Alan Yeodal
@alanyeodal.bsky.social
Wildlife enthusiast based in Bath, UK. Photographing and recording (iRecord) my sightings.
https://butterflycount.blogspot.com/
https://butterflycount.blogspot.com/
Scary looking beasts, but it been a long time since I have seen one of these... A Devil's coach horse #beetle in the garden this week. Nice!
August 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Scary looking beasts, but it been a long time since I have seen one of these... A Devil's coach horse #beetle in the garden this week. Nice!
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Congratulations to William Brame @landguardbirder.bsky.social for realising this was a different white butterfly. Now confirmed by @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social as a Southern Small White - the first seen in England. As it is a female let's hope it has been laying eggs. @matthewberry.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Congratulations to William Brame @landguardbirder.bsky.social for realising this was a different white butterfly. Now confirmed by @chrisvanswaay.bsky.social as a Southern Small White - the first seen in England. As it is a female let's hope it has been laying eggs. @matthewberry.bsky.social
Well advanced #OrangeTip larvae on Garlic Mustard in Bath this week. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Well advanced #OrangeTip larvae on Garlic Mustard in Bath this week. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social
A very confused Labrador this morning when she found this little chap in her outside drinking bowl. A #Palmate #Newt now safely moved to the pond. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A very confused Labrador this morning when she found this little chap in her outside drinking bowl. A #Palmate #Newt now safely moved to the pond. @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
Great to see two (less than common) butterflies using the embankment at Tucking Mill. These grassland butterflies will appreciate the work carried out by Sustrans and Bath Two Tunnels volunteers early last month. @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Great to see two (less than common) butterflies using the embankment at Tucking Mill. These grassland butterflies will appreciate the work carried out by Sustrans and Bath Two Tunnels volunteers early last month. @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social
A few of the insects seen in the Tucking Mill (Bath) valley today. Spring hotting up! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A few of the insects seen in the Tucking Mill (Bath) valley today. Spring hotting up! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Great to get my first glimpse of Dingy and Grizzled Skipper #butterflies near Bath last Friday. Spring definitely with us. (Recorded via #iRecord) @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great to get my first glimpse of Dingy and Grizzled Skipper #butterflies near Bath last Friday. Spring definitely with us. (Recorded via #iRecord) @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social
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Yay, my first Green Hairstreak of the year on the Purbeck Ridge near Swanage. Maybe the first in Dorset this year?? I love the stripy socks @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Yay, my first Green Hairstreak of the year on the Purbeck Ridge near Swanage. Maybe the first in Dorset this year?? I love the stripy socks @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
Scarlet Tiger moth larvae out in force in Bath! Seeing more of the colourful moths around the city in recent years. @brerc.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Scarlet Tiger moth larvae out in force in Bath! Seeing more of the colourful moths around the city in recent years. @brerc.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social
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Insects are being bulldozed by poor planning! 🚧🐞
Buglife's latest blog highlights how development is wiping out vital bug habitats. We must do better to protect these essential creatures!
Read more 👉 www.buglife.org.uk/blog/thinkin...
Buglife's latest blog highlights how development is wiping out vital bug habitats. We must do better to protect these essential creatures!
Read more 👉 www.buglife.org.uk/blog/thinkin...
April 2, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Insects are being bulldozed by poor planning! 🚧🐞
Buglife's latest blog highlights how development is wiping out vital bug habitats. We must do better to protect these essential creatures!
Read more 👉 www.buglife.org.uk/blog/thinkin...
Buglife's latest blog highlights how development is wiping out vital bug habitats. We must do better to protect these essential creatures!
Read more 👉 www.buglife.org.uk/blog/thinkin...
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Sir Keir has misrepresented the impact of conservation on housing in Ebbsfleet. The majority of the homes are going ahead. The distinguished jumping spider isn’t even in the development area, but it is a precious habitat. Let's move beyond nature vs. growth - sustainable development benefits us all.
March 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sir Keir has misrepresented the impact of conservation on housing in Ebbsfleet. The majority of the homes are going ahead. The distinguished jumping spider isn’t even in the development area, but it is a precious habitat. Let's move beyond nature vs. growth - sustainable development benefits us all.
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My first Adder of the spring basking in glorious sunshine at Bodham this morning.
March 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My first Adder of the spring basking in glorious sunshine at Bodham this morning.
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And now my first garden butterfly of 2025, a Red Admiral feeding on flowers of our Paper Bush! @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And now my first garden butterfly of 2025, a Red Admiral feeding on flowers of our Paper Bush! @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
Ok, not the most blue of #BlueBugs but it does have a blueish iridescent sheen in the right light. There is one short stretch of footpath near Tucking Mill, Bath where I regularly see this robust insect, a Bloody-nosed beetle, bumbling along in broad daylight. #BlueMonday
January 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ok, not the most blue of #BlueBugs but it does have a blueish iridescent sheen in the right light. There is one short stretch of footpath near Tucking Mill, Bath where I regularly see this robust insect, a Bloody-nosed beetle, bumbling along in broad daylight. #BlueMonday
One of my favourite 'blues' from nature... An Adonis Blue flying erratically across flower rich downland on a warm summers day! #BlueBugs #BlueMonday This one at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltsh... in 2019.
