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...

Pectinatella magnifica

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!

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 returning once again to Hull in 2026 for the City Nature Challenge! Join us & make observations throughout the city between 24th April - 27th April 2026 using @inaturalist.bsky.social. Our project is already up and running - join here for updates: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/cit... 🔎📱

The new book 'Spiders & Harvestmen of Yorkshire - An Atlas', by Richard Wilson, is out now and available for purchase: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv... Over 384 pages, the book describes the history of spider and harvestmen recording across Yorkshire and its varied landscapes, with mapping.

Artificial lighting along the Pembrokeshire coast disorients young Manx Shearwaters, leading them to crash inland and become stranded. Manx Shearwater Rescue Pembrokeshire, a local volunteer group, helps collect and safely return these vulnerable seabirds to the sea. bit.ly/4oqW8qQ

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...

Nature's smart cutting system could transform surgery and reduce patient harm www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/na... @suillia.bsky.social

Caterpillar Club (Cordyceps), parasitic on caterpillars, at yesterday's fungus foray at Tunbridge Wells Cemetery. The fruiting body emerges after the caterpillar has gone underground to pupate

A rare freshwater bryozoan found in the River Foss, Yorkshire www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... @teamneyedc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social

Anyone know what this is? Found on underside of Sycamore leaf at Cayton Wood, a National Trust site just south of Scarborough, on 11th October during a visit by Hull Nats.I One proposal has been the moulted cuticle of a hoverfly larva. @ynuorg.bsky.social

Wow!

In the lesser water-boatmen (true-bugs of the family Corixidae), the expanded front tarsal claws are known as palae. The shape of the male pala and the arrangement of pegs on the inner surface are important in separating similar species. This is Sigara falleni with its broad, shovel-like palae.

@tc271.bsky.social for info. At Leconfield DST I found this species in Swan Mere last month & in 2022. Also Whydham Lake in 2022. Are these both fishing lakes?

Another Water Beetle. Noterus clavicornis. Leconfield DST 21 Sept. c. 6mm long. Prosternum with ridge and narrow neck

c.12 mm Water Beetle from Leconfield DST 21 Sept. Keyed out using Friday to Ilybius fenestratus. Very narrow lateral part of metasternum. @palustris.bsky.social

A quick video of an Argyroneta aquatica replenishing it's oxygen from its underwater web. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Hull Natural History Society has been recording & observing the wildlife of Hull & the East Riding since 1880. They welcome members of all levels of expertise and have a regular programme of activities - weekly meetings, outings, day trips and weekends away. Find out more: www.hullnats.org.uk

"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. She was a force for nature, tirelessly advocating for the protection and restoration of our natural world. Her presence will be sorely missed." - Tanya Steele, CEO WWF UK.

@whitbynats.bsky.social for info

Locust Blowfly, Stomorhina lunata, Fen Bog, N Yorkshire 24Sept @ynuorg.bsky.social @suillia.bsky.social

Bronze Shieldbug, Troilus luridus, has used its long rostrum to stab a sawfly larva. Disturbed from a Birch (ornamental?) Castle Howard, N Yorkshire today. @suillia.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social

A Hentzia sp jumping spider perched on the edge of a one pound coin. 🪲🪳 #Salticidae #Invert #bugsky 🌿

No longer needed for farming, they remain part of the landscape’s story and, thanks to groups like the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, are being restored as quiet havens for wildlife. Image courtesy of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. See their article at www.ywt.org.uk/wolds-dew-po... 2/2