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Such incredible elusive birds!
#Bittern #YorkshireWildlife #NorthCaveWetlands

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Netta rufina

Netta rufina

Netta rufina

Netta rufina

The long staying Red-Crested Pochard at @rspb.bsky.social St Aidan's showed very well in the afternoon sun shortly after New Years.

By far our best view of one!

@unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social #UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdsUK 🪶

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Went for a walk. If my only photos are crows and robins, you know there wasn't much about! Still nice to have a spot of sunshine. #AskhamBog #YorkshireWildlife

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The Yorkshire coast is under attack by the Oil and Gas industry yet again. Please help us fight it. Nature is threatened! #birdingyorkshire #yorkshirewildlife #nofrackinganywhere

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Mr and Mrs. Surprised to see these two beauties in my local patch. Taken from our van window. #addBirder #yorkshirewildlife

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Sunset Paull Holme Strays #Sunset #Paull #Holme #Strays #Humber #Holderness #yorkshirewildlife @yorkswildlife.bsky.social

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River, Canal & Meadow. August 17 & 21, 2025 These photos are from a couple of walks along the river at Denso Marston Nature Reserve, along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and a look at the Wildlife Meadow next to DMNR. I particularly like the phot…

River, Canal & Meadow. August 17 & 21, 2025 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ri... #yorkshirewildlife

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Bracken Hall Green 11 Aug I quite like the Small Copper butterfly so thought these from Bracken Hall Green worth sharing. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image, not its caption, to see it in better quality in the gal…

Bracken Hall Green 11 Aug - only a handful of photos. #butterfly #yorkshirewildlife #galls www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/br...

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I found my first ever Alder Leaf Beetle today and look at him. So shiny, so majestic ❤️.

#beetle #entomology #bugs #nature #naturalworld #naturelovers #wildlife #yorkshire #yorkshirewildlife

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Great to be back on the boat and amongst the whales the other day. More here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/09/stai...

#UKcetaceans #UKWhales #Yorkshirewildlife #whalewatching

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Denso + Scrape 2 Aug ’25 I am playing catch-up with going through my photos. I still have lots to look through from July but this lot are from early August, taken on a visit to Denso Marston Nature Reserve, the Scrape betw…

Denso + Scrape 2 Aug '25 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/de... #YorkshireWildlife #CommonBlue #Butterfly

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A male Willow Emerald Damselfly perched on a hawthorn branch

A male Willow Emerald Damselfly perched on a hawthorn branch

A male Ruddy Darter dragonfly perched on the tip of a dead plant

A male Ruddy Darter dragonfly perched on the tip of a dead plant

#odonata at North Cave Wetlands Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve yesterday. Willow Emerald Damselfly has only reached here in the past couple of years.

This male Ruddy Darter was outnumbered by Common Darters.

#wildlife #dragonflies #damselflies #insects #yorkshirewildlife

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Colias croceus croceus

Colias croceus croceus

A post work trip yesterday to see some local Clouded Yellows at Ledstone, Yorkshire.

3 in flight together with a possible 4th racing around in the early evening sunshine.

@ukbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #UKButterflies #Wildlife #Butterflies 🦋

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Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

Morus bassanus

A #SuperSeabirdSunday from the North Sea off @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social.

Yesterday @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I had an incredible experience with diving Northern Gannets.

@rspb.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #Seabirds 🪶

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Favonius quercus quercus

Favonius quercus quercus

Favonius quercus quercus

Favonius quercus quercus

It's been a while since @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I have targeted butterflies.

On Saturday we got Sarah's lifer Purple Hairstreaks at Roundhay Park in Leeds.

@bcyorkshire.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #UKButterflies #YorkshireButterflies #Wildlife #YorkshireWildlife 🦋

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Denso, Scrape & Canal 5 Jul ’25 A 16 Spot Ladybird peering down at a couple of Soldier Beetles. A six spot Burnet Moth on a Great Burnet flower, and A good view of a singing Song Thrush, they are often heard but getting good view…

Denso, Scrape & Canal 5 Jul '25 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/de... Nice views of a singing Song Thrush and a Burnet Moth on Burnet. #yorkshirebirds #yorkshirewildlife

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DMNR & up to the Canal. 20/06/2025 Denso Marston Nature Reseerve, the scrape & Leeds Liverpool Canal. Ladybirds, Butterflies, Damselflies, Dragonfly, Sawfly, Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron and other things.

