Steven Wright

...of note in and around the resy. were Red Crested Pochard and a few Hares.

These Meadow Pipits were bathing together in a puddle on the disused Market Harborough railway line near South KIlworth. Spotted while visiting Stanford Reservoir this afternoon...

Speckled Wood butterfly resting on a yellow leaf

Green caterpillar with white stripes along its body, clinging to a dead plant stem

Speckled Wood chrysalis showing the brown and yellow speckled wings of the newly-formed butterfly inside.

The Speckled Wood is unique in its ability to spend the winter as either a chrysalis or a caterpillar 🐛💤

Letting your grass grow long and leaving some dead plants is a great way to support this beautiful species throughout its lifecycle.

📷: Iain Cowe, Bob Eade, Andrew Cooper

A section of layed hedge gets a trim to encourage it to thicken up.

Pathedge grassland cut and raked off.

The last of our large grassland banks part cut and raked off.

View of the last of the large grassland banks from the top of the bank .Plenty of cover left until Springtime.

#AshlawncuttingLNR work party today. Hedge trimming,path edge cut and raked off and the last section of grassy bank cut leaving plenty uncut of everything for shelter and overwintering life stages,seed etc.

Give this post a click it shows one reason why species conservation is so important. We're part of nature not just in it!!

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I guess you mean the bird LOL

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Pic credit to Barry Silverman

And 2 of these :-). I reckon they look great in flight.

Not my pic

Stanford Resy early doors has seen a pair of Ibis' lately. About 7 a.m. at Welford Rd end.

Ever get the feeling you'rebeing watched? Long Tailed Tit at Brandon Marsh today....#bird

🤔we got a lot of Glossy Ibis'...

Makes a change from Rugby :-). How long before we see them this far North?

#Teamwork at Brandon Marsh S.S.S.I. Myxomycete and #fungus being connected.

With less than 2 weeks until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary conference we're sharing details of the talks and speakers.

Joe Cooper from the BTO will join us to talk about how UKBMS data has been used to improve the design of housing developments.

Book your free place here ⬇️
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On that note I'd like to see the spoil bank put back into the quarry pool. A dream... #quarryreset

.. a steep climb to a steep bank up on "gun hill" good views but hard work and great to get this bit done. Pics show work beginning.

East spoil bank ridge before cutting

East spoil bank ridge after cutting and raking. Break time!

No pull cord on our new battery clearing saw! #sustainable

This gully is all that remains of the ammunition store for the anti aircraft gun that was installed on the highest point,gun hill,

Rugby Group's 1st visit to Newbold Quarry saw us make a good start on our grassland management today. Info in ALT....

Fluorescence of a Russula under 365nm UV light #FungiFriends #Fungi #Mycology #Fluorescent

I miss the many small bakeries we used to have in every settlement in England. Each had it's own speciality and all were handy for hungry travellers. My local used to let us use spare oven space too.

I had to look in the "flying in your area at other times" section to i-record it! @keithwarmie.bsky.social .

Funny thing is there was b*ggerall there the other day and I went through about 50 Greylags but they were all Greylags. Maybe a numbers game? Didn't see the Smew at the Country Park today either....and left ny flask in the car!

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I saw a Blue one,prob Holly when the Brown one flew across and landed briefly. Both unexpected but at first I thought it might be late Meadow Brown flying funny LOL.

Passes the time.....

Long Tailed Tit

Brown Hairstreak

Fly Agaric fungus

Brown Hairstreak

Some seasonal species on a warm October day @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social Ryton Wood Meadows reserve. And one pushing the boundaries ,a lucky spot as it flew over the boundary into @warwickshirecc.bsky.social Ryton Pools Country Park. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

On #NationalBadgerDay it seems appropriate to show the ongoing sett expansion at #AshlawcuttingLNR.

Brown Rollrim

Fly Agaric

Cep

Secondary woodland and colonising Heather on colliery waste

Out on Grendon Common in N.Warks with VC38 fungus group today. Fungus pics not mine but shared by a friend because my new PC or camera keep deciding that I have to format the SD card :-(. Keep losing pics. Some great species seen on this ex colliery site. @britmycolsoc.org.uk