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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 27/09/2026

This little frog is definitely in the pink, and a sunshade of petals is always fashionable 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

A small brown and green frog peeks out from between the soft pink petals of a water lily, surrounded by green lily pads in warm sunlight.

Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 18/09/2026

A honeybee making the most of the last summer days among the purple loosestrife. Was pleased to get a photo with yellowish-purple contrast 🐝🪻🌿 #switzerland #bees #bugsky

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 13/09/2026

🪶 🌿 One of the grim grey guardians of the river Wiese, this heron sticks out its head to strike as it scans the water for a juicy, tasty morsel. @everyheron.bsky.social #heron #birds #graureiher

Grey heron standing ominously in shallow water beside a cluster of rocks, hunting for fish as ripples flow around it.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 11/09/2026

Hummingbird hawk-moth rushing from flower to flower. Very tough to photograph because these guys are so fast! 🦋 🌿 #insects #bugsky #switzerland

Hummingbird hawk-moth hovering beside bright pink flowers, its long proboscis extended into a blossom as it feeds, with blurred greenery and flowers in the background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 10/09/2026

Some more wall lizard cheekiness and cuteness 🦎 🌿 #lizards #reptiles #herps

Wall lizard peeking over the edge of weathered wood, its head and tiny front claws catching the sunlight against a dark green background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 09/09/2026

This cheeky little wall lizard has found the perfect spot to 1) enjoy the view of the unsuspecting passersby, 2) keep cosy in the warm metal pipe and 3) hide when the camera of doom comes too close for comfort 🦎 🌿 #lizards #reptiles #herps #eidechsen

Wall lizard peeking curiously out from a rusted metal pipe, with its head, a front leg and green and brown markings visible against a softly blurred background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 05/09/2026

This frog stuck its head out of the water right on time for me to take its snap 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

A green-brown frog peeks above the surface of a pond, surrounded by submerged reeds and aquatic plants.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 01/09/2026

On a humid, hot afternoon, what can be better for this frog than a leafy sunshade? 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs #summer

A green frog rests on a shady lily pad, surrounded by large green leaves and light pink water lilies on a pond.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 08/08/2026

I was walking past a flowerbed when I saw a flurry of movement from the corner of my eye. It was a very busy hummingbird hawk-moth zipping from flower to flower. Enjoy the recording! 🦋 🌿 #insects #bugsky #switzerland

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 01/08/2026

🇨🇭 It's the 1st of August! For our Swiss National Day today, I'm posting a ladybug, one of the most popular insects hereabouts and regarded as a symbol of good luck 🐞 🌿 #bugsky #switzerland #schweiz

A bright red ladybird with three visible black spots climbs the tip of a green leaf in bright sunlight. The background is a soft, out-of-focus wash of green, making the insect stand out sharply against the foliage.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 25/07/2026

Not sure what kind of bee this is - maybe a carder bee? Is there a bee expert or entomologist who can identify it? 🐝 🌿 #bees #switzerland

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 22/07/2026

Scarlet dragonfly. I love the bright red colour on these guys, they're like little red arrows when they dart around the pond and reeds. 🌿 #bugsky #insects #dragonfly #libelle #basel

A bright red dragonfly sitting on a reed against a green background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 18/07/2026

💚 A lucky afternoon after visiting my amphibian friends. Two small frogs, each on a big leaf 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

Two small frogs on two big water lily leaves. Everything is green.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 05/07/2026

Finally! After ages, an eight-legged friend. Quite sure this is a wasp spider (argiope bruennichi) because of its stripes and the pattern woven into its web. Photographed at my favourite pond 🌿 🕷️ @britishspiders.bsky.social #spiders #bugsky #arachnids

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 04/07/2026

A horse fly sitting on my shutter and not a single horse in proximity... 🌿 🪰 #insect #bugsky

A large horse fly with stripes, eerie-looking eyes and an extraterrestrial touch.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 29/06/2026

Stork flying into the sunset 🌿 🪶 🌅 #nature #switzerland

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 16/06/2026

Iridescent wingspread from a beautiful demoiselle 🌿 🦋 #bugsky #insects #nature

A damselfly with iridescent blue wings sitting on a leaf.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 15/06/2026

This leafcutter bee is definitely in the pink! 🌿 🐝 🌸 #bees #insects #bugsky #flower

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 14/06/2026

A coot family portrait with a mighty nest at the back and one of the parents feeding its very hungry chick 🪶 🌿 #birds #waterfowl #nature

A bristling nest in a pond with a coot family. Two birds are in the foreground. The adult is feeding its baby.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 12/06/2026

Front angle of this frog's impressive bubble-gum cheeks. 🐸 🌿

Croaking frog with impressive puffed out vocal sacs taller than its head and almost bumping up against its eyes.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 12/06/2026

Another bubble-gumming frog. Literally very cheeky. 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

Croaking frog with impressive puffed out vocal sacs. It's sitting in a green pond looking a little outraged.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 11/06/2026

One of my favourites, a tortoiseshell on maiden pinks! 🦋 🌿 #bugsky #insects #butterfly

Red, white, black and blue butterfly on pink flowers.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 27/05/2026

Photographed a painted lady butterfly sitting on red valerian flowers. 🦋 🌿 #bugsky #insects #butterfly

A brown, white and orange butterfly sitting on pink flowers.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 16/05/2026

