Only 4 weeks to go until the Seabird Festival starts! Join FBO’s expert seabird guides for seawatching and evening walks marvelling at the 100,000’s of breeding birds of the headland. Details here on how to book flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/seabi...

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Nice Green Pug. It was a Pug night despite the moonshine. I had Foxglove, Freyer's, Lime Speck, Brindled and Common too!

Brood of five Whooper Swans at WWT Welney in front of the main obs. These are usually injured birds, or at least one of the pair is injured, and they remain at Welney year-round. #NorfolkBirding

@doodlepixi22.bsky.social @mikepilsworth.bsky.social It even looks round to see if anyone was watching 😊

Franki might like this! @doodlepixi22.bsky.social

I’m team Brimstone! What are you ? @jesika5555.bsky.social @doodlepixi22.bsky.social @mikepilsworth.bsky.social

Job opportunity #ornithology #citizenscience

britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/re... Red Admiral

Probably, at 82 years old, I would find this a good excuse to retire to bed 😎

I think @markavery.bsky.social voted for Brimstone too 😊

If you love weird plants, you'll love what we're doing. Join our free newsletter at www.speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk 🙌📚🌿

Our recent Great Crested Newt field course went down a treat! Fancy learning a thing or two about newts? Take a look at our online course later in the year - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/great-cres...

@doodlepixi22.bsky.social One for the newt person?

Your daily affirmation. Be as wild as you need to be. Be as loud as you have to be. And most importantly, be as weird as you want to be.

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I voted for the Brimstone because not only is the male’s uplifting sulphurous yellow colour a harbinger of spring but the adults flying then have hibernated over winter, some since August and September. They are our longest living butterfly.

britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/br... Brimstone

The oxygen that keeps us alive comes from natural ecosystems: half on land, half at sea. It's not complicated: we are TOTALLY dependent on the living world. Yet it's still treated as nothing but 'resources', to exploit and destroy for profit.

Butterflies and moths need pesticide-free and well-supported farms so they can flourish 🌱🦋 We are supporting @thesoilassociation.bsky.social's call on the UK Gov to ban the spraying glyphosate, a harmful pesticide also known as Roundup, on crops before harvest. Join the call to #CutTheChemicals 👇

BADGERS - The forgotten victims of hunts. Read the Badger Trust explanation as to how hunts also cause harm to badgers and the frequent reports of illegal sett blocking during the hunt season. ⤵️ www.badgertrust.org.uk/post/badgers...

Although the Holly Blue (boomblauwtje, C argiolus) is often seen in gardens, on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects by far the highest density is counted on heathland, where Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris) is an important foodplant.

Tonight, over 350 million birds are expected to migrate North across the United States. Help keep them safe by turning off all non-essential lighting tonight from 11 PM until 6 AM during migration.

@bcyorkshire.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social

www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/yo... www.plantlife.org.uk/wildlife-to-... Put your mower away for a few weeks and help the small things.

(1/) Did you know that you can make extra visits to your BBS square to survey butterflies and other invertebrates as part of the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey?! Read on to find out more! @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science UKBMS

Goodnight from Leah Flitford, yet again scrubbing ectoplasm off the skirting boards after a séance gone awry. Goodnight from Pengrove Primary School, where all the leaves and twigs on the nature table have twisted themselves to spell the words: ‘WE KNOW’. Goodnight from Hookland.

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus young growing fast. One adult specialises in hunting Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina caterpillars in nearby oaks and bought a few in. A hole has appeared in the side of the nest not sure what caused this but young sticking heads out here. Buckfastleigh, Devon

Ditch the car this Bank Holiday and explore the North York Moors by bus 🚍🌿 With eight routes to choose from and single fares capped at £3, the Moorsbus makes it easy to see more for less. 📸 M Grant, NYMNPA

Your Thursday #DawnChorusClub challenge: Tell 5 group chats about the Dawn Chorus. Spread the word. 👀

Great day in the #LDV with a Common Crane, 2 summer plumaged Spotted Redshanks, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 5 Dunlin, 6 Hobbies and a Cuckoo and Common Tern at Wheldrake Ings + a Little Ringed Plover and 3 Ruff elsewhere on the reserve today @yorkbirding.bsky.social Image @jempierson.bsky.social 📸

290426 OM1ii my#York gdn. Mrs Brimstone left at least 16 eggs on Alder Buckthorn today Thank you @celastrina59.bsky.social @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social #inverts #entomology #uknaturelovers

Smashed it! 🙌 Thanks to your incredible support, we've unlocked all of our Big Give Earth Raise match funding ahead of schedule! It's a huge boost for the Northern Brown Argus 🦋 You can still make a difference by donating up until 29 April: https://butrfli.es/41WwuRl 📷: Ivan Lynas

Tim Bonner knows exactly why hunting is now looking death in the face, and they’ve no one to blame but themselves. Please have your say on so-called trail hunting by following our guidance here 👉 www.huntsabs.org.uk/ha-campaign/...

Snipe update! Lots more tagged Snipe have flown from Ireland to Iceland Please read linked thread. Data from @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social #ornithology

Don't smirk...

What a beautiful tribute

I love a good news story, I hope it works for lowland heath wildlife. @patrickbarkham.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social UK's first heathland green bridge near Cobham opens next month - BBC News share.google/ytZIo66ZPw8o...

2/ Around 300 @bbs-birds.bsky.social a year volunteers contribute to UKBMS by doing a Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey on their square. But you don't have to be a BBS volunteer. If you can ID butterflies and can commit to 2x~2hour walks a year (Jul+Aug) contact [email protected] 👉 www.bto.org/wcbs

An opportunity to help out with the Leeds Wild Spaces project sowing wild flower seeds at Middleton Park on 24th April 10am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leeds-wild...

Looking to get into conservation? Our 12-month internship at Spurn offers hands-on experience in bird monitoring, habitat work and observatory life. A reasonable level of bird ID needed — everything else can be learned. Apply 👇 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/conserv...

IRecord butterflies is a brilliant app/recording tool - instant recording on your walk to work, dog walk, lunch break….

1/ The 2025 BBS Report is out now! It was a record year for volunteers taking part, with 2,800+ visiting 4,058 survey squares across the UK, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. A huge thank you to our volunteers! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology

The hunt is on! Which houseplant pot are these sneaky little Vine Weevils emerging from (one of five so far this week) ?