AFMM
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UK and worldwide wildlife, nature, environment, travel, & history (esp. ancient/archaeology), preferably in the company of my wife & my daughter.
Took a drive out to #Dartmoor today to visit the Assycombe stone row, the adjacent and nearby hut circles, and the Fernworthy stone row and circle. #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #SundayStonework
May 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Took a drive out to #Dartmoor today to visit the Assycombe stone row, the adjacent and nearby hut circles, and the Fernworthy stone row and circle. #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #SundayStonework
One for an early #MallardMonday greeting from yesterday at Titchfield Haven. Have a great week!
March 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
One for an early #MallardMonday greeting from yesterday at Titchfield Haven. Have a great week!
The lighthouse at Amphitrite Point, Ucluelet, with a couple of shots from 2010 for #PharosFriday.
March 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The lighthouse at Amphitrite Point, Ucluelet, with a couple of shots from 2010 for #PharosFriday.
A spot of dry stone wall renovation at Durlston Country Park last weekend for #WallsOnWednesday.
March 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A spot of dry stone wall renovation at Durlston Country Park last weekend for #WallsOnWednesday.
For #WallsOnWednesday (and perhaps #WindowsOnWednesday), one from last weekend at Durlston Country Park, #Dorset.
March 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
For #WallsOnWednesday (and perhaps #WindowsOnWednesday), one from last weekend at Durlston Country Park, #Dorset.
Heading to Durlston Country Park from north Hampshire early on a Sunday morning meant a very slightly slower journey, and a £5.30 ferry charge, but a 9 mile shorter route, with the added enjoyment of the Sandbanks ⬅️ to Studland ➡️chain ferry crossing.
March 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Heading to Durlston Country Park from north Hampshire early on a Sunday morning meant a very slightly slower journey, and a £5.30 ferry charge, but a 9 mile shorter route, with the added enjoyment of the Sandbanks ⬅️ to Studland ➡️chain ferry crossing.
Sitting against the west wall of the lighthouse compound at Anvil Point in Durlston Country Park today gave us a wind free lunch spot (could have easily slept for a few minutes), and this view:
March 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sitting against the west wall of the lighthouse compound at Anvil Point in Durlston Country Park today gave us a wind free lunch spot (could have easily slept for a few minutes), and this view:
Today was our first trip to Durlston Country Park in #Dorset since the end of last December, and the first time we've seen an owl there. Several passes from this Barn owl around Round Down, which, a little strangely, was at 10:45AM
March 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today was our first trip to Durlston Country Park in #Dorset since the end of last December, and the first time we've seen an owl there. Several passes from this Barn owl around Round Down, which, a little strangely, was at 10:45AM
Locals may be justified in not holding their breath after so long in dereliction, but it would be good if the Kupari site could be regenerated (and the Grand Hotel facade retained; my 📷 from 2015): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
March 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Locals may be justified in not holding their breath after so long in dereliction, but it would be good if the Kupari site could be regenerated (and the Grand Hotel facade retained; my 📷 from 2015): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Lovely piece here by @davegoulson.bsky.social in praise of hoverflies
#Insects
#InvertebrateoftheYear
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Insects
#InvertebrateoftheYear
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘About time they got some credit’: why hoverflies are an underappreciated insect
Prof Dave Goulson is one of the world’s foremost experts on insects. But there’s a special place in his heart for hoverflies, one of the prettiest flies around. Here he explains why we should nominate...
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Lovely piece here by @davegoulson.bsky.social in praise of hoverflies
#Insects
#InvertebrateoftheYear
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Insects
#InvertebrateoftheYear
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One from Sunday for #ThickTrunkTuesday.
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
One from Sunday for #ThickTrunkTuesday.
For #MallardMonday from yesterday's visit to Steamer Point Nature Reserve, Dorset.
February 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For #MallardMonday from yesterday's visit to Steamer Point Nature Reserve, Dorset.
While parking up to get a photo of the giraffe (below), inadvertently came across Meare Fish House, England's last monastic fishery building. #SundayStonework #Somerset
February 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
While parking up to get a photo of the giraffe (below), inadvertently came across Meare Fish House, England's last monastic fishery building. #SundayStonework #Somerset
The #Somerset levels are probably not as well known as they should be for their wandering herds of giraffe, as recorded on this house in Meare. 😉 On a more serious note, this area could all be lost to sea rise change due to global warming. #ClimateCrisis
February 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The #Somerset levels are probably not as well known as they should be for their wandering herds of giraffe, as recorded on this house in Meare. 😉 On a more serious note, this area could all be lost to sea rise change due to global warming. #ClimateCrisis
Made our first visit to RSPB Greylake in #Somerset today, & there were lots of serious birders there, but a big thank you to all those who took the time to point out where to 👀, especially the gentleman who showed my wife a rather habituated Water Rail.
February 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Made our first visit to RSPB Greylake in #Somerset today, & there were lots of serious birders there, but a big thank you to all those who took the time to point out where to 👀, especially the gentleman who showed my wife a rather habituated Water Rail.
A double #BirdsFromFarAway entry from today's very enjoyable trip to #Somerset, with a Merlin at RSPB Greylake, and a Marsh Harrier at RSPB Ham Wall.
February 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A double #BirdsFromFarAway entry from today's very enjoyable trip to #Somerset, with a Merlin at RSPB Greylake, and a Marsh Harrier at RSPB Ham Wall.
Walking at Hengistbury Head this morning we were overflown by this strange looking and stranger sounding (due to the push-pull engines) #aircraft. It's a (Cessna) F337G Super Skymaster, but one of only 29 built by Reims Aviation (this one in 1977), returning to ACI, having earlier flown in to BOH.
February 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Walking at Hengistbury Head this morning we were overflown by this strange looking and stranger sounding (due to the push-pull engines) #aircraft. It's a (Cessna) F337G Super Skymaster, but one of only 29 built by Reims Aviation (this one in 1977), returning to ACI, having earlier flown in to BOH.
From Monday's visit to Highcliffe Castle for #WindowsOnWednesday.
February 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
From Monday's visit to Highcliffe Castle for #WindowsOnWednesday.
Haven't been to the #ScillyIsles since our only previous trip in 2008, but we're now booked for the coming Easter weekend, and I've therefore just re-read one of the books that inspired our first visit, Michael Morpurgo's "The Wreck of The Zanzibar". It's an excellent story. 📖✅ #travelinspiration
February 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Haven't been to the #ScillyIsles since our only previous trip in 2008, but we're now booked for the coming Easter weekend, and I've therefore just re-read one of the books that inspired our first visit, Michael Morpurgo's "The Wreck of The Zanzibar". It's an excellent story. 📖✅ #travelinspiration
From the boardwalk at HIWWT Fishlake Meadows NR, Romsey, this morning, that's not blossom, hail, or droppings, but fish scales, which was all that was left of an otter's supper. Alongside another nearby stream an otter (the same one?) had also been enjoying freshwater mussels.
February 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
From the boardwalk at HIWWT Fishlake Meadows NR, Romsey, this morning, that's not blossom, hail, or droppings, but fish scales, which was all that was left of an otter's supper. Alongside another nearby stream an otter (the same one?) had also been enjoying freshwater mussels.
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Great to see our wintering waders signs out in the wild!
Don't forget to download (or order) yours via our website: www.curlewaction.org/wintering-wa...
Don't forget to download (or order) yours via our website: www.curlewaction.org/wintering-wa...
February 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Great to see our wintering waders signs out in the wild!
Don't forget to download (or order) yours via our website: www.curlewaction.org/wintering-wa...
Don't forget to download (or order) yours via our website: www.curlewaction.org/wintering-wa...
Margareitis vs Ellenikos at Kourion, Cyprus, for #MosaicMonday.
February 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Margareitis vs Ellenikos at Kourion, Cyprus, for #MosaicMonday.
For #MallardMonday from yesterday at Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey.
February 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For #MallardMonday from yesterday at Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve, Romsey.
A little bit of #SundayYellow on arrival at the car park for Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve in Romsey, Hampshire, this morning.
February 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A little bit of #SundayYellow on arrival at the car park for Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve in Romsey, Hampshire, this morning.
Have just completed the first of three 6 day weeks at work, so for Sunday we're planning on heading back to @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Arundel for my one day off. How will you be spending the day?
February 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Have just completed the first of three 6 day weeks at work, so for Sunday we're planning on heading back to @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Arundel for my one day off. How will you be spending the day?