Sean Cole - Wildlife account
@worldofwildlife.bsky.social
Wildlife enthusuiast, especially birds and orchids, but interested in everything. Author of "Britain's Orchids" from Wildguides along with Mike Waller. Also run @ukorchids.bsky.social .
Very pleased to have spotted this hungry Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth today at Cotswold Water Park.
Didn't realise how scarce it is at the time! But was certain I'd never seen one before, so got photos to help identify it.
Cheers James Hunter for confirmation 👍
Didn't realise how scarce it is at the time! But was certain I'd never seen one before, so got photos to help identify it.
Cheers James Hunter for confirmation 👍
May 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Very pleased to have spotted this hungry Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth today at Cotswold Water Park.
Didn't realise how scarce it is at the time! But was certain I'd never seen one before, so got photos to help identify it.
Cheers James Hunter for confirmation 👍
Didn't realise how scarce it is at the time! But was certain I'd never seen one before, so got photos to help identify it.
Cheers James Hunter for confirmation 👍
Reckon the might be a male Philodromus dispar, on my kitchen floor today, then let him loose in the garden. Beautiful 😍
Confirmation appreciated 👍
Confirmation appreciated 👍
May 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reckon the might be a male Philodromus dispar, on my kitchen floor today, then let him loose in the garden. Beautiful 😍
Confirmation appreciated 👍
Confirmation appreciated 👍
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Local birding in S Cambs has been great the last couple of weeks. Here are some of my highlights. #birds #birding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Local birding in S Cambs has been great the last couple of weeks. Here are some of my highlights. #birds #birding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
What time is it?
April 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What time is it?
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Hare Orchid - Leporella fimbriata
One of the first orchids of the season to flower in our Perth Hills area. Happy to see a handful of freshly opened flowers today with more buds yet to open 🌿
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
One of the first orchids of the season to flower in our Perth Hills area. Happy to see a handful of freshly opened flowers today with more buds yet to open 🌿
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
April 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Hare Orchid - Leporella fimbriata
One of the first orchids of the season to flower in our Perth Hills area. Happy to see a handful of freshly opened flowers today with more buds yet to open 🌿
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
One of the first orchids of the season to flower in our Perth Hills area. Happy to see a handful of freshly opened flowers today with more buds yet to open 🌿
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #bloomscrolling #inaturalist
I'm with you on the other three, but why does everyone get excited about Ivory Gull lol
I am spending today writing travel-guidebook text about Arctic birds, so please have - on me - a Grey (Red) Phalarope, a couple of argumentative male Long-tailed Ducks, a sublime adult Ivory Gull and a bevy of Little Auks from Svalbard. #TravelWriting @bradtguides.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm with you on the other three, but why does everyone get excited about Ivory Gull lol
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Favourite moments from this morning's walk at Castor Hanglands NNR- a chorus of Nightingales, cool pools of Bluebells under rugged oaks and the first flowers of Wood Melick, possibly the most elegant of woodland grasses...
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Favourite moments from this morning's walk at Castor Hanglands NNR- a chorus of Nightingales, cool pools of Bluebells under rugged oaks and the first flowers of Wood Melick, possibly the most elegant of woodland grasses...
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#johnclarecountryside #ukwildlife #spring @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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“The average human brain may contain the equivalent of a whopping 5 plastic bottle caps’ worth of microplastics.” 😟😳
www.yahoo.com/news/scienti...
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Scientists sound alarm after making disturbing discovery while studying human brains: 'This stuff is increasing in our world exponentially'
"Now studying tissue from cross-sections of a single brain to find out whether certain regions have higher ... concentrations."
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April 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“The average human brain may contain the equivalent of a whopping 5 plastic bottle caps’ worth of microplastics.” 😟😳
www.yahoo.com/news/scienti...
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Eyes like a Lynx, that man!
Only ever seen this species after lots of flipping of rocks.
Only ever seen this species after lots of flipping of rocks.
European Worm (or Blind) Snake (Xerotyphlops vermicularis) 🐍
Well done to @orchidvinny.bsky.social for finding this nice specimen. It posed calmly for pics too, before disappearing back down its hole 🕳️
Well done to @orchidvinny.bsky.social for finding this nice specimen. It posed calmly for pics too, before disappearing back down its hole 🕳️
April 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Eyes like a Lynx, that man!
Only ever seen this species after lots of flipping of rocks.
Only ever seen this species after lots of flipping of rocks.
Thanks to Kevin McGee for sharing his find with me: - extremely rare in the Midlands, only one previous record. At least three Steatoda albomaculata, white-spotted False Widow, today at Hartlebury Common 😍😍 this one making short work of a Mootled Grasshopper nymph.
Better pics to follow
Better pics to follow
April 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks to Kevin McGee for sharing his find with me: - extremely rare in the Midlands, only one previous record. At least three Steatoda albomaculata, white-spotted False Widow, today at Hartlebury Common 😍😍 this one making short work of a Mootled Grasshopper nymph.
Better pics to follow
Better pics to follow
Pair of Garganey showing on Ripple south pit, right in the middle, plus two adult Little Gulls, three Willow Warbler, loads Sand Martin. Spring is here!
April 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pair of Garganey showing on Ripple south pit, right in the middle, plus two adult Little Gulls, three Willow Warbler, loads Sand Martin. Spring is here!
Spider identification help required please 🙏
Very small, a few mm across, in garden, Worcestershire today.
Phone shot not great, but it knew I was going to fetch my proper camera, so promptly disappeared 😂
@nickgalley.bsky.social ?
Very small, a few mm across, in garden, Worcestershire today.
Phone shot not great, but it knew I was going to fetch my proper camera, so promptly disappeared 😂
@nickgalley.bsky.social ?
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Spider identification help required please 🙏
Very small, a few mm across, in garden, Worcestershire today.
Phone shot not great, but it knew I was going to fetch my proper camera, so promptly disappeared 😂
@nickgalley.bsky.social ?
Very small, a few mm across, in garden, Worcestershire today.
Phone shot not great, but it knew I was going to fetch my proper camera, so promptly disappeared 😂
@nickgalley.bsky.social ?
Be proud to be different!
For #Wildflowerhour a Primrose that stood out from its neighbours in the Wyre Forest today.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
For #Wildflowerhour a Primrose that stood out from its neighbours in the Wyre Forest today.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Be proud to be different!
For #Wildflowerhour a Primrose that stood out from its neighbours in the Wyre Forest today.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
For #Wildflowerhour a Primrose that stood out from its neighbours in the Wyre Forest today.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Spring is here and the Toads are getting, erm, a ride 😀💦🐸🍆
March 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Spring is here and the Toads are getting, erm, a ride 😀💦🐸🍆
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Found some already hatched Pirate Spider egg sacs in the garden. You can see the hole at the top. #Ero #mimitidae #spiders @britishspiders.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Found some already hatched Pirate Spider egg sacs in the garden. You can see the hole at the top. #Ero #mimitidae #spiders @britishspiders.bsky.social
Another glorious morning in the Wyre Forest. Great views of this Chiffchaff down by the Dowles Brook.
March 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Another glorious morning in the Wyre Forest. Great views of this Chiffchaff down by the Dowles Brook.
A nice afternoon on the top of the Malverns, with more Wild Daffodils 😍
March 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A nice afternoon on the top of the Malverns, with more Wild Daffodils 😍
As well as some great bird encounters in the Wyre Forest yesterday, there was a host of golden (wild) Daffodils in the usual place below Dry Mill Lane car park. So much nicer than garden ones.
March 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As well as some great bird encounters in the Wyre Forest yesterday, there was a host of golden (wild) Daffodils in the usual place below Dry Mill Lane car park. So much nicer than garden ones.
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Orchid Bee, Colombia #BlueMonday
Males (like this) collect volatile chemicals, from orchids and other sources, to create complex scents to impress females. They collect chemicals with their front legs, transfer them to the middle legs, then finally into storage pockets in the enlarged rear legs.
🐙🌿📷
Males (like this) collect volatile chemicals, from orchids and other sources, to create complex scents to impress females. They collect chemicals with their front legs, transfer them to the middle legs, then finally into storage pockets in the enlarged rear legs.
🐙🌿📷
March 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Orchid Bee, Colombia #BlueMonday
Males (like this) collect volatile chemicals, from orchids and other sources, to create complex scents to impress females. They collect chemicals with their front legs, transfer them to the middle legs, then finally into storage pockets in the enlarged rear legs.
🐙🌿📷
Males (like this) collect volatile chemicals, from orchids and other sources, to create complex scents to impress females. They collect chemicals with their front legs, transfer them to the middle legs, then finally into storage pockets in the enlarged rear legs.
🐙🌿📷