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Shane

@sharkeee.bsky.social
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Observer of the natural world, mostly in UK. Mammals, insects, birds, plants, fungi it, they all catch my eye and via photographs and video, I like to share them with you.

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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New video of our night and day safari in Khao Sok NP in Thailand. #Wildlife, #Invertebrates, #Birds , #Reptiles , #Amphibians , #Arachnophiles , #Mammals, #Thailand , #KhaoSok , #Bees , #Flowers , #Birdwatching , #Nature , #Bugs youtu.be/-C4EfAM0Ojg
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Two Wildlife Enthusiasts On Tour Through Thailand , Part Three : Night and Day Safari in Khao Sok NP
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
All pretty quiet from the Moth trap recently, even the move into an orchard didn't coax anything mildly exciting. Well apart from this fresh looking Antigastra catalaunalis. #Teammoth #migrantmoths #insects #ukmoths
A photo of a small cream coloured moth, that has subtle peach markings on it's wings. The insect is resting on white fabric.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nice to see the audience top a quarter of a million If you are at a loose end....... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee9f...
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Natural Disaster Expert: Elites Have NO PLAN for Climate Collapse | Aaron Bastani meets Bill McGuire
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It became rather attached to me.. #moths
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Traps out. #Teammoth On this day last year this happened, what will tonight bring us….
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Cotton thread is used in many asian traditional ceremonies so could be made by human hands. To me it does look like hand twisted cotton.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thanks Saskia.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Many thanks. It's can't be too bad as I keep going back and laying down for the waders.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Photography challenges yesterday included. - Composition and framing failure whilst sat on the ridge photographing Hirundines. - Neck ache whilst laying at ground level with waders.
A photo of three barn swallows gathering prior to migration. Two adults posturing with gapes open either side of an incoming juvenile. A common sandpiper walking along a foreshore, the background is wader beyond with green with reflected vegetation. A metallic bronze sheen glows upon the birds closed wings and it's pristine white belly offers a crisp contrast.Green sandpiper. Larger than the common sandpiper, this bird is standing in the water, its green legs knee deep. It has our white belly and dark upper parts, this one appears dark brown in the setting sun. the feathers are speckled in starlike spots.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Usually flighty, this common sandpiper came over to me and foraged nearby. I was far from being camouflaged, as I was sat against a wall in the glow of the setting sun.
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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It took a while, but the first video of our Thailand wildlife spotting holiday is finally uploaded: youtu.be/fScpd6Rnaag #Thailand, #KhaoSok , #Wildlife , #Nature, #Birding , #Herping, #Insects
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Two Wildlife Enthusiasts On Tour Through Thailand , Part One: From Bangkok to Surat Thani
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our 2nd and 3rd wildlife exploring day in Khao Sok/Thailand youtu.be/Xu3aLrJhvaI #Thailand, #KhaoSok, #Jungle, #Wildlife, #Birding, #Herping, #Insects, #Invertebrates, #Dragonflies, #Butterflies, #Reptiles , #Amphibians,
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Two Wildlife Enthusiasts On Tour Through Thailand , Part Two: Day 2 & 3 in Khao Sok
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Recently fledged kingfishers used a local water level gauge where I could lay in wait. At times it sat less than a metre from me. 😍
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
She’s a beauty. Female Sparrowhawk from yesterday.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
That was me this May after our own se Asia trip. We’re now looking into a Borneo trip so may hit you up for suggestions if that ok?
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I surveyed a rewilding site on the levels a few days ago and it was also teaming with them. Quite clearly demonstrating the abundance of food available.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I first saw this small 'swarm' of Honey bees on this headstone a week ago whilst looking for a Badger sett. Last night whilst releasing a rescue Badger cub at the site we noticed that the 'swarm' now had settled status.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Now to work through and share some of the amazing things we saw during a trip of a lifetime. Our first nights wildlife wander was down by a stream where we had an amazing snake encounter. youtu.be/EW8tHPskIUo #Khaosok #Thailand #snakes
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Puff- faced water snake predates a spiny eel in a Khao sok stream.
YouTube video by sharki1971
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Mir geht es gut, und dir?
