Green Hairstreak butterfly today on Alderney when we walked the zigzag path approaching Fort Clonque. Nice to see one despite the windy conditions! @alderneywt.bsky.social

Whew!

Artemis II Integrity view just before entering blackout during re-entry

Separation!

Colour ringed Redshank at College Lake Buckinghamshire 13/3/2026. Ringed by Mick Wright BTO Suffolk : "The Redshank was ringed (DT56817) on 28.08.2019 at Levington Lagoon, River Orwell, this bird has now been seen 10 times". This is the 7th reported sighting at College Lake! @bbowt.bsky.social

Some nature photos from my January wanderings at Watermead Aylesbury including a couple of non-natives: Moorhen, Siskin, Bar-Headed Goose and Ring-Necked Parakeet #WildlifePhotography

Photos of Hatley Park and Gate Lodge at Hatley St George Cambridgeshire taken on a walk of 10 miles from Wimpole Hall to Wrestlingworth Bedfordshire

Handy UGREEN Bluetooth transmitter to connect iPod Shuffle music player to Bluetooth headphones or car with Bluetooth audio and no hardwired audio-in jacks. Renault integration requires to navigate many obscure UIs every time to get it to play audio from the device though even when already paired 🤔

It was great to see some Purple Sandpipers at Ness Point Lowestoft on a visit in December

Kudos to the driver of a small white car driving the B1122 between Yoxford and Theberton at lunchtime today for steadfastly sticking to the posted 30mph limit with a @sizewellc.bsky.social Tarmac lorry tailgating. Someone needs to slow those dangerous idiots down! #SizewellC

Some video clips of the roosting Knots at RSPB Snettisham last week. I had to set my alarm for 4:30 am for this 😂 @rspb.bsky.social youtu.be/kMgubUezgQk?...

Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia. Read more here ⬇️ www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

Knot in the pits / roost at RSPB Snettisham with yellow / orange flag number 159 and yellow leg ring seen 08/10/2025 7am during a high tide event @washwader.bsky.social

Hot air balloon lands in a narrow street in Bedford “without incident”. A pretty incredible feat with some help from folks on the ground 👏🏼👏🏼 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Time-lapse video of Common Dolphins from photos taken with Pro Capture Mode using the OM System OM-1 camera on a cruise on the Hjalmar Bjørge with Hebridean Adventures between Lochmaddy and the Shiant Isles youtube.com/watch?v=Ln19...

Be Kind to Wasps! A plea for tolerance of these fascinating and useful creatures. youtu.be/bhAgza_E3ww

Some Common Dolphins and a Minke Whale in our recent trip with Hebridean Adventures on the Hjalmar Bjørge passing the island of Rum

A couple of Pine Martens where we are staying in Morvern Scotland

A couple of Puffin photos from a recent trip to Alderney taken 21.05.2025. We enjoyed a trip out on the survey vessel Sula of Braye with @alderneywt.bsky.social

Two big containers of blue stuff...I had a bit of a mix up putting some screen wash fluid in my car screen wash reservoir. Screen washing is going to be a bit bubbly 😂

The Google Gemini AI on my phone has problems 😂

It looks like the Wrens have at least three chicks in the nest box #wrens #birds #nestlings

Wrens feeding nestlings in our garden today @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

We had a sighting of a Golden Oriole from the bird hide at Mannez Pond on Alderney today. It looked great through binoculars but it hid behind some twigs when I took this photo! @alderneywt.bsky.social

We saw what looks like a Marsh Harrier with some leg rings on our walk around the Gannet Trail on Alderney today @alderneywt.bsky.social

Some good views of Sedge Warblers today at RSPB Fowlmere Cambridgeshire UK. Taken at 700mm with the OM System OM-1 Mk ii camera, 150-400mm f4.5 1.25x TC lens and MC-14 teleconverter #birds #rspb #birdwatching #nature #omsystem @rspb.bsky.social @omsystem.bsky.social

Nice coverage of the pet flea treatments in bird's nests issue by @channel4news.bsky.social www.channel4.com/news/scienti...

Front incisor dental crown loose and rattling. “We don’t usually deal with these until they fall off” said the receptionist at the dentist. It seems to be retained by a post, I can’t face trying to pull it off myself - hoping the dentist will have solutions/ ideas 😂

Tree Felling Debacle in Enfield by Toby Carvery ianswalkonthewildside.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/t...

Wrens are busy in the garden #birds

We saw a pair of Marsh Tits at Potton Wood this week on our butterfly transects walk. Smart looking birds, we stopped and watched them for a while #birds #MarshTit

From Dr Avril Poisson at RSPB HQ 😂

Partial Eclipse of the Sun 29.03.2025 time-lapse video recorded at RSPB Fowlmere Cambridgeshire UK while I was volunteering on visitor reception youtu.be/ryQ5F0uV07Q

Pleiades Messier 45 taken 2nd January 2025 from Bedfordshire UK. OM System OM-1 camera with 40-150mm f2.8 lens, exposure 1.3 seconds f2.8 ISO 6400 at 150mm. Hand Held High Resolution mode shot using a tripod.

Apple caves to UK government Snooper’s Charter by reducing data security for customers in the UK. Seems kind of pointless as anyone can apply pre-internet encryption before uploading data archives to the cloud. The bad guys surely do this already, so they’ll have to ban encryption tools next 🤔

A young Hen Harrier, Red, has disappeared in suspicious circumstances. Police found no trace of the bird. This latest incident follows a clear pattern of Hen Harriers disappearing on driven grouse moors: it's time to license driven grouse shooting. More: community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/in...

I finally got round to a visit to RSPB Otmoor Oxfordshire recently. It was great to see this Barn Owl

Very cool 384KHz USB microphone and iOS Bat Detector app to run the iPad as a bat monitor. Designed / created by @ramoneskaraoke.bsky.social and manufactured by Smith Robotics shop.smithrobotics.co.uk

Listen to a brief update on the latest developments - there's good news and bad news - in the murky world of neonicotinoids, sugar beet, derogations, flea treatments etc. youtu.be/MDfg75AyyDQ

Great song called Satellite on the new album by Mary Chapin Carpenter & Co about the sad spacecraft ICE/ISEE-3 aka International Cometary Explorer that must be still out there somewhere contact lost, possibly in safe mode en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

Went out for a walk before dusk to look for a Barn Owl and saw a Hen Harrier fly over! #OwlProwlWalk

The Orion Nebula Messier 42 taken on a recent clear night 3rd January 2025 with the OM System OM-1 and 300mm f4 lens + MC-14 teleconverter. High Res shot using HHHR mode on a tripod, exposure 0.8s f5.6 ISO 16000 at 420mm. One of my favourite winter targets! #astrophotography #astronomy

Binge watching Slow Horses Season 4 on AppleTV+ as it seems to be free to view all this weekend. I can finish my book later 😀 #AppleTV

Distant view of a Short Eared Owl on our walk at Dunwich Heath today 29.12.2024. Great to see one, I'll take it as a substitute for Dartford Warblers which were heard but not seen! @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social

Very happy to see this Water Rail on my birthday last week on a visit to WWT Slimbridge Gloucestershire. On of my favourite birds 😍 #OMSystem #BigWhiteLens

It was well worth a trip to WWT Slimbridge Gloucestershire to see a duck in a bucket today 😍 @wwtworldwide.bsky.social

I have enjoyed watching the Bank Voles at our local nature reserve recently, a little bit of bird food placed in strategic locations will encourage them to appear for photographs #mammals #OMSystem

It’s like an oasis. When we had a guided walk around Strawberry Hill this year on a field trip arranged by the Bedfordshire Bird Club I counted maybe at least 10 Nightingales singing #rewilding #nature

Some long exposure hand held photos from a walk around the winter illuminations at the National Trust Wimpole Estate Cambridgeshire. OM System OM-1 with 8-25mm f4 pro lens #photography

If you need something to put you off buying a new M4 Apple iMac this article is worth a read. If I get a new Mac it will likely be an M4 Mac Mini for the reasons listed www.theverge.com/24303351/app...