Join @valelnp.bsky.social and myself at Aberthaw Nature Reserve this Friday (24th July) as we search for the darkling beetle Helops caeruleus - a rare species in Wales. 🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...

A first clouded yellow locally this year, in the Vale of Clwyd @cofnod.org.uk @savebutterflies.bsky.social

And finally, from Mold in north Wales yesterday, Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy LB) [spot the odd one out! 😆] and Clitostethus arcuatus (Horseshoe LB) adult and larvae #Coccinellidae #MicroLadybird #Wales

Our biological records centre in #NorthWales, @cofnod.org.uk, has a fantastic tradition of nature-oriented cake for its celebration events. Today's chosen decor was more personal, to mark Roy Tapping's retirement after 21 years' leadership. Lovely gathering at @rspbcymru.bsky.social #Conwy reserve

A beautiful Puss moth (Cerura vinula) caterpillar so called after the cat-like appearance of the adult moth, this species is fairly common throughout most of the UK. If disturbed, it raises its head to show its 'face' and waves the twin tails, which have red extendable flagellae.

A new invasive ant in the UK? 🐜 Lasius neglectus can displace native ants and is easily mistaken for the common Black Garden Ant. Join ant specialist Gary Skinner to explore the fascinating world of British Lasius species 🌎 🧪 📆 22 Sept 2026 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979759593...

Perhaps a Small blood vein moth (Scopula imitaria) - Vale of Clwyd, N. Wales @cofnod.org.uk

Misumena vatia, Flower Crab #Spider on Meadow Buttercup, spotted yesterday at RSPB Valley Wetlands while conducting an Anglesey Flora Group survey #WildWebsWednesday #Anglesey @cofnod.org.uk

Ymunwch a staff Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd LIFE a Cofnod am ddiwrnod o gofnodi bywydd gwyllt y goedwig law tymherus yn ardal Llyn Mair ger Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social

Join staff from Celtic Rainforests LIFE and Cofnod for a day of wildlife recording in the temperate rainforest at Llyn Mair, Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social

#RecordOfTheWeek today is a new to Wales moth! Splendid Brocade (Lacanobia splendens) was caught at Newport Wetlands by Kevin Hewitt. This is the first Welsh record for this rare migrant species. Many thanks for the record & photo, submitted via LERC Wales App. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

Australia has Peacock Spiders. We've got Peacock spidering 🦚🕷️ here in North Wales. @britishspiders.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Leptura quadrifasciata, the Four-banded Longhorn Beetle recorded in Carmarthenshire by Emily Ivens 📸 on the #lercwalesapp

@marcbuzzard.bsky.social recorded one at RSPB Llyn Efyrnwy recently, just outside the Cofnod ara

Found Mangora acalypha (Cricket Bat Spider) at Gwydir Castle Recorders' Day on Saturday (a big range jump). Brand new sweep net gets off to a good start with a new VC49 record in the first couple of sweeps! @britishspiders.bsky.social @nfbr.bsky.social

Golden-ringed dragonfly - first I've seen in the garden @cofnod.org.uk

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) 🦋recorded by EddieU at Edern. Rarely seen species with caterpillars that feed on Elm. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

Wales Nature Week is almost upon us! Join me at Pembrey Country Park on Thursday 9th July for two FREE guided insect walks as part of 'Gone Wild' - a day of nature celebrations 🐝🦋 #WalesNatureWeek #Carmarthenshire #Nature #Wildlife #Events #Pembrey #GoneWild #Llanelli

They live among us... Celebrate #SwiftAwarenessWeek with events @northwaleswt.bsky.social and @rspbcymru.bsky.social. As @lsrplaid.bsky.social lays an Early Day Motion in Parliament - will @plaidcymru.bsky.social back Swift Bricks, @llyrgruffydd.bsky.social? www.birdnotes.wales/blog/swifts-...

Ymunwch a staff Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd LIFE a Cofnod am ddiwrnod o gofnodi bywydd gwyllt y goedwig law tymherus yn ardal Llyn Mair ger Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social ky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social t.bsky.social @cellwyd.bsky.social @snowdonia.bsky.social

Join staff from Celtic Rainforests LIFE and Cofnod for a day of wildlife recording in the temperate rainforest at Llyn Mair, Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social @snowdonia.bsky.social

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #EildflowerHour. A poor photo of the very delicate flower of round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) gwlithlys, on a very breezy bog yesterday.

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha dominula) recorded at Llandudno yesterday. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Amser parti’r Llysnafeddog Cyfog Ci! Dog Vomit Slime Mould party time! 🎉 Ymgasgla’r organebau un gell i ffurfio clwstwr i fwydo ac atgenhedlu. Single-celled organisms gather in a blob for food and reproduction. See: youtu.be/B79Z56vl02A?... pic @bootlegbryos.bsky.social @natreswales.bsky.social

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Anarsia spartiella, the Obscure Snout recorded in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, by Rob Hillier In May and June, the larvae spin the shoots of gorse (Ulex), broom (Cytisus) or Dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria), feeding within www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/anar...

