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Shane
@sharkeee.bsky.social
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Observer of the natural world, mostly in UK.
Mammals, insects, birds, plants, fungi it, they all catch my eye and via photographs and video, I like to share them with you.
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I'm so happy to have provided this moment for you.
Enjoy these Liverworts i found a few years ago, as they asked to be seen and bring joy to everyone, feel free to pass their joy forwards to anyone in need.
February 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Nematode or round worm of sorts. Ideally she should get it in a pot and pop to the the nearest pharmacist and show them. Likely that they'll pop the family on a course of anti parasite meds in case it's from her/them.
February 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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If anyone is in need of something to make them smile or laugh, please watch and more importantly listen to this little clip my trail camera captured.
Yes, that is a genuine Badger #fart #Badgers #Nature #trailcam #Ukwildlife #BBCspringwatch
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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I'm not sure why the tumble weed seems to blow on by with some of my posts. Come on Blue sky, this is a badger rolling around in hay, what's not to like?
January 24, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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DYK European Badgers sometimes sleep above ground in what are sometimes called day beds or couches.
Watch here 8 nights worth of what these Badgers do in theres. #Badgers #UKwildlife #BBCspringwatch #UKnature #mammals @mammalsociety.bsky.social @badgertrust.bsky.social

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What happens at an above ground Badger Nest.
YouTube video by sharki1971
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January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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wildlifetoursed.bsky.social
If you liked the #BBCWinterwatch report about the Scarlet caterpillar club , Cordyceps militaris, yesterday , feel free to check out a video we did a year ago about this weird parasitic fungus.
#Cordyceps , #Winterwatch , #Fungus , #Parasite
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Scarlet caterpillarclub , Cordyceps militaris
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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wildlifetoursed.bsky.social
Another 'traitor' which #Winterwatch didn't mention but is even creepier than the #Cordyceps , is this parasitic wasp that zombiefies ladybirds
#BBCWinterwatch , #Parasite
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Braconid wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae, emerging from Ladybird
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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A closer view of the Ciliophora that was found in a water filled ditch here. Possibly Carchesium due to the colony growing from a single stalk attached to the leaf. #supermacro #micro-organisms #nature #pondlife #winterwatch
January 19, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Other incredible find was a minute transparent green thing which wasn't visible to the naked eye, the previous one wasn't either. The green organism has a contracting trunk which supports 6 tentacles. This is a Green Hydra. #UkNature #BBCWinterwatch #UKwildlife #Aquaticlife #hydrozoans
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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1/2 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social grabbed a 300ml sample of water twigs and leaf litter from a temporary pool here.
Amazing life forms were found and these really pushed the limits of the @omsystem.bsky.social #TG-7 #biology #freshwater @withpondlife.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Some amazing creatures found at Wembury Beach

#UKWildlife, #Wildlife , #UKNature, #Nature , #MarineLife , #Fishes , #Rockpooling, #Tidepools
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Rockpooling at Wembury Beach , June 25
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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January 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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A little session in a temporary pool by the stream early tonight looking at very small things. #freshwater #habitats #cyclops #UKwildlife #nature
A photo of the tiny freshwater crustacean called 'Cyclops'. The pear shaped body is transparent and reveals its white body organs. On the tail end are tow large masses of round white eggs sacs, this indicates that it's a female. At the front and centre is a single eye, in the light of flash it looked red. They have a pair of antennae and 5 pairs of legs. A photo of a tiny freshwater bivalve. I'm not sure of the species. There were many of these all were around 5mm across. They are typically clam shaped, rounded, smooth with radiating growth lines across its shells. In the photo its sitting on a rotting leaf which is covered in silty detritus. This one is pale cream in colour. The mouth of this mollusc is partially open and to the left of it, the tailend of of it's foot extends out. A photo of a tiny pale green freshwater crustacean on brown detritus. It's appearance is that of a shiny split seed. Extending from the lower opened end and numerous clear filaments.
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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They do try and catch an amateur like me out when seen in unusual habitats.
January 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Yesterday whilst take a chilly mooch through an ancient woodland, we happened across some little green gems lurking in the sparse dry moss loosely covering a historic earth boundary bank, under some big old holly bushes so well shaded.
Late season Parrot #waxcaps in a rather odd location?
#fungi
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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We were at gore point from 11:30 - 14:30 faces down and getting chilly.
Shoulda looked up!
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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The weirdest mating ritual you have ever seen - The Ash Black Slug

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The weirdest mating ritual you have ever seen - The Ash Black Slug
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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January 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Cracking shot Carl.
December 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Cyanosporus subcaesius up behind the woodstore/field shelter here. It really is this blue. #fungi #nature #blue
December 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Thanks, i forgot to add a genus to the third, pleased to see you also say Phyarum sp.
There’s more of a similar looking Phyarum nearby but on a fallen leaf and much of the fruits are black/blue.
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A few recent and particulary lovely finds of the #slimemould kind.
#UKnature #Nature #decay
A close up photograph showing a bunch of bright red slime moulds growing from a damp piece of dead wood. Tiny red stems support a large rounded head, these are densely clustered together. They are probably a species of Arcyria. A photograph of some black slime moulds growing from a piece of damp dead wood. Much more sparsely grouped together, these glistening black fruiting bodies are growing on long black slender stalk. These are possibly in the genus Comatricha. A very close photograph of some tiny globular slime moulds that i found in the damaged crutch of an apple tree. The stalks are short and grey. The heads are almost kidney shaped. They are white to the eye, but close up they are dark with a paler speckling.
December 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🫣
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Sadly not, no further images showing those features.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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A little unsure on this species, only young forms of the fungi were present. Am I correct in thinking they are young Orange peels? #Fungi #fungiID #mycology #nature
A photo of four cups shaped fungi. Orange in colour with downy or hairy outside and rims.
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Many thanks. 🙏
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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This is not the cheeky cherub it appears to be.
This is a ground beetle species infected by the pathogenic #fungus Entomophthora nebriae.
Found today on the #Quantockhills with @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social
Like the cordycep yesterday, this is not a commonly seen species. #uknature #mycology
What appears to be a fuzzy white coloured face with a funny hat is in fact a fungus infected beetle body. The hat is its wings. The infected beetle in entirety. The spore releasing fruiting body to the left, wings and dark brown wing cases to the right. The whole thing is on rotting wood and was laying fungus facing down.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM