A healthy ecosystem takes every stakeholder, every sector, every level. Find out how the Global Biodiversity Framework supports the #GlobalGoals for partnerships: https://www.unep.org/interactives/biodiversity-sdgs-tool/global-biodiversity-framework.html UN Biodiversity

May has arrived! Look out for: • Emerging dragonflies • Butterflies - Small Coppers, Adonis Blues and the rare Duke of Burgundy • Early Purple Orchids and hawthorn blossom • Swifts arriving and bats emerging And enjoy the dawn chorus - it’s at its best in May 🎵 📸Lloyd Lane @lloydlane.bsky.social

Our annual photo competition is back! 🤩 The main theme is “Serene South Downs: Back to Nature.” As always, there will be a separate wildlife category and a youth competition. Plus, this year introduces a special monochrome category. Full details here: buff.ly/vTzyanH 🔗 📸: Simon Grinyer

1 month to go until 2026 Big Meadow Search Project gets underway. Runs 1st June to 31st August across UK, Ireland and Channel Islands. Any type of grassland can be included. Everyone welcome to join. Watch this space for updates and please start looking for places to search

NSW gardeners! 🍂 May is here, perfect time for planting! Find out the top 5 veggies to get in the ground this month for a cool-season harvest. 🌱🥕🥦 Check out our blog here: vegplotter.com/blog/the-eas... #NSWgardening #Mayplanting #GrowYourOwn

Did you know we run the #Podcast #HampshiresHeritageRevealed 🎙️ Our podcast traverses #Hampshire through the centuries, covering topics such as #WomensHistory, #LGBTQIAHistory, #MedicalHistory, #LocalHistory and more! Have a listen and enjoy our stories hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/category/sto...

Azure Dragonfly at Coltsfoot Pond on 27/3 @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @insects.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social

Fox hunting in Wildern Moor 27/3 @greenhampshire.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

Half Term Holiday Clubs are LIVE! 🔥✨ This May we have THREE fantastic themed days on our beautiful ancient farm: 🐐 Tue 26 - Behind-the-Scenes Butser 🪨 Wed 27 - Stone Age Survivors 🏺 Thu 28 - Resplendent Romans Book your spot here: butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/calendar?tags=Holiday%20Clubs

It was cool on 18/4 so the butterflies were largely still. Pictured are a female Holly Blue from Hogsty Mire, a Male Orange Tip at Goodall's Meadow, a Peacock at Wildern Moor and a Comma at Coltsfoot Pond @greenhampshire.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

Great Alison Shawyer close up shots of a Large Red Damselfly at Wildern LNR on 19/4 @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social

This is our first Broad Bodied Chaser of the season. It was seen at Coltsfoot Pond on 26/4 @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social

Ranger vacancy with @nottswildlife.bsky.social Full time, permanent. Idle Valley Nature Centre, North Road, Retford, DN22 8RQ c-js.uk/41WCZ6D

This is a new moth species for Wildern LNR, a Small Phoenix. It was found in the woodland of Goodall's Meadow on 16/4 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

Buzzard above Wildern LNR on 18/4. It was being mobbed by 6 Crows and we suspect it was raiding the Crow nest for Chicks @greenhampshire.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social

Herald moth in Goodall's Meadow woodland on 18/4 @greenhampshire.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

More photos from our Field Ecologists Billy & Joel: Cardamine amara in Deadwater Valley, Mossy Stonecrop in the New Forest, and more Bluebells in Micheldever #WildflowerHour #Ecology

An amazing 579 people attended our recent Members' Day! If you couldn't make it or would like to relive the day, all of the talks are now available to watch online #hantsbirds www.hos.org.uk/welcome-to-t...

Our Field Ecologists Billy and Joel are back out in the field this week for the start of the 2026 field season! These Bluebells were taken by Joel near Braishfield. #WildflowerHour #Ecology

This Black-mouthed Smoothtail hoverfly was spotted in the reserve on 12/4. It's nationally scarce @insects.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

Male Orange Tip by Hogsty Pond and a Comma at Wildern Moor, from 16/4 @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social @lgspace.bsky.social

on these sunny days, solitary bees are busy laying eggs these bees are important pollinators, just like honeybees why not give them a home? 💚 #savethebees @greenhampshire.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Our Billy is also continuing to explore Winchester and record the #PavementPlants - here's Spring Vetch growing by the Great Hall and Galium murale along an old wall on one of the side streets. #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

We're looking to recruit a manager for 2 fabulous botanical projects in Ireland: #AquaticPlantProject #IrishGrasslandProject You'll be coordinating expert-led field events & developing training materials for botanists at all skill levels. 2 days per week. Apply by 25 May: bsbi.org/about/news/l...

The Big River Watch is almost here! Take part between 24th and 30th April 2026 and survey your river with the Big River Watch app to help restore rivers across the UK and Ireland: theriverstrust.org/take-action/...

Thanks to Peter Trimming for today's #FoxOfTheDay , a beauty at night !

Transitioning to a net-zero world is one of humanity's greatest challenges. Here are some ways we can reduce carbon emissions and achieve net-zero: www.un.org/en/climatech...

Today is #WorldArtDay. Bats have been represented in #art and culture for thousands of years, from cave paintings to sculptures This beautiful piece is by the late Tom Mcowat who was a leading figure in bat conservation and an amazing artists. If you have a favourite piece of bat art, do share it!

Our first Large Red Damselflies of the season were spotted on April 2nd. This is our first photographic record though from April 5th. 7 were seen at Coltsfoot Pond including this one @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

April edition: Bring Your Own Book Club This friendly, informal group is open to anyone aged 18+. No pressure, no set reading list — just good conversations. Dates/Times🕰️ 25th April 2026, Saturday 11:00am Tickets 🎟️ FREE/registration required octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/144/d...

These three bees are all Mining Bees species. They are respectively a Clark's Mining Bee, an Orange Tailed Mining Bee and a Common Mini Minor. All were seen around Wildern on 10th April @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

This Honeysuckle Sawfly was spotted in the Goodall's Meadow woodland on 13/4. It's our second recording in Wildern LNR, the first was 23 April 2019 @greenhampshire.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

The Red Dead-nettle: it's OK, it doesn't sting! You'll see a lot of these lovely little purple herbs flowering on the Heath. A member of the mint family, also known as the 'bumblebee flower' because bumblebees love them! #petersfieldheath

What are your concerns about the climate crisis? Starting from 15th April, come join @sotoncan every Wednesday 4-5:30pm with themed topics! 15/4 📽️ Film @ October Books 22/4 (Earth Day) 🌎️ Aldermoor Community Farm visit 29/4 💭 Themed pop-in at October Books 👉️ www.sotoncan.org.uk/calendar/ite... 👈️

This month marks the 4th birthday of our amazing Repair Café, and we couldn’t be prouder of what our wonderful team of volunteers has achieved for the Winchester community. They’ve helped breathe new life into countless items – from beloved household gadgets to well-worn clothes.

Anyone recorded Cuckoo yet this year in Hampshire?

The Wildern butterflies enjoyed the sunshine this week. Pictured are an Orange Tip, Green-veined White and a Speckled Wood @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

Bluesky introduction post 👋 🛍️We are an on-site charity shop called the ReNew Store for Tools for Self Reliance 🥰We are run by a small (but lovely) team of volunteers 🛠️We sell a range of refurbished tools, and haberdashery 💚Every purchase helps support practical projects in Africa and the UK

Lovely Christine Wiffen shot of a wren collecting feathers for the nest on 9th April @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Diamond-back moth spotted by the Fen Stream in Wildern Moor on 9/4 @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Lunar Marbled Brown NFY to light in the North Hampshire garden last night. #TeamMoth

Orange Tip and Peacock butterflies on a sunny afternoon yesterday. The Orange Tip was one of three seen across the reserve @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

Collaborations are at the heart of bat conservation and all the work we do in order to achieve our vision is of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together www.bats.org.uk/our-work/pro...

Ducklings rescued from motorway drain by fire crew #Hampshire #BBCNews

Word Environment Day is on 5 June 2026. When bat species and other wildlife thrive, it also benefits people. This is captured in our vision - A world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together

A new and local species for Wildern LNR, an Orange Underwing butterfly, spotted on reedmace in Coltsfoot Pond on 26/3 @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social

This is our second record of a Leopard Bear spider, the first coming in 2025. It was spotted at Coltsfoot Pond on 21/3. We're advised that it's very local and often few in number @britishspiders.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

tortoiseshell romance amongst the willow blossoms @savebutterflies.bsky.social @greenhampshire.bsky.social

Fabulous Sheila-Anne Williams shot of a Great Spotted Woodpecker at Wildern LNR on 27th March @greenhampshire.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social

A Wildern squirrel from Friday 27th March. A great shot from Sheila-Anne Williams @greenhampshire.bsky.social @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social