Bristly millipedes out and about at Garvestone church today.

After the devastating wildfire on Fylingdales, it's interesting to see the appearance of some fungi specialising in fire sites, and a liverwort growing on bare damp soil. @fylingdalesed.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk

I would have thought this was a bit premature? They turn up in small numbers but we cannot rule out releases for many sightings. I would have thought Clouded Yellow was a better candidate as we have larvae confirmed breeding on cliffs of Bournemouth most winters @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Our team had an uplifting afternoon this past Friday at the Hull and East Yorkshire Nature Recovery Conference, celebrating the launch of the region's LNRS. We particularly loved the video produced to introduce the strategy - you can find it (+ lots of other resources) here: heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/ 🌿

“If this biological pump didn’t exist, atmospheric CO₂ levels would be roughly twice those as they are at the moment. So the oceans are doing a pretty good job” #ClimateEmergency #Biodiversity www.bbc.com/news/article...

“When all this is over I mean / to travel north...” ~ ‘Lochan’, a beautiful #poem by Kathleen Jamie 🍃 Our #Scotland issue, co-edited by Kathleen, is available here: irishpages.org/product/vol-...

"There's five times as many butterflies on cattle grazing sites compared with sheep grazed sites," @bcyorkshire.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The full programme for the YNU Conference on 21st March has now been released! For full details (and to get your tickets!) see the YNU website: www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

The first credible sighting of a yellow-legged Asian hornet has been reported by the National Bee Unit/Defra on 26.2.26 in the Doncaster area of South Yorkshire. Please stay vigilant. NB the Wrexham, Wales nest found in January has been officially listed in 2025 data

Join us for this year's YNU Conference on Saturday 21st March at The Priory Street Centre, York: 'Recording Yorkshire's natural history - beyond ‘The State of Yorkshire's Nature’ report'. Purchase your tickets here: www.ynu.org.uk/join-the-ynu... or contact [email protected].

When there are limpet shells in your thatch, you know something's not quite right with the weather. Today's @theguardian.com country diary by @tomallanwriter.bsky.social considers storm damage in a beleaguered Devon village. #countrydiary #naturewriting

New paper published today in @peerj.bsky.social Based on simple observation and citizen science, we show that cats and dogs can contribute to the spread of invasive land flatworms—no molecular data needed.🧪 Open access: peerj.com/articles/207...

Three-lobed Crowfoot is at peak flowering just now in the Mediterranean temporary ponds on the Lizard Heaths. #WildflowerHour

Andricus sieboldi. The Barnacle Gall. Wasp gall on oak sapling. Bayfordbury, Herts today. Always near the base of the plant. #galls #galling.

@scarpermac.bsky.social for info following your recent post about this book

A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...

Tuesday #morningread

For #WorldWetlandsDay, we're shining a light on four of the 25% of Britain's threatened spider species that are wetland specialists. They're entirely dependent on aquatic habitats remaining wet, unpolluted and growing, not shrinking, in size and connectivity @naturalengland.bsky.social

On #WorldWetlandsDay here is a spring-fed woodland pond In Elloughton Dale on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @carlsayer.bsky.social @chrismcgregor.bsky.social

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years, #WorldWetlandsDay2026 calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mc...

I very deliberately keep my feed personal and separate from work but today is an exception. Today we published Yorkshires 1st Local Nature Recovery Strategy. If you don’t like it don’t spam me here! The #Hull and #EastYorkshire LNRS is a plan. Next step is the action. heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/#LNRSDOC

We're now just a few months away from this year's City Nature Challenge, which will be running for the 4th year in Hull. Find out all the details for how to get involved on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/hull-cnc-2026 and visit our iNaturalist project here: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/cit... 🔎

@norfolkponds.bsky.social @carlsayer.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social Have you come across Tufted Ducks being called Arps?

Tufted ducks, according to Google AI, are called "Arps" (or "Harps") on Norfolk & Suffolk Broads as a local dialect contraction of their scientific genus name, Aythya. Is this 'origin' of Arps name correct?

