Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
@brerc.bsky.social
Local Environmental Records Centre for the West of England (BaNES, BCC, SGlos, NSom).
Email records to us, we digitise and manage species and habitat data, and disseminate it.
Email records to us, we digitise and manage species and habitat data, and disseminate it.
Putting together an seasonal spotter sheet for Blaise Museum to use in their Autumn Family Fun at half-term. Love autumn! 🍂🍁🍄
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Putting together an seasonal spotter sheet for Blaise Museum to use in their Autumn Family Fun at half-term. Love autumn! 🍂🍁🍄
Dryad's Saddle ~Polyporus squamosus~ is a parasitic bracket fungus. New growth appears in spring and autumn and it won't persist much longer
September 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Dryad's Saddle ~Polyporus squamosus~ is a parasitic bracket fungus. New growth appears in spring and autumn and it won't persist much longer
BRERC attended the first Wild Summit in Bristol last week. Important to get together with all sorts of people and environmental organisations to learn, debate and plan how to reverse nature's decline.
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
BRERC attended the first Wild Summit in Bristol last week. Important to get together with all sorts of people and environmental organisations to learn, debate and plan how to reverse nature's decline.
By-the-wind Sailor ~Velella velella~ a fascinating animal. BRERC has one record - a mass stranding at Weston-super-Mare in 2004. Worth looking for after stormy weather
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
By-the-wind Sailor ~Velella velella~ a fascinating animal. BRERC has one record - a mass stranding at Weston-super-Mare in 2004. Worth looking for after stormy weather
The maps on our website are working again 🙂
The Interactive Maps show overview data - search for a species, or click on a 1km square to see what's on the database.
The Species Mapping shows the records either at 1km level or 100m level.
The Interactive Maps show overview data - search for a species, or click on a 1km square to see what's on the database.
The Species Mapping shows the records either at 1km level or 100m level.
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The maps on our website are working again 🙂
The Interactive Maps show overview data - search for a species, or click on a 1km square to see what's on the database.
The Species Mapping shows the records either at 1km level or 100m level.
The Interactive Maps show overview data - search for a species, or click on a 1km square to see what's on the database.
The Species Mapping shows the records either at 1km level or 100m level.
Have you recorded wildlife?
An MSc student at Leeds Uni is interested in understanding how biological recording and biological recorders contribute to conservation - survey link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/taGxQK7Adg
An MSc student at Leeds Uni is interested in understanding how biological recording and biological recorders contribute to conservation - survey link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/taGxQK7Adg
Microsoft Forms
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July 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Have you recorded wildlife?
An MSc student at Leeds Uni is interested in understanding how biological recording and biological recorders contribute to conservation - survey link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/taGxQK7Adg
An MSc student at Leeds Uni is interested in understanding how biological recording and biological recorders contribute to conservation - survey link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/taGxQK7Adg
The interactive maps on our website aren't working due to maintenance + restructuring. It'll take a while to complete but will improve the website + other services.
We apologise for any inconvenience + hope it won't deter you from submitting records.
We're processing + making data available as usual
We apologise for any inconvenience + hope it won't deter you from submitting records.
We're processing + making data available as usual
June 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The interactive maps on our website aren't working due to maintenance + restructuring. It'll take a while to complete but will improve the website + other services.
We apologise for any inconvenience + hope it won't deter you from submitting records.
We're processing + making data available as usual
We apologise for any inconvenience + hope it won't deter you from submitting records.
We're processing + making data available as usual
Apologies - BRERC online maps are currently offline for maintenance 🔧
May 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Apologies - BRERC online maps are currently offline for maintenance 🔧
It's a good year so far for Small Heath - which used to be much more common. Help us keep track of butterfly numbers locally by sending in your records recording.brerc.org.uk 🦋
May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's a good year so far for Small Heath - which used to be much more common. Help us keep track of butterfly numbers locally by sending in your records recording.brerc.org.uk 🦋
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🌾 Can we reconcile farming and nature? Or are we facing a deepening divide?Join#BRLSI on May 14 for Faultlines a new series tackling the tensions in today’s sustainability policies. inc: #hannahneedham #georgemonbiot #marklynas #lynndicks #patrickholden #DustinBenton
www.brlsi.org/whatson/faul...
www.brlsi.org/whatson/faul...
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🌾 Can we reconcile farming and nature? Or are we facing a deepening divide?Join#BRLSI on May 14 for Faultlines a new series tackling the tensions in today’s sustainability policies. inc: #hannahneedham #georgemonbiot #marklynas #lynndicks #patrickholden #DustinBenton
www.brlsi.org/whatson/faul...
www.brlsi.org/whatson/faul...
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A few of the insects seen in the Tucking Mill (Bath) valley today. Spring hotting up! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A few of the insects seen in the Tucking Mill (Bath) valley today. Spring hotting up! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
#RecordOfTheWeek - this relaxed Hoopoe in South Glos. There's been a major influx to Southern England this spring so keep an eye out!
📷Steve Perryman
📷Steve Perryman
April 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#RecordOfTheWeek - this relaxed Hoopoe in South Glos. There's been a major influx to Southern England this spring so keep an eye out!
📷Steve Perryman
📷Steve Perryman
Field Ecologist job - careersearch.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/jobs/job/Fie...
Field Ecologist - Fixed term until September 2026 | 29 April, 2025 | Jobs and careers with West of England Combined Authority
Jobs and careers with West of England Combined Authority - The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a field ecologist to work on an innovative approach to assessing t...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Field Ecologist job - careersearch.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/jobs/job/Fie...
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Scarlet Tiger moth larvae out in force in Bath! Seeing more of the colourful moths around the city in recent years. @brerc.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Scarlet Tiger moth larvae out in force in Bath! Seeing more of the colourful moths around the city in recent years. @brerc.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage brightening a damp, shady corner.
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage brightening a damp, shady corner.
Red Dead-nettle~Lamium purpureum~ begins flowering around now and is useful food for early pollinators that are flying when it's warm enough.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Red Dead-nettle~Lamium purpureum~ begins flowering around now and is useful food for early pollinators that are flying when it's warm enough.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
My local Toad Patrol started with a bang last Thursday, with Toads, Frogs and even a Palmate Newt appearing from all sides 🐸. The photo is from Saturday - much cooler; after being helped across the road this Toad found a warm hiding place
February 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My local Toad Patrol started with a bang last Thursday, with Toads, Frogs and even a Palmate Newt appearing from all sides 🐸. The photo is from Saturday - much cooler; after being helped across the road this Toad found a warm hiding place
#DYK there are many, many species of Bramble - Rubus?
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
February 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#DYK there are many, many species of Bramble - Rubus?
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
Spring is on its way - have a look at our saved stories on Instagram for #SignsofSpring
I saw my first flowering Cherry Plum yesterday 🌞
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I saw my first flowering Cherry Plum yesterday 🌞
www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...
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See Instagram 'SignsofSpring1' highlights from BRERC (@b.r.e.r.c)
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January 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Spring is on its way - have a look at our saved stories on Instagram for #SignsofSpring
I saw my first flowering Cherry Plum yesterday 🌞
www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...
I saw my first flowering Cherry Plum yesterday 🌞
www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...
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🦇Many people who work in the #roofing industry have encountered bats, but what are you supposed to do when that happens?
Book our ' #Bats for Roofers' training course to! Online over 2 afternoon sessions on 5+11 February.
Booking deadline: 29 Jan
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Share widely!
Book our ' #Bats for Roofers' training course to! Online over 2 afternoon sessions on 5+11 February.
Booking deadline: 29 Jan
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Share widely!
Bats for Roofers - Courses for specific professions - Bat Conservation Trust
Are you ready to learn how to work alongside bats in buildings?
Upcoming dates: 5 and 11 February 2025 (2 afternoon sessions online)
Book the Bats for R...
www.bats.org.uk
January 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🦇Many people who work in the #roofing industry have encountered bats, but what are you supposed to do when that happens?
Book our ' #Bats for Roofers' training course to! Online over 2 afternoon sessions on 5+11 February.
Booking deadline: 29 Jan
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Share widely!
Book our ' #Bats for Roofers' training course to! Online over 2 afternoon sessions on 5+11 February.
Booking deadline: 29 Jan
www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
Share widely!
Catching up with @nbntrust.bsky.social recent Impact Report - chuffed to see BRERC are 5th in the top data-providing organisations: above some national organisations
January 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Catching up with @nbntrust.bsky.social recent Impact Report - chuffed to see BRERC are 5th in the top data-providing organisations: above some national organisations
Happy New Year to all our recorders. It's been great to get back to the office to a busy @records inbox and lots of online records recording.brerc.org.uk/home
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January 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy New Year to all our recorders. It's been great to get back to the office to a busy @records inbox and lots of online records recording.brerc.org.uk/home
BRERC staff and volunteers enjoyed their Christmas 'walk' last week (there's a lot of stopping 👀).
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
December 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
BRERC staff and volunteers enjoyed their Christmas 'walk' last week (there's a lot of stopping 👀).
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
It's a bit battered and trodden on, but this is a promise of next summer 🌞 Bee Orchid rosettes are identifiable all winter, and they turn up in all sorts of places, so keep an eye out!
December 5, 2024 at 3:27 PM
It's a bit battered and trodden on, but this is a promise of next summer 🌞 Bee Orchid rosettes are identifiable all winter, and they turn up in all sorts of places, so keep an eye out!
Winter sunlight highlighting the seed heads of Traveller's Joy aka Old Man's Beard aka ~Clematis vitalba~
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels
November 28, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Winter sunlight highlighting the seed heads of Traveller's Joy aka Old Man's Beard aka ~Clematis vitalba~
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels