Well, looks like the moths think it's spring! Or possibly have all been flooded out. Hebrew Character and Pale Brindled Beauty (x6) this morning

09.02.2026 13:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Been here for a while but got out of the habit of posting when twitter died!

14.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Recruitment poster for 12 botanical or entomological field surveyors, April-September 2026. Closing date: January 30, 2026.

🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!

4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.

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09.01.2026 09:36 — 👍 61    🔁 88    💬 1    📌 6

Bombus terrestris workers (3+) out and active in Malvern today, busily collecting pollen and nectaring on Mahonia

14.01.2026 15:42 — 👍 88    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

Found this Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus crepitans) in a spiderweb in the garden this morning - bet the spider got a bit of a shock!

13.08.2025 18:12 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sounds good! I've recorded about 1500 species in the garden so far but the allotment list is a bit shorter so far

13.08.2025 18:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bees and Allotments [I wrote this for my local allotment newsletter, and it felt like as good a place as any to restart blogging!] I joined the allotmenteering ...

National Allotment Week felt like as good a time as any to restart blogging, with a piece I wrote earlier about the value of allotments for bumblebees: insectrambles.blogspot.com/2025/08/bees...

09.08.2025 17:03 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Out in Monmouthshire today running bumblebee ID training for the Wye Valley National Landscapes team and volunteers. One of the highlights was this striking yellow-tailed male Forest Cuckoo bumblebee Bombus sylvestris - very early!

20.05.2025 17:37 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not a new term but definitely one that needs repetition! I'm gradually working my way round beekeeper societies giving a talk about it :)

22.04.2025 19:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yep

22.04.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Celebrating women in science

International Women in Science Day, celebrating the amazing Royal Horticultural Societies Science and Collections Team www.rhs.org.uk/science/arti.... @hayleyento.bsky.social

11.02.2025 19:44 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Yes, a Cream-spot - a form I've seen pictures of but never found in reality, very nice!

26.11.2024 20:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0