My passion for #nature also extends to #WildlifePhotography. I've used #Nikon cameras for years and have a huge archive of images plus a new #NikonZ8 to play with. Introducing Steven Cheshire: UK Wildlife Photographer, my 2nd #sidehustle since one is never enough! www.ukwildlifephotographer.co.uk

Find your niche! #WildernessBooks: for wildlife watchers and nature lovers

I've sold #wildlife #books online as a #sidehustle via my website British Butterflies for years, but my #butterflies website has been on hold for quite some time whilst I supported my parents as they cope with #Dementia. Enter #WildernessBooks, my #sidehustleupgrade

Britain's Favourite Butterfly Crowned I had no doubt what species it would be. It's been my #1 since childhood. The unmistakeable Peacock butterfly (Aglais io). Find out more at: britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk #Britain #Favourite #Butterfly #nature #wildlife #conservation

britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/pe... Peacock

It's here... finally! I've managed to add just a tiny number of photographs from my collection to get things started. May I introduce Steven Cheshire: UK Wildlife Photographer - www.ukwildlifephotographer.co.uk #PhotoLibrary #nature #photography #wildlife What do you think? What's your fav photo?

Happy #100thBirthday #SirDavidAttenborough. Your influence and lasting legacy will inspire many generations to come. There is hope for nature! Without nature, there's no hope for mankind. It's time to #ReWild #PlanetEarth #TheBluePlanet #Home #TheClockIsTicking #TimeIsRunningOut #PutNatureFirst

No species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth, living or dead, as we now have. That lies upon us, an awesome responsibility. In our hands now lies not only our own future, but that of all other living creatures. #DavidAttenborough, Life on Earth

The issue of population size is always controversial because it touches on the most personal decisions we make, but we ignore it at our peril. David Attenborough How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth, 2009.

Today we’re living in an era in which the biggest threat to human well-being, to other species and to the Earth as we know it might well be ourselves. David Attenborough How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth, 2009.

Richard Lewington's Moths and Butterflies of the British Isles. Pre-order your copy today. Due to be published 12/11/2026. RRP: £75.00. Just add to your cart to get an instant £10.00 discount and free delivery too! *** UK Only *** wildernessbooks.co.uk/products/ric...

If you are passionate about the #butterflies of #Britain and #Europe, this is the book for you. Highly recommended. wildernessbooks.co.uk/products/but... A comprehensive #FieldGuide to the butterflies & caterpillars of Britain & W. Europe + Canaries, Azores, Madeira, and Cyprus

Laminated ID chart bundle #butterflies, #caterpillars and #moths. Great for kids and adults too! Get all three for only £11.99 + P&P (UK only) wildernessbooks.co.uk/products/wil... Butterflies of Britain & Ireland Caterpillars of Butterflies of Britain & Ireland Day-flying Moths

My new online #nature #bookstore is now open😀. Over the next few months, we will be adding more titles at fantastic prices. Enter discount code 'BritBut26' at the checkout for £5.00 off your total order when you spend £50.00+. Visit wildernessbooks.co.uk

Bradford clean air zone saves health service £360,000 in first year - Doctor visits for respiratory illnesses and heart problems were down by 25% #airpollution Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great news on one level... but also an example of nature being pushed to the absolute fringes, in isolated, inaccessible places. Is this as good as it gets for nature in Britain? Are railway and roadside verges the few places nature can exist in modern Britain?

Important new study on the reintroduction of the Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon to England. The two Belgium sources did very differently (not sure why the link shows Orangutans! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Poplar Admiral / Großer Eisvogel (Limenitis populi) for #butterflymonth / #vlindermaand @europebutterfly.bsky.social One of the biggest butterflies in Europe, the caterpillars feed aspen trees, mainly Populus tremula. 📸 Toni Kasiske

The Labour government overturns one Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB. This terrible poison - a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, is to be outlawed in UK in line with EU www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On 31st December 2025 I will be closing my #AntiSocialMedia #X #twitter account, moving to @bsky.app. Who else with a passion for British and European #Butterflies has or is planning to do the same? Let's connect!

When studying the life cycles of British & Irish butterfly species, I was amazed to find that the pupae of Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown remain attached to their last larval skin, rather than reattaching themselves to a silk pad (the approach usually taken by species whose pupae hang head-down)!

Lattice Brown (Kirinia roxelana), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024.

Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyn) and Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros), Lake Kirkini, Greece. May 2024

Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), Archaeological site of Dion, in the foothill of Mount Olympus, Greece. May 2024.

'Butterfly Conservation - the Warwickshire Approach' by Mike Slater and Keith Warmington is a trailblazing book and highly recommended. Review at: https://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=188