August 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
July 27, 2026 at 11:24 PM
#MacroMonday with a pretty 7 spot #ladybird curled up on a fern this weekend. @macrohour.bsky.social #minibeasts #Lancashire
May 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
#MacroMonday with a pretty 7 spot #ladybird curled up on a fern this weekend. @macrohour.bsky.social #minibeasts #Lancashire
A tiny snail with its home on its back
#blueskyartshow #home #inthegarden #nature #snail #minibeasts #photogtaphy #photohour #sheclicksnet #macrohour #macro
#blueskyartshow #home #inthegarden #nature #snail #minibeasts #photogtaphy #photohour #sheclicksnet #macrohour #macro
September 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A tiny snail with its home on its back
#blueskyartshow #home #inthegarden #nature #snail #minibeasts #photogtaphy #photohour #sheclicksnet #macrohour #macro
#blueskyartshow #home #inthegarden #nature #snail #minibeasts #photogtaphy #photohour #sheclicksnet #macrohour #macro
NEW BLOG: It's no flea. Some choice winter minibeasts, including Snow Flea and Bristly Millipede. www.jameslowen.com/blog-7-mar-2...
March 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
NEW BLOG: It's no flea. Some choice winter minibeasts, including Snow Flea and Bristly Millipede. www.jameslowen.com/blog-7-mar-2...
I've published a version of my almost-prizewinning essay 'Minibeasts', shortlisted for the Nature Chronicles Prize in 2024. It's about my usual obsessions: wildlife, parenting, collapse, care, and hope.
I would love for some of you to read it!
medium.com/@d.higgins/m...
I would love for some of you to read it!
medium.com/@d.higgins/m...
Minibeasts
An essay about small creatures and how we care for them
medium.com
August 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I've published a version of my almost-prizewinning essay 'Minibeasts', shortlisted for the Nature Chronicles Prize in 2024. It's about my usual obsessions: wildlife, parenting, collapse, care, and hope.
I would love for some of you to read it!
medium.com/@d.higgins/m...
I would love for some of you to read it!
medium.com/@d.higgins/m...
Seeking shade in the hostas
#photohour #stormhour #photography #nature #shade #inthegarden #naturehour #minibeasts
#photohour #stormhour #photography #nature #shade #inthegarden #naturehour #minibeasts
July 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Seeking shade in the hostas
#photohour #stormhour #photography #nature #shade #inthegarden #naturehour #minibeasts
#photohour #stormhour #photography #nature #shade #inthegarden #naturehour #minibeasts
#InsectThursday A few more #minibeasts from yesterday, speckled wood #butterfly, 6 spot #ladybird, a tree #bee, a common #scorpionfly and a red admiral. #Lancashire #vitaminN @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#InsectThursday A few more #minibeasts from yesterday, speckled wood #butterfly, 6 spot #ladybird, a tree #bee, a common #scorpionfly and a red admiral. #Lancashire #vitaminN @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Just 48hrs left to back my insect themed campaign and £63 until we unlock the final stretch goal of a fancy holo effect sticker sheet!
#SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtistSupport #BSNM #Nature #Illustration #ArtSky
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
#SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtistSupport #BSNM #Nature #Illustration #ArtSky
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
Mini-bee-sts - Insect Inspired Merch
A collection of merch inspired by the buzzing and fluttering minibeasts that live in our gardens.
www.backerkit.com
September 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Just 48hrs left to back my insect themed campaign and £63 until we unlock the final stretch goal of a fancy holo effect sticker sheet!
#SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtistSupport #BSNM #Nature #Illustration #ArtSky
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
#SciArt #BugSky #Insects #ArtistSupport #BSNM #Nature #Illustration #ArtSky
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
So many snails in the garden with their pretty shells… as long as they’re not in the greenhouse that’s all that matters!
#inthegarden #snails #minibeasts #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #mondaymacro #classicmono #BNWmacro #monochrome #photography #eck
#inthegarden #snails #minibeasts #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #mondaymacro #classicmono #BNWmacro #monochrome #photography #eck
May 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
So many snails in the garden with their pretty shells… as long as they’re not in the greenhouse that’s all that matters!
#inthegarden #snails #minibeasts #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #mondaymacro #classicmono #BNWmacro #monochrome #photography #eck
#inthegarden #snails #minibeasts #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #mondaymacro #classicmono #BNWmacro #monochrome #photography #eck
#ThrowbackThursday & #InsectThursday combined with a swollen thigh beetle on a buttercup with caterpillar friend, from this day 2022. #beetles #pollinators #minibeasts #Lancashire
May 21, 2026 at 6:35 AM
#ThrowbackThursday & #InsectThursday combined with a swollen thigh beetle on a buttercup with caterpillar friend, from this day 2022. #beetles #pollinators #minibeasts #Lancashire
just learned that you can call bugs by a more scientifically accurate common name by calling them Minibeasts. The World Is Beautiful
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibeast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibeast
Minibeast - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
just learned that you can call bugs by a more scientifically accurate common name by calling them Minibeasts. The World Is Beautiful
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibeast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibeast
I captured a load of snails today to take into preschool tomorrow for our minibeasts theme. They're currently luxuriating in a covered box with some lettuce leaves. Joys of being a teacher. 😂 #EduSky
May 4, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I captured a load of snails today to take into preschool tomorrow for our minibeasts theme. They're currently luxuriating in a covered box with some lettuce leaves. Joys of being a teacher. 😂 #EduSky
Includes my essay 'Minibeasts' -- on care, anxiety, small children, insects, and birds -- but please don't let that put you off. The other essays are excellent.
