New dataset: sea ice drift, tracked daily. Discover daily gridded data from satellite sensors showing how Arctic and Antarctic ice moves. Essential for tracking climate change impacts. Access the new dataset: cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sat... ⬇️

The BBS Team is currently busy verifying 2025 data. For the next couple of weeks, we are going to share some species info from 2024. This week, we share the 10 most numerous species recorded on BBS squares across the UK in 2024! @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social

Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems. It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎 🧪 1/

A selection of our most widely used maps have received a major update. The latest version of BGS Geology 50K now covers the majority of Great Britain plus the Isle of Man, an estimated 236 000 km2.

The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales. UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science. 🔗 castco.org/impact-report 🧪 1/

Radar technology has been around for decades, used to track & predict weather. Now scientists have made a breakthrough using it to monitor insects - paving the way for cost effective biodiversity tracking across huge areas @katatrepsis.bsky.social @ncas-uk.bsky.social www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

Thanks for highlighting Moor House and this important long-term ecological study. Moor House, in the North Pennines, has a long history of research, including long-term ECN monitoring, and it's great that ECT is supporting Rob's grazing experiment. 🐑 #ecology #research #vegetation #grazing #LTER

Register now for the National Environmental Monitoring conference! Help create the UK's environmental monitoring future through talks & interactive sessions. Registration closes 11 Nov - don’t miss out! https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/

We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!

Today, October 31st, is the final day to submit your breeding seabird data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

📢New paper: Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals @universityofleeds.bsky.social with Rothamsted Insect Survey🦋🐝🪰🦟 Full story 👇 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/trillio...

Live data from the Upper Severn, Upper Tweed and Chess catchments will help tackle floods and droughts as part of #FDRI 💧 Simon Stanley from UKCEH explains what happens to FDRI data once it's captured in the field. Check out our video!

"When you check the weather forecast, you’re relying on a vast network of weather stations that quietly gather data across the country." UKEOF partner the Met Office explains all about weather stations and weather observations in their latest blog.

📣 Great news for UK hydrology! The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments 🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd... 1/ 🧪

📆 The 2nd National Environmental Monitoring Conference takes place in Edinburgh on 15 Dec. as part of the annual BES meeting. Registration closes 11 Nov. Book your place soon. ⌛ #NEMC2025 #environment #ecosystems #monitoring #observation #data @ukceh.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Groundbreaking discussions on environmental crises are happening in Edinburgh – and you can join online! 📅 24 Oct | 14:00–15:30 BST 👉 Register: jncc.gov.uk/news/scotlan... #JustDontWaste #ClimateAction 🧵 @royalsoced.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social, @jncc-ceo.bsky.social

Have you ever used our Forest Research Statistics Publications? We want to hear from you. Take part in the survey here ➡️ ow.ly/r6TT50XcfvO 💫 Help us make our publications even better. 🗓️ Closes 31 October 2025 💬 Takes just a few minutes #ForestryStatistics #ForestResearch

As we head into the weekend, cold Arctic air will sweep across the UK, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures and a brisk northerly wind 🌬️ Wrap up warm, it’s going to feel colder! 🧥

Most river monitoring focuses on fixed points, missing how pollution moves downstream 🌊 UKCEH’s Alex O’Brien describes an approach combining multiple survey methods to reveal how pollutants mix and travel, which is key for better water quality management. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

🌳 How do new woodlands shape wellbeing and sense of place? Research led by Dr Beth Brockett at Forest Research found communities see local tree planting as good for both nature and people. 🔍 Learn more: ow.ly/kLaK50XaSGB #WoodlandCreation | #SocialScience

Proud to share our CEO Paul Bate is in The Raconteur 50 for exceptional leadership! 🎉 Under his leadership, the UK Space Agency is helping transform our space sector's capabilities into tangible benefits for society and the economy. 🛰️ 🌍 Read more 👉 www.raconteur.net/leadership/t...

Our Planet. Decoded. UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future. We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow. 🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM #UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪

Secure your place at the 2025 National Environmental Monitoring Conference soon. It's taking place in Edinburgh on 15 December as part of the annual BES meeting. #NEMC2025 #environment #ecosystems #monitoring #observation #data

#StormAmy will bring disruption across the UK on Friday and Saturday ☔ Weather warnings have been updated and issued this morning, here are the details ⤵️ Find out more here: bit.ly/3VLCd9y ⚠️

Yes, that's right! You have until October 31st to submit your breeding seabird data to the SMP so that it can be utilised in understanding how species have faired this year! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

The MicroCarb satellite has captured its first view of Earth, marking a major milestone following its July launch. 🛰️ 🌍 The satellite from a UK - @cnes.fr partnership is helping to tackle climate change from space. 🌳🌊 Read more in @nceoscience.bsky.social's blog. 👉 space.blog.gov.uk/2025/09/26/m...

