“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”

☀️Extreme heat doesn't affect everyone equally. As temperatures soar, the heatwave poses genuine risks to some of the most vulnerable people and communities. 🔗Read our previous report on the link between heatwaves and inequality, and what to do about it: fairnessfoundation.com/inequality-k...

BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series. The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future. Please read and share: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚

Yorkshire, indeed the world, has lost some of its colour today. Garrowby Hill, a Yorkshire landscape by David Hockney, 1998. So long, David.

Excellent news!! Imagine the impact this will have on the awareness, understanding and appreciation of #NaturalHistory

Huge congrats to @jasboparai.bsky.social on what I'm sure will be an essential book for an underworked group. But absolute shame on CABI & @royentsoc.bsky.social for their new pricing. £125 for a 25-species handbook is unreasonable and will prevent it from reaching its deserved audience.

Nice article in today's @theguardian.com about native wildlife on banknotes www.theguardian.com/business/202... But oh dear @bankofengland.bsky.social, why isn't there a single native plant under consideration? A few suggestions for you below + a £20 note mocked up by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social!

💡Important contribution from @rozsavage.bsky.social today at PMQs, calling for a much-needed cap on political donations. For a fairer politics, we must finally address the unchecked influence of big money in our politics. 🔗 Read our previous piece here: labourlist.org/2025/12/fair...

📢 Last chance to take action! The #RailwaysBill which will establish Great British Railways get its 3rd Reading in the Commons this 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 🚆 Please email your MP to ask them to back our amendments ensuring passengers' rights are always put before private profit 👇

📝In our latest edition of Fair Comment, we summarise 11 key insights from a recent workshop at @bristoluni.bsky.social on how people think about fairness and inequality, organised by @paulhufe.net 🔗Read the full piece here: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/fairness-i...

Have you seen our Spring 2026 newsletter? It is FULL of fabulous stories from the world of biological recording :) nfbr.org.uk?q=newsletters Happy reading!

🚨 Today we’ve released Takers, a new report showing a strong public mandate for tackling wealth extraction in the UK. 📈 It finds wealth extraction is widely opposed across the political spectrum, undermines economic fairness, and demands urgent policy action. 🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/takers

Hey biological recorders - last day to nominate wonderful people for an award - get in there!

If anyone wants to listen to me wibbling about a book I may have written, do listen in to the lovely @batability.bsky.social Neil Middleton. It was a real pleasure being interviewed by Neil 💚🪲🌱🪲💚

Who doesn't love nudi art?? www.alieward.com/ologies/nudi...

Brilliant final talk of the #NFBRConference2026 about the inspiring National Education Nature Park project! #YouthEngagement #BiologicalRecording @nhm.org @soilscholar.bsky.social

The fabulous @graemelyons.bsky.social talking about compromises of photographic recording #NFBRConference2026 #Biodiversity #BiologialRecording

Thank you Richard Gallon for giving us an update on the britishspiders.org.uk! #NFBRConference2026 #BiologialRecording

Jonathan Briggs talking about the wonderful world of freshwater sponges! #NFBRConference2026 #Freshwater #BiologicalRecording www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti...

Mystery plant (Blupeurum?) growing near the @nfbr.bsky.social conference location. Lots of pan-species listers eagerly awaiting an ID @bsbibotany.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social

Our wonderful @kitenet.bsky.social celebrating 50 years of soldier flies! #NFBRConference2026 #BiologicalRecording

Nice to see my first tiny Oak Bush-cricket nymphs and Common Earwig wiglets yesterday in a wood in a very rural part of South Shrops. Cricket vanishingly unlikely to be M. meridionale in this location.

No more sleeps!! We are so looking forward to welcoming those of you who are able to come to #NFBRConference2026 these next few days! Lots of fascinating talks, catch ups and tea, coffee and cake - what more do you need to celebrate 40 years of #BiologicalRecording!! See you by the tea urn!

Got a bit of an earwig project going at the mo, incl rearing Lesser Earwigs. Seems to be going well: here are 21 wiglets from eggs laid on April 4th - 18 4th (= final) instars & 3 3rd instars. Expecting them to moult to adulthood imminently.

Hi everyone! Final chance to book your place for our fabulous #NFBRConference2026 next week! We have a truly excellent range of speakers talking about a hugely important and fascinating topics in the world of #BiologicalRecording. We can't wait to celebrate our 40th with you! bit.ly/4sZO4iz

Have you got your tickets yet? Ticket booking closes Thursday 30th so please don’t leave it too long before you get your spot confirmed! Book here and see you next week :): bit.ly/4sZO4iz #NFBRConference2026 #BiologicalRecording

We are incredibly lucky to have not only ONE excellent #BiologicalRecording book by the brilliant @sarahwhild.bsky.social for signing at #NFBRConference2026 but TWO, as the wonderful @graemelyons.bsky.social is also joining us on the Friday! Book your place bit.ly/4sZO4iz to join our celebrations!

