Waxing crescent moon over St Agnes tonight #islesofscilly

Despite today's windy conditions the birding has been good, including a Turtle Dove, Yellow Wagtail, plenty of Swallows and a Whimbrel St Agnes #islesofscilly

The M51 Whirlpool galaxy taken with my Seestar 30 from St Agnes #islesofscilly last night

Small Copper on St Agnes today #islesofscilly

Fulmars on St Agnes #islesofscilly

A few bits and pieces from yesterday here on St Agnes, #islesofscilly Wheatear, Goldfinches, male Stonechat and a Painted Lady

C32 Whale nebula

Female Stonechat, Dunnock, Robin and Wren #islesofscilly #stagnes

Very few migrant birds at the moment but gannet, herring gull, linnet and starling are common #islesofscilly #stagnes

American Wigeon at Porth Hellick yesterday on St Mary's Isles of Scilly

After 10 hours travelling and waiting for a boat - we have arrived #islesofscilly #stagnes

The most common insect in my garden at the moment is the Sloe Shieldbug - over 100 of them ....

Farming Today - 06/04/26 Fifty Years of Photographing Farmers - BBC Sounds Photographing the changing face of agriculture over fifty years.

Farming Today with the Dartmoor photographer Chris Chaman
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My Garden of a Thousand Bees Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

What an excellent film
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Holly Blue and an Orange Tip in the garden this afternoon - up to eight species now so far this year

I've got 5 oak trees in my garden and this one is always the first to come into leaf - it is miles ahead of the nearby ash tree #spring

Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) in this garden this afternoon

My first Speckled Wood of the year

More than likely

Dark-edged Bee Fly has been out and about in my garden for over a week now - here's one feeding on Celandine

Some trees by the O Brook on Holne Moor #Dartmoor

Defra's Land Use Framework has just been published - you can download it here
www.gov.uk/government/p...
And here are a few tasters around Dartmoor

Blackthorn is coming into flower

I'm going back to basics - last read this in 1985 .....

Comma butterfly in my garden today

Sheep are disappearing from the UK's hills - and its dinner plates Have we have passed

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A male Hairy-footed Flower Bee - in garden this morning - first of the year

Starfish cluster - so many stars in the sky tonight ....

Birds in my garden today were getting ready for spring - plenty of sunshine and 25 species of bird calling or singing including a flock 20 siskin, chiffchaff, blackcap, nuthatch, greater spotted woodpecker along with a couple of species of butterfly, hoverflies and honey bees

The Peacock has now been joined by two Red Admirals!