Andy Pym

I'm pretty sure there's an even smaller one than the one that appears out of a garden in this footage, which also from this morning. #FoxOfTheDay

Two mornings ago, I realised there are cubs! This footage is from earlier this morning. #FoxOfTheDay

Hello, old friend! One of my favourite beetles now. Deleaster dichrous. It was new to me in the garden last year, and I had 8 in total to my actinic moth trap in Filton. Until the moth group indoor winter meeting back in Feb, I'd not met anyone else who had ever seen it. Anyone else get them?

Presuming this is Oonops domesticus. It's not really possible to check tibial spines with a hand lens. Found in the bathroom of my caravan on Exmoor around 5.00am this morning. I noticed it because of the short dashes it was making. @britishspiders.bsky.social

More Foxes & Rooks than moths this morning! Only 7 moths of 5 spp, but nice to get Dark Sword-grass. #FoxOfTheDay

New for the garden list before I went through the moth trap this morning.

Good morning!

Guess who is having b'fast before me!

It's a long time since I've got footage like this. Brief appearance by one I've been trying to help since late Jan too. Be kind. #FoxOfTheDay

Just a fraction of the Jackdaws over the garden in Filton a short while ago. @bristolbirding.bsky.social

Fox & rookery on the railway line & embankment behind the house this morning.

Andrena fulva (Tawny Mining Bee) - female. Drying itself after being rescued from the bird bath.

Male Andrena bicolor (Gwynne's Mining Bee) having a clean up after I rescued it from the bird bath. Nice soundtrack from the new rookery on the railway embankment.

Some footage of the new rookery in an oak on the railway embankment behind the house in Filton. @bristolbirding.bsky.social

'Sleepwalking with Foxes' 😉 It's been a while since I've got any footage. #FoxOfTheDay

In my last post, I joked about becoming a corvid magnet. Well, here's some footage from out on my walk the other day. It might just look like they've come down to peanuts I've thrown down for them, but the one picking up peanuts here was actually walking around my feet before I'd got them out!

Who needs fireworks, eh! Much better. I got this footage standing on top of the bench in the back garden in Filton a short while ago. I nearly lent back too far! @bristolbirding.bsky.social

'Sleepwalking with Foxes' 😉

'Wonder of the Day' indeed! #teammoth

Jackdaws in two waves from the garden (well, it was actually my neighbour's, as I was dog sitting) in Filton just before it got dark y'day evening. @bristolbirding.bsky.social

Early morning shenanigans, plus my light has gone out! 😂

A moth lifer for me on Exmoor today. Diplodoma laichartingella larva with case covered in particles, incl insect remains. Found attached to the underside of a rock I'd turned over in Horner Woods today looking for something else. #teammoth

Some footage of the male Scytodes thoracica (Spitting Spider) from last night. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Back again so soon!

A lovely encounter before going through the moth trap just after 6 this morning.

It's always nice to see Serica brunnea. Also, from the trap on Exmoor this morning.