Saturday 15 June 2013

I'm talking to the outside world again

It's been what seems like months that I have been without my internet connection and posted onto the this blog. That's because it is. BT in the first of a series of cock-ups removed my internet and landline on the 22nd April and I have just got it back. I'll not go on for too long about the absolute appalling customer service for most of this time but among the highlights were -

1). A total of just under 12 hours I had to spend talking, mainly to Indian call centres after somebody phoned BT to say they were moving but their move request was attached to my account and I lost everything including my sanity at times 

2). Being told I must have moved house because their screen says so
3). Being asked when will I be moving then if I haven't moved already.
4). Being told the problems were because I have moved back to my old address.

I haven't %$^!£  moved I've told you a dozens times, that's not me.

5). Being told I don't exist after having my account completely deleted so they can''t help
Worries of identity theft started creeping in.

6). Ending up with 2 accounts which apparently is impossible.
I have had at least 3, perhaps 4 during this fiasco

7). Being told by an account manager that they were looking into all my issues and NOT to phone BT anymore but they will contact me with updates.

She never contacted me again. 

8). Getting standard broadband back for 36 hours only for BT to pull the plug because ....
9). I received a bill for the person who had moved.
10). Being told that I cannot have broadband until I pay as I am a bad debt.

11). Getting Broadband back again but having to wait until a new order for infinity was issued and an engineer to call the following week
... to do what !!!

12. Getting Infinity back at 10:00 on Wednesday but for it to stop again on the stroke of midnight.

and 13). Lucky for some, I got my broadband back on Thursday night.

That's enough,  I think. though there's more, an awful lot more,  but back to the nature.


During all this it has not stopped me trying to see 1000 species a 1km square around Waldridge Fell.
I reached the 400 mark on 26th May with a Hoverfly Cheilosia bergenstammi, a widespread though rather localised species, this one preferring Ragwort.

Since then it's been hectic, but the moth trap only really started producing about a week ago.Here's a a listing and a couple of pictures since the last posting.



Green Hairstreak
Still on the fell though the numbers are nothing like they used to be






401 Medicago lupulina (Black Medick) 29-May
402 Delichon urbicum (House Martin) 29-May
403 Bombylius major (Bee-fly) 29-May
404 Veronica montana (Wood Speedwell) 02-Jun
405 Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish Bluebell) 02-Jun
406 Ematurga atomaria (Common Heath) 02-Jun
407 Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Large Red Damselfly) 02-Jun
408 Volucella pellucens (a hoverfly) 02-Jun
409 Sphaerophoria interrupta (a hoverfly) 02-Jun
410 Myosotis discolor (Changing Forget-me-not) 02-Jun
411 Ajuga reptans (Bugle) 02-Jun
412 Salix phylicifolia (Tea-leaved Willow) 02-Jun
413 Stellaria alsine (Bog Stitchwort) 02-Jun
414 Sonchus asper (Prickly Sow-thistle) 02-Jun
415 Argyrotaenia ljungiana (Micro moth) 02-Jun
416 Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-Grass) 02-Jun
417 Poa nemoralis (Wood Meadow-grass) 02-Jun
418 Bombus monticola (Mountain Bumble Bee) 02-Jun
419 Valerianella locusta (Common Cornsalad) 02-Jun
420 Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)   02-Jun
421 Hydrocotyle vulgaris (Marsh Pennywort)   02-Jun
422 Trigonotylus ruficornis (Capsid bug) 02-Jun
423 Voria ruralis (a Tachinid fly) 02-Jun
424 Agriotes obscurus (Click Beetle) 02-Jun
425 Meconopsis cambrica (Welsh Poppy) 02-Jun
426 Cantharis nigricans  (Soldier Beetle) 02-Jun
427 Agriotes pallidulus (Click Beetle) 02-Jun
428 Pardosa amentata (Spotted Wolf Spider) 02-Jun
429 Cylindroiulus punctatus (Blunt-tailed Snake-millipede) 02-Jun
430 Cheilosia latifrons  (a hoverfly) 02-Jun
431 Cheilosia pagana (a hoverfly) 02-Jun
432 Platycheirus podagratus (a hoverfly) 02-Jun
433 Eupithecia vulgata (Common Pug) 03-Jun
434 Selenia lunularia (Lunar Thorn) 03-Jun
435 Tragopogon pratensis (Goatsbeard) 04-Jun
436 Meligethes geneus (Common Pollen Beetle) 04-Jun
437 Epilobium montanum (Broad-leaved Willowherb) 05-Jun
438 Lolium perenne (Perennial Rye-grass) 05-Jun
439 Ancylis badiana (Micro moth) 05-Jun
440 Scoparia ambigualis (Micro moth) 05-Jun
441 Odontopera bidentata (Scalloped Hazel) 05-Jun
442 Plutella xylostella (Diamond-back Moth) 05-Jun
443 Opisthograptis luteolata (Brimstone Moth) 06-Jun
444 Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp) 06-Jun
445 Agrotis exclamationis (Heart and Dart) 06-Jun
446 Chloroclysta siterata (Red-green Carpet)   06-Jun
447 Chloroclysta truncata (Common Marbled Carpet) 06-Jun
448 Abrostola triplasia (Dark Spectacle) 06-Jun
449 Lobophora halterata (Seraphim) 06-Jun
450 Lasiommata megera (Wall) 08-Jun
451 Bombus lapidarius (Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee) 08-Jun
452 Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)  08-Jun
453 Fallopia baldschuanica (Russian-vine) 08-Jun
454 Panorpa germanica (Scorpionfly) 08-Jun
455 Primula veris (Cowslip) 08-Jun
456 Puccinia phragmitis (Dock Rust) 08-Jun
457 Rumex conglomeratus (Clustered Dock) 08-Jun
458 Melangyna umbellatarum (a hoverfly) 08-Jun
459 Helophilus pendulus (a hoverfly) 08-Jun
460 Merodon equestris (a hoverfly) 08-Jun
461 Lathyrus pratensis (Meadow Vetchling) 08-Jun
462 Aira caryophyllea (Silver Hair-grass) 08-Jun
463 Festuca filiformis (Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescue) 08-Jun
464 Cydia ulicetana (a Micro Moth) 08-Jun
465 Coleophora serratella (a Micro Moth) 08-Jun
466 Veronica arvensis (Wall Speedwell) 09-Jun
467 Xanthorhoe montanata (Silver-ground Carpet) 11-Jun
468 Silene latifolia (White Campion)  11-Jun
469 Fumaria capreolata (White Ramping-fumitory)  11-Jun
470 Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Wood Warbler) 11-Jun






