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ChardWildlife

@chardherper.bsky.social

I've been into birds, reptiles, insects and plants since a kid. Researcher and drone pilot for Nigel Marven Productions.

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Another fantastic #globalbirdfair. Great to catch up with so many lovely people and pleased to have picked up a signed Ladybird print from the extremely talented Richard Lewington.

13.07.2025 19:24 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Over the moon to find an Adonis Ladybird with @dhelliar.bsky.social nr Chard in Somerset this morning. Such beautiful little ladybirds.

29.06.2025 20:54 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Bryony Ladybird from a few weeks back in Oxfordshire.

26.06.2025 18:27 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Teneral Meadow, 14-spot, 16-spot and 24-spot ladybirds. From a site near Chard yesterday.

25.06.2025 10:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cream-streaked and Adonis Ladybirds in Bristol yesterday.

10.06.2025 06:39 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Remarkable few hours spent in Bristol yesterday yielded 16 species of Ladybird! A few highlights included Red Marsh, Water, Spotted Marsh, Dot, Cream-streaked, Pointed-keeled and Adonis.

10.06.2025 06:37 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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22-spot and Harlequin Ladybirds. Two of our most colourful beetles 😍

07.06.2025 09:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cheers Dave - no, I hadn't seen that! Thanks mate 👍

15.05.2025 21:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yes, that's a puff adder.

25.02.2025 00:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Masked Finfoot, Sunderbans, Bangladesh. Critically endangered with an estimate of up to 300 individuals left in the wild.

25.02.2025 00:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We managed to find the only two recorded Spoon-billed Sandpipers wintering in Bangladesh this year. Fewer than 500 birds left in the wild.

25.02.2025 00:31 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nordmann's Greenshank, Sonadia Island, Bangladesh. Less than 2000 left on this planet.

25.02.2025 00:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Red Ghost Crab, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

25.02.2025 00:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pallas's Fish Eagle, Bangladesh

25.02.2025 00:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brown-headed and Pallas's gulls, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

25.02.2025 00:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brown-winged Kingfisher, Chestnut-headed and Asian Green Bee Eaters. Bangladesh

25.02.2025 00:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Zealand Fur Seals, Enderby Island, New Zealand

25.02.2025 00:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yellow-eyed Penguin, Enderby Island, New Zealand

25.02.2025 00:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Emperor Penguins, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

25.02.2025 00:18 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Lesser snow petrel from my recent filming trip to Antarctica.

25.02.2025 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Floating around in the sea ice off the Drygalski glacier, Ross Sea, Antarctica

26.01.2025 16:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lenticular clouds forming over Mount Erebus, the most southerly active volcano on earth.

26.01.2025 16:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Heritage Adventurer sitting off shore at Cape Evans, Antarctica.

The Heritage Adventurer sitting off shore at Cape Evans, Antarctica.

26.01.2025 16:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds, Antarctica.

26.01.2025 16:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The dog kennels outside of Shackleton's hut on Cape Royds, Antarctica.

26.01.2025 16:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Artifacts from Sir Ernest Shackleton's hut at Cape Royd, Antarctica

26.01.2025 11:05 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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McMurdo Sound from Hut Point, taken at midnight. Coldest place on the trip so far.

26.01.2025 11:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Inside Shackleton's Discovery Hut at Hut Point, Antarctica

26.01.2025 10:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Emperor and Adeile Penguins on sea ice, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

26.01.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Weddell seals and Adeile Penguins on Franklin Island, Antarctica.

26.01.2025 10:52 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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