Ivy bee males (Colletes hederae) out in force yesterday at Bantham in south Devon. @swcoastpath @Buzz_dont_tweet
A leafcutter bee with a leaf segment for her nest youtu.be/G_E6IxL55IU?si=H_Wm… via @YouTube @jwood_t @B_Strawbridge Thought this might interest.
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Yesterday at Dawlish Warren, following on from post by @bernoid I found many, many burnet moths mostly on water mint but some on tufted vetch and spear thistle @Naturalcalendar @WarrenBirding
Yesterday on @swcoastpath below East Prawle, many >50 female long-horned bees (Eucera longicornis) @AndWhitehouse @JWentomologist @StevenFalk1 @SouthDevonNL @Catherinemitson
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Replying to @Naturalcalendar
@Naturalcalendar My first cinnabar caterpillars of the year. Somehow this feels hopeful!
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Replying to @CharmouthHCC
Hope it goes well, I popped in to have a look at the beach about a week ago and it looked like this!
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Could anyone please tell me what this flower is, seen in coastal west Dorset last week. #wildflowerhour
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Dawlish Warren, south Devon in the sunshine (12 Feb.), marmalade hoverfly, tapered drone flies and a queen buff-tailed bumblebee @WarrenBirding @Naturalcalendar @NearbyWild #DawlishWarren
Yesterday morning walk, signs of seasonal change @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar
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Walk around Staverton, south Devon earlier this week, some of our sightings. @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar
Friday 26th January: Pictures of Josh Beech, founder of @nurdlecoasts , his Nurdle machine and his team clearing plastic pellets from the beach and river at Charmouth Dorset, pellets lost from @SouthWestWater sewage works above Lyme Regis @CharmouthHCC
Yesterday in central Totnes, buff-tailed bumblebee worker with pollen, on winter honeysuckle, supporting a winter nest. @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar @ABRACKENBURY
Very cold here in Devon today but witch hazel is coming into flower. @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar
A flower for the Winter Solstice: winter honeysuckle with all that pollen waiting for winter bumblebees. @Naturalcalendar @NearbyWild
Any ideas as to what this wildflower is? Seen on car park border late November south Devon. Closest I can come is some kind of cress. @suburbanwilduk
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My new article on The Clearing about starlings and Chesil Beach @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar littletoller.co.uk/the-clear…































