Garden snails 🐌 try to stab each other with 'love darts' prior to mating. We finally got it on video!
With sound on you can hear the 'ding' as the dart pierces through the body and hits the glass on the other side. Ouch!
Garden snails 🐌 try to stab each other with 'love darts' prior to mating. We finally got it on video!
With sound on you can hear the 'ding' as the dart pierces through the body and hits the glass on the other side. Ouch!
Our snails 🐌 featured on #BBCSpringwatch last night, links below. It was a lot of work for five minutes of film - but quite pleased overall. Of course, we did not quite get the highly desired #lovedart shooting (despite what the video says) but have subsequently managed (to follow 😉).
Mostly shot in studio in Life Sciences, rest on UoN campus. No lefties either, at least not obviously.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dfm5/springwatch-2025-episode-12 (14 minutes into program, UK only or VPN)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK0DmMntmMZ/?igsh=MTllaTkzODBrd3M5OA== #BBC #snails #UoN
This week, the songs Chris Packham is getting into the #Springwatch programmes are by #Blur.
I'm already wondering what next week's band will be. #Pulp, perhaps? If he can get 'Sorted for E's and Wizz' into a wildlife programme he should get a medal!
Hmmmm, Not heard Messing around with Poodles by Oasis yet. #springwatch #bbcspringwatch
“Get off my water!!!” A male Mute Swan puts on a ‘look how big and scary I am’ display of power to tell the two other Swans he is barrelling toward that they are absolutely not welcome on *his* part of East Marsh Pool. Brandon Marsh, near Coventry, earlier this month.
#Swan #MuteSwan #Bird #Birds #Vogels #oiseaux #BirdPhotography #VogelFotografie #Nature #NaturePhotography #Natuur #NatuurFotografie #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Springwatch #BBCSpringwatch #RSPB_love_nature #BirdsOfMastodon
Chris Packham is definitely trying to mention as many Oasis songs as he can during the #SpringWatch programmes.
I've just heard that #BBCSpringwatch will be broadcasting from Longshaw Estate in the Peak District next week! Being a proud #PeakDistrictTextileArtist lots of my work fratures this area including these scenes from very close to Longshaw. I will have all three of these original artworks on display and for sale this coming weekend at #DerbyshireOpenArts in Carsington.
https://www.derbyshireopenarts.co.uk/artists/alison-wake
#SpringWatch #MotherCap #climbing #climbers #DerbyshireGritstone
It's happening, snails on BBC Springwatch! In the end, four days work x 2 BBC staff plus myself as animal wrangler. For 5 minutes of film. #bbcspringwatch #snails #Cornu #UoN https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/springwatch-2025
A Robin at The Dingle, Llangefni, Anglesey, checking to see whether I'm using the right settings on my camera and judging me for not using a smaller aperture for better depth of field. Everyone's a critic... 😉
#Robin #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nuts_about_wildlife #nuts_about_birds #nuts_about_nature #your_wildlife #ukwildlifephotography #bbcspringwatch #springwatch #wildlife_photography
Great tit
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#wildlife #bbccountryfilemagpotd #photooftheday #BBCWildlifePOTD #BBCSpringwatch #wildlifeuk @ThePhotoHour @Team4Nature @Britnatureguide @NatureUK @wildlifemag #greattit
The view from the office window. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#deer #FallowDeer #mammals #mammal #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #orford
The weekend before Christmas and I really should start with some seasonal photos. But I had the chance to photograph some waxwings recently and I am really happy with the results. So this weekend's photo is of a Waxwing. I hope you like it.
#waxwing #birdphotography #ukwildlife #britishwildlife #wildlifephotography #naturelovers #lincolnshirewildlife #NaturesWindow #naturephotography #NatureWatch #ukwildlifeimages #nikonwildlifephotography #bbcspringwatch #winterwatch #rspb
More micro-fungi, growing among the moss. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#mushroom #fungus #fungi #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt
Another one of those tiny fungi, only a couple of millimetres high. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#mushroom #fungus #fungi #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt
Tiny fungus, only a couple of millimetres high. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#mushroom #fungus #fungi #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt
Slug'n'stinkhorn. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#mushroom #fungus #fungi #stinkhorn #slug #slugs #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt
Slime mould - Fuligo septica, aka dog's vomit? Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#mould #SlimeMould #fuligo #DogsVomit #fungus #fungi #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #macro #CloseUp #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt
One of the lizards living on/in the office wall. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#lizard #lizards #reptiles #reptile #viviparous ##bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #UKwildlife #OutdoorPhotography #orford
As it's my birthday today, I thought I'd post some photos which were taken this year & were the first time I've photographed them. They have been posted on my feed previously.
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#wildlife #TwitterNatureCommunity #jessopsmoment #bbccountryfilemagpotd #photooftheday #BBCWildlifePOTD #BBCSpringwatch @ThePhotoHour #cuckoo #kentishplover #tawnyowl
We've been really lucky to watch the leverets growing up in our garden this summer. Gedgrave, near Orford, Suffolk.
#hare #hares #brownhare #mammals #mammal #bbcspringwatch #SuffolkWildlifeTrust #swt #nature #NaturePhotography #OutdoorPhotography #orford