DMNR & up to the Canal. 20/06/2025 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dm... Denso Marston Nature Reseerve, the scrape & Leeds Liverpool Canal. #Ladybirds, #Butterflies, #Damselflies, #Dragonfly, Sawfly, #Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron and other things. #yorkshirewildlife

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A pyramid orchid (c) simon tull

A pyramid orchid (c) simon tull

A perfect pyramid orchid at one of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's East Yorkshire chalk quarry nature reserves #outdoorphotography #woodlandphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #wildflowers, #bluebells #ScenesOfYorkshire #YorkshireWildlife #orchid

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Sympetrum fonscolombii male

Sympetrum fonscolombii male

Sympetrum fonscolombii female

Sympetrum fonscolombii female

After having to wait all week until today, I've been incredibly lucky to see and photograph Red-Veined Darters in Yorkshire.

Up to 3 males and a female on the south bank at Anglers County Park this morning.

@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
#YorkshireWildlife #Odonata #UKDragonflies

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Melanargia galathea serena

Melanargia galathea serena

On Saturday @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I had a great day out with @birderbee.bsky.social at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Brockadale Nature Reserve looking at Marbled Whites.

Always a thrill seeing them!

@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
#UKButterflies #YorkshireWildlife

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Dorsal view of a tansy beetle. A shining metallic green with coppery tones over the centre of the back where the elytra meet.

Dorsal view of a tansy beetle. A shining metallic green with coppery tones over the centre of the back where the elytra meet.

A lateral view of the beetle on a tansy leaf.

A lateral view of the beetle on a tansy leaf.

An angled view from the front of the beetle. Nestling near the stem of the tansy leaf.

An angled view from the front of the beetle. Nestling near the stem of the tansy leaf.

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Tansy beetles (Chrysolina graminis), classified as ‘Nationally Scarce’ these occur in only a couple of locations, one of which is close to my daughter in York.

On tansy plants (Tanacetum vulgare) they are larger than I expected & so beautiful.

#UKwildlife
#YorkshireWildlife
#beetles
#coleoptera

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A gnarled silver birch tree standing amongst bracken and bluebells in an englsih woodland (c) simon tull

A gnarled silver birch tree standing amongst bracken and bluebells in an englsih woodland (c) simon tull

A glade in an english woodland, with a path lined by bluebellsm(c) simon tull

A glade in an english woodland, with a path lined by bluebellsm(c) simon tull

Bluebells in a wooded glade (c) simon tull

Bluebells in a wooded glade (c) simon tull

Signs of spring everywhere at North Cliffe Woods, East Yorkshire - and one of my favourite "character" trees a lovely gnarly old birch #outdoorphotography #woodlandphotography #landscapephotography #splendid_woodlands #landscape_lover #wildflowers, #bluebells #ScenesOfYorkshire #YorkshireWildlife

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View from my caravan window in Knaresborough, never know what you will see where!!! He's a bit of a poser.
#northyorksbirds #Yorkshirewildlife @steelyseabirder.bsky.social @petewalkden.bsky.social

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Two black grouse face each other in battle during an early morning lek above Wensleydale, Yorkshire. We see the tail display feathers of the nearest bird and the open beak and wings of the bird behind it.

Two black grouse face each other in battle during an early morning lek above Wensleydale, Yorkshire. We see the tail display feathers of the nearest bird and the open beak and wings of the bird behind it.

One of last week's Black Grouse images from waaaaay up above Wensleydale. A serious face-off during the dawn lek. #birds #blackgrouse #wildlifephotography #yorkshirewildlife

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Bombylius major

Bombylius major

A great day for insects with @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social at YWT Staveley today with no less than 5 Dark-Edged Bee-Flies. The most we've ever seen!

#UKInsects #YorkshireInsects #YorkshireWildlife #UKWildlife

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PURPLE SANDPIPER
Bridlington Harbour
#wader #wadingbird #shorebirds #yorkshirewildlife #bird #birdsseenin2025 #birds #bestbirds #wildlife #nature #naturephotographer #naturephotography

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Piezodorus lituratus

Piezodorus lituratus

The first new insect of the year for @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I at the weekend.

Several Gorse Shieldbugs out and about in the warmth on the errr... gorse at @rspb.bsky.social St. Aidan's.

#UKWildlife #UKInsects #YorkshireWildlife #MacroPhotography #Swilly #SwillingtonIngs

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Fringilla montifringilla

Fringilla montifringilla

Making the most of the great weather, @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I headed to @northcavewet.bsky.social for a Sunday walk.

A lovely surprise to come across this Brambling at the feeders.

#UKBirding #YorkshireBirding #Wildlife #YorkshireWildlife 🪶

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Halyzia sedecimguttata

Halyzia sedecimguttata

An afternoon walk around a local cemetery yielded a handful of Ladybirds on the headstones.

Sadly, no new ones but 3 Oranges were the highlight along with some 2-Spots and a 7-Spot.

#UKLadybirds #UKWildlife #UKInsects #YorkshireWildlife 🐞

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