world otter day. How can I not celebrate one of my favourite animals?

lucky enough to see the very rare four-legged avocet recently

Red backed shrike paying close attention to a marsh harrier overhead. Norfolk

In this blog I meet the latest squirrel on the block - the black squirrel., likely to become Britain's dominant squirrel colour stevedeeley.com/what-are-grey-…

It's not a dragon and those aren't boulders. This is a very young newt, about 30mm long, making the mistake of crossing a busy cycle path. It may be a palmate or smooth newt - it's impossible to ID at this age. Duly rescued! Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Wiltshire Amphibian and Reptile Group BBCWildlifeMagazine

stevedeeley.com/small-and-perf… In this blog I meet the highly endangered shrill carder bee at RSPN Newport Wetlands. Not as glamorous, perhaps, as the giant panda or African elephant, but just as important RSPB

You spend months as an egg, and then a caterpillar and a pupa. You finally get your wings. You launch into your first, glorious maiden flight... and three seconds later you're lunch for a brown hawker dragonfly. Not really fair, is it? #BBCWildlifePOTD #wildlifephotography

Demonising minority groups. Suppressing lawful protest. Undermining the judiciary, while defining extremism as undermining the UK's values (which used to include slavery, child labour, and refusing votes for women). Welcome to Germany in the 1920s. I am no longer a swing voter.

It's that time of year when I review what I've done and try and find the best picture I've taken. stevedeeley.com/picture-of-the…

A small glimpse of nature kept me going during recovery from an injury stevedeeley.com/one-small-frie…

Hunting norfolk's fabled 'ghost hare' stevedeeley.com/ghost-hunting-… #wildlifebloggercrowd #wildlife #hares

While it is unwelcome, criticism of Scotland's admission that it will miss a key climate pledge should be more measured.stevedeeley.com/scottish-green…

A post in which I sit next to a small patch of barren waste ground and discover just how much life it actually holds. stevedeeley.com/the-power-of-e… The Wildlife Blogger Crowd Country diary

It's national mammal week and I celebrate the toughness and determination of one fellow mammal stevedeeley.com/1886-2/ The Wildlife Blogger Crowd @wildlife_uk Mammal Sightings Mammal Society

We all think our children are lovely, even if they aren't. But Spring is the time when our world repopulates, when our loss of biodiversity flows backwards for a short time. So let's celebrate the new arrivals - even the ugly ones. stevedeeley.com/what-a-beautif…

An ambition long held fulfilled thanks to a schedule 1 licence holder (thanks, Chris!). Smooth snake

An unexpected encounter with a sand lizard got me thinking about how the law works - and how it doesn't. stevedeeley.com/monkey-torture…

It's that tme of year when some species choose to trust us... stevedeeley.com/nature-next-to…

In this blog I meet the ruby-tailed wasp and speculate on how cuckooing behaviour may have led to the evolution of social wasps and bees stevedeeley.com/the-power-of-t…

In shetland I meet the tiny gender-bending 'peerie deuck' or red-necked phalarope stevedeeley.com/the-gender-ben…