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The National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR) exists to promote the use of biodiversity information for strategic and local needs and to champion the biological recording community across the UK.
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show. Excellent work by the National Trust at Holnicote. #MakeBritainWetAgain www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding
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📣 Announcement: Professor Anjali Goswami, Defra Chief Scientific Advisor and Director General Science, Data and Analysis, is keynote speaker at NEMC 2026 in December. 1/ @ukeof.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org
Great to see this when out and about in Bath today @savebutterflies.bsky.social @festofnature.bsky.social
Suspected avian botulism outbreak at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Full details: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/suspected-avian-botulism-outbreak-at-rye-harbour-nature-reserve
🚨 Registration for #Ento26 closes on Monday - Don’t miss your chance to be part of this year’s conference. From keynote talks to workshops and community events, it’s all happening in Cardiff this September. ⏳ Deadline: 17:00 (BST), Monday 24 August Register now 🔽 buff.ly/RdVM7Rj
Registration closes on Monday
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A huge thank you to all our dedicated staff and volunteers who helped with the New Forest reptile rescue operation, safely relocating native species following the devastating fires. Read more about the rescue operation on our website or in our bio: www.arc-trust.org/News/new-for...
New Forest Reptile Rescue Operation
Experienced and trained ARC staff and volunteers carried out a wildlife rescue at the New Forest after the recent devastating fires.
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Surprise find of Yellow Dodder, Cuscuta campestris, growing on Bindweed in my garden. Guess it could have arrived via birdseed. plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9...
Deadline to apply to become our new Local Change Prohect Coordinator is 9am on Monday. Just 3 days away! Want to lead this great new project to provide crucial data on the state of our wild plants? Then please get your application in! bsbi.org/about/people...
Local Change Project Coordinator
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)@bsbibotany.bsky.social · 2w agoWe're hiring! We have a new Local Change project, building on previous BSBI monitoring projects, to provide crucial data on the state of our wild plants. Background to the project: bsbi.org/take-part/pr... We're now looking to recruit a Project Coordinator. Find out more: bsbi.org/about/people...
Tackling pollution in Lough Neagh, the UK and Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, requires collaboration and robust scientific evidence. 🧪 The CLEAR-Neagh project, led by UKCEH, is using advanced DNA-based methods to trace pollution across the catchment. Swipe for info about our recent workshop ➡️
It continues to be an amazing year for moth migrants with lots of reports of Hummingbird Hawkmoths, the huge Convolvulous Hawk, Striped Hawks and now the appropriately named Passenger moth, seen in Weymouth by @paulupwey.bsky.social www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/08/the-...
The Passenger, Weymouth
Paul found this Passenger moth in his Weymouth garden trap on 19/08/26 and tells us: A moment of sheer elation and then terror when I turned over an egg tray this morning. I had to creep back to t…
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Beyond the Galleries Tour After a guided walk looking at the architecture of the Museum, cool down in our Reading Room, and join one of our archivists for a show-and-tell display from the Museum Archives. For more information see the link in our bio. #NaturalHistoryMuseum #Archives
The Mallard breeding season is finally over, and the garden ducks have all now essentially fledged. Crazy year, drought dried up ponds and forced 9 local broods onto the garden stream. They fledged about 40-45 young, which is *a lot*. Very eagerly awaiting the Mallard dispersal season!
Richard K Broughton@richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe garden duckling situation is becoming passive-aggressive.
...with the fifth not fancying company and diving straight off to the nearest valerian for some sustenance
🪰 Meet the stalk-eyed fly: an insect that looks like it belongs in science fiction! With eyes perched on the ends of long stalks extending from their heads, these remarkable flies have become a classic example of sexual selection. Find out why at our next #InsectHour on 14 October. buff.ly/FCGSuMS
Insect Hour - 🎟️ Register for free
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Always a miraculous process to see..
John Walters@johnwalterswildife.bsky.social · 2d agoHummingbird Hawk Macroglossum stellatarum eclosing from pupa found in North Wales (slightly speeded up). Thousands more will be emerging in Britain during the next few weeks, then the moths will migrate down to the Mediterranean where they overwinter.
...if anything, our little 40w garden trap at the Grove was relatively busier including a particularly good catch of 5 Striped Hawks - 4 made quite a handful...
"The government promised a plan [on access to green spaces] but it’s long overdue, and we’ve had enough of waiting. So we’re writing one for them, and we want your views to help shape it." Please share yours: https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/tell-us-how-nature-makes-you-feel 📷©Katie Riley
We always welcome new volunteers to help with fen management in Lye Valley in Oxford & if they want to try Austrian scything, there is always some skilled volunteer to help them get the hang of it. Wed. mornings 09.30am to lunchtime. The Grass of Parnassus display at the moment is truly stunning!
Tom Bedford@tombedford.bsky.social · 3d agoGreat to see my eldest help out the @friendlyevalley.bsky.social volunteers this morning. Seed collecting, raking and scything under the expert eye of @judywebb.bsky.social, accompanied by a magnificent Grass of Parnassus display (and a Wasp Spider!) #LyeValley #Oxford #conservation
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🪶 Exciting news from BBOWT! The discovery of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in new locations across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire highlights why monitoring and recording wildlife is so impo...
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Look closer at your local lilies! This one is Lori's Water-lily (Nymphaea loriana), which is known from only 3 populations in the wild. From naturalist Dustin Snider's notes on this observation: "Visited with local botanist Dave Biggs — a bucket lister for us both!"
A large tachinid on a Creeping thistle in Ely last weekend. Wondering about Tachina magnicornis, but not sure. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
Impressive record of a probably British-born Barn Owl found 110 km out in the North Sea. #ornithology #ukbirding www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Barn Owl rescued off the Norfolk coast after collapsing onto boat
"It's very unusual... barn owls shouldn't be 70 miles off Newcastle," a wildlife rescuer says.
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Learn how to restore species-rich hay meadows with Carol Edmondson. Discover site assessment, preparation, sowing, monitoring and long-term management techniques to create wildflower-rich grasslands that support biodiversity 🌎 🧪 Enrol here: 🔗 courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/hay-...
Hay Meadow Restoration: Practical Guide to Biodiversity
Learn how to restore species-rich hay meadows with this practical online webinar. Explore meadow ecology, site selection, preparation, sowing, and long-term management to create biodiverse wildflower ...
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Flying visit to Wye Downs NNR near Ashford, Kent last Sunday to look for Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket failed to find any (I really need to go at night), but I managed to stumble across this female Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) instead, a first for me and a real bonus!
