Dozens of Black-Veined White butterflies (Aporia crataeai) swarm a kayak by the Vagran River in the Ural Mountains of Russia. 🦋 The butterflies are attracted to the salt from human sweat on the kayaker's gear and clothing. This happens in early summer when these butterflies emerge. #butterfly

I was amazed to find this Current Clearwing in our garden this morning. VC11 #teammoth

A few photos from a recent trip to the Peloponnese in Greece. African Chameleon, Hermann’s Tortoise, Loggerhead Turtle and Dalmatian Pelicans. Just brilliant seeing these things in the wild! #peloponnese

It’s amazing what a garden pond will attract! #greyheron #hantsbirds

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) flowering at Titchfield Haven NNR, Hampshire (Vice-county 11). #wildflowerhour

If you want concentration camps in the UK, people being grabbed off the streets, or murdered on them, five year olds being separated from their parents and locked up #VoteReform

Frogspawn in our garden pond in southeast Hampshire 🐸✌️ @arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

Brazil's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan includes the goal of conserving 80% of the Brazilian Amazon by 2030. It is easy to announce targets, but another thing to achieve them. I hope that Brazil succeeds. 🌍 #amazonrainforest #amazonia #amazon news.mongabay.com/2026/01/braz...

Brilliant few days on the Isle of Wight seeing Red Squirrels, Firecrests, Cattle Egrets, White-tailed Eagle, White-fronted Geese and Great White Egrets. #isleofwightbirds @rspb.bsky.social

I’m really looking forward to this book!

Blue-winged Grasshopper (Oedipoda caerulescens) at Folkestone today. Proximity of the Channel Tunnel suggests train-assisted.

Great weather for seeing reptiles at the moment, male (left) and female Viviparous Lizards (Zootoca vivipara) basking in my local woods, Southeast Hampshire. #reptiles #britishreptiles @arc-trust.bsky.social

Elder is prob the very best cavity-bearing shrub, far better than hawthorn, hazel, blackthorn (very poor). Important nesting shrub for Marsh Tits & Willow Tits, but only if left to develop old trunks and cavities, not cut. Like Hazel, they self-coppice without management, with new growth from base.

Happy World Frog Day! Frogs are an important part of the complex web of life and a friend to the gardener (see last photo). #worldfrogday #youneedkermitmorethanheneedsyou

Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

Brilliant day in the New Forest, highlights were several Goshawks, Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Hawfinch, Firecrests, Marsh Tit, 6 Crossbills, 3 Merlin, ringtail Hen Harrier, Red Admiral and my first Common Lizard of the year.

Here are some illustrations I created for the Biodivhubs project, showcasing measures to promote biodiversity in gardens. They're currently featured on signs in gardens across Munich and will soon be part of a catalog we're working on. Excited to share more soon! #Biodiversity #Illustration #SciArt

In April 2023 we made a pond in our garden in southeast Hampshire. In spring 2024 three male Common Frogs turned up but no females arrived. This evening we have eight male Common Frogs, hopefully some females will arrive soon! Also our first Smooth Newt this evening too. @arc-trust.bsky.social

My first reptile of year, a tiny Slow Worm under a plank of wood at our allotment in southeast Hampshire. Safely moved to a compost heap nearby. @arc-trust.bsky.social #reptile #Britishreptiles

Here are a few photos from a fabulous trip to Australia back in November 2024. I loved being in such a megadiverse country with so many amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Even the centre of Brisbane city was teaming with wildlife. #AustralianWildlife #megadiverse

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Whitewater Rockmaster dragonfly from Lamington National Park, Australia (back in November 2024) #BlueBugs