If anyone needs a sweet start to their day, here's one of the 6 dormice we encountered whilst doing #Somerset dormouse box checks yesterday (all under licence) 💚 #dormouse #nature #wildlife #mouse #mice #mammals

Possibly the most attractive dormouse box (checked under licence) interior decoration I have come across today! I'd happily curl up in there! 💚🍁🍂 #wildlife #nature #autumn #leaves

This is an excellent example of the slimy lying tactics employed by the political right. @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk sets up the frame nicely here. #NigelFarage moves the goalposts on his lying by later demanding that others prove a negative re his utterly dishonest claims backing up Trump

A lovely bit of strata appreciation whilst out doing my cetacean survey today. No cetaceans, but a close encounter with a curlew, also: lapwing, 2 peregrine falcons, egrets and rock pipits! So, a very good start to the day💚💙 #Somerset #SaltPath #Coast #geology

A candle amongst my modest conker collection for #AutumnEquinox tonight. IMHO I've exercised great restraint collecting conkers this year! Well done me! 💚

Happy #AutumnEquinox! 💚

Comma #butterfly soaking up the #autumn sunshine in my #Somerset #garden today💚 #nature #wildife #butterflies #insects

Hooray!!! An autumnal pop to my favourite September fly agaric spot, Quantock Hills, #Somerset and there they were!! Absolute beauties!! 💚🍄 #fungi #mushrooms #toadstools #nature #wildlife #autumn #woodlands #flyagaric

Popped to Watershed, #Bristol yesterday to see #TheGoldenSpurtle. Thought it looked like my sort of film and it was wonderful! A celebration of the quirkiness of porridge and people. #films #Scotland

The utter joy of finding conkers!!!🌰💚 #Autumn #nature

First saw Lord Huron in 2013 at Scala, London after Lonesome Dreams blew me away (I bought copies for every music loving chum). Tonight, my 4th Lord Huron gig at Bristol Beacon. They are brilliant! Each album creates a whole filmscape in itself...beautiful ❤️

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, a United Nations independent commission concluded in a report published today.

Very peaceful morning at Westhay Moor NNR #Somerset, doing the first of this season's bearded reedling surveys. All rather quiet with moody weather, but good views of a bittern, marsh harriers, hobby and fluffy little grebes. And, a suggestion of a rainbow!💚 #nature #wildlife

To start your day, here's one of the beautiful soprano pipistrelle's from yesterday's Polden Hills & #SomersetLevels bat box checks (under licence) with #Somerset #Bat Group💚🦇 #nature #wildlife

A rather wonderful soprano pipistrelle-packed day with Somerset Bat Group, checking bat boxes (under licence) on Polden Hills & #SomersetLevels today! The weather behaved and the #bats were beautiful💚 #wildlife #nature

Bird flu fears spark demand for stricter shoot rules... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We've just recorded a Rare Earth on animal migration & this app is amazing. It's called Animal Tracker (www.icarus.mpg.de/29... ), and it's real time data on 100s of animals - birds, foxes, bison & more. Their tracks are fascinating, taking clear routes with intent. More to come next wk on the air!

This time last week... #Gorillaz #MysteryShow. One of the most magical and overwhelming gigs... How long until we hear 'The Mountain called Monkey' again? #HouseOfKong #DamonAlbarn

Busy 24hrs travelling Plymouth-Roscoff-Plymouth volunteering with Orca charity onboard Brittany Ferries. Yummy breakfast, explore and lunch in beautiful Roscoff. Then the all important cetacean survey all the way home! Lovely views (but no pics) of common dolphins. 💚💙 #Wildlife #France

Back to my #wildlife stuff...the last of my #QuantockHills #Somerset #butterfly transects today and the gorse scent was heavenly! A few small copper #butterflies about and a migrant hawker #dragonfly 💚 #nature #insects

Perfect remedy for post-Gorillaz-gig immersive blues... youtu.be/WIjcU9CZgbM?... ... a magical night!!! #Gorillaz #DamonAlbarn #CopperBoxArena #London #HouseOfKong

Dramatic skies have created a beautiful week for #rainbows!! My rainbow views from: Copper Box Arena, #London, from a car in #Hampshire and a train in #Wiltshire & #Somerset over the last few days🌈 #weather #WeatherWatchers #StormHour #nature

Now a #Rainbow over #CopperBoxArena #London! Ready for #Gorillaz!!!

