Moon rise over the Otter Estuary this evening.

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Beautiful fly agaric toadstool at Bystock.

The media needs to challenge the false narrative that nature is blocking development. The media has a responsibility to tell the truth. @kitstoner.bsky.social #WildSummitUK

Disappointed to see such a sudden and widespread antipathy towards bats on a survey of a large historic building today with lots of staff. Normally they are all interested-I’ve not had anyone say anything anti-bat before while there.

Insane numbers of Greater horseshoes overhead tonight. :)

Beautiful reflections on the Pools today.

This is not Autumn. This is drought distress in Islington, London Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England

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Beautiful sunset, Daubentons’ bats and 4 Glowworms at Bystock this evening! :)

A solitary Glowworm by the Pools tonight. :) @devonwildlife

Love these! Great to see them back on Bystock. Only fou of them, , but that is already more than last year. :) @devonwildlife

Another ‘liking bats gets you to amazing places’ post. Last night was this medieval yeoman’s house with wildflower meadows and c.100 Lesser horseshoes, and today a smaller roost at an RHS garden. @batconservation.bsky.social #NBMP

The Weymouth Link Road yesterday. It just gets better and better each year!

Scarily dry on parts of the Pebblebeds today. This stunning sundew was well and truly on dry and solid ground. Lovely to see in such detail though-I love the little droplets that look like halos.

First of the (Heath?) spotted orchids out today on the Pebblebeds. (There well nay be hybrids here too as both species are found pretty close together). #ukorchids

Bat central at tonight’s @Devonwildlife Bystock bat walk!

Nightjars (at least four of them) on the Pebblebed Heaths, filmed on Saturday.

Lovely to hear nightjars again on the East Devon heaths tonight. This is the earliest I have seen or heard one yet! We had distant churring and then one quietly fly into the pine tree nearby. (Sadly not visible in the ohoto, despite it being in the frame!) #Devonbirds

How to help grounded bats: 21 new trainees spent their Saturday with me, Devon Bat Group, and some obliging #bats finding out. 🦇 @batconservation.bsky.social #nature #wildlife

Barn owl with prey…. A rare treat to see, and particularly beautiful as the sun set on a gorgeous day. (Good to get away from the headlines for a bit….)

Nice to find newts in the garden ponds again. :)

At least 12 frogs in the allotment pond today! Makes all that work worth it. :)

Waiting for whales today…. Lovely views, gorgeous blue skies, but no cetaceans to be seen.

One of 3 little pipistrelle bats found in a tree at @nationaltrust.bsky.social #Killerton estate today. It doesn’t exactly look very sleepy! (This tree is checked as part of routine bat monitoring under licence, so please don’t be tempted to stick your torch in if you think you know where it is!)

Four days worth of wildlife… hibernation visits, National Highways training session, families event at Northam Burrows and DWT survey on Dartmoor!

Time for the annual hibernation counts today for @batconservation.bsky.social & the National Bat Monitoring Project! We had 3 species, and although the numbers of Greater horseshoes were down, it was good to see a slight uptick in the number of Lessers and the return of the BLEs! Has been a while!

East Budleigh common this evening. Stunning light…

This photo makes me feel like I have struck gold. It’s not often I get to see one of these…even on a trail cam.

Today’s office: lovely views, paddling amongst Dartmoor tussocks and five harvest mouse nests. :)

Bystock this evening.

Son et lumière ‘Time’ at Exeter Cathedral this evening. Incredible!

It may not have snowed in Exmouth on Wednesday, but seeing as we get snow so rarely, it would have been rude not to make the most of the chance to play in it. The snow had started settling within 1 minute of leaving the house and heading uphill, and less than five minutes away it looked like this!

Stunning blue skies yesterday over the Otter, rather different to the grey skies of today!

Still image (taken from a video clip) of a water shrew checking out a brand new beaver dam. Nice to confirm that they are still around-had one on a trail cam here 6 years ago.

I thought I’d see if the grass is greener over here… (photo taken while retrieving a small mammal cam on Tuesday. Today's weather feels very different!)