Just a Red Kite coming to check me out. He obviously thought I looked like carrion. #birds #birdofprey #raptor #redkite @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

Now is a great time to look for insects on flower heads 🪲🌼 Thanks to our colleague Ellie for snapping this photo at #UptonWarren showing just how great hogweed is for longhorn beetles. The large, flat flowerheads make the perfect platform for easy landings and take offs 🙌

Orchid season delivered in style for our guided walk at Bishop Middleham Quarry Nature Reserve. We saw a brilliant mix of orchids, wildflowers, butterflies and moths. A snapshot of the rich biodiversity thriving across this very special wild place. 🌸🦋💚

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#Nature #Crabs #BoxerCrab #PomPomCrab These tiny crabs wield sea anemones like pom-poms, thanks to their specially adapted claws. But they’re not just for show - these living accessories may help defend against predators, stun prey, and even be part of ritualized fighting between crabs.

A Belted Kingfisher hovering just before diving for a fish. #BirdOfTheDay #WildMotion #birds #nature #photography

“It’s all there in black and white” #SuperSeabirdSunday The majestic Razorbill, on the Northumberland coast. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

This last week was mainly filled with butterflies. Holly Blue. Marbled White. Gatekeeper. Large Skipper. #butterflies #nature #wildlife

The Dales are famous for species-rich hay meadows, full of wildflowers like yellow rattle and knapweed. Meadows are left to grow all spring and early summer, allowing wildflowers to flower, feed pollinators, and set seed.

Summit cairn on Fleetwith Pike

Puffins busy on Inner Farne yesterday.

Razorbill with sand eels, guillemots, puffin and Arctic tern. So much to see on Inner Farne yesterday.

As someone who wants to engage with and learn more about the natural world, but isn't a full-on, knowledgeable birder, the Merlin app rocks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Staple Island and the Pinnacle Stacks, largely home to thousands of guillemots.

A walk along Hadrian’s Wall - day 14 of the Pennine Way

Red squirrel in the Yorkshire Dales. #wildlife #nature #photography #squirrels #PhotographersOfBluesky @yorkshiredales.org.uk @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social

What do all of these people have in common? They can all navigate accurately with a map and compass! This means they can plan and undertake their own adventures without having to just follow a dot on a phone. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/nnas

Another fine day exploring the Chiltern Hills on our Lowland Leader training course today. #chilterns #lowlandleader

Always loved Pitstone Mill. @nationaltrust.org.uk #chilterns #windmill

Day 1 of our Lowland Leader training course in the Chilterns. 11 keen and knowledgeable candidates, and some really lovely walking. Check out our course dates for the rest of the year here grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/lowland-lead... grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/lowland-lead...

Morning all! #chilterns #chilternhills #workingaway

Our Everest Basecamp Trek this November has just one place available, and our Pikey Peak Trek next March is already fully booked with 10 happy trekkers joining me. So. Anyone up for joining us in Autumn '27? grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/trekking-cal... #EBC #ABC #nepal #trekking #langtangnepal

Really looking forward to the next 6 days of work in the Chilterns. Just driven down from Cumbria this evening. #chilterns #chilternhills #grandunioncanal

Looking across the Garbh Choire towards the summit of Ben Alder last Sunday. #munros #mountains #scotland

The Osprey, one of our most fearless and powerful birds of prey, meets its match in a stick. A sticky up stick. This ferocious battle ends with the stick being slightly less sticky up. That'll show it. #FoulshawOspreys #Birds #Cumbria

A programme widely credited with aiding the recovery of Sweden's Wolverine population is facing growing challenges as funding fails to keep pace with changing conditions and support among local communities begins to weaken:

This is the first time you get a good view of the hill known as Liathach as you drive down Glen Torridon towards the sea. And what a view. BTW: It's one of the Torridon Hills, hence the description, but let's face it... it's a mountain.

We've got a new, self-appointed traffic warden in Burnbanks. #nature #wildlife #redsquirrel #cumbris

A lovely meadow full of freshly emerging Alpine Bistort below Bealach Dubh. #scotland #flowers #alpine #wildflowers #nature

The view down on the Colby Camp from the summit of Ben Alder #scotland #mountains #munros #history

Morning all. Another photo from the weekend. Looking back to Carn Dearg from Beinn Bheoil. #mountains #munros #scotland

It's World Rainforest Day 🌳 Our temperate rainforests are cooler than their tropical counterparts, but just as wet. And all that rain supports an amazing diversity of plants and animals. 🐦

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (9) Loch Ossian, Wild Camp 2 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (8) Beinn Alder, Munro No. 6 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (7) Beinn Bheoil, Munro No. 5 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (6) Wild camp at Culra #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (5) Carn Dearg, Munro No. 4 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (4) Geal-Charn, Munro No. 3 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (3) Aonach Beag, Munro No. 2 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Ben Alder Forest Weekend Adventure (2) Beinn Eibhinn, Munro No. 1 #scotland #mountains #mountainleader

Home from a lovely weekend in the Ben Alder Forest with my Mountain Leader mentee Stephen. More pictures to follow, but the adventure started at Corrour Station on Rannoch Moor, only accessible by foot or by train. We stepped off the train and set off walking east. #scotland #mountainleader

Just met up with Stephen, my Mountain Leader mentee, at the Bridge of Orchy Hotel ready to jump on the train to Corrour in the middle of Rannoch Moor. We're heading into the Ben Alder range for a backpacking adventure this weekend. #mountainleader #mountaintraining

My morning view from the Highlands. #scotland

A reintroduction scheme to prevent the extinction of Lesser Grey Shrike in Spain has seen more than 850 captive-bred birds released in the past 16 years, but results have been modest so far:

While I'm up in Scotland, here's a #fingerpostfriday from home

After a proper soggy pants day on the hill I'm pleased to announce "The Rain Has Stopped!". Well, for now at least. No photos from the hill, but a couple from my current location. #scotland #weather

Nice to see a few red deer today, and a couple of them in velvet too! #scotland #nature #wildlife

The view across to the Meall nan Tarmachan ridge from Meall Ghaordaidh yesterday. #munros #mountains #scotland

We’re thrilled the first carbon payment (£200k) to The Assynt Foundation via the South Assynt Collaboration is now complete. Funds will support estate admin, visitor info & habitat restoration across 44,000 acres. #Aviva backed, the 30‑yr project could return £2-2.5M to the community buff.ly/HGgFOiz

A further 17 Western Capercaillies have been released into France's Vosges Mountains, despite previous setbacks to the scheme: