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Conservation charity to create new woodland near Bridgnorth Thousands of trees will be planted this winter as part of an ambitious new Community Forest project in Shropshire.

Thousands of trees will be planted this winter as part of an ambitious new Community Forest project in Shropshire.

Blown glass Carabus intricatus (Blue Ground Beetle) by KT Yun.

Blown glass Carabus intricatus (Blue Ground Beetle) by KT Yun at the Entographica art exhibition at the BRLSI in Bath y'day.

The strange subterranean harvestman Scotolemon doriae in Plymouth, Devon today

Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglussus occidentalis) on gravestone under Austrian Pine in Newington Cemetery, #Edinburgh, this afternoon. My 1st record of this non-native bug originally from North America. #Hemiptera #Coreidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.

On a rainy grey February, a splendid parcel has arrived. What a relief… @pelagic.bsky.social @nfbr.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social

Funny to think that my donation might be helping people locally to me! #NHSBlood #EveryDonationCounts

Lovely that they’ve chosen your garden!

A mainly green shieldbug, head uppermost, partly obscured by the spiky green plant in which it is sitting. Large areas of its wing-cases have a reddish hue, with a bluish strip on their outside edges. The yellow abdomen is mostly hidden by the wings but it edge is just visible outside the blue areas.

A basking Gorse Shieldbug, my first shieldbug of the year, seen during Wednesday's one day sunny spell. Back to relentless gloom again since!

Gorgeous 🥰

A badger entering a garden under a hedge. The badger has a black and white striped head, and a grey body.

One of the garden visitors.

#Badger

comme un déchet dans le souffle du vent

Bob Dylan / Shoji Yamasakı

The waste my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The waste is blowin’ in the wind
tags : recyclage artistique #windy #philosophy #dance #performance #chanson #ecology

A surprise find yesterday with our 1st Shieldbug of the year on the windowsill in the bathroom! - a Mottled Shieldbug (Rhaphigaster nebulosa). Put outside in a sheltered spot. @rockwolf74.bsky.social

Very nice too!

A cover of a new handbook for identifying flies in Britain. The Dolichopodidae family.

Excellent! It's here and available to order from RES/CABI; the eagerly anticipated volume - years in the making - British Dolichopodidae. Really looking forward to having this sat on my desk. A colossal achievement by Martin.

Tiny wasp, Callitula pyrrhogaster, on the tip of a pencil.

And, just in case you were wondering how big Callitula pyrrhogaster is ...

#Hymenoptera #Wasps #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

I think this is Callitula pyrrhogaster but do I need to key it out to be sure?
@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social @davidnotton.bsky.social

#Hymenoptera #wasps #VC55

Beautiful sunny day (at last!)! Saw my first butterfly of the year, a Red Admiral (no photo!). Also spotted this lovely Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) tucked up in dead birch leaves! #FeelsLikeSpring #Lepidoptera #Acanthosomatidae

At last I have seen the Juniper Shield Bug, Cyphostethus tristriatus thanks to @graemelyons.bsky.social who pointed them out. Also learned a good technique for bug collecting! Sullington, South Downs #shieldbugs #juniper A good day.

Paysage hivernal aux Rousses où la neige a fait son retour en cours de nuit.

🌨️ La #neige est retour depuis cette nuit sur le Jura.

On relève déjà 15 cm de neige fraîche aux Rousses, pour 35 cm au sol. La neige se poursuit jusqu'en fin de nuit prochaine.

Une bonne nouvelle à 10 jours de la célèbre Transjurassienne !❄️

📸 Obs Participatives - Les Rousses (1100 m - 39)

Fire crews at scene of building fire in Shrewsbury town centre A significant operation is underway in Shrewsbury town centre this morning following a property fire on Castle Street that broke out in the early hours of this morning.

A significant operation is underway in Shrewsbury town centre this morning following a property fire on Castle Street that broke out in the early hours of this morning, 27 January.

Castle Street is closed, and we are being asked to avoid the area.

Photo looking down a residential street, with the sun visible through ice-covered trees.

Mahonia plant in flower with ice dripping off its holly-like leaves.

This is the only ICE we've seen down this way so far, glad to report.

The 'great storm' wasn't quite as intense as forecast. But gave us some pretty scenes. Hoping the power comes back on before it drops to 13F tonight!

Anthicus antherinus

What a nice beetle.
Anthicus antherinus

#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

Stenus bimaculatus

Stenus bimaculatus, a.k.a. "The easy Stenus" ;-)

#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem

YouTube video by Andreas Kay Spear-headed Grasshopper from Ecuador

It's incredibly cold, and everything is a lot. Turn up the sound and enjoy this grasshopper trying to convince you it is just a leaf wiggling in the wind. #NatureZen www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWGd...

The programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day is here...

Here is what you need for your Monday.

One of the White-fronted Geese in flight over mixed flock of Greylags and Canadas on flooded farmland (winter cereal?)

Phone scoped image of the 5 White-fronts with flood waters behind and Egyptian Goose to their left

Finally at nth attempt this winter caught up with local White-fronted Geese, 4ads and a 1w at Crudgington Moor, with @janettem34.bsky.social Also 8+ Pintail (18 yesterday), Green Sand, 65 Golden Plover, 750+ Lapwing, 5 Egyptian Goose, 195 Canadas, 140 Greylag, 23 Mute Swan etc #shropshirebirding 🪶

One of 4 lovely Arocatus sp (Lygaeidae) and Dicyphus tamaninii (I think! I struggle with this genus…Miridae) from mid Shropshire today! #Heteroptera #Lygaeidae #Miridae

A large beetle facing to the right & viewed from the side. It is back with a bluish sheen.

Violet Ground Beetle, Carabus violaceus, seen last Wednesday during our very wet trip to Morville.