jankitty.bsky.social
@jankitty.bsky.social
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social Good morning G. I take great care of the live mealworms I keep to feed my garden birds and notice that some of the material I give them, they've started pulling fluffy bits off and now seem to be putting it in certain places. Are they doing this for warm bedding?
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social Good morning G. I take great care of the live mealworms I keep to feed my garden birds and notice that some of the material I give them, they've started pulling fluffy bits off and now seem to be putting it in certain places. Are they doing this for warm bedding?
@britishspiders.bsky.social
I've been trying to get a good vid of this amazing sheet web, with my hand to show you it's size... not sure if the owner is still resident in my greenhouse, which I really should clean out but there's so many spiders calling it home, I don't have the heart...
I've been trying to get a good vid of this amazing sheet web, with my hand to show you it's size... not sure if the owner is still resident in my greenhouse, which I really should clean out but there's so many spiders calling it home, I don't have the heart...
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@britishspiders.bsky.social
I've been trying to get a good vid of this amazing sheet web, with my hand to show you it's size... not sure if the owner is still resident in my greenhouse, which I really should clean out but there's so many spiders calling it home, I don't have the heart...
I've been trying to get a good vid of this amazing sheet web, with my hand to show you it's size... not sure if the owner is still resident in my greenhouse, which I really should clean out but there's so many spiders calling it home, I don't have the heart...
Male Greater Spotted Woodpecker who had managed to prize out of the feeder a chunk of suet block and was very happily pecking at it until he spotted me at the window and just flew away with the remaining chunk in it's beak 😆
I did wonder why the suet blocks were going so fast 😘 @rspb.bsky.social
I did wonder why the suet blocks were going so fast 😘 @rspb.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Male Greater Spotted Woodpecker who had managed to prize out of the feeder a chunk of suet block and was very happily pecking at it until he spotted me at the window and just flew away with the remaining chunk in it's beak 😆
I did wonder why the suet blocks were going so fast 😘 @rspb.bsky.social
I did wonder why the suet blocks were going so fast 😘 @rspb.bsky.social
#ukmothid in The Forest of Dean
I'm still trying to find out what this moth is and I can find lots with a red bald patch but not with black spots on the edge of its wings.
Any ideas please? 😄
I'm still trying to find out what this moth is and I can find lots with a red bald patch but not with black spots on the edge of its wings.
Any ideas please? 😄
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#ukmothid in The Forest of Dean
I'm still trying to find out what this moth is and I can find lots with a red bald patch but not with black spots on the edge of its wings.
Any ideas please? 😄
I'm still trying to find out what this moth is and I can find lots with a red bald patch but not with black spots on the edge of its wings.
Any ideas please? 😄
@britishspiders.bsky.social
I don't recognise the markings on this one...
I don't recognise the markings on this one...
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@britishspiders.bsky.social
I don't recognise the markings on this one...
I don't recognise the markings on this one...
This isn't a great pic but any ideas what it could be? It's very pale with hardly any markings.
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This isn't a great pic but any ideas what it could be? It's very pale with hardly any markings.
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
I just sit by my pond and wait for the 3 Goldcrests to pop down for food and a bath. I've seen 3 but there may be more.
October 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I just sit by my pond and wait for the 3 Goldcrests to pop down for food and a bath. I've seen 3 but there may be more.
I presume they have a cue from the weather, as they seem to do this en masse ?
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I presume they have a cue from the weather, as they seem to do this en masse ?
Good morning G @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
I've been trying to get a pic of these tiny spiders for years but their 50p coin size webs seem to vanish after a day and their owners are small and shy. There's dozens of them, then they vanish overnight. Any idea what they are?
I've been trying to get a pic of these tiny spiders for years but their 50p coin size webs seem to vanish after a day and their owners are small and shy. There's dozens of them, then they vanish overnight. Any idea what they are?
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Good morning G @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
I've been trying to get a pic of these tiny spiders for years but their 50p coin size webs seem to vanish after a day and their owners are small and shy. There's dozens of them, then they vanish overnight. Any idea what they are?
I've been trying to get a pic of these tiny spiders for years but their 50p coin size webs seem to vanish after a day and their owners are small and shy. There's dozens of them, then they vanish overnight. Any idea what they are?
