If you are looking for a Christmas present for a Freshwater Invertebrate obsessed friend (or someone that thinks they are cool) I have something might be ideal, I used some of pond life photos into a handy Pond life ID chart shirt Link my Teemill page here: uk-wildlife.teemill.com/product/pond...

If you're enjoying the #DragonflyAdventCalendar you may also like the @britishdragonflies.bsky.social monthly e-newsletter. Free to sign up and you don't need to be a member. british-dragonflies.org.uk/get-involved...

For #FlyFriday or #Flyday why not a new podcast with me talking flies with Paul McGuinness on #WildLives (ignore the one of the worlds experts - many better than me!!) #bbcwildlife podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Still 30% discount on my Poyser, The Marsh Tit & the Willow Tit. Just in time for Christmas! The flexiback/paperback is real a steal at £24.50, but the hardback is really worth getting for the even higher production quality (and £18 discount). #birds #ukbirding www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marsh-tit...

It's time to prepare the next scheme newsletter! Contributions gratefully received, e.g. short articles/brief notes on interesting sightings/photos. I'll need them before Christmas please 🙏 If you don't have my email you can contact me via the link on the website dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...

A Recording Scheme newsletter was sent out to @dipteristsforum.bsky.social members last spring, but I've just realised that I hadn't uploaded it to the website. That omission has now been put right, and newsletter 11 is available along with all the others here dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies...

Learn to spot and identify lichens in your local landscape! Lichens of Britain & Ireland offers practical field tips, vivid images, and habitat insights. Perfect for nature lovers and budding lichenologists. Pre-order now!

#Bugsky 🐙🌿 Who wants another baby earwig update? Everyone? Thought so. The babies are now two days old and slightly darker than when they hatched. Mama is guarding them and will stay on the job until their second molt. Btw, in the earlier post, the newly-hatched babies only had--

A dipterist's dipteron, the elusive Borboropsis puberula. The only member of the family in the UK. Restricted to the Scottish Highlands. This one from Ben Lawers is probably the 7th UK record. #Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

#Dartmoor people, this training is really enjoyable, and really useful. Alt text has a full description. #RuralSkills #Devon

What amazing images by @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social - online resources like Sam’s are so incredibly helpful when dealing with complicated keys & little flies 🤓 #DipteristsDay2025

Just visited the Lacewing Recording Scheme website and there are lots of great identification guides available, e.g. www.laars.jamesjepson.com/neuroptera-l... - thanks to @jamesjepson.bsky.social and colleagues for putting this together

And we're off! #DipteraDay2025 Opening the Day is @denisewawman.bsky.social 'Mapping the UK's flat flies - A Citizen Science Project'. A heady mix of #ornithology, #diptera and #climate change. Recordings for the Day available on our website YouTube here: m.youtube.com/@DipteristsF...

For those unable to attend the #DipteristDay2025 in person, see you online. Link below 🪰

What a treat! @zoologymuseum.bsky.social Collection visit underway for @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Dipterist Day.

My nature journal Secrets of a Devon Wood is available to buy in @Waterstones if you're on the hunt for a gift for a nature lover. There's some signed copies in the Newton Abbot branch.

Delighted we have @pemberleybooks.bsky.social joining us at our Dipterist Day 2025 at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social this Saturday. Always a wonderful day! Join us in person, all welcome or via Zoom. Book here: dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte...

Can't make the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Dipterist Day 2025 in Cambridge this Saturday 15th November - fear not! Sign up through the link in the page below and we'll send you the recordings. The wonders of Modern technology... dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte... Please share the love ❤️

The wonderful Adrian &I have gone Korean! Metamorphosis - How Insects are changing our world by myself with Adrian Washbourne or now known as Little Conquerors has been published by @gombooks @nhm-london.bsky.social @csiropublishing.bsky.social @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Yes folks it’s the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Day & AGM

I'm currently updating and making corrections to the Ephydridae key prepared for the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social workshop. Please let me know if you've noticed any errors or anything that might need updating. Comments, DM or email to sjthomasbotanyATgmail.com please. #Diptera #entomology

@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!

@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!

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...

Can't wait to visit @zoologymuseum.bsky.social & see the Fly collection, followed by a fab set of talks the next day. This meeting will also be hybrid (But please do sign up) @teamdiptera.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @hau-entomology.bsky.social @unirdgento.bsky.social

New #OpenAccess work in #RESMedVetEnt by @denisewawman.bsky.social, @sheldonbirds.bsky.social & A.L. Smith reports on how #CitizenScience reveals host-switching in louse flies & keds (#Diptera: #Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change doi.org/10.1111/mve.70029 @wileyeco.bsky.social

We have a great line up of speakers, exhibits and a visit to the Cambridge Diptera Collections can be arranged. Flies are so important so come and join us to find out what we can do to help you whether you are an old hand at diptera or new to this fantastic group of insects. See you there Lin!

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

The wonderful @yukihaba.bsky.social and I went beneath London to help solve the riddle of the Underground Mosquito... Debunking rather than spelunking ;) @marakat.bsky.social @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social

It’s #worldslothday Did you know that sloths themselves are fantastic ecosystems? A completely mobile ecosystem supporting beetles, flies, worms and a special species of Moth. Check out my kids book #ABugsWorld for more fun insect facts @hachette #books #insects

Gonatherus planiceps female #Scathophagidae. A uncommonly collected, spring-flying, species of upland flushes and other wet habitats in the mountains. This one from Beinn Ghlas in the Ben Lawers NNR this May. #Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

🍎 Did you know rotten fruit can attract rare beetles? Species like Epuraea imperialis love decaying apples! 🪲 Join beetle expert @theponker.bsky.social on November 25th for a webinar on beetle survey methods. 🌎 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1401740326... @colsocbi.bsky.social

Announcing another chance to learn #lichens online! My next 'Lichens for Beginners' course starts in January. Perfect for anyone just discovering these unique and beautiful life-forms. All you need to know to understand lichens and identify common species. Join me! aspenecology.com/lichens-for-...

We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy. But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country." Let's make that description Labour votes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month. It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv... @britishspiders.bsky.social

A Crowdfunder to save Beer Mill farm - 112 acres of rare, species rich land in Devon. There's matched funding, so your donation would be doubled. Please chip in if you can. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk

I've even prepared some sawflies for people to play with...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Very humbled today to receive the Peter Scott Memorial Award from the #BritishNaturalistsAssociation for having made an ‘outstanding contribution to our understanding of natural history and conservation’ I don’t feel worthy but do feel very honoured #TeamFlies @nhm-london.bsky.social

Earthed’s #EarthedSummit – happening Thursday 18 September at EartHackney, #London #Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife

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🚨 Only 2 days left to tell decision-makers: #HandsOffNature. Join over 150,000 citizens defending EU nature laws! If you are against the weakening of EU nature laws, now is the moment to speak up. Your voice matters. Use it now 👉 handsoffnature.eu#take-action

Nearing the end of a challenging job from Tenerife, just 90 Sarcophagidae to go! 😥 At least this one doesn't look like all of the others; Miltogramma aurifrons. Still available for ID and imaging projects, UK and Europe dipteraid.co.uk/specimeniden... Please share if possible

Nearing the end of a challenging job from Tenerife, just 90 Sarcophagidae to go! 😥 At least this one doesn't look like all of the others; Miltogramma aurifrons. Still available for ID and imaging projects, UK and Europe dipteraid.co.uk/specimeniden... Please share if possible

Hello @bsky.app. we are Norfolk Ponds Project - a science-led partnership NGO focused on pond restoration & #ghostpond ressurection. We aim to educate, lobby & inspire others on ponds. We used to Tweet & had 5000+ followers. ***Please follow & help us achieve the same here***!!!