We are using native-breed cows and goats to tackle overgrown vegetation in habitats in the River Irfon catchment to create space for rare plants and boost biodiversity. 🐄🌿 Find out more: https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/livestock-helping-restore-freshwater-habitats-irfon-catchment/

We 💚 to see your photos of Common Frogs, Common Toads and spawn! 📸 Tag us in your #SpawnSurvey photos for the chance to win a copy of The Pond Book. T&Cs: The winners will be notified directly by the Freshwater Habitats Trust account. We will never ask you to click a link or share payment details.

We 💚 to see your #SpawnSurvey photos! An incredible 2,136 records have been submitted so far. Anyone can get involved in the survey by recording Common Frog and Common Toad spawn spotted in gardens, community ponds, or in the countryside. 📸 1: Elaine Gane, 3: Andy Burke, 4: Sarah Cadwallader

I’ve just added this frog spawn to @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social spawn survey map. Found it on a gorgeous walk around Hepburn Woods in Northumberland

We've got tadpoles! Hundreds of tadpoles! Quite appropriate for #WorldFrogDay! 🐸 #UKWildlife #amphibians #nature #PondWatch @judywebb.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

The frogspawn is back in the big puddle at far side of Broadstones. 7 Oystercatcher, Curlew, Lapwing, Stonechat and heard first Chiffchaff of the year for me. @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social

Mae llawer o gynllunio a gwaith paratoi i’w wneud ym maes cadwraeth dŵr croyw cyn y gellir dechrau ar y gwaith ymarferol ar lawr gwlad. Darganfyddwch ragor am arolygon cadwraeth ar droed a sut maent yn cefnogi ein gwaith yn nalgylch Afon Irfon: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/conserv...

In freshwater conservation, there’s a lot of planning and work to do before the practical work can get started on the ground. Learn more about conservation walkovers and how they are helping our work in the River Irfon catchment: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/conserv...

🐸 We are very close to reaching 1,500 records for the #SpawnSurvey! ▪️ 1,402 sightings of frog spawn ▪️ 32 sightings of toad spawn ▪️ 46 sightings of frog and toad spawn 👀 Record your sightings: https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/spawn-survey

Clean water is the foundation of life in freshwater, but it has become an increasingly scarce resource. 💦 Without it, we have no hope of reversing the declines in freshwater biodiversity. How we are putting evidence into practice to bring clean water back to landscapes ⬇️

Bed of Chara hosting a frogspawn in an Oxford pond

We are creating 20 new ponds and three wetlands across the River Irfon catchment to bring clean water, richer wildlife and opportunities for people to connect with nature. 💦 Find out more: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/new-pon...

I'm working from home in Sheffield today, and went for a rainy lunchtime walk. But some frogpawn and 15 bird species singing brightened my break. @wildsheffield.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

Our frogs (Rana temporaria) are back! 😍 #SignsOfSpring #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🐸 @arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social @judywebb.bsky.social

Looks like there's going to be a profusion of froglets this year 🐸 Every body of water around the farm is hosting a plethora of #Frogspawn @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social #SpawnSyrvey

Clean water can’t wait. The Government must take action now for nature and people.

⚠️ We need #CleanWaterNow. Restoring our water environment is essential for nature recovery. To achieve this, the Government needs to take ambitious action in their upcoming Water Reform Bill. Find out more about the campaign: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/clean-w... @wclnews.bsky.social

So much frog spawn in the pond at the edge of the local woods today 🐸

First sighting of #frogspawn at the #MediumSizedPond, within a few days of the last 2 years. So pleasing to see them returning every year 🥰 🐸 2026 21 Feb 2025 20 Feb 2024 17 Feb 2023 3 Mar 2022 17 Feb 2021 7 Mar #SpawnSurvey #amphibians #wildlife @arc-trust.bsky.social

Burbage Valley, Derbyshire. Today. Partly on the path as the stream crosses. @peakdistrict.bsky.social

Before this year, the latest we had got our first frogspawn was the 17th so I was worried we weren’t getting any this year. So happy to see this today! @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

⏰ There's one week left to apply to join our team as our new Office Coordinator! Find out more and apply here ➡️ freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about-us/jobs/

It’s so exciting to see your #SpawnSurvey sightings start to come in! 🗺️ This year's first record was of frog spawn in puddles in Cornwall on 2nd December. Don't forget to add your sightings to the form on our website. 🐸 The map shows sightings submitted up to 10th February 2026.

The first common frog spawn this year in our garden pond. That's 10 days earlier than the previous three years. #spawnsurvey @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social #kentnature

Conservation works are underway at Strawberry Hill 🍓🌿 In collaboration with the Newt Conservation Partnership, new ponds are being created to support great crested newts & other wildlife, helping protect & enhance this special habitat for the future. Watch here 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFMI...

one of three huge clumps of frog spawn in the pond much earlier than last year. @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social #spawnsurvey #frogspawn #frogs

We 💚 to see your photos of Common Frogs, Common Toads and spawn! 📸 Tag us in your #SpawnSurvey photos for the chance to win a copy of The Pond Book. T&Cs: The winners will be notified directly by the Freshwater Habitats Trust account. We will never ask you to click a link or share payment details.

