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Cattle Egret - with Great White and Little Egret

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 12d

Come & see us at Aldeburgh food & drink festival, Sbape Maltings 🙂

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 19d

Not often you get to see all three types of Egret in the same day @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/mENcP77kO4s

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations! 👍😃

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 27d

Pompilid Spider Hunters are busy @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/8WBEQ0iQQrQ

Pompilid Spider Hunter

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Willow Emerald Damselfly @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/xPmiy_dL3d8

Willow Emerald Damselfly

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wasps are still collecting wood fibres to expand their nests along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
@waspwoman.bsky.social

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Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ammophila Sandwasp busy along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
youtu.be/WQOD2GThMxs

Ammophila Sandwasp

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Omyrid Gall Wasp along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/T39dMlwO-74

Gall Wasp

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 25

Blowing in the wind, this tiny insect, on a tiny flower is not very obvious for an ID! It's a wasp of some sort I'm sure, possible Ichneumon, anyone get any closer to some sort of species? #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/vFc3cezE1DA

Mysterious Insect

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of the various flies we collectively call Burrow Watchers - here camped outside a Pantaloon burrow along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social Not our regular Miltogramma, but definitely a bit of a spiky lady!

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ornate Bee Fox along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/zohsFUb76cQ

Ornate Bee Fox

Ammophila Sandwasp marching with caterpillar

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Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 12

Ammophila Sandwasps can march a long way to find their burrows. When you get down to their level you realise theirs is a world of awkward obstacles to be overcome
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
youtu.be/QXcjGRxY7BI @cintiaoi.bsky.social

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hornets don't always get along!
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/z6W-1nKuPes

Hornet Fight

Ornate Bee Fox & Weevil Wolf

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 8

Ornate Bee Fox & Weevil Wolf disagreeing over whose burrow it is!
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
youtu.be/7Yo7VCU7x24

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Before messing around with big logs, the Sandwasp brought back a caterpillar to bury
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social
youtu.be/o4Dc_0Jm8fQ

Ammophila Sandwasp

Ammophila Sandwasp Caber Jousting

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 5

Maybe she's tossing the caber, maybe jousting with the lens. Maybe a new Jedi Warrior she is! All I know is that she's an amazingly strong Ammophila Sandwasp along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 😀
@royentsoc.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
youtu.be/K2j34Lpfa-I

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Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Aug 1

Jewel Wasp having fun in the Weevil Wolf burrow along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
@royentsoc.bsky.social
youtu.be/suuXBh71RX4

Jewel Wasp Shenannigans

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sometimes you just want a peaceful wash, but someone comes along to interrupt you!
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social

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Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Jul 28

What do you do when it's a bit damp to watch insects on #diggeralley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social ??
Go and watch a Bittern of course!
#bittern @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

New edition of the Suffolk Magazine has an article on @rspbminsmere.bsky.social #DiggerAlley by yours truly 😃
www.suffolkmagazine.co.uk/app/SUFCOM

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Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Jul 25

A Mischief of Magpies @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
Music by Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: VJJFQMWUAAXYWILA
Artist: : Benjamin Tissot
youtu.be/2c6EY3l3c9U

Magpies

Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · Jul 22

Munchy munchy, Cinnabar Moth caterpillar along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social