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I love not man the less, but Nature more (Byron)

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Plenty of early bumblebees enjoying the sun in Torbay today, but a Flower Crab Spider waiting @BumblebeeTrust @BritishSpiders @DevonWildlife

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Some of the 15 whimbrel at Start Point today. Also 5 wheatear and 2 Wall butterflies @_BTO @savebutterflies

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There’s a Brent goose on Torquay seafront this morning. Eating the grass in front of Torre Abbey.

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Once again @RickyGervais gets it SPOT ON with an excellent one-liner!!

Melissa Bachman: "An incredible day in South Africa! Stalked inside 60-yards on this beautiful male lion....what a hunt!"

Ricky Gervais: "Spot the typo!"

RT if you want a GLOBAL ban on #TrophyHunting NOW!

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Med gull on the Exe Estuary near Turf on Tuesday colour ringed as a chick in Germany @RSPBExeEstuary @_BTO

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Clouded Yellow near Powderham @RSPBExeEstuary this morning @savebutterflies @ukbutterflies

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Enormous Hornet Robberfly with dung beetle prey at Start Point, South Devon today @flygirlNHM @DipteristsForum @AonbDevon

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Migrant Flatbelly ? (Xanthandrus comtus) south Devon yesterday ⁦@NHM_Diptera⁩ ⁦@DipteristsForum⁩

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Giant tachinid, yellow faced, fly scaring walkers at Start Point yesterday @NHM_Diptera @DipteristsForum @DevonWildlife

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Colletes sp. Plasterer Bee ignoring bee grabber and a leaf cutter Megachile sp. for belated solitary bee week @solitarybeesUK @NHM_Bees

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@RSPBExeEstuary Bumblebee blacklet, a hoverfly trying to bee something else, @RSPBExeEstuary yesterday

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South Hams yesterday. Sand Wasp taking a painted lady larva back to its nest, and Emperor dragonflies mating @BDSdragonflies @savebutterflies @insectweek

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Hornet mimic hoverfly, Volucella zonaria, on the south Devon coast today @DipteristsForum @NHM_Diptera @insectweek

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Common blue damsels at a pond on Dartmoor ⁦@BDSdragonflies⁩ #pondwatch

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Female scarce chaser, and red eyed damselfly rescuing female from the water following egg laying whilst being pursued by common blue damsel @BDSdragonflies

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An article by Andreas Chovanac in @BDSdragonflies News suggests extraordinary pruinescence in Orthetrum spp may be a thermoregulatory adaption to increased air temperatures. This red eyed damselfly (E. najas) seen at Exeter canal may be another example

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Norfolk Hawkers very active @FSCSlaptonLey this morning. Black tailed skimmers in abundance, mating and ovipositing, and this damselfly larvae at least 3 metres from the water looking for a safe spot to emerge @BDSdragonflies @NaturalEngland

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Red Tailed Bumblebee at Start Point collecting purple pollen @BumblebeeTrust @SouthDevonAONB

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Plenty of dragonflies and damsels at Venford Reservoir on Dartmoor today, Emperor, Large Red and Common Blue damsels (hundreds) and these Beautiful Demoiselles and Four Spotted Chaser @BDSdragonflies @SouthWestWater

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Several Black Tailed Skimmers @FSCSlaptonLey yesterday including this mating pair, and an immature Scarce Chaser @BDSdragonflies @SouthDevonAONB