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30/07/17 |
1) Added
Purple Hairstreak and
White Admiral to the
Butterflies
page
2) Added/replaced photos of
Comma,
Large Skipper,
Meadow Brown,
Silver-washed
Fritillary, Small
Tortoiseshell and
Small Blue on the
Butterflies
page
3) Added
Heath Spotted Orchid
and Military Orchid to the
Wildflowers
page
4) Added/replaced photos of
Bee Orchid,
Dragon's-teeth,
Fly Orchid,
Pyramidal Orchid and
Southern Marsh Orchid on
the
Wildflowers
page
5 Added
Barred Yellow, Broad-barred
White, Buff Footman,
Eulia Ministrana,
Grass Rivulet,
Lozotaenia forsterania,
Mompha subbistrigella,
Notocelia trimaculana,
Oncocera semirubella,
Pale Oak Beauty,
Pebble Hook-tip,
Phycitades binaevella,
Pyrausta purpularis,
Scarce Silver-Lines,
Scoparia pyralella and
Tinea trinotella
to the
Moths
page
6) Added/replaced photos of
Brindled White-spot,
Burnet Companion,
Campion,
Shoulder-striped Wainscot,
Small Phoenix and
Ypsolopha scabrella on the
Moths
page |
13/11/16 |
1) Added/replaced photos of
Blackcap,
Black-headed Gull,
Brent Goose,
Curlew,
Great Black-backed Gull,
Red Kite,
Redshank,
Reed Bunting,
Ruff,
Shoveller and
Wigeon on the
Birds page
2) Added
Common Snipe,
Dunlin,
Goldcrest, Golden Plover,
Great White Egret,
Sanderling and
Turnstone to the
Birds page
3) Added
Norfolk Hawker to
the Dragonflies page
4) Added
Essex Skipper and
Swallowtail to the
Butterflies
page
5) Added/replaced photos of
Large Ranunculus and
Red Underwing on the
Moths page
6) Added
Argyresthia
goedartella, Bud Moth,
Convolvulus Hawkmoth,
Chalk Carpet,
Cypress Pug,
Dioryctria abietella,
Fern,
Golden Plusia,
Gypsonoma dealbana,
Hedge Rustic,
Hedya ochroleucana,
Phoenix,
Red-barred Tortrix,
Rhomboid Tortrix,
Rush Veneer,
Scalloped Hook-tip
and
Small Dotted Buff to
the
Moths page
|
13/07/15 |
1) Added more photos to the
Roe Deer page
2) Added Common
Seal to the
Mammals
page
3) Added
Broad-bodied Chaser
and Red-eyed Damselfly to
the Dragonflies page
4) Added/replaced photos of
Keeled Skimmer,
Emerald Damselfly,
Scarce Chaser,
Small Red Damselfly and
Four-spotted Chaser on
the Dragonflies page
5) Added/replaced photos of
Agapeta zoegana,
Bird-cherry Ermine,
Bordered White,
The Campion,
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix,
Poplar Grey,
Sandy Carpet,
Shoulder Stripe and
Small Phoenix on the
Moths page
6) Added
Barred Straw,
Blue-bordered Carpet,
Celypha striana,
Clepsis consimilana,
Dusky Brocade,
Marbled Orchard Tortrix,
Notocelia cynosbatella,
Small Marbled
and Brown Silver-line to
the
Moths page
7) Added/replaced photos of
Green-veined White,
Small White,
Small Blue,
Ringlet,
Dark Green Fritillary,
Large Skipper and
Meadow Brown on the
Butterflies
page
8) Added
Burnt-tip Orchid,
Black Bryony,
Climbing Corydalis,
Common Meadow-rue,
Moschatel,
Rough Hawkbit,
Thrift and
Water-Violet to the
Wildflowers
page
9) Added/replaced photos of
Bird's-nest Orchid,
Bugle,
Coltsfoot,
Early Purple Orchid,
False Oxlip,
Fly Orchid,
Goat's-beard,
Lady Orchid,
Lady x Monkey
Orchid, Man Orchid,
Monkey Orchid,
Pasqueflower,
Southern Marsh Orchid,
Wood Sorrell on the
Wildflowers
page
10) Added/replaced photos of
Black-headed Gull,
Black-tailed Godwit,
Common Whitethroat,
Fieldfare,
Gadwall, Lapwing,
Oystercatcher,
Pochard,
Red-crested Pochard,
Reed Bunting,
Shoveller,
Tufted Duck,
Willow Warbler and
Yellowhammer on the
Birds page
11) Added Barnacle Goose,
Curlew,
Garden Warbler,
Great Black-backed Gull,
Kittiwake,
Linnet, Shelduck,
Skylark and
Teal to the
Birds page |
24/10/14 |
1) Added/replaced photos of
Chocolate-tip,
Agapeta hamana,
Leopard Moth,
Dusky-lemon Sallow,
Orange Swift,
Tawny-barred Angle
and Honeysuckle Moth on
Moths page.
2) Added
Lunar Marbled Brown,
Aethes rubigana,
Agapeta zoegana,
Ancylis badiana,
Barred Hook-tip,
Blastobasis adustella,
Blastodacna hellerella,
Brindled Green,
Brussels Lace,
Crambus pascuella,
Cydia splendana,
Dark Sword-grass,
Dingy Shears,
Double Lobed,
Eucosma campoliliana,
Eudonia angustea,
Least Black
Arches,
Light Feathered Rustic,
Lilac Beauty,
Mallow,
Nutmeg,Orange
Sallow,
Pearly Underwing,
Pyrausta nigrata,
Reddish Light
Arches,
The Drinker
and
Ypsolopha scabrella to
Moths page.