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Crazy canids! A fox has bitten into my cars fuel tank breather pipe. @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social #foxes #mammals
A photo of a punctured plastic pipe showing two small round holes The same pipe now with nails in each of the four holes. This is to highlight their location. A measuring tape is under the pipe to show the distance the holes are apart. The widest holes are around 32mm apart.Now the pipe below the skull of a young adult red fox. The two pointed upper incisors line up perfectly at 32mm apart.And the pipe by the lower mandibles of the fox. The narrower spaced holes aline with the lower teeth too.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I've finally sorted through the thousands of images and videos, of hundreds of species taken during a 3 week adventure in SE Asia. One stand out image for me so far, is of a couple of Fiery gem males during their non contact contest over territory. Not a sharp image by any means i know.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Hi vanna. Only good one is the one in the post you just liked. There is a few more but not a clear as that one. I’ve videos of egg laying which I doubt a screen grab wouldn’t be good enough.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Any #Somerset based #moth ers out there who’d like to take over the care of our puss moths. They might be emerging from their cocoons in the coming few weeks and as will be away, we may not see them in their adult form. #Teammoth #nature
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
#UKwildlife #UKnature #Somersetcoast #marine #tidepools #Nature #naturalworld
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
A couple of super cool finds by a member of our monthly #rockpoolproject #bioblitz today. Kilve beach on the #Quantockhills was the location and way out on the low water mark, a nudibranch named, Fuzzy Onchidoris - Onchidoris muricata and a stunning Rose sun star - Crossaster papposus wowed us.
A photo of a tiny white nudibranch (type of sea slug) on a the silty floor of a rockpool. It's main features are the many short blunt blobs covering it.A photo of an orange coloured starfish laying on a rock. The angle of the photo makes this creature appear as a hand with two thumbs and four fingers wearing a prickly textured glove. This starfish has twelve arms in total, the other six arms are just about showing in the background.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The area fungi group - NSBFG have been up to look at my find and get a sample for dna sequencing. They say initial examination plus spore ascospores at 20u are consistent with H. Pezizoides. #fungi #mycology #UKnature
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Thanks.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
@lukaslarge.bsky.social Any chance of your expertise on this one. TIA
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A day at @nationaltrust.org.uk Tyntesfield, today and came across this little Helvella #fungi, who was unlike the elfins i've met before. The stipe was short, pale, and neither smooth or ribbed. It's dark brown cap wasn't as wrinkled as the uks white or elfin saddles. Thoughts please? #mycology
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Crikey, they usually spawn in my Somerset garden brook during late April/early May. Maybe the mild but wet winter has kept water temperature up. As you say, it’s a real privilege to witness.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We meet this fine looking fella a couple of times yesterday and i did for a moment wonder whether @natureartvic.bsky.social had needle felted its plush head wear. @mammalsociety.bsky.social #ukmammals #ukwildlife #nature #Deer
A pretty close photo of a Roe buck looking over it's own back.
This deer has almost fully developed antlers which are still covered in what known as velvet. This furry skin will fall off once the antlers have fully developed and during this process, they can look rather tatty.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Searching for Beaver activity on the Somerset levels this pm in the glorious sunshine. Heading back to the car along a road as the sun began to set and found this stunner just a coupe metres from us. #Somersetbirds
Photo of one of two smallest UK birds species, the Firecrest. Weighing the same as a 20p piece, it's a tiny bird, with a dark band through it's eye dark cap with a yellow/orange crest which it raises when alarmed. It's back is olive with hues of yellow. Throat chest and belly is a dull buff to grey.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I'm so happy to have provided this moment for you. Enjoy these Liverworts i found a few years ago, as they asked to be seen and bring joy to everyone, feel free to pass their joy forwards to anyone in need.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Nematode or round worm of sorts. Ideally she should get it in a pot and pop to the the nearest pharmacist and show them. Likely that they'll pop the family on a course of anti parasite meds in case it's from her/them.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
If anyone is in need of something to make them smile or laugh, please watch and more importantly listen to this little clip my trail camera captured. Yes, that is a genuine Badger #fart #Badgers #Nature #trailcam #Ukwildlife #BBCspringwatch
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I'm not sure why the tumble weed seems to blow on by with some of my posts. Come on Blue sky, this is a badger rolling around in hay, what's not to like?
