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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Lizard I met yesterday along the coast path. Soaking up the rays.

Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Did the Annual Chough Count yesterday up here in sunny north Wales. No Chough on my sections sadly but I did meet a lizard & saw a tin of solitary bees. Andrena thoracica, A.flavipes, A.trimmerana and Colletes cunicularius, a scarce species which may be new for this patch.

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

First oil beetles are out and about here. Going to check out the coast path today to see if I can spot more. #oilbeetle #wildlife

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Blueberries 😀 Good harvest this year.

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Some stunning wildflower areas today. With many thanks to local EA @lincswildlife.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social staff for coming along to a workshop today on Rare Bees of the Lincs Coast. @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Cattle grazing ‘ridge & furrow’ grassland in Rutland. The characteristic corrugated pattern we see now is a ghost of Medieval agricultural practices where the land was ploughed to pile topsoil into raised strips and forming sunken ditches, providing drainage and good growing conditions for crops.

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Beech trees. Love this bit of woodland. It’s like a natural cathedral.

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Came across this giant beast when I was gardening today. Maybe cockchafer grub? #Beetle

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

And more oil beetles! They seem to be having a good year.

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Did my @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Beewalk today. Felt like I saw more bumblebees today than the whole of last year. Eight species on my walk today! Flower of the walk was Bilberry, in full flower now #wildflowerhour

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Spotted an oil beetle excavating a tunnel in a molehill this week to lay her eggs. @mole-hills.bsky.social

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Saw my first adder of the year this week. Tiny youngster, barely bigger than a pencil. A few common lizards about but no grass snakes yet or slow worms, we get all four of these reptiles in the garden here! #ukreptiles

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Lovely to see fresh red-tail queens on our bee ID day today too. (She was released from the pot and went back to foraging).

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Seeing lots of oil beetles at the moment. These are all different individuals seen on different days in the last week. @liamolds.bsky.social #oilbeetles

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

This was pretty cool - spotted an oil beetle in a plant pot right outside the house today. It was happily munching on a daffodil. Can only think that a solitary bee must have nested in that planter last year @liamolds.bsky.social

Oil beetle on a daffodil leaf in a plant pots

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Took part in the ‘Llyn Annual Chough Count’ today. Saw two on our transect section and lots and lots of other fun stuff. 2 species of solitary mining bee, 3 species of bumblebee, Common Lizard, dozens of Bloody-Nosed Beetles and 2 Oil beetles.

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Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

First common lizard of year, a beauty out basking in the spring sunshine 🙂🦎

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