blakejules.bsky.social
@blakejules.bsky.social
Nature lover, especially interested in birds and moths and like to walk. Also avid reader of fiction and nonfiction and spend time online and off with The Reader.
Dabble in drawing, photography and music of all kinds.....play the piano most days.
Dabble in drawing, photography and music of all kinds.....play the piano most days.
A wonderful trip to Manchester museum today with my friend Carol.
We mainly went to see the moths but enjoyed the vivarium and animals and birds too. Great place to visit!
We mainly went to see the moths but enjoyed the vivarium and animals and birds too. Great place to visit!
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A wonderful trip to Manchester museum today with my friend Carol.
We mainly went to see the moths but enjoyed the vivarium and animals and birds too. Great place to visit!
We mainly went to see the moths but enjoyed the vivarium and animals and birds too. Great place to visit!
A beautiful Sallow Kitten in my yard for a couple of days.
My Urban oasis!
My Urban oasis!
June 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A beautiful Sallow Kitten in my yard for a couple of days.
My Urban oasis!
My Urban oasis!
Beautiful Hooktip and a Sycamore.......thats a bit of a treasure trove for me so close to the city.
June 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Beautiful Hooktip and a Sycamore.......thats a bit of a treasure trove for me so close to the city.
A trip to Lyn Brenig. I spent a bit of time looking for Emperor moths and adders but no luck, lovely to hear the skylarks on my walk though. A visit to the Osprey lookout point was more successful, saw them both, in the air and on the nest.
They also have Willow tit there which I saw and a Merlin.
They also have Willow tit there which I saw and a Merlin.
April 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A trip to Lyn Brenig. I spent a bit of time looking for Emperor moths and adders but no luck, lovely to hear the skylarks on my walk though. A visit to the Osprey lookout point was more successful, saw them both, in the air and on the nest.
They also have Willow tit there which I saw and a Merlin.
They also have Willow tit there which I saw and a Merlin.
This week brought this little fellow looking ever so vulnerable on the ground. S/he wasn't there the following day so fingers crossed s/he is thriving somewhere in the trees.
April 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This week brought this little fellow looking ever so vulnerable on the ground. S/he wasn't there the following day so fingers crossed s/he is thriving somewhere in the trees.
A trip to London for the weekend. My daughter found this in the toilets at the pub........missing my trap which is broken so it was good to get this Early Grey, and away from home.
April 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
A trip to London for the weekend. My daughter found this in the toilets at the pub........missing my trap which is broken so it was good to get this Early Grey, and away from home.
our local park, teaming with frogs on Friday!
March 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
our local park, teaming with frogs on Friday!
At last, some moths
March 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
At last, some moths
Fabulous moon tonight!
March 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fabulous moon tonight!
My last night mothing in Bucks produced this Pale Brindled Beauty, new moth for me.
March 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My last night mothing in Bucks produced this Pale Brindled Beauty, new moth for me.
March moth and Hebrew Character in Bucks. Brimstone butterflies all over the garden currently and some courting ravens overhead as well as the Red Kites.
I think I've died and gone to heaven!!
I think I've died and gone to heaven!!
March 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
March moth and Hebrew Character in Bucks. Brimstone butterflies all over the garden currently and some courting ravens overhead as well as the Red Kites.
I think I've died and gone to heaven!!
I think I've died and gone to heaven!!
No moths yet but this lovely hawthorn shield bug under the lock for the toilets at my allotment. Lovely surprise.
February 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
No moths yet but this lovely hawthorn shield bug under the lock for the toilets at my allotment. Lovely surprise.
Mandarin duck still in the same spot in Sefton Park yesterday as it has been all week.
February 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Mandarin duck still in the same spot in Sefton Park yesterday as it has been all week.
Lovely wander around Burton Mere Wetlands a few days ago.
Kingfisher showed well and the light was so good that I was happy to sit and watch the Teal and Widgeon.
Kingfisher showed well and the light was so good that I was happy to sit and watch the Teal and Widgeon.
January 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Lovely wander around Burton Mere Wetlands a few days ago.
Kingfisher showed well and the light was so good that I was happy to sit and watch the Teal and Widgeon.
Kingfisher showed well and the light was so good that I was happy to sit and watch the Teal and Widgeon.
Such a weird photo taken from the top of Liverpool's Royal Hospital last week. Taken through glass there are patches of sun in all sorts of weird places. A welcome distraction!
January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Such a weird photo taken from the top of Liverpool's Royal Hospital last week. Taken through glass there are patches of sun in all sorts of weird places. A welcome distraction!
My allotment yesterday morning. It was inaccessible on Sunday because of the snow and ice. Good to have it back!
January 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
My allotment yesterday morning. It was inaccessible on Sunday because of the snow and ice. Good to have it back!
Had an unexpected twitch this morning with a birder friend in Widnes. We missed a Ring necked duck at Taylor Park but went on to Victoria park where we found a Drake Mandarin duck on the ice at the edge of pond. Not the best photo as it kept preening and then hiding behind Gulls.
January 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Had an unexpected twitch this morning with a birder friend in Widnes. We missed a Ring necked duck at Taylor Park but went on to Victoria park where we found a Drake Mandarin duck on the ice at the edge of pond. Not the best photo as it kept preening and then hiding behind Gulls.
Watched the siskins in our local park this morning. Not many people there today for the first time since before Christmas.
January 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Watched the siskins in our local park this morning. Not many people there today for the first time since before Christmas.
Looking through 2024 moths I think this has to be the most striking moth I've caught .............not at home but in Devon. I love travelling with my battery run moth trap.
My first Leopard moth.
My first Leopard moth.
December 27, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Looking through 2024 moths I think this has to be the most striking moth I've caught .............not at home but in Devon. I love travelling with my battery run moth trap.
My first Leopard moth.
My first Leopard moth.
Fabulous lichen on this tree! Makes me hopeful........clean air, and also reminds me of an old favourite of mine Arthur Packham.
December 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Fabulous lichen on this tree! Makes me hopeful........clean air, and also reminds me of an old favourite of mine Arthur Packham.
Beautiful walk in Devon yesterday.
December 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Beautiful walk in Devon yesterday.