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Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Flies can be hard to identify. Here is some potential help!

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Essex Birdwatching Society @essexbirdnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tune in to watch Edward Mayer's superb talk about Swift conservation from 7:30pm on Friday. This talk WILL NOT be uploaded to our YouTube channel so if you want to see it, you must watch the live stream: www.youtube.com/live/lVNERuQ... #essexbirding

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Eristalinus aeneus seen today about 3 miles in from the coast on a walk around our village. This one a male, 2st male seen this year and the 3rd of this species all year @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social #hoverfly #irecord

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 24/08/2026

We’ve got a wonderful success story at Great Mell Fell 🦋 Once on the brink of extinction in Cumbria, the Marsh Fritillary is one of the UK's rarest butterflies, but we're thrilled to share a colony in Ullswater Valley has grown spread further along the fellside.

A beautifully patterned butterfly with speckled cream and orange wings with black dots and a black body rests on a bright green leaf

A delicate butterfly with a furry white body and orange wings with white and black markings on them clings to a green cluster of grass

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spent half an hour just watching these 2 Bank Voles,Myodes glareolus under one of our bird feeders this afternoon. What lovely little creatures.

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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎉 Win a Corporate Social Responsibility day for your team! We're giving one organisation the chance to win a Corporate Social Responsibility day for up to 12 people at a Field Studies Council field centre, worth up to £780 + VAT. To enter, simply complete our short survey: 👉 buff.ly/KMFpZgu

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium 21 Oct 2026 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Tickets £1 - £30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540... Featuring the brilliant minds of: @flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister @denisewawman.bsky.social Denise Wawman Ian McGowan Meghan Barrett @biologicalrecording.co.uk

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Fly Research and Conservation Virtual Symposium

Join us during Insect Week to explore some of the latest research and conservation projects about true flies (Diptera).

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Butterfly Conservation - Cambs & Essex @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Woo. Had missed this. We now have over 1,000 followers on this platform @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Diary Date - 2027 Dipterist Forum spring identification workshop will be on... Dolichopodidae! This hugely popular annual event will run 12th -14th March with tutors Martin Drake (author of the new RES Dolichopodidae Handbook) and Dave Brice (DF training officer). dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This morning in the woods on the Felbrigg Estate. 15.083 Phyllonorycter trifasciella (Banded Honeysuckle Leaf-miner) I believe, anyone comfirm please. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sericomyia silent is The bog hoverfly. 3 seen at an area of heather in a clearing in the wood at Felbrigg hall. A 1st for me. @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

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Norfolk and Norwich Bat Group @norfolknorwichbats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bat walk this Friday, 25th September for Field of Joy. Please book: www.fieldofjoy.org/bookings

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Suffolk Naturalists’ Society @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The final line-up of speakers at the joint 'Suffolk Naturalists' Society' and the 'Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society' Conference on 10th October now includes Mark Bowler from University of Suffolk. Details attached. Open to non-members. Book now - sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great to find 3 Colletes bees today. At Salthouse we found Sea Aster Bee Colletes halophilus And Colletes hederae, Ivy bee And at Felbrigg we found Heather (Girdled) Colletes Colletes succinctus. @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great to see a couple of female and 3 male Wall Lasiommata megera along the cliffs. Females all to the west of Waybourne beach and males along cliff to the east. @norfolknats.bsky.social #savebutterflies #irecordbutterflies

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I found 2 of these just north of Salthouse by the beach, which I believe are Podalonia affinis Mud Wasp. @norfolknats.bsky.social Can you comfirm my id is correct please. A new one for me. They were doing a lot of holding their head against the ground.

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hairy beech galls (Hartigiola annulipes), which are small, cylindrical, hairy growths induced on beech leaves by a species of gall midge. Plenty seen today at Felbrigg. @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I believe this is a Female Lindneromyia dorsal, a flat-footed fungus fly, seen today in our garden. About 3mm long and hyperactive, running erratic, jerky paths over the surface of leaves. Is this id correct? @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

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Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My full video of the Pilot Whales in the Thames yesterday: youtu.be/JSNaoSh1QPw

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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The next NNNS event is an introduction to wildflowers at Roydon Common, led by Dr Bob Leaney, on Saturday 19th November at 10:30. Meet at the western NWT car park at TF68032299. It's also an excellent site for invertebrates, so there should be plenty to see!

An Epeolus black, cream and dull-red bee feeding on heather flowers.

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William Brame @landguardbirder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fortunate to have been at Landguard this morning when Tom Salt our ringing Warden found a Queen of Spain Fritillary

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From our #wildspace garden this afternoon on unopened flower head of ivy. Dioxyna bidentis (Ragwort Picture-winged Fly) @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social Please let me know if my id is wrong.

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Rob Yaxley @robyaxley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This will be an interesting day! Tickets on sale now.

