Rowena

Mark Telfer and I only went and refound Aulonia albimana on the Isle of Wight two days ago! Quite possibly the best spider find of my life! Lots of other records too. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/10/whit...

#spiders #Isleofwight #biologicalrecording #panspecieslisting

A write up of an incredible few days at Menai with at least 15 nudibranchs (eight were lifers) and some very talented young naturalists that showed them to us!

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It’s critical that we support the arts…🏆

Galeon Andalucia in Shoreham Port. Stunning.

I love Volks Railway, Brighton UK

An incredible few days on the Isle of Wight last weekend, including a population of Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) found by Tony Davis and a mollusc that I found, Galeomma turtoni, that I believe is new to the Isle of Wight! analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/08/mant...

The inspirational Eva & her friend Emily from Devon are taking on an incredible challenge to raise & release 220 harvest mice this summer , reintroducing them to a suitable site near their home in collaboration with renowned ecologist Derek Gow . Do donate ! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/evaemilyha...

Soft power Never underestimate the power of your enthusiasm for natural history to win people around. Hold that thought for now. Yesterday I was headin...

I had a great morning yesterday on the way back from Broughton at Menai! Read about it here analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/08/soft...

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

Summer in the UK

89 year old lady arrested in London for protesting against genocide & the killing of over 60,000 people in Gaza

Quite possibly nudibranchs are the best thing EVER! Read all about a trip to Anglesey here... analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/07/plan...

The incredible arable margins of the Norfolk Estate I am trying to finish my annual monitoring of the arable margins of the Norfolk Estate this weekend but the weather has been challenging. I ...

I found a breeding population of Carpocoris purpureipennis yesterday! Read about it here analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Everything is blue & yellow in July

You know when you are gonna have a good day when the first species is something nice. Loads of Dasypoda hirtipes (this is a male) yesterday at West Beach. One of 156 species recorded.

Ahaha

1/2 #speciesaday no. 627 is Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum). Nearly everyone knows the 'migratory' adult moth but here is the larva. Vac sampled from chalk-grassland on a farm in Brighton yesterday, they are well established here too. Feeds on bedstraws.

Dude picks up a piece of plastic in the ocean and then gets a once- in-a-lifetime shot.

1/2 #speciesaday no. 625 is Calocoris roseomaculatus, a gorgeous mirid typically on chalk-grassland, where it feeds on a range of legumes. I do sometimes get in the dunes or on really nice grassland of other types but this is rare. Identifiable even as a nymph. Adults out now.

A nice day in summer in Sussex

Waking to fog, I quickly drank my coffee and drove to my favorite beach. Misty grey, quiet and alone accept for this brave gull that I followed for a good portion of the beach.

Into the mist
#Scape
#SeaScape
#Fog
#ClassicMono
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#LandscapePhotography

Been mothing since 1992 and this is only the 2nd ever Lappet I have ever seen. This was on the wall of the services at Pevensey yesterday, was totally stoked to see it. My last one was in July 2014 at Woods Mill. No wonder they are classed as Endangered now.

#speciesaday no. 621 is Calvadosia campanulata. A stalked jellyfish, the 1st stalked jellyfish I have seen in Sussex. Only seen this once before on the Isles of Scilly in 2020. This one was quite large (about 3 cm across) and was swept from Sargassum at The Pound last night!