Egg laying Northern Emerald Dragonfly filmed in slow motion at RSPB Loch Garten back in July 22

Watch in full quality in my Scottish Dragonfly Tour video here: youtu.be/uuaiD3xZ2O8

British Dragonfly Society BDS Scotland Insect Week RSPB Scotland RSPB North Scotland

A Common Hawker Dragonfly hovering in the Cairngorms
In my latest Dragonfly Tour episode I go hunting for Northern Damselfly, Northern Emerald, Azure Hawker and White-faced Darter Dragonflies in the Scottish Highlands, watch it here: youtu.be/uuaiD3xZ2O8

Cairngorms Nature

Happy #WorldFrogDay everyone, here are a couple of photos of a Common Toad and a Common Frog from last nights EARG survey

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy ARG UK Froglife Essex Wildlife Trust

Excellent evening surveying with EARG last night on Danbury. Common Frog and Toad, Smooth, Palmate and Great Crested Newts, a mass of recently hatched spawn and a surprise Great Silver Water Beetle. Also Great Diving Beetle + larva, Caddisfly Larva + many other inverts!

Latest news from our work in the New Forest, one of Britain’s most important landscapes for freshwater wildlife with wonderful ponds: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Was chuffed to find my 1st Essex Stonefly and my 1st in a pond on an EARG survey at the weekend.
Keyed it out to Nemouridae, but only have family level key. Any idea on species Craig Macadam Riverfly Partnership Jeremy Biggs_FHT Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) FSC Biodiversity ?

Surveying an important Toad breeding site last night, it was Sad the lake bank is suffering badly from erosion by dogs jumping in and out along the bank.
Volunteers/staff have laid dead hedging is being used to protect spots where spawn is laid in an effort to limit damage

Not been very active on this account but I have big news coming, which will make this account much more active! But for now here's a stack of the a Common Frog in my pond earlier this week

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Often overlooked, flushes are important freshwater habitats.

In July, decisions were made by Natural England NW which has resulted in an unprecedented outcome in modern times.

0.5ha of the Dee Estuary SAC is now set to be destroyed on Wirral. Wild Justice have been helping to reverse this nationally significant precedent.

PLEASE RETWEET!

This woman’s dog was off its lead The Turf Exminster. She let it run into the mud flats where it caught and killed a Brent Goose! I used strong language to show my displeasure. Still fuming. 😡😡😡RSPB Exe Estuary & Darts Farm Devon Loves Dogs Devon Wildlife Trust RSPB South East Devon Wildlife #idiot

Something different. An Exuviae Christmas 🎄 made up with Migrant Hawker, Hairy Dragonfly, Red veined Darter and a Willow Emerald Damselfly star. British Dragonfly Society BDS Scotland The British Nature Guide NatureUK

You don't need to plant trees on floodplains as the river will deliver the seeds for trees as long as river & floodplain are connected. Let's stop planting trees please when nature does it 100x better for biodiversity

An aquatic ichneumon. Most frequently recorded as a parasite of the caddis Silio pallipes (Elliott 1982, J An Ecol). Pond man Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) Freshwater Habitats Trust

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Wildlife at 6000mm!
Just released a video on using the the OM Digital Solutions 150-400mm with the Panasonic Europe GH6 to get this ridiculous amount of reach to film wildlife at RSPB Rainham Marshes
Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=z3MZI9…

Article on Freshwater Sponges (6 UK spp) details sponge-feeding inverts. Larvae of Spongeflies (related to Lacewings) eat soft tissue. Some larval Caddisfly spp with tough gut lining also ingest hard sharp sponge spicules, as do larvae of a Chironomid Pond man Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)

A video I filmed back in September when I went looking for Raft Spiders and found egg laying Grayling, gathering Swallows and Bee Wolfs among other things
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Thread: Tadpole Shrimps are found in only 1 pond in England + this dog is running through it, potentially leaching in notonectid flea treatments.
Thankfully Freshwater Habitats Trust are sampling ponds to see if there is any contamination, hopefully these products will be banned anyway as

When I woke up this morning I didn't think I'd be identifying tree snot to win a 8 Out Of 10 Bats mug!
If you are wondering how I knew, its because I filmed some hatching many years ago, back before I knew what I was doing + how to edit video!
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