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Matt Livesey
@mlivesey.bsky.social
Wildlife photographer; conservationist and countryside-lover. Photographs represented by RSPB Images. Cambridgeshire.
https://www.mattliveseyphotography.com/
Always nice to get the first Privet Hawk of the year!

#moths
June 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Not an overly rare moth, but Eyed Hawkmoth is one I've been waiting for since I first started trapping 5 years ago. Delighted to finally catch one in my Cambridgeshire garden!

#moth #insect #lepioptera
May 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The sounds of & sights of early summer seem to have erupted over the last few days. Cuckoos calling, Swifts overhead & of course thousands of St Mark's Flies filling countryside lanes & paths. So named as their emergence coincides with St Mark's Day on the 25th April

#insects #flies #pollinators
May 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Spent a few days in the Marches, and took a trip to walk through what was once ground zero of the UK Red Kite recovery programme...
April 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How do we save Britain's most elusive bird?

It was great to help lead the first national workshop on Lesser spotted woodpecker last week, together with @lesserspotnet.bsky.social. The ultimate case of playing conservation on the "legendary" difficulty setting!
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Three Christmas list entries successfully delivered by the family - look forward to getting stuck into them in 2025… #ukbirding #wildlife #conservation #ukwildlife
December 26, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Nice one Neil. This was a shot I took earlier this year when myself & some NE colleagues went to census the New Forest population under license (fish tank with leaves at the bottom!). We're working on potential recovery programme - as you say, New Forest pond is very susceptible to chance damage.
December 23, 2024 at 12:23 PM
As the leaves fall, winter thrush migration enters full swing. Whilst seeing Redwing & Fieldfare isn't too difficult, getting close enough for photos is quite a challenge. This image was taken back in 2020, when widespread flooding drew birds to feed in inner city Oxford. #autumn #nature #wildlife
November 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM