David Coles
@wild-dave.bsky.social
Retired power station engineer. Love all things wild, volunteering and relaxing outside . Always looking for a ground beetle and currently helping to build a new garden at Shugborough Hall. Only 80,000 plants to put in. Recording wildlife wherever I go.
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
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November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Two new species for me this weekend. Didea fasciata and Necrodes littoralis. 😁
August 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Two new species for me this weekend. Didea fasciata and Necrodes littoralis. 😁
This Carabus problematicus didn't seem to like me. Biting into my finger and vomiting on me at the same time.
August 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This Carabus problematicus didn't seem to like me. Biting into my finger and vomiting on me at the same time.
From last night my best arrival at the light trap this year Macronychus quadrituberculatus. Not recorded in Staffordshire since 1867. @colsocbi.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
From last night my best arrival at the light trap this year Macronychus quadrituberculatus. Not recorded in Staffordshire since 1867. @colsocbi.bsky.social
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How true is this, naturalists and mushroom hunters - the sloths of the natural world! Mushroom month is fast approaching and I haven't had much luck in my area this Summer. What a wonderful world we live in ❤️
August 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How true is this, naturalists and mushroom hunters - the sloths of the natural world! Mushroom month is fast approaching and I haven't had much luck in my area this Summer. What a wonderful world we live in ❤️
Even a car park can look nice in the right light.
July 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Even a car park can look nice in the right light.
In January 2017 I spotted this apparently male mallard on the right in the first image. I realised at the time it appeared to have a female bill and the colouring on its head was obviously different from a typical male.🧵
July 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
In January 2017 I spotted this apparently male mallard on the right in the first image. I realised at the time it appeared to have a female bill and the colouring on its head was obviously different from a typical male.🧵
The heritahe variety fruit trees in the orchard at Staffs Wildlife Trust headquarters are all heaving with fruit. Damsons and plums not ready just yet but still look tasty.
July 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The heritahe variety fruit trees in the orchard at Staffs Wildlife Trust headquarters are all heaving with fruit. Damsons and plums not ready just yet but still look tasty.
Yum yum first lot of runner beans for dinner.
July 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yum yum first lot of runner beans for dinner.
All of a buzz this morning!
July 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
All of a buzz this morning!
Sowed a few Crimson flax in the garden this year. The colour on them looks almost unreal. 🌺
June 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Sowed a few Crimson flax in the garden this year. The colour on them looks almost unreal. 🌺
The only rime I've found a book on Beetles in a charity shop. 😁
June 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The only rime I've found a book on Beetles in a charity shop. 😁
Getting quite chunky feeding on a Figwort in my garden, moved from my Verbascum which I wanted to see the flowers on. Can't be long before it pupates.
June 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Getting quite chunky feeding on a Figwort in my garden, moved from my Verbascum which I wanted to see the flowers on. Can't be long before it pupates.
Checking some plans that were stood in trays of water, because of the weather, and found this fab Carabus granulatus. Nice unexpected find.
June 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Checking some plans that were stood in trays of water, because of the weather, and found this fab Carabus granulatus. Nice unexpected find.
Fab to spot this small frog I my half barrel pond today only about 30 to 40mm so one of last years I imagine.
June 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fab to spot this small frog I my half barrel pond today only about 30 to 40mm so one of last years I imagine.
My wife happens to be Coeliac and is always glad if there's a scone she can have when we visit a @nationaltrust.bsky.social site. But I think she did ha e a bit ofscone envy today at Tatton Park. Her scone is on the right.
April 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My wife happens to be Coeliac and is always glad if there's a scone she can have when we visit a @nationaltrust.bsky.social site. But I think she did ha e a bit ofscone envy today at Tatton Park. Her scone is on the right.
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Oligarchs buying elections with million dollar giveaways. Hopefully people in Wisconsin won’t allow the South African to purchase a seat on your Supreme Court just like he bought the US federal government.
March 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oligarchs buying elections with million dollar giveaways. Hopefully people in Wisconsin won’t allow the South African to purchase a seat on your Supreme Court just like he bought the US federal government.
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National Trust membership for a family costs £14.05 a month. A Telegraph subscription costs £104 a month. And don’t get me started on the quality of the product.
National Trust raises fees to £3,000 for family life memberships
Charity squeezes an extra 25pc from members over three years
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
National Trust membership for a family costs £14.05 a month. A Telegraph subscription costs £104 a month. And don’t get me started on the quality of the product.
Bumblebees on Crocuses must mean spring is almost here.
February 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Bumblebees on Crocuses must mean spring is almost here.
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Hurray! Some good news for bees at last. Our new government has followed the science, and refused the application by sugar beet farmers to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides.
January 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Hurray! Some good news for bees at last. Our new government has followed the science, and refused the application by sugar beet farmers to use banned neonicotinoid pesticides.
The annual Staffordshire invertebrate science is at Staffordshire University again on 1st March 2025.
January 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The annual Staffordshire invertebrate science is at Staffordshire University again on 1st March 2025.
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Red Squirrel Appreciation Day is tomorrow! 21 Jan. You’re welcome.
January 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Red Squirrel Appreciation Day is tomorrow! 21 Jan. You’re welcome.
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Too important not to share more regularly.
January 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Too important not to share more regularly.
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National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London
Charity reveals plans to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich landscape as it marks 130th anniversary
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New series of Digging for Britain starting now. Woohoo! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Two - Digging for Britain
Prof Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
New series of Digging for Britain starting now. Woohoo! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...