1722367&page=25 tonights the night fingers crossed
  3. I am awake best check your link it does not work  or am I dreaming
  4. They appear to be Wood Pigeons migrating here 300,000 passed through the Pyrenees Atlantic
  5. Take your documents to any testing centre last year it was 10Euros for a new sticker my windscreen was smashed and replaced the fitter scraped of the original and stuck the bits to the new windscreen
  6. Can you give the source of your photographs you original picture is nothing like a Hawkmoth larvea the Hummingbird  Hawkmoths is green with a tail
  7. [quote user="nomoss"]After a bit of research, I have decided it is a hornworm, the larval stage of a hawk or sphinx moth, Sphingidae. According to Wiki there are some 1450 species. Colour of larvae is very variable, but many pictures I have found are very similar in size and colour. It could be a hummingbird hawk moth larva, as there are lots of these in our garden, even now, when it is getting colder and wetter, but the colour doesn't quite match illustrations I have found.   [IMG]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/nomoss/Posted%20on%20Forums/hawkmothcaterpillar.jpg[/IMG]   [IMG]http://i857.photobucket.com/albums/ab131/nomoss/Posted%20on%20Forums/hummingbirdhawkmoth.jpg[/IMG]   [/quote]
  8.  You may have hit upon its name a Leatherjacket/Cranefly   [quote user="nomoss"] Looking at images online it wasn't a cockchafer or stag beetle larva. The skin was leathery looking with no hairs, the head not prominent, there was a suggestion of a spike on the tail end, and it was very mobile. The skin reminded me of a "leatherjacket", but much bigger and active than one of those. It was travelling steadily across the concrete and ignored shallow puddles, simply continuing across them in a straight line. When I touched it it curled up in a half hearted way and continued in the same direction shortly afterwards. Maybe it was moving from below ground after been flooded out by the previous heavy rain. [/quote]
  9. I could prehaps identify it if it was in focus where did you find it
  10. The high vis Spanish jackets are yellow you need two in the car and you wear them at any time in the event of an accident the same applies in Portugal where I Was involved in a prange 
  11. It appears the mods are jumping on me I cannot correct a spelling mistake
  12. If it was not for the posters this site would die over night withe the advertisers income There are plenty of other forums why is this "the last post"?
  13. The web site in your link has been suspended must have been a scam
  14. Here is a good link for  the great Egret and other bird sightings the gaps do not necessarily mean no sightings some parts of France do not participate in the live logging   http://www.atlas-ornitho.fr/index.php?m_id=1415&frmSpecies=33&action=sp&y=-10
  15. My advice if you have sufficient funds to buy  a house in France is to purchase a decent mobile home France is two big to explore from one place Having lived here 15 years I am now considering my 3 move  Remember the grass has to be cut bills payed and winter maintenance, which  is a nightmare if you are not here
  16. Possibly this family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreissenidae
  17. Try running it with out an air filter
  18. Let at least one to flower in the summer and you will have a the seeds you need free for 2012
  19. I have passed this monument many times and thought nothing of it http://[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad251/basquesteve/PC270001.jpg[/IMG]   http://[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad251/basquesteve/PC270003.jpg[/IMG]   I found a great site with detailed info and maps http://www.orthez-1814.org/index.htm Google translator works very well   Steve
  20. You can try the DIY route 17.5 tonnes @850 euros = 35 stère delivered   http://[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad251/basquesteve/P6230901.jpg[/IMG] http://[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad251/basquesteve/P6230909Custom.jpg[/IMG]
  21. The handsome devil eating rotten apples     http://[IMG]http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad251/basquesteve/P8072630.jpg[/IMG]  
  22. [quote user="woolybanana"][IMG]http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x185/tagh_photo/woolybananasnake/beauty%20for%20a%20second/007.jpg[/IMG][/quote]   Rather late I know its a Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth
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