The Convolvulus Hawk-moth larvae are getting enormous and eating their way through two large storage containers full of bindweed a day. #teammoth
lynda Lambert
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Happy snapper, loves to be out in nature blocking out the black stuff of life.vol BCDorset.
The blues tits seem to gather for a bath every afternoon about 5.30 . I'm sure in the first pic , one is trying to assure the onlooker it 's safe to get in! Then look what happened, gay abandon! 😅 @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
This made my day , the first Gt Spotted Woodpecker I've seen in such a long time nr my garden. On a tall pine in the scrub below .They were regular visitors up until about 4 years ago and I've missed them on my feeders. 🤞They will return @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
All of a sudden my little shadow Robin has his new clothes . @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Thinking Toxonevra muliebris A flutterby found by a friend at Upton House in Dorset today ID unsure @ianbeavis.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
I wasn't expecting a Clouded Yellow when I parked at Tarrant Rushton memorial this morning @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
Took a while to eat breakfast this morning as this little Wren was outside the window and was oblivious to me opening the door to get some pics while she was busy searching for insects. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Every August ,always on Rudbeckias ,a Small Copper puts in an appearance .This year I had one briefly in May ,never been seen in previous years @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @joelashton.bsky.social
Now you see me now you don't. Green woodpecker spotted in the distance on a track behind a locked gate near Pamphill. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Dolycoris baccarum nymph in a Hollyhock seed head and an adult found later in a different place @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
What a lovely surprise this afternoon. Just finished watering and refilling the much used bird bath today and look who turned up. A Willow Warbler .Yesterday a Chiffchaff early evening
The local Chiffchaffs have been abscent for weeks but yesterday evening it was lovely to sit and watch this one among my veg pots just after I had watered them . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
How's this for camouflage ? My dahlias are constantly fed and watered but are just not happy this summer ,however this Crab spider, the first I've seen in my garden this year doesn't mind. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
This was so tiny I thought it was a fly but decided to try a pic . Turns out it's a Choreutis nemorana, the fig-tree skeletonizer moth. I do have a fig tree covered in figs that never ripen, but I don't suppose this moth cares about that!🙄 @stevenash71.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
This Holly Blue is a constant around my garden at the moment but first time I've seen one on Verbena bonariensis @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
A bonus for me today on Lytchett Heath.I was standing deciding which way to go and saw this Bee Wolf hovering around me.Turns out I was in it's way as the nest hole was by my foot. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @lytchettbirder.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
An hour in the heat was enough on Lytchett heath today , very quiet,most wildlife in hiding I think. I did see my first Wasp spider of the year, a Common Darter,buff tailed bumblebee and a few common field grasshoppers .3 H.Martins were zooming around all the while . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
A nice last 15 minute record for Big Butterfly Count in my garden yesterday afternoon. Green veined White, Common Blue, Peacock and Holly Blue . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Gymnosoma nudifrons,Cerceris rybyensis,Cylindromyia brassicaria,and Lasioglossum ? Hope I've got them right 🤞 So few insects seen at Rspb Garston Woods today but there were good numbers of these soecies @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Fresh looking Speckled Woods were numerous in Rspb Garston Woods today @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Just one Small Copper spotted in Garston Woods today but it was being given a hard time by a male Common Blue who wouldn't let it settle .It chased it quite a distance away before it came back for a photo 😀 @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Good numbers of Holly blues and Common Blues in Rspb Garston Woods today @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
RSPB Garston Wood was not only devoid of people today but also birds and bugs were almost non existent. Plenty of butterflies though not many species .Hoping this is a Willow Warbler one of only 4 birds seen in 3 hours .Lovely cool walk though 😀 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Nice to see Chicken of the Woods appearing on the same tree in Corfe mullen where I see it most years . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social
A short walk on the heath near Soldiers Road bird feeding station(which has had the fat ball feeders etc removed!)didn't turn up much today apart from a Hornet Robberfly and two of what I think are M&F Heath Potter wasps hovering over dried up mud on a swampy area @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
The food begging buzzards are flying lower and lower over my garden. I'm beginning to think this one thinks I'm going to feed it.😂 @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
Bombus Campestris determined to block the view of my first of the year Chalkhill Blue (f) Luckily it buzzed off @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
So easily overlooked but aren't Small Heaths just simply beautiful @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
