Pied Wagtail, St. David's Church, Llanwrtyd, Powys. Sat 22/11.

Buttercups flowering in Ockbrook, South Derbyshire today - is this normal? Also Knapweed and pink Clover in flower.

Catching the train from Maze Hill station (east Greenwich) I was surprised to see grey wagtail on the opposite platform waiting for the down train. Never seen one in this immediate area (cropped phone shot) @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Just walked down our compact greenwich back garden in the fading light and was surprised to see a bird still out and about. Then surprised to see at least 7 mire birds out and about (I think there's 8 in the pic - count 'em). Got to love a long-tailed tit!

Still a few Clouded Yellow to be found at Cliffe Pools, Kent today. Was hopelessly trying to follow a flighty one when it stopped suddenly, having found a female.

Grown from a conker i picked up 30 years ago. Quite pleased with myself!

Small White in our East Greenwich back garden yesterday. I love the groovy black background, which was the pure happenstance of how my point and shoot auto setting dealt with white butterfly in bright light @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Happy little B on allium in our back garden

Self-set in our low patio wall: far prettier than anything we could plant!

Plenty of Gatekeeper currently in the local open spaces, but don't remember seeing one in our small Greenwich back garden before @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

17 days ago i reported many Marbled White at Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich - today zero. Instead, dozens of Gatekeeper. But stars of the show, this close to town, were Small Copper, Common Blue & the pictured Brown Argus. Thank goodness for Ragwort! @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Never got a Purple Hairstreak pic actually showing any purple-so when i saw a report of 00s on the wing at Northward Hill, Kent I set off. They must have continued on the wing to somewhere else! 7 hrs in the woods yielded ONE individual agreeing to a photo displaying a tiny purple patch (zoom in!)

Plenty of butterflies at Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich yesterday. Never seen so many Marbled White there - probably 20-30 individuals. But you're probably seeing lots of MW pix at the moment, and i quite liked something about this pic of a lone Large Skipper @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Terrible phone record shot, but super pleasing record - Small Tortoiseshell on lovely patch of nettles near start of pathway from woodlands park rd to maze hill, East Greenwich this a.m. Not seen one round here for ages. @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

Rare sighting of a Great Spotted Woodpecker in our east greenwich back garden - third one in 27 years. IMHO not bad for a phone shot through kitchen window overdue a clean. @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

I was about 7 when i first gawped at the swallowtail picture in my observers book of butterflies. I am now 69, and have finally gawped at the real thing - fantastic! Hickling Broad 11/6

🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I know which I prefer! #AndThenThereWereNon #NoMowMay

Protect hares and their young from shooting during the breeding season... petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

My first ever Large Tortoiseshell at Orlestone Forest, Kent on Saturday - after just the 60 year wait.

My first Comma and first Brimstone of 2025, about 10 yards apart, at Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich thurs lunchtime. Several years now the same bramble patch has yielded my first comma of the year @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

I know there's a lot of Red Admirals being posted at the moment, but it's my first butterfly of the year, so i'm going to post it anyway. Vanbugh Hill, East Greenwich this afternnon. @joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social

The Chalk Stream Recovery Pack is a DEFRA document outlining the policy roadmap to protect and restore England’s unique chalk streams. It exists. It was set for publication in 2023. The government shelved it. Now there is a petition to publish it: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Sign up 💙

still sorting out the old files... here's a Small Skipper from Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich 10th July, 2023.

another from the sort-out... Small Copper, Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich 10/7/23

...and another...

Hawfinch yesterday at St Andrews Church, Bramfield, Herts

Another from the sort out... Brown Argus, Vanbrugh Pits, Greenwich 10th July, 2023.

Another from the sort-out... Large White at Trelleck Wet Meadow Reserve July 25th, 2023

My new bluesky account is looking rather bare, and i happen to be sorting out some unfinished photo folders - so until spring arrives i will post some of the results... beginning with Large Heath, Whixall Moss, 22nd June 2024...

@joebeale.bsky.social @dustygedge.bsky.social song thrush in our small east greenwich back garden this week - third one in 27 years. Also, male blackcap and 3 long tailed tits the same day - was it the weather? (taken through kitchen window on dull day!)