Naturalist, photographer, speaker, author, conservationist. GREEN party member. Wildlife Advocate at Beth Chatto Gardens. #BridgesNotBorders #IamEUropean www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk New book for @princetonupress.bsky.social...see my website frontpage.https://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mvfwdhydps2tBritish Naturalists' Association Encaenia yesterday: a few highlights from the Natural History Museum garden - gorgeous Southern Green Shieldbug nymphs, equally lovely spider Pirata piraticus, a soldierfly (poss Stratiomys singularior) larva breathing through its bum...13 Sep 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfwdhydps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mvdsdeg2jk2aMy latest blog of the Wild Side of Beth Chatto Gardens... https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/the-wild-side-of-beth-chatto-gardens-september-a-garden-of-two-halves/ #NatureWriting12 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdsdeg2jk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mv6cyjeyg22qLovely walk round the Beth Chatto Gardens this morning produced a couple of new flies for the list. First, on Ivy, was the parasite-fly Solieria pavifica, only one other record from N Essex.10 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6cyjeyg22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3muyneyaouc2mFlashback: 15 years ago today, sunset from our eyrie, high above Wivenhoe!08 Sep 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyneyaouc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3muw6xhuxxk2sNew blog, of our most recent short break by public transport to Maldon, taking in Beeleigh Abbey and the Mundon Oaks. #NatureWriting https://www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/beeleigh-abbey-and-the-mundon-oaks/07 Sep 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw6xhuxxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mupg6vvo5k2uBeeleigh Abbey itself was a fascinating mishmash of construction materials, from septaria and flint, sandstone and Roman tile, plus great chunks of puddingstone.04 Sep 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupg6vvo5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3mupfj4ftrk2uFirebugs galore! Large trees, Limes especially, with some huge aggregations today at Beeleigh Abbey, just inland of Maldon, like piles of glistening berries.04 Sep 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupfj4ftrk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chrismothman.bsky.social/post/3muml73lpdc2yAnd another new find for the Beth Chatto Gardens yesterday was the nationally scarce jumping spider Ballus chalybaeus. Didn't see it itself, but its web is very distinctive...03 Sep 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:exdkc6e76i3evgmgeeasojts/app.bsky.feed.post/3muml73lpdc2y