David Coles

A Cychrus caraboides beetle in its hibernaculum beneath a log.

As the days start to get longer at the start of the year I begin to do some local log turning. I think every single Cychrus caraboides I've seen has been beneath a log like this.

A great leaf miner to show people on walks as they seem to be ubiquitous near me plus you can be certain of what it is.

At just 3mm long the riverwood riffle beetle is BIG news for environmentalists in Staffordshire.

Why? Because it hasn't been recorded here for more than 150 years!

Our incredibly knowledgeable volunteer David Coles discovered on his moth trap sheet late one summer evening.

I don't think there are many people that can be described as a worse human being than Trump. He is disgusting.

I've seen them near me occasionally I believe they're known as Rouen ducks.

Seems Regatta have made a breakthrough in imaging. It turns out bacteria look just like insects.

Fab and though not quite so local this story appeared just a couple of days later. With Graeme being a Staffordshire lad.
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

The men who raised the flags Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Do you mean they happened to meet at that spot for something as they first met in London from everything I've read.

Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour on public officials The proposed law would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters.

Whilst I don't think individuals are stripped of power a law compelling public officials to tell thd trutin is being introduced. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That be an interesting slide...Aaaaah.

Failed with his mucking about with the US government so he trying to affect another. It feels like he's an anarchist and doesn't care about the rule of law.

We can make Cherry scones now you've got those!

A hoverfly of the species Didea fasciata sat on a brown leaf in bright sunshine.

Abeetle of the species Necrodes littoralis being held in a hand.

Two new species for me this weekend. Didea fasciata and Necrodes littoralis. 😁

I didn't get a photo but pretty sure I'd not seen it before. Certainly looks like your ID.

This Carabus problematicus didn't seem to like me. Biting into my finger and vomiting on me at the same time.

From last night my best arrival at the light trap this year Macronychus quadrituberculatus. Not recorded in Staffordshire since 1867. @colsocbi.bsky.social

Yet again Trump performs for his supporters. He doesn't care whether the stats are up or down for crime he is doing this so they think he is a president of action whether its needed or not. Performance after performance

How true is this, naturalists and mushroom hunters - the sloths of the natural world! Mushroom month is fast approaching and I haven't had much luck in my area this Summer. What a wonderful world we live in ❤️

0.22m 🤯 I struggle with beetles around 2mm. Loving the feathery wing adaptation which I've just looked up.

Looks like someone has a crenulated bum. Nitidulidae?

A wide angle photo of an almost car park surrounded by trees with a colourful orange and blue sky above it.

Even a car park can look nice in the right light.

It is still present on the site I first saw it at and given that it looks to be at least one year year old in the first image must now be almost ten years old. Whenever I've tried to search for info it has suggested that this could be an intersex bird. Anyone able to offer thoughts?

Two male mallards stood next to each other the bird on the right has an atypical bill colour and head pattern.

A male mallard with atypical bill colour and head patter . The same bird as in the first image but nearly 9 years later.

In January 2017 I spotted this apparently male mallard on the right in the first image. I realised at the time it appeared to have a female bill and the colouring on its head was obviously different from a typical male.🧵

*heritage

A damson tree branch heavy with purple fruits.

An apple tree branch heavy with small apples.

An apple tree branch heavy with large apples.

A plum tree branch heavy with green fruits.

The heritahe variety fruit trees in the orchard at Staffs Wildlife Trust headquarters are all heaving with fruit. Damsons and plums not ready just yet but still look tasty.

I'd suggest looking up the mallen streak published in 1973.

Lovely, though I think this an addition to your garden bugs as it looks to be a final instar Hawthorn Shieldbug -Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale.

Saw 4 when they emerged at start of year and probably only 4 more since here in Staffordshire. But that's better than the 3 I saw last year.

a cartoon dog is standing in the grass and smiling in front of a sign that says rootbart . ALT: a cartoon dog is standing in the grass and smiling in front of a sign that says rootbart .

You should seek out Roobarb and custard!