Today’s Christmassy #BestOfNature2025 is the spectacular, remarkable, sensational… Green Drab 😵‍💫 What a terrible name - it’s not green and certainly not drab! (July, Moraira 🇪🇸) #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

The suitably festive Semipunctated Shieldbug 🎄 Try saying that after a few mulled wines 🍷 (July, Moraira 🇪🇸) #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin

An absolute beast… Lime Hawkmoth larva 🐛 (July, Camberwell UK) #BestOfNature2025 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

Quite simply…mesmerising! Black Arches 🖤 🤍 🖤 🤍 (July, Essex UK) #BestOfNature2025 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

Certainly the trendiest member of my #BestOfNature2025 collection Pantaloon Bee 👖🐝 🧡 💛 🖤 (July, Norfolk UK) #NatureWithin

For today’s #BestOfNature2025 a large moth that can easily be confused for a butterfly 🦋 Swallow-tailed Moth 🤍 💛 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this Small Emerald 💚 There’s something very calming about this moth 🧘 (July, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

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Every species plays its part #NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social

A contender to be crowned the best of #BestOfNature2025 Six-spot Burnet 🖤 ♥️ 🖤 (July, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

It’s a White-letter Hairstreak for today’s instalment of #BestOfNature2025 The only time I’ve seen this species. 🤎 🤍 🧡 🖤 (July, Essex UK) #NatureWithin

One for the last day of October really but this Ghost Moth seems to prefer July 👻 💛 🤎 💕 (Essex UK) #BestOfNature2025 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

For today’s #BestOfNature2025, it’s only the largest breeding moth in the UK (on a Passion Flower)… Privet Hawkmoth 🩷 🖤 🤎 💜 💚 (June, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) - North Antrim. A species from the summer months. #magpiemoth #abraxasgrossulariata #teammoth #moths #mothsmatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

It’s great to see Nature Within mentioned in The Bish this month. 🐛 🌳 🦋 🦢 🪲 🪱 🐞 🍁 🍄 🔗 Go through the link in my bio to get 25% off (now shipping 📕 📦) Are those bourbon creams on a waffle?! 🧇 🤤 #NatureWithin @pelagic.bsky.social

Fresh out, this Brimstone Moth’s markings are flawless 💛 🤎 🤍 🖤 (June, Essex UK) #BestOfNature2025 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

I found this Scarlet Tiger during a local Open Gardens in June, out and about during the day. It quickly became the star of the show! 🌟 #BestOfNature2025 #TeamMoth #NatureWithin

This is certainly in my top 5 of #BestOfNature2025 Emperor Moth larva 🐛 (June, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Everything about the male Orange-tip screams majesty… 👑 …its smooth contours, its fluffy cowl, its cryptic colouration, its orange blush 🧡 #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin

As my #BestOfNature2025 rolls on, we move from May to June and from 🇵🇹 back to 🇬🇧 with this synchronised pair: Birch Sawfly larvae 🐛 🐛 #NatureWithin #TeamSawfly

Thanks to YOU, our amazing supporters, we've smashed our Big Give target! That's £75,140 that will fund vital research and conservation work to help the Dark Bordered Beauty to spread its wings and thrive once more. Thank you 💚 📷: Lindsey Bowes #ChristmasChallenge #MothsMatter @biggive.bsky.social

Love is in the lair 🧡 🤎 💛 Large Psammodromus 🦎 🦎 (May, Algarve 🇵🇹) #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin

This moth was the undeniable star of our trip to Portugal in May… Crimson Speckled ♥️ 🤍 🖤 🧡 #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

The only bird in my #BestOfNature2025 series… Red-rumped Swallow ♥️ (May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹) #NatureWithin

Today’s #BestOfNature2025 has a beautiful name… Necklace Veneer 💛 🤍 🖤 (May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

There were quite a few of these delightfully tiny moths flying in the day while in Portugal in May 🇵🇹 It’s Reisserita chrysopterella - one of the tineid moths, whose larvae tend to feed on fungi, lichens and detritus rather than plants 💛 🤎 #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Getting closer now… Nature Within is officially published on 6th Jan but the first printing run is in and @pelagic.bsky.social are pushing for pre-orders to be delivered before Christmas 🤞 🎄 🎁 Remember the code NATURE25 for 25% off!

Next up for #BestOfNature2025 is a real beaut! I can’t find an English name for it, but its scientific name is Chazaria incarnata 💜 💛 (May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Division harms us in more ways than we can imagine. #NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social

Ready for take-off… 🛫 Striped Hawkmoths 💚 💚 💚 (May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹) #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

I never thought this pic would work out, as this Banded Garden Spider flung itself back and forth in its web🕷️ 🕸️ However, with a short shutter speed and great deal of patience, I was happy with how it turned out 👍 Worthy of #BestOfNature2025 for sure. (May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹) #NatureWithin

Humbled to see Nature Within included in this festive round-up of books for wildlife lovers 📚 🎄 🐛 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... I must say, Moth: An Evolution Story is a truly wonderful book and one I’ve read to my daughters many times!

Moving location for the next few entries of #BestOfNature2025 Here is the wonderfully spiky Spanish Festoon larva ❤️ 🛡️ (May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

From yesterday’s Hedge Beauty to today’s Orange Beauty, my #BestOfNature2025 showcase rolls on… 🧡 🧡 🧡 (May, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

I had to be very patient to get this picture of a Hedge Beauty 🤩 It is one of the year’s top highlights for sure 🥇 #BestOfNature2025 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Largely unseen and unheard, our invertebrate neighbours do so much for us. #NatureWithin #Quotes @pelagic.bsky.social

A super yet small moth hiding among the wisteria for #BestOfNature2025 today… Chinese Character 🤎 🤍 🖤 (May, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

For today’s #BestOfNature2025 I present Iron Prominent on Acer ♥️ 🩶 (May, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

Possibly the closest I’ve ever got to a dragonfly with camera in hand 📷 And what a spectacular species to continue my #BestOfNature2025 series… Four-spotted Chaser 🤎 🧡 🖤 (May, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #Dragonfly

🔔 For those near Saffron Walden in Essex, I have signed a bunch of books at Hart’s Books 📚 ✍️ They’re available in store now ahead of the official release on 6 Jan 🎄🎁 😉

This #BestOfNature2025 pic reminds us how cute moths can be… Pale Tussock 🧸 (May, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

It was great to launch the new book at Hart’s Books in Saffron Walden last night 📚 🚀 ✍️ Some signed copies of the book were sold… …but the cupcakes (made by my wonderfully talented wife) were obviously what everyone really came for 😋 #NatureWithin #BookLaunch

Today for #BestOfNature2025 is this wonderful species… Puss Moth 😻 (May, Essex UK) 🖤 🤍 💛 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

With just under six weeks left of 2025, I’ll be posting my #BestOfNature2025 pics each day. Let’s start with this double… Muslin Moth 🩶 & Flame Shoulder 🔥 (April, Essex UK) #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

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Delighted to see Nature Within among such a fantastic group of submitted books 📚 @pelagic.bsky.social

Another view of the Violet Ground Beetle I saw in Scotland a few weeks ago 🪲 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Its violaceous outline is beautiful. #NatureWithin #Beetles

I’ll stump for this being Red-belted Polypore but happy to be persuaded otherwise 🍄‍🟫 🩶 🧡 #NatureWithin #Fungi

Put simply… #NatureWithin #Quotes

I’ve started a blog on Goodreads about my favourite words in Nature ✍️ I pick an unusual word, elaborate on what it means and recommend a related book 📕 If this interests you, please follow me through the Linktree in my bio 🔗 🌳 #WorderfulWildBlog