🖤 A male Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) on a mission to find a mate in #Scilly

🔎 Spotted an #OilBeetle ? Record your sightings with OilBeetlesUK through the iRecord App or via their website ➡️
coleoptera.org.uk/meloidae/home

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter #OilBeetle Hunt

Found today on a #Scilly beach, #UK .

🤔 Can anyone confirm if it is, as it seems, a 1984 #Canadian tag??

If so, are you able to also confirm the rough area it would have been used in?

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter #Canadian Fishery #OceanDetective

Yesterday's beautiful #StormKathleen casualty stranded here in #Scilly , a #VioletSeaSnail (Janthina janthina) with bubble raft.

Findings during my lifetime have increased hughly, from possibly one or two a year if you were lucky to now 20 or more

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter

Keep your eyes peeled in #Scilly too!

🪲 There are two records from the Islands (specifically Tresco Island) from decades ago. It is likely they arrived on driftwood & aren't resident; but, who knows?!

Join the Search for the Strandline Beetle 👇 Isles of Scilly Bird Group St Martin’s Ecologist

Can you imagine a #WorldWithoutNature ?

For #WorldWildlifeDay we're joining WWF UK, other eNGOs, well-known brands, sports teams & many others, removing nature from our logo to highlight the importance of our natural world.

A world without nature is a world that is incomplete.

Just 4 of the cool things we've found on #Scilly beaches in the last 24hrs

🫘 a #SeaBean , the Sea Heart (Entada gigas);
🌊 cargo spill #Lego ;
🐚 Violet Sea Snails (Janthina janthina)
🪼 & #NotAJellyfish the Portuguese Man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter

After so many days of grey & wet, we were treated to the most spectacular #sunset here in #Scilly today.

Absolutely perfect

#Scilly #IslandLife #OceanDrifter Kernow Weather Team

BOOK GIVEAWAY! On 13 Feb 1997, nearly 5m bits of Lego fell into the ocean when a cargo ship was hit by a huge wave. To mark the occasion, we’re giving away 2 copies of our book Adrift, a voyage into the lingering legacy of a cargo spill. To enter, just like and retweet this post.

So many dead fish on #PorthHellick , #Scilly this morning. We've had a few recently but this is the most I've seen.

🐟 Counted around 30 in plain sight but loads also hidden by the seaweed.

All the same species of shoal fish, unsure what sort or why?

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter

Part of a fishing buff found in #Scilly today.

A bit of googling & the Lough Swilly D150 fishes/fished (?) out of #Greencastle , #Ireland but the last MarineTraffic update was 7 years ago...?

I wonder how long ago this buff was lost, & where?

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter

FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀

Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!

Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑‍🚀
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Beautiful skies over #Scilly this morning

#IslandLife #OceanDrifter

#Scilly #IslandLife #OceanDrifter #BareFootBeachFind

Winning at Lego Lost At Sea this January! 👇

Microplastics in UK soils

nature.com/articles/s4324…

Huge thanks to the Isles of Scilly Travel team for advising, before I got on a daytrip medical flight this am, that there was a high probability they wouldn't get me home, today, tomorrow or possibly Friday!

The weather is a fickle beast & your honesty is appreciated. #IslandLife #Scilly

Winning at #BeachCombing yesterday!
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Proper #shipwreck #treasure found nestled amongst the gravel whilst out with a woofer
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Another #BeadyPool bead, not found at Beady Pool
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From a 17th Century #Dutch ship wrecked off of #StAgnes , #IOS
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#IslandLife #OceanDrifter #Scilly