Brian Hedley

Brief @PatchBirding visit to Trent Port (Marton) this AM was rewarded with a #PWC2023 non-bird highlight of a Common Porpoise swimming upriver. Birds included a Tawny Owl,6 Teal,14 Gadwall, 4 Red-legged Partridge @LincsNaturalist @BMM @Lincsbirding @LincsWildlife @BdmlrYorksLincs

Jackhammer! One of my favourite angles to get and they don’t come that easily. Nikon Z9 and Z 105mm macro SS1/2000 F8 ISO2500

More tanagers from the many seen at the amazing Mashpi-Amagusa in Mashpi, Ecuador...Golden, Moss-backed and Rufous-throated, and Golden-collared Honeycreeper. #BirdsSeenin2026 #birdwatching #birdphotography

A few plants noted in flower this week in North Yorkshire for @wildflower_hour Stinking Hellebore, Wild Daffodil, Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage and Great Wood-rush @BSBIbotany @Love_plants #WildflowerHour @YorksWildlife

A georgeous looking plant @wildflower_hour

This year during the Ecuador tour I finally managed to capture the Turquoise Jay feeding… She always goes for the biggest ones ♥️

Some cracking Redpoll in the garden recently with up to 6 visiting. I think this bird has the brightest "poll" I have ever seen! Alongside a yellow poll #Glosbirds

An interesting little group of waders from the Scrapes at Minsmere this week, Ringed Plover, Dunlins (3) and a Little Stint, the latter in winter plumage and an extremely scarce bird here in late winter/early spring! (15th - 20th March 2026) @GrahamFAppleton

One of the two Waxwings near Goole today.

Always a treat to see; Ruby-tailed Wasp in our #Staffs garden yesterday. #wasp #CuckooWasp #SolitaryWasp

Always a joy to see the annual en masse emergence of metallic Green Dock Beetles (Gastrophysa viridula) on my patch at Trent Port (Marton, Lincs). 1000's of them. Plus my first Common Carder Bee of the year. @ColSocBI @Britnatureguide #beetle @LincsWildlife @bwars2000

Purple Sandpiper above the surf #isleofman 🇮🇲 #birds

Moth highlights from the last few days, Shoulder Stripe Parsnip Moth Small Quaker Engrailed.

Shorelarks have been few and far between in Norfolk this last winter, so I was delighted to join Mike Buckland and search two out at Great Yarmouth North Denes last Monday, after they hadn’t been reported there for 13 days.

Treecreeper in the Woodland at RSPB Minsmere this morning. @RSPBMinsmere @RSPBEngland @Natures_Voice @SuffolkBirdGrp ⁦@Bto_suffolk

Aren’t Hummingbirds amazing!! Alambi reserve, Equador. @naturetrektours

@AlfieHouseEcho Superb news 👍

Tonda Eckert confirms Leo Scienza will be fit and in the squad against Arsenal in two weeks. #SaintsFC

4 Ruff at Meering this afternoon, following 2 at Collingham Pits yesterday. The habitat they have found looks great currently (also 7 Curlew, 9 Oystercatcher, but 0 LRP), but will have dried up by the time that wader passage gets going properly…

Tawny mining bee and Southern Cuckoo bumblebee - that's 7 species of Bumblebee locally now in 2026, Buff, Early, Tree, Garden, Red-tail and Common Carder - Buff and Early have been around for weeks, the others first seen this week. #bees #bumblebees #pollinators

Lovely displays of vibrant Scarlet/Ruby Elf Cups up in North Yorkshire recently. Whatever species they are, they're always a delight to stumble upon @BritMycolSoc #fungi

This is a male Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)