#WadersOuttaWater @waderquest.bsky.social A stunning Squacco Heron at Faneromeni Beach, Lesvos 🇬🇷🇬🇷#Lesvos2026 #BirdsSeenIn2026 @rspb.bsky.social #birds 🪶 #birding #WildlifePhotography #aquest4waders

🪶 This Western Rock Nuthatch looks like it’s about to embark on a tightrope walk across the spiders web strand. 🕸️🕸️. #Lesvos2026 #LESVOS One of a few photographed and fortunately this one posed according to its name 🪨. @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026

WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERNS at Alykes Wetland, Lesvos, Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷. I loved watching these stunners in full summer plumage hawking over the wetlands. #LESVOS2026 #Lesvos @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #birding #nature 🪶 @greece.bsky.social

Great views of this stunning male Eastern Black-eared Wheatear on #LESVOS #Lesvos2026 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social Perched perfectly on a rock it sang several times before diving down onto a caterpillar 🐛 snack. #birds #birding #nature #WildlifePhotography 🪶

🪶 Eastern Olivaceous Warblers seemed to sing from every tree & bush on Lesvos 🇬🇷 #Lesvos2026 but didn’t show themselves often. This one showed beautifully on the banks of the Tsiknias River. #birds #birding #wildlife #BirdsSeenIn2026 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #birdwatching @greece.bsky.social

🪶 He sang all day, he sang all night, right outside our hotel room in #Lesvos #LESVOS2026 #birds #birding #wildlife @britishnatureguide.bsky.social 🎶 🎵 SOUND UP FOR THE SUPERB SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE 🎵 🎶 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷. See reply for night time chorus.

Some of the stunning displays of wildflowers in Lesvos, Greece 🇬🇷. #lesvos2026 #nature #NaturesRainbow 🌈 #wildflowers #flowers @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #NatureIsAmazing

The variety and sheer number of wildflowers in Lesvos 🇬🇷 was incredible. Often with seas of blue, white, yellow, pink and red. The poppies in particular looked amazing. #wildflowers @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #flowers #wildlife #nature

🪶 The WHISKERED TERN became a very early and easy lifer ✅ whilst in Lesvos #Lesvos2026 Several of these beauties were regularly hawking the Alykes Wetlands, Kalloni. @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026 #birds #birding #wildlife

🪶 The most abundant bird I came across on Lesvos 🇬🇷 was the Crested Lark. Mostly sat on fences and scurrying about in the roads. This one posed perfectly near the Tsiknias River #birds @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026 #birding #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #Lesvos2026

A week on Lesvos 🇬🇷 was fantastic #Lesvos2026 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social The European Bee-eaters definitely stole my heart ❤️. #birds 🪶 @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026 #wildlife #lesvos Numbers increased throughout the week with their bubbling call always a pleasure to listen to.

#TeamMoth Another count that easily fit on two hands with 9/7 😫last night. 🙌 . Pleased to add two NFG with a Scalloped Hook-tip that took ages to behave & stay still, and Mottled Pug. Also NFY Chinese Character and Knot Grass. #MothsMatter #DERBYSHIRE A week off now for avian goodies in Lesvos 🐦 😎🇬🇷

#TeamMoth I considered myself a silly sausage putting the trap out last night. Temps down to 6° and a big bright moon 🌕. But of my 7/7 I was gifted 2 NFG with a Muslin and a Triple-spotted Nest Moth (Tinea Trinotella) ‘l think.’ #MothsMatter #DERBYSHIRE VC57 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Think I'm falling in love with Lesvos. #BirdsSeenIn2026

#TeamMoth The comically low totals continue with 2/2 last night. LBAM and a NFY Garden Carpet keep ye olde Irish rogue away. On the positive side I was able to cook breakfast earlier than I expected 🍳. #DERBYSHIRE #MothsMatter

#TeamMoth VC57. It seems to be getting worse not better. Frankentrap MkII would be easy to blame but freezing 🥶 overnight temps are likely the cause. Last two efforts have produced 4/4 and 2/2. My best being a Brindled Beauty. 🤦‍♂️. #DERBYSHIRE #MothsMatter enthusiasm slipping away.

