Meet one of our members, Phil Winter, who was recently awarded Mammal Wildlife Photographer of the Year by the Mammal Society for this terrific photo of a young Fox.  https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/behind-the-lens-with-phil-winter

Friday, May 15th, is the start of the recommended SMP colony count period for terns. If you're ready for a raucous of noise, get ready to visit your local inland or coastal colony. Don't forget to submit your counts to the SMP! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Latest UK Hydrological Outlook: Below normal to notably low river flows across central southern England over May and May-July Normal to below normal for eastern Scotland in May, and normal over May-July Normal flows likely in northwestern areas in May; normal to above normal in May-July 🧪 1/

our WONDERFUL @sarahwhild.bsky.social - this will be absolutely well worth the listen :)!

Can you help us survey Woodcock? Discover vacant survey sites near you at www.bto.org/woodcock If you can spare two evenings during May and June, we’re seeking volunteers to cover specific sites and conduct 75-minute visits at dusk. #UKBirding #BirdingWales 📷 Ross Goodwin / BTO

We had a superb day yesterday delivering Breeding Bird Survey training to keen volunteers up at NTS Mar Lodge Estate. It was chilly and pretty windy but we found some great birds. The list of raptors alone was remarkable. Thanks to everyone who joined us. #BirdingScotland

🦇 Bats navigate the night sky, hunting insects using echolocation, a high-frequency mechanism. Their sounds are typically inaudible to humans but can be captured with bat detectors. Learn more: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/b...

We think this might be the first of the Lye Valley fen's common spotted orchids.....on the other hand it does have those long incurving bracts, so perhaps it is a hybrid with early marsh orchid? We will watch how it develops. Any comments welcome @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

It's Sunday, it's 8pm so it must be #WildFlowerHour! Please share pix of any wild or naturalised plants you spotted in bloom this week across Britain & Ireland, especially if they were in the #CarrotsandPeas families! Mystery plant? Use #WildFlowerID to summon help from @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

"Many worse things have happened since, but the BHL decision seems indicative of a new questioning of what is valuable in our society, what constitutes the common good." @flannerm.bsky.social‬ shares reflections on the critical juncture of both BHL and the Declaration of Independence.

A huge thank you to Emma Woolley and @ecorecord.bsky.social for the wonderful trip to www.dudley.gov.uk/things-to-do... with @kitenet.bsky.social and co! It was a fantastic way to finish our 40th celebrations!

What a fabulous #WildFlowerHour! Great to see all your lovely pix, many thanks for sharing them. Hope you all enjoyed this week's #CarrotsandPeas challenge. Keep an eye on the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social account for next week's challenge set, as always, by the fabulous @botanybeck.bsky.social!

Such a wonderful #wildflowerhour tonight, so many lovely finds! Huge thanks for sharing your gorgeous pics & for taking part in the #carrotsandpeas challenge! Keep a lookout for the next challenge & happy flower hunting!

Not yet the middle of May and already hearing fledged broods of Rooks, Starlings, Blue Tits & Great Tits. Eggs must've been laid in late March or very early April. Spring is arriving earlier at a scary pace.

#SundayScience | The Shining Guest Ant 🐜 Discover the hidden life of the Shining Guest Ant with Prof @elvarobinson.bsky.social in this fascinating talk. Learn how this tiny ant lives inside wood ant nests, and how queens find new homes. 🌍 🧪 Available for FREE! ▶️ youtu.be/tPpx4U1wL18

What is the most interesting place you have found a bumblebee nest before? Have you spotted one yet this spring? 🐝 🎥 Jamie Buxton-Gould, Annette Knight, Katy Malone, Jade Oliver, Polly Mair, Joanna Sutton

May is a special month for UK bumblebees 💛 👑 Some of these rare and less common queens will emerge from hibernation. Already active queens will produce their first daughters – the workers. 🎱 For the Big Eight, some queens will produce their first workers while others will welcome new males.

And we're off! Dipterist Forum Spring Field Trip. First stop today, Epping Forest. #diptera #fieldcraft #surveys thanks for access @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social and @nationaltrust.org.uk . Tomorrow is '#saltmarsh' Sunday with trips to Tollesbury Wick, Abbotts Hall and Malden.

Thank you to our Session 3 speakers, Richard and Amelia from @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social and Tony Madgwick from LNHS, for thoughtful and inspiring presentations! The good news to take away - greening efforts and enthusiasm for recording continue to grow among the London Community! #LDN2026

Drab looper are on the wing now in West Berkshire.

What does every ecologist want for their birthday? To find a rare beetle!! This week we were delighted to help @brianecambs.bsky.social celebrate as he found Curimopsis nigrita (mire pill beetle) at Hatfield Moors #peatland! 🥳🎉 @naturalengland.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org 📷 Danielle Page

Mystery plant (Blupeurum?) growing near the @nfbr.bsky.social conference location. Lots of pan-species listers eagerly awaiting an ID @bsbibotany.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social

Also Birmingham yesterday - a load of washed-out looking flies were Tricholauxania praeusta @josscarr.bsky.social (I don't have a direct contact for you Joss) @graemelyons.bsky.social

New in #BirdStudy Forest disturbance from major storms & bark beetle outbreaks increases habitat for Nightjars, thanks to regenerating shrub cover. Drivers of occupancy in the European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus breeding in wind-damaged forests doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology

Sartorial standards have sadly declined among dipterists since 1951 😆 @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

The loveliest of trees. Just imagine, 7000 years ago forests of lime covered a lot of south and east England.