FROGSPAWN IN OUR POND!!! 🐸 🐸 🐸 And quite a lot of it, too. Look @katebradbury.bsky.social x Added to @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social PondNet Spawn Survey Map - freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resou... #frogs #frogspawn #amphibians

Frogspawn in our garden pond in southeast Hampshire 🐸✌️ @arc-trust.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

First frogspawn of the year in the pond today #SpawnSurvey @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

📢 We're hiring an Office Coordinator to help run our busy, growing office and play a real part in protecting the UK’s freshwater wildlife. Part time 0.4 FTE | Fixed-term, 6 months | Office-based in Oxford | Salary £25K FTE Find out more: https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about-us/jobs/ 

It's fantastic to see sightings being added to the PondNet Spawn Survey! Add your records on our website, and remember to tag us in any photos using #SpawnSurvey freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/advice-resou... 📸 Recent Devon sightings - Peter Kelly, Matt Clarke, Claire Inglis (Devon Wildlife Trust).

Freshwater life depends on networks of habitats 💧 It’s time to stop thinking about waterbodies in isolation and start focusing on whole freshwater landscapes says our CEO @jeremybiggs.bsky.social. Read his blog➡️https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/why-we-need-to-treat-freshwaters-as-a-network/

Two more records have been added to the 2026 PondNet #SpawnSurvey! 🐸 One in Helston, Cornwall on 12th December and one in a garden pond in St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly on 17th December. 📸 by Lucy Thresher and Carole Cilia.

New Forest Programme Manager Gemma Stride at @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social explains how her PhD research will uncover the impacts of pollution – and help us understand whether reducing combined sewage overflows will help biodiversity recover. c-js.uk/4rYo4od

⚠️ Did you know the Government is considering exempting all development sites under 0.5 hectares from the Biodiversity Net Gain system? Find out why we're calling for a 0.1 hectare threshold: https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/small-sites-must-not-be-excluded-from-biodiversity-net-gain/

🔎 The first record has been added to the 2026 PondNet Spawn Survey! Iain Garside was out walking when he saw Common Frog spawn on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall on 2nd December. ➡️ https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/frog-spawn-sighting-in-cornwall-is-the-first-for-national-survey/

Proud to join @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social in welcoming Emma Reynolds to a Landscape Recovery site. Together with farmers, we’re restoring ponds, wetlands & floodplains across 8,000 ha to boost biodiversity & support farm businesses. Full story: tinyurl.com/ymh2atp2

The @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social are encouraging people across the UK to participate in the PondNet Spawn Survey, launching on 1st December. Anyone can get involved by recording Common Frog and Common Toad spawn. c-js.uk/4rsuonw

🪲 Invertebrate surveys at the Water Friendly Farming demonstration site have once again highlighted the vital role of new clean water ponds in bringing wildlife back to the countryside – including uncommon species.

⏰ There's one week left to apply for our Central Team Director role! The Director will develop and oversee programmes across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Closes: 21/11/2025 | £50,000 | Permanent | Full-time, hybrid with two days based in Oxford: https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about-us/jobs/

⚠️ The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be debated by MPs again this Thursday. Please ask your MP to vote to safeguard our most vulnerable habitats and species by supporting Amendment 130. 🔗 Download our template letter: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-v...

Want to do one thing to dramatically increase wildlife? 🦎 Create a pond! The Pond Book will help you to create and manage your wildlife pond. We also take a fresh look at a wide range of management issues and help you decide on the best solutions for your pond. Get your copy here:

A vote in the House of Lords has offered a glimmer of hope for our most vulnerable habitats and species. Will you ask your MP to vote for Amendment 130 and remove the most dangerous element of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill? https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/lords-vote-for-amendment-130/

The new Red List for Vascular Plants published this week by @bsbibotany.bsky.social highlights the serious decline in Britain’s freshwater plants.

📢 We are hiring a Director (Central Team) to develop and oversee programmes across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. 🗓️ Closing date: 21/11/2025 | £50,000 | Permanent | Full-time, hybrid - two days based in Oxford. Find out more and apply here: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/about-us/jobs/

Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape. 🧵 1/4 freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...

Next week the planning and infrastructure bill is to be debated in The Lords. This is our last chance to get this right says @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/last-ch...

Great to see Herefordshire’s Ice Age ponds featured in the October issue of British Wildlife magazine 👏 Will Watson, Giles King-Salter and Beth Andrews have written a fascinating article about these ancient waterbodies and their vital importance for biodiversity - including many priority species.

📢 Next week’s Planning & Infrastructure Bill debates will be the last real chance for Parliamentarians to save protected sites and protected species from development under Environmental Delivery Plans.