Classic Christmas staple in our house 🎄 ... My favourite bit? When they briefly turn into skeletons, squished between two trucks 💀💀 … "You're going the wrong way!" 😱 ... Never gets old 🤣 ...

Roll on Spring !

Surprised to find a Betony plant still in flower locally ,and a rather scrawny (but just in flower ) Goldenrod + a couple of Umbellifers ,one a Hogweed. #wildflowerhour #wildflowers

Don’t know if you’ve seen this but I remember watching live on OGWT .. Rory was a brilliant guitarist and singer. Hope you enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQoV...

#NovemberAlchemy #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 11/16: The Quiet Disintegration I Fall Apart - Rory Gallagher (I'm a little frustrated with the way this was shot, but the audio is good.) youtu.be/yXiIz5G_daA?...

Surprisingly good night in the moth trap last night ......getting near seasons end now. 5 Feathered Thorns ,2 Ferrugalis , 5 Autumnal moth, 1 Turnip moth , 1 Merv; ,1 Vines Rustic , 1 Pug (for ID ), Best ,and a first for me ,a Sprawler. Pleased with that one ! #mothsmatter#teammoth

A few more fungi from local jaunts in mid-Kent. #fungifriens #Toadstools #mushrooms

4 Red Admirals in the trapping area at #Dungeness while scrub clearing today +a Yellow Belle moth. Earlier had a look for the(a ) Pallas Warbler thats been around the Moat ,one possible silhouetted view, a Sibe Chiffchaff reported at the Long pits..wonder if its the pale Chiff we saw on Saturday ?

A few flowering plants for #wildflowerhour ......Sorry a bit late ! A nice show of Evening Primrose from #dungeness +a Daucus species ,Mouse eared Hawkweed, and a very small Bugle.

The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth. Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it. Every single time.

It's #FrohawkFriday, the day we celebrate the butterfly studies & artwork of FW Frohawk. This week features Small Copper, a feisty little creature that could pick a fight in an empty room. IRL it settles for defending its territory against all airborne insects, chasing all away. #butterflies

Came across some very attractive Purple Fungi ,my first thought was Amethyst Deciever ,but to me they look more like a Waxcap sp; Violet Webcap (Cortinarius Violaceus ) maybe ? anyone have any ideas please . #fungifriends #fungi #Toadstools

Fly Agarics are still appearing here and there locally......they really are stunning Fungi ! #fungifriends #Toadstools #fungi

As a footnote to the last post ,a friend over in Swansea today noted 20 ! Clouded Yellows +Small White,Speckled Wood, Small Copper,Red Admiral ,Peacock,Comma and Brimstone in the local cemetery......... extraordinary times !

At a warm (16 c) #Dungeness this morning was pleased to find two Clouded Yellows on the wing ,the one pictured ,a female was by the main car park and the other by the Long pits . Also found 3 Peacock ........but alas .....no hoped for late Small Coppers #butterflies

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I wonder if any UK moth-ers out there recognise this Moth larva .I found it back in May ,it was around 25mm in length and appeared to be more or less fully grown ,and possibly a Sedge/Grass/Rush feeder. Any ideas/opinions much appreciated ! @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #kentmoths #mothsmatter #ukmoths

It's a shame that Bluesky only allows such short videos poor quality videos of such a marvellous spectacle.

Out looking for Crossbills this morning in #OrlestoneForest ,very dull and windy conditions weren't ideal, but in four sections with Pines I found several small mobile flocks in 2 sections (3,25+,10,10,4,15+) also of note a brief flight view of a prob;Hawfinch and 2 Red Admirals #butterflies #birds

Gentiana Lutea — Mona Caron in Le Locle, Switzerland.

Heres a few more ! from earlier. #fungifriends #toadstools #mushrooms #fungi

Around the local forest ,a few Toadstool finds ,surprised to find some emerging Fly Agaric and Magpie Inkcaps........thought that they,d finished ,yet to find any Amethyst Decievers or Horn of plenty.....good numbers last season. #fungifriends #toadstools #mushrooms

In Orlestone earlier ,a few parties of Redwings flitting around ,best 6 (min) Crossbills in a stand of Pines ,very vocal and mobile . A Tawny Owl called briefly .

Teesside twite @teesbirds.bsky.social #birds

Reasonably early start at #dungeness this morning ,at the pines ,a Mink scuttled across the path ,in the pines a pair of Crossbills very briefly .at the screen hide calling Water rails and Cettis Warb; +3 Great White Egrets.Later scrub clearing in the trapping area a female Small Copper #butterflies

Seeing @ploddingbirder.bsky.social superb leucistic Kestrel ,brought to mind a Leucistic Oystercatcher from the early 80's at Lade gravel pit ,in the days when you could walk right around including on the listening wall platform...these are "real record shots " never did master the old Olympus om10!

Dungeness: A pale bird dropped into a Bramble beside me at the red and white gates, then morphed into a super leucistic Kestrel and alighted on a lamp post in the power station, only to be mobbed by a Magpie then have a close shave with an encounter with a Peregrine. #UKbirding #Kentbirding #Birds

A sitting Oystercatcher amongst the Sea Lavender at #RyeHarbour a year or two back #birds #wildflowers

Thin Lizzy, Sydney Opera House, Oct 29 1978

'Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history – the 1966 Aberfan disaster – which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation' ...

A few Fungi from the local forest (Orlestone,Kent).....bit late for #fungifriday some very pale Puffballs (sp;) ,some Small Stagshorn ,The Red one .....a Russula species ,maybe Beechwood Sickener and a nice "group" of Bracket types. #fungifriends #mushrooms #Toadstools

Still some good patches of Common Centaury and Common Toadflax in good flower at #Dungeness ......bit late for #wildflowerhour #wildflowers

I never tire of seeing the Glorious Merveille du jour ,2 of 3 from last night.....otherwise quiet . #mothsmatter #moths #teammoth

A look back at a moth that i,d long wanted to see a White-Spot (Hadena Bimacula) finally struck lucky one morning as the #dungenessbirdobs trap was being emptied ,and amongst the hoards was around a dozen White-Spots a #Dungeness speciality. Another local moth always good to see a Cyneada Dentalis.

Moth trapping in the garden has been pretty poor .....to say the least ! and seeing fewer in numbers and species ,I suppose its down to mass building projects and loss of habitat....and so on ....better night last night....heres a few. #mothsmatter #teammoth

Probably our last visit to the superb #godintonhousegardens for 25', very Autumnal now ,Some school children had created an Elephant from Conkers which littered the ground ,also a nice show of various Squash .Last along the cliffs near Deal an autumn party of Goldfinches #gardens #britishbirds

My youngest son sent me this brilliant Wall Art from the Hawley Arms .Camden recently ,one of Amy Winehouses old haunts ....another gone far too soon !

Finding a few interesting fungi now ,but not quite as good as yet ,as last season . A very pink toned Magpie Inkcap ,an un spotted Fly Agaric (var;Aureola ?) a nice Bracket Fungus and a very unusual soft .spongy "lump" growing from an Oak . #fungifriends #fungi #Toadstalls.

Good to see a fine male Southern Hawker ( 1 of 3) still around ,also a few Migrant Hawkers and Common Darters . #dragonflies #insects

A recent photo of a starling murmuration as if smoke from a chimney has been called a "fluke" by its Yorkshire based, UK photographer, Anna Tosney #WomensArt

Sorry about re-posting but forgot to tag #teammoth #mothsmatter #leptember Crimson Speckled ,this morning near Deal.

Some unusual Fungus around locally.....looks like a winter job trying to ID them all . #fungusfriends #fungus #mushrooms #toadstools

Few butterflies around this morning on the cliffs near Deal .....Wall Browns aside .but was pleased to stumble on a Crimson Speckled moth ....a first for me.

Surprisingly few butterflies around while we were out today just a single Speckled Wood and this near immaculate ,locally bred Painted Lady. #UKbutterflies #butterflies #leptember

Good to see a few Fungi appearing in the local forest includiing Magpie Inkcap ,and the first few Fly Agarics ,not too sure on the group of Fungi and possibly a Bolete species. #fungifriends #fungi #Toadstools

Re-visited a roadside site earlier this year ( as suggested by @sylvatica2024.bsky.social . Thanks Dave !) to re-aquaint myself with the very attractive and scarce Bastard Balm (Melittis Mellisophyllum) loads of different Colour variants ....Good to see them again. #FavouritePlant#wildflowerhour

Some interesting variation in Merveille du jour moths ,from the trap. #mothsmatter