3) Added
Fox to Mammals page.
4) Added photos of
Stoat on Mammals
page.
5) Added/replaced photos of
Painted Lady and
Holly Blue on
Butterflies page
6) Added/replaced photos of
Lapwing, Ruff
and Little Egret on
Birds page
7) Added
Herring Gull and
Spoonbill to
Birds page |
14/09/13 |
1) Added
Tansy,
Chiltern Gentian,
White Beak-sedge,
Bird's-nest Orchid,
Musk Orchid,
Fly Orchid,
Greater
Butterfly Orchid,
Lady Orchid,
Lady
x Monkey Orchid hybrid,
Lesser Butterfly
Orchid and
Monkey Orchid
to Wildflowers page.
2) Added/replaced photos of
Hemp-Agrimony,
Meadow Cranesbill,
Biting Stonecrop and
Viper's-Bugloss on
Wildflowers page.
3) Added
Acrobasis advenella,
Agonopterix
alstromeriana, Aleimma
loeflingiana, Antler Moth,
Ancylis achatana,
Agriphila geniculea,
Barred Red,
Bordered Pug,
Brown Plume Moth,
Beautiful Golden Y,
The Campion,
Carcina quercana,
Catoptria falsella,
Catoptria pinella,
Chrysoteuchia culmella,
Crassa unitella,
Cream Wave,
Cyclament Tortrix,
Currant Pug,
Euzophera pinguis,
Haworth's Pug,
Hummingbird Hawkmoth,
Maple Prominent,
Pale Mottled Willow,
Pale Prominent,
Pammene regiana,
Pine Carpet,
Peach Blossom,
Pebble Prominent,
Plum Tortrix,
Red Underwing,
Scarce Footman,
Shaded broad-bar,
Sycamore,
Udea lutealis,
Small Emerald,
Common Emerald,
Figure of Eighty,
Brindled White-Spot,
Chocolate-tip,
Clouded-bordered Brindle,
Cochylis atricapitana,
Foxglove Pug,
Sandy Carpet,
Small Elephant Hawkmoth,
Small Waved Umber,
Spruce Carpet,
White-pinion Spotted,
Small Square-spot,
The Coronet,
Wormwood Pug,
Rhyaciona pinicolana and
White-spotted Pug to
Moths page.
4) Added/replaced photos of
Agonopterix arenella,
August, Thorn,
Chequered Fruit-tree
Tortrix, Chinese Character,
Coxcomb Prominent,
Cloaked Minor,
Clouded Border,
Crambus perlella,
Brown Rustic,
Dark Spectacle,
Double-striped Pug,
Dusky Sallow,
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix,
Latticed Heath,
Lobster Moth,
Magpie,
Mother of Pearl,
Oak Hook-tip,
Oak Nycteoline,
Peppered Moth,
Red Twin-spot Carpet,
Sallow,
Small Blood-vein,
Tawny-barred Angle,
True Lover's Knot,
Heart and Dart,
Scalloped Hazel,
Mottled Rustic,
Beautiful Hook-tip,
Large Twin-spot Carpet,
Light Emerald,
Small Yellow Wave,
Varied Coronet,
Dark/Grey Dagger,
The Miller and
Shark on
Moths page.
5) Added another photo of
Banded Demoiselle on
Dragonflies page.
6) Added/replaced photos of
Common Buzzard,
Red Kite,
Kestrel,
Corn Bunting,
Magpie and
Swallow on Birds page.
7) Added
Turtle Dove and
Common Tern to Birds page.
8) Added/replaced photos of
Brown Argus,
Small Copper,
Gatekeeper,
Chalkhill Blue,
Comma,
Common Blue,
Small Tortoiseshell,
Large Skipper and
Green Hairstreak on
Butterflies page. |
30/5/13 |
1) Added
Chiltern Chain
Walk (2) to
Long-distance Paths
page (the walks have already been
shown on the
Walks Diary pages) .
2) Added/replaced photos of
Orange-tip,
Green-veined White and
Small Copper on
Butterflies page.
3) Added
Wall to
Butterflies page.
4) Added/replaced photos of
Purple Thorn on
Moths page.
5) Added
Agonopterix arenella and
Small Yellow Underwing to
Moths page.
6) Added
Dodder,
Wild Clematis,
Early Marsh
Orchid (ssp Pulchrella) and
Southern Marsh Orchid
to Wildflowers page.
7) Added/replaced photos of
Oystercatcher and
Reed Bunting on
Birds page.
8) Added
Ringed Plover
and Whinchat to
Birds page (I'd previously misidentified
the whinchat as a stonechat!). |
20/1/13 |
1) Added
Acleris holmiana,
Black Arches,
Chequered Fruit-tree
Tortrix, Codling Moth,
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix,
Wax moth,
Honeysuckle Moth,
Jersey Tiger,
July Highflyer,
Large
Twin-spot Carpet, Leopard
Moth,
Lozotaeniodes formosanus,
Morophaga choragella,
Old Lady,
Orange Underwing,
Pale Shoulder,
Purple Thorn,
Slender Brindle,
Varied Coronet,
V-pug,
Green Oak Tortrix,
Barred Fruit Tree Tortrix,
Sprawler,
Scarce Umber,
Heart and Club,
Small Fan-foot,
Small Yellow Wave,
Treble Brown Spot and
White Plume Moth to the
Moth
Photographs
page.
