John Pemberton
@teuchterbynature.bsky.social
🏴 Caithnessian exile & conservationist in Yorkshire. Cut my teeth in 🇿🇦 🇲🇼 🇸🇨 🇹🇿 & still learning. 58° northerner, Scotland Rugby & battenburg fan. Wildlife Gardener. Mainly post about UK reptiles. 🏴
A rare sighting south of the border. The mighty P&D. Absolutely banging #peat&diesel
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A rare sighting south of the border. The mighty P&D. Absolutely banging #peat&diesel
51000Ha of arable options expire on 31/12 with no alternatives in place. This is habit which loses its economic value to the owner when the bells toll. From @landapp.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
51000Ha of arable options expire on 31/12 with no alternatives in place. This is habit which loses its economic value to the owner when the bells toll. From @landapp.bsky.social
A 2025 birth and I’d guess at a 2022 or 2023 birth under some felt in the garden today.
September 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A 2025 birth and I’d guess at a 2022 or 2023 birth under some felt in the garden today.
Results from a spot of camera trapping in The Highlands @mammalsociety.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Results from a spot of camera trapping in The Highlands @mammalsociety.bsky.social
Never had a depressing stretch like this on a walk before. All roadkill and logged in recordpool @argroupsuk.bsky.social
August 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Never had a depressing stretch like this on a walk before. All roadkill and logged in recordpool @argroupsuk.bsky.social
Mediterranean weather, dolphins from my bedroom, otter, white tailed eagle, pine marten. Rabbie B said it best. My heart’s in the Highlands, good to be home.
August 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Mediterranean weather, dolphins from my bedroom, otter, white tailed eagle, pine marten. Rabbie B said it best. My heart’s in the Highlands, good to be home.
Americano, coffee cake and white tailed eagle.
August 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Americano, coffee cake and white tailed eagle.
First hummingbird hawk moth seen in the garden this year.
July 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
First hummingbird hawk moth seen in the garden this year.
Garden tiger was unexpected.
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Garden tiger was unexpected.
Dark green fritillaries were everywhere amongst the whites.
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Dark green fritillaries were everywhere amongst the whites.
#Lindesfarne is like someone took a chunk of The Highlands and dropped it in the sea. Butterflies everywhere on the coastal grassland
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#Lindesfarne is like someone took a chunk of The Highlands and dropped it in the sea. Butterflies everywhere on the coastal grassland
Obviously drought and high temps make life tough for any species relying on soft bodied prey which are harder to find in the hot and dry. Recently found a dead hedgehog in my garden so good to catch one mooching around the water tray. @ptes-org.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Obviously drought and high temps make life tough for any species relying on soft bodied prey which are harder to find in the hot and dry. Recently found a dead hedgehog in my garden so good to catch one mooching around the water tray. @ptes-org.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
Hover flies seem to be attracted to the tiny flowers on the olive tree. It’s caked in them.
June 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hover flies seem to be attracted to the tiny flowers on the olive tree. It’s caked in them.
So small you’d never notice them in passing.
June 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
So small you’d never notice them in passing.
Just watching for a few seconds and you see the abundance of life in one flower.
June 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just watching for a few seconds and you see the abundance of life in one flower.
Knapweed always seems to be number 1 once it starts flowering
June 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Knapweed always seems to be number 1 once it starts flowering
Every flower head is teeming with insects. Pollinators, some phenomenally small everywhere, prey, predators all interacting under our noses when we let them live.
June 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Every flower head is teeming with insects. Pollinators, some phenomenally small everywhere, prey, predators all interacting under our noses when we let them live.
Monumental day in my #wildgarden. Nearly 7yrs and the first grasshopper. Can’t see the bugger but sounds like common green. Happy to be corrected.Also hoachin with butterflies today, painted lady, sm white, meadow br, ringlet, speck wood, wall. #GardenWild @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Monumental day in my #wildgarden. Nearly 7yrs and the first grasshopper. Can’t see the bugger but sounds like common green. Happy to be corrected.Also hoachin with butterflies today, painted lady, sm white, meadow br, ringlet, speck wood, wall. #GardenWild @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
Interesting, maybe concerning record from East Yorkshire. I believe it has been logged on Record pool and I’m trying to contact the observer. @arc-trust.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Interesting, maybe concerning record from East Yorkshire. I believe it has been logged on Record pool and I’m trying to contact the observer. @arc-trust.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social
New paper discussing rare slow worm colour morphs in Norway @argroupsuk.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.ph...
June 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New paper discussing rare slow worm colour morphs in Norway @argroupsuk.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.ph...
A few minutes later we stumble across this slow worm crossing some very short grass.
June 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A few minutes later we stumble across this slow worm crossing some very short grass.
#Fathersday out in @northyorkmoors.org.uk not surveying. My 1st swimming adder. My lad almost stood on it as it basked on a stepping stone in a burn. Barely thicker than a pencil @arc-trust.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#Fathersday out in @northyorkmoors.org.uk not surveying. My 1st swimming adder. My lad almost stood on it as it basked on a stepping stone in a burn. Barely thicker than a pencil @arc-trust.bsky.social @argroupsuk.bsky.social
#sixonsaturday Rusty and purple foxgloves, yellow loosestrife, Nicotiania grandiflora, night scented stock and birds foot trefoil #gardenwild #garden
June 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#sixonsaturday Rusty and purple foxgloves, yellow loosestrife, Nicotiania grandiflora, night scented stock and birds foot trefoil #gardenwild #garden