#MondayMotivation This Wheatear looking around trying to work out where the heck that weekend disappeared to…….. @rspb.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #birds #UKbirds 🪶

Chough. Monk Nash beach🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 19/4/2026 #Birdingwales #BirdsSeenIn2026 #UKbirding #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy

Car birding on the Derbyshire Moors 🚙 . Superb views of female Stonechat with nest material. Then to Eastern Moors via an area of Gorse hosting a stunning Common Whitethroat. The showy Wheatears finished off the afternoon @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds 🪶 #UKbirds #SPRING2026

My first 💚🟢Green Hairstreak🟢💚 of the year. Cool and breezy but this emerald beauty showed once the sun poked through 🌞 . @peakdistrict.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #ButterflyWeek #Butterflies #UKwildlife

#TeamMoth VC57 Just about scraped double figures with Frankentrap MkII including 1 Early Grey, 3 Oak-tree Pug, 1 Brindled Pug & 3 NFG 🥳 with Waved Umber, Yellow-barred Brindle (I think 🤔) and a micro I’ll struggle to photograph and ID. Better pics to follow after work this afternoon. #MothsMatter

A beautiful little Goldcrest scrambling through the brambles for #BirdOfTheDay #LeafandLight @rspbengland.bsky.social #birds #UKbirds 🪶 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay a female Pied Flycatcher collecting material for her nest #LeafandLight @peakdistrict.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #birds 🪶 #DERBYSHIRE @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

#TeamMoth #MothsMatter I present my moth journey. MOTH TRAP Mk1 (no laughing, it’s basic) was made in 2025 and had its maiden outing on 24th July. Although not massive numbers, since then it has caught me 107 different garden moths, plus a few escapees. MOTH TRAP Mk2 is now ready for action………🤞🤞

🪶 An early morning 🌅 watching Ring Ouzels. 90 mins sat on the same cold, windswept rock is not recommended 🤣. My bum is now as cold and flat as said rock @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds #UKbirds #Derbyshire #Nature

A few hours in the Peak District @peakdistrict.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE seeing some of our 🤩stunning🤩 returning migrant species. Redstart, Pied Flycatchers & Ring Ouzel with a chorus of Stonechat, Curlew & Willow Warbler @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #birds #UKbirds 🪶

Just 16/8 last night 8-9th April. But happy to report 3 NFG. 2 very different Early Thorn, Brindled Pug x2, Oak-tree Pug (I think). 🥳 #DERBYSHIRE VC57. Other overnight garden visitors included Beautiful & Twenty Plume, C & S Quaker 2+1, Early Grey x4, Brindled Beauty x2. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

FOMO made me do it last night #TeamMoth What a silly billy, trapping on a very cold, very clear night. A poor 4/3, 2 Early Grey, 1 S Quaker, 1 Common Flat-body (Agonopterix heracliana). I’m punishing myself with 50 lines 👨‍🎓. I must not trap on cold clear nights. I must not trap on…………

A weekend away and no chance of trapping but the moths were still on my mind…….. #TeamMoth This boozer had my attention simply because of its name 🤪🤣

Great to see Northern Wheatears back on their breeding grounds in the limestone heaven 🪨 🪨 of the @peakdistrict.bsky.social #PEAKDISTRICT #DERBYSHIRE #birds 🪶 @rspb.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #UKbirds @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #wildlifephotography

Female Brambling from Padley Gorge @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social a pleasant surprise whilst checking the area for early migrant arrivals. 🪶 #birds @rspb.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

A windswept walk at Padley Gorge. No Green Hairstreak yet 🦋 but 30+ Bramblings. I sat on the same rock over 45 mins whilst they visited the ground for beech mast…..being regularly flushed by kids & dogs off leads 😡 @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social 🪶 #birds @rspb.bsky.social

Just 10/4 here in North Derbyshire last night (31st March) under a very bright moon when I went to noddy land. Nothing new but 4 Brindled Beauty (2 of which didn’t like the paparazzi), 4 Early Grey, and one each Small & Common Quaker. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE

Saturnia pavonia. Emperor Moth First time using pheromone lures and within 30 minutes three males circling. Record shot then packed away. VC13 #TeamMoth. Mill Hill LNR Shoreham-by-sea. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Obviously a lifer for me. 😀

#TeamMoth I’ve not had any opportunity to trap since 23/24th but in the meantime I’ve learnt a little from the more experienced moth-ers and stocked up on a couple of supplies 🤪😉 #MothsMatter

PEEKING FROM THE BRACKEN. This Adder has insanely good Camouflage. No wonder it’s taken me four years to see one! @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @peakdistrict.bsky.social #wildllife #Nature @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE #Snakes

#TeamMoth 15/4 here in North Derbyshire 23/24th March. 11 C Quaker, 2 Early Grey, 1 Beautiful Plume (I think) and a NFG 🥳Yellow Horned #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE @derbyswildlife.bsky.social I’m new at this and even I’m bored of C Quakers!

The Peak District @peakdistrict.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #Snakes #Reptiles continues to deliver superb wildlife moments. My latest being the Adder……Four long years of searching for them, finally, finally rewarded with superb views #wildlifephotography @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

#TeamMoth Had this Caddis Fly in amongst the moths, not sure exactly which type……… @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @wild-life-ranger.bsky.social #insects #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife

That’s the post checking season off to a flyer!, a male Rannoch Brindled Beauty enjoying the spring sunshine in Highland this evening! #teammoth

My highest 2026 total so far under clear, cool skies, particularly after 9:30pm. 17/11. 3 NFG 🥳Shoulder Stripe, Diurnia Fagella, & Twenty Plume moth. Also Oak Beauty, 2 S Quaker, 3 C Quaker, 2 Hebrew, 3 Early Grey, Com Plume, March Moth, Cl Drab #TeamMoth #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

It’s becoming an obsession 🤦‍♂️……..even a walk with the Mrs in a local park had me spotting a moth. Only had the phone to hand for pics as this Brindled Pug made its way across the path at Hardwick #DERBYSHIRE #TeamMoth #MothsMatter It’s a new one for my list, just not the garden list.

SPRING IS FINALLY ARRIVING. A Long-tailed Tit collecting nest material here in North Derbyshire @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds 🪶 #UKbirds @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE

Cloudy & breezy in NE Derbyshire #TeamMoth 16/8. 7 were C Quaker, 1 Sm Quaker. NFG were a pair of Early Grey 🥳 & 1 Twin-spot. Also, 1 Hebrew Ch, 2 Cl Drab, 1 March Moth, 1 Satellite. PLUS Meshweaver spider & Black Sexton Beetle @savebutterflies.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #MothsMatter

#SundayYellow Tried something different with photographing miniature daffodils on the back garden. #flowers #naturetherapy #DERBYSHIRE @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #art #PhotographyArt #Springtime #NatureUK

#TeamMoth Another slight increase in numbers overnight (8-9th March 26) here in North Derbyshire #DERBYSHIRE 11/5. 6 Common Quaker, 2 Satellite NFG 🥳 , 1 Grey Shoulder Knot, 1 NFY Red-Green Carpet, & 1 Clouded Drab. #MothsMatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Another pic of a Peak District Mountain Hare ⛰️ 🐰 still in its winter coat. @peakdistrict.bsky.social #UKwildlife #BritishWildlife #DERBYSHIRE @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #mammals

A superb morning photographing Mountain hares ⛰️🐇⛰️ here in @peakdistrict.bsky.social The only population of these beautiful mammals found outside of Scotland. Much easier to spot in their white winter coats #DERBYSHIRE #mammals @derbyswildlife.bsky.social #Wildlife @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

#TeamMoth It’s #MothFaceFriday Here’s my latest new for garden beauty……… A BRINDLED BEAUTY posing for me #MothsMatter #Moths #DERBYSHIRE