2) Added/replaced photos of
Agapeta hamana,
Iron Prominent,
Lime Hawkmoth,
Nut-tree Tussock,
Pine Hawkmoth and
Plain Golden Y on the
Moth
Photographs
page.
3) Added/replaced photos of
Small Tortoiseshell,
Dark Green Fritillary,
Small Blue and
Meadow Brown on
Butterfly Photographs page.
4) Replaced the
Guestbook
- I changed it because the old one forced users to give their email
address which was then displayed for all to see, and also because I was
starting to get a lot of 'spam' sent to it. |
7/06/12 |
1) Added Wren, Woodcock,
Avocet and
Brent Goose to
Bird Photographs page.
2) Added/replaced photos of
Holly Blue,
Dingy Skipper,
Green Hairstreak and
Duke of Burgundy to
Butterfly Photographs page.
3) Added
Mullein,
Green Silver-Lines,
Lime Hawkmoth,
Orange Footman,
Eyed Hawkmoth,
Powdered Quaker,
Scorched Carpet,
Broken-barred Carpet and
Shears to the
Moth
Photographs
page.
4) Added/replaced photos of
Pebble Prominent,
Celypha lacunana,
Scorched Wing and
Treble-bar on the
Moth
Photographs
page.
5) Replaced Deer photos page with a
more general Mammals page, with photos of
Hare and
Stoat. Also added another Muntjac
deer photo.
|
9/04/12 |
1) Added
Dusky-lemon Sallow,
Spring Usher,
Red Chestnut,
Diurnea fagella,
March Moth,
Shoulder Stripe,
Clouded Drab and
December Moth to the
Moth
Photographs
page.
2) Replaced photo of
Engrailed on the
Moth
Photographs
page.
3) Added
Toothwort to the Wildflower photographs page.
4) Copied some walks from Latest
Walks to the Chiltern Hills section, and added a few links between
related walks. |
5/11/11 |
1) Added
Autumnal Rustic,
Deep-brown Dart,
Rusty Dot Pearl,
Sallow,
Agriphila tristella,
Small Phoenix,
Centre-barred Sallow, Clay,
Cloaked Minor,
Coxcomb Prominent,
Dark/Grey Dagger,
Dark Umber,
Early Thorn,
The Shark,
Yellow-tail,
Brown-line Bright-eye,
Chinese Character,
Oak Nycteoline,
Mottled Rustic,
Scalloped Oak,
Small Rivulet,
Eudonia mercurella,
Flame Carpet,
Small Blood-vein,
The Magpie,
Gold Triangle,
Knot Grass,
Least Carpet,
Least Yellow Underwing,
Lunar-spotted Pinion,
Marbled Beauty,
Orthopygia glaucinalis,
Ypsolopha sequella,
Dark Spectacle,
Twenty-plume Moth,
Yellow-barred Brindle,
Red Twin-spot Carpet,
Single-dotted Wave,
Small Angle Shades,
Ruby Tiger,
Feathered Thorn,
Phlyctaenia coronata
and
Dingy Footman
to the
Moth
Photographs
page.
2) Added more photos of
Lunar Underwing,
Endotricha flammealis,
Brimstone,
Common Marbled Carpet,
Yellow Shell,
Burnished Brass,
Lesser Yellow Underwing,
Tawny-speckled Pug,
Engrailed,
Garden Pebble,
Garden Rose Tortrix,
Dusky Sallow,
Dwarf Cream Wave,
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix,
Orange Swift and
The Spectacle
to
the
Moth
Photographs
page.
3) Added more photos of
Chalkhill Blue to
Butterfly Photographs page.
4) Added
Egyptian Goose to
Bird Photographs page.
5) Added further
Stonechat photo to
Bird Photographs page.
5) Added
Betony,
Gypswort,
Trifid Bur-Marigold,
Devil's-bit Scabious and
Orange Balsam to
the Wildflower photographs page.
6) Added more photos of
Amphibious Bistort and
Skullcap to
the Wildflower photographs page.
7) Added some of my latest walks
(since about May 2010) to the
Other Walks page in the Chiltern Hills section |
11/07/11 |
1) Added
Ghost Moth,
Fan-Foot,
Dot Moth,
Bird-cherry Ermine,
Buff Arches,
Clouded Border,
Poplar
Grey,
Common Heath,
Short-cloaked Moth,
Udea prunalis,
Common White Wave,
Dwarf Cream Wave,
Lobster Moth,
Marbled Brown,
Bordered White,
Beautiful Hook-tip,
Peach Blossom,
Pebble Prominent,
Pine Hawkmoth,
Large Emerald,
Round-winged Muslin Moth,
Smoky Wainscot,
Swallow-tailed Moth,
Tawny-barred Angle,
The Miller,
True Lover's Knot,
Dipleurina
lacustrata, Plain Golden Y,
Clouded Brindle,
The Rustic,
Scorched Wing,
Clouded Silver,
Double Square-spot,
Mottled Beauty,
Bright-line Brown-eye,
Buff-tip,
Cinnabar, Light Arches,
Middle-barred Minor,
Peppered Moth,
The Flame,
The Uncertain, Udea olivalis,
Agonopterix heracliana,
Early Grey,
Nut-tree Tussock,
Brindled Pug,
Water Carpet ,
Waved Umber,
Grey Shoulder Knot,
Oak Beauty,
Chestnut,
Dotted Border,
Engrailed,
Hebrew Character,
Small Quaker,
Heart and Dart,
Treble Lines,
Rustic Shoulder-knot,
Poplar Hawkmoth,
Pale Tussock,
Marbled Minor agg,
Brown Rustic,
Buff Ermine,
White Ermine,
Small Magpie,
Shoulder-striped Wainscot,
Scalloped Hazel,
Privet Hawkmoth,
Oak Hook-tip,
Mottled Pug,
Light Brocade,
Large Nutmeg,
Ingrailed Clay,
Iron Prominent,
Crambus lathoniellus,
Common Pug,
Grey Pine Carpet,
Elephant Hawkmoth,
Common Swift and
Twin-Spotted Quaker to the
Moth
Photographs
page.
