BMS Grants are now open for applications! Funds are available to support a range of activities in #mycology including #research, training, meetings, conference participation, #fieldwork, #education, #arts & #outreach.👉 Find out more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/grants.html #grants #funding

Countryside users are asked to take care not to disturb birds in severe weather👉 bit.ly/3Z15qPc The British Association for Shooting and Conservation calls for voluntary restraint. Some areas in Scotland have been identified as being particularly affected

Our detection dog Reid has been helping check for rats in cargo going to Bass Rock for lighthouse restoration for @nlb-uk.bsky.social. These checks are important to help protect the large Northern Gannet colony on the island from invasive predators. #NatureRestorationFund @naturescot.bsky.social

Producing breeding population estimates to monitor Little Egret trends The RBBP continues to monitor breeding abundance, with the latest figure being 1,614–1,696 pairs in 2023 (Eaton et al. 2025). Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 🥇Subscriber Content 📸David Tipling, Thomas Willoughby

Still some vacant sites in Scotland! If you can help with the International Swan Census on 17th-18th January please click on the link below to find a vacant site near you. #BirdingScotland

Warning announcement! The University of Tartu HPC cluster will undergo scheduled maintenance and will not be available from January 12 to 18, 2026. As a result, the UNITE and PlutoF analysis modules will also be unavailable during this period.

Home student looking for a PhD & interested in AI, quantitative ecology & bridging the species to ecosystem divide? This ZSL project, entitled "AI-enabled construction of an ecosystem management framework that supports UK seabirds conservation", may be for you! See lnkd.in/edhp3_zy (deadline:12/1)

📢 DEADLINE APPROACHING For BOU Member Conference Attendance Grants Now funding member attendance at any #ornithology conference 🪶 Low-carbon travel encouraged ⏰ Deadline: 5 January 2026 bou.org.uk/funding/m...

Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

New New Phytologist paper (doi.org/10.1111/nph....) using UNITE data reveals global biogeographic and host patterns in Russula.

Ramaria atractospora from the ancient birch woods at Morrone Birkwood, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. No records in FRDBI but has been previously confirmed as occurring in the UK from museum specimens by Kew.

🚨 We’re hiring! 3 exciting roles at JNCC: 💻 Senior IT Support Analyst 📊 Finance Business Partner 🌊 Senior Marine Industries Adviser 📅 Apply now 👇 jncc.gov.uk/about-jncc/c... #WeAreHiring #ITJobs #FinanceJobs #MarineIndustries #EnvironmentJobs

How should the discipline of ecology and the community of ecologists respond to the ecological crisis? Is it time that these were put on something more akin to an emergency footing? www.cell.com/action/showP...

📢 NOMINATE FOR BOU COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP ➡️ Awards Nominations Committee ➡️ Engagement Committee ➡️ IBIS Management Committee ➡️ Meetings Committee ➡️ Records Committee Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶

Available now: Field Mycology Vol 26(4) December 2025. On the front cover: Ascospores of Spirodecospora melnikii - a new genus for Western Europe, characterised by spores with spiralling ornamentation (article on page 132). Micrograph image by Jacques Fournier. ➡️ fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo...

It's been quite a ride learning how to be Senior Editor of this publication. Very happy to see the fourth and final issue of Volume 26 out before the end of December. 🎁 Gonna have a proper holiday next. Looking forward to seeing where our readers, authors, reviewers and editors take us in 2026!

Recent @britmycolsoc.org.uk webinar about publishing in our society's journals now available to watch on YouTube. ▶️ youtu.be/BagGckIo1sk?...

Our Spring Field Meeting for observing and recording fungi will visit ancient woodlands, moorland, grassland, petrified forests and coastal shores, and is based at the Root Project, Lynton. Find out more: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/spring-field...

Warming oceans are having widespread and often negative effects on migratory seabirds, new research involving UKCEH shows. The study compared seasonal sea surface temperatures with seabird numbers to quantify effects on reproduction, survival & population trends. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧪1/

Incredible work by the ACDP HPAI working group (ht to Ralph) for pulling together the impact of HPAI on Procellariiformes. The dataset underlying the upcoming database is now live! 👉 zenodo.org/records/1785...

POV: You're scrolling through the Mycology team's camera roll after a field trip 🍄 Several members of the team recently spent time in Dumfries & Galloway, on the border of Scotland, as part of a field trip - one of which alongside the British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk 👇 [1/2]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza caused a mass die-off in Eurasian cranes during their autumn migration through Germany, France and Spain. More than 18,000 dead cranes were reported dead in Germany alone. The full demographic impact of this mortality on the crane population needs to be assessed.

New large-scale study based on SEAPOP data shows that #ocean #warming threatens #seabirds in the North Atlantic @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social

📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology

📰'Overwinter population estimates of waterbirds in Great Britain' has been published in @britishbirds.bsky.social, using WeBS & GSMP data from 2017/2018 to 2022/2023 to provide a total wintering waterbird population estimate of 12.8 million individuals. Abstract ⬇️ www.bto.org/our-work/sci...

1/ A new study from @lesserspotnet.bsky.social & BTO in @britishbirds.bsky.social looks at how passive acoustic monitoring is an effective way of surveying Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ➡️ www.bto.org/LSWBioacoust... #bioacoustics #ornithology @simongillings.bsky.social @hosbirding.bsky.social

🔊 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN #BOUasm26 | 29 September 2026 | York, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian futures: predicting and preparing for the future of avian biodiversity Submit your talk or Bluesky abstract now! bou.org.uk/event/avi...#BOUasm26 #ornithology

🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ? #BOU2027 | Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Nominate via link ⬇️ bou.org.uk/event/avi...#BOU2027#BOU2027#ornithology 🪶

Job opportunity with the BMS: Events Officer. Part-time, flexible hours, home based. Covering conferences, training workshops, field meetings & outreach events. Working closely with staff & volunteers. Deadline: Friday 12 December 2025 Details: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/vacancies.html

As I'm planning next years field season, I wonder if anyone on here would like to run a small island project on Skúvoy with me. I will be catching and samling great skuas, but there will be good opportunities to investigate other aspects of seabird island ecology 🌍🧪 #seabirds

🪸UK Overseas Territories launch strategy to benefit wildlife We have been working with the UK Overseas Territories for a quarter of a century - building understanding, partnership, evidence, capacity and friendship. #TogetherForNature 💚

Doing research on #Arctic #seabirds? Consider submitting an abstract to the session 'Safeguarding seabird populations in a rapidly changing Arctic' at www.uarcticcongress.fo/programme/ca... in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 26-29 May 2026

Another piece of research from team #Shag on Sklinna. Strongly recommended for all researchers working with #biologging data

Needing to model impacts on seabird populations in Northwest Europe? Not sure where to find useful values for demographic variables? Look no further! In this new paper, we provide model-derived values for age-specific survival of 25 species. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Meeting adjourned! 🤝 #AEWAMOP9 concluded in Bonn with the adoption of 11 new resolutions aimed at reducing pressures on migratory waterbirds and strengthening conservation action across the African-Eurasian flyways. 🌏 Learn more about key outcomes & decisions: www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/un-w...

AEWA's new report is the most comprehensive assessment on threats African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds face: unsustainable hunting, infrastructure development & agricultural expansion. View in EN or FR> Full report: www.unep-aewa.org/en/publicati... Summary: www.unep-aewa.org/en/publicati...

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

The latest report from the RBBP, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023, is out now in British Birds. It reports on the 104 species and races of rare breeding birds recording breeding, or showing signs of breeding, in 2023. Read the summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #ornithology #ukbirds 🧵[1/15]

Our report for 2023 is out now in @britishbirds.bsky.social. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... but if you prefer to watch rather than read then here's RBBP secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social with a few key points and some lovely photos! #ornithology #ukbirds youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY

My first book RHS Fungi for Gardeners is out now! Such an amazing opportunity to write for RHS and with such fantastic publishers as DK. Better yet is that doing it enabled me to get my own compound microscope 🤩🍄 Check how the hyphae bend out at 90° on Mycena leptocephala stems #fungifriends

🔮 How can monitoring data help predict the future of our environment? Watch our #UKTEPoP Autumn Festival session with experts from JNCC, @ukceh.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social on the power of prediction. 📺 youtu.be/KXY2-hdZ49M?... #Conservation #Data #Prediction #TogetherForNature

Out now: Field Mycology Vol 26(3) - October 2025. Fungi on the front cover: Mycena olivaceomarginata - Brownedge Bonnet - in a lawn in Norfolk, UK. (Photo credit: Geoffrey Kibby) 👉 Find all articles online here: fieldmycology.org/index.php/jo... 📣 Register as a Reader to hear about new issues

Supercharged seafloor spotting! 🐚 Our AI and science teams have been using machine learning to label surveys of the Antarctic seafloor. It's dramatically sped them up from <8 hours per photo, to a few seconds. This one looks like a quick job. But stay with us as we up the difficulty... 🧵 1/4

A few opportunities to learn about rare breeding birds and the work of the RBBP. If your bird club/wildlife group/RSPB group would like an online talk from our Secretary @markaeaton.bsky.social, get in touch.

This is a parasitic fungus, Gomphidius roseus, the Rosy Spike, a gilled boletale, which targets the Bovine Bolete, Suillus bovinus, an ectomycorhizal species with pines. #FungiFriday

A rotter, this is Bulgaria inquinans, the Black Bulgar or Black Jelly, which is common in broadleaf woodland but most often on fallen oak. It can produce a turquoise dye if processed carefully, but more often a lovely green. #FungiFriday

It's waxcap season - fungi of nutrient poor grasslands that tend to peak in late autumn. This is the Date Waxcap, Hygrocybe spadicea, from grassland within the Balmoral estate. It is a rare species and an indicator of high quality fungi (CHEGD) grassland. #FungiFriday

It's #FungiFriday and yesterday was world fungus day so here are a few recent finds. These are dinner-plate sized Scaly Tooth, Sarcodon squamosus, from the ancient Caledonian pinewoods of Ballochbuie in the Balmoral estate.

Join us on 29th November at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for the BMS Autumn Open Meeting. Hosted by Prof Martin Bidartondo and Dr Carrie Andrew, the meeting features expert speakers covering a variety of mycological topics. Find out more here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html

NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: buff.ly/qkTVU6m