Steve Robinson

In Oxfordshire for over 40 years. Retired in 2009, & 5years ago at 60, bought my 1st camera. All images are my own (except retweets).

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@cj_annie Not a problem, it’s not a bee at all, but a bee mimic, which predates on solitary bee larvae. By colour it would appear to be a dark edged Bee fly. There’s plenty of info on them, which might interest you. Kind regards.

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@cj_annie This is one of the bee flies.

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@niaga_hijau Grew Cosmos from RHS seed this year, in pots, they’re nearly six feet tall and have flowered really well. Bees love them. Great image.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

I've received an email from someone telling me that a school has stopped sending children home with books - neither 'real' books or 'reading scheme' books - but instead giving parents a login to access phonics lessons instead.
@clpe1
@charliehacking

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@jwood_t @Jipolay @LindaRo31062669 Yes, now I have looked at it properly, you’re right. Was thrown by the copper coloured body, and the effort taken to get back up. Thanks for taking time to post. Steve

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Now I'm really too old to lay down on wet grass to take images, but given the time of year, thought this little chap, well worth the effort.. My wife first spotted him. It's late in the year to see a male Stag Beetle. Today. New Forest

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

Never understood why Wendy Cope hasn't been made Poet Laureate

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@niaga_hijau Thermostat set at 16 degrees C, most surprised when the radiators were hot when I got up at 6 this am🥶

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

When Nature does irony!

Nice to see it's June the First,
Winter, Spring have done their worst...
With balmy days and clouds all gone
Wait a minute...why's the heating on?

With apologies to any poet out there.
Steve
@OxTweets @BanbWritersCafe

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

Went to plant out the dwarf beans today.... to find I'd been beaten to it by two active Ashy Mining bees. Plan B....move the beans! Today Banbury.
@banburynews @ConservationBee @OxTweets @WildOxfordshire @ILoveBanbury #miningbees #letthembe

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@BumblebeeTrust You put your left leg in…your left leg out

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@niaga_hijau Strange that Twitter has decided to blank the image for potential graphic content. Lovely image. We have several in the garden. Predominantly ground feeders.

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@SteveCaple4 Interesting image, had a quick look at the history of the shop in the background. Abel & Sons had a long history, before it closed in the early 1970’s. Located at 9, The Parade.

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

@Constantine_A1 It’s looks very much like a Mint Moth

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

Sun shining, birds singing, more Sedge, Reed and Cetti's than you can shake a stick at... It must be Norfolk
@NorfolkWT @JLPhotos83 @WildlifeTrusts @britishbirds @Natures_Voice #NaturePhotography #nature

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

Spring's here for you to see.
That's what this Comma tells me,
Whilst in the garden it basks
As I carry out my garden tasks.

Today, Banbury
@OxTweets @BanbWritersCafe @banburynews @LGSpace #NaturePhotography #butterfly #nature #Spring

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Which one of ewe's my Mum ? Day old lambs, today, Banbury. Oxfordshire.
@OxTweets @BanbWritersCafe @ILoveBanbury @banburynews @banburyshire #Oxfordshire

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

Gnome matter what you do,
Gnome matter what you say,
Snowdrops will....always make your day.
Banbury today.
@OxTweets @banburyshire #Spring #itsonitsway #gnome #Snowdrops

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@DougWahl1 I’m old enough to remember when people used to go to the office to work.....😉

[Steve Robinson @jptb2017]

Coming in to roost. Some of the 20k starlings in the reed beds at Martham Broad, Norfolk. This evening.
@autumnwatch @Natures_Voice @NorfolkWT @_BTO @britishbirds #NaturePhotography #nature #starlings #murmuration