2) Added further Flame Shoulder,
Common Footman,
Bee Moth
and Scoparia ambigualis
photographs to the
Moth
Photographs
page
3) Added
Duke of Burgundy and
Silver-studded Blue to
Butterfly Photographs page
4) Added more photos of
Grizzled Skipper,
Small Blue and
Green Hairstreak on
Butterfly Photographs page
5) Added
Hairy Dragonfly to
Dragonfly Photographs page
6) Added more photos of
Azure Blue and
Scarce Chaser to
Dragonfly Photographs page
7) Added
Marsh Stitchwort to
the Wildflower photographs page
8) Added
further Goatsbeard photo to
the Wildflower photographs page
9) Added the
Berkshire Loop |
14/10/10 |
1) Added more photos for
Common Marbled Carpet,
Blair's Shoulder-knot and
Lunar Underwing to the
Moth Photographs
page.
2) Added
Large Ranunculus,
Merveille du Jour,
Green-brindled Crescent,
Red-line Quaker,
Yellow-line Quaker,
Satellite,
Angle Shades,
Barred Sallow,
Beaded Chestnut,
Pink-barred Sallow,
Red-green Carpet,
Rosy Rustic,
Brick,
November Moth agg and
White-point to the
Moth Photographs
page. |
16/9/10 |
1) Updated
Moth Photographs page, and
added about 40 moths to it |
31/07/10 |
1) Added
Silver-washed
Fritillary and Brown Argus to Butterfly photos page
2) Added
Scarce Chaser,
Emperor,
White-legged damselfly
and Small Red Damselfly to Dragonfly
photos page
3) Added/replaced photos for
Keeled Skimmer,
Common Darter,
Black Darter,
Four-Spotted Chaser,
Emerald damselfly and
Large Red Damselfly on Dragonfly
photos page
4) Added
Small China Mark,
Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) and
Dusky Sallow to Moth photos page
5) Added/replaced photos for
Bog Asphodel and
Marsh St John's-Wort
on the Wildflower photos page
6) Added
Common Comfrey,
Greater Bird's-Foot
Trefoil, Hemp-Agrimony,
Greater Bladderwort,
Flowering-Rush,
Frogbit,
Marsh Sow-Thistle,
Yellow Loosestrife and
Amphibious Bistort to
the Wildflower photos page |
4/07/10 |
1) Added Journal for the
Thame Valley
Walk
2) Added
Treble-Bar to
Moth photos section, changed photo for
Dark Arches and added another photo of
Riband Wave.
3) Changed photo of
Four-spotted
Chaser on Dragonfly photos page, and added
Blue-tailed Damselfly
and Black-tailed Skimmer.
4) Added new photos of
Dingy
Skipper to Butterfly photos page, and added
Green Hairstreak,
Grizzled Skipper and
Small
Blue.
5) Added new photos of
Dragon's Teeth,
Ragged Robin,
Sainfoin,
Biting Stonecrop,
Pyramidal Orchid,
Annual Wall-Rocket
and
Grass Vetchling to Wildflower photos page, and added
Early Purple Orchid,
Dwarf Mallow,
Alexanders,
Wild Strawberry,
Barren Strawberry (I'd
previously muddled these last two!),
Early Gentian,
Thyme-Leaved Sandwort,
Great Pignut,
Basil Thyme,
Cornflower,
Corncockle,
Field Cow-Wheat,
Pheasant's-Eye,
Dwarf-Spurge,
Common Gromwell,
Goat's-Rue,
Knotted Hedge-Parsley,
Venus's-Looking-Glass and
Dame's-violet.
6)Added
Wheatear to Bird photos section |
2/04/10 |
1) Re-organised the
Chilterns Hill page
2) Moved my walks in 2009 from
Walks Diary to a
new page
3)
Additional/replacement photos of
Chicory in Wildflower
photos section
4)
Added Blair's
Shoulder-knot and Winter
Moth to Moth photos section
5) New photo of male
Muntjac Deer |
18/09/09 |
1) Additional/replacement photos of
Common Blue in Butterfly
photos section
2) Additional/replacement photos of
Water Mint and
Broomrape in Wildflower
photos section
3) Additional/replacement photos
of Common Darter and
Southern Hawker in
Dragonfly photos section
4)
Added Square-Spot Rustic,
White-shouldered House
Moth and
Bee Moth to Moth photos section
5)
Added a
map on the Chiltern Hills page showing the relative locations of my
walks in that area, and added two
maps on the Long-distance Paths page showing the relative
locations of the routes I've walked.
Thanks to Allan Gould for prompting me to finally create these maps,
something I've been meaning to do for a while!
6) Added a journal for the
Stevenage
Outer Orbital Path (STOOP) |
4/08/09 |
1) Added
Large Red damselfly,
Four-spotted Chaser,
Black Darter,
Beautiful Demoiselle,
Emerald (damselfly),
Brown Hawker and
Keeled Skimmer to Dragonfly
photos section
2)
Additional/replacement Common Blue damselfly,
Common Darter and Southern Hawker
photos in Dragonfly photos section
3) Additional/replacement
Comma,
Meadow Brown,
Small Heath,
Small Tortoiseshell,
Marbled White,
Common Blue,
Peacock,
Painted Lady,
Ringlet,
Gatekeeper and
Large Skipper photos in
Butterfly photos section
4) Added
Dark Green Fritillary,
Small Copper and
Green-veined White
to Butterfly photos section
5) Additional/replacement photos
for Harebell,
Yellow Water-lily,
Purple Loosestrife,
Marsh Woundwort,
Broomrape, Evening Primrose,
Enchanter's Nightshade, Agrimony,
Bee Orchid,
Eyebright,
Dropwort,
Clustered Bellflower,
Wild Mignonette,
Sainfoin,
Rest-harrow,
White Campion,
Germander Speedwell,
Hedge Woundwort,
Rosebay
Willowherb,
Viper's-Bugloss,
Dovesfoot Cranesbill,
Pyramidal Orchid,
Kidney Vetch,
Grass Vetchling and
Birdsfoot Trefoil in
Wildflower photos section
6) Added
Biting Stonecrop,
Bog Asphodel,
Dwarf Gorse,
Cross-leaved Heath,
Bell Heather,
Ling,
Marsh St John's Wort,
Oblong-leaved Sundew,
Round-leaved Sundew,
Wild Basil,
Hedge Bedstraw,
Dragon's teeth,
Blue Fleabane,
Green-flowered
Helleborine, Common
Hemp-Nettle, Frog Orchid,
Ploughman's-Spikenard,
Musk Thistle,
Small Toadflax and
Small-flowered
Cranesbill to
Wildflower photos section
7) Added The
Snout,
Flame Shoulder, Riband
Wave,
Brown House moth,
Small Dusty Wave, Dark Arches,
Green Carpet, Light
Emerald, Yellow Shell,
Brimstone,
Scoparia ambigualis,
Pyrausta despicata, Crambus perlella and
Celypha lacunana to Moth photos section
8) Additional
Chimney Sweeper,
Six-spot Burnet
and
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet photos in the Moth
photos section
9) Additional
Collared Dove photo in Bird
photos section |
19/06/09 |
1) Added
Wild Clary,
Sun Spurge,
Greater Spearwort,
Giant Hogweed,
Black Horehound,
Hedge Mustard,
White Water-lily,
Yellow Water-lily,
Tormentil and
Common Cow-wheat to
Wildflower photos section
2)
Added
Mandarin Duck,
Swallow and
Red-Crested Pochard to Bird
photos section
3)
Additional/replacement
Great Spotted
Woodpecker, Great
Crested Grebe, Carrion Crow
and Jay photos in Birds photo section
4) Additional
Man Orchid,
Herb Robert and
Grass Vetchling
photos in Wildflower photos section
5) Additional
Speckled Wood, Large Skipper
and Common Blue photos in
the Butterfly photos section
6) Additional
Six-spot Burnet
and Straw Dot photos in the Moth
photos section
7) Added
Nettle-tap to the Moth photos section
8) Added a journal for
The Beeches Way
9) Additional
Common Blue damselfly photo in
the Dragonfly photos section
10) Re-organised deer photos and added pages for
Roe Deer and
Chinese Water Deer
|
7/06/09 |
1) Additional or replacement photos
for Poppy,
Columbine,
Yellow Rattle and
White Bryony in the
Wildflower photos section
2)
Replacement photo of a
Speckled Wood in the Butterfly photos section
3) Added
Straw Dot to the Moth photos section
4) Added
Corn Bunting to Bird photos section
5) Added
White Helleborine to
Wildflower photos section
6) Added
Large White to the Butterfly
photos section
7) Additional photos of
Song Thrush in Bird photos section
8) Added a journal for
The Dales Way. Please note
that this journal is not very detailed, as I wrote it five years after
the event! |
29/05/09 |
1) Created a separate page for
Moth photographs (rather than include them in
with Butterflies)
2) Added
Silver-ground Carpet and
Silver Y to the Moth photograph
sections
3) Added another
Painted Lady photo to the
Butterfly photos section |
26/05/09 |
1) Added journal for
Ver-Colne Valley
Walk
2) Added a few
Dragonfly/Damselfly
photos to the Photographs section |
21/05/09 |
1) Additional
Brimstone and
Comma photos in Butterfly photos
section
2) Additional
Bugle,
Woodruff,
Ramsons,
Star-of-Bethlehem,
Wintercress,
Mouse-ear Hawkweed
and
Common Rock-rose photos
in Wildflower photos section
3) Added
Sanicle,
Yellow Iris,
Columbine and
Water Crowfoot to
Wildflower photos section
4)
Added journal for the
Chess Valley Walk |
3/05/09 |
1) Additional
Orange Tip
photo in Butterfly photos section
2) Additional photos of
Goldilocks Buttercup
and Woodruff in Wildflower photos
section
3) Added
Creeping Buttercup,
Thyme-leaved Speedwell and
Ramsons
to Wildflower photos section
4) Added 'Kensworth
to Briden's Camp circular walk' to Chiltern Hills section |
26/04/09 |
1) Additional or replacement photos
of Blue Tit,
Starling,
Collared Dove,
Blackbird, Jay,
Mallard,
Grey Heron,
Moorhen, Coot,
Yellowhammer and
Chaffinch in Bird photos section
2) Added
Kingfisher and
Grey Wagtail to Bird photos section
3) Added
Common Storksbill and
Marsh Marigold to
Wildflower photos section
4)
Additional or replacement photos of
Garlic Mustard,
Cuckooflower,
Dandelion and
Green Alkanet in
Wildflower photos section
5)
Additional Speckled Wood
photo in Butterfly photos section |
19/04/09 |
1) Added another photo to
Muntjac Deer page
2) Additional photos of
Cuckooflower and
Wood Sorrel in Wildflower
photos section
3) Added
Common Chickweed,
False Oxlip and
Hairy Bitter-cress to
Wildflower photos section
4) Added numerous hyperlinks to
this page!
