Bath Nature

Biofluorescence in Sulphur Tuft mushrooms, at Newton St Loe, near #Bath. #Nature #Wildlife #Fungi #Mushroom #Biofluoresence

Meadow Puffball (Lycoperdon pratense), at Bath City Farm. #Nature #Wildlife #Fungi #Mushroom

Moth highlights from latest trap at Bath City Farm (2/2) - Barred Sallow, November Moth, Green-brindled Crescent, Satellite #Nature #Wildlife #Moth #TeamMoth #Insect #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Moth highlights from latest trap at Bath City Farm (1/2) - Red-green Carpet, Merveille du Jour, Red-line Quaker, Beaded Chestnut #Nature #Wildlife #Moth #TeamMoth #Insect #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Honey Fungus bioflourescence under UV light at Carr's Wood, #Bath. #Nature #Wildlife #Mushroom #Fungi #Bioluminescence #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Came across this huge Shaggy Bracket on a dead Ash tree in a field on the outskirts of Newton St Loe. The fungus causes white rot, weakening and eventually, killing, the host tree. #Fungi #Nature #Wildlife #Mushroom #Autumn #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Rusty Dot Pearl #moth at Newton St Loe, near #Bath #Nature #Wildlife #Insect #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Male Common Darter #dragonfly at Newton St Loe, near Bath. #Insect #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Giant Polypore (Meripilus giganteus) at Carr's Wood. Comes up in the same spot every year, under a Beech tree. #Nature #Wildlife #Fungi #Autumn #Fall #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife

Yesterday, I went for a short potter in Carr's Wood. Found hundreds of these tiny Dacne rufifrons, one of the so-called 'pleasing fungus beetles' (Erotylidae) on the underside of an old Dryad's Saddle fungus. #Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Beetle #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Red Kite, from my most recent visit to Stoney Littleton, earlier this month. This one was hanging about while I ate my lunch on a hillside #Bird #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife

Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum rhacodes) growing under trees in #Bath #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Autumn #Fall #Fungi #Mushroom #UKWildlife

Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid, near #Bath this weekend. They were late this year, but came out in abundance after a few days of rain. #Nature #Wildlife #Orchid #Wildflower #WildflowerHour #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

A moment with a Goldfinch at Stoney Littleton, near #Bath. #Nature #Wildlife #Bird #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography

Red Kite at Stoney Littleton, near #Bath #Nature #Wildlife #Bird #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

….and followed that up with a decent few hours on my ‘patch’ at Batheaston Water Meadows….where at least 20 Clouded Yellows showed well, plus Small Copper and a really unusual find here, with a ‘raggedy’ looking Adonis Blue, way out of its area! @bathnature.bsky.social

A few insects from Browne's Folly, near #Bath yesterday - Kite-tailed Robberfly, Net-winged Beetle, Roesel's Bush-cricket, and Hawthorn Shieldbug #Nature #Wildlife #Beetle #Insect #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

A few photos from the Bath Natural History Society outing to Colerne, Wiltshire, a few miles from #Bath - Common Darter, Clouded Yellow, Common Toad, Lesser Stag Beetle #Nature #Wildlife #Beetles #Butterfly #Insect #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

New to #Bath - Wheat Bug (Nysius huttoni). Yesterday I went to check a possible sighting of this species & found - literally - millions of them in an arable field & railway bank. An introduction from New Zealand #Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Bug

More insects from Haycombe, near #Bath, at the weekend - Bee-wolf (Philanthus triangulum), Small Copper, Green Mint Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina herbacea), Speckled Wood Nature #Wildlife #Beetles #Butterfly #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife

Flies from Haycombe near #Bath - Common Tachinid (Tachina fera), Bat-winged Tachnid (Phasia hemiptera) female, Red-patched Tachinid (Eriothrix rufomaculata), Plain-faced Dronefly (Eristalis arbustorum) #Nature #Wildlife #Diptera #Flies #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #UKWildlife

Final bunch of moths from the recent moth trap at Bath City Farm - Jersey Tiger, Jersey Mocha, Double-striped Pug, Blood-vein #Nature #Wildlife #Moth #TeamMoth #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

More moths from the recent trap at Bath City Farm - Oak Longhorn, Setaceous Hebrew Character, White Point, Bright-line Brown-eye #Nature #Wildlife #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

More moths from the recent trap at Bath City Farm - Scorched Carpet, Dark/Grey Dagger, Yellow Shell, Light Emerald #Nature #Wildlife #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Some moths from this week's trap at Bath City Farm - Angle Shades, Marbled Piercer, Campion, Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix #Nature #Wildlife #Moth #TeamMoth #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Some moths from this week's trap at Bath City Farm - Poplar Hawkmoth, Knotgrass, Orange Swift, Scorched Carpet #Nature #Wildlife #Moth #TeamMoth #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Excellent moth trap at Bath City Farm. I'll post moth photos tomorrow, but here's some of the non-moths. Most excitingly, a Bombardier Beetle - first one I've ever seen! Also Acorn Weevil, Birch Shieldbug & Red-legged Shieldbug #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

