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Saltmarsh plants from @rspb.bsky.social Old Hall Marshes last month. Bupleurum tenuissimum Slender Hare's-ear, Oxybasis chenopodioides Saltmarsh Goosefoot, Hordeum marinum Sea Barley and Atriplex pedunculata Pedunculate Sea-purslane. The latter introduced at this site. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The Xystodesmidae, compared to most millipedes, are relatively large-bodied animals. Although Nannaria and Pachydesmus here aren’t at the utmost extremes, it’s neat to see the range of sizes in these Appalachian members of the family.

Green Shieldbugs basking in the sunshine in my mid Cheshire garden today.

Working on some pseudoscorpion drawings. Takes a lot of concentration so slow going. Quite pleased with the results so far. These are drawn from several of my own photos and experience of watching them in the field. #arachnids #invertebrates

Our brand-new issue of Natterchat magazine is out now! Packed with fascinating wildlife stories, conservation news and updates from our projects, it's the perfect read for anyone passionate about reptiles & amphibians. Grab a cuppa, get comfy & dive in! Read it here: https://ow.ly/NFXp50ZXUjE

Just in from family in Maidenhead, a Southern Green Shieldbug instar. A lovely little thing.

I've been digitising my father's transparencies from the 50s and 60s. Unfortunately, some were on unstable film stock and degraded badly. I've finally found a use for AI. Here's an example: My brother and I at HMS Vic circa 1963. I'm at the back.

A Highland cow weighing nearly a tonne has taken up permanent residence at Salop Leisure in Shrewsbury, following a commission that involved hundreds of individually welded steel bars, a tractor and the removal of a workshop wall.

Look at this magnificent beast! So much moss that isn't moss 🍃

Lions mane fungi, Hericium arinaceus. One just ending and the other in peak bloom, both in Savernake forest.

Leave the Leaves Fallen leaves are not waste, they are essential ecological infrastructure. www.naturespot.org/node/268638 Please share. #Leaves #Autumn #gardens #gardening #environment #nature #insects

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... All that is needed now is Trump, Netenyahu and Le-Pen to be defeated

We took a walk down the valley this afternoon whilst the sun was shining. A few creatures out enjoying the weather, but best of them all was a cluster of Vernal Shieldbugs. 23 adults and 2 nymphs at least. Never seen so many in one place. All on nettles. #bugs #UKwildlife

VP 0645-0820 no storm driven waifs, water levels up a little, 790 Canadas the biggest roost of the autumn for me, 127 Teal, 16 Greylag, 65 Lapwing, Red Kite, Grey Wag, 2 Mipit, W Rail, 3 L Grebe. Carrion Crow dropping Swan Mussels to gain entry to contents. #shropshirebirding 🪶

💔Tragic: swifts are finding their chicks dumped in skips and their nests blocked up by building work. 🚨We need an emergency system that forces police & councils to act IMMEDIATELY when nests are threatened. Sign the petition now 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

A heads up on my forthcoming book: Where the Wild Things Live. Available: late November. A search for species, from lichens to mammals & from moths to fungi, in an ordinary garden. How many species would you find in your garden? More details markavery.info/my-new-book-...

A morning reshare - I've worked on this one for months, so would love it to be shared far and wide.

Our recent Cuckoo Wasp webinar with @liamcrowley.bsky.social is now available to watch on our YouTube Channel 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5uD...

Two different window frames with Western Conifer Seed Bug this morning....

Day 3 on St Mary's: excellent, albeit brief, views of the Porthellick Sora 1st thing, a couple of late Wi.Warblers at Carreg Dhu, & Prickly Stick Insect at Four Lanes, then found a 1st yr Casp' off Innisidgen & refound the Surf Scoter distantly off Tresco after several days absence. Good, clean, fun

Fantastic lichens of Finse, Norway

Police are appealing for witnesses to help with their investigation into suspicious activity in Claverley, which is believed to be linked to animal poaching.

A good demonstration of how absurdly small insects can get. I was looking at a relatively small (2.5 mm) pteromalid wasp and noticed something stuck to its wing. It was an even smaller wasp.

Emilia Noel's wildflowers from Archives. Noel was elected FLS in 1905. She travelled extensively & visited Egypt, (Kashmir), Europe, America, North Africa, Sri Lanka, S Africa, Australia, New Zealand and more. These are from the detailed diaries of the plants that she encountered on these trips.

A Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum, also known as the Sloe bug, is well camouflaged whilst resting on a purple flower cluster of Verbena bonariensis (ALT for more details) #WildWebsWednesday #InsectThursday

An excellent job opportunity for an experienced entomologist The #DarwinTreeofLife project, based at @nhm-london.bsky.social are seeking someone with good identification skills to join this fantastic project @royentsoc.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

"If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain"! (Dolly Parton). Do love a rainbow, or two! From Sunday in Loggerheads #Weather #Rainbow

If there were any justice in the world, every day would be #WorldWombatDay, but today is the official day to celebrate these glorious creatures that crush their enemies with their buttocks, dig burrows tens of metres long, constantly regrow their teeth, have babies called wombatlets, and poop cubes.

#LiteratureNotice Peng. Two New Species of the Genus #Coraebus Gory and Laporte (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae: Coraebini) from Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Fujian Province, China doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #TheColeopteristsBulletin

Bella's year-long search for her forever home #Shropshire #Salop

Is anyone else having issues connecting to iRecord please, or is it just me!?? Thanks!

L’épisode méditerranéen exceptionnel débuté sur l'Hérault et le Gard, s’est prolongé mardi sur les régions Sud et Corse. En 6h, il est tombé 538,5 mm à Solenzara (station en Haute-Corse). C’est inédit en France hexagonale et en Corse. Le point complet : meteofrance.com/episode-medi...

Residents across Telford and Wrekin are being urged to take action by the Environment Agency to prepare for winter flooding.

We have until Thursday 29th October to stop Thames Water from being bailed out yet again at our expense. Andy Burnham, block the bailout, remove their licence, TAKE IT BACK. Sign the petition 👇 weownit.org.uk/act-now/tham...

Three of the creatures seen yesterday @hilliergardens.bsky.social Two Vernal Shieldbugs, one considerately posed Silver Y moth and a beautiful Buff-tailed Bumblebee. #UKwildlife

This little fluffy is 3mm long - best things do come in small packages. This bee-fly - Pusilla longirostris - was collected in 1931, presented to the @nhm-london.bsky.social in 1954, described in the same year and now, in 2026, its been imaged and databased. Welcome NHMUK016404692

Here is today's #SpotTheInsect from the always wonderful @nickybay.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/nicka...

Last Saturday was the annual @bucksinvertgroup.bsky.social field trip to look for leaf-mines and other species. This year we were at @bbowt.bsky.social Rushbeds Wood reserve, on a glorious sunny day. An enjoyable finish to this year's field season. sites.google.com/site/bucksin...