What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

We have no idea what it does down there yet. Predator? Menace? Vibes-only organism? Classic deep sea: shows up, breaks the rules, refuses to explain itself. Watch video at www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...

After five years in the making! All proceeds going directly back into supporting more conservation. To secure yourself a copy, please send an email to [email protected] £25 for an amazing hardback with full colour photos and illustrations is an absolute bargain!

Tunbridge Wells' very own Rev Thomas Stebbing monographed the crustaceans from the Challenger expeditions. He never went to sea himself, but studied the specimens at his home, Ephraim Lodge on Tunbridge Wells Common

If people are starting to browse through seed catalogs I can recommend fennel. It germinates easily and grows well even up here at 650 feet and look at all those visitors it had 🌱 #YellowThurs

Great Silver Water-beetle found in moth trap at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, Sept 2025 @ynuorg.bsky.social @tc271.bsky.social @chrismcgregor.bsky.social

Rare plants often turn up in restored Norfolk farm #ponds: Translucent Stonewort (Nitella translucens), Tassel Stonewort (Tolypella intricata), Bladder Sedge (Carex vesicaria) & Marsh Speedwell (Veronica scutellata). Very special species usually confined to nature reserves

The Reptile Who Plays Possum - bioGraphic www.biographic.com/the-reptile-...

Jellyfish sleep like humans — even though they don’t have brains www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Up Close and Personal: Macrophotography Methods - Alan Cann Online via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 22.01.2026 Register here: www.naturespot.org/node/262955 #Insects #entomology #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #photography

Join us for our first 2026 Zoom Chat this Friday 9th January at 19:00! We'll be joined by speakers Andy Baxter (spiders), Sandy Whitton (bumblebees) and Joyce Simmons (aurora borealis). All are welcome! To register and access the meeting, follow the link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8767327519...

In the frosted stillness of today’s dawn, the perched-proud silhouette of a mistle thrush, atop a leafless lime tree, mistletoe bedecked; the wolf moon at his back, low & lucent in a pastel-pink sky.

@epcn.bsky.social startet das „Foto des Monats“, um die Vielfalt der #ponds in Europa hervorzuheben. Senden Sie bis 3 Fotos (≤1 MB oder 1200–1600 px) mit Ihrem Namen und einer kurzen Beschreibung an [email protected]. Es wird auf der EPCN-Webseite und Bluesky veröffentlicht.📸💦🌱

Happy NY!!! Since 2014 we have pioneered the restoration of overgrown ponds & lost infilled #ghostponds in the UK. Our methods, learnt from a wonderful farmer (Richard Waddingham), are mega successful & lead to massive biodiversity gains for aquatic & terrestrial species. Please support us in 2026 🎉

Found my first y-larva (Facetotectan) yesterday- a mysterious and parasitic sister group to the barnacles. No-one has seen an adult and no-one yet knows their hosts… This is a naupilus stage and maybe a moulted exuvia #marineplankton

The countdown is over! 🎉 Blog #100 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series is now live on our website, completing the project! For our final instalment, we have an uplifting conservation success story from Reserve Manager Craig Ralston, starring the elusive Corncrake: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/...

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

German Hairy Snail www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...

Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...

A wooded multi-channel #chalkstream in a Norfolk (eastern England) military training area that has avoided tidying & dredging. Lots of fallen wood & bankside trees. Sparkling gravel patches, sands & leaf packs. Crystal clear waters fed by healthy local springs. Everything we have lost & want back

We had a great first meeting last week of our City Nature Challenge working group, planning for the 2026 event which will run from 24th - 27th April in Hull. If you're a recorder, we'd love if you could download @inaturalist.bsky.social & join our project: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...

A marine midge with an interesting story. Timing is everything. www.mpg.de/25083746/coe...

Ghost pond resurrection. Is it the most successful form of ecological restoration known? www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...