Woohoo! A glimpse of the Sun between downpours whilst queuing for #Gorillaz #MysteryShow!! Immensely exciting and already spotted Alex James!! No phones inside, so it's going to be awesome!!!! #DamonAlbarn

Uplifting #Rainbow in the sky over #Hampshire yesterday🌈💚 #weather #StormHour

An almighty immersive worship in #HouseofKong this afternoon followed by #Gorillaz performing Gorillaz in its entirety. A day of combusting with excitement!!!! #DamonAlbarn

🌈#Rainbow in #Somerset!! A good sign as I got up early to catch a train to #London for a visit to #HouseOfKong, then #Gorillaz tonight!! Very excited!!!

Beautiful #Holnicote #Exmoor #Somerset for a #butterfly transect today! The majority of spots were meadow browns💚 #butterflies #wildlife #nature #NationalTrust #insects

Small copper #butterfly visiting the verbena in my #Somerset #garden yesterday. My garden is certainly suffering from this dry summer. Hoping for rain to fill my empty water butts💚 #nature #wildlife #butterflies #insects

Mum joined me for my Hurlstone Point #Exmoor #Somerset cetacean survey yesterday and... we spotted a mum & juvenile porpoise! Also, a close encounter with two kestrels & my first spot of a clouded yellow butterfly this year! All followed by a cream tea at Periwinkles! Hooray!!💚 #nature #wildlife

Gardening for Bats and People... youtube.com/watch?v=WDDW...

Well done, Craig Best - not afraid to say it how it is 👏👏 #RaptorResarch #Ornithology #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/20/h...

Little bird poop-like Chinese character #moth from my #Somerset #garden this weekend💚 #MothMonday #moths #insects #nature #wildlife

For #MothMonday, a very stylish Olive-tree Pearl/ Jasmin (Palpita vitrealis) #moth from my #Somerset #garden moth trap this weekend. There was a gorgeous pearly shimmer to their translucent wings 💚 #TeamMoth #nature #wildlife #moths

Very useful list of terms, I learnt a few new ones!

It's the Inglorious 12th. The start of the Red Grouse shooting season. Grouse shooting: an expensive niche hobby of shooting birds for fun, based on environmentally damaging burning of our uplands and underpinned by crime against wildlife. Shame!

The ant colonies in my #Somerset #garden have decided today is Flying Ants Day!! They're making good use of the bamboo canes I put in too! Happy #FlyingAntsDay !!🐜💚 #nature #wildlife #insects #ants

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First day back for cetacean surveys at Hurlstone Point after a longer than wished for break... no sightings, but still a beautiful couple of hours staring out to sea. Tide out, so a sludgy looking Bristol Channel 💙💚 #coast #nature #wildlife

By law, this should lead to local restrictions on releasing Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges for shooting - but who is monitoring this? Pretty hard to do when millions of Pheasants are still under the radar because estates have failed to declare them. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/09/s...

A refreshingly wet and breezy day of habitat surveys with ##NationalTrust and #ButterflyConservation for heath fritillary #butterflies, #Exmoor #Somerset today. I definitely needed a soak in the bath when I got home! 💚

A very blissful morning doing butterfly surveys, #Holnicote #Exmoor #Somerset today! Meadow browns getting busy, and the odd common blue💚 #butterflies #wildlife #nature #NationalTrust #insects

Beautifully vibrant rosy footman #moth from my #Somerset #garden this weekend💚 #TeamMoth #MothMonday #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #insects

For #MothMonday💚

For #MothMonday💚

Nice little portrait pic of one of three Jersey tiger #moths from my #Somerset #garden moth trap yesterday.💚 #bigbutterflycount #TeamMoth #insects #nature #wildlife

Hooray!! Hooray!! I've got my #moth trap working again and here's a few of the stunners waiting for me in my #Somerset #garden this morning: Jersey tiger, poplar hawk-moth, elephant hawk-moth and brimstone!💚 #moths #teammoth #insects #nature #wildlife

A red admiral #butterfly resting on my #Somerset #garden apple tree just now💚 #butterflies #bigbutterflycount #insects #wildlife #nature

I thought it was strange how I hadn't seen any large white caterpillars in my #Somerset #garden greenhouse, and then...💚 #butterflies #nature #wildlife #insects

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