A close-up of my grasshopper guest 🦗 🌿 #bugsky #insects

A grasshopper sitting on the window with a blue sky in the background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 11/05/2026

Found and photographed this Nursery Web Spider sitting on a leaf🕷️ 🌿 @britishspiders.bsky.social #spiders #spidersky

A big brown spider with a stripe in the middle and long legs sitting on a bright green leaf.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 10/05/2026

Taking a stand quite literally: this frog has got attitude 🐸 🌿 #frogs #amphibians #frosch

A large frog floating in the water with its front paws and webbed hind feet visible.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 06/05/2026

Close-up of a four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) at the pond 🌿 #bugsky #insects #dragonfly #libelle #basel

Four-spotted chaser (golden-brown dragonfly with two dark spots on each wing) sitting on a plant.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 04/05/2026

When I saw what looked like a tiny green gemstone moving briskly up a stalk, I took out my camera and zoomed in. It was a brisk little weevil 🌿 🪲 #insects #bugsky

A green weevil clinging to the top of a stalk.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 03/05/2026

A grass snake, first one I've seen this year, photographed at the pond this afternoon 🐍 🌿 #reptiles #snake #schlange

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 02/05/2026

These tiny insects with the mighty name Blue long-horned snailkiller, according to iNaturalist, seem to have a nicely balanced view of matters. 🌿🪳 #bugsky #insects

Two Blue long-horned snailkillers sit opposite each other on a reed.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 27/04/2026

Ode to our corvid friends, brainiacs of the skies! #corvids #crow

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 25/04/2026

Peach blossoms and bee series 🌸 🐝 🌿 #bugsky #flowers #insects #bees

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 21/04/2026

Spotted this huge violet carpenter bee. Very busy with pollination (the bee, not me) 🐝 🌿 #insects #bees #bugsky

A large bluish-violet-blackish bee among some bright yellow flowers.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 20/04/2026

Some kind of frog ceremony? Was very pleased to photograph this group of four froggies! 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

A group of four frogs in a pond. Very cute.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 19/04/2026

Made a photo of this cute frog yesterday. There it is, chilling out on a water lily leaf with a touch of wind-strewn petals 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs #naturephotography

Frog on a red water lily leaf, surrounded by petals.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 18/04/2026

"I know there's something going on..." This lizard gives me a suspicious side-eye as I inch closer with my camera 🦎 🌿 #lizards #reptiles

A wall lizard peeps above a wall carefully, possible aware that it has ended up in a photo shoot.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 17/04/2026

👽 An ET moment from this wall lizard who managed to be cheeky and shy at the same time! 🦎 🌿 #lizard #reptiles

A wall lizard peeks out of a reddish metal tube in a very cautious manner.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 15/04/2026

A kestrel directs a deeply sceptical look at me, then decides that I am entirely unsuitable prey and loses all interest. Such is the way of kestrels! 🪶🌿 #birds #kestrel

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 14/04/2026

Companion piece to my bubble-gumming frog photo I posted yesterday. Those bubbles seem to be taller than its head. Turn on the sound to listen to those cheeks in action too! 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 13/04/2026

Photographed a bubble-gumming frog over the weekend. Vocal sacs spread to the max. And... is it actually hugging those bubbles? 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

Croaking frog with impressive puffed out vocal sacs. It's sitting in a green pond.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 26/01/2026

Another kingfisher sighting! 🪶 🌿 #kingfisher #eisvogel

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 23/12/2025

Kingfisher sighting 🤩 Finally! These birds are so quick and elusive 🌿 🪶 #kingfisher #switzerland

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 21/12/2025

A photogenic house sparrow with LOTS of fluff! 🪶 🌿 #switzerland #schweiz

A very fluffy, confident and vain sparrow sitting on a branch and staring right into the camera.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 14/12/2025

A mute swan youngster has joined the pond. Hope to watch it all the way to its adulthood 🪶 🌿 #birds

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 08/11/2025

Yoga move from a coot plus reflection. That's quite a neck stretch! 🌿 🪶 #birds #waterfowl

A coot reeeeeeaaaally stretching its neck.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 22/09/2025

No, these are not northern lights (I wish....). Yesterday's nocturnal pink sky over Basel is the result of low-hanging clouds reflecting the local football stadium's horticultural lights. 🌿 #Basel #Switzerland #Schweiz

Pink-purple sky at night over Basel, Switzerland.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 10/09/2025

A crow, rainbow and nut all fitting very nicely together somehow. Photographed 5 minutes ago during a summer shower. 🌿 🪶

A crow sitting on a chimney and holding a nut. There's a rainbow in the background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 24/08/2025

I was walking past a bright yellow wall of goldenrod when I saw and photographed this drone fly. Love how it has an alien look about it with those huge compound eyes! 👽 Just look at that face 🌿 #bugsky #insects #summer

A drone fly sitting on goldenrod against a green background.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 05/08/2025

Stomach view of the jersey tiger moth. It was sitting on the window showing off all those spots! 🌿 🦋

Stomach view of jersey tiger moth. Lots of spots.

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Savitri de Sousa @sdesousa.com · 02/08/2025

🌿 🦋 Was very pleased to discover this pretty jersey tiger moth sitting on a leaf in the front yard 📸 #moth #insects #bugsky

A Jersey tiger moth sits on a leaf. The moth has black and yellow stripes with dots at the bottom of its wings. It also has striped feet and feelers.

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