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HoverflySpotterM.D
@hoverflyspotter.bsky.social
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Naturalist, Environmental Biologist and Data Analyst specialising in hoverflies. Trustee of the British Naturalist Association & recipient of the Richard Fitter medal.
My site https://hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com is about Hoverflies & Nature's Joy.
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🍃 Skeleton Leaf 🍂
Veins trace quiet lines,
a leaf sketches its own dream—
nature’s art unfolds. 🌿✨

#NatureArt #LeafLove #EcoBeauty #MindfulMoments #NatureInspires #ArtInNature #SkeletonLeaf #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
Sometimes nature can just produce its own art.🎨🌱
This is a leaf showing the midrib and the little veins all intricately preserved. I found it between the pages of a book. Just beautiful, better than anything I could draw or paint.
January 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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🖌️ Hoverfly Genera 🎨
An acrostic postcard all about ‘Hockey Stick’ hoverflies. Hope it brings you joy! 🌸
#Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
Acrostic postcard of the Scaeva genus.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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🌸✨ New Year in Bloom! 🌲
👉 Click to see what I spotted🌼
#NewYearPlantHunt #wildflowerhour #FlowersInBloom #NatureLovers #NatureWalk #HiddenWonders #Nature #Insects #Plants #Birds #Flowers #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #Wildlife #Winter
📄 Love to know what you have seen locally? 📄
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New Year in Bloom: Sightings 2026
Flowers and Birds sightings for week commencing 1st January 2026, Barnsley town centre and RSPB Old Moor
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January 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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🏝️ New Research Highlight - The acoustic niche hypothesis meets habitat fragmentation and isolation

📖 Read the research highlight ➡️ buff.ly/wveg7u6

📖 Read the full paper - buff.ly/sPiEZJG
January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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First blog of the year, and as always a write up of our #WildEssex New Year Plant Hunt...

www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/wildessex-ne...

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January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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🖼️ Oksana Maksimova
Long tailed tits on winter branches in snowfall on pale brown background, painting.
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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🐛 Hoverfly Genera 🐝
🌿 Discover Volucella hoverflies with an acrostic postcard of fascinating facts! 🦋 Learn & share!
#Nature #Hoverflies #EcoEducation #Biodiversity #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Diptera #Syrphidae #FunFacts #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
Volucella genera acrostic postcard of fascinating facts
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Happy New Year Everyone!
🎨 Mural on Pond Street by artist Peachzz 🖼️
Let’s invite real pollinators into our streets.
#Art #Nature #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Pollinator #Insects #Plants #StreetArt #Sheffield #Cityscape #Streetphotography #UrbanNature
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The mural was painted in July 2023 and is located opposite the bus station on Pond Street The piece celebrates community and the beauty of human connection, brightening up a busy interchange area. Let’s invite real pollinators into our streets. It was commissioned by Sheffield Hallam University and features vibrant imagery including bees, peace symbols, and the Yorkshire white rose, alongside Sheffield’s city flower, the wood crane’s-bill.
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🌸 Spotted any local wildlife this Christmas! 🌲
🎄 Curious?
👉 Click to see what I have seen 🌼
#ChristmasVibes #FlowersInBloom #NatureLovers #NatureWalk #HiddenWonders #StayCurious #Nature #Insects #Plants #Birds #Fungi #Mushrooms #FungiFriends #Wildlife
📄 Love to know what you have seen locally? 📄
Christmas in Bloom: Sightings 2025
Flowers and Birds sightings for week commencing 22nd December 2025, Garden and Beyond the Garden Gate.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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🎨 White-clubbed Glasswing Art Work 🖌️
Painting of White-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva pyrastri) – also known as one of the hockey stick hoverflies
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #Nature #NatureIllustration
To learn more visit hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
White-clubbed Glasswing Art Work - Scaeva pyrastri
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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📄 Merry Christmas Hoverfly 🖌️
Just wanted to wish all my followers and the BlueSky community a Merry Christmas
#Hoverflies #Flies #Syrphidae #Art #Nature #BoardGameGeek #TabletopGaming #CardGames
#BoardGames #Science #Artappreciation #NatureIllustration #Ecology #NatureSpotting #NatureLovers
Merry Christmas All
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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🎨 Yellow-clubbed Glasswing Art Work 🖌️
1st Attempt at drawing and painting yellow hockey stick hoverfly (Scaeva selenitica)
#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Pollinator #Nature #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration
To learn more visit hoverflyspotter.blogspot.com
Yellow-clubbed Glasswing (Scaeva selenitica)
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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🎅 Christmas Hoverfly Challenge 🎁
Spot the 10 hoverfly species hidden in logo.

Can you find them all?

