The Cuckoo I filmed yesterday at Essex Wildlife Trust Thameside

Just been reminded by Dr Erica McAlister its #WorldRobberflyDay so here is the most impressive UK robberfly and one of the most impressive UK insects, and a personal favourite of mine - The Hornet Robberfly!

Dipterists Forum Insect Week Richard Jones

Nothing like your 1st orchid of the year to cheer you up.
Phone pic of a Birds Nest Orchid

Nightingale Singing - Earlier this week I went to Essex Wildlife Trust Thameside to film Nightingale, Wren, Robin and other birds singing and you can watch the video here: youtu.be/Wfq5ruO4mqo

Bird Aware Essex Coast EBwS Bird News
Global Birdfair Birda Wildscreen Wildlife Film News

The beautiful song of the song thrush EBwS Bird News Essex Wildlife Trust RSPB England Neil Phillips

How sad that Thurrock Council celebrated #EarthDay by strimming the remaining long grass on top of last weeks mow, removing all the wildflowers + insects in it.
They've left the grass where they cut it, so it doesn't even look neat,which I assume was the purpose of cutting it!?

Heath Fritillary close up with my Laowa - Venus Optics Probe Lens
I spent a day last June hunting for them and got some footage of them, Purple hairstreak and other insects and made film about it you can watch here: youtu.be/bf6mqHfmVlg

BC Cambs and Essex Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Essex Wildlife Trust

Promoting her new book on Fox News, Liz Truss does an impressive job of summing up her time as PM for the American people

Some awesome science with amazing results!
I reckon other species including UK ones may be able to do the same.

An American bumblebee species can survive a week submerged underwater! Helping them deal with floods.

Incredible creatures, I bet our European species can do the same.

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In exactly 24 hours it will be TOO LATE to register to vote for the coming local elections.

Discovering things TOO LATE is annoying. Like when the autofocus is off for a live take of a parody song too late on a school night...

But here's a blurry 🎶 called 'Kids - Give an X' -…

Cat owners on Facebook grp are outraged after a cat was killed by 2 dogs after it entered the dog owners garden. In the last year they have been outraged about people feeding their cats, cutting their fur and their cats getting hit by cars.
If only there was a solution...

Neil Phillips Essex Wildlife Trust Nick Baker Mike Dilger 💚 ARG UK Wildlife Garden Project Dr Amir Khan GP Froglife People's Trust for Endangered Species That’s a lovely video! Hope the new owners will appreciate the garden’s wildlife potential.

I recently said goodbye to my childhood home, but before I did I had one last look round the garden where I learned and found my interest in wildlife, but this time with the cool camera equipment I now have!
You can watch the video here: youtu.be/xggy2tmLGQc

Essex Wildlife Trust

Dogs and National Nature Reserves really don’t mix. A conservation grazing sheep that survived 2 previous dog attacks was finally killed by a third. Why do our best reserves still cater for dog owners ahead of nature and everyone else?

1/3 Ragwort is a much maligned plant yet it is really important to a whole range of insects who benefit from its nectar and pollen and for other insects it provides food for their early stages. Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Glad I walked home along the wilder side of the stort this evening and spotted this poor bat stuck on a Burdock! It's a known issue that I've read about so must've been attuned to spotting it in the back of my mind. Now being tended to by a Herts Bat Group volunteer. Bat Conservation Trust