....and thats a wrap! Today is the last day to carry out a survey for the 'core' UKBMS survey weeks. 🤞 the weather has been good enough to fit in your final survey. Don't forget to get all your data entered by the END OF OCT, otherwise it may not be included in the analysis 📋 📊 Thank you!

1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️ Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology

We're leading a review of long-term UK terrestrial & freshwater monitoring for NERC. This will help identify priorities for an adaptable & flexible UK environmental monitoring network for the future Take part via our survey before 9am Mon 29 Sep: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online... 🧵🧪1/

🌼🍀 The National Plant Monitoring Scheme is now on Bluesky, and sharing details of their 10th anniversary celebration events next month 🎉 Give them a follow at @npms.bsky.social and see how to take part ⬇️ @plantlifeuk.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social 🧪

Our Management Group met today, part of a quarterly meeting cycle. The discussion covered many aspects of #environmental #monitoring. These are an invaluable - almost unique - opportunity for UK public bodies involved in monitoring to share information & ideas, and to explore working together.

⌛HURRY! Deadline tomorrow to register your session proposal for this year's National Environment Monitoring Conference! More details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati... @britishecologicalsociety.org @ukeof.bsky.social

Are you involved in freshwater biodiversity or water quality monitoring and research in the UK? We're inviting individuals and organisations to complete a survey to help us understand community needs and priorities around monitoring & research. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online... 🧵🧪 1/

🚢 The #ProcBe work has continued around the Small Isles, Scotland with our team working on CalMac ferries between Rum, Canna, Muck and Eigg, collecting flight height data on Manx shearwaters 🧵 #Ornithology #OffshoreWind

🗣️ Have your say by 30 September. We’re running a survey open to anyone working in forestry or using wood products, from furniture to paper. We want to know: What motivates you to make sustainable choices? 🌱 Take part here: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/nudge-t... #WoodProducts #ForestrySurvey

In our latest climate newsletter, the spotlight is on the warmest UK summer on record. Read the newsletter 👇 content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKM... Subscribe to our climate newsletter 👇https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/climate-newsletter

Our Mobile Met Unit provides critical meteorological services for defence operations worldwide. As Royal Air Force Sponsored Reserves, our meteorologists and engineers can establish weather stations anywhere, supporting in the most challenging conditions. #WhenItMatters

We have a new episode coming soon, but in the meantime why not re-listen to some old favourites here: buff.ly/SDPdR1B #podcast #CountingTheEarth

With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

⌛Hurry! ⌛The call for session proposals for the National Environmental Monitoring Conference 2025 (15 December, Edinburgh) will close on 📆 12 September. Find out more from the @britishecologicalsociety.org website: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati... #NEMC2025

A national monitoring project aimed at woodland owners and managers, part of efforts to tackle the threat of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus. Can you help?

📆 This 1 hr webinar with speakers from @ukceh.bsky.social could be of interest: Habitat monitoring using drone technology: are we nearly there yet? 24 September, 09:00 UTC / 10:00 UK time. www.mambo-project.eu/events/habit... #monitoring #observation #EO #drones #environment

🔍 Help us improve GB Red Listing! If you use the GB Red List data on our webpage, we’d love your feedback. 📋 Take a short survey to help us enhance how we share this vital information: 👉 jncc.gov.uk/our-work/red... 🗓️ Survey closes 10 October 2025

The @bcsmaps.bsky.social annual conference will take place at our HQ on 3 to 4 September. Join us for two days of fascinating talks on everything the future of geospatial visualisation to the impact maps have had on vinyl album covers! More info: www.cartography.org.uk/annual-confe...

We are in the process of developing new methods for capturing & representing artificial ground information. To ensure that this is as useful and beneficial as possible to the stakeholder community we want to hear your thoughts. Please take survey here: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/bgs-art...

Back from holiday? Catch up on recent UKCEH news with our August newsletter! 🏞️ Latest UK Land Cover Map 🌳 The role of tree disease on woodland soil carbon loss 🪰 Biodiversity improvements masked by poor river scores 🌼 10 years of national plant monitoring and more! 🔗 🧪 buff.ly/BkNZqzN

Register now for a session at the National Environment Monitoring Conference - deadline 12 September. From Insight to Impact: Building the UK Environmental Monitoring Community, organised by UKCEH, @britishecologicalsociety.org @ukeof.bsky.social, is on 15 Dec in Edinburgh 🔗 🧪 buff.ly/kASkYYB

If you haven’t seen any rain yet, you certainly will over the coming days, as successive weather fronts bring rain to many parts of the country—marking an unsettled end to meteorological summer 🌦️

Want to know more about an insect you’ve found? Identify an insect with our experts 🦋 Just fill in the form and we'll contact you with more information about your find 🔽 🔗 buff.ly/OxUUwmI #AskAnEntomologist #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification

We're co-organising the 2nd National Environment Monitoring Conference with @britishecologicalsociety.org & @ukceh.bsky.social. 15 December, Edinburgh: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/national-environment-monitoring-conference-3/ #NEMC2025 #environment #monitoring #observation #data #LTER