Tom Kitching

“‘Oo’s is this? Anyone lost a fuckin turtle?”

We can all dream of bigger things

Season’s beatings

I managed to film a dragonfly breathing.

Newly emerged (teneral) male common darter by my pond this morning. Wings silvery as they are soft and need the sun to harden. The colour will quickly change to red over the next day or so.

Four spot chaser on Chat moss, I think my best dragonfly photo so far.

Azure damselflies

A vividly coloured migrant hawker

Four spot chaser, body darkened with age, on the Somerset levels today.

A scarce chaser, photographed today on the fens northwest of Wisbech. First time I have ever seen this insect.

Witch marks at Halsway Manor, Somerset

Not feeling well so fire up the popular marsupial themed food delivery app. I don’t *think* this is where I am.

Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

My father photographed this four spot chaser by the pond my sister and I dug two winters ago.

New dragonflies emerging from my pond

This book is absolutely brilliant! One of my all time favourites.

An abandoned teddy bear in Leicestershire yesterday

I had a lovely night performing with Paul Hutchinson in Loughborough.

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

The tour flyer with dates and locations. All the same info is in the second link in the main message.

I’ve not tried to promote anything on Bluesky yet, so here goes. These are my upcoming tour dates. It’s my show about the waterways of England. Take a look, maybe give us a share!

Here’s a bit of it,
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_dfq...

Tickets + info,
www.tomkitching.co.uk/upcoming-gigs/

Motivational poster on the wall of a B&B in Broadstairs

From within an ancient oak in deepest Cheshire

I was lucky enough to see a long eared owl hunting this evening.

I absolutely love this account

The leafy Cheshire village of Bickerton. Fucking slackers for over 42 years.

I’m going to rebuild this old Cheshire Souling horse

nostalgia is remembering when you didn’t have to pay bills and attributing that feeling to mario

Hulme Locks, Manchester, 1900 (Archives+).