Philip Strange (@PhilipsWriting) profile picture

Scientist and writer. Passionate about nature, love Dorset and Devon.

Totnes, England
Joined February 2016
Ivy bee males (Colletes hederae) out in force yesterday at Bantham in south Devon. @swcoastpath @Buzz_dont_tweet
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Can anyone please help with an ID of this wasp seen recently near Totnes?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Yesterday in central Totnes, buff-tailed bumblebee worker with pollen, on winter honeysuckle, supporting a winter nest. @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar @ABRACKENBURY
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Very cold here in Devon today but witch hazel is coming into flower. @NearbyWild @Naturalcalendar
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Replying to @iancbeavis
several workers at Lyme Regis before Christmas
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A flower for the Winter Solstice: winter honeysuckle with all that pollen waiting for winter bumblebees. @Naturalcalendar @NearbyWild
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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…
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Sunset at Totnes tonight
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