🌿 We’re excited to be at Apple Day 2025 next weekend! Come along to say hello, discover more about us, and find out how you can get involved in wildlife recording. 🦋🌳 📅 Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October, 10am - 4pm 📍 Woodside Plant Centre, Jedburgh, TD8 6TU #AppleDay2025 #WildlifeRecording

@twic.bsky.social seek Board Directors with experience in finance, charity governance, public relations / communications and fundraising to join their Board of Directors 📍Midlothian/hybrid 🙋‍♀️Voluntary tinyurl.com/4ctxut7m #Midlothian #Trustees

Last Saturday we had a great Oak Galls workshop at Craigmillar Castle Park!🌳 A big thank you to everyone who joined us! Oak galls are not only amazing natural structures but also a window into the rich biodiversity of our local woodlands. 🍂🌍 📸 Patricia Mrazek #Events #Nature #OakGalls #Scotland

Join us! We are seeking 2 directors to fill vacancies on our Board. We are looking for individuals with expertise in finance, governance, communications/PR or fundraising. An ecology background is desirable. 📅 Application deadline: 12/10/25 💬 Interviews: 20/10/25 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/pzu6j6yc

🌊 Save the Date! 🌳 Our 2025 conference will focus on coastal conservation and recording 🌿🦀 📅 Saturday 15th November 2025 📍 Port Seton Community Centre Mark your calendars — full programme + booking details coming soon! 📸 David Palmar #Wildlife #Conference #Nature #Scotland #EastLothian

Join BRISC's Bioblitz Finale! 🌳 🌍 Participate in the bioblitz to celebrate biological recording in Scotland. 📅 22nd - 28th September iNaturalist event: www.inaturalist.org/projects/big... iRecord event: irecord.org.uk/join/brisc-b... #Bioblitz #Recording #Scotland #iRecord #iNaturalist

Join our latest workshop, in which we will explore the enigmatic world of slugs! 📅 Wednesday 29th October 🕐 10am – 4pm 📍 Museum of Scottish Railways, Bo’ness, EH51 9AQ Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slug-ident... 📸 Mike Beard #WestLothian #Molluscs #Slugs #Scotland

We'll be attending the Community Environment Fair in Northfield! Come along and learn about how you can help wildlife conservation efforts. 🍃🌷 📅Saturday 20th September 🕐 12 - 4 pm 📍 Northfield & Willowbrae Community Centre, Edinburgh, EH8 7PP #EnvironmentFair #Edinburgh #Events #Conservation

Snails may be slow, but your records make a big impact quickly!🐌 Every record helps us track biodiversity across SE and central Scotland.🌍 🌱Seen some wildlife recently? Record it on iRecord or our website! 📸Rebekah Wilson #CitizenScience #Recording #Scotland #Biodiversity #GetOutside #iRecord

East Lothian Council is updating the Local Biodiversity Action Plan – and we need your views! 🌳 🗓 Public consultation deadline is 10 October 📍 Take part online or visit a pop-up event Share your view: eastlothian.gov.uk/biodiversity-consultation #EastLothianCouncil #Biodiversity #NatureNetworks

Help us record birds! 🐦 TWIC currently holds no bird records for grid square NS8477 — let’s change that together! 🗺️🌍 Submit your sightings via iRecord or our website (link below): wildlifeinformation.co.uk/wildlife-rec... #Birdwatching #CitizenScience #Recording #EnvironmentalData #Conservation

Our next excursion will be on 13 September and will be a joint meeting with the Edinburgh Natural History Society. Ages 18+ 📅 Saturday 13 September 📍 Wells o' Wearie and Disused Railway to Bawsinch (Edinburgh) 🕗 10:30 🔗 Eventbrite: shorturl.at/91AH9 📸 by Mike Beard #WildlifeRecording #Edinburgh

Join our next workshop - an Oak Gall Walk - where you will be introduced to plant galls and learn how to identify and record them! 🌍 🍃 📍 Craigmillar Castle Park, Edinburgh 📅 Saturday 20th September, 2025 🕐 11:00 - 15:00 #Event #Edinburgh #Wildlife #Identification #Plants

We’re at the Roslin Fete today! Come and visit our stall between 12:00 and 17:30 at Roslin Park to find out how you can get involved in wildlife recording! #Event #RoslinFete #Roslin #WildlifeRecording #Midlothian

Join us at the Roslin Village Fete next Saturday! 📅 Saturday 30th August 🕐 12:00 - 17:00 📍 Roslin, Midlothian Take this opportunity to swing by and learn more about how you can participate in wildlife observation activities. #Event #Roslin #WildlifeRecording #Fete #Midlothian #Wildlife

