Shell with sea squirts - ascidians #gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #shell #ocean #sealife #marinelife #ascidians

A recent issue of Natural History magazine has a feature on tropical katydids Incredible creatures! Hard to decide which were the most amazing, but these lichen katydids are *next level*

Weymouth: Undoubted highlight here was this stunning Red Sword-grass, only my second ever and the last was exactly 10 years ago. It deserves more than one photo! Best of the rest was this Shoulder Stripe (nfy). Sallow at the end of the garden is out which helped with 30 of 12 sp this morning.

Wow! a 'blue-based earthtongue'

I love the colour of this sphagnum in full sun. We have so little of this left in Oxfordshire...Cothill #fen has most.

The first Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) was also recorded on 18 March in Cheshire, followed by the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) on 21 March in Cornwall. What have you seen recently? 👀 📷: Bob Eade

#kakapo chicks Ongaonga-A2 and A3 on Pukenui during a health check. These chicks are “chalk” priority, meaning that they only get checked a few times before fledging (~75 days). They’re doing well. #kakapo2026 #conservation #wildlife

83 species of #spiders ! and quite a few still to find from historic lists, we are not finished yet...

An amazing 3 minutes in the Lye Valley, Oxford this morning, as an OSPREY circled over the Churchill Hospital before flying north! 🤯 ebird.org/checklist/S3... An incredible new species for the Lye Valley area! @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social @headingtonnews.bsky.social

Some photos from @guy_heath_ rock pooling at Hannafore, Looe! The elusive Rainbow sea slug (Babakina anadoni), found by @oops_robin 🌈

Titanus giganteus is the world's largest beetle! They can grow up to 7 inches long and are native to tropical forests in South America.

What a spectacular lichen!

Gorse Shieldbug on Tunbridge Wells Common last weekend

Anthomyid flies of the genus Egle which breed in sallow catkins, Rusthall Common

Got to love a slime mould, Reticularia lycoperdon aka False Puffball on the garden apple tree. #Protozoa

More #SignsOfSpring here in the Valley, the first of our Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris) is just coming into flower! 😀 #WildFlowerHour #OxfordshireFens @judywebb.bsky.social

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Spring is waking up the peatlands! 🌱 Did you know peatlands are home to a wide variety of plants? From fluffy Cottongrass to insect‑catching Butterwort, there’s plenty to spot at this time of year. Swipe through to meet the species that make peatlands so uniquely alive. ✨

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #tricolour, birds with three colours or more and an alt of #YearRound birds. I rarely photograph Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) — familiarity breeds contempt maybe — but here's one from Oxford's #LyeValley fen that fits both themes. #birds #ECK #UKWildlife

Tuesday 24th March When i set off on my walk this morning i didn't expect to find a new to me species 😃 Gloeophyllum sepiarium 'Conifer Mazegill' : growing on the top rail of a garden bench at Lambhill Stables, Lambhill. #fungifriends

One of our volunteers finished counting the eggs of the scarce Brown Hairstreak butterfly in the Valley this week, and the total for 2025 is 37 eggs, a little down on last year's total. Anyone know if this is in line with national trends? 🤔 #inverts #UKWildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social

We've got good numbers of Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha dominula) moth caterpillars on Comfrey plants in the Peat Moors entrance to the Valley at the moment. Looking forward to seeing the colourful adults later in the year! #inverts #TeamMoth #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography @judywebb.bsky.social

Oxslip County flower of Suffolk. Fairies were said to use the flowers as umbrellas & shelters. Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night’s Dream “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows.Traditionally used to treat coughs and rheumatis. #wildflowerhour #storyplants

Pretty Hairy Violet, Viola hirta, in the chalk cutting at Hutchinson's Bank in Croydon. Late for #WildflowerHour

What a surprising story about Grass of Parnassus

The 20 plume moth (Alucita hexadactyla) has amazing wing structure - like feathers of a bird and reminiscent of some of the micro wasps with their feather like wings. This one photo'd on the kitchen window last week showing the underside.

Always a treat to see; a lovely Ruby-tailed Wasp in our #Staffs garden yesterday. #wasp #CuckooWasp #SolitaryWasp

My first Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) of the year, a female at Pamphill in Dorset this morning 🙌🏼 @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

The Tachinid fly Gymnocheta viridis seen at #RSPBMiddletonLakes 21/03/25 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @chrisraper.bsky.social #Tachinidae #Diptera

Good morning from the Welsh Marches. The warm weather has brought all the pasqueflowers into bloom. Goldfinches shining like jewels in the sunshine.

Sphagnum teres - one of my favourites as rather special, likes a particular uncommon habitat.

Pasque flowers are starting!

Weird...

Happy Vernal Equinox - and Happy Flyday! Dark-edged/Greater Bee-fly (Bombylius major) in a Bournemouth churchyard today. #BeeFlyWatch

#kakapo chick Gale-A3-2026 during a health check at Gale's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. A week old, it's growing fast, putting on about 25% of its body weight per day. Tracking chicks' weight is one of our key measures of health assessment. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

100 #kakapo chicks?! They won’t all survive and the season’s tally will end up quite a lot less than that, but that’s our current guess at how many have hatched so far. #kakapo #conservation #wildlife

A Peacock (Aglais io) butterfly refuelling on Blackthorn blossom in the warm Spring sunshine. 😍 #inverts #UKWildlife #SignsOfSpring #BlossomWatch @upperthames.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social

We've got tadpoles! Hundreds of tadpoles! Quite appropriate for #WorldFrogDay! 🐸 #UKWildlife #amphibians #nature #PondWatch @judywebb.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

On a warm and sunny spring Equinox, so wonderful to hear the deep thrum of multiple male and female Hairy-footed Flower Bees busy foraging on Lungwort and Rosemary flowers on the patio... #wildlifegarden #insects #spring

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Spectacular slime mould!

More insects loving celandines..

Always wanted to see a true wild daffodil site, looks gorgeous..

This is an issue close to my heart. Waxcap grasslands have very special fungi yet fungal importance of any grassland is often completely ignored in any baseline ecological assessment.

Mitrula paludosa - Bog Beacon #FungiFriends

Do you have a passion for #fungi and an interest in raising awareness and promoting #mycology? Find out about #volunteering as a member of a BMS committee: Field Mycology & Conservation; Fungal Biology Research; Fungal Education & Outreach. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/vacancies.html

First local Green-winged orchid of the year in flower today

I remember visting Eype - eroding soft rock cliffs with spring flow in warm sunshine. Amazing invertebrate site!

Grow celandines..