Interested in pretty much any wildlife, especially birds, moths and a host of other insect groups. Norfolk county recorder for lacewings and allied insects. Based in North Elmham, Norfolk, UK.https://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mtwjouo2fc2uI’ve just been in the garden to put the moth trap out and felt something land in my hair. I came indoors and this fell out - Brachycarenus tigrinus, a new bug for me. It first appeared in the UK in 2003 but judging from iRecord it’s now been recorded across much of England, esp. SE & East Anglia.25 Aug 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwjouo2fc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mtgfyikrok2mIf you’re in mid Norfolk and fancy some great concerts, we have the fantastic Iceni Consort this Friday, the highly acclaimed Ralph Allwood Singers on Monday and the brilliant Chaos Collective in September. Looking forward to another season of top notch quality music. Links to tickets in article🔽. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgfyikrok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mt2mffjr2c2iPutative Pochard x Pintail #BirdHybrid [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2mffjr2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3msolmse35c2lThis Tree Damsel Bug (Himacerus apterus) appeared in my bathroom this morning. It’s fully-winged (macropterous) which confused me at first - the macropterous form is said to be rare, though I don’t know exactly how rare. #UKinverts09 Aug 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3msolmse35c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mskc7dccnc26#BirdHybrid [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2026 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskc7dccnc26https://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mrxjwpw7q22o"Psst, hey Toady, I don't suppose you could give me a ride, could you?" "Sure Mr Newt, hop on..." OK, I didn't actually hear this conversation, but I did see a Smooth Newt walk over the top of a Common Toad in my shed this morning, while I was going through my moth trap. #Toad #Newt31 Jul 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxjwpw7q22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mrsbtjga6s2wThis Omophron limbatum (sometimes called Spangled Button-beetle) appeared in my garden moth trap last night. Despite looking like a cross between a ladybird and a diving beetle it’s actually a very unusual ground beetle (Carabidae). It’s very active and runs extremely fast! #UKbeetles29 Jul 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsbtjga6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mrmqixisqk2tThis is well worth listening to… [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmqixisqk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mraly5vgnk2t#BirdHybrid [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraly5vgnk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mraefj2yz22iWe had to visit the in-laws in East Kent last week. We stayed at an AirBnB near Ash again where I caught lots of moths I don’t see in Norfolk very often (or at all), including this stunning little Promalactis procerella (Beautiful Silver-mark). #TeamMoth #KentMoths22 Jul 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraefj2yz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mqcz5rx4yk2iThere's Hollyhock at my village fish & chip shop so I looked for Hollyhock Weevils (Rhopalapion longirostre) while waiting for my order. I found a nice flea beetle and a different weevil. I haven't keyed them yet but I think they're my second Podagrica fuscipes and my first Aspidapion aeneum.10 Jul 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcz5rx4yk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mprerjp2ps2iThis seems to be quite an unusual #BirdHybrid. Not immediately sure what it is but wondering if it could possibly be Ruddy Shelduck x Blue-winged Goose? Fascinating! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mprerjp2ps2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mpqmmfjbfs2bI found several female scorpionflies in Bintree Wood yesterday. All three UK species were suspected in the field based on their wing pattern and thorax colour, and today confirmed by checking their genital plates. Panorpa cognata was only my second record and my first female. #Mecoptera #UKinverts03 Jul 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqmmfjbfs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mpoads46ic2nHere’s a photo of a Giant Lacewing that’s about a thousand times better than the one I posted yesterday! They really are superb insects! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoads46ic2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mplemqrxt22tThis week I’ve been poking around in streams and under bridges in the two areas that Giant Lacewing (Osmylus fulvicephalus) has been recorded in Norfolk. This morning I struck gold at East Carleton. Recorded here in 2022, which was the first in the county since 1963.01 Jul 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplemqrxt22thttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mp4q6httb22rThis little Cosmopterix scribaiella (Reed Beauty) was a nice surprise in my garden moth trap on Tuesday night. They’re spreading but not many record in Norfolk yet. There are no reed beds in my little garden so presumably it wandered here from somewhere else. #NorfolkMoths #TeamMoth25 Jun 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4q6httb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3movl6evhgk2bThe warming seas are producing some very unusual seabirds in Yorkshire… [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jun 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3movl6evhgk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3moo6vjwsuc2aColeophora siccifoliella (Keeled case-bearer), netted in flight beside a hedgerow in mid Norfolk early one morning recently. If I’ve done my maths right this is the 55th species of Coleophora I’ve recorded as adult. #NorfolkMoths19 Jun 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo6vjwsuc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3moo36azr6s2wDoing a bird survey in farmland in the middle of Norfolk this morning the last thing I expected to see (especially in mid June) was a Diver sp. flying south at 5am. Probably Red-throated but I didn’t see it quite well enough to be 100% sure. #NorfolkBirds19 Jun 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3moo36azr6s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3molp3qy55c2uThis Willughby’s Leafcutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella) was on the side of my shed at dawn this morning. I’ve not attempted to key many leafcutters before so although this is a common species, it was the first time I’ve identified one. I should do more #bees…18 Jun 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3molp3qy55c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mns737ohqk2jThis bug was in my garden moth trap on Sat night and I think it's Brachyarthrum limitatum. AI suggested Orthonotus rufifrons but seems to have been trained on a couple of photos purporting to be rufifrons which I believe are actually misidentified limitatum. #Hemiptera @arcanelove.bsky.social08 Jun 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mns737ohqk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mnhxkz3pxc2bI found these two #sawflies at Bintree Wood in May and have now identified them as Aneugmenus fuerstenbergensis (both males) which is apparently new for Norfolk. Thanks to @andymus.bsky.social for confirming.04 Jun 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhxkz3pxc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mnhtgc6e7c2eHow is a man meant to work with all this activity going on just outside his window. First Spotted Flycatcher and now this handsome Swallow having a sing-song (and 3 Oystercatchers noisily chasing each other over the houses as I type this). #NorfolkBirding 🪶 https://youtu.be/RMbooI1qZdo?si=ivNL6o4JGVXy_DHo04 Jun 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhtgc6e7c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/applewildlife.bsky.social/post/3mngsdq4jzk2rThis hand-held video won’t win any cinematography awards but was just taken using only my phone while I’m sitting at my desk in my study: an unexpected garden tick in the form of a very vocal Spotted Flycatcher right outside my window. Nice start to the day. https://youtube.com/shorts/De2ahnCRA94?si=s8BPExuQKl668645 #NorfolkBirds https://youtube.com/shorts/De2ahnCRA94?si=s8BPExuQKl668645#NorfolkBirds04 Jun 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:eb3xrl665fr7htysb4sem4c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mngsdq4jzk2r