Rob Seago
@lepimann.bsky.social
Retired scientist and very fond of the natural world and conservation.
Obsidentify gives this as a likely worldwide rarity. It is a Coral fungus. Does anyone have any comments?
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Obsidentify gives this as a likely worldwide rarity. It is a Coral fungus. Does anyone have any comments?
A fresh Lawyers Wig fungus
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A fresh Lawyers Wig fungus
I'm not sure which these are, but I presume they are waxcaps.
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm not sure which these are, but I presume they are waxcaps.
As I opened my window blinds this morning.
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
As I opened my window blinds this morning.
I keep finding runner beans, and I will savour each one. It's a while till the next crop
November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I keep finding runner beans, and I will savour each one. It's a while till the next crop
Lovely paintings today at Frinton on Sea
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Lovely paintings today at Frinton on Sea
Resin beads on a Hawthorn, and an unseasonal Common Hawksbill.
October 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Resin beads on a Hawthorn, and an unseasonal Common Hawksbill.
A Bronze Carabid beetle disturbed in our pond maintenance work today.
October 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A Bronze Carabid beetle disturbed in our pond maintenance work today.
Creeping St John's Wort, flowering way out of season
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Creeping St John's Wort, flowering way out of season
Benfleet Downs view. Middle distance is Canvey Island, with Kent visible behind.
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Benfleet Downs view. Middle distance is Canvey Island, with Kent visible behind.
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
A great bit of landscape and habitat on a grey day
I have just been visiting the Roman Circus site near Colchester. It is very quiet but an interesting place to visit to understand the place of Colchester as a Roman capital.
October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I have just been visiting the Roman Circus site near Colchester. It is very quiet but an interesting place to visit to understand the place of Colchester as a Roman capital.
Big numbers of Hornets around now.
Are they males anyone?
Are they males anyone?
September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Big numbers of Hornets around now.
Are they males anyone?
Are they males anyone?
A Clouded Yellow at Great Holland pits today, my second record there this year.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A Clouded Yellow at Great Holland pits today, my second record there this year.
Clouded Yellow beat all comers on today's transect at Martins Farm Country Park, probably the last I will do this year.
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
September 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Clouded Yellow beat all comers on today's transect at Martins Farm Country Park, probably the last I will do this year.
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
CY 5
MB 2
SH 2
CB 2
BA 1
GV 1
I was surprised by the group of storks that rose from the middle of the mil pond at Knepp. Well over 20 I would say.
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was surprised by the group of storks that rose from the middle of the mil pond at Knepp. Well over 20 I would say.
I returned from Sussex today. I stopped at a very good local nature reserve near Horsham.
Caught this:
Caught this:
September 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I returned from Sussex today. I stopped at a very good local nature reserve near Horsham.
Caught this:
Caught this:
Knepp, the vegetation structure bears some resemblance to the Kalahari.
It's big mind!
It's big mind!
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Knepp, the vegetation structure bears some resemblance to the Kalahari.
It's big mind!
It's big mind!
My best Sourdough loaf yet.
September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My best Sourdough loaf yet.
I have both a hedgehog box and I made a snug shelter under my shed, but twice nowI have seen it now on the concrete floor of my shed, and never in the custom places. Indeed I have never seen it at night out and s out.
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have both a hedgehog box and I made a snug shelter under my shed, but twice nowI have seen it now on the concrete floor of my shed, and never in the custom places. Indeed I have never seen it at night out and s out.
The lovely River Tees
September 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The lovely River Tees
Today's Wall Browns at Great Holland pits . Small numbers have appeared now for 3 years. If I remember correctly the previous colonies finally dwindled to nothing in 2008, having been very regular.
September 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Today's Wall Browns at Great Holland pits . Small numbers have appeared now for 3 years. If I remember correctly the previous colonies finally dwindled to nothing in 2008, having been very regular.
I am delighted that I had not 1 but 2 Wall Brown is. The female rebuffed the male as far as I can see, she was previously mated. She went on apparently laying eggs.
September 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I am delighted that I had not 1 but 2 Wall Brown is. The female rebuffed the male as far as I can see, she was previously mated. She went on apparently laying eggs.
European hornet apparently after pollen. I sometimes wonder if the hang around Ivy for ambushing bees, butterflies or wasps but this was after pollen. Cannot take nectar I think.
September 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
European hornet apparently after pollen. I sometimes wonder if the hang around Ivy for ambushing bees, butterflies or wasps but this was after pollen. Cannot take nectar I think.
'Little fluffy clouds'
Today on my Martins Farm butterfly transect.
Today on my Martins Farm butterfly transect.
September 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
'Little fluffy clouds'
Today on my Martins Farm butterfly transect.
Today on my Martins Farm butterfly transect.
Sea Aster in an unusual form I think. The flowers, which are petalled, are outside the sea wall, where they would normally have no petals, and the flowers are clustered.
I saw no Sea Aster, mining bees.
I saw no Sea Aster, mining bees.
September 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sea Aster in an unusual form I think. The flowers, which are petalled, are outside the sea wall, where they would normally have no petals, and the flowers are clustered.
I saw no Sea Aster, mining bees.
I saw no Sea Aster, mining bees.