Yes, definitely a Chalkhill Blue Emma. There were lots flying over the ramparts of Wareham Camp in Norfolk a couple of weeks ago when I was there.

In an ancient woodland surrounded by greater stitchwort, wood anemone and bluebell, could there a more beautiful bat box check this morning.

The first Meadow Saxifrage in flower in my mini-meadow with lots more ready to open in the next few days.

Sometimes, nature can produce moments that transport you away from everything that's wrong with the world. This was one such moment (actually about 45 minutes or more for us, less than a minute for you). Sanderling and Turnstone feed on the incoming tide at Beadnell.

This is either a frozen woodland seen from above, or the roof of my car this morning.

I don't think that I've ever seen beech trees with such twisted trunks and branches as these on the edge of Stiffkey Marsh in Norfolk.

45 seconds of the Brent goose chorus with occasional wigeon harmonies. Perfect nature sounds from RSPB Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire today

It's not only bats that use bat boxes. These honey bees seem to like this one....a lot!

A day spent at the Sherwood Centre Parcs checking bat boxes. We always find good numbers of noctule and Leisler's bat but Natterer's bat is a rarer find for us.

My first Bluesky post. This is the southern edge of Ploughman Wood, and ancient woodland in Nottinghamshire. This line of oaks was probably planted around 1880 when the last piece was cut out of the the wood which is now only a quarter of what it was when mapped in 1609