Sedges and other members of the Cyperaceae can be difficult- especially when not in flower! There is a new sedge key on intro offer! Order at buff.ly/X6sLUmD

Don’t miss the excellent @kitenet.bsky.social and his talk 50 Years of Soldierfly Recording 🪰 Join us at #NFBRConference2026 to uncover what 50 years of recording can reveal—from long-term trends to the future of monitoring and conservation. 🔗 Book: bit.ly/4sZO4iz #LongTermData #BiologicalRecording

Fab talk from Fiona Gomersall on the species rich upland meadows managed by the Elan Valley Trust for us in the Shropshire Botanical Society.

Are you wanting to get your copy of the awesome "The Biological Recording Handbook - Making Wildlife Count" signed, in person, by the wonderful author - @sarahwhild.bsky.social? Then join us at #NFBRConference2026 Book here: bit.ly/4sZO4iz (p.s. you can buy copy there too!) #BiologicalRecording

www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk/whats-on/sow... Great conference innSouth Shropshire / a date for your diaries

www.field-studies-council.org/.../sedges-a... author is a personal friend - so I might be biased - but I think it goes a long way to helping us develop more skills at looking at non - floral characteristics in this difficult and important family. Order yours now and spread the word!

@biologicalrecording.co.uk – Field Recorder Days: A London Case Study Join us at #NFBRConference2026 to discover how Field Recorder Days are bringing naturalists together, building skills, generating vital records & challenging how we value expertise in the sector. 🔗 Book now :)! bit.ly/4sZO4iz

Hey, have you booked yet? The 40th anniversary of NFBR. Get in there! Some great speakers (er, and me)…

🐸The National Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring Programme, Past, Present and Future Karen Haysom @arc-trust.bsky.social Join us at #NFBRConference2026 8 May to learn about the Programme and how data guides conservation of our 13 native amphibian and reptile spp. bit.ly/4sZO4iz #BiologicalRecording

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet - brilliant! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

@josscarr.bsky.social – Falling through the Cracks. Join us at #NFBRConference2026 7 May to dive into the reality of iNaturalist invertebrate data—exploring verification backlogs, data quality, and what’s really happening behind the scenes. Booking: bit.ly/4sZO4iz #iNaturalist #BiologicalRecording

Sarah Whild – Biological recording: who, what, where and when did it all start? 🌱 Join us at the NFBR Conference on 7 May for a sideways look at how biological recording began, exploded in recent decades, and the big question: what can, and should, we do with all this data? 🔗 Booking: bit.ly/4sZO4iz

Number crunching: Compensation to (unconvicted) victims of the Post Office scandal v compensation paid to Peter Mandelson on being sacked as US ambassador. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Delighted to come home from a day out today & find my gratis copy of the superb new Bloomsbury Orthopteroids book has been delivered. The book we've been wanting for a long time. Get a copy & get out there recording these fabulous creatures! #orthoptera #ukorthoptera

Wohooo! We are now open for conference bookings! We really hope you are able to join us 7-9 May at the Signing Tree in Birmingham to celebrate our 40th anniversary! Please see more information on our website. See you in May! www.nfbr.org.uk?q=node/274

What's even better than moths? Slow-motion moths! #TeamMoth

Nipam Patel exploring the common myth that caterpillars 'turn to goo" inside the chrysalis, with some beautiful visuals! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCka...

Stipule: a pair of leaf-like, spine-like or scale-like appendages at the base of petiole. Originates from the stem or petiole. From the Latin ‘stipula’ meaning straw or stalk. Meadow Vetchling (left) Spotted Medick (top)- toothed Field Pansy (bottom)- deeply cut

Not much good news in this report 😥, but glad to see recognition that "The UK is fortunate in having a large amount of information about its biodiversity, collected across a broad spread of species and habitats both by professionals and by expert volunteers"

Here’s Mark Avery’s review of Amanda Tuke’s @amandatuke.bsky.social fabulous new book Wild Pavements. In a nutshell: if you thought there wasn’t much wildlife in town, let Amanda take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London, she’ll show you something to make you change your mind.

Are you keen to improve your identification skills of aquatic invertebrates? Read on! We have a Sampling and Identifying #Freshwater #Invertebrates training opportunity, with John Davy-Bowker on 28 & 29 April, Grange-Over-Sands, #Cumbria. Find out more & book today: www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/sampl...

Oh squeak! It’s official publication day!