Fluted Birds-nest #Fungi from Pullabrook Woods on Dartmoor. Amazingly beautiful, and tiny. #fungus #fungifanatic

Woke up to a great skua outside my tent! Camping tip: if a bonxie parks itself outside your tent, just accept you’re the guest!! 🤣 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

I think this is a Waved Umber #moth in the trap this morning, confirmation or otherwise welcome. Seems a bit late in the season #teammoth #mothsmatter #moths @mothiduk.bsky.social @ruthnewby.bsky.social

A Comma #caterpillar is a smart thing. #caterpillar #caterpillars #comma #butterfly #butterflies

Sainfoin from Winterborne Downs in Wiltshire for #wildflowerhour not sure I have seen this before @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Went to try and see Purple Emperor, came away with Dark Crimson Underwing, Dusky Sallow & a Sulphur Pearl. All new for me...no Emperor mind, but no need to mention that. #moth #mothsmatter #teammoth #mothsofinstagram #lepidoptera

A Yellow-legged Clearwing sitting on a roadside hedge this afternoon. Delighted 🙂 @bcdevon.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #moth #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter

Early Thorn and Buff Arches #moths from the last couple of nights #mothsmatter #teammoth #moth #lepidoptera

More from the @greenwingstours.bsky.social tour to the Italian Alps where, today, we had an extreme form of female Spotted Fritillary that had a steely-blue sheen to its wings; a hybrid between Adonis and Chalk Hill Blues, known as polonus; and a cleodoxa form of High Brown Fritillary. What a place!

Peacock caterpillars going to work on some nettles. @bcdevon.bsky.social #peacockbutterfly #butterfly #butterflies #caterpillars

Cool enough today to get excellent views of these Dartmoor High Brown Fritillary. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcdevon.bsky.social #butterflies #butterfly

A trip to Somerset before the rain produced brief views of Grizzled Skipper and my first couple of Marbled White of the year #butterflies #butterfly

Another in an occasional series of videos, where wildlife doesn't do much. This time featuring a slightly annoyed Lesser-stag Beetle, who objected to me trying to move him from the road #lesserstagbeetle #beetle #coleoptera #inserts #invertebrates

Comma caterpillar. One to keep an eye on as it will become, hopefully, even better. 3rd instar? @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @bcdevon.bsky.social #caterpillar #caterpillars #commabutterfly #butterflies #butterfly

Ooofff. Chequered Skipper from Allt Mhuic reserve, near Fort William. Pleased with the photo because the sun was so bright I couldn't see anything on my phone screen 🙂 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bchighland.bsky.social #butterflies #butterfly

A Blue (and red) afternoon at Pullabrook Woods, Dartmoor #songthrushegg #commonbluebutterfly #peacock

A Crab Spider under UV light on Hawthorn blossom 🙂 #Spider

Poplar Hawk-moth and Buff-tip, two of the more impressive finds from the nights trapping #teammoth #moth #moths

Pearl-Bordered Fritillary from Ramshorn Down, Devon. I think there were 7, but not a single other species seen there. @bcdevon.bsky.social

Pin sharp Lesser-spotted Woodpecker from Dartmoor on Saturday afternoon 😀 @lesserspotnet.bsky.social Kept returning to the same tree, despite being moved on a couple of times by possibility a second bird

Early Thorn moth. First out of the trap this morning

An Early Grey #moth from last nights trap. I think new for me, but I don't often try this early in the year

A Peacock #butterfly putting a gatepost to good use @bcdevon.bsky.social

Yesterday, in Somerset, I saw more Small Tortoiseshell (4) #butterflies than I did in the entire summer of 2024 (3). Anywhere. Fingers crossed for 2025 @savebutterflies.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social #butterfly

Waited a few years for one of these delights in the garden, I can tell you. Fabulous. #badger #mammals

Only 5 spaces left on the Help the Heath Fritillary Habitat Management Day at Haddon Hill, Exmoor on the 25 March. The event runs from 10am-3pm; book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/help-the-h... 📸: Bob Eade #savebutterflies #butterflyconservation

This is unbelievably and horribly shocking. 280 million acres = 1.13 million square kilometres, which is: 11.5% of the USA 33% of USA's forest cover 64-91% of USA’s national forest + protected public land area (exact figure depending on how much protected public land is also national forest)

North Norfolk morning. Beautiful. Add your own soundtrack of calling Curlew and Pink-footed geese. #sunrise #frosty #fabulous

From beside the #riverdart on #Dartmoor , some #frogspawn to cheer us up. #frogs #amphibians #amphibian

Caterpillar Club #Fungus on a Willow tree trunk on Dartmoor. Some poor Caterpillar has copped it to provide a home/meal for this. #fungi #parasitic #parasite #mycology

Red-Necked Phalarope. Probably my favorite shots I've gotten of this species. They're absolutely beautiful little things. 😍 #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching #finland #wildlife

Putting a finger into #fingerpostfriday @twigsinhair.bsky.social

Exactly what you would expect to see underground. From Beer Quarry Caves, Devon. Made in the C15th for a local church, this window was removed by the C19th and returned to the place where the stone originally came from in the 1930s. #stonecarving #stonemasons #stone #craftedinstone

Death Cap, anyone? #fungi #fungus #mycology

Imagine the engineering involved in making this? Amazing. A Trumpet Worm from the beach in Devon #marinewildlife #beachfinds #beachcombing

Uk Fungus day? OK, let's give this a go #fungus #fungi Cobalt Crust and Honey fungus