Damn that branch. My Wood Warbler in Felledge wood.
This species is getter rarer by the year in the NE
and my first on the fell since 2002.
Well chuffed.


471 Scirpus sylvaticus (Wood Club-rush)  11-Jun
472 Rumex acetosa (Common Sorrel) 11-Jun
473 Salix aurita (Eared Willow) 11-Jun
474 Nardus stricta (Mat-grass) 11-Jun
475 Epilobium palustre (Marsh Willowherb)  11-Jun
476 Carex remota (Remote Sedge)   11-Jun
477 Carex acutiformis (Lesser Pond Sedge)   11-Jun
478 Salix myrsinifolia (Dark-leaved Willow) 11-Jun
479 Ranunculus flammula (Lesser Spearwort) 11-Jun
480 Juncus conglomeratus (Compact Rush) 11-Jun
481 Dasineura ulmaria (Meadowsweet Gall Midge) 11-Jun
482 Crepis paludosa (Marsh Hawk's-beard) 11-Jun
483 Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted-orchid) 11-Jun
484 Chrysotoxum arcuatum (a hoverfly) 11-Jun

Chrysotoxum arcuatum - A 
strictly northern and western hoverfly,
locally frequent on the fell
485 Nomada ruficornis (Red-Horned Nomad Bee) 11-Jun
486 Tipula oleracea (Marsh Cranefly) 11-Jun
487 Platybunus triangularis (a harvestman) 11-Jun
488 Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm) 11-Jun
489 Carex echinata (Star Sedge) 11-Jun
490 Carex sylvatica (Wood-sedge) 11-Jun
491 Milium effusum (Wood Millet)   11-Jun
492 Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife) 11-Jun
493 Salix pentandra (Bay Willow)   11-Jun
494 Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian)   11-Jun
495 Lysimachia nemorum (Yellow Pimpernel)  11-Jun
496 Cantharis pellucida (Soldier-beetle) 11-Jun
497 Plagiomnium affine (Many-fruited Thyme-moss) 11-Jun
498 Eupithecia assimilata (Currant Pug) 11-Jun
499 Calliteara pudibunda (Pale Tussock) 11-Jun
500 Lomographa temerata (Clouded Silver) 11-Jun
501 Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix) 11-Jun
502 Biston betularia (Peppered Moth) 11-Jun
503 Notodonta dromedarius (Iron Prominent) 11-Jun
504 Thera britannica (Spruce Carpet) 11-Jun
505 Aphomia sociella (Bee Moth) 11-Jun
506 Diarsia mendica (Ingrailed Clay) 11-Jun
507 Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth) 11-Jun
508 Stenodema calcarata  (Capsid bug) 11-Jun
509 Episyrphus balteatus (a hoverfly) 12-Jun
510 Pucciniastrum epilobii (Willowherb Rust) 12-Jun
511 Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley) 12-Jun
512 Thera obeliscata (Grey Pine Carpet) 12-Jun
513 Deilephila elpenor (Elephant Hawk-moth) 13-Jun


So that's it so far. I'll  post some pictures and more details later, I have a great deal of emails to go through as I have the internet back.

3 comments:

  1. But of course you can laugh about it now ;)

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  2. At last, he's back in the game :) i'll not be going with bt then, hope they compensated you for the crap service, if not i would go straight to the top and complain, don't let them get away with it ;)

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  3. Thanks Gents, now to get the Gateshead Blog up again and find up what you two have been up to.

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