5) Added 'Kensworth-Toddington'
walk to my local walks in the Chiltern Hills section
6) Additional
Yellowhammer photos in Bird photos
section
7) Added Jay
to Bird photos section
8) Added
Walks Diary section (with 15-20 new day walks) |
14/03/09 |
1) Added
Cormorant,
Fieldfare,
Redwing,
Rook and
Song Thrush to Bird photos section
2) New photos of
Kestrel,
Yellowhammer in Bird photos section
3) Added 'Cowleaze
Wood and Turville Heath' and 'Studham
Common and Redbourn' walks to the Chiltern Hills section |
12/01/09 |
1) Additional photo of
Peacock in Butterfly photos
section
2) Replaced mileages
for John Bunyan Trail
with the figures from Google Maps. This has added nine miles to the
walk, changing it from 70 to 79 miles each way!
3) Added 'Buckland
Common and The Lee', 'Kensworth
to Little Gaddesden', 'Kensworth-The
Downs-Whipsnade' and '
Kensworth-Ivinghoe Beacon' walks to Chiltern Hills section
4) Added
Bullfinch to Bird photos section
5) Added more photos to
Fallow Deer
section |
13/11/08 |
1) Added
Green Woodpecker and
Stonechat to Bird photos section
2) Replacement photos of Robin and
Magpie in Bird photos section
3) Additional photo of
Long-tailed Tit in Bird Photos
section
4) Added 'Kensworth-Redbourn'
and 'Shorter
Ashridge walk' local walks to the Chiltern Hills section
5) Added
Fallow Deer and
Muntjac Deer sections to Photographs
page
6) Added
Favourite Landscapes section to
Photographs page. Note that these are just a collection of my favourite
photos from all my walks, so they've all already appeared in my journals
7) Added many more photos of the
Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail |
28/09/08 |
1) Additional/replacement photos of
Grey Heron and
Nuthatch in Bird photos section
2) Added
Cormorant to Bird photos section
3) Added
Violet Helleborine to
Wildflower photos section
4)
Added 'Kensworth
and everywhere' and 'Kensworth-Ivinghoe'
local walks to the Chiltern Hills section |
26/08/08 |
1) Additional/replacement photos of
Blue Tit,
Wood Pigeon,
Great Spotted
Woodpecker, Blackbird,
Robin,
House Sparrow and
Long-tailed Tit in Bird photos
section
2) Added
Coal Tit and
Nuthatch to Bird photos section
3) Additional photos of
Borage,
Meadow Cranesbill,
Common Fumitory,
Great Willowherb,
Musk Mallow,
Purple Toadflax,
Small Balsam,
Weld,
Yarrow and
Squinancywort in Wildflower
photos section
4) Added
Chicory,
Dropwort,
Enchanter's Nightshade,
Goatsbeard,
Opium Poppy
and Annual Wall-rocket
to Wildflower photos section
5) Additional/replacement photos
of
Brimstone,
Comma,
Chalkhill Blue,
Gatekeeper,
Small Skipper,
Red Admiral and
Marbled White in Butterfly
photos section
6) Added
Ringlet,
Common Footman (moth),
Chimney Sweeper (moth) and
Narrow-bordered
Five Spot Burnet (moth) to Butterfly photos section |
28/06/08 |
1) Added rest of journal for
Chiltern Chain Walk,
including route descriptions for each of the 20 walks and a rough map of
the overall route.
2) Additional photos
of Marbled White in
Butterfly photos section
3) Additional/replacement photos of
Eyebright,
Pyramidal Orchid,
Yellow-wort,
Greater Celandine,
Meadow Cranesbill,
Common Mallow,
Scarlet Pimpernel,
Poppy,
Common Toadflax,
Meadow Vetchling and
Common Spotted
Orchid in Wildflower photos section
4) Added
Vervain to Wildflower photos
section
5) Added
Meadow Brown to Butterfly
photos section |
18/06/08 |
1) Added journal entries for Walks
13-16 of the
Chiltern Chain Walk
2) Added
Common Whitethroat,
House Sparrow and
Yellowhammer to Bird photos section
3) Additional
Blue Tit,
Great Tit,
Red Kite and
Starling photos in Birds section
4) Added
Burnet Companion,
Dingy Skipper and
Large Skipper to
Butterfly/Moths photo section
5) Added
Man Orchid,
Fairy Flax,
Common Mouse-ear,
Creeping Cinquefoil and
Field Mouse-ear to
Wildflower photo section
6) Additional
Lesser Stitchwort
and Bladder Campion
photos in Wildflower section
7) Stephen Dawson kindly pointed out
an error in the map for Walk 6 of the
Chiltern Chain Walk,
which I have corrected. I have consequently had to adjust the 'total
mileage' for the subsequent walks as Walk 6 was 0.2 miles shorter than
I'd stated. |
1/06/08 |
1) Added journal entries for Walks
9-12 of the
Chiltern Chain Walk
2) Additional photos for
Common Milkwort,
Field Pansy and
Ragwort in the Wildflower photo
section
3) Added
Small Heath to Butterfly photo
section
4) Added
Welsh Poppy and
Wood Spurge to Wildflower
photo section |
18/05/08 |
1) Added journal entries for Walks
5-8 of the
Chiltern Chain Walk
2) Additional photos for
Orange-Tip,
Holly Blue and
Speckled Wood
butterflies
3) Additional/alternative photos
for
Bugle,
Field Pansy,
Greater Stitchwort
and Wild Strawberry in
the Wildflower photos section
4) Additional/alternative photos for
Coot and
Tufted Duck in the Bird photos
section
5)
Gadwall and
Pintail added to Birds photo section
6)
Goldilocks Buttercup,
Crosswort,
Dandelion,
Red Dead-nettle,
Yellow Pimpernel,
Wood Speedwell,
Star-of-Bethlehem,
Wintercress,
Woodruff and
Wavy Bitter-cress added
to Wildflower photos section |
9/05/08 |
1) Added entries for the first four
(of twenty) walks on the
Chiltern Chain Walk
2) Additional/alternative photos for
Blackbird,
Brambling,
Collared Dove,
Dunnock,
Jackdaw,
Pheasant,
Siskin,
Starling,
Blue Tit,
Great Tit,
Long-tailed Tit and
Great Spotted
Woodpecker in Bird photos section
3)
Blackcap,
Goldfinch,
Grey Heron,
Treecreeper,
Willow Warbler and
Lesser Whitethroat added to Bird photos section
4) Additional/alternative photos for
Cowslip,
Cuckoo-pint,
Germander Speedwell,
Green Alkanet,
Ground Ivy,
Wood Anemone,
Primrose,
Lesser Celandine and
Greater Stitchwort in
the Wildflower photos section
5)
Yellow Archangel,
Greater Celandine,
Cuckooflower,
Dog's Mercury,
Wood Sorrel and
Garlic Mustard added to
the Wildflower photos section |
26/03/08 |
1) Amended various typos and
left/right confusions, and added a few more hyperlinks to birds and
flowers photos.
2) Added
Tufted Duck to Bird photos section
3) Additional photos for
Great Crested Grebe,
Jackdaw,
Mallard,
Mute Swan and
Pheasant in Bird photos section
4) Added
Oregon Grape to Wildflowers
section
5) Added more navigation
hyperlinks at foot of
Chiltern Hill and
Lake District pages |
15/03/08 |
1) Additional or replacement photos
for
Blackbird,
Chaffinch,
Common Gull,
Blue Tit,
Great Spotted
Woodpecker,
Great Tit,
Jackdaw,
Long-tailed Tit,
Pheasant and
Robin
2) Added
Kestrel to Bird photos section
3) Added additional
Coltsfoot photograph to
Wildflowers section
4)
Changed 'hit counter' on home page (as web host no longer supports
Microsoft Frontpage Extensions) |
28/02/08 |
1) Moved Wildflower and Butterfly
photos to a new 'Photographs' section
2) Added section on Bird photographs
to the 'Photographs' section
3) Added a few hyperlinks for birds
mentioned in the journals, mainly for
Buzzards
and
Red Kites |
13/02/08 |
1) Added another Chiltern Hills walk
-
Coombe
Hill and the Hampdens |
29/12/07 |
1) Added another Chiltern Hills walk
-
Watlington Hill, Cookley Green and Pishill |
13/11/07 |
1) Added three more Chiltern Hills
walks
2) Divided the Chiltern Hills walks
into two sections, one for my 'local' walks and one for the rest |
28/10/07 |
1) Added Chiltern Hills page with
four new walks
2) Renamed 'My journals' page to 'Long-distance
paths', and added some descriptions of the routes
3) Reduced number of links at top
of each page
4) Slight changes to the Home
page, and a few other minor modifications |
5/10/07 |
1) Added
Pale Toadflax and
Fox-and-cubs to wildflower
pages
2) Added
Swan's Way journal |
14/9/07 |
1) Added
Himalayan Balsam and
Water Mint to wildflower
pages
2) Added couple more links -
Wainwright Walks on the Lakeland Fells
and
Walking Britain
3) Replaced a photo on Day 5 of my
Bernwood Jubilee
Way journal (a tree in Eythrope Park that I thought was a Black
Poplar turned out to be a Horse Chestnut!)
4) Added
Lake District pages with photos for
six walks
5) Added link to
Huntington's Disease Association on each page
6) Replaced a photo of
Red Admiral butterfly
7) Minor changes to Home page |
11/08/07 |
1) Added more wildflowers -
Red Bartsia,
Nettle-leaved
Bellflower, Large
Bindweed,
Hedge Bindweed,
Bridewort,
White Bryony,
Bugloss,
Viper's-Bugloss,
Purple
Viper's-Bugloss, Lesser
Burdock, Bladder Campion,
Common Centaury,
Red Clover,
Dovesfoot Cranesbill,
Eyebright,
Common Fumitory,
Mouse-ear Hawkweed,
Hollyhock,
Honeysuckle,
Stinking Iris,
Purple Loosestrife,
Meadowsweet,
Common Milkwort,
Dark Mullein,
Woody Nightshade,
Nipplewort,
Bristly Oxtongue,
Evening Primrose,
Redshank,
Silverweed,
Skullcap,
Carline Thistle,
Spear Thistle,
Purple Toadflax,
Hop Trefoil,
Common Twayblade,
Red Valerian,
Weld,
Great Willowherb,
Marsh Woundwort
2) New or additional wildflower photos for
Agrimony,
Clustered Bellflower,
Red Campion,
White Campion,
Cut-leaved Cranesbill,
Meadow Cranesbill,
Greater Knapweed,
Lady's Bedstraw,
Musk Mallow,
Great Mullein,
Common Spotted
Orchid,
Hoary Plantain,
Perforate St
John's Wort,
Yellow-wort
3) Additional butterfly photos for
Red Admiral,
Gatekeeper,
Small Tortoiseshell,
Marbled White
4) Added
Small Skipper
to butterfly pages
5) Added journal for the
Milton
Keynes Boundary Walk |
4/07/07 |
1) Added a few more photographs
for
Cross Bucks Way and
Hertfordshire Way (I
have no more photographs to add now)
2) Added
Clustered Bellflower,
Wild Carrot,
Hoary Plantain,
Grass Vetchling,
Meadow Vetchling and
Russian Comfrey to the
Wildflowers section
3) Added a Guestbook |
2/07/07 |
1) Added more photographs for
Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail,
Berks-Essex Walk,
A Dales Walk,
Greensand Ridge
Walk,
Aylesbury Ring
2) Slight changes to Wildflowers page (added 'Top of list' link) |
27/06/07 |
1) Added more
photographs for
Bernwood Jubilee
Way, John Bunyan
Trail,
Hertfordshire
Chain Walk
2) Added
Bee Orchid to wildflowers,
and more photos of
Common Spotted Orchid |
21/06/07 |
1) Added many more
wildflower photographs.
2) Rewrote the wildflower and
butterfly pages. Each wildflower and butterfly now has its own page,
some of the wildflowers having 2 or 3 photos.
3) Added maps for
Two Ridges Link,
South Bucks Way,
Hertfordshire Way,
Chiltern Link,
North Bucks Way,
Greensand Ridge
Walk,
Berkshire-Essex Walk,
A Dales Walk,
Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail,
Hertfordshire
Chain Walk, John
Bunyan Trail,
Bernwood Jubilee
Way and
Chiltern Way
4) Put Site History page in reverse
chronological order
5) Added journal for
my second Chiltern Way
walk
6) Links to Wildflowers and
Butterflies now bring up a separate web page in the same window (instead
of just a photo in a new window). You need to use your browser's
'back' button to return to the journal, rather than close the window.
7) When you click and enlarge one of
the small blue-framed photos, the enlarged photo now comes up in the
same window, rather than a new one.
You need to use your browser's 'back' button to return to the journal,
rather than close the window.
8) Rewrote the Home page, and made
several minor revisions elsewhere |
22/04/07 |
1) Added maps for
Aylesbury Ring,
Cross Bucks Way |
15/04/07 |
1) Added
Greater Stitchwort,
Primrose and
Wood Anemone
to Wildflowers page
2) Added
further (and amended) photos for
Berkshire -Essex
Walk,
Greensand Ridge Walk,
Aylesbury Ring,
Cross Bucks Way,
Hertfordshire Way
and
A Dales Walk
3) Amended photos on the home page |
6/04/07
|
1) Site moved
to
http://www.petes-walks.co.uk
2) Added more photos to
Chiltern
Heritage Trail
3) Amended photos for
Ashridge Estate Boundary Walk (so that they can be enlarged) |
29/03/07 |
1) Minor update to Day 4 of my
Aylesbury Ring journal
2) Added journal for
Bernwood Jubilee
Way
3) Added photo of
Lesser Celandine to
Wildflowers page
4) Added links to Huntington's Disease Association
5) Added two more photos to home page
and made slight alterations to that page
6) Added more photos to journals for
Hertfordshire
Chain Walk and
John Bunyan Trail
7) Changed photos on 'About
Me' page and made slight alterations to that page
8) Added photo on 'About
my walks' page |
22/01/07 |
1) Added journal for
John Bunyan Trail
2) Added update to 'post-walk comments' page for
Ashridge Estate Boundary Walk |
26/11/06 |
1) Added
Common Field
Speedwell photo to wildflowers page
2) Added journal for
Hertfordshire
Chain Walk |
1/10/06 |
1) Added four more photos to
wildflowers page
2) Added hyperlinks to flower and butterfly photos
from the journals for the
Berks-Essex Walk
and the
Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail
3) Journal for
Chiltern
Heritage Trail added
4) Wildflower and Butterfly photos now come up in
new windows |
2/9/06 |
1) Added comments to wildflower
and butterfly photos
2) Added more links from other pages to wildflower
and butterfly pages
3) Journal for
Ashridge Estate Boundary Trail added |
8/8/06 |
Added pages with wildflower and
butterfly photographs |
5/8/06 |
Journal for
Berkshire-Essex Walk
added |
9/7/06 |
Journal for
A Dales Walk added |
25/4/06 |
Journal for
Greensand Ridge
Walk added |
16/3/06 |
1) Journal for
Aylesbury Ring added
2) A few more photos added for
North Bucks Way
(Days 1, 2 and 3) |
16/2/06 |
Journal for
Cross Bucks Way
added |
5/2/06 |
Journal for remainder
of
Hertfordshire Way
added (Days 19-27) |
7/1/06 |
1) Days 14-18 of
Hertfordshire Way
added
2) Photos added for
Two Ridges Link and Day 25 of Chiltern Way |
20/11/05 |
1) Journal for first half of
Hertfordshire Way
added
2) Some minor changes to photographs |
13/11/05 |
Site first published |