LoveThePlanet
@lovetheplanet.bsky.social
Lover of wildlife. More comfortable with animals than people. Vegetarian. Keen gardener - grow lots of fruit & veg organically in my Hampshire garden. Cat servant. Home baker.
A brazen Robin who drops heavy hints that I should go out with food by perching on the window sill, hovering at the window and tweeting. Sometimes pecks the glass too. Of course, I always oblige. #ukwildlife
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A brazen Robin who drops heavy hints that I should go out with food by perching on the window sill, hovering at the window and tweeting. Sometimes pecks the glass too. Of course, I always oblige. #ukwildlife
Jasper earlier nodding off in loaf position
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Jasper earlier nodding off in loaf position
Little bundle of puffballs doing their thing. #fungifriday #ukwildlife
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Little bundle of puffballs doing their thing. #fungifriday #ukwildlife
Newt spent the day in a water bowl in my garden. Bowl usually for birds to drink from. He or she is very welcome! #ukwildlife
October 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Newt spent the day in a water bowl in my garden. Bowl usually for birds to drink from. He or she is very welcome! #ukwildlife
Delighted to spot a clouded yellow near Storrington, West Sussex today. #ukwildlife
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Delighted to spot a clouded yellow near Storrington, West Sussex today. #ukwildlife
Slightly battered looking comma butterfly feeding on ragwort. #ukwildlife
July 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Slightly battered looking comma butterfly feeding on ragwort. #ukwildlife
Red soldier beetles & unidentified species of moth feeding on ragwort. This often maligned plant supports a wide range of pollinating insects, some of which feed exclusively on it. #ukwildlife
July 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Red soldier beetles & unidentified species of moth feeding on ragwort. This often maligned plant supports a wide range of pollinating insects, some of which feed exclusively on it. #ukwildlife
Keeping everything crossed that this forecast is correct! #vegetablegardening
July 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Keeping everything crossed that this forecast is correct! #vegetablegardening
This beautiful flower belongs to my sweet potato plant. Growing for first time in a large tub in the greenhouse. Think it will like all the hot weather. #vegetablegardening
July 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This beautiful flower belongs to my sweet potato plant. Growing for first time in a large tub in the greenhouse. Think it will like all the hot weather. #vegetablegardening
There may be trouble ahead....#vegetablegardening
July 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
There may be trouble ahead....#vegetablegardening
Yep - it's courgette season! #vegetablegarden #growyourowm
July 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yep - it's courgette season! #vegetablegarden #growyourowm
Jasper. Cuddling up to my tummy.
July 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Jasper. Cuddling up to my tummy.
Dug up the first of my Caledonian red potatoes. Very tasty! #homegrown #vegetables
July 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dug up the first of my Caledonian red potatoes. Very tasty! #homegrown #vegetables
Small tortoiseshell in my bedroom. The only one I've seen so far this year. Used to be everywhere. #ukwildlife
July 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Small tortoiseshell in my bedroom. The only one I've seen so far this year. Used to be everywhere. #ukwildlife
My best birdie friend - Mrs Blackbird - on one of her regular visits to get food. She is very friendly & has been coming to me for about 3 years. #ukwildlife #birds
July 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My best birdie friend - Mrs Blackbird - on one of her regular visits to get food. She is very friendly & has been coming to me for about 3 years. #ukwildlife #birds
Cheeky carrion crow sitting on my greenhouse trying to work out how to get the fat pellets out of the jar that's in there. A regular visitor, especially now its hungry and very noisy young have fledged! Becoming quite friendly as I do feed it some pellets from time to time. #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cheeky carrion crow sitting on my greenhouse trying to work out how to get the fat pellets out of the jar that's in there. A regular visitor, especially now its hungry and very noisy young have fledged! Becoming quite friendly as I do feed it some pellets from time to time. #ukwildlife
Pair of common blue damselflies ovopositing in the pond with emerging nymph of another sitting on the pond liner in the background. #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Pair of common blue damselflies ovopositing in the pond with emerging nymph of another sitting on the pond liner in the background. #ukwildlife
Pair of common blue damselflies laying eggs in the pond with a second male trying to get in on the act! #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Pair of common blue damselflies laying eggs in the pond with a second male trying to get in on the act! #ukwildlife
Pair of large red damselflies laying eggs in my pond. I only dug the pond last autum and it is already home to newts, frogs, diving beetles - and soon damselfly larvae! #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Pair of large red damselflies laying eggs in my pond. I only dug the pond last autum and it is already home to newts, frogs, diving beetles - and soon damselfly larvae! #ukwildlife
Red-eyed grey squirrell! Hanging out by the bird feeder to eat what the birds drop. Which is preferable to when they eat all my strawberries! #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Red-eyed grey squirrell! Hanging out by the bird feeder to eat what the birds drop. Which is preferable to when they eat all my strawberries! #ukwildlife
Female broad-bodied chaser hanging out in my garden, probably waiting for a male to come by. #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Female broad-bodied chaser hanging out in my garden, probably waiting for a male to come by. #ukwildlife
Lots of ladybird larvae in my garden at the moment - more than I've seen for a long time. This one is on final countdown to becoming adult ladybird. #ukwildlife
June 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Lots of ladybird larvae in my garden at the moment - more than I've seen for a long time. This one is on final countdown to becoming adult ladybird. #ukwildlife
Beautiful Camassia in bloom in my garden. Nature is an amazing artist! #gardensky #gardeing
April 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Beautiful Camassia in bloom in my garden. Nature is an amazing artist! #gardensky #gardeing
One of a pair of Carrion Crows who regularly visit my garden. They know me as I take food for the blackbird & robin - which they steal if I move away. So I have to be a human scarecrow. But the crows have a beauty of their own & are raising a family somewhere nearby. #UKwildlife
April 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
One of a pair of Carrion Crows who regularly visit my garden. They know me as I take food for the blackbird & robin - which they steal if I move away. So I have to be a human scarecrow. But the crows have a beauty of their own & are raising a family somewhere nearby. #UKwildlife