There’s few things better than a bank holiday weekend for topping up pond water levels @scienceoxford, but a double bank holiday weekend was just perfect 🇬🇧🤣☔️🦆
An awesome day at @scienceoxford dodging the showers, laying paths, weeding and planting raised beds and rehoming a gaggle of newts! Thanks for all your help to our willing #volunteers - you are the best, you even brought snacks!
I was thinking what a perfect day to see a brimstone butterfly, and what should appear, not one but two of them. They didn’t stop for a good picture though! Beautiful @scienceoxford
I love this time of year when all these beauties come to say hello. I also get to feel like I’m needed, rescuing them from the horrible humans in my house who don’t appreciate them. This one was @scienceoxford so I let him be. #spidergeddon#spiders#nature
The distinctive egg mass of the caddisfly Glyphotaelius pellucidus. Stuck on sparganium leaves and, once they are ready to hatch, they slide into the water below to begin developing!@scienceoxford
A rare moment for a bit of gardening @scienceoxford today, but really an excuse for some wildlife spotting! A slightly compromised speckled bush cricket and an elephant hawk moth caterpillar among others…
Thought provoking reading with the push to plant more trees. @scienceoxford we are reusing plastic tree guards that were reclaimed from a nearby park rather than adding to the problem. Worth investigating the alternatives in the future though… https://t.co/YDBYAQM9ru
It’s not just me struggling in this heat. This stunning emperor let me get considerably closer than usual, as it took a breather down by the pond @scienceoxford. Just look and those colours and the veination on its wings 🥰