This is a brilliant initiative. Woodpecker Network is working with BTO to develop a passive acoustic monitoring module for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Trials have proved successful in reliably detecting their drums and calls, revealing many new locations.

#MallardMonday from Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire.

#OwlishMonday from Boscobel House.

#MementoMoriMonday from the churchyard of All Saints, Monkland, Herefordshire.

Longstone of Minchinhampton #StandingStoneSunday

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“On a willow twig a kingfisher perches. It watches the eels with interest, but these are well-grown and too big for him to catch” ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

This is such a lovely idea. Most of us have too much ‘stuff’ anyway; but joining @friendlesschurches.bsky.social is a gentle, life-affirming act of hope and investment in our heritage and our future. Comes with a free halo too😇

#SteepleSaturday St George, Orleton, Herefordshire. The C13th West Tower has a shingled broach spire with plain mullioned bell openings.

The @houseofcommons.parliament.uk rejected the science-based amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (244 votes to 132). We will continue to campaign to limit the damage this badly thought out piece of legislation will do. www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...

Found an unexpected house guest this winter? 🦋🏠 Five butterfly species spend the winter as adults in the UK: the Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Peacock and Red Admiral. See our advice for what to do if you find an overwintering butterfly 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...

"Ooo the rare #PodiumSpotlight 😀" I struck gold (well brass) again in St Mary's, Nottingham. See the stupendous plinth-podium with carpeted stairs! This eagle lectern & his attendant lions felt honoured I am quite certain. 🌟 @iangrebe.bsky.social @notpodium.bsky.social @chartresfi.bsky.social

#FontsOnFriday from St George, Orleton, Herefordshire. The C12th font by the Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculptors features bearded apostles in nine bays with rounded arches. The work is quite rustic compared to their other work and it is thought it may be the work of an apprentice.

It's #FrohawkFriday, the day we celebrate the butterfly studies and artwork of FW Frohawk. Today features Large Copper, a flaming brand of a butterfly that once haunted the fens of East Anglia. Habitat loss, draining of the land for agriculture, sealed their fate - now lost as a British native.

🖼️ Edith Holden

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘November on the Dorset Coast’ Whitbread calendar 1971 Artist: SR Badmin

Amendment 40 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill has been voted down. Had it passed, it would have meant more precious wildlife would have retained existing protections. Instead, MPs have bought into the false 'nature vs growth' narrative.

#DucksOutOfWater Photo taken at Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, earlier this year.

The Planning Bill is back in Parliament today.‼️ From the start, it’s been controversial: risking damage to precious wildlife and habitats. Peers reduced some of those risks. Now MPs get to vote: keep those protections, or strip them out.

#StickOfTheWeek Xylaria hypoxylon & a single Mycena.

#IronworkThursday from the south door of St John the Baptist, Berkswell, West Midlands.

#Woodensday from St Leonard's, Hatfield, Herefordshire. Open timber porch which is partly C14th.

I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too? action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight is the Smew! A rare and late winter visitor, these small, striking birds are a treat to spot on UK lakes. Males sport a 'panda-like' black-and-white plumage, while females show off a chestnut cap. Keep an eye out for these stylish divers! 😍

#ThickTrunkTuesday Oak tree in Herefordshire in all its autumn glory.

#TowerTuesday Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire.

#TextileTuesday Altar frontal from St John the Baptist, Berkswell, Solihull, West Midlands.

#MementoMoriMonday from St Mary's, Temple Balsall.

Waxcap #fungi

🦇 A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, or even a cloud. But with over 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative. Surely our brilliant bats deserve names as unique as they are. Join our campaign and help us #NameThatBat

'Nature's bounty' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt

Volunteers and community crafters have come together to create a poignant tribute at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire. More than 11,000 hand-crafted poppies adorn the Chapel of St Mary the Virgin in honour of those who have served and sacrificed. We will remember them.

I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together (with that delicious typeface!)

Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!

#FlowersOnFriday Rudbeckias are still flowering here in Herefordshire.

It's #FrohawkFriday, the day we celebrate the butterfly studies & artwork of FW Frohawk. This week features Small Copper, a feisty little creature that could pick a fight in an empty room. IRL it settles for defending its territory against all airborne insects, chasing all away. #butterflies

Just seen a little Goldcrest foraging in the hawthorn hedge - made my day :)

#IronworkThursday from The Green Dragon, Bishops Frome, Herefordshire.

As our Beewalk season comes to an end, we’re thrilled to share that the rarest bumblebee in England has been recorded at RHS Garden Hyde Hall 🌷🐝 The shrill carder bumblebee was spotted in September by BeeWalk volunteer Cheryl Sheff on Salvia 'Royal Bumble'. Read on: https://ow.ly/yQ0v50Xmuu6

This bonfire night, check bonfire piles for #hedgehogs. Don't burn a hedgehogs home. Look BEFORE you light. 🦔 🦔 🦔 Please #ShareToMakeAware 🙏 #RememberHedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight #WildlifeWednesday #bonfirenight #bonfirewarning #wildlifewarning

#WallsOnWednesday from St Leonard's, Hatfield, Herefordshire. Blocked north doorway with a lintel of three stones and a tympanum with "Opus reticulatum".

BAD NEWS! Should the swift brick vote have taken place earlier today we would have won. Tories whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell your MP & [email protected] what you think. GUTTED.

#TextileTuesday from St John the Baptist, Berkswell, West Midlands.

Good news and fluffy owlets from our team in the South West! Working closely with the West Cornwall Ringing Group, our ranger team has recorded the most successful barn owl breeding season in Cornwall. A total of 21 chicks were raised, a clear sign of a thriving population.

#MosaicMonday from the chancel floor in St John the Baptist, Berkswell, West Midlands.

Free on Monday evening at 6 pm GMT? I'm doing an ONLINE talk with Creswell Crags about the folklore and traditions of Bonfire Night! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gunpowder-...

Help wildlife - keep autumn leaves around plants 🍂 www.wildway.info/p/importance...

#StainedGlassSunday St Cecilia in a memorial window at St John the Baptist, Berkswell, West Midlands.

#SundayStonework Part of the corbel table at St John the Baptist, Berkswell, West Midlands.

The days may be getting colder and darker, but there's still a chance to spot beautiful butterflies and moths in your gardens and green spaces 🦋🍂 #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter