Robbie Rowe
@privateshufti.bsky.social
Healthcare scientist, naturalist, spotterish
Omnivorous reader and book collector (modern firsts, nature writing, climate fiction)
Casual birder, insect enthusiast
Into food, travel, history, music
Fediverse presence: @[email protected]
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Omnivorous reader and book collector (modern firsts, nature writing, climate fiction)
Casual birder, insect enthusiast
Into food, travel, history, music
Fediverse presence: @[email protected]
No DMs
Trying to get in the mood for #Halloween so reading this
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Trying to get in the mood for #Halloween so reading this
Went on a ramble yesterday from my house through the local woods and fields.
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Went on a ramble yesterday from my house through the local woods and fields.
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
A late-flowering thistle still attracting bees.
A variety of fungi despite the dry weather.
Flocks of finches and tits patrolling the hedgerows in the former pasture between the M27 & Broadleaf Park, Rownhams
#NatureNotes
We have a print of this in our dining room / library
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We have a print of this in our dining room / library
October 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
October 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Cemetery portal, Southampton Old Cemetery.
September 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Cemetery portal, Southampton Old Cemetery.
Gorgeous day with good views of several ospreys and marsh harriers. Finished with a large flock of spoonbills on Brownsea lagoon in the company of numerous waders, terns & gulls
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September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Gorgeous day with good views of several ospreys and marsh harriers. Finished with a large flock of spoonbills on Brownsea lagoon in the company of numerous waders, terns & gulls
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Fishlake Meadows, Romsey yesterday.
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
August 31, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Fishlake Meadows, Romsey yesterday.
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
A breezy day with periods of light rain.
A huge flock of house & sand martins chattering & feeding above the marshes.
A tree creeper exploring the fissured bark of a giant poplar.
A pair of ravens patrolling.
A lesser stag beetle on the path.
#nature #UKBirding 🪶
'Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world'
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
August 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
'Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world'
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
The Road, Cormac McCarthy - the darkest of #dystopias for #BookWormSat
July 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
July 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
July 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The cloud forest near Monteverde in #CostaRica. Very privileged to have been able to visit this #biodiversity hotspot and see an amazing variety of wildlife: male & female quetzal, swallow-tailed kites, white-faced coatis, numerous insects, birds & frogs
July 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The cloud forest near Monteverde in #CostaRica. Very privileged to have been able to visit this #biodiversity hotspot and see an amazing variety of wildlife: male & female quetzal, swallow-tailed kites, white-faced coatis, numerous insects, birds & frogs
#CostaRica
Best view yet of a sloth, right outside the hotel in Manuel Antonio
Best view yet of a sloth, right outside the hotel in Manuel Antonio
July 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#CostaRica
Best view yet of a sloth, right outside the hotel in Manuel Antonio
Best view yet of a sloth, right outside the hotel in Manuel Antonio
#CostaRica
Almost overlooked this #cicada on the balcony this morning.
Can hear the howler monkeys from the hotel here in Punta Cocles. Quite a variety of birdlife in the grounds:
various tanagers, flycatchers, rufous-tailed hummingbirds, bananaquits. There is a fairly tame agouti around too.
Almost overlooked this #cicada on the balcony this morning.
Can hear the howler monkeys from the hotel here in Punta Cocles. Quite a variety of birdlife in the grounds:
various tanagers, flycatchers, rufous-tailed hummingbirds, bananaquits. There is a fairly tame agouti around too.
July 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#CostaRica
Almost overlooked this #cicada on the balcony this morning.
Can hear the howler monkeys from the hotel here in Punta Cocles. Quite a variety of birdlife in the grounds:
various tanagers, flycatchers, rufous-tailed hummingbirds, bananaquits. There is a fairly tame agouti around too.
Almost overlooked this #cicada on the balcony this morning.
Can hear the howler monkeys from the hotel here in Punta Cocles. Quite a variety of birdlife in the grounds:
various tanagers, flycatchers, rufous-tailed hummingbirds, bananaquits. There is a fairly tame agouti around too.
July 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#30DaysWild day 29
Tortuguero, #CostaRica
Woken by the chirpy calling of geckos.
A bird like a monotonous blackbird chanting in the pre-dawn.
The sound of the Caribbean surf booming beyond the bar.
Insect ringing like tinnitus.
Then the rain, drumming and dinning on the roofs and leaves.
Tortuguero, #CostaRica
Woken by the chirpy calling of geckos.
A bird like a monotonous blackbird chanting in the pre-dawn.
The sound of the Caribbean surf booming beyond the bar.
Insect ringing like tinnitus.
Then the rain, drumming and dinning on the roofs and leaves.
June 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#30DaysWild day 29
Tortuguero, #CostaRica
Woken by the chirpy calling of geckos.
A bird like a monotonous blackbird chanting in the pre-dawn.
The sound of the Caribbean surf booming beyond the bar.
Insect ringing like tinnitus.
Then the rain, drumming and dinning on the roofs and leaves.
Tortuguero, #CostaRica
Woken by the chirpy calling of geckos.
A bird like a monotonous blackbird chanting in the pre-dawn.
The sound of the Caribbean surf booming beyond the bar.
Insect ringing like tinnitus.
Then the rain, drumming and dinning on the roofs and leaves.
#30DaysWild day 27
Up with the larks for travelling.
Blackbirds singing.
House martins chirruping.
A gorgeous sunrise unfolding.
Up with the larks for travelling.
Blackbirds singing.
House martins chirruping.
A gorgeous sunrise unfolding.
June 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
#30DaysWild day 27
Up with the larks for travelling.
Blackbirds singing.
House martins chirruping.
A gorgeous sunrise unfolding.
Up with the larks for travelling.
Blackbirds singing.
House martins chirruping.
A gorgeous sunrise unfolding.
#30DaysWild day 26 & last day at home in the UK for 3 weeks.
In the cemetery:
The musky scent of a fox.
Large and small white butterflies, meadow browns & marbled whites.
Strimming of the long grass has begun, hopefully these cinnabar moth caterpillars on their ragwort will survive 🤞
In the cemetery:
The musky scent of a fox.
Large and small white butterflies, meadow browns & marbled whites.
Strimming of the long grass has begun, hopefully these cinnabar moth caterpillars on their ragwort will survive 🤞
June 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#30DaysWild day 26 & last day at home in the UK for 3 weeks.
In the cemetery:
The musky scent of a fox.
Large and small white butterflies, meadow browns & marbled whites.
Strimming of the long grass has begun, hopefully these cinnabar moth caterpillars on their ragwort will survive 🤞
In the cemetery:
The musky scent of a fox.
Large and small white butterflies, meadow browns & marbled whites.
Strimming of the long grass has begun, hopefully these cinnabar moth caterpillars on their ragwort will survive 🤞
June 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM