🚨Watch out for wildlife this Bonfire Night! 🦔If you're planning a bonfire this year, please remember to check for hedgehogs and other wildlife prior to lighting. Ensure that you build your bonfire on the day, or relocate it prior to use, and only light from one side. Put wildlife first!

Hasn't it been a fantastic year for fungi? And this week, this otherworldly looking Red Cage fungus was spotted in a Birmingham park, just the 2nd time it's been recorded in Birmingham and the Black Country! It's renowned for its putrid smell, earning it the nickname "devil's eggs"!

🚨It's now or never for nature. The Planning Bill is nearly law. An amendment passed by the Lords offers vital protection for sensitive habitats and species - but it needs MP support to stay in. 📢 Use our form to ask your MP to back Amendment 130: action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/180301/...

Thanks to all who joined us at the first ever Birmingham Fungi Festival, and to the experts, artists and staff who led the day's walks, talks and crafts! It was brilliant to engage people with the wonderful wealth of fungi to be found in the heart of Birmingham - urban nature at its very best!

Happy #UKFungusDay everyone! Why not join us to celebrate all things fungi at the first Birmingham Fungi Festival on Sun 26 October at Eastside City Park? We'll have walks, talks, crafts and more, and all of it's free! Find out more and book your places at: bbcwildlife.org.uk/BirminghamFungiFestival

Across our urban landscapes, the effects of climate change can be catastrophic. Our region is already depleted of nature, with our children growing up unconnected to it. By failing to address the crises we face, we risk an uncertain future with less wild spaces and less wildlife. (1/3)

A group of Geastrum pectinatum - Beaked Earthstars, seen in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Mushrooms are back! Have you spotted any fantastic fungi yet? We discovered this beautiful patch of Fly Agarics in a woodland. A good tip for finding particular fungi is to look out for the trees they associate with. Did you know Fly Agarics form symbiotic relationships with Silver Birch trees?

👀 Have you spotted anything amazing on oak leaves? 🍩These may look like tiny doughnuts but they are actually galls formed as the silk button gall wasp injects its eggs into the leaf - they'll fall to the ground in autumn and emerge as tiny wasps between February and April!

We're hiring! We're looking for an Events Officer, Business Support Administrator and Estates Co-ordinator to support our work for wildlife and people across Birmingham and the Black Country! Do you want to help build a wilder future? Come and work with us: careers.bbcwildlife.org.uk

Happy Flying Ant Day to all who celebrate - and you should! Not really a day, but a short period of time each year in which ants grow wings and take flight in search of mates. And it's GREAT because ants are crucial for soil health, seed dispersal, nutrient cycling, pest control & lots more!

Join us on Sat 26th July for A Dudley Day Out! Take your pick from 4 FREE guided walks taking you through some of Dudley’s beautiful green spaces - a chance to enjoy nature, connect with others and reflect on the environment around you. Book now: bbcwildlife.org.uk/events/2025-07-26-dudley-day-out

Moseley Bog has been putting on another fantastic display of wild orchids! These Common Spotted Orchids look beautiful amongst the buttercups. Why not join us to discover the reserve at our Open Day next Saturday, with fun for all the family: bbcwildlife.org.uk/events/2025-07-05-open-day-moseley-bog

🚨Help wildlife in hot weather!🚨 Please take care of yourselves in this hot weather, and lend a helping hand to wildlife too. If you can, leave out a bowl of shallow water, scatter some food, top up your ponds and bird baths, and provide areas of shade for animals to shelter.

Did you know foxgloves are the county flower of the West Midlands? A brilliant source of nectar, especially for long-tongued bees such as the common carder bee, they're just starting to look their beautiful best. Their mottled markings were once thought to be the hand-prints of fairies!

Brilliant news! These are some builders we should all be backing! Beavers are "ecosystem engineers" - they shape the landscape in a way that benefits both people and wildlife. Not only do they clean water but they also help to reduce downstream flooding! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A brilliant #FungiFriday treat for us - a Collared Earthstar found at our Centre of the Earth headquarters in Winson Green! Real stars of the woodland floor, some Native American tribes called them ka-ka-toos, meaning "fallen stars”, and believed them to be stars fallen to Earth! #FungiFriends

There’s still time to take part in the Birmingham and Black Country 28 Birds Later recording challenge! Try to photograph 28 bird species over the 28 days of Feb and upload the photos to iNaturalist. So, fly into action and get snapping. It’ll be a hoot! uk.inaturalist.org/projects/28-...

Fantastic to find these stunning Scarlet Elf Cups at Hill Hook nature reserve in Sutton Coldfield! It is said that wood elves would drink the morning dew from within this fabulous fungi! Now's the time to spot them on fallen sticks amongst the leaves, especially in damp places.

What a beautiful frosty morning it's been across Birmingham and the Black Country! Do share your pictures with us! The snowdrops in All Saints Park, Winson Green were looking even better than usual as the sun rose and lit up the dew-covered grass around them.

Join us this Sunday for a walk in the wild to discover some of Dudley's beautiful landscape! Starting with the stunning views of Sedgley Beacon, we'll walk to Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve with its rich geological interest. Book your free place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/re-schedul...

Amongst trees bare of leaves, the drooping catkins of a hazel tree are currently a wonderful sight! Did you know that each catkin actually consists of around 240 individual flowers arranged on a dangling stem? When fully ripe, the slightest breeze will carry their pollen away on the wind.

It's a beautiful day for a bit of birdwatching! And did you know this weekend is the #BigGardenBirdWatch? Simply spend an hour in your garden or local green space and record the birds you see - it's the UK's biggest wildlife survey, and the best excuse to spend time with birds!

A Black Country boost for biodiversity! Over the next few weeks, our team will be planting over 2,000 trees at sites across Dudley. We will increase species diversity in wooded areas by planting trees including Wild Service Tree, Spindle, Bird Cherry and Black Poplar, one of our rarest native trees!

Bee-rilliant news! We're delighted the UK Government has today upheld a ban on bee-killing pesticides for the first time in 5 years! We maintain there is no place in modern sustainable agriculture for highly toxic pesticides that kill bees and poison our soils and rivers. Protect our pollinators!

Snowdrops are also known as Flowers of Hope, Candlemas Bells, Little Sisters of Snows and Dingle-Dangles! Not native to the UK, they were first recorded in the wild in the 18th century, and there are over 2,500 varieties worldwide! Have you spotted any yet this year?

🌳Make 2025 your wildest year yet with 3 months FREE membership PLUS a free t-shirt if you join us before the end of January! Your support helps us to protect and restore wildlife and wild places across Birmingham & the Black Country. Join now: bbcwildlife.org.uk/JoinUs

Today is the Winter Solstice, the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year. From tomorrow, our days will begin to become brighter once more - spring is on the way! Before it arrives, let's savour all of the beauty winter has to offer! #WinterSolstice

Amongst brown, fallen leaves, you might be surprised to see fascinating funnels of green, such as on these beech leaves we found. These are caused by tiny caterpillars living inside the leaves, delaying the effects of autumn until they are ready to pupate! Isn't nature amazing! Have you spotted any?

Holly is a festive favourite, but did you know not all holly leaves are spiky? Its spikes develop as a defence against grazing animals, so leaves which are higher up in a tree and safe from being munched can be entirely smooth! Here are 2 leaves we found from the same holly tree!

Hello Bluesky! We've got great news! We are delighted to have initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for Wild Walsall, our ambitious nature recovery and community engagement programme across the landscape of Walsall! #HeritageFund #NationalLottery #Nature #Wildlife bit.ly/3ASwWpI