Andrew Taylor

⚠️ Beavers in England are at risk ⚠️ Yesterday, UK Gov reneged on their commitment to give them legal protection. This is yet another broken promise. RT to join us in letting @VictoriaPrentis @DefraGovUK know that it’s not good enough. (1/4) wildlifetrusts.org/news/beaver-go…

Gannets feeding on the plentiful mackerel and white bait in the bay at the moment 😍#birdlife #mylifebythesea #lovecornwall

The Blue Ground Beetle has large protruding jaws so it can capture slugs and suck out their insides! It is estimated that Dartmoor represents over 80% of the BGB population in the UK. £2 from every 70cl bottle of our new gin, Carabus, is being donated to @Buzz_dont_tweet

Now available to view - lots of amazing roost footage recorded from our web cam inside greater horseshoe maternity roost in Devon. Visit @DevonWildlife You Tube to watch buff.ly/2J6rfsS

Vine House Farm: supplies excellent bird food, creates valuable wildlife habitat, has donated > £1.3 million to Wildlife Trusts over the last 10 years.

Raking. #Dartmoor #manaton

@cat_frampton @coleopteriste @minibeastmayhem It's a work of genius!

@coleopteriste @minibeastmayhem Right. Now I just have to get it printed onto the organic calico, cut out, stitched up and ta da! Done! I may do tea towels too, because Every kitchen needs a dung beetle in it! (Bee wasp for @Rex_Schneider )

Some hoverflies, like this Scaeva selenitica, migrate thousands of km south through Europe each Autumn. Research from Rich in our lab (@MigGenomics) suggests that they actually use the sun as a compass - recalculating their heading throughout the day!! Incredible animals.

@kcumbre1 @DevonWildlife @dartmoornpa Hah! Sorry Dave, I didn't recognise you operating under that "kcumbre" alias! Glad you're still enjoying Emsworthy, CKH etc! Cheers - Andrew

Lots of retweets of Emsworthy posts from the last few months. I'd missed some great ones.

New blog: Emsworthy Mire Revisited "It's a beautiful face. It's a very frustrated Stoat. It's trying to catch a Wren but the Wrens are too fast for it." thehallofeinar.com/2019/12/emswor…

@dg_dg_dg_dg_dg Belated reaction! DWT has had no records of willow tits at Emsworthy Mire since taking over the site in 2012...let us know if you ever find one!

Frustrating experience at Emsworthy Mire yesterday. A Marsh/Willow Tit singing, over and over, what sounded (rhythmically) like do-mix-it-do. The mix-it notes were much higher in pitch. No online resource this morning has helped :-(

Two special spiders from @DevonWildlife #Emsworthy reserve. A tiny jumping spider and a HUGE wolf spider.

Today's blog: Cuckoos at Emsworthy Mire 2. "I can spot a familiar battleship-grey hawk-like stance in the distance." thehallofeinar.com/2020/06/cuckoo…

Willow Warblers at Emsworthy Mire. From today's blog. @DevonWildlife @DevonBirds @Natures_Voice

Lovely to spend an hour or so at @DevonWildlife Emsworthy reserve this morning, with some lovely company. Rowan trees looking amazingly burdened with berries.

@exeterbirder @exebirding Hello Dave, I've only just seen these photos. Two pairs of pied flycatchers bred at Emsworthy this year, the first since DWT took over the site in 2012. One pair in a nestbox, one in a natural hole, both at north end of reserve. Big surprise!

@exebirding Yes walked around with Tony and Paul. Surprised to be joined for lunch by a stunning male Pied Fly 👍

A nice walk around #Emsworthy on Dartmoor showed 2 male Redstarts, 3 Cuckoos, male Pied Flycatcher and 3 male Wheatear.

@kcumbre1 @DevonWildlife @dartmoornpa Hello kcumbre. These are great. Do you keep species lists of sightings from Emsworthy (and/or other DWT sites)? If so I'd be very interested to see them. (Re your post from 20th May - the bog hoverfly wasn't at Emsworthy by any chance, was it? Excellent shot, wherever it was.)

Meet the wasp spider! This incredible creature was found at out Lower East Lounston nature reserve and the carefully wrapped parcel beneath it is, in fact, a grasshopper! Have you spotted any sensational spiders? Share your photos with us! 📸 Andrew Taylor