The time has come to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels. ⏰ The Santa Marta Conference is right around the corner. Join us as we cover this historic event. 🌎 🔗 Register to follow along the open dialogues and watch our live broadcasts April 28 - 29: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/trans...

The National Forum for Biological Recording has been supporting and advocating for biological recorders with a unique voice for 40 years! We are proud to be part of the Advisory Council and can't wait to celebrate at the #NFBRConference2026. Be sure to book your place 👇

May be of interest to other citizen scientists ( e.g. #observatree volunteers) who visit #Fineshade wood near Corby.

50 years of data reveal specialist butterflies disappearing across the UK, but the good news is that conservation efforts are making a real difference - helping butterflies isn’t complicated, we can all be part of the solution by making places butterfly-friendly 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Massive congratulations to Diego for defending his PhD today 🍾🎉 And a big thank you to Adriane and @harrysiviter.bsky.social for examining!

‘The starting-point must be to marvel at all things, even the most commonplace’ Attributed to Carl Linnaeus in “Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life” by Jason Roberts

After several years trying to establish Cuckoo flower from locally gathered seed I finally have a plant - bring on the Orange tip butterflies!

In its natural state, Ireland would be largely temperate rainforest, but only tiny remnants now survive. A major threat to these are invasive plant species, many of which come from other temperate rainforest regions across the globe. This, for example, is skunk-cabbage, from northwest America.

💻Webinar invite: 🌲Understanding and responding to the environmental dimensions of armed conflicts🌳 🗓️23 April 2026 | 🕒15:00–16:30 CEST ➡️ www.iufro.org/events/under... #LandscapeRestoration #ForestLandscapes #ForestLandscapeRestoration #ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests

Unlocking the National Soil Map: free and unrestricted access to England and Wales's most comprehensive soil data defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2026/04/13/u... LandIS Soil Data Portal portal.landis.org.uk #soildata #openaccess #opendata?

Large chrysalis found in the compost this evening (safely re-buried elsewhere). Hawk moth of some kind? Anyone able to help ID more exactly?

For sheer colour intensity and vibrancy, nothing we do matches the natural world.

...brilliant!

Do you know someone who has been recording wildlife in the UK for many years? Have they made a real difference to our understanding of nature? If so, please nominate them for NBN Lifetime Achievement Award 2026. bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline 18 May #NBNawards26 Thanks to sponsor @rspb.bsky.social

Do you know someone who does the vital job of verifying wildlife records in the UK? If so, please nominate them for the NBN Verifier’s Award. Deadline - 18 May #NBNawards26 bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Thanks to the prize sponsor @rspb.bsky.social

There are 7 different NBN Award categories to nominate someone for: Lifetime Achievement, Verifier, Terrestrial Wildlife Recording, Marine Wildlife Recording, Group & Newcomer. Who will you nominate? bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline-18 May @nbntrust.bsky.social #NBNawards26 🌏

Britain’s two native oak species, sessile oaks and pedunculate oaks, support more wildlife than any other native tree.

We’re suing the Trump admin for greenlighting extinction in the Gulf of Mexico. The “God Squad” voted last week to allow oil and gas companies to completely ignore endangered species protections in the Gulf — an exemption that could serve as a death sentence for already imperiled species.

COP has been totally captured by the fossil fuel lobby, but a genuine alternative may be emerging, just in the nick of time. share.google/XrWaBBr3N8sL...

Two types of solar panel, gearing up for another season of high productivity. They're both crucial to combating climate breakdown, but the wild oak will also help against equally dire *ecological* collapse. 3 vital strands to a viable future: ● Rewilding ● Clean energy ● More plant-based diets

I love seeing these rewilding posts. Alt for photo: An almost completely green butterfly on a twig, with a background of yellow flowers and leaves of a similar green.

Sounds very exciting. #university of Birmingham/ #BIFoR students might be interested. @birminghamalum.bsky.social.

Grizzled Skippers are back! The first Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) of 2026 was seen in Hampshire on the 6 April. Keep up with the first sightings as they happen 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/first-butterfly-sightings-2026 📷: Nigel Kiteley

The Beginning Of The End For Fossil Fuels Can Start In Colombia 🇨🇴 Everything you need to know about the first-ever Transition Away From Fossil Fuels Conference taking place in Santa Marta, #Colombia. Read our latest piece on @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

First willow warbler of the year, soon there’ll be one in every other tree!

Join our next free workshop as we explore how the arms industry has embedded itself within our schools and universities and is shaping young minds... With speakers from @caatuk.bsky.social, @transitionsec.bsky.social, Demilitarise Education, and University of Sussex 🧪 www.sgr.org.uk/events/milit...

If that is the case, why does #europe focus on large on-shore wind generators? As an island, UK co-ops and community groups navigated on-shore planning, but off-shore has been predominantly a commercial concern. We need electric grid reorganisation, facilitating cheaper localised supply.

This could be of interest to many linked to the african continent.

Same spot, same time of year, 4 years apart. Nothing planted. Rewilding *works*.

Yon, little tree … Two Noble Kinsmen 2.2.236 #ShakespeareSunday @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social @treeshepherd.bsky.social @botanicalshax.bsky.social @prshakespearework.bsky.social

If Trump gives Israel the go-ahead to attack Iranian energy, this illegal war will go to a whole other level of pain. Israel is a mad dog state, aiming to Balkanise the whole Middle East in order to facilitate its own expansion. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

One of Ireland's less common butterflies, the green hairstreak, in a rewilding part of the farm yesterday. Rewilding isn't just about getting more trees and forests back, but increasing diversity and abundance of *all* our natural species and ecosystems.

If you go down to the woods today …

6/ I think saying ‘our gardens are bigger than all our national nature reserves’ is misleading because it individualises the problem. Nature-friendly gardening is great, but political action is more important, & we really need the Government to create more nature reserves! [End]

WEEK ONE! The UKBMS surveys officially kick off today 🎺 🥳 🦋 If you're taking part, check the weather and choose a good day for your survey this week - temps above 13degrees, sun and light winds are best. Weeks run from each Wednesday to the following Tuesday this year. Good luck!

Thanks, what a great idea!

Look out for these seven hairy caterpillars found on our precious peatlands in the North of England 🐛🔍 Spotted a hairy caterpillar? Report your sighting to us through the ‘Peatland Caterpillars Recording Project’ on iRecord 👉 https://irecord.org.uk/join/peatland-caterpillars-recording-project

This is a dandelion appreciation post 💛 Often overlooked, the humble dandelion has a vital part to play in providing valuable nectar for early butterflies and moths, as well as food for their caterpillars. 📷: Small Tortoiseshell - Sophie Hall 📷: Brimstone - Tamás Nestor #DandelionAppreciationDay

Job opening! Asst/Assoc Prof (TT) in Forest Ecology at McGill University in Canada. mcusercontent.com/1319f832ffab...

#AprilFoolsDay #addinggooglyeyestotrees

Lint from the washing machine or moth eggs? 🤔 Female Small Eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) moths have a tuft of grey scales or 'hairs' at the end of their abdomen which they use to cover the egg batches, protecting them from any potential predators. 🛡️ 📷: Bob Eade #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

The Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias) flies around the leafless canopy of mature birch trees on sunny, still days in early spring 🌳 They rarely descend low enough for close inspection, so binoculars are a must! 📸: Antony Wren #MothMonday #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

Interesting suggestion: "rather than flat fees, a journal could offer a substantial prize for the most constructive review in a given period, preserving the social motivation while adding a material incentive." Problem: could only apply to submissions that get *accepted* for pubn. 🧪🗃️

Read more in @nicknuttall.bsky.social 's latest article published on @forbes.com and watch the full interview www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

Green Steel – Do Believe The Hype: It Is Happening In Sweden Steel production emits four billion tons of CO2 per year. Swedish Stegra's green steel can reduce that by 95%, using green hydrogen & renewable energy. Read more in Mattias Goldmann's piece @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

But wait for specific instructions from #observatree unless visiting a woods you regularly visit. I've made sure my #sentinel and healthy tree reports for Sw. Chestnut have been posted on #TreeAlert..

MASSIVE numbers on the Together march against the far right today. Right to Roam has been marching with the Folk Against Fascism bloc - Morris dancers reclaiming rural English traditions from the far right The countryside is for everyone!

Wild places set the heart free.

There’s nothing can be minist’red to nature That can recover him 🦋 Pericles 3.2.8-9 #shakespearesunday @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Time to look at you local #sweetchestnuts #observatree @bertolicus.bsky.social #smallwoods