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The home of wildlife data for North Wales / Cartref data bywyd gwyllt ar gyfer Gogledd Cymru
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#RecordOfTheWeek today is a lovely Great Northern Diver, seen at Llanishen Reservoir by Paul Denning. This individual has been on site for over a month!
Thanks tp Paul for the record and super in-flight photo, submitted via LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app
Thanks tp Paul for the record and super in-flight photo, submitted via LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
#RecordOfTheWeek today is a lovely Great Northern Diver, seen at Llanishen Reservoir by Paul Denning. This individual has been on site for over a month!
Thanks tp Paul for the record and super in-flight photo, submitted via LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app
Thanks tp Paul for the record and super in-flight photo, submitted via LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Grey Trigger-fish (Balistes capriscus) - recorded by MonicaJ at Earth Llydan. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Grey Trigger-fish (Balistes capriscus) - recorded by MonicaJ at Earth Llydan. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social
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🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
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January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
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Discover the hidden stories of the UK & Ireland’s rarest plants 🌿
Join @bsbicountries.bsky.social on 5 May 2026 for an entoLEARN webinar on endemic flora — how they evolved, why they’re vulnerable, and which have been lost. 🌍 🧪
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Join @bsbicountries.bsky.social on 5 May 2026 for an entoLEARN webinar on endemic flora — how they evolved, why they’re vulnerable, and which have been lost. 🌍 🧪
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January 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Discover the hidden stories of the UK & Ireland’s rarest plants 🌿
Join @bsbicountries.bsky.social on 5 May 2026 for an entoLEARN webinar on endemic flora — how they evolved, why they’re vulnerable, and which have been lost. 🌍 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977171014...
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Join @bsbicountries.bsky.social on 5 May 2026 for an entoLEARN webinar on endemic flora — how they evolved, why they’re vulnerable, and which have been lost. 🌍 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977171014...
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January 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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It's about 4 Celsius and there's a Pipistrelle #Bat sp. hunting along the edge of this bit of Welsh coastal woodland. Can't be a huge amount to eat out here... @cofnod.org.uk @batconservation.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It's about 4 Celsius and there's a Pipistrelle #Bat sp. hunting along the edge of this bit of Welsh coastal woodland. Can't be a huge amount to eat out here... @cofnod.org.uk @batconservation.bsky.social
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Seasonal positions (Apr-Sep) for Botanical and Entomology Field Surveyors available with @ukceh.bsky.social - see ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Seasonal positions (Apr-Sep) for Botanical and Entomology Field Surveyors available with @ukceh.bsky.social - see ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
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Celebrate Welsh language & nature! 🌿 Join our webinar on how language deepens engagement with heritage & conservation. 🗓 Jan 21 | 🕢 6–7:30 PM 👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn... #DiverseByNature
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Celebrate Welsh language & nature! 🌿 Join our webinar on how language deepens engagement with heritage & conservation. 🗓 Jan 21 | 🕢 6–7:30 PM 👉 event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn... #DiverseByNature
Adult Neobisium carcinoides on left - immature and adult Neobisium simile on right. Scale 1 mm. Strongly pointed epitome and medially furrowed carapace are useful key features. South Wales speciality. @collieryspoil.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @britishspiders.bsky.social @pseudoliam.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Adult Neobisium carcinoides on left - immature and adult Neobisium simile on right. Scale 1 mm. Strongly pointed epitome and medially furrowed carapace are useful key features. South Wales speciality. @collieryspoil.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @britishspiders.bsky.social @pseudoliam.bsky.social
Finally joined the Hair Ice club. Spotted this in Devon on Christmas Day - ice crystals formed by the presence of the fungus Exidiopsis effusa. @sewbrec.org.uk @discoverthewild.bsky.social botanicgarden.wales/2022/02/pecu...
January 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Finally joined the Hair Ice club. Spotted this in Devon on Christmas Day - ice crystals formed by the presence of the fungus Exidiopsis effusa. @sewbrec.org.uk @discoverthewild.bsky.social botanicgarden.wales/2022/02/pecu...
Small, pale and interesting - Asthenargus paganus a denizen of the Spruce plantation moss floor. Couple more 🎄Welsh records to add to the UK distribution map. @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Small, pale and interesting - Asthenargus paganus a denizen of the Spruce plantation moss floor. Couple more 🎄Welsh records to add to the UK distribution map. @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social @chalkspring.bsky.social
Was happy to find this Neobisium simile 🙂 in the 1st vac sample - even happier when the behemoth dropped onto the tray a few sucks later. Adult is twice as big as a carcinoides (a single specimen of this was also in the sample). @britishspiders.bsky.social @pseudoliam.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Was happy to find this Neobisium simile 🙂 in the 1st vac sample - even happier when the behemoth dropped onto the tray a few sucks later. Adult is twice as big as a carcinoides (a single specimen of this was also in the sample). @britishspiders.bsky.social @pseudoliam.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk
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Entering my 2025 #VC55 @britishspiders.bsky.social #Spider Recording Scheme data, accompanied by
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December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Entering my 2025 #VC55 @britishspiders.bsky.social #Spider Recording Scheme data, accompanied by
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On the way home, a Harebell nodding vigorously at the roadside and a wasp defying 50mph gusts in search of food, a hint of July in mid-December that felt worthy of records on @cofnod.org.uk #WildflowerHour
December 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
On the way home, a Harebell nodding vigorously at the roadside and a wasp defying 50mph gusts in search of food, a hint of July in mid-December that felt worthy of records on @cofnod.org.uk #WildflowerHour
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Badumna longinqua, or Gray House Spider, is an Australian native now established in many parts of the world, including Britain since 2021. Unlike many new arrivals, it can survive outdoors away from buildings, with mature adults found throughout the year including winter.
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Badumna longinqua, or Gray House Spider, is an Australian native now established in many parts of the world, including Britain since 2021. Unlike many new arrivals, it can survive outdoors away from buildings, with mature adults found throughout the year including winter.
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SEWBReC's seasonal #SpeciesOfTheMonth for December is Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii)!
Can you spot this tiny fungus during your festive walks?
See if you can fill in the gaps in our maps, find more info, distribution maps and ID tips here: www.sewbrec.org.uk/species-otm/...
Can you spot this tiny fungus during your festive walks?
See if you can fill in the gaps in our maps, find more info, distribution maps and ID tips here: www.sewbrec.org.uk/species-otm/...
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
SEWBReC's seasonal #SpeciesOfTheMonth for December is Holly Parachute (Marasmius hudsonii)!
Can you spot this tiny fungus during your festive walks?
See if you can fill in the gaps in our maps, find more info, distribution maps and ID tips here: www.sewbrec.org.uk/species-otm/...
Can you spot this tiny fungus during your festive walks?
See if you can fill in the gaps in our maps, find more info, distribution maps and ID tips here: www.sewbrec.org.uk/species-otm/...
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this 'Hero in a half shell' Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) washed up at Tywyn and recorded on the Cofnod ORS by PaulM. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this 'Hero in a half shell' Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) washed up at Tywyn and recorded on the Cofnod ORS by PaulM. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @arc-trust.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Yet more depressing news on the state of our species in a new report from Natural Resources Wales.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Yet more depressing news on the state of our species in a new report from Natural Resources Wales.
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#RecordOfTheWeek today is the rust fungus Puccinia caricina var. magnusii, on Carex riparia. Found by Mark Evans in Abernant back in April, the species was recently confirmed and is the first record for Wales!
Congratulations and thanks to Mark for the record, submitted via www.sewbrecord.org.uk
Congratulations and thanks to Mark for the record, submitted via www.sewbrecord.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#RecordOfTheWeek today is the rust fungus Puccinia caricina var. magnusii, on Carex riparia. Found by Mark Evans in Abernant back in April, the species was recently confirmed and is the first record for Wales!
Congratulations and thanks to Mark for the record, submitted via www.sewbrecord.org.uk
Congratulations and thanks to Mark for the record, submitted via www.sewbrecord.org.uk
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#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Exidiopsis effusa, Hair Ice Crust fungus found and recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire, by Grace Brookman 📸
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Exidiopsis effusa, Hair Ice Crust fungus found and recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire, by Grace Brookman 📸
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Common Eyelash (Scutellinia scutellata) - a small fungus recorded by TonyC at Terfyn. Great to see so much photographic evidence attached to the record. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Common Eyelash (Scutellinia scutellata) - a small fungus recorded by TonyC at Terfyn. Great to see so much photographic evidence attached to the record. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social
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We do have the bright (and weird) ones too…
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We do have the bright (and weird) ones too…