BENHS 2026 ID Workshop calendar Leafhoppers, Alan Stewart August 1st - Newcomer Level August 8th - Intermediate Level To book a place visit www.benhs.org.uk/events/

The upside to Blackthorn taking over the garden. Plus Damson, Amelanchier lamarckii and Magnolia. A happy time of year #WildflowerHour (late as usual 😂)

Very useful...

Montgomeryshire people, please come along and be #nature 's voice for the #SeneddElections #GwyneddMaldwyn 😊 www.montwt.co.uk/events/2026-04-22-senedd-election-2026-nature-hustings

New UKCEH-led study warns of closing 20-year window in which decisions on climate & land use will determine fate of 200+ species of native #birds, #butterflies & #plants across Britain. But sustainable climate & land policies would save many of the species. www.ceh.ac.uk/press/we-hav... 🧪 1/

One month left to apply: People voting in the upcoming local elections in May can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate, a free form of ID that can be used to vote at a polling station. The Electoral Commission is calling for people to get hold of one if they don't have other photo ID

🌊Warming oceans are quietly changing what phytoplankton are made of... Their “nutritional makeup” shifts with the environment. Protein-rich in cold waters, but more carbs and lipids in warm, nutrient-poor seas. ..and the very base of the marine food web is evolving www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Good news! Just one vote against 👏👏👏 Has to be said the Senedd is a remarkably progressive house. Let's hope it stays that way after May 7th (and we can get the implementation to back up the warm words). BBC News - Law to make it illegal to lie in Welsh elections passed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Restoring nature is critical to tackling the climate emergency. They are intrinsically linked, a notion popular discourse has failed to grasp.

Men like Marshall have something better than expertise — they have money and power. And media outlets like GB News

Can somebody explain to me why electricity prices are still pegged to gas prices?

Please support! action.greenpeace.org.uk/deep-sea-min...

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Wow!

Exciting new project to restore limestone grasslands 😁 www.countytimes.co.uk/news/2596248...

Excellent article. It's also the pain of not being able to understand why other people can't see the loss and why so many don't care. It's like seeing and reaching out to other people through a broken glass bubble. Lots of useful tips for supporting colleagues in there.

You can cut emissions and still lose the climate… New study highlights a critical gap: without protecting ecological boundaries (forests, freshwater, biodiversity), Earth’s natural climate regulation can break down. Climate policy must move beyond carbon alone. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

We model the average. Reality delivers the extremes… Low-probability, high-impact scenarios at 2C can rival typical impacts at 3–4C Key risks: Crop failures, extreme rainfall and flooding, increased wildfires Key lesson: plan for the extremes, not the mean www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The ultimate objective of the green agenda being not to wipe out the planet's living beings including ourselves. Shucks, the self interest of these green types is really hard to fathom 🤷🏼‍♂️

Wonder which one of these stories is going to be all over the news today 🤔 Priorities, humans?

Male bats sing in the rotor-swept zone of wind turbines www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/me...

Orchard trees haven't done well in this field so seeing how well the sheep fleece does at keeping the grass down. Cardboard no good. Some well-rotted woodchip went in under there too. Trying a 1 yr-old Denbigh Plum and a 2 yr-old Cariad cherry (came with a beautiful shape) from Ian Sturrock.

Awesome...

Utter morons! Without nature there will be no food production. We are part of the natural world, not separate from it.

Beautiful!

The @mayor.nyc.gov Bluesky account is such a breath of fresh air: full of cultural richness, community and celebration of working people's contribution to their city. So uplifting, in sharp contrast to the usual social media nastiness.

Are you spotting orchid rosettes in your area? Would you like to be able to recognise native orchids before they come into bloom? Try this helpful #WildFlowerID guide which Mike Waller of @ukorchids.bsky.social fame created for @nhm-london.bsky.social: www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/id...

Very useful. One for the reading list!

Our colleague Ellie found this gorgeous early thorn moth well camouflaged with some fallen oak leaves at the weekend 🍂🦋 Have you spotted any moths in your garden? Download our free magical moths booklet to help you identify them ✨👉 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wild-about-m...

A national survey of breeding waders is underway in #Wales, organised by @natreswales.bsky.social. All records of Curlews and Lapwings in potential breeding habitat are valuable, so please do share your knowledge via @cofnod.org.uk. 📷 Cameron Sharp www.birdnotes.wales/blog/welsh-w...

Cash-strapped voters to pick millionaires and billionaires for greater poverty and a trashed environment. 🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️ "among those in the less prosperous C2DE social grades, Reform leads [by 16% margin] with 42%". nation.cymru/news/plaid-c...

This is probably one the most important warnings we have ever been given. #AMOC Really worth watching. Because at some point soon, it’ll be too late to do anything. youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...

Students, graduates, friends and family: here's a chance to tell the government what you think about their unfair plans for student loan repayments 👇 Let's see if we can force another U-turn...

I just signed a petition to stop the rollout of facial recognition surveillance in the UK. The Government and shops are scanning us without clear laws in place, using our faces like barcodes. It feels really invasive. Can you take 30 seconds to sign it too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Precious habitat at threat so people can knock a ball about 🤦🏼 (Golf courses can be great for nature - she who works with golf courses on habitat improvements quickly adds- but not when you start off with pristine habitat like this).

CO2 emissions generated by blowing up 2 oil tankers, anyone? These people need locking up for crimes against the whole world. And when I say 'these people' read all the trigger-happy leaders of the world.

S0 cool!

We've uploaded recordings of many of our seminars over the last few months to our You-tube channel, including from @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social, Kristen Ruegg, Daniel Field, @jon-slate.bsky.social, Paul Acker, @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @kokkonut.bsky.social - Enjoy! www.youtube.com/@EGIOxford

😲 Some good nature news 🥳💚

A sweet week for violets #wildflowerhour

Not only is the great orange sh*t gibbon killing innocent children and dismantling global institutions with his unjustified war, he's putting the whole world in danger environmentally as well politically. Look at these hideous emissions from blowing up oil stores.

With it being World Book Day, I wanted to mention our BMS books. Bk 1: focuses on grassland indicators with range of assocd species. Bk 2 has >200 different plants + assocd species. Example pages below. £10 each: £2.70 postage for one, £3.90 for two, [email protected]

An ethereal start to the day in Leicestershire

Nicely put!

Suddenly, after very low numbers of siskins here over the past couple of years, a huge flock has turned up, accompanied as ever by the charming goldfinches. The volume of chatter each morning is astounding. Happy days.

The climate and nature emergencies: always separate, with biodiversity second. Nature has the power to heal the damage humans are inflicting on the world. Good to see David Attenborough and the Royal Society starting to make the case. We need to make it much louder youtu.be/GlWNuzrqe7U?...

No escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, for any species of animal, including us #PublicHealth #NovelEntities #ForeverChemicals phys.org/news/2026-02...

Presumably we can count on certain members of the political establishment to encourage the public to disregard all of this 🤦🏼

How wonderful to come home from a screening of David Attenborough's Ocean (😭) to some good news!