A Sea Aster flowers locally on the (tidal) Thames' Foreshore...
23.08.2025 20:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@mikefrobinson.bsky.social
Bees, Bee-Flies, Birds, Butterflies, Crane Flies, Damselflies, Flies, Galls, Hoverflies, Ladybirds, Lichens, Shieldbugs, Wild Flowers &c. &c. (generally in West Kent viz. Vice County 16)
A Sea Aster flowers locally on the (tidal) Thames' Foreshore...
23.08.2025 20:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Willowherb sp. flowers locally...
23.08.2025 20:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Common Carder Bee visits Red Clover flowering locally...
23.08.2025 20:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We have some locally: must try to see if it's flowering yet...
28.03.2025 09:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Coltsfoot flowering locally...
27.03.2025 21:57 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) rests in the Garden (at Home) today viz. the 'anchor shaped' marking on the face...
27.03.2025 21:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Due to being generally confined to Barracks for the past few weeks we have not really gotten going yet this year: BUT after attending an appointment earlier today we found some Spring Blossom with a few Bees and at least one Hoverfly in attendance. Including our first Honey Bee of the year...
10.03.2025 15:28 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Red Dead-Nettle flowers on Bostall Heath...
26.02.2025 09:29 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A local Starling...
26.02.2025 02:54 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I went up there once: never again...
19.02.2025 08:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Not long now before the Rue-Leaved Saxifrage growing in Roadside Gutters, Pavements, Paved Front Gardens &c. (in the local and an adjacent Monad), will be coming into flower: and the Common Whitlowgrass, growing in similar locations, is already starting to flower...
18.02.2025 18:05 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Roman' Philosopher and Naturalist, Seneca, wrote, 'apes debemus imitari' viz. 'we must imitate the Bees': referring specifically to Honey Bees. He doesn't seem to explain why: other than note that Bees wander and collect the material for honey &c. [Commentary: Letter LXXXIV]
04.02.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Lesley: thank you...
03.02.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Three Hurrahs...
03.02.2025 10:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0That's early: we don't see them here locally in SE London (or at least I don't) for a while yet. Always look forward to seeing them...
02.02.2025 22:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sea Milkwort growing on the Thames' Foreshore in the Erith area...
02.02.2025 15:51 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Probable Octospora musci-muralis, an orange Fungus which is specific to Grimmia pulvinata (the Moss seen here), on the Sea Wall beside the Thames in the Erith area...
02.02.2025 15:37 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Moira: thanks...
01.02.2025 11:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks Moira. It's our late Skipper: a Wire Fox Terrier who I noticed travelling above us (instantly recognisable although the tail isn't quite right)...
01.02.2025 11:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A Dunlin walks past a Curlew standing on the (tidal) Thames' Foreshore in the Crossness area
01.02.2025 09:21 โ ๐ 27 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Good Morning...
01.02.2025 09:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0