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@kitenet.bsky.social
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Mostly insects and biological recording, UK-based (he/him)
https://linktr.ee/kitenet
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Biological Recording Company
about 4 hours ago
Improve your bumblebee ID and recording skills. This online course includes 3 recorded webinars covering the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, from common to rare and cuckoo species, + ecology and survey guidance. Start here:
courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumb...
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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UK Bumblebees Online Course: ID, Ecology & Recording”
Discover the UK's 24 bumblebee species in this expert-led online course. Learn ID skills for common, rare & cuckoo bumblebees, explore their ecology, lifecycle and conservation. Gain practical recordi...
https://courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/bumblebees
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Oxford Clarion
about 2 hours ago
Moths are being celebrated as pollinators with a new proposed installation in Oxford North's Canalside Park. Three bronze sculptures will emerge from a wildflower meadow. Each sculpture represents the invisible movements of a moth’s search for a flower to feed from & pollinate. (one for
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Biological Recording Company
about 10 hours ago
Meet Phalangium opilio, one of the UK’s most common harvestmen! 🕷️ Males have striking horn-like chelicerae, as in the photo. Join our UK Harvestmen webinar with
@megabunus.bsky.social
on 30th December 2025. 🌎 🧪 Sign up:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1502201859...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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NEYEDC
about 4 hours ago
Tickets are now on sale for our conference, 'Networks for Nature', which will be held on Sunday 7th December at York Hospitium 🎉 We'd love for you to join us - purchase your tickets here:
neyedc.org.uk/c2n
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Dave Brice
1 day ago
@linbrice.bsky.social
just updated the Website, it's been a busy 18 months
dipteraid.co.uk/projects/
looking ahead to next year already. Anyone ecologists needing help with diptera backlog from this year? Or planning lots of diptera work next year, please contact me if I can help. Please share, ta!
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Simon Knott
about 23 hours ago
Povolnya leucapennella last Friday in Bengeo, associated with evergreen oaks such as Holm Oak (Quercus ilex). Very scarce species in Herts.
@bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
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Steve Turner
1 day ago
A shameless plug for my brother, who has created this book! Ideal for children, or if you just enjoy a bit of mindful colouring, etc 🙂 Thanks.
#TeamMoth
amzn.eu/d/amK2hXu
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Butterflies and Moths Puzzle and Colouring Book: Including Fascinating Facts, Word Searches, Mazes and Colouring Pages : Turner, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Butterflies and Moths Puzzle and Colouring Book: Including Fascinating Facts, Word Searches, Mazes and Colouring Pages : Turner, Andrew: Amazon.co.uk: Books
https://amzn.eu/d/amK2hXu
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
1 day ago
Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems. It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎 🧪 1/
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Gilbert White
1 day ago
1776: Flies abound. They stay long after the hirundines are withdrawn. Tipulae sport in the air.
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British Dragonfly Society
1 day ago
The latest BDS Journal is available online, where you can also access previous issues 👉
british-dragonflies.org.uk/bds-journal/
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BDS Journal - British Dragonfly Society
Image: Broad-bodied Chaser by Bruce Hyde
https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/bds-journal/
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NFBR
2 days ago
Such a fantastic piece of work! Well done
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
and team!!
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BSBI Botany
2 days ago
New
#GBRedList
for vascular plants is published today by a team led by
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
with partners
@naturalengland.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@naturescot.bsky.social
@natreswales.bsky.social
@nhm-london.bsky.social
@plantlifeintl.bsky.social
@rbgkew.bsky.social
@thebotanics.bsky.social
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BSBI Botany
3 days ago
Wild Roses of Great Britain & Ireland (latest title in the series of
#BSBIHandbooks
for tricky plants) is due out this month! Final proofs now with authors Gareth & Roger. Interview with them about the new Handbook here:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...
£16 for
#BSBImembers
until 24 Nov.
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Dr Victoria J Burton
3 days ago
Webinar for MATs, local authorities & councils: Explore the National Education Nature Park Map, see how schools are improving biodiversity & learn how to support them 🌱 📅 3 Dec | 🕐 13:00–13:45. Sign up!
#EducationNaturePark
#Biodiversity
www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/webinar-mats...
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Webinar for MATs, local authorities and councils: Exploring the Nature Park Map | Education Nature Park
Aimed at multi-academy trusts, local authorities and councils, join us for a webinar to explore the National Education Nature Park Map where you can see the collective efforts being made by schools, c...
https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/webinar-mats-local-authorities-and-councils-exploring-nature-park-map
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Seirian Sumner
3 days ago
@idrisadams.bsky.social
's 1st wasp paper! Although written for & reviewed by kids, it's good for wasp-wary adults too! And a perfect companion for a visit to the
@uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
#WorldOfWasps
free exhibition
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
@uclcber.bsky.social
@uclnews.bsky.social
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Idris Adams
3 days ago
My first wasp publication is out!
@waspwoman.bsky.social
and I have written a piece highlighting why wasps are so cool in Frontiers for Young Minds... perfect for children but equally as fascinating for all ages!
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The Wonderful World of Wasps
When you hear the word “wasp”, you probably imagine a stripey yellow-and-black insect that you see flying about at your summer picnic. You would be right! But there is much more to wasps than you thin...
https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2025.1632173/full
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Oxford Contemporary Music (OCMevents)
3 days ago
Film featuring live performance and interview footage from the performances of
@elliewilsonuk.bsky.social
's Moth x Human at
@prsfoundation.bsky.social
&
@southbankcentre.bsky.social
's New Music Biennial. Watch:
youtu.be/mDv6a_nPVPk
#NMB25
@ukceh.bsky.social
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
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Moth x Human by Ellie Wilson
YouTube video by OCM events
https://youtu.be/mDv6a_nPVPk
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DipteristsForum
3 days ago
It's that time of year again, Dipterists Forum 'Dipterists Day & AGM' 🪰 Nov 14th 2025- a day in the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Diptera collections Nov 15th 2025 - Dipterists Day and AGM For more details please go to
dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
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National Biodiversity Network Trust
3 days ago
🚨 Only 30 places left for
#NBNconf25
! With 2 weeks to go, we’re nearly full — book now to join us in Bristol! 🐝🌿 🎤 Programme & speakers:
bit.ly/NBNconf25
#Biodiversity
#Data
#Networking
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Freshwater Habitats Trust
3 days ago
📢 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/
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Mark Gurney
4 days ago
Exciting news: we have a new British flea weevil. Less exciting news: it is a Rhamphus. I still don't understand how to tell them all apart. Even so, this is a very useful paper:
www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...
Six new Palaearctic species and a review of diagnostic characters.
#coleoptera
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Breeding Bird Surveys (BBS)
7 days ago
2025 has been a record year for BBS coverage! 4,054 visits to BBS squares have been made this year. This beats the 2018 record of 4,048. Thanks so much to all of the BBS volunteers across the UK who have contributed to this!
@btobirds.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@rspbscience.bsky.social
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Les Evans-Hill
4 days ago
If anyone takes Watsonalla binaria/uncinula (Oak/Spiny Hook-tip) from now, please check with your County Recorder if they wish specimens to be retained for microscopic examination (at the discretion of the recorder) and confirmation. Image: Oak Hook-tip (above), Spiny Hook-tip (below).
#MothsMatter
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Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative
4 days ago
🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of the Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative 🎉 This December marks 10 years since the Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative began its mission to change how people see South Wales’ colliery spoil sites — from barren relics of industry to thriving havens for wildlife. 1/3
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Shawan Chowdhury
5 days ago
Check out our new insect decline paper. By analysing 36 yrs of German ground beetle distribution data, we show: - ~80% of species have declined, with significant declines for >50%. - The decline was similar across species traits and threatened status.
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
@consbiog.bsky.social
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5 days ago
Looking forward to my first visit to
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Dipterist Day in Cambridge. Great group of people and non members welcome:
dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...
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Dipterists Day 2025 - Cambridge | Dipterists forum
https://dipterists.org.uk/events/dipterists-day-2025-cambridge
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An amazing piece of evolution 😲
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William (Bill) Sutherland
5 days ago
Delighted my YouTube channel has >1/4 million views and >5k subscribers. Keen to find new audiences especially students and practitioners. Also keen for new subjects either in UK or online interviewing someone in the field. Ideas welcome!
youtube.com/@bill_suther...
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Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
My mission is to explain the natural world and how to protect it. I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why ...
https://youtube.com/@bill_sutherland?si=HNSBWRie2EYqqbUT
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David Bradley
5 days ago
Eponymous lepidopterist moths
#teamMoth
www.sciencebase.com/science-blog...
Please let me know if I've missed any or there are mistakes...ta
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Moth’s named for people – David Bradley Science Writer
https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/moths-named-for-people.html
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A great resource made more accessible by
@britentsoc.bsky.social
- thanks
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Denise Wawman
6 days ago
More Mapping the UK's Flat Flies Project results published today with Adrian Smith &
@sheldonbirds.bsky.social
212 host-parasite interactions, including 70 not previously reported, & a recent switch to gulls by some Louse Flies, Hippoboscidae.
@btobirds.bsky.social
@dipteristsforum.bsky.social
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.70029
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Biological Recording Company
6 days ago
Save the date! 🌿 Want to learn how to record wildlife like a pro? Join our iRecord 101 webinar — an intro to logging sightings, expert verification & sharing data for conservation. 🌎 🧪 📅 02 Apr 2026 | 💷 £12.50 🎟️ Book now:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1734876575...
#Ecology
#WildlifeRecording
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Rob Stephens
6 days ago
What do beetles do at this time of year? These 7-Spot Ladybirds have taken shelter under a leaf, whereas this pair of Rosemary Beetles have other thoughts.
#beetles
#ento
#UKwildlife
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Thanks
@britentsoc.bsky.social
for a great exhibition today, and congrats to
@marshawards.bsky.social
winners:
@markgurn.bsky.social
(weevils!), David Brown (moths!) and Laurence Clemons (tephritid flies!)
6 days ago
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Rob Edmunds
7 days ago
The new leafmine site update is now out. Has many excellent photos including some rarely seen eg Dialectica imperialella, Scrobipalpula tusdilaginis and Stigmella spinosissimae. Others more common. The amazing spiracles of Cerodontha iraeaos - like cow horns!
www.leafmines.co.uk/html/updates...
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Congrats to
@graemelyons.bsky.social
and Mark Telfer for an amazing discovery 👏👏🕷️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘White-knuckled wolf spider’ thought lost is rediscovered on Isle of Wight
Conservationists hail ‘remarkable’ rediscovery after 40 years, at nature reserve only accessible by boat
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/30/white-knuckled-wolf-spider-thought-lost-is-rediscovered-on-isle-of-wight
8 days ago
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Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme
8 days ago
Agree with
@vannabartlett.bsky.social
- Slender-footed Robberfly, Leptarthrus brevirostris (a male)
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Dr David Cockburn
8 days ago
I took a close look at Ground-ivy - Glechoma hederaceae in my Leeds garden and found 3 pathogens: A leaf gall caused by Rondaniola bursaria, a gall midge larva (family Cecidomyiidae); hairy gall ~3mm high
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@ynuorg.bsky.social
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Dawn Balmer
8 days ago
Timely reminder for everyone to continue to report all dead birds that you find to the links below for possible testing. It's also really valuable to submit to
@birdtrack.bsky.social
for monitoring purposes too.
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UKBMS
8 days ago
We're thrilled to share this film featuring some of the dedicated volunteers who monitor butterflies for the UKBMS A huge thank you to them, and everyone who's supported the scheme over the last 50 years.
#UKBMS50
youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?...
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Celebrating 50 years of butterfly monitoring
YouTube video by Butterfly Conservation
https://youtu.be/OrF5AgseX1U?si=nJPIRj5QMla7NPpv
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Rothamsted Research
11 days ago
📢New paper: Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
with Rothamsted Insect Survey🦋🐝🪰🦟 Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...
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Clare Blencowe
11 days ago
Field Mycology issue 26(3) is up on the internets 😎 ▶️
doi.org/10.63482/cjr...
I think it's a good one -- you should read it. It's free! cc.
@britmycolsoc.org.uk
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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2025): Field Mycology - October 2025 | Field Mycology
https://doi.org/10.63482/cjrsjb84
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BENHS
11 days ago
Are you joining us at our Exhibition this Saturday? A chance to meet other members and browse interesting displays! To find out more including contributing to the Exhibition visit our website
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Annual Exhibition 2025 - British Entomological & Natural History Society
https://www.benhs.org.uk/event/annual-exhibition-2025
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JNCC
11 days ago
🔮 How can monitoring data help predict the future of our environment? Watch our
#UKTEPoP
Autumn Festival session with experts from JNCC,
@ukceh.bsky.social
and
@btobirds.bsky.social
on the power of prediction. 📺
youtu.be/KXY2-hdZ49M?...
#Conservation
#Data
#Prediction
#TogetherForNature
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TEPoP Autumn 2025: The importance of Prediction
YouTube video by JNCC
https://youtu.be/KXY2-hdZ49M?si=7sRBGHSkYgkecfHD
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
11 days ago
🥳 We’ve now passed £200,000 in our Hamgreen Wood appeal! This milestone is thanks to the incredible generosity of our members and supporters 🙌 Will you help us to raise the remaining £100,000 to protect this special site for generations to come? 👉 Please support our appeal:
bbowt.org.uk/hamgreen
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John Walters
11 days ago
Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacilliferum, Plymouth, Devon, this very distinctive but tiny harvestman is found at several sites around the city. It has not been found anywhere else in the UK but may be overlooked? It is usually found sat on the underside of rocks lying on the ground.
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Jim Horsfall
13 days ago
Calling all
@sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
@ynuorg.bsky.social
@yorkswildlife.bsky.social
members, there is a great indoor workshop on soliderflies coming up soon. I'll be there, and hope to see you too!
www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-...
Or DM me for details
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
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Soldierfly ID Workshop (YWT Member's Exclusive Event) | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Learn how to ID specimens of soldierflies with expert Yorkshire naturalist Derek Whiteley.
https://www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-11-15-soldierfly-id-workshop-ywt-members-exclusive-event
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Mike Toms
12 days ago
I always appreciate late Common Darters. One of the joys of October here in Norfolk.
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NFBR
13 days ago
A huge thank you to all our wonderful contributors
@kitenet.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@earthwormuk.bsky.social
@nbntrust.bsky.social
and all to the latest NFBR newsletter
www.nfbr.org.uk?q=newsletters
! Thank you also to the amazing
@aquatilis.bsky.social
for bringing it all together :)! Enjoy!
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Newsletters | National Forum for Biological Recording
https://www.nfbr.org.uk/?q=newsletters
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Graeme Lyons
15 days ago
My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January
pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
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