Rob Stephens
@tillingtonchum.bsky.social
Nature watching poodle companion. Mothing and wildlife gardening enthusiast.
Flying along the shore at RSPB Titchwell Marsh, a pair of Oystercatchers. One of our favourite birds.
#birds #UKwildlife
#birds #UKwildlife
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Flying along the shore at RSPB Titchwell Marsh, a pair of Oystercatchers. One of our favourite birds.
#birds #UKwildlife
#birds #UKwildlife
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For #WildflowerHour this week, a plant with some of the tiniest of flowers. Pellitory-of-the-wall.
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For #WildflowerHour this week, a plant with some of the tiniest of flowers. Pellitory-of-the-wall.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sunshine and a stormy sky.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Sunshine and a stormy sky.
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On 7th July, we were left some Buff Ermine eggs. By 26th August all caterpillars had pupate. They were kept in our open sided shed. I check them regularly, and yesterday I was surprised to see a load of eggs in the tray. This morning they hatched.
#moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #ento #UKwildlife
#moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #ento #UKwildlife
November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
On 7th July, we were left some Buff Ermine eggs. By 26th August all caterpillars had pupate. They were kept in our open sided shed. I check them regularly, and yesterday I was surprised to see a load of eggs in the tray. This morning they hatched.
#moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #ento #UKwildlife
#moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #ento #UKwildlife
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
‘So where are the beetles’ said I as we approached the fence on Holkham beach. And there on the first post were a Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) and a Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (I think?). Nearby, a Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus).
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
‘So where are the beetles’ said I as we approached the fence on Holkham beach. And there on the first post were a Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala) and a Dicheirotrichus obsoletus (I think?). Nearby, a Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus).
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
From various walks this week, Red Campion, Green Alkanet, Sea Campion and Dandelion.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
From various walks this week, Red Campion, Green Alkanet, Sea Campion and Dandelion.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
What a glorious sight and sound. Passing over the house yesterday afternoon, hundreds of gorgeous geese.
#birds #UKwildlife
#birds #UKwildlife
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What a glorious sight and sound. Passing over the house yesterday afternoon, hundreds of gorgeous geese.
#birds #UKwildlife
#birds #UKwildlife
A swan doing swanly things.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A swan doing swanly things.
On a wander through Thursford Wood, the floor was sprinkled with thousands of fallen Common Spangle Galls. This one was perfectly colour matched with the Beech leaf on which it had settled.
November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
On a wander through Thursford Wood, the floor was sprinkled with thousands of fallen Common Spangle Galls. This one was perfectly colour matched with the Beech leaf on which it had settled.
What do beetles do at this time of year? These 7-Spot Ladybirds have taken shelter under a leaf, whereas this pair of Rosemary Beetles have other thoughts.
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What do beetles do at this time of year? These 7-Spot Ladybirds have taken shelter under a leaf, whereas this pair of Rosemary Beetles have other thoughts.
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
#beetles #ento #UKwildlife
Highland Cattle on a rainy day.
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Highland Cattle on a rainy day.
A Giant Willow Aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus, ambling down the back of a fence post.
#aphids #ento #UKwildlife
#aphids #ento #UKwildlife
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A Giant Willow Aphid, Tuberolachnus salignus, ambling down the back of a fence post.
#aphids #ento #UKwildlife
#aphids #ento #UKwildlife
A flurry of Red Admirals in the sunshine this morning. Four in all but only three in the pic.
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A flurry of Red Admirals in the sunshine this morning. Four in all but only three in the pic.
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
Well, it’s #WildflowerHour time again, and this evening I have Common Comfrey with a bonus cranefly … and some aphids.
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Well, it’s #WildflowerHour time again, and this evening I have Common Comfrey with a bonus cranefly … and some aphids.
Who lives in a house like this? It’s the tiny egg sac of the even more tiny spider, Paidiscura pallens.
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Who lives in a house like this? It’s the tiny egg sac of the even more tiny spider, Paidiscura pallens.
At the end of the garden, a golden glow on a dull afternoon.
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
At the end of the garden, a golden glow on a dull afternoon.
Our side garden has been taken over by Borage recently. In amongst them there’s this rather lovely white one.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our side garden has been taken over by Borage recently. In amongst them there’s this rather lovely white one.
#WildflowerHour
#WildflowerHour
It’s the second day in a row of seeing a Painted Lady in the garden. Very fleeting visit both times, so here’s a pic from earlier in the year.
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It’s the second day in a row of seeing a Painted Lady in the garden. Very fleeting visit both times, so here’s a pic from earlier in the year.
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife
#butterflies #ento #UKwildlife