Richard Lewington
@rlewington2.bsky.social
Wildlife illustrator, photographer and invertebrate enthusiast - A Curious Bug-er from Oxfordshire. F.R.E.S. - President of Abingdon Naturalists’ Society
www.richardlewington.co.uk
www.richardlewington.co.uk
It's my pocket guide to butterflies.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's my pocket guide to butterflies.
Unexpected 3rd brood Holly Blue in the garden this morning.
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Unexpected 3rd brood Holly Blue in the garden this morning.
Proofs of Field Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of GB&I have arrived and look good. Written by Steve Brooks & Steve Cham with many new artworks, photos and detailed maps, make it the most complete guide to British Odonata. The 6th edition in 28 years
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Proofs of Field Guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of GB&I have arrived and look good. Written by Steve Brooks & Steve Cham with many new artworks, photos and detailed maps, make it the most complete guide to British Odonata. The 6th edition in 28 years
It seems that Robins are partial to Box Tree Moths!
October 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It seems that Robins are partial to Box Tree Moths!
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - Ornithoptera alexandrae, the world's largest butterfly, male wingspan 19cm female 24 cm. Swallowtail - Papilio machaon, Britain's largest butterfly, wingspan 7cm. Print from a recent painting www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - Ornithoptera alexandrae, the world's largest butterfly, male wingspan 19cm female 24 cm. Swallowtail - Papilio machaon, Britain's largest butterfly, wingspan 7cm. Print from a recent painting www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...
I've just added a few original invertebrate originals to my website www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I've just added a few original invertebrate originals to my website www.richardlewington.co.uk/album.php?id...
The holy grail this morning and then it was away - Clifden Nonpareil
September 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The holy grail this morning and then it was away - Clifden Nonpareil
Little male Yellow Loosestrife Bee - Macropis europaea on its host plant by the garden pond
June 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Little male Yellow Loosestrife Bee - Macropis europaea on its host plant by the garden pond
The once rare Box Bug
Gonocerus acuteangulatus now found in my garden
Gonocerus acuteangulatus now found in my garden
May 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The once rare Box Bug
Gonocerus acuteangulatus now found in my garden
Gonocerus acuteangulatus now found in my garden
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Grey-patched Mining Bee, Andrena nitida photographed on a sandy track near a former golf course in Oxfordshire today
As ever HT to Steven Falk and @rlewington2.bsky.social for their wonderful 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland'A
As ever HT to Steven Falk and @rlewington2.bsky.social for their wonderful 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland'A
May 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Grey-patched Mining Bee, Andrena nitida photographed on a sandy track near a former golf course in Oxfordshire today
As ever HT to Steven Falk and @rlewington2.bsky.social for their wonderful 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland'A
As ever HT to Steven Falk and @rlewington2.bsky.social for their wonderful 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland'A
Thanks Wylie. The guide should introduce you to most of the spiders you encounter in your travels - the species appearing in it were carefully chosen.
Larinoides cornutus by the River Thames near Oxford a few days ago. #spiders #arachnids
HT to @rlewington2.bsky.social and his excellent Pocket Guide to British Spiders which arrived in the post today.
HT to @rlewington2.bsky.social and his excellent Pocket Guide to British Spiders which arrived in the post today.
May 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thanks Wylie. The guide should introduce you to most of the spiders you encounter in your travels - the species appearing in it were carefully chosen.
First damselfly of the year in the garden, a female Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum
April 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
First damselfly of the year in the garden, a female Common Blue Damselfly - Enallagma cyathigerum
The aerobatic Dotted Bee-fly - Bombylius discolor in the garden yesterday
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The aerobatic Dotted Bee-fly - Bombylius discolor in the garden yesterday
Nice review by Bill Parker, of my spider guide, in the @britishspiders.bsky.social newsletter
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Nice review by Bill Parker, of my spider guide, in the @britishspiders.bsky.social newsletter
Yes, I’m beginning to wonder if Labour is just like all the other parties, in making promises to get votes and then doing nothing.
1) This week we have seen the damage caused to the horticulture industry and nature by @marycreagh.bsky.social lack of action in pushing the already agreed peat compost ban through parliament - everyone is asking for this legislation and has been for decades. We fought for it! Now, nothing, why?
April 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Yes, I’m beginning to wonder if Labour is just like all the other parties, in making promises to get votes and then doing nothing.
Reed Bunting have just started visiting the garden, very twitchy.
March 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reed Bunting have just started visiting the garden, very twitchy.
A dull breezy morning, brightened up by a lively group of Long-tailed Tits.
February 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A dull breezy morning, brightened up by a lively group of Long-tailed Tits.
Sadly, this fantastic Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS PRO lens has to go. For further details, please visit www.richardlewington.co.uk Repost appreciated
February 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Sadly, this fantastic Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS PRO lens has to go. For further details, please visit www.richardlewington.co.uk Repost appreciated
Don’t mind at all, Keith
This web was showing well in today's mist. I remembered seeing a drawing in Richard Lewington's new "Pocket Guide to British Spiders" of a web with a missing segment and thought, thanks Richard, I may now know what made it! Hope you don't mind the extract @rlewington2.bsky.social?
February 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Don’t mind at all, Keith
This male Gadwall wont let this female Mallard out of his sight in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He’s been obsessed with her for months.
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This male Gadwall wont let this female Mallard out of his sight in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He’s been obsessed with her for months.
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I am giving a talk this Thursday 6 February 2025 on the Secret World of the Undergrowth featuring leafcutter bees, Beachcomber Beetles, Iberian Spoonwings and Puss Moths at Buckland-in-the-Moor Village Hall near Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7HW at 7.30 pm All welcome.
February 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I am giving a talk this Thursday 6 February 2025 on the Secret World of the Undergrowth featuring leafcutter bees, Beachcomber Beetles, Iberian Spoonwings and Puss Moths at Buckland-in-the-Moor Village Hall near Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7HW at 7.30 pm All welcome.
Out today, hope it’s well received.
January 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Out today, hope it’s well received.
Thanks, and pleased you like it.
I was thrilled to find this in the post. More excellent work by @rlewington2.bsky.social
Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...
January 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Thanks, and pleased you like it.
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Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...
Pocket Guide to British Spiders
Featuring 130 of the most common and readily identifiable species, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally o…
www.bloomsbury.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Publishing this week – Richard Lewington's brilliant new guide to British spiders. Pocket-sized, field-friendly and packing a powerful arachnid punch. Perfect for all lovers of Britain's wildlife. Order a copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pocket-gu...
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In bookshops from 30th January and available now on pre-order, @rlewington2.bsky.social's authoritative and exquisitely illustrated new @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social pocket guide to Britain's commonest and most easily recognizable spiders. Highly recommended! #spiders #arachnology
January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In bookshops from 30th January and available now on pre-order, @rlewington2.bsky.social's authoritative and exquisitely illustrated new @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social pocket guide to Britain's commonest and most easily recognizable spiders. Highly recommended! #spiders #arachnology