January 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
One of my favourite 'blues' from nature... An Adonis Blue flying erratically across flower rich downland on a warm summers day! #BlueBugs #BlueMonday This one at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltsh... in 2019.
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In today’s Guardian, I wrote about the hope, purpose and connection I found in conservation volunteering when I was feeling overwhelmed by the environmental crisis: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I was in despair about the environmental crisis. Then I volunteered to clean up my local park
‘Instead of sobbing in front of your computer screen,’ my counsellor said, ‘go out and do something’
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January 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In today’s Guardian, I wrote about the hope, purpose and connection I found in conservation volunteering when I was feeling overwhelmed by the environmental crisis: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Next Monday, help me transform #BlueMonday into a celebration of BLUE INSECTS!
Join in by sharing your photos or artwork along with the hashtag #BlueBugs 🦋🪲🔬🧪
This weevil was my 2024 offering…
Join in by sharing your photos or artwork along with the hashtag #BlueBugs 🦋🪲🔬🧪
This weevil was my 2024 offering…
January 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Next Monday, help me transform #BlueMonday into a celebration of BLUE INSECTS!
Join in by sharing your photos or artwork along with the hashtag #BlueBugs 🦋🪲🔬🧪
This weevil was my 2024 offering…
Join in by sharing your photos or artwork along with the hashtag #BlueBugs 🦋🪲🔬🧪
This weevil was my 2024 offering…
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With warmer weather, a few of our species will start to emerge from hibernation, including the Marsh Fritillary, whose highly visible black 4th instar larvae can be found in small groups at good sites. I cannot wait!
January 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
With warmer weather, a few of our species will start to emerge from hibernation, including the Marsh Fritillary, whose highly visible black 4th instar larvae can be found in small groups at good sites. I cannot wait!
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In 2024 alone, we restored 3,700 hectares of peatland which was degraded due to historic air pollution, wildfires and drainage.
Our efforts saw the return of the black darter – the UK's smallest dragonfly – to Dartmoor, Devon and the first ever fledging of a crane at Wicken Fen, Cambridge.
Our efforts saw the return of the black darter – the UK's smallest dragonfly – to Dartmoor, Devon and the first ever fledging of a crane at Wicken Fen, Cambridge.
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In 2024 alone, we restored 3,700 hectares of peatland which was degraded due to historic air pollution, wildfires and drainage.
Our efforts saw the return of the black darter – the UK's smallest dragonfly – to Dartmoor, Devon and the first ever fledging of a crane at Wicken Fen, Cambridge.
Our efforts saw the return of the black darter – the UK's smallest dragonfly – to Dartmoor, Devon and the first ever fledging of a crane at Wicken Fen, Cambridge.
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We are hosting the Royal Photography Society Exhibition at Lacock Abbey until 27th April 2025. Explore the diverse, contemporary range of photography submitted by more than 15,000 photographers over the last three years of Royal Photography Society exhibitions at the Fox Talbot Museum.
January 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We are hosting the Royal Photography Society Exhibition at Lacock Abbey until 27th April 2025. Explore the diverse, contemporary range of photography submitted by more than 15,000 photographers over the last three years of Royal Photography Society exhibitions at the Fox Talbot Museum.
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My #Robin friend Little Mate chatting this morning. He seems glad that the cold spell is over. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife
January 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My #Robin friend Little Mate chatting this morning. He seems glad that the cold spell is over. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #BirdPhotography #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife
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One way to beat the winter blues is to go egg hunting, with 4 of our 5 hairstreaks overwintering in this stage (Green Hairstreak overwinters as a pupa). This week will see me looking for Purple Hairstreak eggs that are usually found at the base of plump oak buds on south-facing, woodland edge trees.
January 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
One way to beat the winter blues is to go egg hunting, with 4 of our 5 hairstreaks overwintering in this stage (Green Hairstreak overwinters as a pupa). This week will see me looking for Purple Hairstreak eggs that are usually found at the base of plump oak buds on south-facing, woodland edge trees.
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On Blue Monday (20th January), please get involved and help me share some of the beauty nature has to offer, along with the hashtag… #BlueBugs
📷 Carabus intricatus
📷 Carabus intricatus
January 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
On Blue Monday (20th January), please get involved and help me share some of the beauty nature has to offer, along with the hashtag… #BlueBugs
📷 Carabus intricatus
📷 Carabus intricatus
Looking forward to the start of spring and the return of the insects I love. #butterflies #Beetles #Dragonflies to name just a few.
January 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Looking forward to the start of spring and the return of the insects I love. #butterflies #Beetles #Dragonflies to name just a few.