Shane Harper
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🦉🦉Fledgling North Derbyshire birder. LIFERS 🌍469 (UK 217). Best lifer-Resplendent Quetzal. Nest adventure, South Africa 🇿🇦 2025.
Home of Ye Olde Crooked Spire
Joined October 2023
England's only population of Mountain Hares in the Peak District has suffered a dramatic decline over the past eight years, according to research by Natural England:
birdguides.com
New research reveals a nearly 60% decline in Mountain Hare numbers in the Peak District since 2017, with the population now only at some 1,000 individuals. Density in key hot-spots has dropped from...
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Just heard a screaming noise in the hedgerows and saw a young Rabbit and its mum. Thought the mum was attacking the baby. Then I saw this Stoat. She must have been trying to protect it
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It’s #FlyDay I think I can just get away with this Harlequin Ladybird 🐞 (f. spectabilis) preparing to take off 🚁 . #macro #insects #ladybirds @promderby2 @DerbysWildlife #NatureBeauty #DERBYSHIRE #wildlifephotography
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A traditional, illegal delicacy fuels this barbaric trapping practice. JOIN US broadcasting LIVE from Cyprus and working with @CABS_REPORTS to reveal methods used to trap and kill up to half a million songbirds. WATCH: https://t.co/QTIUqHZ8JC DONATE: https://t.co/riJgfkjKOy
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RESCUING a female blackcap from certain death. #OperationDeadAir w/@CABS_REPORTS Please donate if you can to help with vital conservation https://t.co/riJgfkjKOy Thank you.
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The male Wilson’s Bird of Paradise got rather excited pushing out his wonderful green throat/chest feathers when he successfully attracted this female into his display area. (West Papua Aug/Sep 2025). #BirdsSeenIn2025
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Red Footed Falcon munching on dragonfly. Full vlog of the day with the pics and footage below.
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I couldn’t resist another photography session with this beautiful juvenile Dotterel @SYorkshireBirds Absolutely magical moments. #NatureIsMagic Such a little poser. #borb #birds @Natures_Voice @birdguides @RareBirdAlertUK @EasternMoors #WaderWednesday
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BEWARE: Beautiful birds @BBirds34357 Another image plagiariser on X. Using other photographers images to adorn her own website. Not giving credits to the original photographers. Other users of X could potentially believe that these are her own pictures. Check her website
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My favourite subject for quite some time. Had a wonderful 2 hours watching this superb and extremely confiding Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) @SYorkshireBirds @peakdistrict @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts #NatureTherapy #wildlifephotography #NatureIsMagic
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A beautiful Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) moth from the garden, showing off its superb autumn 🍂 🍃 🍁colours #DERBYSHIRE @savebutterflies @promderby2 @DerbysWildlife @obsidentify #MothsMatter #teammoth #NatureTherapy #moths
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Went back to see the South Yorks Dotterel this morning. An absolute poser of a bird, coming super close at times, providing these 4 great photo opportunities @EasternMoors @SYorkshireBirds @Natures_Voice #NatureTherapy @peakdistrict @WildlifeTrusts @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides
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Superb garden visitor on the night 🌌🌓 of 11th/12th September, with this beautiful Clifden Nonpareil (Blue Underwing). #DERBYSHIRE @obsidentify #teammoth #mothsmatter #NatureLovers #NatureBeauty @promderby2 @DerbysWildlife @NatureUK @Britnatureguide
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A juvenile Dotterel hunkering down behind a thistle this afternoon in a blustery 💨 💨 @peakdistrict Thanks to Stuart Churchill for directions 📍 @SYorkshireBirds @Derbyshirebirds @promderby2 @Natures_Voice @Britnatureguide #UKBirds #NaturePhotography @EasternMoors
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Canary-shouldered Thorn Moth from the garden at the weekend. #Moths #teammoth #MothsMatter @savebutterflies #NatureTherapy @promderby2 @DerbysWildlife @NatureUK
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Glossy Ibis seem to be in good numbers at the moment. A quick trip over the Derbyshire/Yorkshire border for a few 📷 @RotherValley #SOUTHYORKSHIRE @SYorkshireBirds @Natures_Voice @NatureUK @Britnatureguide #birds #NatureTherapy
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🪶 An acrobatic Bearded Tit/Reedling doing the splits for #MotivationMonday taken on a trip to the coast to see these little beauties. #birds #NaturePhotography @Natures_Voice @NatureUK @Britnatureguide @BirdGuides @WildlifeTrusts 🪶
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🐞 Someone stole my spots……..Here’s an Asian Lady Beetle/Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) seen in my #DERBYSHIRE garden #macrophotography @promderby2 @DerbysWildlife @Britnatureguide @NatureUK #insects #bugs #NatureTherapy
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