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wildfozzy.bsky.social
The long staying Red-Crested Pochard at @rspb.bsky.social St Aidan's showed very well in the afternoon sun shortly after New Years.

By far our best view of one!

@unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social #UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdsUK 🪶
Netta rufina Netta rufina
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
professor-dave.bsky.social
Went for a walk. If my only photos are crows and robins, you know there wasn't much about! Still nice to have a spot of sunshine. #AskhamBog #YorkshireWildlife
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
alisonwillis1.bsky.social
The Yorkshire coast is under attack by the Oil and Gas industry yet again. Please help us fight it. Nature is threatened! #birdingyorkshire #yorkshirewildlife #nofrackinganywhere
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 AM
alisonwillis1.bsky.social
Mr and Mrs. Surprised to see these two beauties in my local patch. Taken from our van window. #addBirder #yorkshirewildlife
January 19, 2026 at 6:44 AM
lazlouzala123.bsky.social
Sunset Paull Holme Strays #Sunset #Paull #Holme #Strays #Humber #Holderness #yorkshirewildlife @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 8:37 PM
ampluralelf.bsky.social
River, Canal & Meadow. August 17 & 21, 2025 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/ri... #yorkshirewildlife
River, Canal & Meadow. August 17 & 21, 2025
These photos are from a couple of walks along the river at Denso Marston Nature Reserve, along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and a look at the Wildlife Meadow next to DMNR. I particularly like the phot…
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September 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
ampluralelf.bsky.social
Bracken Hall Green 11 Aug - only a handful of photos. #butterfly #yorkshirewildlife #galls www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/br...
Bracken Hall Green 11 Aug
I quite like the Small Copper butterfly so thought these from Bracken Hall Green worth sharing. As usual you can tap/touch/click on an image, not its caption, to see it in better quality in the gal…
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September 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
beckymphotography.bsky.social
I found my first ever Alder Leaf Beetle today and look at him. So shiny, so majestic ❤️.

#beetle #entomology #bugs #nature #naturalworld #naturelovers #wildlife #yorkshire #yorkshirewildlife
September 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
markthebirder.bsky.social
Great to be back on the boat and amongst the whales the other day. More here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/09/stai...

#UKcetaceans #UKWhales #Yorkshirewildlife #whalewatching
September 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ampluralelf.bsky.social
Denso + Scrape 2 Aug '25 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/de... #YorkshireWildlife #CommonBlue #Butterfly
Denso + Scrape 2 Aug ’25
I am playing catch-up with going through my photos. I still have lots to look through from July but this lot are from early August, taken on a visit to Denso Marston Nature Reserve, the Scrape betw…
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August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#odonata at North Cave Wetlands Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve yesterday. Willow Emerald Damselfly has only reached here in the past couple of years.

This male Ruddy Darter was outnumbered by Common Darters.

#wildlife #dragonflies #damselflies #insects #yorkshirewildlife
A male Willow Emerald Damselfly perched on a hawthorn branch A male Ruddy Darter dragonfly perched on the tip of a dead plant
August 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
wildfozzy.bsky.social
A post work trip yesterday to see some local Clouded Yellows at Ledstone, Yorkshire.

3 in flight together with a possible 4th racing around in the early evening sunshine.

@ukbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #UKButterflies #Wildlife #Butterflies 🦋
Colias croceus croceus
August 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
wildfozzy.bsky.social
A #SuperSeabirdSunday from the North Sea off @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social.

Yesterday @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I had an incredible experience with diving Northern Gannets.

@rspb.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #Seabirds 🪶
Morus bassanus Morus bassanus Morus bassanus Morus bassanus
July 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
wildfozzy.bsky.social
It's been a while since @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I have targeted butterflies.

On Saturday we got Sarah's lifer Purple Hairstreaks at Roundhay Park in Leeds.

@bcyorkshire.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #UKButterflies #YorkshireButterflies #Wildlife #YorkshireWildlife 🦋
Favonius quercus quercus Favonius quercus quercus
July 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ampluralelf.bsky.social
Denso, Scrape & Canal 5 Jul '25 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/de... Nice views of a singing Song Thrush and a Burnet Moth on Burnet. #yorkshirebirds #yorkshirewildlife
Denso, Scrape & Canal 5 Jul ’25
A 16 Spot Ladybird peering down at a couple of Soldier Beetles. A six spot Burnet Moth on a Great Burnet flower, and A good view of a singing Song Thrush, they are often heard but getting good view…
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July 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
ampluralelf.bsky.social
DMNR & up to the Canal. 20/06/2025 www.marfell.me.uk/wordpress/dm... Denso Marston Nature Reseerve, the scrape & Leeds Liverpool Canal. #Ladybirds, #Butterflies, #Damselflies, #Dragonfly, Sawfly, #Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron and other things. #yorkshirewildlife
DMNR & up to the Canal. 20/06/2025
Denso Marston Nature Reseerve, the scrape & Leeds Liverpool Canal. Ladybirds, Butterflies, Damselflies, Dragonfly, Sawfly, Goosander, Grey Wagtail, Grey Heron and other things.
www.marfell.me.uk
July 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
simontull.bsky.social
A perfect pyramid orchid at one of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's East Yorkshire chalk quarry nature reserves #outdoorphotography #woodlandphotography #landscapephotography #landscape_lover #wildflowers, #bluebells #ScenesOfYorkshire #YorkshireWildlife #orchid
A pyramid orchid (c) simon tull
June 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
wildfozzy.bsky.social
After having to wait all week until today, I've been incredibly lucky to see and photograph Red-Veined Darters in Yorkshire.

Up to 3 males and a female on the south bank at Anglers County Park this morning.

@britishdragonflies.bsky.social
#YorkshireWildlife #Odonata #UKDragonflies
Sympetrum fonscolombii male Sympetrum fonscolombii female
June 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
wildfozzy.bsky.social
On Saturday @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social and I had a great day out with @birderbee.bsky.social at @yorkswildlife.bsky.social Brockadale Nature Reserve looking at Marbled Whites.

Always a thrill seeing them!

@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social
#UKButterflies #YorkshireWildlife
Melanargia galathea serena
June 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
stevetypesstuff.bsky.social
Tansy beetles (Chrysolina graminis), classified as ‘Nationally Scarce’ these occur in only a couple of locations, one of which is close to my daughter in York.

On tansy plants (Tanacetum vulgare) they are larger than I expected & so beautiful.

#UKwildlife
#YorkshireWildlife
#beetles
#coleoptera
Dorsal view of a tansy beetle. A shining metallic green with coppery tones over the centre of the back where the elytra meet. A lateral view of the beetle on a tansy leaf. An angled view from the front of the beetle. Nestling near the stem of the tansy leaf.
May 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
simontull.bsky.social
Signs of spring everywhere at North Cliffe Woods, East Yorkshire - and one of my favourite "character" trees a lovely gnarly old birch #outdoorphotography #woodlandphotography #landscapephotography #splendid_woodlands #landscape_lover #wildflowers, #bluebells #ScenesOfYorkshire #YorkshireWildlife
A gnarled silver birch tree standing amongst bracken and bluebells in an englsih woodland (c) simon tull A glade in an english woodland, with a path lined by bluebellsm(c) simon tull Bluebells in a wooded glade (c) simon tull
April 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
yewt.bsky.social
View from my caravan window in Knaresborough, never know what you will see where!!! He's a bit of a poser.
#northyorksbirds #Yorkshirewildlife @steelyseabirder.bsky.social @petewalkden.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
wildyorkshirephoto.co.uk
One of last week's Black Grouse images from waaaaay up above Wensleydale. A serious face-off during the dawn lek. #birds #blackgrouse #wildlifephotography #yorkshirewildlife
Two black grouse face each other in battle during an early morning lek above Wensleydale, Yorkshire. We see the tail display feathers of the nearest bird and the open beak and wings of the bird behind it.
April 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
wildfozzy.bsky.social
A great day for insects with @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social at YWT Staveley today with no less than 5 Dark-Edged Bee-Flies. The most we've ever seen!

#UKInsects #YorkshireInsects #YorkshireWildlife #UKWildlife
Bombylius major
March 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
slippy64.bsky.social
PURPLE SANDPIPER
Bridlington Harbour
#wader #wadingbird #shorebirds #yorkshirewildlife #bird #birdsseenin2025 #birds #bestbirds #wildlife #nature #naturephotographer #naturephotography
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM