Sarah Butcher
@sarah-butcher.bsky.social
Teacher, lover of wildlife, travel & photography. UCert Biological Recording & Species ID, Chair of Devon Bat Group, Harvest Mouse Project Officer for DMG. Views all my own.
Finding this gave me the creeps for weeks! spotted in Devon during an NBMP survey.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Finding this gave me the creeps for weeks! spotted in Devon during an NBMP survey.
Beautiful fly agaric toadstool at Bystock.
September 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Beautiful fly agaric toadstool at Bystock.
Insane numbers of Greater horseshoes overhead tonight. :)
September 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Insane numbers of Greater horseshoes overhead tonight. :)
Heath Week is just around the corner!
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Heath Week is just around the corner!
A solitary Glowworm by the Pools tonight. :) @devonwildlife
June 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A solitary Glowworm by the Pools tonight. :) @devonwildlife
Love these! Great to see them back on Bystock. Only fou of them, , but that is already more than last year. :) @devonwildlife
June 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Love these! Great to see them back on Bystock. Only fou of them, , but that is already more than last year. :) @devonwildlife
Another ‘liking bats gets you to amazing places’ post. Last night was this medieval yeoman’s house with wildflower meadows and c.100 Lesser horseshoes, and today a smaller roost at an RHS garden. @batconservation.bsky.social #NBMP
June 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Another ‘liking bats gets you to amazing places’ post. Last night was this medieval yeoman’s house with wildflower meadows and c.100 Lesser horseshoes, and today a smaller roost at an RHS garden. @batconservation.bsky.social #NBMP
The Weymouth Link Road yesterday. It just gets better and better each year!
June 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Weymouth Link Road yesterday. It just gets better and better each year!
Scarily dry on parts of the Pebblebeds today. This stunning sundew was well and truly on dry and solid ground. Lovely to see in such detail though-I love the little droplets that look like halos.
May 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Scarily dry on parts of the Pebblebeds today. This stunning sundew was well and truly on dry and solid ground. Lovely to see in such detail though-I love the little droplets that look like halos.
First of the (Heath?) spotted orchids out today on the Pebblebeds. (There well nay be hybrids here too as both species are found pretty close together). #ukorchids
May 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
First of the (Heath?) spotted orchids out today on the Pebblebeds. (There well nay be hybrids here too as both species are found pretty close together). #ukorchids
Bat central at tonight’s @Devonwildlife Bystock bat walk!
May 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Bat central at tonight’s @Devonwildlife Bystock bat walk!
Nightjars (at least four of them) on the Pebblebed Heaths, filmed on Saturday.
May 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Nightjars (at least four of them) on the Pebblebed Heaths, filmed on Saturday.
Lovely to hear nightjars again on the East Devon heaths tonight. This is the earliest I have seen or heard one yet! We had distant churring and then one quietly fly into the pine tree nearby. (Sadly not visible in the ohoto, despite it being in the frame!) #Devonbirds
April 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Lovely to hear nightjars again on the East Devon heaths tonight. This is the earliest I have seen or heard one yet! We had distant churring and then one quietly fly into the pine tree nearby. (Sadly not visible in the ohoto, despite it being in the frame!) #Devonbirds
Barn owl with prey…. A rare treat to see, and particularly beautiful as the sun set on a gorgeous day. (Good to get away from the headlines for a bit….)
March 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Barn owl with prey…. A rare treat to see, and particularly beautiful as the sun set on a gorgeous day. (Good to get away from the headlines for a bit….)
Nice to find newts in the garden ponds again. :)
February 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Nice to find newts in the garden ponds again. :)
At least 12 frogs in the allotment pond today! Makes all that work worth it. :)
February 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
At least 12 frogs in the allotment pond today! Makes all that work worth it. :)
Waiting for whales today…. Lovely views, gorgeous blue skies, but no cetaceans to be seen.
February 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Waiting for whales today…. Lovely views, gorgeous blue skies, but no cetaceans to be seen.
One of 3 little pipistrelle bats found in a tree at @nationaltrust.bsky.social #Killerton estate today. It doesn’t exactly look very sleepy!
(This tree is checked as part of routine bat monitoring under licence, so please don’t be tempted to stick your torch in if you think you know where it is!)
(This tree is checked as part of routine bat monitoring under licence, so please don’t be tempted to stick your torch in if you think you know where it is!)
February 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
One of 3 little pipistrelle bats found in a tree at @nationaltrust.bsky.social #Killerton estate today. It doesn’t exactly look very sleepy!
(This tree is checked as part of routine bat monitoring under licence, so please don’t be tempted to stick your torch in if you think you know where it is!)
(This tree is checked as part of routine bat monitoring under licence, so please don’t be tempted to stick your torch in if you think you know where it is!)
Four days worth of wildlife… hibernation visits, National Highways training session, families event at Northam Burrows and DWT survey on Dartmoor!
February 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Four days worth of wildlife… hibernation visits, National Highways training session, families event at Northam Burrows and DWT survey on Dartmoor!
Time for the annual hibernation counts today for @batconservation.bsky.social & the National Bat Monitoring Project! We had 3 species, and although the numbers of Greater horseshoes were down, it was good to see a slight uptick in the number of Lessers and the return of the BLEs! Has been a while!
February 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Time for the annual hibernation counts today for @batconservation.bsky.social & the National Bat Monitoring Project! We had 3 species, and although the numbers of Greater horseshoes were down, it was good to see a slight uptick in the number of Lessers and the return of the BLEs! Has been a while!
East Budleigh common this evening. Stunning light…
February 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
East Budleigh common this evening. Stunning light…
This photo makes me feel like I have struck gold. It’s not often I get to see one of these…even on a trail cam.
January 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This photo makes me feel like I have struck gold. It’s not often I get to see one of these…even on a trail cam.
Today’s office: lovely views, paddling amongst Dartmoor tussocks and five harvest mouse nests. :)
January 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Today’s office: lovely views, paddling amongst Dartmoor tussocks and five harvest mouse nests. :)
Bystock this evening.
January 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bystock this evening.
I’m monitoring a new location too-they are thought to have walked here. The only problem is they are not being very subtle about having moved in!
January 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’m monitoring a new location too-they are thought to have walked here. The only problem is they are not being very subtle about having moved in!