lasermonkey Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Wez said: We saw a Red Admiral a couple of weeks ago when we had beautiful weather at the weekend, me and the Wonderful Mrs Wez both remarked upon how early it was, hopefully it could find some sustenance, it had obviously been caught out by the unseasonable warm weather on that day. This weekend I've been working in the garden (down to a t-shirt it was that warm), I saw a large yellow butterfly, is that a Brimstone or is it the wrong part of the year for them? @RidgeRunner would know! Very little in the way of other flying things I'm afraid. More than likely a brimstone. They’re often the first butterflies around. I thought I saw a Tipsy Trainer yesterday, the red one. Today I saw our local barn owl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Wez said: This weekend I've been working in the garden (down to a t-shirt it was that warm), I saw a large yellow butterfly, is that a Brimstone or is it the wrong part of the year for them? @RidgeRunner would know! Hi Wez! It may well have been a Brimstone - the harbinger of Spring. It is a little early for them, though. We’ve had a Red Admiral and I saw a Peacock last weekend at Wakehurst Place. I’m keen to get my home-made Robinson moth trap completed so that I’m ready for the first flights of moths in the Spring :). Last year, as you know, was good for me using the Skinner trap but this year should, in theory, bring much more Martin @lasermonkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 On 2/25/2021 at 5:25 PM, lasermonkey said: Also saw my first butterfly of the year yesterday, a small copper, for those lepidopterists amongst us. Nice very early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, lasermonkey said: Today I saw our local barn owl. Another nice sighting. None around here at the moment, just the nightly Tawnys in the still air 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 On the aircraft front we are under the regular departure path from Mildenhall to the South Coast. As a result we are treated daily to QID R/KC-135s. we even had a WC-135 last week. Other recent overflights have included various C-130s (including an AC-130), many USN C-130Ts, etc. Something different a couple weeks Ago was a U-2S descending in to Fairford. Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Over the house today - RA-82044 heading West 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Probably defecting. 🧥 Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Huge drama about 200m down from my house with the air ambulance. Git to admire the skills of the pilots. https://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/19107882.air-ambulance-lands-near-hillside-avenue-borehamwood/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Our daily(ish) QID heading to the Adriatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 OLIVE55 (RC-135V 53-9792) tracking out of Mildenhall at FL300+ to Seaford just now 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Wessex MkV Yeovil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Still flying? RNHF machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, bootneck said: Still flying? RNHF machine? Nah that lot up near Crewkerne who have Sea Kings and Lynx.....probably nearly as many a/c as the Fleet .... be funny if it wasnt so close to the truth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, junglierating said: Nah that lot up near Crewkerne who have Sea Kings and Lynx.....probably nearly as many a/c as the Fleet .... be funny if it wasnt so close to the truth The Historic Helicopters Sea King was doing circuits at Westland on Tuesday too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 A Dornier 28 doing the rounds. Quite the distinctive sound on that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, wellsprop said: The Historic Helicopters Sea King was doing circuits at Westland on Tuesday too! Yeah but its yellow so doesnt count🤣🤣🤣🤣 Edited March 5, 2021 by junglierating 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Not over my house, but while I was queuing outside, waiting for my Covid jab,a Spitfire flew past. I assume it was AR501, as it's based nearby. My first Spitfire of the year and considering the date, very welcome indeed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 French KC-130J '5890' arrived Mildenhall this morning after arrival over the South East. It is possibly there in connection with the MC-130J trips to Cazeaux last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Had an A400M fly over 'the range' in Yeovil yesterday afternoon .....weekend flying unusual 🤔 Ps the range is a strange shop/store in the UK😄 .. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The west wing Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 About half an hour a go. Between Swaffham and Dereham. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Quite literally 'Flying Over My House' awfully low at 1300 today Eurocopter EC135T1 , G-SCAA , operated by Babcock Mission Critical Services from Scone Airfield in Perth on behalf of the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance which landed at the Links Health Centre in Montrose just across from my back gate. Thought it was going to come down in the Car Park but chose the grass area just outside instead (normally used as a traditional but illegal camp site by travellers but empty today or that might have been fun). Some photos taken not long after landing as the pilot waited for crew and casualty and then one from my back door as it departed around 1350. Police in attendance and quite happy for the public to be there , only asking that obviously no one take any photos which might show the casualty. Then two Receptionists from the Health Centre came out , stood around for ten minutes blethering to each other before deciding to clear pedestrians using the public footpaths and roads either side of the Health Centre including those waiting at a bus stop for the bus that was due . . . . . NHS heroes in action . . . . . but in any case my cuppa soup was getting cold so I was heading off by then but did get a finger wagging when I paused briefly at my garden gate. First aviation photographs in just a few days short of a year. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Another medium altitude AN12 over the top and drifting cloud following! Stand down the camera again.😟 Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) C17 westbound following the A303 ....good see RAF is in a good position for heavy logistics what with C17,A400M,Voyager and Hercules...dunno what the servicability is like🤔 Two filthy pingers over Redruth ...a bit later and what looked like the vert stab from a Jetstream in a Camborne industrial estate....only a quick look was negotiating a corner at the time anyone familiar with such a sight 😆 Edited March 11, 2021 by junglierating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 A USCG C-130 Hercules followed in a few minutes by a USN P-3 Orion, odd to have 2 turbo props in a day of different services. They are from Clearwater-St Pete U S Coast Guard Air Station in Florida. A mile or so from my house.---John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 I didn’t see it myself, but the Mrs saw a Kaman K-1200 fly over earlier. I’d love to have seen that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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