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Michael Foley

@MichaelFoley_1

Honorary Research Fellow, University of Lancaster. Botany, Butterflies, Bees, Orthoptera, and nature and wildlife in general.

 Ribble Valley
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Joined August 2016
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Beechmast Candlesnuff! 🕯️ This little fungus grows on the outer seed cases of Beech. Amazing! #Fungi
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Image from Charlotte Rankin (@bumble_being)
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Whimbrels coming to roost on shallows on Ribble, May, 2017
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Two Bombus pratorum males on scabious, Lancashire, June 6, 2021.
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Sometimes it's the little things that make my day. Found my first Nickar nut at Traigh Eais this afternoon. This tropical drift seed, once prized as a talisman in the Outer Hebrides, has floated all the way from the Caribbean before making landfall on Barra.
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Bombus hypnorum vigorously foraging on Scabious, Lancashire, 21.6.2021 @BumblebeeTrust
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Bombus dahlbomii visto por el equipo de Vi Un Abejorro en el Parque Nacional Los Alerces 🐝
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Bombus pascuorum extracting nectar from Linaria repens, Burns Beck, Cumbria, August 26, 2017 @BumblebeeTrust
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Bombus pascuorum worker collecting very deep orange-red pollen from Grass Vetchling (Lathyrus nissifolia), Brockholes, Preston, 14.5.19.
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🔴🐝New paper in #Osmia : Two new overlooked bee species from Spain (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Andrenidae, Apidae) by T. Wood. osmia-journal-hymenoptera.co…
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Bombus humilis on common ragwort, Newport, August 26, 2021
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My only B terrestris was blown off the mahonia 7 days ago. Could she survive the next 5 days of torrential rain, gales & cold? What do I find today but her plus a new bee on winter honeysuckle w/ baskets full of gorse pollen @iancbeavis @StevenFalk1 @B_Strawbridge N Cumbria coast
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Image from Vivian Russell 💙 (@russell_vivian)
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Poor photo - but both B. hypnorum and B. terrestris are now out in North Wales..@cofnod
B. hypnorum - Tree bumblebee

ALT B. hypnorum - Tree bumblebee

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Long tongued Bombus hortorum easily reaching nectar in the bell heather corolla, Longridge Fell, 7.2021.
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Rather exposed against the dark background, South Pennine moors, 22.2.2020.
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Bombus hortorum are (perhaps?) surprisingly frequent on the Pennine moors near Burnley, 15.7.2021 @StevenFalk1 @wurflenii @OliverPrysJones @PaulWilliamsNHM
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Have just found my old (2011) photo of the otters beside the lake at Ambleside. There was a small family (2 offspring) on that occasion but I am not sure if they’re still there?
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A small Bombus jonellus worker busy on the bell heather, Longridge Fell, Lancashire, June 2021.
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Green Hairstreak well concealed amongst the bilberry, Burns Beck, Cumbria, May, 2019
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Bombus pratorum worker collecting orange-red pollen from Water Avens (Geum rivale), Hurstwood, Lancashire, 4.6.21.
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