Only a couple of days left to nominate….! 🪲

www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know... For a good cause…

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

Spider advent calendar! Brilliant! 🕷️🕸️

If I saw a "murder hornet," I'd be running in the other direction. But these wee frogs think they're tasty snacks—even though they get stung repeatedly while consuming them. That story and more from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Double your impact to save the Dark Bordered Beauty this #GivingTuesday 💚 For the next 7 days, every £1 you donate to secure a future for this incredible moth will be matched in the Big Give! Donate today 👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge @biggive.bsky.social

Do you have what it takes to win Science’s #DanceYourPhD competition? We want you to top last year’s food-themed frolic from the Helsinki chemist who dressed up as a chili pepper. Or maybe you can get #AI to dance on your behalf? Learn more: https://scim.ag/3LuVObX

Through boreholes, water bowsers, and dams, we provide elephants, rhinos, giraffes, and countless other creatures access to drinking water. Without this, animals would be forced onto community land – creating human-wildlife conflict. Your support ensures wildlife can stay within safe borders.

And another one… 🤬 Found just south of Haltwhistle.

Time to put an end to this madness.

Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.

Looking to get directly involved with protecting wildlife and their habitats? Fancy learning some new practical skills? 🤔 Our conservation days cover a range of dates and are open to all age ranges and experience levels! Sign up ⬇️ http://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/.../conservation-days

#Science #Entomology #Arachnids #Spiders Scientists Found a Half-Male, Half-Female Spider in Thailand and It’s Fascinating www.zmescience.com/science/news...

@brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social @patrickbarkham.bsky.social please spread the word, what an opportunity this would be for @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Is Billie Eilish's ‘Ocean Eyes’ actually all about scallops? We can’t confirm, but we’ll let you judge… 🌊 Find out all about those scallop eyes in this week’s Surprising Science 🐚👀

💔 Once it’s gone, it’s gone. Species like Bechstein’s bats & large blue butterflies rely on habitats that can’t be replaced once destroyed. Without #Amendment130, they could vanish forever. Tell your MP: keep this Amendment. Send your message now 👇 https://wtru.st/PIB-last-chance

Celebrate ‘the moth wonderful time of the year’ with @richardfoxbc.bsky.social 🦋🌙 In this free webinar, discover what makes these nighttime pollinators special, the threats they are facing and what we can do to help them. Book here 👉 buff.ly/wm4bvfl 📷: Rob Blanken #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

www.science.org/content/arti... First Rachel Reeves has a pop and now they’re getting eaten by rats. Poor little guys can’t catch a break at the moment 🦇❤️

The North Pennines is England’s darkest mainland National Landscape. We get to see the Milky Way, Northern Lights and 2,000 stars. This satellite image depicts the best areas in blue. Keep it dark by being careful with external lighting. Nocturnal wildlife will also thank you. #NorthPennStarFest25

Today marks the start of over 30 amazing events happening in the North Pennines Stargazing Festival 2025. Family friendly activities to events for more experienced stargazers.. Please view the programme of events here - www.NorthPenninesStarFest.org © Image Gary Lintern

Peatland Project Support Officer with @NorthPennines.bsky.social full-time, fixed term position based in Stanhope c-js.uk/48C2UVI

Site managers are often unsure how visitors perceive dead & decaying trees in the landscape. 📘 Full report: forestresearch.gov.uk/news/public-... @nationaltrust.org.uk @kneppwilding.bsky.social Funded by Defra's #NatureforClimate

📢 We need to hear YOUR thoughts! The public consultation on reintroducing white-tailed eagles to #Cumbria is open. 🦅 Share your views by responding to our online questionnaire by October 31st HERE ⬇️ www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CWTEquestionnaire/ Please share this post as widely as possible! 💚

STRIPPED TEES: How Britain’s flagship ‘levelling up’ project turned into a scandalous giveaway. Read the eight-page special report in the new Private Eye, out now. 🧵1/4

Northern parts of the UK may get a glimpse of the aurora during Tuesday night, primarily Scotland Whilst details are uncertain, it could be worth looking to the northern skyline ✨

FREE fungus events!🍄 Want to know more about fungi & learn how to ID waxcaps before joining the #WaxcapWatch campaign? Good news! 🙌We’re running 10 training events across the UK & an online webinar! Spaces are limited so book tickets quickly👉 https://loom.ly/GfnOyjk#WaxcapWatch #WaxcapWatch #Fungi

Calling all Crofters! We are delighted to be running our second in person FREE workshop for #Crofters on #amphibian and #reptile ID and habitat management. The workshop will run from 9.30am - 1pm on 11th October and we welcome you to join us for lunch afterwards. 👇 www.arc-trust.org/Ev...

Join us on 22 October for our next webinar where we will hear a round up of the UK Curlew breeding season. Please share with anyone who you feel may be interested in attending. Tickets are available now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-uk...

Our Classic Courses return for 2026! 🎉 Expert content, interactive activities + optional live webinars - all for £20 or less. Learn at your own pace. 🌳 Trees | 🐝 Bees | 🐦 Birds | 🕷️ Spiders | 🪲 Beetles …and more! 👉 Browse courses: buff.ly/YrQcJ49

It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel

“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris

When you're enjoying your weekend, then Monday creeps up on you out of nowhere 😄 Thank you to Ginny Murphy (@GinnyM63 on Instagram) for sharing this video of a polecat visitor to her garden, up on the Solway Coast. Have you ever spotted a polecat?

We're looking for a Development Officer to join the team on our Wilder Hadrian's Wall project with @northwildlife.bsky.social! Drive nature's recovery at landscape scale along the Hadrian's Wall corridor. Info 👇 https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/jobs/wilder-hadrians-wall-development-officer

When four breeding male Hen Harriers suspiciously disappeared from nests in May, two from RSPB Geltsdale and two from the Forest of Bowland, it was clear the females would struggle to raise their chicks alone. The odds were bleak.

If you've ever wanted to be nose to nose with a red squirrel, here's your (virtual) opportunity 😄 Big thanks to Cumbria Wildlife Trust member, Paul Rayney, for sending us this video, filmed near Shap. #Cumbria #RedSquirrel

Butterfly enthusiasts in Scotland and Northern England - we are pioneering a new monitoring method for the Northern Brown Argus - egg counts. Join this online workshop on June 10th to find our more and get involved - butterfly-conservation.org/events/north... 📷 : Peter Eeles

The governments own impact assessment of the planning and infrastructure bill concludes that there is no significant evidence that environmental legislation is a barrier to development www.gov.uk/government/p...

One of our satellite-tagged Cuckoos has hitched a ride on a cruise ship and is now in the UK, the earliest one of our superstar Cuckoos has ever reached us! 😮🛥️🧵

UK planning acronyms: an up-to-date guide From the new Private Eye, out now.

In its first year, the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) scheme has failed to deliver even half the of the Government’s minimum expected habitat creation, finds new @wclnews.bsky.social research. In 2025, BNG must start delivering on its nature boosting potential🌍 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Important update on neonic’s, crops, vets and pets…

Mostly in Northumberland & Cumbria

🩰 This ballerina dancing on top of a ship's bow, surrounded by floating blocks of ice, is not AI. Her name is Victoria Dauberville, a French dancer and choreographer, who decided to defy the freezing temperatures in Antarctica

Come north with me this evening for another wonderful episode of Digging for Britain - where we’ll dig into a civil war story at Bishop Auckland, delve into clues to a Roman crime and find out how ancient DNA is transforming our understanding of disease in the Middle Ages.

Among the most agile of flying creatures, dragonflies have evolved to perform quick aerial maneuvers both to attract mates and to catch prey midair. Now, researchers have documented and explained a unique stunt the insects perform so quickly most people never see it. scim.ag/40mKKBI

One way to beat the winter blues is to go egg hunting, with 4 of our 5 hairstreaks overwintering in this stage (Green Hairstreak overwinters as a pupa). This week will see me looking for Purple Hairstreak eggs that are usually found at the base of plump oak buds on south-facing, woodland edge trees.

A new study finds ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence. Learn more: scim.ag/4h2K0ID

New paper out @science.org shows that bats surf warm storm fronts to power continental migrations 🌀⛈️🦇🤙 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... By Edward Hurme; Ivan Lenzi; Martin Wikelski; Timm Wild; and Dina Dechmann