UKBMS results out today! Results from fifty years of butterfly monitoring! The UKBMS data reveals declines in 33 species over the last 50 years. Check out the full story below butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... And the full 2025 statistics can be found here: jncc.gov.uk/our-work/off...

Fifty years of data reveal specialist butterflies disappearing across UK

An extraordinary dataset of over 44 million records from 782,000 volunteer surveys has revealed what has happened to the UK's butterflies as the national landscape has changed over the past 50…

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Not much good news in this report 😥, but glad to see recognition that "The UK is fortunate in having a large amount of information about its biodiversity, collected across a broad spread of species and habitats both by professionals and by expert volunteers"

JNCC@jncc.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌍 UK reveals first assessment of progress towards national biodiversity targets The 7th National Report shows progress towards the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to take urgent action to halt & reverse biodiversity loss 🔗 jncc.gov.uk/news/uk-publ... #GBF

It is brilliant to see this newly revitalised group @bes-communitysci.bsky.social I hope the launch at the BES conference goes well! #communityscience #citizenscience

We've been engaging farmers with moth monitoring from the Chilterns to Pembrokeshire. Using portable bucket traps and an AI based app - farmers love uncovering hidden biodiversity! Read my blog here: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @ukceh.bsky.social @mjopocock.bsky.social #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Engaging farmers in moth monitoring to support biodiversity

UKCEH has recently been working with farmers to monitor biodiversity on their land using innovative equipment and simple recording methods to make moth trapping accessible to all. What started in the ...

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Bird conservation is only going to work if these species have healthy habitats to live in. Can citizen scientists help gather vital information on habitat condition? This new study investigates➡️ www.bto.org/citizen-science-habitat-monitoring #Ornithology #citsci @ukceh.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social

Doing moth trapping in the UK this weekend? Can you help us gather lots of images of moths on egg cartons from your trap? Help us develop a tool making moth recording easier for more people Tks! #mothsmateer #teammoth @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social

Abigail Lowe@abigaillowe.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡 At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image. Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work. More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV... #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡 At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image. Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work. More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV... #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

#Citizenscience is a powerful tool for early detection of invasive species. Specifically, records submitted to platforms like @inaturalist.bsky.social should form part of surveillance by regulatory authorities. www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Citizen science is a powerful tool in fight against invasive non-native species

A Europe-wide study, involving the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, has found citizen science plays a vital role in early detection of invasive non-native (alien) species, which is essential to info...

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Great talk by @drnickisaac.bsky.social from UKCEH at #bes2024 about the development of the species abundance indicator for Defra. Honest perspective on the positive ambition and challenge of doing this week. @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

I really enjoyed the talk by Dr Chris Wernham, of BTO Scotland, summing up why monitoring birds is important for science, but also for ourselves. This is the type of message we want to get across through our CIC - to get out into nature and also contribute to #CitizenScience. @btobirds.bsky.social

Incredibly inspiring NBN awardees. People making a difference for nature through recording... And seemingly having a huge amount of fun in the process! nbn.org.uk/news-events-...

NBN Award recipients 2024 - National Biodiversity Network

The winners and highly commended recipients of these NBN Awards were announced at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, in Liverpool, on Thursday 21 November.

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Tuyvae douglasboyesi - a newly described moth from Colombia. dx.doi.org/10.57800/fau...: "dedicated to a young and enthusiast British entomologist, Douglas Boyes, who left us too early" Sadly missed by us all - he did amazing research, had such passion... I wonder what he would have gone on to? 😞