Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gotta love a Havergate Island Hare 031
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Red Legged Spider Hunter with prey at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Summer may be over but there's still plenty to see at RSPB Minsmere 021
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ants dragging away an abandoned Honeybee along #DiggerAlley at RSPB Minsmere 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Ammophila Sandwasp having a hard time with its caterpillar prey. Don't think I've seen one with such a hairy caterpillar before! #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Beewolf on Mrs WJ's #DiggerAlley Beewolf hat! @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 030
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026When we replaced the deck leading to Main hide on #HavergateIsland Mrs WJ used a few offcuts to make a simple bee hotel. Checking things over today before the Discover Havergate trips this coming weekend, we took a look at it. Over 40 holes filled! 030
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Not something you'll see very often - Hedychrum rutilans, one of the Jewel Wasps. Extinct in the UK up to a handful of years ago, now popping up in the southeast. A specialist cuckoo on the Beewolf - this one spotted by Mrs WJ just off #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 423248
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Ammophila Sandwasp burying her caterpillar along #Digger Alley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social 0215
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A Hummingbird Hawk Moth has been hanging around my garden recently 060
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Minsmere (and Dunwich) have obviously been in the news these past few days for all the wrong reasons, so I thought everyone would like to see the shieldbug hunting digger wasp Astata boops keeping busy along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social last weekend 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It was time for a big build today at RSPB Minsmere. The result is Bugingham Palace 😃 Credit for the name to a young visitor impressed with our previous Minsmere Mansion effort! 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Ham or jam - can't beat a bit of citizen science 😃 1124
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Young Avocets are striding around the Scrape at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Pantaloon Bee and a Burrow Watcher fly along #DiggerAlley at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social youtu.be/EHQN_9VNOTsyoutu.bePantaloon Bee and the Burrow WatcherYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 021
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We've been seeing this little bee flitting around #DiggerAlley at RSPB Minsmere, thinking it looked a bit like a little Sandpit Mining Bee (tho a bit late). It finally sat on Mrs WJ's finger for a pic - I think it's a Small Sandpit Miner 🙂 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Ammophila Sandwasp filling in her burrow along Digger Alley at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social #DiggerAlley youtu.be/RrnmTeGfnwAyoutu.beAmmophila SandwaspYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 032
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The delightful little digger wasp, Oxybelus uniglumis along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social doing her best to deplete the local fly population (sorry Erica!) @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social youtu.be/bG2kn4scuuQyoutu.beOxybelus uniglumisYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 031
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Green-eyed Flower Bees are getting busy along #DiggerAlley at RSPB Minsmere now @rspbminsmere.bsky.social youtu.be/iozRq4r-KRUyoutu.beGreen Eyed Flower BeeYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 000
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Here's one we haven't seen before - pretty sure it's a Small Velvet Ant, Smicromyrme rufipes, along #DiggerAlley at RSPB Minsmere 😃 @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social 040
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Ringed Plover on the beach in Northumberland. They wiggle their feet in the sand to disturb insects just like Egrets wiggle in water to disturb fish youtu.be/Jm2b56D0OOEyoutu.beRinged PloverYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 000
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Rock Pipit on the beach along the Northumberland coast 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026There was an unexpected, shrill buzzing along Digger Alley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social - sure enough, the Green-eyed Flower Bees are starting to appear 😊 #DiggerAlley @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social 030
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Not sure what species this little digger wasp is, likely a Crossocerus of some kind. Spotted along #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social youtu.be/VKfpk_lg1Hkyoutu.beDigger WaspYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 000
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026One of the little cuckoo wasps spotted along #DiggerAlley at RSPB Minsmere - not too sure of the exact species. It's certainly very small! 060
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Muntjac Mum feeding baby @rspbminsmere.bsky.social youtu.be/4bj-8YmSJO8youtu.beMuntjac mum feeding babyYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Coot chicks are now appearing on the RSPB Minsmere Scrape @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Green Hairstreak in the dunes at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 060
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Bittern with an Eel Meal at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social youtu.be/I8RRtV7oyYwyoutu.beBittern with an Eel MealYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 061
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Muntjac Deer having a bit of a disagreement in the woods at RSPB Minsmere @rspbminsmere.bsky.social youtu.be/Uq178n7lOC8youtu.beMuntjac 3 FightYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 021
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Sedge Warblers are marking out their territories in the RSPB Minsmere reedbed @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026On Havergate Island today. The Spoonbills are happily nesting now and it's interesting to see just how big some of the nests are getting (they're a long way from the hide so not the best of pics!). I wonder what the record is for a Spoonie nest? @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Marsh Harrier food pass at RSPB Minsmere 080
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Bittern at RSPB Minsmere youtu.be/5fWHBV5TJPoyoutu.beBitternYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 061
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Graphite the Adder at RSPB Minsmere has sloughed - what a gorgeous snake! 050
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Grass snake swimming around the RSPB Minsmere pond youtu.be/Jv0wQvwKOloyoutu.beGrass SnakeYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 22/03/2026There I was photographing a Hare on Havergate Island when another wanders across in front of me. Typical! Far too close for my big lens - I need to take something wider angle 😂 Full-frame, uncropped #HavergateIsland 092
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026A trip to #HavergateIsland today for H&S stuff, but there's a limit to the number of times you can throw someone overboard to practice rescuing them, so I checked out the Hares before Sunday's photography trip 041
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Grey Squirrel in the woods at RSPB Minsmere noshing on a cached chestnut @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social youtu.be/twH6-uRujvUyoutu.beGrey SquirrelYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 000
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Spring is here - the Wrens are nest building 😀 RSPB Minsmere youtu.be/PFUTFXuVkh0youtu.beWrenYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Black Headed Gull on Havergate Island - I can only assume there was something tasty underwater! youtu.be/OKiUQGUBGCQyoutu.beBlack Headed GullYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 000
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Even the enigmatic Hare has to have a good scratch occasionally! #HavergateIsland youtu.be/w-5P0HBkH3oyoutu.beBrown HareYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 01/03/2026You give the Hare ONE job! #HavergateIsland 030
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 26/02/2026We're part of the team undertaking surveys on the Adders at Minsmere this year & came across one of our known individuals when checking off-piste areas - this is Speedrite who we occasionally see on the Sand Martin bank @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #adder 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026For those trying to work out who's who when watching the melanistic Adders at RSPB Minsmere, a little video showing them both. Graphite & Rylan are both up and about now in their regular basking spots @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social youtu.be/F1uMmXlE4V8youtu.beAdder - Graphite & RylanYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 020
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Three of the Adders we spotted yesterday at RSPB Minsmere Graphite (with parasol), Rylan (with tongue) & Ekans - a new male to us, named by Bruno after one of his favourite Pokemon characters (try reading the name backwards). A bit shy at present but looks full grown. @rspbminsmere.bsky.social 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Konik Pony being attended to at the Magpie Spa, RSPB Minsmere 🙂 @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social youtu.be/634gE6tIlRUyoutu.beKonik Pony & MagpieYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 010
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 14/02/2026First Adder of the year for us at RSPB Minsmere - a melanistic one we named Graphite last year 😊 @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social 090
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The Firecrest (along with the Goldcrest) is the smallest bird in the UK - they're very small and always on the move, notoriously difficult to photograph. Just occasionally however, one will sit still and preen. Enjoy! @rspbminsmere.bsky.social youtu.be/cNKJUOaq2Mgyoutu.beFirecrestYouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett 021
Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistlingjoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Trip out to Havergate Island today looking at what work might need doing after the soggy winter & picking up a load of (unfortunately ever-present) litter 000