Join us on Sunday 31 August for a #wildilfe #recording excursion to the Kirkliston to Dalmeny Walkway near #Edinburgh. The event is free but Eventbrite registration is required. Hope to see you there! 🔎 🦋 🍄 🌳 🗓️ Sunday 31 August 📍 Kirkliston to Dalmeny Walkway ℹ️ tinyurl.com/7j4vsvf2 📷 Mike Beard

Join Borders Meadows Trust for an exciting day at Mellerstain Meadow! Participate in a butterfly workshop, engage in wildflower cyanotype printing, and enjoy many other activities. 📅 Tuesday, 26th August 📍 Mellerstain House, Gordon, TD3 6LG #Event #Wildlife #Meadow #Butterflies #ScottishBorders

Join West Lothian Council for FREE Biodiversity events! Saturday: Explore freshwater habitats at Beecraigs Country Park, or learn wildlife recording at Blaeberry Woods. Sunday: Enjoy a guided river walk, or a pollinator workshop! #GetOutdoors #FreeEvents #Biodiversity

🐞 Every detail matters — from the tiniest insect to the broadest landscape. This ladybird is more than just a pretty sight; it’s part of a delicate web of life that your records help us protect. 🌍 Help provide invaluable information by sharing your sightings today! #Ladybirds #Recording #Wildlife

Join us for a #Bioblitz! 🐛 🦉 🐦 As part of Biodiversity Month with @westlothiancouncil.bsky.social, we'll be out at #Blaeberry Wood this Saturday recording wildlife 📝 📆 Sat 16th Aug, 10am-4pm 📍 Blaeberry Wood, #Livingston 🆓 Free booking at 👉 buff.ly/2E1ULLj #WestLothian #NatureEvents

NEW – Analysis: Record UK wildfires have burned an area twice the size of Glasgow in 2025 ✍️ Words by @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org 🔎 Analysis by Ho Woo Nam 📊 Charts by @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/L3dikFX

Thank you to everyone who joined our Bumblebee Workshop with Helen Dickinson from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust! Special thanks to Helen for her expertise! 🐝🌍 We learned to identify common species and got tips for recording bumblebees in the field. 📸 Photo by Patricia Mrazek. #Bumblebees

Have you found a #hedgehog you're worried about? Follow the simple steps on our website & call us on 01584 890801 - or your local independent hedgehog rescue - as soon as possible. www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/found-a-hedg... 📞🦔🩹 Don't delay - you can make all the difference!

💧🌿 Drainage, Ditches & Buzzing Biodiversity! Join APRS and Planning Democracy for a fascinating dive into Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) 📅 Wednesday 28th October ⏰ 7 – 8 pm 👉 Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/drainage-d... #Biodiversity #SustainableDrainage #Sustainability

🌿Free MoRPh training in Galashiels! Learn how to survey rivers + support local nature with @BuglifeScotland. 📆 Sat 16 Aug | 10–5pm ✨Book now via the link in bio / below! www.trybooking.com/uk/FDBQ #MoRPh #CitizenScience #Fieldwork #Recording #Volunteering

Just 1 week left to grab your spot on our Bumblebee ID and Ecology workshop! 📍 Vogrie Country Park 📅 Thursday 7th August 🕐 10:00 - 15:00 Click this link to book your spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bumblebee-... #Bumblebees #BumblebeeID #Identification #Courses #Midlothian #Recording #Surveying

Meet the Heart and Dart Moth ✨ They have a distinctive black band ‘eye brow’ across the front of the thorax when viewed face on! Those tiny wing shivers? It’s just warming up its flight muscles for takeoff. 🦋 📹N Harmsworth #HeartAndDart #Moth #MothWeek #Insects #Nature #Flight #MothRecording

It's National Moth Week! Want to help protect these amazing creatures! Simply get involved in recording! 📝 Find out how to get involved and submit records via the link below: butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/rec... 📸 Sarah Eno #Moths #MothRecording #CitizenScience @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Have you heard the Buzz? Our next Wildlife ID workshop will cover Bumblebee ID and Ecology and will be led by Helen Dickinson from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. You can find out more information and sign-up to this workshop through the following link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1478318112...

Love wildlife? 🌿 Join us as a volunteer at the Wildlife Information Centre! 🦋 Find out more about the roles available and apply today: wildlifeinformation.co.uk/support-us/v... 📸 Alistair Graham #Volunteer #WildlifeVolunteering #Conservation #GetInvolved #Nature #Midlothian #Lothians

Tomorrow marks the start of Big Butterfly Count 2025! 🦋 Join thousands recording butterflies to help track environmental change and guide conservation efforts. Simply follow the link below to get started: bigbutterflycount.org #Butterfly #BigButterflyCount #CitizenScience #GetRecording

It is Bee’s Needs Week! 🐝 Want to help our buzzing friends? It’s easier than you think: 🌸 Grow more flowers & trees 🌿 Let your garden go a bit wild 🚫 Skip the pesticides 🏡 Leave nests & wild corners alone 📣 Tell a friend! #BeesNeedsWeek #SaveTheBees #Pollinators #Conservation

10 participants enjoyed our dragonfly workshop at Vogrie Country Park yesterday. Thanks to Bryan Hickman from the British Dragonfly Society for leading such an informative workshop. Photos by Patricia Mrazek #DragonflyWeek25 #wildliferecording #midlothian #biodiversity

Booking now open for this year's Kent Wildlife Conference, Sat 25 Oct! Speakers including @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social, @ianbeavis.bsky.social, Ben Morris of @beavertrust.bsky.social, Scarlett Weston of @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social. For full details and booking: tinyurl.run/RAlnG9. Please share!

Thank you to everyone who records their bird sightings on BirdTrack. It means we can view the latest trends and the data contributes to BTO science. If you’d like to get involved in recording the birds you see, visit @birdtrack.bsky.social via www.birdtrack.net/

Have you seen a breeding Swift? Report your sighting to RSPB Swift Mapper via the link below: www.swiftmapper.org.uk Photo by Etienne Goose #Swift #CommonSwift #WildlifeRecording #Birds #BirdRecording

We're preparing the July e-newsletter for the Biological Recording Company and from this month, I'll be regularly including exclusive discounts on our #naturalhistory training courses and events for our email subscribers. Sign up for free here: b82d0787.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAN...

Today is the start of the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey! This volunteer scheme monitors butterflies across 1900 random squares in the UK. The core survey runs from now until the end of August, providing crucial data on butterflies. Get involved ⬇️ buff.ly/YLnZSVB

Look at these stunning Giant Allium blooms! 
Each giant globe is a cluster of tiny flowers, buzzing with life and loved by bees and butterflies. Get involved in recording to help us understand their distribution! 🌸 🐝 Photo by Rebekah Wilson #Botany #Wildlife #Recording #Flowers #Nature

We’re at the Haddington Show! Come and visit us and learn about wildlife recording in the Countryside Tent! #AgriculturalShow #Haddington #HaddingtonAgriculturalShow #WildlifeRecording #Environment #Education #Nature

Get involved in #InsectWeek! 🐝 Learn how you can contribute to bee monitoring with a Beewalk survey workshop by @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social at TWIC's 2024 conference! Watch now: youtu.be/-Cih0eHCTuw 📸 Photograph taken by David Palmar. #Bumblebees #CitizenScience #BeeWalk #Pollinators #Bees

Interested in dragonflies? Join our workshop on Wednesday 9th July! During this session you’ll learn about the dragonflies in South-east Scotland. Apply your new survey skills in a practical session. Find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlands-... 📸 Photo by Mike Beard. #Insects #Ecology

Insect Week 2025 is here! 🦋 With more than 24,000 species in the UK, we can find them in almost every habitat. Join us in celebrating their importance by sharing your discoveries and photos! #InsectWeek #Insects #Entomology #EnvironmentalRecording

Club-tail Dragonflies are now on the wing! 🍃 They can be elusive, so if you come across one, we are particularly interested in what the dragonfly is doing, especially if it is mating or egg laying. 📷 Please share any sightings on iRecord and be sure to tag us in any photos!

📣PondWatch is back - and this year, we’re doing things a little differently! This July, we’re inviting you to spend 30 minutes by a pond - watching, listening, feeling, and of course, looking out for dragonflies! 🐉 📆 Stay tuned! Our recording form will go live on 1st July.

We're attending the Haddington Agricultural Show on Saturday 28th June! Come and visit us at our stall in the Children's and Countryside tent to find out more about wildlife recording and how you can get involved!

We're excited to announce that we've launched our first 5 online training courses! We've packed up some of our entoLEARN and Skills For Ecology webinars into self-study courses that can be accessed at a time that is convenient. #entomology #ecology #invertebrates courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk

📢 LAST CHANCE TO BOOK Don't forget to book your tickets for our FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP for #Crofters on #amphibian and #reptile ID and habitat management being held on Tues 17th June, 7-9pm👇 www.arc-trust.org/Ev...

Help us share the word that biological recording is important by following the accounts in our start pack and sharing the pack with others. Let us know in the comments if you think any key accounts are missing. go.bsky.app/RboM6sR