UK Great Spotted Woodpeckers & Blue Tits destroy half of all Willow Tit nests, far higher than elsewhere, far higher losses than other tits. UK has among highest GSW & Blue Tit abundance in the World, as we've created a paradise of endless free food, safe nestboxes, and few nest predators (martens).

How are UK stag beetle numbers changing? 🪲📊 This video dives into population trends revealed by citizen science and historic specimens – a fascinating look at conservation in action. Watch here: youtu.be/4D-eQHrhIFY @royentsoc.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social

Species 8,559: Parna tenella, a small sawfly that creates leaf-mines/rolls in lime leaves, found during lunchbreak of yday's @nfbr.bsky.social conference in Birmingham. Guessed it was this, now keyed; black tegulae & all-yellow legs rule out P apicalis @graemelyons.bsky.social @josscarr.bsky.social

Another day, another beetle - I last saw Elateriodes dermestoides on Thorne Moors in the 1970s, great to meet it again on Hatfield Moors today: www.flickr.com/photos/clado... a very striking dead-wood species. Apparently adults live only 3-4 days, hence we don't often see them,

No species is more fitting than Arctic Terns for World Migratory Bird Day; covering up to 90,000km a year! Help us understand seabird arrival and movement in the UK by submitting sightings to BirdTrack: www.bto.org/get-involved... #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Brilliant final talk of the #NFBRConference2026 about the inspiring National Education Nature Park project! #YouthEngagement #BiologicalRecording @nhm.org @soilscholar.bsky.social

Excellent to hear about the work of 🐸The National Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring Programme, Past, Present and Future Karen Haysom @arc-trust.bsky.social at #NFBRConference2026 and the status of our 13 native amphibian and reptile spp.

Talking data use and planning applications - the brilliantly captivating Deb Muscat from www.alerc.org.uk #NFBRConference2026 #Biodiversity #BiologicalRecording

We visited Sheriff Hutton last night to give a presentation alongside their Hedgehog Project volunteers, one of the local groups that we support. We have provided data collection, collation and mapping support for their fantastic local project, raising awareness of and recording hedgehogs 🦔

#RecordOfTheWeek today is 100 years old, just like a certain Sir David Attenborough! Lathbury's Nomad Bee (Nomada lathburiana) was recorded in May 1926 by Howard Hallett on The Garth. (Below photo © Steven Murray, 2024.) Happy Birthday Sir David 🎈 #DavidAttenborough100 #Attenborough100

Jonathan Briggs talking about the wonderful world of freshwater sponges! #NFBRConference2026 #Freshwater #BiologicalRecording www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

Thank you Richard Gallon for giving us an update on the britishspiders.org.uk! #NFBRConference2026 #BiologialRecording

⭐#BMS2026 Speaker Highlight⭐ Michael Bottery, University of Manchester, will talk about "Tracking the spatial and temporal dynamics of antifungal resistance evolution in Aspergillus fumigatus" at our Annual Scientific Meeting, 14-16 July. www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/asm.html

Have you got your books? We are so lucky to have the brilliant authors here: #NFBRConference2026 #Biodiversity #BiologicalRecording pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan... pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...

The fabulous @graemelyons.bsky.social talking about compromises of photographic recording #NFBRConference2026 #Biodiversity #BiologialRecording

~4.6 million properties in England are at risk from surface water flooding, with threat rising due to climate change ⛈️. UKCEH & partners are improving impact-based forecasting to enable authorities to take action & warn the public. More in a blog by Dr Steven Cole: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

We completed our 9th consecutive year of drone flights at High Batts nature reserve this week, as part of their 'In at the Start' project: highbatts.org.uk/in-at-the-st... The images generated from the flights help monitor how the site's working quarry develops, and its impact on species 🌳

Learning about CanalSpot with canalrivertrust.org.uk! #NFBRConference2026 #Biodiversity #BiologialRecording

FIVE Clouded Yellows at Ballard Down this afternoon, implies small migration? Heavily cropped photo attached as proof! A few Painted Ladies and Red Admirals too + good numbers Dingy Skipper, Adonis Blue + a few Brown Argus and Small Heath @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

This caddisfly (Sericostoma personatum) was sheltering on riverside vegetation near New Mills in Norwich this morning. Yesterday along the same short stretch of footpath I saw my first mayfly of the year, Ephemera vulgata.

Happy Birthday Sir David, thank you so much for all you do for raising awareness of the vital role of nature in our lives

Hedgerows aren’t just part of the countryside, they’re a powerful tool in the fight against #climatechange. Did you know they store more carbon per hectare than forests?! 👇 ptes.org/hedgerow/hedgerows-and-climate-change #NationalHedgerowWeek 🌳The Tree Council

Want to discover the secret lives of wildlife? 📷🦊 Learn how to use camera traps to monitor mammals, choose the right equipment, and start recording wildlife with our Self-paced online Camera Traps course. Start here: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/came... @mammalweb.bsky.social

The brilliant Simon Rolf talking about #AI at #NFBRConference2026 #Biodiversity #BiologialRecording @ukceh.bsky.social