Evening rock pooling paid off when I found this Antiopella cristata amongst the seaweed near Brixham! The only other one I’ve seen was also in June so possibly a good month to find this species. A large nudibranch at about 60mm (3rd photo). #nudibranch #rockpooling #marinelife #marinebiology

Nature gave my youngest son a brilliant birthday gift today during a short rock pooling session before his beach party- 2 new species for us and both we’ve been particularly looking forward to seeing! Two Okenia elegans (Yellow-skirt/Venus Sea Slug) and Discodoris rosi. #nudibranch #rockpool

Thrift Clearwing and Long-horned Bee at Froward Point, Devon today! I’ve been checking regularly for these species here so great to find them both today. Lots of common migrant butterflies and moths and this Robberfly, Dysmachus trigonus #teammoth #insect #robberfly

Daisy and the kids found this tiny nudibranch in rock pools at Paington today. They didn’t ID it at the time but appears to be Trapania maculata, a very rare species in the UK with only 25 NBN records! I expect we’ll be heading back this weekend for another look! #rockpool #nudibranch

Another Alabonia geoffrella in the garden this evening and 2 Western Bee-fly Bombylius canescens #micromoth #teammoth #diptera #bee-fly

Alabonia geoffrella in the garden this evening #teammoth #lepidoptera

Immigrant Moths in the trap last night: 1-2 Striped Hawk-moth Hyles livornica seen along the southern coasts of England and Ireland in varying numbers. Is this year going to be a good one? 3 is a Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua, 7 in the trap. Also known as Beet Armyworm!

More nudibranchs found rock pooling at Mansands last night. Egg laying Polycera norvegica, Ancula gibbosa (Humped Ancula), facelina auriculata (Crowned Aeolis) and Limacia clavigera (Orange-clubbed)

Plenty of Marsh Fritillary and Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth (including a mating pair) on guided walk with @savebutterflies.bsky.social at Langaford Farm, Dartmoor. Then another site nearby had dozens more Marsh Frit and Bee-hawks + a single Chimney Sweep #lepidoptera #teammoth

Spent the evening rock pooling at Mansands and managed to see 9 species of Sea Slug including these below Crowned Aeolis, White Aeolis, Edmundsella pedata and Polycera norvegica #rockpool #nudibranch

Striped Hawkmoth, Hyles livornoca to light last night in Paignton, Devon @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth

Some better photos of the Crimson Speckled this morning at Froward Point. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth #lepidoptera

The day keeps getting better… CRIMSON SPECKLED at Froward Point! Been wanting to see this species for ages! Also 2 Western Bee-fly also new for me #teammoth #lepidoptera #beefly

Surprise in the trap this morning, my first Striped Hawkmoth! Other migrants including Vestal, Dark Sword-grass, Silver-Y and 3 Diamond-back #teammoth

Rock pooling at Mansands. Nudibranchs Aeolidia filomenae (grey) & Aeolidiella glauca (yellow), also Common Lobster and Candy-striped Flatworm. #rockpool #nudibranch #marinelife

Candy-striped Flatworm at Wembury today. We also had Solar-powered Sea Slug, 2 Orange-clubbed Nudibranch and a White Aeolis (Favorinus branchialis) that was another new species for us. #nudibranch #rockpool #marinelife

Pink Coryphella Nudibranch, Edmunsella pedata at Mansands, Devon this morning on the low tide. This one was only 12mm long but a real beauty! A new nudibrach species for us. #rockpool #nudibranch #marinelife

Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth, Hemaris tityus nectaring at Bluebells on Dartmoor. #lepidoptera #moths #teammoth #dartmoor

Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoths, Hemaris tityus on Dartmoor. Having seen a male flying loops of a patch of rush he eventually landed. I crept over to find a mating pair, the female freshly emerged with her wings still scaled. They were still together 2hrs later when I left! #lepidoptera #dartmoor

Always a pleasure to see my all time favourite moth, the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk Hemaris tityus. An amazing day flying carder bee mimic. Dartmoor, Devon this afternoon.

Prawle Point today with the family. Lots of invertebrates including Small Pearl-bordered Fritillarys (30+), Cream-spot Tiger (2), Violet Oil-beetle and our targets Long-horned Bees (25+) and Moon Spiders (8) #insects

Lorn-horned Bees Eucera longicornis nectaring on Kidney Vetch at Prawle Point today.

12 Small Blue, Cupido minimus at Berry Head quarry this afternoon. #lepidoptera

Ground Beetles at Hembury Woods, Carabus problematicus and Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus. Also Pied Flycatcher, Goosander, Dipper with young, Pearl-bordered Fritillary and many Fork-jawed Nomad Bees. #coleoptera

A few invertebrates at Prawle Point yesterday. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Long-horned Bee, Moon Spider & Black Oil-beetle #invertebrates

Male Long-horned Bee, Eucera longicornis at Prawle Point. Mainly seen nectaring on Kidney Vetch flowers on the cliff tops.

