Mike Drew

@Fauna_Flora1948 @NaturetasticWH @DragonflyHunts @BrianE_Cambs Yes it was a great evening, always wanted to visit the Orkney’s & Extremadura. Now they’re on the tick list! @NaturetasticWH you went to nursery with my daughter!

At our Christmas social we had talks: wildlife around Huntingdonshire, Orkney’s, Extremadura & around the UK. One member bought in his daughter’s “Natural Treasures” collection to show off. Happy Christmas one & all!! @michaelmas79 @NaturetasticWH @DragonflyHunts @BrianE_Cambs

Bought a house back in June. Today I’ve been tidying the garden & came across this packet of crisps with a BBF date 28.07.18 @UKrubbishwalks

One of our members @michaelmas79 has spotted a Lizard Orchid still growing in the same place in Huntingdonshire. It’s been there for at least 5 years. Great pictures 👍 cracking species of Orchid. @ukorchids @Britainsorchids #Orchid #UKorchid

At a chalk quarry site we own in North Lincolnshire we’ve had 2 piles of rubble dumped containing Japanese Knotweed. A treatment plan in place to try & halt the spread, set up no go areas & installed warning signs @InvasiveSp @CheckCleanDryGB #INNSweek

@katemacrae These are our 4 hens busy roaming the garden. They lay such delicious eggs. Can’t beat fresh free range eggs!! #TheGoodLife

When I got my hens, a few weeks ago, they didn’t appreciate that you could eat foods other than layers pellets. They are now getting more adventurous 😁🐓🐓🐓❤️ #GwylltHollow

Ringing details received of a Nightingale caught at Abberton 🇬🇧 in May 2023 - ringed at Tanji, The Gambia 🇬🇲 in January 2020. 4 years, 8 migrations. Ace! 👌

A great job opportunity has opened up with @huntsdc as a Community Volunteer Coordinator, based out of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve. For more info click on the link. countryside-jobs.com/job/mar24/comm…

I carried out a newt survey in my small garden pond the other night: 14 male & 5 female Smooth Newts, also 8 Cased Caddisflies. A few years ago I created a hibernaculum. @ARGroupsUK @ARC_Bytes @Freshwaterhabs

We had an amazing talk by @AHunterPhotos about “The Flora & Fauna of the Alps” fab to find out about the wildlife at different altitudes & the various habitat types.

@Fauna_Flora1948 @bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies Yes it was a bit of a surprise to catch it. It was nice to get the verification of the species confirmed 👍

One of our members @michaelmas79 had a moth trap out Saturday evening in there garden & was very surprised with this Dark Crimson Underwing! GB status: Nationally Rare! You never know what turns up in a garden. Fab record @michaelmas79 @bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies

@CheckCleanDryGB Yep I’ve been out on the River Great Ouse this weekend. Kayak Checked ✅ Cleaned ✅ Dry ✅ (dried out in the sunshine ☀️) even getting into those hard to reach areas. No INNS being spread by me 👍 #CheckCleanDry

🎣🛶⛵️have you been out on the water over the #bankholiday weekend? Make sure you remember to: 🔎Check 🚿Clean ☀️Dry your kit before using it again to avoid spreading invasive plants and animals. Find out more at nonnativespecies.org/checkcleandry #CheckCleanDry

I’ve been enjoying the weekend in my new Kayak on the River Great Ouse. Now back, making sure I Check Clean Dry. Wouldn’t want to be transporting any Invasive Non Native Species about. #CheckCleanDry #INNS @DecathlonUK @CheckCleanDryGB @EnvAgencyAnglia @AWCoastCountry

@rock_nester Nice looking Emperor moth caterpillar you’ve spotted there 👍

Moth Twitter - is this an Emperor that has yet to develop the black bands linking the spots?

Tomorrow is the launch of the “Big Butterfly Count 2023” this is a UK wide survey to assess the health of the UK’s environment of Butterflies & day flying Moths. It takes 15mins to carry out the survey! …erflycount.butterfly-conservation.org @bc_cambs_essex @savebutterflies @BeccasButterfli

@CambsCC driving past a roundabout nr Sawtry before you cross over the A1 I couldn’t help but notice about 200 Bee Orchids growing on it. Can you please not cut it until they’ve finished flowering. There’s still good visibility 👍 @wildlifebcn @Love_plants @Britainsorchids

@BumblebeeTrust I’ve found a bumblebee nest in my lawn which is really nice to see. It survived the mower before I realised it was there. To make sure it doesn’t get mown or accidentally stood on by my 9yr old it’s marked with a red flag 🚩. #MakeSpaceForNature

Despite the wind it didn’t stop us from carrying out a spot of rock pooling at Longis Beach. Our most impressive find was this Sea Hare grazing on the seaweed. “Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but footprints; kill nothing but time” @AlderneyWT #LivingSeas

@ScrubUpBritain I’d say it’s a false widow spider. The picture attached are Cave Spiders but they do look quite similar though. These cave spiders were found in an underground chamber

Does anyone know the ID of this spider?

Mike Drew our Biodiversity Advisor has recorded 80 species of bird today at Grafham Water for the Global Big Day Birdwatch he’s walked nearly 8 miles!! @AnglianWater @global_birding @GrafhamWater1 @wildlifebcn #GlobalBirding #GlobalBigDay #birdsuniteourworld

Meet Luke, Works Technician who’s in the Biodiversity Team for the Global Birdwatch. @AnglianWater @global_birding #GlobalBigDay #globalbirding #birdsuniteourworld