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Can you ID this beauty for me please. Jan Kitty from The Forest of Dean 😍
Can you ID this beauty for me please. Jan Kitty from The Forest of Dean 😍
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Can you ID this beauty for me please. Jan Kitty from The Forest of Dean 😍
Can you ID this beauty for me please. Jan Kitty from The Forest of Dean 😍
Hey there G... this is wet kitchen paper next to this spider, and it looks like she is gathering thread togrther and wetting it. I know spiders get dehydrated, so could she be making a type of sponge to gather water? @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hey there G... this is wet kitchen paper next to this spider, and it looks like she is gathering thread togrther and wetting it. I know spiders get dehydrated, so could she be making a type of sponge to gather water? @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
I found this beautiful tiny fella... only about 3mm and I only spotted him because of his stunning neon purple wings in the sunshine 🌞
Even a tiny fly can me smile, so I wanted to pass it on. 😘
Don't know what it is though 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Even a tiny fly can me smile, so I wanted to pass it on. 😘
Don't know what it is though 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I found this beautiful tiny fella... only about 3mm and I only spotted him because of his stunning neon purple wings in the sunshine 🌞
Even a tiny fly can me smile, so I wanted to pass it on. 😘
Don't know what it is though 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Even a tiny fly can me smile, so I wanted to pass it on. 😘
Don't know what it is though 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
can you ID this regular visitor in my garden please... Warbler / ChiffChaff ???
can you ID this regular visitor in my garden please... Warbler / ChiffChaff ???
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@rspb.bsky.social
can you ID this regular visitor in my garden please... Warbler / ChiffChaff ???
can you ID this regular visitor in my garden please... Warbler / ChiffChaff ???
@rspb.bsky.social I bought my hubby a Fathers day card from the garden birds - as you do 😘 and one of my Robins wanted to make it even more realistic 😍
July 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@rspb.bsky.social I bought my hubby a Fathers day card from the garden birds - as you do 😘 and one of my Robins wanted to make it even more realistic 😍
My Weeping Willow tree was covered in aphids, so being chemical-free in my wildlife garden I waited...
A few days later it was covered with Ladybird larvae who munched their way through tons of them, then sat there and pupated into adults, who took over the next shift 😍
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
A few days later it was covered with Ladybird larvae who munched their way through tons of them, then sat there and pupated into adults, who took over the next shift 😍
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My Weeping Willow tree was covered in aphids, so being chemical-free in my wildlife garden I waited...
A few days later it was covered with Ladybird larvae who munched their way through tons of them, then sat there and pupated into adults, who took over the next shift 😍
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
A few days later it was covered with Ladybird larvae who munched their way through tons of them, then sat there and pupated into adults, who took over the next shift 😍
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Hi George, hope you're keeping well.
Can you tell me if these are Horse Fly Eggs please?
Unsure what to do with them 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Can you tell me if these are Horse Fly Eggs please?
Unsure what to do with them 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Hi George, hope you're keeping well.
Can you tell me if these are Horse Fly Eggs please?
Unsure what to do with them 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Can you tell me if these are Horse Fly Eggs please?
Unsure what to do with them 🤪
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Good morning to you G... Hope you had a FAB Easter weekend. My garden is absolutely FULL with all sorts of flying wee beasties and I saw this yesterday and thought you might like to see it...
Good morning to you G... Hope you had a FAB Easter weekend. My garden is absolutely FULL with all sorts of flying wee beasties and I saw this yesterday and thought you might like to see it...
April 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Good morning to you G... Hope you had a FAB Easter weekend. My garden is absolutely FULL with all sorts of flying wee beasties and I saw this yesterday and thought you might like to see it...
Good morning to you G... Hope you had a FAB Easter weekend. My garden is absolutely FULL with all sorts of flying wee beasties and I saw this yesterday and thought you might like to see it...
Hi @allbugsgotokevin.bsky.social Long-time, no-post, sorry. Any-hoo... I haven't seen a spider incorporating its funnel-type web around the curve of a leaf, unless it curved the leaf itself?
It's an amazing structure :-)
It's an amazing structure :-)
January 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hi @allbugsgotokevin.bsky.social Long-time, no-post, sorry. Any-hoo... I haven't seen a spider incorporating its funnel-type web around the curve of a leaf, unless it curved the leaf itself?
It's an amazing structure :-)
It's an amazing structure :-)
I thought the first little fella was small but then I found dozens of even smaller ones which I obviously found a safe home for...
January 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I thought the first little fella was small but then I found dozens of even smaller ones which I obviously found a safe home for...
Hi there @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Like many, I've given up with Twitter 😘
I wanted to share the vids I took of some tiny baby Centipedes when I had to move some bags in the garden a few months ago... see vid 2
Like many, I've given up with Twitter 😘
I wanted to share the vids I took of some tiny baby Centipedes when I had to move some bags in the garden a few months ago... see vid 2
January 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hi there @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
Like many, I've given up with Twitter 😘
I wanted to share the vids I took of some tiny baby Centipedes when I had to move some bags in the garden a few months ago... see vid 2
Like many, I've given up with Twitter 😘
I wanted to share the vids I took of some tiny baby Centipedes when I had to move some bags in the garden a few months ago... see vid 2