
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett
@whistling_joe
Volunteer wildlife guide, photographer and safari driver at Minsmere & Havergate Island in Suffolk. More and more on Bluesky, Threads & occasionally Insta
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09-08-2016 13:40:19
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Green-eyed Flower Bee creating her burrow along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π RSPB RSPB England Royal Entomological Society Buglife

Anyone any idea whose burrow this might be? It's in the sand of #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π but surrounded by bits of what look like dead vegetation - I certainly have no idea! Royal Entomological Society Steven Falk


Looks like one of the Colletes sp Plasterer bees along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π Steven Falk RSPB England RSPB Buglife

Various insects taking advantage of the sap leaking from a tree in the RSPB Minsmere π woodland RSPB England RSPB

Pretty little fly found in our wildflower meadow - I think she's a Lesser Golden Knapweed Fly - Chaetorellia jaceae Dr Erica McAlister


Hairy-saddled Colletes Bee along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π Steven Falk RSPB England RSPB Buglife

Pantaloon Bee along Digger Alley at RSPB Minsmere #diggeralley RSPB Minsmere π Royal Entomological Society Buglife Steven Falk


Munchy munchy, Cinnabar Moth caterpillar along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π

A Mischief of Magpies RSPB Minsmere π Music - Bensound.com RSPB England RSPB

New edition of the Suffolk Magazine has an article on RSPB Minsmere π #DiggerAlley by yours truly π suffolkmagazine.co.uk/app/SUFCOM Suffolk Magazine


What do you do when it's a bit damp to watch insects on #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π ?? Go and watch a Bittern of course! #bittern RSPB RSPB England

Sometimes you just want a peaceful wash, but someone comes along to interrupt you! #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π RSPB England RSPB

Jewel Wasp having fun in the Weevil Wolf burrow along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π Buglife RSPB England RSPB

Maybe she's tossing the caber, maybe jousting with the lens. Maybe a new Jedi Warrior she is! All I know is that she's an amazingly strong Ammophila Sandwasp along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π Prof Seirian Sumner Buglife Royal Entomological Society

Before messing around with big logs (see my previous post), the Sandwasp brought back a caterpillar to bury along #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π Prof Seirian Sumner ITV News Anglia BBC East RSPB England RSPB

Ornate Bee Fox & Weevil Wolf disagreeing over whose burrow it is! #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π RSPB RSPB England

Hornets don't always get on! #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π RSPB England RSPB

I've scoured the bee bible written by Steven Falk - and cannot find a single species that likes to build their home in a festival trolley! I reckon it must be new to science π€£ #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π

Ammophila Sandwasps can march a long way to find their burrows. When you get down to their level you realise theirs is a world of awkward obstacles to be overcome #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere π RSPB England RSPB Royal Entomological Society Prof Seirian Sumner