These winning works address the feelings of responsibility, anxiety and hope that come with living at this time on this planet, and celebrate the species we share the earth with – from insects to blue whales.
Find out more here:
🍃 saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#booksky
💙📚
Find out more here:
🍃 saraband.net/sb-title/the...
#booksky
💙📚
January 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Includes my essay 'Minibeasts' -- on care, anxiety, small children, insects, and birds -- but please don't let that put you off. The other essays are excellent.
Ideas for getting kids outside to connect with nature:
🫛 Grow some veg
🦋 Count butterflies
🐞 Look for minibeasts
🌸 Create natural art
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/get...
#FamilyFriendly #fun
🫛 Grow some veg
🦋 Count butterflies
🐞 Look for minibeasts
🌸 Create natural art
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/get...
#FamilyFriendly #fun
June 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ideas for getting kids outside to connect with nature:
🫛 Grow some veg
🦋 Count butterflies
🐞 Look for minibeasts
🌸 Create natural art
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/get...
#FamilyFriendly #fun
🫛 Grow some veg
🦋 Count butterflies
🐞 Look for minibeasts
🌸 Create natural art
More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/get...
#FamilyFriendly #fun
Insects and other minibeasts need safe spaces to shelter, hide from predators and raise their young.
#TheOupost
Bug Hotel info
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/09...
#TheOupost
Bug Hotel info
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/09...
How to Build a Bug Hotel - Woodland Trusticon/search
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
December 14, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Insects and other minibeasts need safe spaces to shelter, hide from predators and raise their young.
#TheOupost
Bug Hotel info
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/09...
#TheOupost
Bug Hotel info
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/09...
Thanks to L for reading Mad About Minibeasts to P1/2. They are also enjoying hearing The Dragon and the Turtle. #WorldBookDay #thestjoesstory @stjosephsps.bsky.social #environment #sustainability
March 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Thanks to L for reading Mad About Minibeasts to P1/2. They are also enjoying hearing The Dragon and the Turtle. #WorldBookDay #thestjoesstory @stjosephsps.bsky.social #environment #sustainability
DID YOU KNOW that NZ has an annual 'Bug of the Year' contest?
Voting opens in Jan 2025, and I've championed... GIANT SPRINGTAILS!
Anyone globally can vote, so get ready to cast your ballot for these amazing minibeasts, and expect lots of giant springtail promotional content from me in the runup! 🧪
Voting opens in Jan 2025, and I've championed... GIANT SPRINGTAILS!
Anyone globally can vote, so get ready to cast your ballot for these amazing minibeasts, and expect lots of giant springtail promotional content from me in the runup! 🧪
November 1, 2024 at 4:04 AM
DID YOU KNOW that NZ has an annual 'Bug of the Year' contest?
Voting opens in Jan 2025, and I've championed... GIANT SPRINGTAILS!
Anyone globally can vote, so get ready to cast your ballot for these amazing minibeasts, and expect lots of giant springtail promotional content from me in the runup! 🧪
Voting opens in Jan 2025, and I've championed... GIANT SPRINGTAILS!
Anyone globally can vote, so get ready to cast your ballot for these amazing minibeasts, and expect lots of giant springtail promotional content from me in the runup! 🧪
We had a busy afternoon getting creative making different minibeasts! 🐜🦋🐝🐞
June 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
We had a busy afternoon getting creative making different minibeasts! 🐜🦋🐝🐞
I've been hearing crickets in the garden. So far I've been unable to capture one on camera, but I did end up taking lots #photos of other #minibeasts as I chased one around the garden yesterday. Are crickets usual in Wales? I've never heard them before. #naturephotos #Wales #bugs
August 11, 2026 at 6:58 AM
I've been hearing crickets in the garden. So far I've been unable to capture one on camera, but I did end up taking lots #photos of other #minibeasts as I chased one around the garden yesterday. Are crickets usual in Wales? I've never heard them before. #naturephotos #Wales #bugs
Perfection in a spider's web! Thanks @gladlib.bsky.social - many of our Writing Room writers are hoping to visit you one day, minibeasts or no minibeasts! #WritingCommunity #Writers #CreativeWriting
We don't go in very much for Hallowe'en decorations, but fortunately, a garden spider kindly added a seasonal touch to our flowerbed. You shouldn't find any webs in the building, though!
October 30, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Perfection in a spider's web! Thanks @gladlib.bsky.social - many of our Writing Room writers are hoping to visit you one day, minibeasts or no minibeasts! #WritingCommunity #Writers #CreativeWriting
It really did some damage! 😮 It's still so beautiful but I can imagine when you're used to seeing the forest like your third photograph, it must be really upsetting. Habitats for new ecosystems, mushrooms and minibeasts now.
September 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
It really did some damage! 😮 It's still so beautiful but I can imagine when you're used to seeing the forest like your third photograph, it must be really upsetting. Habitats for new ecosystems, mushrooms and minibeasts now.
June 30, 2026 at 11:23 AM
June 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM