Phil Wilkins

This made me smile

A large bird of prey, a Red Kite, feeding on a carcass in a field

In our meadow today

Wow
Amazing stuff
Beautiful and educational simultaneously

It is an interesting game, we have learned not to worry too much about winning 😉
Beautiful artwork

Fly-a-way is a good one on bird migration, but may be hard to get hold of

Been doing a lot of little sketches to illustrate my journal
#birdart

The history of humans on this planet

To destroy the natural world

Now they have machines that can log forests in weeks

Mega fishing vessels that can millions of fish every day Video from Steve Cutts

Thanks
That would be a first for me 😁

Pale moth with dark markings

I need some help #teammoth
Is this a Scarce Bordered Straw, or am I in completely the wrong ball park?
From south Norfolk last night
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The large and beautiful Clifden Nonpareil or Blue Underwing moth on a birch tree

Pleasant surprise on the Bumblebee transect in Wheatfen, Norfolk today
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Sign Petition: BAN THE CRUEL GUGA HUNT Each year, around August, approximately 10 fishermen from the Island of Lewis in the Scottish Outer Hebrides sail from the Port of (1130 signatures on petition)

Just seen this petition
I am not sure how the hunt is justified in the light of the avian flu effects on seabirds

www.thepetitionsite.com/534/977/314/...

That's fascinating
I have seen many insects impaled on spiky plants - usually after bad weather and I have always assumed it was accidental
Impaled on grass seems strange
My suspicion would be a bird storing food

Thank you very much. Unfortunately it flew off just after this photo was taken. So, I will probably never know for certain

Thank you very much
Unfortunately, it flew off, just after I took the photo. So, I will probably never know for certain

A tiny micro moth standing on its long forelegs

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Can this little beauty from last night's trap in south Norfolk be identified to species? I think it is Parornix

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A beautifully marked orange butterfly - the Silver-washed Fritillary

A lovely first for our garden in south Norfolk
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Purple Hairstreaks are starting to emerge at an accessible colony Stockton in South Norfolk. If you would be interested in taking a look we will be setting a date for a field trip in the next few days. Contact phil.carabus@gmail.com to express an interest. #savebutterflies📷 Bob Eade BC

An incredibly handsome fly called Choerades marginatus on a leaf

This handsome beast is the Robberfly Choerades marginatus at #wheatfen Surlingham, Norfolk
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A pale straw coloured moth with delicate markings

Delicate? From South Norfolk last night
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Blue sky doesn't seem to be allowing me to upload photos at the moment

Yesterday's WCBS near Bungay, Suffolk was fairly low on numbers, but it was nice that the second most numerous species (after Meadow Brown) was Small Tortoiseshell. Also nice to find 2 Small Heaths in the field where there is usually a single one 😂 #butterflies #wcbs

Always nice to see a new species

Smaller brightly coloured caterpillars of the Small Eggar on hawthorn

Multiple bright Small Eggar caterpillars on their web

Numerous Small Eggar caterpillars on their web

Amazing to find a huge web of Small Eggar caterpillars on a new hawthorn hedge in farmland in South Norfolk
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Thanks, it's quite early - they don't usually start flowering until mid June, so I am hoping for many more!

Urgent! Volunteers needed! Live near Ely, Cambridgeshire? Time to make 2 visits (1 in June, other in Sept) to a farm ditch? Why not help ‪@rspbengland.bsky.social‬
survey Water Voles to help farmers conserve them? volunteer.rspb.org.uk/opportunitie... @elystandard.bsky.social‬ ‪#cambirds

Looks like one to me

A small Bee Orchid flower amongst grass

Our first one is out!!!!!
This is this year's first in our meadow
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😂 I will stick with Water Crowfoot

Thanks I suppose I might need to wade out and collect some to confirm the species...