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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 11h

I’m starting the week with some real beauties 😍 🦋 #insectimore #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

From this day 3 years ago 🗓️ Trois Merveilles du Jour 💚 💚 💚 Never gets old 🤩 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I was looking through some old photos. This one caught my eye from May 2023 in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Broom Moth 🧹 The colours are spectacular, offset by its rusty ledge. #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quarter stars have finally arrived on Goodreads…which means you can now give your favourite Nature book the 4.75 you’ve always wanted to 😜

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Still hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Excellent! Because my #insectimore series continues 🐛🐞 Today: Fritillaries 🤩 Who can spot the odd one out? 🤔 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hungry for more insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Brilliant! Because my #insectimore series continues 🐛🐞 Today: Dragons 🐉 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Super! Because here is my #insectimore series 🐛🐞 Today: Blues 💙 🩵 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Excellent! Because here is my #insectimore series 🐛🐞 Today: Tips 🤩 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hungry for insect photos? 🦋🪲🐝 Good! Because here is my #insectimore series 🐛🐞 Today: Tigers 🤩 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

European Rhinoceros Beetle 🇪🇺 🦏 🪲 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Interested in the 🧠? Then here’s a day of online talks just for 🫵! #WAND2026 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A appealingly linear larva… Toadflax Brocade 💛 🖤 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Passing through Dauntsey Lock yesterday on foot, I was glad to be accurately apprised of the local conditions… My conclusion: sunny and no wind ☀️

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve seen some Vestals before but never one as fresh and vibrant as this 🤩 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sometimes, just sometimes, everything comes together very nicely indeed 💜 🩵 🧡 Common Blue on Creeping Thistle #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was surprised this Latticed Heath let me get so close 🤩 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A tiny and stripy leaf-miner 🍃 ⛏️ Possibly Dark Hornbeam Leaf-miner, although not possible to ID on looks alone. From France in August 🇫🇷 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Jersey Emerald 🩶 From SW France in August 🇫🇷 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Inornate Pyrausta 💕 Seen in SW France in August, where it has been accidentally introduced 🇫🇷 Native to USA 🇺🇸 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Plane Lace Bug - tiny with some serious-looking armour 🛡️ Seen in France 🇫🇷 but native to North America 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

2K followers! Thank you everyone! 🙏 I love sharing my engagement with the natural world, so here’s to the next K… 🐛 🦋 🌳 🐞 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Jubilee Fan-foot 🪭 🦶 What a name! Seen in France 2 weeks ago. (Thanks to @dcousins85.bsky.social for confirming the ID) #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From yesterday’s Straw-barred Pearl to another… Certainly lots of variation among this species 🤩 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m so glad #NatureWithin is being appreciated out there 😊 Here Ed Stubbs writes about it for Birdwatch magazine 🦅

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The small, the cool… Straw-barred Pearl 🧡 🤎 Seen in France two weeks ago 🇫🇷 #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A seed bug from France 🇫🇷 ❤️ 🖤 ⚪️ #NatureWithin

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It was on my bedroom blind when I woke up. Remarkably, it tolerated being moved outside for the photo before finally flying off.

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