David

Amateur naturalist. Ambler. Bookworm.
amblingman on mastodon

[Jim Graham @CropstonBirder]

Last night (27th), both @LeicsPeregrines juvenile females PBF & TCC were seen in the box @LeicsCathedral With the sighting of the male TDC at Cropston Res last Sunday, confirmation that all three have fledged successfully. 😃 Thank you to everyone who has helped this year. 🙏

[Alex Hyde @alexhydephoto]

A fossil marine #diatom, Actinoptychus heliopelta. I imaged this yesterday on a scanning electron microscope. Size in real life 0.16mm across! The jolly colours were added in post to highlight various features, the initial image was greyscale. #scanningelectronmicroscopy #algae

[dutto @TBeetles]

Nottinghamshire new build looking rather attractive for Hylotrupes bajulus, the Old House Borer, should be New House Borer. @NLonghornRS @ColSocBI #Cerambycidae.

[David @AmblingMan]

@TheGreenJeanie @Love_plants @joshual951 @Botanygeek @WildflowersUK @wildflower_hour @wildflowerman60 @BumblebeeTrust @nikkigammans Nice find. A gall I think.
https://t.co/GrK2AXmCQ8

[Leics&RutlandMammalGroup @LeicsR]

Just putting it out there again about our fantastic spotters! A massive 421 mammal records in just 31 days BIG thank you to all involved 😃👏👏🦊🦌 @LeicsR @Nature_Spot #Mammal #wildlife

[Leics&RutlandMammalGroup @LeicsR]

We are off to an exciting start on our first day! Been sending out our Welcome packs and even got out first record - a Field vole. Please support us by joining in and see what you can spot in August 🦊🐇🦔🐾 https://t.co/CT45eNY934 #Mammal #nature #wildlife #Leicestershire

[Julia Jones @juliapgjones]

If there are conservation scientists/biologists/zoologists following you please share. We are advertising 5 (yes 5!) permanent positions @BangorUni. Such a great place to live & work: Snowdonia is perfect for field teaching & personal adventures 🧵
https://t.co/o6fWUsEvZq

[Ian Williams @bongowill]

⁦@IoloWilliams2⁩ what’s this bad boy mate? Got 3 of them destroying a bush in our garden in leafy Brynmenyn, Bridgend.

[David @AmblingMan]

How to separate entomologists from botanists in the field:
Entomologists will usually be wearing a hat and protective gloves.
Botanists will always be wearing an apron/dungarees.

[David @AmblingMan]

@neilmoths @DipteristsForum @RSPB_Strumpshaw Are you sure that’s not female H. hybridus? The muddy orange markings on T4 suggest hybridus to me. Usually more silvery/creamy in trivittatus.

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

I’d love to see more of this amazing planet. But I have zero right to do so if this means further degrading the world just so I can ‘experience’ it.

In truth VERY few of us need to fly.

[David @AmblingMan]

@BrennanMartine One of my favourite flies! Common on my local site, and I already have lots of photos, but I can’t resist taking more. Especially of the females. Those gold stripes are gorgeous.

[David @AmblingMan]

@LeicsPeregrines @LeicsCathedral @KRIIILeicester Looks like they need to tidy their room!

[Tim Worfolk @TimWorfolk]

The latest Sciomyzid on the #Topsham garden list - Colobaea bifasciella; never seen it before but a really neat and distinctive little fly. @NHM_Diptera

[David @AmblingMan]

@BrennanMartine Ha! Almost identical composition too. I have zero memory of that wasp! 😂

[Ian Beavis @iancbeavis]

Nationally scarce tortoise beetle Cassida nobilis, Porth Mellon, St Marys, Scilly, 13 May

[David @AmblingMan]

@neilento Xylota segnis.

[Simon Knott @SJBKnott]

Colydium elongatum found by torch on Oak today in Bengeo garden, former rarity that feeds on ambrosia beetles & their larvae. @hertsbna #Zopheridae #saproxylic

[Leics&RutlandMammalGroup @LeicsR]

Day 8 of 30:30:30 Challenge to record at least 30 mammals at 30 locations in June. Been out collecting and putting out more cameras today. Excited to find out what might have been recorded #30DaysWild @LeicsR @WildlifeTrusts @Nature_Spot @LeicsWildlife