Blueberries 😀 Good harvest this year.

The Sustainable Farming Scheme design is finally done; check out our full reaction here. We’ll continue to work with Welsh Gov and all others to make it as good as it needs to be for nature and climate: waleslink.org/response-to-...

Some stunning wildflower areas today. With many thanks to local EA @lincswildlife.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social staff for coming along to a workshop today on Rare Bees of the Lincs Coast. @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

Big Meadow Search 2025 starts today until 31st August. Everyone welcome, you dont need to be an expert, just record species you know. Please help us add more sites to the map. There will be daily plant ID or plant association posts to look out for. bigmeadowsearch.co.uk

Cattle grazing ‘ridge & furrow’ grassland in Rutland. The characteristic corrugated pattern we see now is a ghost of Medieval agricultural practices where the land was ploughed to pile topsoil into raised strips and forming sunken ditches, providing drainage and good growing conditions for crops.

Beech trees. Love this bit of woodland. It’s like a natural cathedral.

Find out about Wales Nature Week events on the WBP website and follow @WalesNatureWeek on social media. bit.ly/44zVzDx

Narrated by Iolo Williams, the Red List documentary, directed by Ross Pierson, follows botanist Dr Kevin McGinn racing to save 25 of Wales' most endangered plants. The film is being crowdfunded and you can find out more - and donate - here: greenlit.com/project/red-...

Hi BlueSky folk. There's no search available at the moment for Starter Packs. Are there any UK agriculture, nature-friendly farming, regen farming Starter Packs that folk can share a link to please? @nffn.bsky.social @socialfarmsgardens.bsky.social If not, I will curate one! 🐄🚜🌱🌾🐝🐞

Visiting the Cairngorms this year? Go Bumblebee-bagging! Read more here! @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bumblebee-ba... #Bumblebees

Came across this giant beast when I was gardening today. Maybe cockchafer grub? #Beetle

CUCKOO!!! 🐦

Did you know there is no dedicated team or person in Defra for grasslands, despite them covering 40% of England? 🤯 We're joining @plantlifeuk.bsky.social & partners in calling for the Gov to establish a Grassland Taskforce to unlock their value 🌱 Learn more: www.plantlife.org.uk/our-work/the...

I’ve just coined a new term #BeeWashing. It’s when UK organisations state they are acting on the #BiodiversityEmergency by putting in honeybee hives. Please share far & wide!

An important and insightful article that explains the difference between managed honeybees and our 270+ species of wild bees.

And more oil beetles! They seem to be having a good year.

Did my @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social #Beewalk today. Felt like I saw more bumblebees today than the whole of last year. Eight species on my walk today! Flower of the walk was Bilberry, in full flower now #wildflowerhour

Sounds amazing Charlotte. Enjoy!

Spotted an oil beetle excavating a tunnel in a molehill this week to lay her eggs. @mole-hills.bsky.social

Saw my first adder of the year this week. Tiny youngster, barely bigger than a pencil. A few common lizards about but no grass snakes yet or slow worms, we get all four of these reptiles in the garden here! #ukreptiles

Seeing lots of oil beetles at the moment. These are all different individuals seen on different days in the last week. @liamolds.bsky.social #oilbeetles

Made my day to see this! Red-tailed #bumblebees - Bombus lapidarius - had a dreadful year last year. Here's hoping this year will be better for them

Great to see a pesticide reduction target finally published. It’s a step in the right direction especially recognising toxicity. But to make real progress, we need proper support for farmers to shift to nature-based approaches that work for people, food & wildlife www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We don't need a huge space to add a mini drainpipe wetland. Video tutorial for a great biodiversity weekend project by the #WWT #WildfowlandWetlandTrust Includes UK and Ireland plant list www.wwt.org.uk/discover-wet...

Nature-friendly farming is key to tackling the nature and climate crises, ensuring long-term food security. We agree with our friends @rspb.bsky.social our farmers need certainty, not funding that’s switched on and off.

This was pretty cool - spotted an oil beetle in a plant pot right outside the house today. It was happily munching on a daffodil. Can only think that a solitary bee must have nested in that planter last year @liamolds.bsky.social

Took part in the ‘Llyn Annual Chough Count’ today. Saw two on our transect section and lots and lots of other fun stuff. 2 species of solitary mining bee, 3 species of bumblebee, Common Lizard, dozens of Bloody-Nosed Beetles and 2 Oil beetles.

First common lizard of year, a beauty out basking in the spring sunshine 🙂🦎

It’s official. 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since UK records began.Findings from the UK bumblebee monitoring scheme ‘Beewalk’ #bumblebees #biodiversity @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social

Curating a Starter Pack that will hopefully be useful to folk coming over to BlueSky and looking for all of the UK conservation orgs and recording societies go.bsky.app/Nget1LP Will keep adding to this. DM or reply to be added and please share.