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!

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... 🔎📱

Tickets for our conference 'Networks for Nature: A conference celebrating 25 years of NEYEDC' will be on sale this coming Friday. Tickets can be purchased via our website once general sale begins. We would love to see you there! 🤩

Our (slightly late!) #MonadOfTheMonth for October is now published on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... For October, our monad is TA0286, just outside of Scarborough, which includes part of YWT Harland Mount 📍

Our EDO Hannah discovered Stigmella aceris, a moth first recorded in Yorkshire in 2021, on Maple close to our offices this week. This species has rapidly become common around the York area over the last few years, having moved north: yorkshiremoths.co.uk/micros.php?b... Keep your eyes peeled! 🔎

It's #TrusteesWeek! We meet with our board of trustees four times a year and appreciate their valuable input into all aspects of NEYEDC operations and work. Thank you trustees! 📸: NEYEDC team and trustees, 2024.

We have another of our fantastic native reptiles featured for entry #96 in our #YorkshireIn100Species project - the Slow Worm, brought to us by East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Sustainable Environment Manager, John Pemberton: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 🦎

On Saturday 15th November the YWT, Yorkshire Naturalists' Union & Sorby Natural History Society are hosting a joint event for members on Soliderfly ID. Click through to purchase a ticket! www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-... @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

Grassland fungi season is finally in full swing and so are we, with both events and surveys. Once again we are finding new sites with rare and beautiful fungi, including some really special discoveries such as the Sunset Waxcap - for which only a handful of records exist! 🍄

Calling all @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social members, there is a great indoor workshop on soliderflies coming up soon. I'll be there, and hope to see you too! www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-... Or DM me for details @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

The final countdown has begun! This week we're publishing #95 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series & our star species, brought to us by our very own Josie Monaghan, is the iconic Lady's-slipper Orchid: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... Click through to read more about this amazing species' revival!

The Live Labs 2 project is continuing in Hayton and Burnby (tinyurl.com/4z84wmyy) and we've been collecting and processing lots of camera and audio sensor material as part of our role supporting the project's nature recording aspect. A highlight was this fantastic Badger captured on trail camera! 📸

Last week Josie and Hannah visited North Yorkshire Archives, examining fascinating 18th century maps to help inform the last stages of the Ancient Woodland Inventory update project, building evidence to support the inclusion or exclusion of 'new' ancient woodland on the updated inventory 🌳🔎

Fungi recorders! 📣 The British Mycological Society are looking to survey fungi recorders for a project looking to improve data flow and verification processes. You can find the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You don't need to be a BMS member to take part - all recorders welcome 🍄

The next blog in our series looking at the update of the Ancient Woodland Inventory is now live on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi.... This time, we're getting an insight into the survey techniques used on the ground to help verify potential 'new' ancient woodland 🌳

Join us tonight for 'Waxcaps: What's next?' a Zoom event sharing the successes of our 2022 - 2024 grassland fungi project, and what's up next for 2025 and beyond. The event starts at 19:30 and is free to attend via this link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8443724482... 🍄

We have a fascinating insight into one of our smallest #YorkshireIn100Species subjects yet, the springtail Dicyrtomina saundersi, brought to us by macro photographer Tim Jonas. Read on to find out more about this intriguing group and view some stunning images: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 📸

SAVE THE DATE 📣 We're excited to announce 'Networks for Nature: A conference celebrating 25 years of NEYEDC' later this year; a day of talks, workshops and activities celebrating our 25th anniversary and the past, present and future of nature and its recovery in our region. More info to come!

With the autumn upon us, it's once again time to turn our attention to grassland fungi, continuing the legacy of our Yorkshire Waxcaps project 🍄 We're holding a number of beginner and improver fungi ID sessions this autumn - find out more and how to register here: www.neyedc.org.uk/waxcaps

September's #MonadOfTheMonth is SE6447, covering part of Heslington Tillmire SSSI, near York: neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... Click through & read more about an area where we're lacking records! 📍

Yesterday we attended the Leeds MSc Biodiversity and Conservation field skills day alongside @ynuorg.bsky.social, introducing students to biological recording. We've been attending the day for over 10 years and always enjoy the chance to share our knowledge of ecological data 👥

Our surveyor Claire spoke at the Northern Grassland Forum yesterday, spreading the word about our grassland fungi work (www.neyedc.org.uk/waxcaps) to protected landscapes in our region, making connections & learning about other initiatives - thanks to Nidderdale National Landscape for facilitating!

Our species taking spot #93 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series is the Brown China-mark moth, brought to us by Dick Shillaker. This moth has an intriguing life history, being one of only a small number of species with aquatic larvae! www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 💧

Last week we said goodbye to our LWS Officer Seebra, who is heading for pastures new (after an exciting set of travel plans) 🌎 We'd like to thank Seebra for all her hard work over the last 2 and a half years and for all the fun she's brought to the team - we'll miss you!

NEYEDC is always keen to provide opportunities for people wishing to pursue a career in ecology and this summer was no exception. Grace has been our youngest volunteer to date, and you can read about her experience with NEYEDC on our website. www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi...

The fantastic (and unusual!) Sea Hare, present all around Yorkshire's coastline, is our featured species for our next instalment of #YorkshireIn100Species, brought to us by Caroline Pindar, marine biologist & biological recorder: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 🌊

We caught some fantastic footage from a camera trap set up the night before our wildlife recording day in Hayton - a trio of otters! 🤩 We're recording wildlife in Hayton as part of the Live Labs 2 project, which you can read more about here: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi...

Recently we've been involved in the Live Labs 2 project alongside East Riding of Yorkshire Council, assisting with the wildlife recording & engagement aspects of the project which aims to decarbonise our roads, including via changes to street lighting. Read more: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi...

Join NEYEDC & East Riding of Yorkshire Council in Hayton on Tuesday 2nd Sept for a wildlife recording day, part of the Live Labs 2 project! Alongside recording, we'll be hosting a moth trap opening, sharing what the project has found so far & showing how you can get involved: www.neyedc.org.uk/c2n 🔍

We have the lovely Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage as our featured species for today's new #YorkshireIn100Species instalment (#91!), brought to us by one of our very own Trustees, Andy Barker: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 🌱

NEYEDC will be supporting 'Bempton Goes Wild!' this weekend, a family-friendly bioblitz event at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs, starting at 05:00 tomorrow and running until 16:00 on Sunday. Join the iNat project here and get involved at this fantastic site! uk.inaturalist.org/projects/bem... 🌊

Our 'Local Groups' page is now live on our website. Find out about how you can become an affiliated group and how NEYEDC can support you with data, mapping, resources, and more: www.neyedc.org.uk/local-groups 🤝

Today we're launching a new monthly series on our website: Monad of the Month! ⏹️ Each month we'll be featuring a 1km grid square in the North & East Yorkshire area where we're lacking records. Our first monad is SE5759, close to Haxby, York: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi...

We've partnered with ArtBomb festival in Doncaster again this year, an arts festival which blends art, ecology, social experiment & more. The event runs from 15th - 17th August - the full programme can be viewed here, with more information on their website: www.artbombuk.com/artbomb2025 💥

Despite the rain, we trapped 76 moths of 25 species at Jubilee Pasture in the Yorkshire Wolds at the end of July. After five trapping sessions the species total for the site is 46, Six-striped Rustic being only the second record for the 10km square, the previous record being from 1973!

Calling all entomologists, recorders & hobbyists interested in #pollinators! PollAGen, a @nhm-london.bsky.social NERC-funded project, is looking to measure insect genomes to understand pollinator decline & needs donated specimens. Find out more here: www.benhs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

We're almost at the final countdown! For instalment #90 of the #YorkshireIn100Species project we have Leah Young, Project Officer at @humbernature.bsky.social showcasing one of our most impressive marine visitors to the Yorkshire coast, the Humpback Whale! www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/...

Last week we provided three camera traps to Sheriff Hutton Nature Group, a local group we are supporting located north of York. SHNG will be using the traps as part of a Hedgehog monitoring project around the parish and surrounding areas, with the records provided to NEYEDC 🦔

We were delighted to welcome a new trustee to NEYEDC last week - Ray Kirtley, a retired Hull & East Yorkshire educator, founder and Chairman of globallearningassociation.org and volunteer for the Riverfly Partnership @riverflies.bsky.social. Welcome Ray! 🤝

How much excitement can biological recorders cope with? Save the date! It’s @nfbr.bsky.social 40th anniversary conference next year - woohoo! Get it in your diaries… @nbntrust.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @elaineeepoos.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

It seems to have been a good year for Hawk-moths, with the NEYEDC team and moth recording volunteers trapping a variety of stunning specimens over the past few weeks including Privet, Eyed, and Pine Hawk-moths, alongside the more familiar Poplar and Elephant species 🤩

Our surveyor Claire visited Pickering Castle recently as part of our programme of local wildlife site surveys for 2025, where the motte and adjacent ditches are designated for their grassland interest. Claire found 48 different wildflowers and a total of 80 species of plants! 🌼

We have a well known (but much maligned!) plant as the star of #89 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series - Common Ragwort! Becky Austin, Assistant RSPB Warden, sings the praises of this common native plant: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 🏵️

We are very excited to be publishing our 2024 - 2025 Annual Report today 🎉 The report showcases the breadth of work that we've completed or been involved in over the last year. If you'd like to read more, the report can be downloaded via our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/about

Our EDOs Josie and Hannah, who are completing our update of the Ancient Woodland Inventory, have been at local archives this week, inspecting historical material with the hope of extending the chronology of woods identified in the update back further than 19th century Epoch 1 maps. Fascinating! 🗺️🔎

Female Bog Bush-cricket, Metrioptera brachyptera, moulting, Strensall Common nr York 13 July. Spotted by sharp-eyed John K on Hull Nats field trip. @bladetail.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

Today marks the start of the @savebutterflies.bsky.social #BigButterflyCount, running until 10th August! The event is easy to get involved in and one way you can help to protect these vital pollinators, especially after a very poor 2024. Find out more: bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org 🦋

Our final #MapOfTheMonth is now online! This time we're featuring a map created by bryophyte recorder Steven Heathcote, showing sphagnum species richness at Askham Bog, York: www.neyedc.org.uk/updates-insi... Steve was accompanied on the survey by one of our Ecological Data Officers, Hannah! 🔎

We're closing in on #100! For instalment #88 in our #100Species series, VC Recorder Kay McDowell has chosen to feature the lovely Melancholy Thistle, a jewel in our Northern Hay Meadow plant assemblage: www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/... 🌼

💦 #PondWatch 2025 is here! 🎉 We're asking you to spend 30 minutes by a pond between 1st-31st July. Watch, listen, feel... and keep an eye out for dragonflies and damselflies! Anyone can take part. Slow down, look closely, and give PondWatching a go. 🔗 british-dragonflies.org.uk/get-involved...