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
DYK European Badgers sometimes sleep above ground in what are sometimes called day beds or couches. Watch here 8 nights worth of what these Badgers do in theres. #Badgers #UKwildlife #BBCspringwatch #UKnature #mammals @mammalsociety.bsky.social @badgertrust.bsky.social youtu.be/WBodlKMg0zs
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What happens at an above ground Badger Nest.
YouTube video by sharki1971
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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
If you liked the #BBCWinterwatch report about the Scarlet caterpillar club , Cordyceps militaris, yesterday , feel free to check out a video we did a year ago about this weird parasitic fungus. #Cordyceps , #Winterwatch , #Fungus , #Parasite youtu.be/2c-0QEtQKwI
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Scarlet caterpillarclub , Cordyceps militaris
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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Another 'traitor' which #Winterwatch didn't mention but is even creepier than the #Cordyceps , is this parasitic wasp that zombiefies ladybirds #BBCWinterwatch , #Parasite youtu.be/50dpMIt_Kck
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Braconid wasp, Dinocampus coccinellae, emerging from Ladybird
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A closer view of the Ciliophora that was found in a water filled ditch here. Possibly Carchesium due to the colony growing from a single stalk attached to the leaf. #supermacro #micro-organisms #nature #pondlife #winterwatch
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Other incredible find was a minute transparent green thing which wasn't visible to the naked eye, the previous one wasn't either. The green organism has a contracting trunk which supports 6 tentacles. This is a Green Hydra. #UkNature #BBCWinterwatch #UKwildlife #Aquaticlife #hydrozoans
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
1/2 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social grabbed a 300ml sample of water twigs and leaf litter from a temporary pool here. Amazing life forms were found and these really pushed the limits of the @omsystem.bsky.social #TG-7 #biology #freshwater @withpondlife.bsky.social
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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Some amazing creatures found at Wembury Beach #UKWildlife, #Wildlife , #UKNature, #Nature , #MarineLife , #Fishes , #Rockpooling, #Tidepools youtu.be/qLHPARvceHI?...
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Rockpooling at Wembury Beach , June 25
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A little session in a temporary pool by the stream early tonight looking at very small things. #freshwater #habitats #cyclops #UKwildlife #nature
A photo of the tiny freshwater crustacean called 'Cyclops'. The pear shaped body is transparent and reveals its white body organs. On the tail end are tow large masses of round white eggs sacs, this indicates that it's a female. At the front and centre is a single eye, in the light of flash it looked red.  They have a pair of antennae and  5 pairs of legs.A photo of a tiny freshwater bivalve. I'm not sure of the species. There were many of these all were around 5mm across. They are typically clam shaped, rounded, smooth with radiating growth lines across its shells. In the photo its sitting on a rotting leaf which is covered in silty detritus. 
This one is pale cream in colour. The mouth of this mollusc is partially open and to the left of it, the tailend of of it's foot extends out.A photo of a tiny pale green freshwater crustacean on brown detritus. It's appearance is that of a shiny split seed. Extending from the lower opened end and numerous clear filaments.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
They do try and catch an amateur like me out when seen in unusual habitats.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Yesterday whilst take a chilly mooch through an ancient woodland, we happened across some little green gems lurking in the sparse dry moss loosely covering a historic earth boundary bank, under some big old holly bushes so well shaded. Late season Parrot #waxcaps in a rather odd location? #fungi
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
We were at gore point from 11:30 - 14:30 faces down and getting chilly. Shoulda looked up!
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Wildlife Tours East Devon and Mid Somerset 🦡🦊🦦🦎🐍🐛🦟🦋🕷️🐦🇪🇺 @wildlifetoursed.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The weirdest mating ritual you have ever seen - The Ash Black Slug youtu.be/rRy5tk1HV3o?...
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The weirdest mating ritual you have ever seen - The Ash Black Slug
YouTube video by Sylvia Meller
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Cracking shot Carl.
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Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Cyanosporus subcaesius up behind the woodstore/field shelter here. It really is this blue. #fungi #nature #blue
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