Temple Balsall

Hawfinch by Scone Palace, Perthshire #BirdsSeenin2026

Day 10 is Azure Damselfly, a common species across Britain, most abundant from May-July. Males are blue, females are green or blue. They breed in ponds, the edges of larger waterbodies and slow-flowing streams with aquatic vegetation.

Gamebirds dumped in a pit on a shooting estate in Cairngorms National Park A large pit containing dead Pheasants, Red-legged Partridges, Wood Pigeons, deer parts, and a lot of rubbish, including a burnt mattress, has been found on a shooting estate in the Cairngorms Natio…

This is appalling. And not just because it's in the Cairngorms National Park.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/11/g...

Scarlet tiger caterpillars munching on Green Alkanet

Suddenly…
How many? I see 10 🤔
#teammoth

Secret of hedgehog hearing discovered at far beyond human range Researchers played a sountrack to hedgehogs to identify the frequency of sounds they can hear

"After building a 3D model of a hedgehog's ear, the scientists found it has a stiff chain of bones that allows high-pitched sounds to pass through efficiently, in a similar way to echolocating bats." 😮https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d52n0dnzro

The first Carder Bee we’ve seen this year on a Lesser Celandine flower at RSPB Ham Wall last week #WildWebsWednesday @rspb.bsky.social

The failure of the #warwickshirewildlifetrust staff and their closure and abandonment of their own purpose built #Nature #Conservation centre has left behind many angry people, lots of talk about how badly it was run and how badly people were treated. #wildlifetrusts @craigbennett3.bsky.social

Nordy Bank

Another shot along the ramparts of Nordy Bank hill fort on Brown Clee, with Caer Caradoc standing out in the distance. A magical day of mist and sunshine. #Shropshire

A short (distant) video of the white Hare at Buston, Northumberland this evening #UKmammals #wildlife

An image of branches of an acer, red in colour on the cusp of coming into leaf, the buds crimson against the stark grey background.

I play with stones and
sit beside the stream,
I search for flowers and
walk around the temple.
Sometimes I listen to the
songs of birds;
The sounds of spring are
everywhere.
-Bai Juyi

Have a fabulous day gentle souls, be well.

#photography #imageandverse #nature #naturephotography #abstract

Illustration from Lente by Jac. P. Thijsse, illustrated by L.W.R. Wenckebach, Jan van Oort, and Jan Voerman, Netherlands, 1906. #booksky #artsky #naturesky

Little Mouse-ear also from Rock Dunes Cornwall today. Some tips on separating it from Sea Mouse-ear included with the photos.

Cerastium semidecandrum

Red Sword-grass moth sitting on wooden plank

Red Sword-grass not a rare moth nationally, but very rare on the Dungeness peninsular, 1 in2021 was the first since 1963, my one today is I believe the second. No doubt SC will put me right if necessary.
#Kentmoths

My local road verges are looking absolutely Sweet Violetastic at the moment. 😍

Female Common Earwigs Forficula auricularia are very good mothers. After spending the winter guarding her batch of eggs she cares for the nymphs for several weeks and regurgitates food for them. The nymphs will disperse when they are large enough to fend for themselves. Dartmoor, Devon

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Willow Tits going, going...
The tide of decline now lapping over the former heartlands of South Yorks. If anyone complacently tells you their region still has plenty of Willow Tits doing well, remind them that Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were core areas 15 years ago. Now they're mostly gone.

Streets closed for the great salamander migration in NJ The small amphibians typically wake up from their winter slumber in early spring, around March and April, when temperatures are over 40 degrees.

www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/nort... #migration #salamanders #NewJerseywildlife

Doing the moth traps at the Trout Farm this morning when I heard a 'twik' call high overhead. I looked up expecting to see a Corn Bunting. What I did see took a second to register....a Dipper!! I've never seen one from underneath before! It carried on flying high up along the Sydling Valley!!

@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social