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Butterfly Conservation Norfolk @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wall seen on the coast path between Wells & Stiffkey yesterday. This will be a 2nd or maybe 3rd brood. After years of decline our records indicate (although hugely variable year on year) numbers in the county are showing an upward trend. #savebutterflies

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A 1st for me, a Little Owl seen on a walk around the field margin in our NE Essex village yesterday between showers. @essexbirdnews.bsky.social

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

300 new Pink Waxcap sites discovered since 2020! 🥇 What can we find this year? Waxcap Watch returns tomorrow, and you can help uncover more colourful grassland fungi. Simply visit a grassy spot and record any waxcaps you spot using the free app. Get started - loom.ly/utyTAEQ

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cistogaster globosa (Bishop's-mitre Parasite Fly) Walton-on-the-Naze, my 3rd record locally. It is known from a few localities in Southern England and is a distinctive species unlikely to be overlooked and probably genuinely rare. @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Celebrating receiving an advance copy of my new Magnum Opus (with 4,000 images), by catching a Clifden Nonpareil on the same day.

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jonnywhu.bsky.social @jonnywhu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A good count of 22 Fisher’s Estuarine Moth at a local site in NE Essex. 3 roosting Clouded Yellow as well. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social

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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🍂🎨 Celebrate the colours and textures of autumn at Flatford Mill. As the season transforms the landscape, take time to slow down and immerse yourself in nature and creativity on our Botanical Illustrations: Autumn Treasures course. 🍁 Spaces are available. 👉 buff.ly/ZunLZjF

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Rob Seago @lepimann.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In this year of wide ranging Wall butterflies I found a lovely fresh one. After retuning home for lunch I was amazed to see another in thegatden

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Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎 @grahancock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We've got a really cool paper coming out soon. Watch this space!

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HoverflySpotterM.D @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📖 📚 Beyond the Garden Gate Zine ✂️📖 Here are 6 common hoverflies found beyond the garden gate, presented into a Zine Hope you like it. #Zine #Art #ArtAppreciation #NatureIllustration #Crafts #Hoverflies #flies #Insects #pollinator #nature #syrphidae

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm having a bit of trouble identifying this fly. I believe it's a adult female Banded-eyed Picture-winged Fly, Physiphora alceae. Seen a couple in our NE Essex garden the last couple of days. Any help with id please. @dipterists.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nice to see plenty of butterflies on the wing around Old Hall Marshes RSPB reserve including WALL BROWN and CLOUDED YELLOW. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social #savebutterflies #insects #essexwildlife

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Myopites eximius, known as the Golden Samphire gall-fly, is a rare species of picture-winged fruit fly belonging to the family Tephritidae, seen at Stone Point (NE Essex) today. Highly specialized, parasitic relationship with a single host plant: Golden Samphire @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

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James CBR @jamescbr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Grayling courting on Westleton Heath in Suffolk. A rare chance to see the uppersides of this lovely late season butterfly. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

Two Grayling butterflies, the male is in front of the female. His wings are open as he wafts his sandalwood pheromones over her antennae.

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Surprise find today on our way to Stone Point, Walton on the Naze was this 3rd brood Wall (Lasiommata megera) 3rd one found locally this summer, this a male and 2 females. Are they moving up the Essex coast? @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social #savebutterflies #irecordbutterflies @lepimann.bsky.social

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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Waxcap Watch is back this autumn! We're looking for nature lovers across the UK to help spot and record some of Britain's most colourful fungi as part of the UK's biggest citizen science survey for fungi. Want to get involved? Join our FREE online events to learn more 👉 loom.ly/GfnOyjk

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ChrisGibsonWildlife @chrismothman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And another new find for the Beth Chatto Gardens yesterday was the nationally scarce jumping spider Ballus chalybaeus. Didn't see it itself, but its web is very distinctive...

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I believe this is a Anomoia purmunda, commonly known as the spectacled berry fly or hawthorn fruit fly, a small picture-winged fruit fly belonging to the family Tephritidae. Can anyone confirm please @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social Seen today in our NE Essex garden

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@bc-suffolk.bsky.social Haven't see one of these for a while now, Great to see one @nationaltrust.org.uk #Flatford today. A Comma Polygonia c-album #savebutterflies

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Xanthogramma pedissequum Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly The only Xanthogramma to be flying this time of the year. Happy to still find one in our #wildspaces garden right at the end of it's flight period. @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @hoverflyspotter.bsky.social #hoverfly

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UK Butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Another foodplant first! This time, of Holly Blue using Kidney Vetch as a larval foodplant, with an egg followed through to final instar larva by Maggie Zebroski. This is, I believe, the first record of the use of Kidney Vetch, not just for the UK, but for the whole of Europe! Well done Maggie!

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social I believe this is a Grey Dagger moth caterpillar (Acronicta psi). The white ball beneath the caterpillar is a silk cocoon spun by a parasitoid wasp larva believe. @mothiduk.bsky.social #moths

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Julian Sidney @juliansidney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social Went out in search of a female C. nagatomii Bright Four-spined Legionnaire after finding a few males last week. Along with a couple of males, I believe I did find a female. Can you please confirm from these photos I did find a female? Before I put on iRecord.

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