Wondering if there's enough detail to ID this fly, on bramble in South Derbyshire? Alex Dye DaNES Insects

Trying to lay out the bones of a young fallow deer with Ric Morris

11 species of butterfly seen on the University of Derby butterfly transect Sturgess Fields this lunchtime BC EastMidlands

Preparing resources for Open Day University of Derby today #techniciansmakeithappen Derby Technicians Ceri Heldreich Dr Jane Montague

I think this is what is meant by a 'blackthorn winter'. Bees & other pollinators all over the place (mostly too high up to see). Just down the road from University of Derby and Markeaton Park.

On the 2nd pint of cider, after a longish walk in Dorset.... Debbie Alston

Thanks to my best friend (and husband) for his unquestioning support of my teaching activities #InternationalDayofFriendship - who else would live with my mammal resource collection ( 3 boxes of poo, 4 boxes of skulls and skins)?

Hoverflies getting more frequent in the garden now. Eristalis pertinax female on Viburnum tinus

A new hoverfly species for the garden today. Parasyrphus punctulatus

A Helophilus pendulus male hoverfly basking by the pond (rather than twisting by the pool) today.

An obliging Common Darter dragonfly sharing the bench at lunchtime at Langford Lowfields RSPB reserve, Nott's RSPB Langford Lowfields

An old marble gall, caused by the gall wasp, Andricus kollari, on a small Quercur robur oak. Spotted during a short walk nr. Belper, Derbyshire today.

From Shining Cliff Wood, Derbyshire 2/4/2021. A number of female Andrena Clarkella bees on a sandy banking.

Seen at #PottericCarr #YorkshireWildlifeTrust on Saturday, 22/5/21, a Drinker moth caterpillar, Euthrix potatoria

A quick visit to Morecambe today on the way to Silverdale. Visit Morecambe Pictures of Lancashire HistoryGeek26

Tachina ursina, a colourful fly that often basks on sunlit fences, etc. in April. Sometimes mistaken for a hoverfly. This one was at Potteric Carr, S. Yorks.

A Bombylius major, dark edged bee fly at Emmetts Garden NT in Kent today. It actually stayed still long enough for a photo!

Today, Ashdown Forest, Sussex Wildlife Trust Old Lodge NR. A dead Minotaur beetle, Typhaeus typhoeus

First hoverfly of the year. On a dandelion. Eristalis tenax. Around the #UniversityofDerby grounds today.

A Tortoise bug, Eurygaster testudinaria, in Fore Wood RSPB Reserve, E. Sussex on Sunday 2/6/24. It took a liking to my hand and was reluctant to return to the vegetation!