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Visited the Wildegoose Nursery yesterday. A glorious mixture of flowers and crops, absolutely alive with insect life. Delicious food from the tearoom, some of which was grown in the garden. An absolute inspiration! Thanks @pickeletto.bsky.social for the tip.

Please can someone confirm this is Leopoldius signatus? Very early and not recorded in Montgomeryshire before! @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social #ukwildlife #flies #conopidae

What a treasure @rspb.bsky.social's Bempton Cliffs is! The shear abundance of bird life there is astounding & such close views of Gannets, in particular. Today, I learned how to age them and was intrigued why there were so many non-breeding birds there. Corn Bunting & Tree Sparrow too!

Cracking start to #30DaysWild going through the moth trap in the garden. 75 individual moths of 25 species, including two less common species, Maiden's Blush and Orange Footman.

#moths #ukwildlife #scorchedwing #pebblehooktip #maidensblush #orangefootman

Of the nests in the garden nest boxes this year, two Blue Tits failed, and two successfully fledged 8 young each. The last to go are these beautiful Great Tits (6/7). 🤞

Another enjoyable morning round the moth trap. 74 individual moths, 26 species recorded, plus 4 cockchafers and a caddisfly.

Our local sheep are lucky. All morning, they have sheltered in the shade of the trees in the L photo. Then, as the sun moved round, one-by-one, they walked over to the other side of the field, to the increasing shade there (R photo). These trees and hedges support lots of wildlife as well.

A big surprise to encounter a female Common Clubtail at #Welshpool Golf Club today! A few miles from the River Severn, where they breed, and a new record for the site! 😃 #ukwildlife

My 19th Montgomeryshire PBF flight season has come to an end, and today, I saw the first Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary. Also had eight other butterfly 🦋 species, including half a dozen Painted Lady, who have suddenly appeared everywhere!

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Getting some practice in ahead of the Moth Morning event at #Welshpool Golf Club later this month (www.montwt.co.uk/events/2025-...). 19 species, the most numerous being Cockchafer beetles. The Shark was a big surprise; my book says late June onwards! Puss Moth and Spectacle my other top faves.

The early spring continues! This afternoon, just beside my favourite Hawthorn at Middletown Hill, I heard at least two Common Green Grasshoppers stridulating!! Took me quite a while to believe what I was hearing!
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After a rubbish night's sleep, I felt pulled by outdoors. Wonderful! Saw at least 7 rabbits & 16 Fallow Deer; the bluebells were beautiful. The air was cool and filled with bird song. The half moon, followed by sunrise above Breidden Hill was the icing on the cake.
#NationalMammalWeek #EarthDay2025

A few of the beautiful wild flowers I have enjoyed seeing in the garden and local area this week.

Wild Cherry
Yellow Archangel
Goldilocks
Cowslip

#signsofspring #lovewildlife #lovenature #wildflowers

Spring is so early this year! Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies on the wing near Welshpool today! 5th April is a new record earliest emergence, by a whole week! They were too quick for photos, so this is a shot I took a few years ago. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @pickeletto.bsky.social

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20 years ago I started working for Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. I'm so lucky to work for such a dynamic organisation, delivering positive change. Every day I have purpose, able to make a difference, as well as doing what I love. I am blessed with wonderful colleagues. Here's to many more years!

Eight years recording #GardenBirds and other garden visitors for @bto-gbw.bsky.social. It is always particularly satisfying to feed my obsessive biological recording habit with meaningful contributions to science. ☺️