A quick photo of the Super moon from my garden. Trees in the way but no clouds. #moom #fullmoon

Fungi & lichens spotted in the woodland today. #fungi

Practical work party at Ryton Wood Meadows today. I was busy widening the path along the back where it meets Ryton Woods. #volunteer @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Yippee! I got a moth to the trap! Not just any moth but the December Moth! 😃 (also the only moth to the trap 😬) #teammoth @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

As #NationalTreeWeek comes to a close, we're highlighting the wonderful Dark Bordered Beauty 🌳🦋 This threatened moth, which resembles crackled bark and leaves, can be found on damp, lightly wooded heathland. 📷: Ilia Ustyantsev, George Tordoff, Martin Wain #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

A little challenge for you - how many Brown Hairstreak eggs can you see in the picture? 🦋🥚🔬 Photo after a recent practical work party clearing some blackthorn from encroaching on a butterfly bank. #eggs #butterflies

Tuesdays practical work party at Ryton Wood Meadows saw us working on a coppice plot rotation. We cleared the section & brushed up the hazel stools to protect from deer. Cold but bright day. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Today was all about planting fruit trees 🌳 🍎 These were planted along a footpath and made up a variety of species from Apple, Pear, Cherry, Plum, Damson, Gage & Medlar. #fruit #trees

A tiny 24-spot ladybird on my bag today. #ladybird

Practical work party at Ryton Wood Meadows today. Clearing sections of blackthorn from the butterfly banks, searching for eggs on the cut branches as well as some woodland work. #volunteer @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A few more fungi finds - Shaggy Inkcap, Snowy waxcap, a Milk ap & maybe a field mushroom 🍄‍🟫 🤔 #fungi

Lunchtime walk around Ryton Pools Country Park. coffee at the cafe, saw the Black sheep being herded & a bit of fungi spotting.

Gingerbread latte season is upon us ! Send a lifeguard! Ones going to sink 😮 #gingerbread walk at Ryton Pools CP!

A tiny snail 🐌 aiming high ☺️ Noticed this little gastropod sliding up the patio window on wet morning this weekend. Going places albeit slowly 😬

On to the final slopes that run down to the railway track today at Harbury Spoilbank north. Another sites grassland management done 🙂 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

The Fieldfare & the apple tree territory. The windfall apples are already the centre of this bird's world, on it's winter visit here to Dorset. Notice how at the end of the clip, a Blackbird has the temerity to fly near the tree. The watchful 'fare is immediately on his case. #Fieldfares 🦉 🌿

Dustbin-lid jellyfish - Rhizostoma octopus found on the beach at Pendine. South Wales yesterday. #jellyfish

A wet day at Laugharne castle. Splashed through the puddles and rain pouring down. Rewarded with a Welsh cake & coffee.

Wonderfully summarised thread on the new Red List by @bsbicountries.bsky.social Do take a few minutes to read. Many thanks for writing this 👍

Great to see my first orchards of the season being planted today 😀🍎 This pictured one is a local variety - Warwickshire Drooper plum 🌳

We got loads done on our practical work party at Harbury Spoilbank North today! Top team of volunteers 😃 This a a SSSI that we manage for 28 species of butterfly 🦋 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A Blackening wax cap spotted on the grasslands at Harbury Spoilbank today. #fungi

Autumn walk in the park, loving all the colours & leaves 🍂 Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) Tulip tree and Yew tree full of berries. #autumn #leaves #trees

I always love visiting Little Haven nature reserve, something special about it and the way the trees frame the path 🙂

Today we had good weather for our practical work party at Little Haven. Had a super time cutting and raking around the pond areas 🙂 Blues skies & autumn colours. #volunteer #conservation @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

A Peacock butterfly spotted this morning in Warwick. Brightened up my morning no end 😀🦋 #butterflies @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Shepherd’s Purse ❤️ & Flowers for #WildflowerHour

Spotted quite a few Redlead Roundhead fungi on the bark chips below a conifer at Jephson Gardens today. #fungi #wildflowerhour #wildfungihour

Its Harvest Mouse survey time! Our next one is on Sat 15th Nov 10am, Sun Rising Natural Burial Ground, near Tysoe CV35 ODG (Grid ref: SP 35186 46014, /// usages.oath.muted). Free event. #survey #mammals #mouse #nest Please sign up via Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../harvest-....

Snowy inkcap in a cow pat! #fungifriday

Busy & productive day brush cutting the wildlife site at Little Haven. Technically I got the easy route - along the top of the former railway cutting. Still my legs are aching now! #volunteer @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Our Annual General Meeting is at 7pm Wed 29th Oct at The Barn, Brandon Marsh (Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GW). We will give an update of events ran & our future plans. It’s your chance to have your say, or just to find out a bit more. All welcome! No need to book! #event #warwickshire

Other moths that stopped by my garden last night- Red-line Quaker, November moth, Red-Green carpet & Turnip moths. #moths #teammoth Southam

Yippee!! They finally came to my garden! Merveille du Jour x 5! #moths #teammoth #green

I tried the Pitmaston Pine Apple yesterday. Was quite nice but don’t last long 😆 So small! For when you just want a little apple! #apple from Hill Close Gardens, Warwick labeled as 1785, Late dessert, exceptional flavour. #orchards

Another NFG last night was 2 Narrow-winged Grey (Eudonia angustea) which happily posed for photos. #teammoth #moths

Ooh NF me & Garden - Figure of 8 moth in the garden trap last night 😀 #teammoth #moths #warwickshire @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Stopped to admire this Blue Fleabane while out today as well as take this toad up the bank to the compost piles. #ettington #toad #wildflowers @arc-trust.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

We were hard at work finishing the banks at Ettington cutting today. I always seem to forget how long & high they go! 😆 Views are across the site from the roundabout end. #volunteer #conservation @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Turns out there is more than 1 species of Figwort weevil 😮 I will need to pay better attention next year! #weevil

Listening to the Getting to know Weevils event now and trying to decide which weevil is the cutest 🤔 #weevil @eventbrite.bsky.social

Flowering wildflowers on the Riverside walk in Worcester. Himalayan Balsam, Comfrey, White dead nettle & Black Horehound. #WildflowerHour

A few apples that came home with me yesterday. The Newton Wonder, Wyken pippin, Sunset & Golden knob? #apples #appleday #heritage

Yesterday I popped along to Hill Close Gatdens in Warwick for their Apple day! Lots of heritage apples to see & take home. The pitmaston Pine was tiny! While the Peasgood nonsuch was huge! #appleday #apple Also cake!

A group of Glistening Inkcaps & a slippy, shiny fungi on a log! #fungi Ufton Fields NR

Hare’s foot inkcap at Ufton Fields NR this morning. #fungi

Can species-targeted conservation work for invertebrates? Discover how the RZSS is saving the rare Dark Bordered Beauty Moth through innovative, stage-specific care and release efforts. Join Dr Helen Roy for a FREE entoLIVE (4 Nov): 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1423945843... @nbntrust.bsky.social

Spotted a few of these Pavid Willow sawfly caterpillars on the willow (Euura pavida) Quite acrobatic!

At Ettington Cutting today raking the roadside banks. It’s quite thin grassland and lots of wildflowers but still hard work carrying the cuttings back up the slope!! #volunteer #conservation @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Shaggy Scalycap from Ufton Meadows teserve this weekend. Spikey looking fungi! #fungi