I am leading a night walk looking for the rare Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus on Dartmoor at the Bovey Valley Woodlands on Thursday 14 May 2026 www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Another day on Dartmoor where we managed to see Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth Hemaris tityus, amazingly we saw one land briefly before zooming off again. White-barred Peat Hoverfly Sericomyia lappona also seen but no Bog Hoverfly… #moths #hawkmoth

A real treat rock pooling at Wembrey today when we discovered this fairly large Nudibranch! Spurilla neapolitana, Hair-curler Seaslug unless we’re mistaken. Can anyone confirm ID? @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @charlottecumming.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social

Nocturnal invertebrate hunting last night on Dartmoor in the Dart Valley. We managed to find 2 of the rare Blue Ground Beetle Carabus intricatus and 4 Violet Oil-beetles Meloe violaceus. Also plenty of amphibians about and a great dusk chorus including a showy Garden Warbler. #Coleoptera

First male Long-horn Bees Eucera longicornis flying today at Gara Rock, Devon my first in April - photo from a few years back.

Little Dartmouth today. More Oil-beetles (2 Black & 2 Violet), 20+ Red-and-black Froghoppers Cercopis vulnerata, and single Green Hairstreak. Also singing Reed Warbler and Cetti’s Warbler surprise birds on the cliff tops. Thanks John Walters for help with Oil-beetle ID over the last few weeks!

Nice selection of insects and birds on Dartmoor in the sun today. 3 Cuckoo + 6 Crossbill at Venford. 18+ Pearl-bordered Fritillary, 2 Emperor Moths and Violet Oil-beetle (I think) adult + Triungulin up river from Newbridge.

Spurilla neapolitana, Hair-curler Seaslug at Falmouth. First seen in the UK in September 2025! Photographs by Abby Mavrikakis who was searching for this species when we found this individual #nudibrach #rockpooling #marinelife

Another day rock pooling on Gylly Reef, Falmouth. We had 6 Rainbow Seaslugs Babakina anadoni including a pair with eggs! We didn’t see any until early afternoon at the lowest state of tide. Definitely one of our favourite family wildlife experiences #rockpooling #rockpool

Amazing day with the family rock pooling near Falmouth today. 2 Rainbow Seaslugs Babakina anadoni picked up by the kids and a Hair Curler Spirulla neapolitana were obvious highlights but also a brilliant selection of other marine life #rockpool #rockpooling

Berry Hd seawatch 0900-1430 (with @jacob-wood.bsky.social ): Arctic Skua (pale phase ad), Bonxie (Imm), c550 Manx, 17 Puffins, c1500 Auks (incl good nos of Razorbills), Whimbrel, 2 Sandwich Terns, 7 Common Gulls, Common Scoter, Harbour Porpoise

Berry Head 16:00-17:00 315 Manx, 1 RtDiver, 94 kittiwake, 35 Gannet, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Arctic Skua and 2 Common Dolphin. 1 Willow Warbler in quarry #devonbirds #ukbirding

Finding a freshly shed skin led me to these dancing male Adders Vipera berus, not a dance but a wrestling match over a female. Dartmoor, Devon. Longer video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7qT...

Green Hairstreak on the wing at Prawle Point, Devon today with 16+ seen on short stretch of coast path west of the point. Also 4 Dotted Bee-fly seen egg ‘bombing’ mining bee nests on the sand cliffs and 6 Black Oil-beetles. Birding was slow with 1 Whitethroat and 6 Swallows.

3 Emperor Moths seen on Dartmoor today, also 3 Grass Snakes seen at Emsworthy Mire and plenty of butterflies. Glow-worm larvae feeding on a snail at Bolberry Down yesterday!

Dotted Bee-fly (Bombylius discolor) nr Froward Point and Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) at Dartington on the weekend. South Devon #bee-fly

Caspian Gull showing well in Brixham Harbour this evening from viewing platform near Rockfish. It appears to be the first bird that turned up here in the winter influx that also visited the Axe Estuary last month with distinct pale markings on one side of bill. #ukbirding #devonbirds #caspiangull

Froward to Coleton Camp, Devon late afternoon. 3 Wheatear (2f, 1m), Ashy Mining Bee, 2 Tawny Mining Bee, 20-30 Hairy Footed Flower Bee & 9 Dark-edged Bee-fly

Nice walk around Prawle Point today. 6 Wheatear (4m, 2f) on beaches and a Red Kite. Also Adder, Brown Hare and lots of bees. Many Cliff Mining Bees nectaring on Alexander’s, 40-50 Gooden’s Nomad Bees (?) and 2 Dotted Bee-fly (Bombylius discolor) on coastal path. #devonbirds

My first Wheatears of the year at Berry Head this evening. The kids and their mum saw a black Adder in the quarry that I missed whilst chasing the Wheatears! Also a few more Dark-edged Bee-fly in the garden today #devonbirds #ukbirding

Lots of insects about at Berry Head this morning. Tawny Mining Bee, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly and these… maybe Painted Nomad Bee and Common Mourning Bee?? @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social Also imm. male Black Redstart still in quarry #devonbirds

1w Bonapartes Gull still on Blaxton Meadow this morning #devonbirds #ukbirding #ukrarebirds

Can anyone help with ID of this gull at Mansands, Devon this morning. It looked good for #CaspianGull as it flew in- neck shawl and white head + tail/rump but underwing was fairly dark. When landed the mantle/scaps quite dark for Casp and wing coverts unusually patterned? #devonbirds #ukbirding

Caspian Gull briefly at Mansands again this morning in the rain. Also 6 LBBG, 10 GBBG, 3 Common, 120+ Herring and 1 Kittiwake on marsh. 2 RtDiver and 1 GNDiver on sea. #devonbirds #ukbirding #patchbirding