It's a race to the end! Thanks for recent reposts, quote posts and reposts of quote posts! And for signatures! The petition to protect hares from shooting in the breeding season is up to 42k, and has 5 weeks left. Let's get to 50k! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UKwildlife #mammals

Good evening. Here's my recent drawing of a Little Owl in celebration of #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay they really are wonderful little characters! 🤎 🪶 🌿 #Art #BirdArt #SciArt #OwlAwarenessDay #Owls #drawing #nature #EastCoastKin

Common Red Soldier Beetle looking for a mate. Having climbed to the top of this rush stem, it's about to fly to another in its search. #UKwildlife #insects

It's #FlyDay so here's a shot of the busy approach path to Runway 1 at Bempton International Airport #UKwildlife #birds

A backlit dark green fritillary butterfly for #macromonday This butterfly proved elusive for several days, giving me fleeting glimpses and then disappearing. Finally yesterday it stayed around long enough for me to get some shots. 📍Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #butterflies #ukbutterflies

Hello! Sorry I haven't posted in a while due to illness. Here's a gorgeous juvenile Northern Wheatear for #Stunday who posed nicely in a quiet moment while the adults were racing around last week! Such a joy to see 🌿 🪶 📷 Happy Sunday everyone 🕊️ #Birds #Photography #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #Nature

Guten Tag, ich hätte gerne ein großes Walnussfrühstück, und ein Haselnussshake. #squirrel

Male linnet 📍 Bempton Cliffs last month #UKwildlife #birds

Here's a Razorbill for #flyday 📍 Bempton Cliffs last month #UKwildlife #birds

Oy, let go of my foot, it's #flyday! #UKwildlife #birds

Captions please! I don't know what the Razorbill said to the Guillemot on #SuperSeabirdSunday, but the Guillemot is all ears! 📍 Bempton Cliffs #UKwildlife #birds

This head on foreshortened perspective looks a bit odd, but it was great to meet this small skipper butterfly in the fields here yesterday. I hope it heralds their comeback this year after they disappeared altogether in last year's cold wet summer. Cumbria #UKwildlife #UKbutterflies

Fledgling redstart last week Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #birds

I'm not sure I would really describe a gannet chick as beautiful, but this one is certainly cute, and it is a beautiful sight. Bempton Cliffs last Thursday #twosday #UKwildlife #birds

#twosday A pair of gannets reaffirming their bond at dawn last Thursday at Bempton Cliffs #UKwildlife #birds

Brown hare backlit by early morning sun anxiously watching signatures on the petition heading for 30,000. I'm sure you've signed the petition to protect hares from shooting in the breeding season, but any more family and friends to sign? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UKwildlife #mammals

Who knew gannets were so cute? Not me! My first visit to Bempton Cliffs. #UKwildlife #birds

Flaps down and hope for the best - incoming gannet at Bempton Cliffs yesterday. A late contribution to #flyday UKwildlife birds

Anybody can conjure rabbits out of a hat, but we have a magic squirrel feeder! 🤣 Wait for it - there are not just two, but three squirrels in this video! 🐿️🐿️🐿️ Probably young siblings. Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals

Brown hare photographed through a fence yesterday evening Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals I'm sure by now you've signed the petition to protect hares from shooting in the breeding season, but have your family and friends? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

I missed #MallardMonday yesterday, so here's a displaying eider drake and his lady for #twosday. He is probably displaying to ward off other males which were close by. Isle of May two weeks ago. #UKwildlife #birds

Puffin emerging from its burrow on the Isle of May last week My contribution for #SuperSeabirdSunday #UKwildlife #birds

I just realised it's #flyday, so what better than this red kite displaying its full beauty at @argatyredkites.bsky.social last week #Scotland #UKwildlife #birds

Razorbill Isle of May last week #Scotland #UKwildlife #birds

Puffin portrait, Isle of May last week #Scotland #UKwildlife #birds

One of a few puffins on the Isle of May that were bringing in sand eels for their chicks on Monday. Quite early in the season for chicks, I think. Photographed in horrible light against a bright grey sky, but a lovely subject to photograph. #Scotland #UKwildlife #birds

Osprey early Tuesday morning #Trossachs #Scotland #UKwildlife #birds

Willow warbler in full warble on a blustery day. Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #birds

Early morning brown hare. Photographing boxing hares is exciting, but sometimes a nice portrait shot is just as satisfying. This is possibly my best hare photo so far this year. Cumbria, UK Have you signed the petition to protect them? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UKwildlife #mammals

#ArtDD2025 The big stretch To accompany this petition to protect hares, I've drawn this - from a lovely 📷 by @tonybeales.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... @saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social

Please keep fighting for hares! The parliamentary petition to protect hares from shooting during the breeding season now has over 6,000 signatures. Let's all find just one more person to sign this week to get it over 10,000 to force a government response. Keep sharing! #UKwildlife #mammals

Did you know that hares can legally be shot in the breeding season in England and Wales, leaving young leverets to starve to death? It's estimated we've lost 80% of the brown hare population. Scotland already has a close season. Please sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... 1/2

Diligent dad fetching food for the family Male blackbird, Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #birds

Resting male orange-tip butterfly from yesterday Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #butterflies #UKbutterflies

Male and female orange-tip butterflies not entering into the spirit of #TwosDay - the female is in the rejection posture with raised abdomen, telling the male to go away! ☹️🤣 Photo for behavioural interest only, not photographic merit 🤣

Green-veined white butterfly on cuckoo flower in yesterday's sunshine Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #UKbutterflies #butterflies

Brown hare last week when we still had sunny mornings and dew drops glistening in the grass. Not the sharpest of photos, but it was a challenge for both me and the camera keeping a hare in focus as it ran through the rushes. Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals

Fluffy, curious, and totally adorable! This little duckling is stealing hearts everywhere it goes. 😍 #Gosling #springisspringing #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #springwatch #duckling #sonyphotography #wildlife

A brown hare in the early morning sun a few days ago. A big contrast to today's grey mist. Look closely and you can see a couple of strands of cobweb streaming from its ears! Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals

I don't think these two have got the hang of #TwosDay Female chaffinches, Cumbria #UKwildlife #birds

#SundaySquirrel showing off his beautiful tail. Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals

Coal tit coming in to land on #flyday #UKwildlife #birds

Early morning brown hare, photographed last week, with large black pupils in the low light. Possibly the mother of the leveret in our garden. Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals

A tiny brown hare leveret hiding among plants in our garden today. I got this shot through the plants from a distance with a long lens, then left it well alone. Our dogs are now under close supervision and I am hoping its mother will make it move out of the garden tonight! #UKwildlife #mammals

When the sun shines the willow tree in our garden now emits a loud hum. I think somebody switched on spring. Bumblebee on pussy willow flower, Cumbria. #UKwildlife #invertebrates

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share artwork, videos and photos of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here are a nesting pair of European Shags on Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

#SundaySquirrel checking if anyone is around. Cumbrian red squirrel, UK #UKwildlife #mammals

"OK, enough's enough, where have you hidden the peanuts? It is #ThursJay after all." Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #birds

There's just enough of #WaderWednesday left for this great white egret to slowly and stealthily wade in. #UKwildlife #birds

Boys will be boys... Brown hares boxing this morning. To be honest, I don't know who's who in this shot. I'm guessing it's a female watching two rival males boxing, but I may well be wrong. Thoughts anyone? Cumbria, UK #UKwildlife #mammals