Tardigrades: the microscopic animals with survival superpowers 🧬 Join this FREE webinar on 20th Oct with Witold Morek (from Wellcome Sanger Institute) to explore how “water bears” survive extreme conditions; and the genetics behind it 🌎 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1978418044... #tardigrades

🚨 Invasive non-native species can cause environmental and economic harm. Join a webinar tomorrow Monday 22 June during Invasive Species Week to learn about impacts on wildlife & habitats in Great Britain. Prof Helen Roy will discuss recent research. https://tinyurl.com/y58cabs3 #INNSWeek 🧪

Another jolly yesterday out of Shropshire to Flint! Finds include a smart Adalia decempunctata f. bimaculata (10-spot LB), a very teneral Rhyzobius litura (Meadow LB), Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly LB) and Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy LB) #Coccinellidae #MicroLadybird #Wales

Found it difficult to get pictures of this 1-2mm Theridiidae. Coleosoma floridanum a tropical glasshouse species in the UK and ant mimic. Lots of mature males/females. Appears to be a first record for #Wales with only a few in the UK. @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) recorded and photographed by WendyM on the Great Orme. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social

Learn how to use iRecord to submit wildlife records that support conservation, research and biodiversity monitoring. A practical introduction to biological recording, data quality, verification and species recording in the UK 🌎 🧪 Enrol here: 🔗 courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/iRec...

Glow worm active again tonight @cofnod.org.uk

Great trip with NRW & @naturambyth.bsky.social to look for rare fen inverts at Cors Geirch NNR. Idiocera sexguttata (Cranefly), Ground Beetle Chlaenius tristis (only UK site), Attulus caricis. @graemelyons.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

Greengates Recorders' day on Saturday was a bit like a mashup between Teletubbies & Jurassic Park. Exciting new wildlife habitat and recording opportunities. Sadly no T-Rex though - we did ask!! 🦖📺

#WildflowerHour. Cloudberry(Rubus chamaemorus) Mwyaren y Berwyn in flower on the Berwyn ridge yesterday

Visit to a garden centre I haven't looked around in before produced two Marpissa muscosa and a Holocnemus pluchei. I know not many records in my VC41 for either. Went to check but the BAS ATLAS has an 'elasticsearch' error. @britishspiders.bsky.social @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk

Weather for glow worms on the Clwydian hills. 'Unimproved' grassland after 10.30 pm or so. Found 4 in half an hour, one in my garden @cofnod.org.uk

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) recorded from Mike I's bath in Llanbedr y Cennin. This is only the 4th Cofnod record for this species!! Have you seen one? @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social bmig.org.uk/species/scut...

Mawnedd Mawn! Cymro yn ennill gwobr Lindsay #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dywedodd Dr Peter Jones ei fod yn ymroi ei waith gwarchod ac adfer mawndiroedd er budd cenedlaethau’r dyfodol. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social

Welsh ‘Bogfather’ wins prestigious Lindsay award #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dr Peter Jones said he dedicates his work protecting and restoring peatlands for the benefit of future generations. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social

#RecordOfTheWeek today is a gorgeous Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) in Cefn Golau Cemetery during a Glo i Natur BioBlitz. It's Love Your Burial Grounds Week, an annual celebration of nature & history from @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social Photo © Liam Olds #ChurchesCountOnNature

No prizes for guessing what would headline this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes... It's set to be just the seventh first-for-Britain found in #NorthWales, a list that dates back to 1753. A few non-heron sightings too. 📷John Riley #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...

Thanks to Ali for showing dark form of Arctosa perita at Caddishead Moss. Population selected to be camouflaged on dry bare peat!! An impressive peatland restoration site. @peatlandcymru.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @burkmarr.bsky.social @gloinatur.bsky.social

Awesome views of the 1st recorded uk Mega Western Reef Heron at Caernarfon today, very smart bird and a lifer ✅ for me #birdingwales #birdguides #birdsseenin2026

Welsh Groundsel (Senecio cambrensis) on the left and the radiate form of Groundsel (S. vulgaris). They often grow together so you have to be very careful with ID! I find stigmas reliable, those of vulgaris are smooth but on cambrensis they bear papillae #wildflowerhour @speciesrecovery.bsky.social

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Philodromus sp. male on a hot pink Rose! 😎 Recorded by JenV at Llanfairfechan. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

#RecordOfTheWeek today is Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) found in Blackwood by Kevin Hewitt. This is the 1st Gwent & 4th Welsh record for this rare migrant moth. Many thanks for the record & photo, submitted via LERC Wales App: www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app #TeamMoth #MothsMatter

We will be carrying out essential maintenance work on the NBN Atlas between 07:00am - 08:45am BST on Tuesday 9 June. During this time, the NBN Atlas will be unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. You'll be able to use the NBN Atlas as normal before and after this time - nbnatlas.org

It's that time of year again! and much like the Flower Crab Spiders, Spider Spies is coming out of hibernation and running a second year. So if you want to be involved in investigating these colourful spiders and their flower using habits head over to our website foragingecology.com/spider-spies/

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Lampyris noctiluca, Glow-worm larvae found in Pembrokeshire, recorded by Cath Taylor. Thank you for sharing your records via iRecord. #westwales #wildlifephotography #wwbic #buglifeuk #fireflies #Lampyridae