Crispin Holloway
@crispinhollway.bsky.social
Technician, Life Sciences, University of Sussex.
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Would you agree this is Burgers Clouded Yellow at Malling Down Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve Lewes East Sussex.
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September 28, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Would you agree this is Burgers Clouded Yellow at Malling Down Sussex Wildlife Trust reserve Lewes East Sussex.
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Lots of Ivy blooms out in Sussex too, along with lots of Ivy bees 🐝 zooming around the blooms and the surface of the ground
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
September 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Lots of Ivy blooms out in Sussex too, along with lots of Ivy bees 🐝 zooming around the blooms and the surface of the ground
#wildflowerhour
#wildflowerhour
Ivy in bloom and attracting pollinators in the final days of August!
#wildflowerhour
That's about 3 weeks early, isn't it?
What blooms will still be around early October, any?
Falmouth area, Cornwall.
#wildflowerhour
That's about 3 weeks early, isn't it?
What blooms will still be around early October, any?
Falmouth area, Cornwall.
August 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Ivy in bloom and attracting pollinators in the final days of August!
#wildflowerhour
That's about 3 weeks early, isn't it?
What blooms will still be around early October, any?
Falmouth area, Cornwall.
#wildflowerhour
That's about 3 weeks early, isn't it?
What blooms will still be around early October, any?
Falmouth area, Cornwall.
A metaphor for life as we know it 😆
Watch the second hand after 7 seconds
Watch the second hand after 7 seconds
August 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
A metaphor for life as we know it 😆
Watch the second hand after 7 seconds
Watch the second hand after 7 seconds
My 3rd Small Tortoiseshell of 2026.
1st at Breany Common, Cornwall Tuesday, 2nd & 3rdWeat Dorset they look a bit old to be summer generations?
1st at Breany Common, Cornwall Tuesday, 2nd & 3rdWeat Dorset they look a bit old to be summer generations?
June 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
My 3rd Small Tortoiseshell of 2026.
1st at Breany Common, Cornwall Tuesday, 2nd & 3rdWeat Dorset they look a bit old to be summer generations?
1st at Breany Common, Cornwall Tuesday, 2nd & 3rdWeat Dorset they look a bit old to be summer generations?
Today's welcome rain was the most I have recorded in a day since 18th February.
It was a rather wet January and Feb, like 2025.
The first 9 months of 2022 were really dry!
It was a rather wet January and Feb, like 2025.
The first 9 months of 2022 were really dry!
May 19, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Today's welcome rain was the most I have recorded in a day since 18th February.
It was a rather wet January and Feb, like 2025.
The first 9 months of 2022 were really dry!
It was a rather wet January and Feb, like 2025.
The first 9 months of 2022 were really dry!
It's a fantastic time of year blossom, bird song, butterflies and sunshine 🌞
Lots of Dingy skipper, Grizzled skipper, Wall brown, Comon and Holly blue at Malling Down.
Nightingale too.
Surprisingly no Painted Lady.
A good butterfly year so far 🦋
Lots of Dingy skipper, Grizzled skipper, Wall brown, Comon and Holly blue at Malling Down.
Nightingale too.
Surprisingly no Painted Lady.
A good butterfly year so far 🦋
May 2, 2026 at 12:12 PM
It's a fantastic time of year blossom, bird song, butterflies and sunshine 🌞
Lots of Dingy skipper, Grizzled skipper, Wall brown, Comon and Holly blue at Malling Down.
Nightingale too.
Surprisingly no Painted Lady.
A good butterfly year so far 🦋
Lots of Dingy skipper, Grizzled skipper, Wall brown, Comon and Holly blue at Malling Down.
Nightingale too.
Surprisingly no Painted Lady.
A good butterfly year so far 🦋
I think I just saw a Meadow Brown!
That's crazy early!
Has anyone else seen one so far this year?
I guess it could be the earliest ever?
Definitely seen Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Peacock
That's crazy early!
Has anyone else seen one so far this year?
I guess it could be the earliest ever?
Definitely seen Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Peacock
May 1, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I think I just saw a Meadow Brown!
That's crazy early!
Has anyone else seen one so far this year?
I guess it could be the earliest ever?
Definitely seen Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Peacock
That's crazy early!
Has anyone else seen one so far this year?
I guess it could be the earliest ever?
Definitely seen Painted Lady, Red Admiral and Peacock
A very tatty Peacock and Cuckoo Flower amongthe universitylawns, the food plant of Orange tip caterpillars.
April 24, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A very tatty Peacock and Cuckoo Flower amongthe universitylawns, the food plant of Orange tip caterpillars.
Butterflies on the @sussex.ac.uk campus today:
Orange Tips, Small Whites,Large White, Green Hairstreak Red Admiral, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
It's a fantastic day on a beautiful campus
Orange Tips, Small Whites,Large White, Green Hairstreak Red Admiral, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
It's a fantastic day on a beautiful campus
April 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Butterflies on the @sussex.ac.uk campus today:
Orange Tips, Small Whites,Large White, Green Hairstreak Red Admiral, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
It's a fantastic day on a beautiful campus
Orange Tips, Small Whites,Large White, Green Hairstreak Red Admiral, Peacock and Speckled Wood.
It's a fantastic day on a beautiful campus
I'm still astonished by the fact some Hawthorns have berries on from last year and are in bloom almost a month early.
This isn't normal!
When will the berries drop?
Photos taken Falmer village and university of Sussex campus
This isn't normal!
When will the berries drop?
Photos taken Falmer village and university of Sussex campus
April 20, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I'm still astonished by the fact some Hawthorns have berries on from last year and are in bloom almost a month early.
This isn't normal!
When will the berries drop?
Photos taken Falmer village and university of Sussex campus
This isn't normal!
When will the berries drop?
Photos taken Falmer village and university of Sussex campus
Malling Down @sussexwildlife.bsky.social reserve.
Loads of Brimstone, Grizzled Skipper, Peacock, St Marks fly and lots of Greater whitethroat singing.
Loads of Brimstone, Grizzled Skipper, Peacock, St Marks fly and lots of Greater whitethroat singing.
April 18, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Malling Down @sussexwildlife.bsky.social reserve.
Loads of Brimstone, Grizzled Skipper, Peacock, St Marks fly and lots of Greater whitethroat singing.
Loads of Brimstone, Grizzled Skipper, Peacock, St Marks fly and lots of Greater whitethroat singing.
First Elder bloom, Oxeye daisy and Tree mallow bloom 17th April Rottingdean Brighton.
I don't think.i have known these species to be in bloom as early as this!
I don't think.i have known these species to be in bloom as early as this!
April 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM
First Elder bloom, Oxeye daisy and Tree mallow bloom 17th April Rottingdean Brighton.
I don't think.i have known these species to be in bloom as early as this!
I don't think.i have known these species to be in bloom as early as this!
Lots of St Marks fly on the wing at RyeHarbour, that is also early
April 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Lots of St Marks fly on the wing at RyeHarbour, that is also early
Amazing to see so much Hawthorn in bloom already!
Some still have berries from last year! Even some Blackthorn and Dog rose at Knepp have 2025 sloes and rosehips!
Wayfaring in bloom at the same time as Blackthorn peak!
Also apple a d cherry in bloom now.
So advanced and together!
Some still have berries from last year! Even some Blackthorn and Dog rose at Knepp have 2025 sloes and rosehips!
Wayfaring in bloom at the same time as Blackthorn peak!
Also apple a d cherry in bloom now.
So advanced and together!
April 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Amazing to see so much Hawthorn in bloom already!
Some still have berries from last year! Even some Blackthorn and Dog rose at Knepp have 2025 sloes and rosehips!
Wayfaring in bloom at the same time as Blackthorn peak!
Also apple a d cherry in bloom now.
So advanced and together!
Some still have berries from last year! Even some Blackthorn and Dog rose at Knepp have 2025 sloes and rosehips!
Wayfaring in bloom at the same time as Blackthorn peak!
Also apple a d cherry in bloom now.
So advanced and together!
I was really suprisised to find this Woodcock in the greenhouse compound at work.
April 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I was really suprisised to find this Woodcock in the greenhouse compound at work.
Probably coming with the Saharan dust?
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March 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Probably coming with the Saharan dust?
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Does anyone know how I can schedule my FoxESS battery to charge from the grid at night when energy is cheapest?
Since the fox app was updated I can't see how to set it to charge at night.
It was easy to set before the update!
#FoxESS, #FoxCloud2.0
Since the fox app was updated I can't see how to set it to charge at night.
It was easy to set before the update!
#FoxESS, #FoxCloud2.0
March 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Does anyone know how I can schedule my FoxESS battery to charge from the grid at night when energy is cheapest?
Since the fox app was updated I can't see how to set it to charge at night.
It was easy to set before the update!
#FoxESS, #FoxCloud2.0
Since the fox app was updated I can't see how to set it to charge at night.
It was easy to set before the update!
#FoxESS, #FoxCloud2.0
Not sure I remember a year when there's been so many Hawthorn berries on the trees as leaf buds are opening!
One with flower buds and a lot of them! Not what I expected after the dry summer and autumn.
One with flower buds and a lot of them! Not what I expected after the dry summer and autumn.
March 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Not sure I remember a year when there's been so many Hawthorn berries on the trees as leaf buds are opening!
One with flower buds and a lot of them! Not what I expected after the dry summer and autumn.
One with flower buds and a lot of them! Not what I expected after the dry summer and autumn.
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A beautiful campus
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A beautiful campus
Loads of Hawthorn berries this year, but I why are there fewer Hawthorn in Cornwall compared to Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset Somerset....?
Soil type?
Soil type?
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Loads of Hawthorn berries this year, but I why are there fewer Hawthorn in Cornwall compared to Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset Somerset....?
Soil type?
Soil type?
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Male Common Blue and Probably an Adonis at a site I haven't seen Adonis since 2021 and then a certain female Adonis. Kingston near Lewes Sussex
😊
😊
September 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Male Common Blue and Probably an Adonis at a site I haven't seen Adonis since 2021 and then a certain female Adonis. Kingston near Lewes Sussex
😊
😊