👉 Link for answers!
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#Hoverflies #Flies #Insects #Nature #Syrphidae #Diptera #Entomology #Art #HiddenWonders #NatureIllustration
Hoverfly Spotter M.D. logo - can you spot the 10 hidden hoverflies in the logo?
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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❄️✨ Happy Winter Solstice! 🌌
Celebrate the shortest day and the longest night with warmth, light, and a little magic. 🌙🔥
Here’s to new beginnings as the days start getting longer! 🌞
#WinterSolstice #SeasonOfLight #NatureMagic #SolsticeVibes #WinterWonder #CelebrateNature #LongestNight #NewBeginnings
Happy Winter Solstice
December 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Did u know?With most insects overwintering,I miss their fabulous presence.Let's stop to consider what amazing architects they are. These are just some of the incredible structures they make to complete their magical metamorphic lifecycles:Leafcutter tubes,silken cocoons & papery nurseries.🌱🌿🇬🇧🌿🪲🌍🐞🦋🐝🐛
December 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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✨ Nature Fluxx – The board game where chaos meets ecology! 🎲 The rules change as you play making it unpredictable, and seriously fun.🌍💚
What’s your favourite Fluxx twist?
#Ecology #NatureLovers #GameNight #BoardGameGeek #TabletopGaming #CardGames #FamilyGameNight #NatureInspired #PlayMoreGames
Card Game Nature Fluxx
Nature Fluxx is an ecology-themed variant to the popular card game Fluxx, published by Looney Labs and released in 2015. But is it any good?
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December 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland
📚 Love spotting hoverflies? My go-to guide: Hoverflies of Britain & Ireland 3rd Edition!✨ Check my review 👇
#Hoverflies 🪰 #WildlifePhotography 📸 #NatureSpotting 🌿 #Entomology 🔍 #Pollinators #FieldGuide #NatureLovers #Insects #naturewriting
Hoverflies Wildguides Book Review
Hoverflies of Britain and Ireland Stuart Ball and Roger Morris book review should you purchase, especially if you have 1st and 2nd Editions
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December 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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✨🌅 Red Sky at night Haiku 😍📸
Red sky, quiet breath,
Shadows stretch across the earth,
Peace in simple hues
#Haiku #haikupoem #haikupoetry #SunsetVibes #NatureLovers #ScenicViews #PhotographyMagic #EveningGlow #Sunsets #NaturePoetry
I just came around the corner and saw this beautiful sunset and temperature inversion last night. WOW!
December 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Did u know? Moss is not "unsightly" on roofs, so don't get it sprayed off. Moss soaks up carbon, is a habitat for all sorts of important microorganisms & it provides food for larger souls, like birds. Here, a charm of Goldfinches is grazing on the moss on my roof, pecking out moss spores. 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛🦠
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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🎄✨ My Favourite Nature-Themed Board Game! 🎲
What’s not to love? It’s packed with beautiful birds 🐦 and endless strategy fun! 🌿 The original North America edition is a classic – perfect for a cosy winter night by the tree 🎅🎁.
#Nature #BoardGames #Science #Tabletop #Tabletopgames #Birds #NatureArt
Nature Board Game Wingspan
Wingspan is this nature-themed board game but is it maths in disguise or a gateway to real ecological science about our world?
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December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🌿🎲 Nature themed board games: science or just clever maths in disguise? 🤓 Let’s explore!
#Nature #BoardGames #Science #Tabletop #Tabletopgames #GameNight
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A variety of nature themed board games
December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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🎨 Celebrating Sheffield Street Art 🖌️
The city’s industrial past—factories, cutlery works, & architecture—offering a unique canvas to artist. #Art #UrbanNature #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #HiddenWonders #Pollinator #Insects #Plants #StreetArt #Sheffield #Cityscape #Streetphotography #Nature
Sheffield Street Art Clun Rd - beautiful landscape of fields with flowers against a cityscape. Sheffield Street Art Clun Rd - highlighting the bee and pollinator important to our urban environment.
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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📚 Love spotting hoverflies? My pocketbook Christmas suggestion: Guide to Finding Hoverflies by P.Creed✨ Check my review 👇
#Hoverflies 🪰 #WildlifePhotography 📸 #NatureSpotting 🌿 #Entomology 🔍 #Pollinators #FieldGuide #NatureLovers #Insects #naturewriting
Guide to Finding Hoverflies Book Review
A Review of A Guide to Finding Hoverflies: An Introductory Resource for beginners interested in colourful flies.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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🔬 My moss safari magic 🦠
🌿🔬 #Moss squeeze surprise! Found ‘Hairy Racers’ Oxytricha? & maybe a Tardigrade in tun! 🦠✨
#Microscopy #MossMagic #HiddenWonders #Science
#StayCurious #Biology #mosssafari
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December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM