A solitary Wasp excavating her nest hole in a post and a swarm of Sweat Bees on drying t-shirt

Splendid Marsupial Tree Frogs in Puembo Birding Garden near Quito, Ecuador #treefrog #frog

The Moschatel or Town-hall Clock is in flower #wildflowers

Amazing Orthopterans (Crickets) in the Ecuador rainforest at night #rainforest

Fascinating huge Whip Scorpion near the shower block in the rainforest #ecuador

Endangered and beautiful Andean Ibis in the High Andes in Ecuador #ibis #ecuador

Some beautiful little Rainfrogs in the Mindo cloud forest in Ecuador #frogs

The glorious Toucan Barbet in all its finery in the west Andean cloud forest #beautifulbirds

A magnificent large Bess Beetle (Passalidae) from a cloud forest in western Ecuador #beetle

The captivating Plate-billed Mountain Toucan at the Arlequin Reserve, north west Ecuador #toucan

A bizarre Leaf Mantid from the Ecuadorean rainforest #prayingmantis

It's a mad world. Tiny moth runs round in circles on a leaf #amazonrainforest

Snakes in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador #snakes

Some beautiful Butterflies from the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador #butterflies

The beautiful upper Amazon basin - Rio Napo in Ecuador #amazonrainforest

Glorious Hummingbirds at feeders in the Antisana national Park in Ecuador #hummingbird

Impressive Andean Condors at the Chakana reserve in Ecuador #condor

Not the best images in the rain, Croaking Ground Doves and Eared Doves in Ecuador

Bee-fly, Homeless Bees and Mining Bee on the Downs #bee

Female Brimstone butterfly feeding on a Dandelion flower (I didn't notice the beetle at first)

A beautiful male Common Flower Hoverfly Syrphus ribesii on Blackthorn blossom

Spring has sprung - Peacock butterfly on Blackthorn blossom

Flowers of our south Norfolk fields - Lesser Celandine #yellow

Caterpillar compilation - various species - see description #caterpillar

A ferocious Woodlouse Spider Dysdera crocata from under a slab #spider

A gorgeous little Nuthatch calling in the trees #nuthatch #spring

A selection of moths from my garden in March #moths

Monty the dog has taken up birdwatching, but forgot his binoculars #cutedog

Male Smooth Newt lazily swimming with soothing birdsong #newt

Cute moth coming to get you - Small Brindled Beauty #beauty #moth

Yew trees in flower shedding pollen #flowers #churchyard

A menacing Funnel-web Spider lurking in its web Agelena labyrinthica

Deep in the conifer hedge, some Goldcrests are beginning to make a nest #birdnest

A look back at some birds on Minsmere scrape in Suffolk in August 2024 #nature

Back to black (Beetles) A Diving Beetle Colymbetes fuscus #waterbeetle

How can you refuse such a polite request? 🐶 #cutedog #monty

Sorry, even worse quality, but there were THREE herons on the pond today #surprise #herons

The intriguingly named Common Gull (it isn't common) #gull #photobomb

A trial to see if this format works (see description). Hazel and some of its Weevils #hazel

Some shots of Brimstone butterflies to bring joy #butterfly

Sorry about picture quality but was excited to see this on our pond this morning #heron #gardenpond

Amazing sequence from last summer of an emerging dragonfly #metamorphosis

Contrast: brown winter form of Green Shield Bug and green summer form #bug

A jaunty little Leafhopper disturbed from its winter sleep #bug #nature

Three Hawk-moths from summer 2024, Poplar, Elephant and Privet #hawkmoth

A handsome male Shelduck preens himself #duck

Those feet! A Coot in St James Park #birds

To celebrate 1000 subscribers, here is a compilation of Costa Rican butterflies