Penny Metal
@pennymetal.bsky.social
Insect recorder and photographer. Love wasps. Author of insectinside: life in the bushes of a small Peckham park 🐝🪲🪰
Today was all about chasing Green tiger beetles #ukbeetles
April 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today was all about chasing Green tiger beetles #ukbeetles
March 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Spring = brimstones and blackthorn blossom #ukbutterflies #spring
March 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Spring = brimstones and blackthorn blossom #ukbutterflies #spring
March 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's beefly time again... #beeflywatch
March 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's beefly time again... #beeflywatch
March 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Absolutely extraordinary to see the Bat Conservation Trust singled out in this government document as an NGO to be ignored.
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth (HTML)
www.gov.uk
March 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Absolutely extraordinary to see the Bat Conservation Trust singled out in this government document as an NGO to be ignored.
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Labour REALLY hate bats, don't they? 🦇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
A red-tailed bumblebee queen feasting on violet nectar #spring #bumblebee
March 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A red-tailed bumblebee queen feasting on violet nectar #spring #bumblebee
Male hairy-footed flower bee freshly emerged #beefriday
February 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Male hairy-footed flower bee freshly emerged #beefriday
January 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 5:24 PM
December 2, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate it.
Ate it.
December 1, 2024 at 8:58 AM
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate it.
Ate it.
Looking at ophion wasps through a microscope at an invertebrate study day at the Natural History Museum
November 28, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Looking at ophion wasps through a microscope at an invertebrate study day at the Natural History Museum
The WWF is running an ad on the radio calling for us to "get your daily dose of nature". It's a Scottish voice, and all I hear is "get your daily dose of Nietzsche...!" 🤣 So today, my daily dose is "The world is beautiful but has a disease called man".
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The WWF is running an ad on the radio calling for us to "get your daily dose of nature". It's a Scottish voice, and all I hear is "get your daily dose of Nietzsche...!" 🤣 So today, my daily dose is "The world is beautiful but has a disease called man".
After swifts tried to nest in June, 14 swift boxes have been installed on our street in Peckham. Community action at its best. 😊
November 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM
After swifts tried to nest in June, 14 swift boxes have been installed on our street in Peckham. Community action at its best. 😊
Plenty of wasps on the ivy today...
November 15, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Plenty of wasps on the ivy today...