I'll be out on Saturday 25th April too, either near the Central Library or the Wild About #Sneinton event (based near the King Billy pub); chatting all things #CityNatureChallenge and about @inaturalist.bsky.social in general (and seeing what bugs are out & about too). Look for a garish bug shirt!

I'm doing a few free events for #Nottingham City Nature Challenge this weekend too! Bioblitz at the Nottingham Victoria Embankment Memorial Garden, where we shall enjoy sunshine and find ALL THE THINGS. 24th April 2026. 13.30 - 15.00. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/city-natur... #CityNatureChallenge

I have ADHD and an iNaturalist account. Never be bored at a bus stop again 👍👍

It's #CityNatureChallenge this weekend :D I do enjoy this big community-science project - get out there with your phone / camera, take photos of any wild thing you spot, and pop it up onto @inaturalist.bsky.social. Very accessible, easy to do, lovely start to getting into casual wildlife recording!

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

TONIGHT! My online workshop on how to add more habitat for invertebrates to your garden. Deadwood! Nooks & Crannies! Lots Of Things To Do With Piles Of Sticks! Bee hotels that actually work (and sarcasm about those that don't). 7.30pm UK time :) learn.wildlifegardenproject.com/talks/microh...

Next week I'm giving a talk with the #WildlifeGarden Project, on how you can add more habitat complexity to your garden, to encourage and support all sorts of invertebrates! I'll also get cross about Terrible Bee Hotels. Booking link here: learn.wildlifegardenproject.com/talks/microh...

Guess who forgot her Bluesky login for just long enough that I also forgot the entire thing existed. Oops.

Love at the bee hotel? 💞🐝 No; just over-enthusiastic males checking out the new emergence! (I realised these are actually two different holes, but it's representative of the Absolute Scenes at the bee hotel yesterday 😆) #beehotels #wildlifegardening

Extremely pleased with this new weird addition to my ento #scicomm kit. Realistic aquatic insect larvae - silicone fishing lures! Gonna make 'em little magnifying pots or petri dishes. (Company is called FishUp) (I am delighted) (They smell odd, presumably to be delicious for fish)

M: "Which slides are you taking along this weekend?" Me: "Minibeast Mythbusting. There's plenty of variety, and it's a family event." M: "Didn't you have a weird bug history one?" Me: "....yes, but it involves biochemical warfare / crimes; animal trials; & 4 Horsemen: Bug Edition." A Normal Career.

the humiliation of going on a hot date then finding out she wasn't even in the same PHYLUM (then someone writes a whole paper about it, with photos of your wiener)

Timely — just saw this post yesterday. Haven’t explored it yet myself, but it looks promising! bsky.app/profile/sara...

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Oh dear. Making an 'Identify Your Minibeast!' flow chart (cos I want a BIG one for kids to follow through on sites), and it's all gone very GrApH1C De5IGn Is My PAssiON 😅 Make and try out the draft version, Linda. Then get someone with art skills beyond Powerpoint Fiddlin' to make it nice...

Shieldbug chillin' out in a part-used #beehotel tube. (Birch shieldbug? I think.) A creature actually using a bee hotel as a *hotel*?! :P

At the 'Women in Warhammer' meetup at Warhammer world. Have immediately spent 20 solid minutes talking about How Bees Work 😅 Continues my traditional of discussing entomology at Warhammer events, and Warhammer at the @royentsoc.bsky.social conference 🐝🪰🕷

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

Today's 'I'm not sure how I ended up here, but that's cool / useful' - discovering you can buy really realistic dragonfly / stonefly nymphs for flyfishing. Have ordered some to see if they'll work for outreach. Expect my google recs to be Fishy for a while... (fishuplures.com/en/products/)

A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com

Why use iRecord for wildlife sightings? 🐞 Built for the UK, it links records to national schemes, LERCs & the NBN Atlas—so your data supports real conservation & research. New or rusty? Join our iRecord 101 online course on 2 Apr. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1734876575... @ukceh.bsky.social

A rare sunny day in Nottingham today, and some bugs were about! First bumblebee of the year (a surpisingly early one, though B.terrestris is known to be winter active; I used to see them quite a lot in London). 2 ladybirds chillin' on a post in Wollo Park in the sunshine.

Computer restarts overnight. Damn, I need to sort through those references / pages I looked through for text, make sure I got everything. Well at least there's an option to reopen closed tabs. "YOU ARE ABOUT TO OPEN 133 TABS, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE." ...ffs, me.

Knocking back vitamin D pills with an energy drink. It's January in England, baybee.

Useful Things I Learned This Week: The DBS check rules have changed so that if you're self-employed, you can invoke Enhanced checks on yourself. Useful! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Bee… or not a bee? 🐝🪰 Meet the Dark-edged Bee-fly. Discover how to spot UK bee-flies and learn about their remarkable (and surprising) life histories in our entoLEARN webinar, on 25 Mar 2026. 🌍 🧪 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976745510... @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @tonymadgwick.bsky.social

Well, shit.

My miniature tree identification pins are finally back in stock and the 2nd edition is better than ever! Please share them around so people can see 💚 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...

Sorting out some old files = bursts of nostalgia, plus occasional "Why do I have a folder labelled Slug Analysis?"

Ooh, I didn't realise that @ptes-org.bsky.social have a 'map your log pile' bit of citsci going on (in relation to Great Stag Beetle Hunt, but the habitat is generally brill for wood boring beetles etc); need to incorporate that into my habitat stuff! stagbeetles.ptes.org/map-your-log...

Is your back garden a pollinator hotspot? 🌸🐝 New research shows flower-rich gardens can be powerful refuges for urban pollinators. Join Emma Plant from @glasgow.ac.uk on 22 Apr 2026 for a FREE entoLIVE to learn more. 🌍 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964456916... @royentsoc.bsky.social #pollinators

Last chance to book 🌿 Join the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium 2026 on 14 Jan for cutting-edge garden science — from ponds & pollinators to fungi and urban mammals, with expert speakers from across the UK. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1419239717... @jeffollerton.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social

In an attempt to finally break even on these trans ferns and clear some space in my flat, I'm running a January sale for the pin versions. For the rest of the month, you can get them for £10 instead of the higher price I usually charge for this full 3d moulding canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4312...

Starting the Work Thoughts for the new year! ... ... *cleans the bath* *sets up mum's new computer* *rearranges all the tea*

A very warm season's greetings to all humans from #PrehistoricPlanet Nanuqsaurus. Merr Chrismas #paleoart #dinosaur #Christmas #meme

Brief trip to Manchester - was going to take a Humourous Series of photos of me pointing at bees, but it was very, very wet. So just the big one at Picadilly.

Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.

I should probably put up a christmas wreath or something visible from the front of the house, because it really is starting to look like IN THIS HOUSEHOLD WE CELEBRATE ONLY HALLOWEEN 🎃 (Spooky Window = up until mid November 😆)

I need a t-shirt / handheld sign for the train saying "It's a dust allergy" or "this is a week after the cold stopped, the cough is Lingering".

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

*Somebody* has a slightly infected claw and has been subjected to so many Indignities today. It would not be donut time if he didn't keep licking said Indignities.

Why is my BANKING APP doing a 'wrapped'?? Go away 😖

Lots of laceweb spiders making their homes in the old mortar of #wollaton park boundry walls. Plus plenty of moss, lichen and small plants making use of the surfaces. Gracefully-aging masonry = urban biodiversity habitats!

Bothering my cat, saying 'you are made of exploded dead stars! Exploded dead stars and CRIMES!" while I fuss his chin. Normal morning behaviour.

Swapped my podcast app (in the bin with you, spotify), and have thus lost track of what I've already listened to. @ologies.bsky.social roulette it is!

Free online talk, tonight, book asap on Eventbright: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saving-our...

If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!

You want there to be a legal challenge to this? Support the one that's already in progress that, if successful, will remove the risk of legal action against Guides and WI, or other organisations, for being trans inclusive goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

With Girlguides and the WI announcing that the new laws are forcing them to exclude trans girls and women, it seems like a good time for any cis women who haven't signed Not In Our Name yet to do so. Stand with our sisters. notinourname.org.uk

We are mothers, daughters, friends and colleagues who stand together in support of trans people. Not In Our Name. Read our full statement here: notinourname.org.uk/trans-exclus...