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.
Fab and though not quite so local this story appeared just a couple of days later. With Graeme being a Staffordshire lad.
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
Wolf spider rediscovered on Isle of Wight after 40 years - CBBC Newsround
It was a race against time to find the spider with the team only having four hours to search for it before they had to leave.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Fab and though not quite so local this story appeared just a couple of days later. With Graeme being a Staffordshire lad.
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
Do you mean they happened to meet at that spot for something as they first met in London from everything I've read.
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Do you mean they happened to meet at that spot for something as they first met in London from everything I've read.
Whilst I don't think individuals are stripped of power a law compelling public officials to tell thd trutin is being introduced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour on public officials
The proposed law would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Whilst I don't think individuals are stripped of power a law compelling public officials to tell thd trutin is being introduced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That be an interesting slide...Aaaaah.
September 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
That be an interesting slide...Aaaaah.
Failed with his mucking about with the US government so he trying to affect another. It feels like he's an anarchist and doesn't care about the rule of law.
September 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Failed with his mucking about with the US government so he trying to affect another. It feels like he's an anarchist and doesn't care about the rule of law.
We can make Cherry scones now you've got those!
September 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We can make Cherry scones now you've got those!
I didn't get a photo but pretty sure I'd not seen it before. Certainly looks like your ID.
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I didn't get a photo but pretty sure I'd not seen it before. Certainly looks like your ID.
Yet again Trump performs for his supporters. He doesn't care whether the stats are up or down for crime he is doing this so they think he is a president of action whether its needed or not. Performance after performance
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Yet again Trump performs for his supporters. He doesn't care whether the stats are up or down for crime he is doing this so they think he is a president of action whether its needed or not. Performance after performance
0.22m 🤯 I struggle with beetles around 2mm. Loving the feathery wing adaptation which I've just looked up.
August 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
0.22m 🤯 I struggle with beetles around 2mm. Loving the feathery wing adaptation which I've just looked up.
Looks like someone has a crenulated bum. Nitidulidae?
July 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Looks like someone has a crenulated bum. Nitidulidae?
It is still present on the site I first saw it at and given that it looks to be at least one year year old in the first image must now be almost ten years old. Whenever I've tried to search for info it has suggested that this could be an intersex bird. Anyone able to offer thoughts?
July 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It is still present on the site I first saw it at and given that it looks to be at least one year year old in the first image must now be almost ten years old. Whenever I've tried to search for info it has suggested that this could be an intersex bird. Anyone able to offer thoughts?
I'd suggest looking up the mallen streak published in 1973.
July 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'd suggest looking up the mallen streak published in 1973.
Lovely, though I think this an addition to your garden bugs as it looks to be a final instar Hawthorn Shieldbug -Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale.
July 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lovely, though I think this an addition to your garden bugs as it looks to be a final instar Hawthorn Shieldbug -Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale.
Saw 4 when they emerged at start of year and probably only 4 more since here in Staffordshire. But that's better than the 3 I saw last year.
July 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Saw 4 when they emerged at start of year and probably only 4 more since here in Staffordshire. But that's better than the 3 I saw last year.
You should seek out Roobarb and custard!
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July 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
You should seek out Roobarb and custard!