What's surviving the heatwaves? These were flowering on the outskirts of #Bath the other day on a small oasis in a sea of brown (2/2): Perforate St John's Wort, Musk Mallow, Yarrow & Oxeye Daisy #Nature #Wildlife #ClimateChange #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers #NaturePhotography

What's surviving the heatwaves? These were flowering on the outskirts of #Bath the other day, on a small oasis in a sea of brown (1/2): Lady's Bedstraw, Common Toadflax, Wild Mignonette, Vervain #Nature #Wildlife #ClimateChange #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Wildflowers #NaturePhotography

Hanging out with Crisps, the #Robin fledgling, this evening. #Nature #Wildlife #Birds

My #Robin fledgling friend, Crisps, is growing up fast. They went exploring and I didn't see them for 48 hours, but came back. Soon the little terror will need to find a permanent home. #Nature #Wildlife #Bird

What's Surviving the Heatwaves? More species that are coping with the heat - Bird's-foot Trefoil, Field Scabious, Harebell, Burnet Saxifrage #Nature #Wildlife #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling #Wildflower #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #ClimateChange

What's Surviving the Heatwaves? Nature is struggling, but some plants are coping. I'm recording the species that will become increasingly important if this is the new norm. To start - Wild Marjoram, Greater Knapweed, Common Restharrow, Dwarf Thistle #Nature #WildflowerHour #Wildlife #ClimateChange

Lepidoptera on Bath City Farm yesterday - Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Common Blue, Brown Argus, and Painted Lady #Nature #Wildlife #Butterflies #Moths #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Juvenile Wood Mouse, near #Bath yesterday #Nature #Wildlife #Mouse #Mammal #NaturePhotography #Wildlifephotography

More urban botanising in Twerton, #Bath yesterday (2/2): Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Red Valerian, Adria Bellflower, and Musk Mallow #Nature #Wildlife #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling #Wildflower #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Some urban botanising in Twerton, #Bath yesterday (1/2): Mexican Fleabane, Common Snapdragon, Black Nightshade, and Bittersweet #Nature #Wildlife #WildflowerHour #BloomScrolling #Wildflower #Flower #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

More insects from Newton Park, near #Bath - Semaphore Fly, Common Blue Damselfly, Figwort Sawfly, and Noon Fly. #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Willow Emerald Damselfly - new to Bath! Prob spreading due to #climatechange. Also a Common Emerald, just a few metres away. The most obvious difference is the colour of the wing spots - pale in Willow Emerald, dark in Common Emerald #Nature #Wildlife #Insect #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Teaching Crisps the fledgling #Robin how to hunt. #Nature #Wildlife #Bird

A few wildflowers from Browne's Folly nature reserve near #Bath - Small Scabious, Vervain, Red Bartsia, and Wild Marjoram. #Nature #Wildlife #Flowers #Wildflowers #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Other insects from Browne's Folly, near #Bath yesterday - Hornet, Kite-tailed Robberfly, Lesser Hornet Hoverfly, Dor Beetle #Nature #Wildlife #Butterflies #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Lepidoptera from Browne's Folly, near #Bath yesterday - Common Blue, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Brown Argus, Gatekeeper #Nature #Wildlife #Butterfly #Moth #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Hanging out with Crisps, a fledgling Robin. #Nature #Wildlife #Birds

Other insects from around Monkswood Reservoir near #Bath this week: Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp, male Red-tailed Bumblebee, Common Blue Damselfly, and Red-sided Parasite Fly. #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Bees #Wasps #Dragonflies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Butterflies from around Monkswood reservoir near #Bath this week: Common Blue, Small Skipper, Brown Argus, and Small Copper #Nature #Wildlife #Butterflies #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

A quiet encounter with a Rabbit on Charmy Down, Bath. #Nature #Wildlife #Rabbit #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Butterflies yesterday in the south of Bath - Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Dingy Skipper, and Painted Lady. #Nature #Wildlife #Butterflies #Insects #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Making friends with Crisps, a fledgling Robin, the offspring of Chips, who lost her mate shortly after her eggs hatched. I've been helping her out bringing food. #Nature #Wildlife #Birds

A few birds from around Hunstrete Lake, a short drive from #Bath - Mute Swan, Mallard duckling, juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, and Canada Geese. #Nature #Wildlife #Birds #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography