Mining bees

 

Mining bees

Read more about the Andrenidae mining bees in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Mining bees

Peacocks aplenty

 

Peacocks aplenty

Feast in the beauty of Peacock butterflies in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Peacocks aplenty

Starlings and bee-flies

 

Starlings and bee-flies

Read more about Starlings and bee-flies in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog: Starlings and bee-flies

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring!

Read more about the profusion of butterflies I spotted during a walk to celebrate the vernal equinox in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Happy Spring!

Mating Toads

 

Mating Toads

Read more about mating Toads in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Toads having a moment

Zebra spider

 

Zebra spider

Read more about this cute little spider in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Zebra spider

Water vole

 

Water vole

Read more about this Water vole in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: First Water vole of the year

Rook pair-bonding behaviour

 

Rook pair-bonding behaviour

Read more about Rook behaviour, and see a bonus video, in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Rook pair-bonding behaviour

Velvet shanks

 

Velvet shanks

Read more about this fungus and the tree it's growing on in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Velvet shanks and a Wych elm

First hoverflies

 

First hoverflies

Read more about my first two hoverflies of 2025 in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: First hoverflies

Fluted bird's nest fungi

 

 Fluted bird's nest fungi

Read more about these unusual fungi in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Fluted bird's nest fungi

Marsh tit

 

Marsh tit

Read more about this rare bird in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Marsh tit Monday

Cold weather snaps

 

 Patterns in ice

Read more about local weather phenomena in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog: Cold weather snaps

Black-throated diver

 

 

Black-throated diver (or loon)

Read more about this stunning bird in my daily nature posts on earthstar.blog : Black-throated divers

Vapourer

 

Vapourer moth cocoon and eggs

Read more about it in my daily nature post on earthstar.blog : Vapourer cocoon and eggs