So true!

Sickening behaviour. I hope they are found out

Green Longhorn (Adela reaumurella) seen yesterday on our walk around and about by River Yare.
#norfolkmoths

I can't bring myself to watch this BUT thank you for sharing and raising awareness because this kind of horrific cruelty is going on day after day and the sooner more people realize this perhaps something will change.

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) resting on a Hop leaf.

Kevin Radley and I saw our first Large Red Damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) of the year today near the River Yare.
#damselfly

That had me flummoxed!

Pinned ladybirds from the UCMZ that were collected by Alfred Russell Wallace

I was lucky enough to spend some time with our Entomology collection this week, and sometimes it’s the small things that stick. This is a case of ladybirds 🐞 collected by Alfred Russell Wallace (www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/who...) who co-discovered the idea of natural selection and evolution. Just wow 🤩

Kevin Radley and I saw our first Speckled Wood
(Pararge aegeria) of the year yesterday along the River Yare. Seems like there's been plenty of sightings of them already but not around the places I visit!
#butterflies

16-spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata)seen yesterday in rough grassland in the Yare Valley. A mixture of course grasses, Stinging Nettle, White & Red Dead-nettle, Hemlock, Ground-ivy, Lesser Celandine and Violets amongst many other common plants- we hope nobody decides it needs 'tidying up'!

White Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) egg on Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)

Found our first Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) egg of the year today along the River Yare.
#norfolkbutterflies

South Walney nature chiefs call for dog owners to obey ban Little terns, oystercatchers and lapwings at South Walney Nature Reserve are disturbed by the pets.

South Walney nature chiefs call for dog owners to obey ban as it is home to a number of species including little terns, oystercatchers and lapwings....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

GB hectad distribution map for Argiope bruennichi from the new SRS Atlas

GB hectad distribution map for Erigone welchi from the new SRS Atlas

Our new Atlas of UK spider, harvestmen and pseudoscorpion records is now online at britishspiders.org.uk/atlas. It gives access to 1.6 million records and is constantly updated with data submitted and verified via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.

A short clip of a Red Mason Bee today...

?Bibio marci male on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens)

The first Bibionidae of the year for me, in the garden this morning. ?Bibio marci St Mark's Fly.
#diptera

My first female Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) of the year seen yesterday on Honesty in the garden.
This morning I saw my first Small White (Pieris rapae), a male, of the year. No photo as only had my phone which it didn't seem to like me getting close with!
#norfolkbutterflies #orange-tip

Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) seen and photographed in the Yare Valley by Kevin yesterday.
#norfolkmoths

This is the first Platystomos albinus fungus weevil we've seen in the garden; how annoying then that I didn't manage to get an in focus photo! 😧
We see the similar Platyrhinus resinosus (Cramp-ball Fungus Weevil) quite regularly.
#beetle

A female Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee) at her nest hole in a flint wall.

The back end of a female Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee) at her nest hole in a flint wall.

A female Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee) emerges from her nest hole in a flint wall.

A female Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee) at her nest hole in a flint wall.

A female Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee) at her nest hole in the wall of the chancel of Ranworth church, Norfolk.

Seen on today's bike ride with @vannabartlett.bsky.social.

A new bee for Norfolk, confirmed by @timstrudwick.bsky.social a couple of days ago.

#SolitaryBees #Bees #UKWildlife

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Glorious Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in the garden today.
We never get many sloes, not entirely sure why though the Bullfinches are (seemingly) always in residence!
#blackthorn

I've been seeing good numbers of 14-spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) in the garden over the last week or so.
#ladybird

Five ladybirds of various sizes; various colours, red, orange, yellow and brown, many with spots, all sitting on a pale canvas background.

An Arboreal Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides), alongside 22-spot, 7-spot, 14-spot and 10-spot Ladybirds, all tapped out of an ever reliable Euonymus shrub in my Waltham Abbey garden today. #EssexWildlife #UKLadybirds

Let’s help the boys out by resharing their story and donating if you can because they are trying to #saveanaturereserve from being turned into a tourist chalet holiday camp which will destroy our #Naturereserve for all #fundraising to save #wildlife #endangeredspecies #redlistedBirds #rareplants

Another first of the year for me today, again in the garden. A Pied Shieldbug (Tritomegas bicolor), on one its host plants the White Deadnettle (Lamium album. A plant we never weed out in the garden and one that, thankfully, the Muntjac don't eat (yet).
#shieldbug

I truly despair! We seem to have to be taking backwards steps on so many things.

Male Anthocharis cardamines

My first Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) sighting of the year, in the garden today. Also saw my first Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) of the year.
#firstoftheyear #butterfly

Saw my first Green-veined White today too. Didn't do as well as you in getting a photo though!

Gonepteryx rhamni nectering on Lunaria annua

Having dashed out of the kitchen door several times in failed attempts to get photos of various insects on the Honesty (Lunaria annua)-finally this Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) cooperated! #norfolkbutterflies

They've been asking but everything I've seen in recent weeks tells me they aren't listening or even wanting to hear.
For so many people it's just their dogs that are the centre of the universe.
Basking Adders? Nesting Skylarks?
No thanks, I like to see my dogs off the lead, enjoying themselves...

A Southern Cuckoo Bumblebee (Bombus vestalis) in the garden today. It's the first cuckoo bumblebee I've seen this year.
Also saw my first Green-veined White of the year, no photos though.
#bumblebee