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A few Common Carder Bees Bombus pascuorum still active in the garden yesterday nectaring on Mahonia - the latest I have ever recorded them. Also a few Honeybees and a Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus, Buckfastleigh, Devon
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A few Common Carder Bees Bombus pascuorum still active in the garden yesterday nectaring on Mahonia - the latest I have ever recorded them. Also a few Honeybees and a Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus, Buckfastleigh, Devon
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How long do you think Wigeon can live for? 🤔⬇️
The longevity record for this species for Britain & Ireland is 34 years and 7 months! 😮
📷 John Harding / BTO
The longevity record for this species for Britain & Ireland is 34 years and 7 months! 😮
📷 John Harding / BTO
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How long do you think Wigeon can live for? 🤔⬇️
The longevity record for this species for Britain & Ireland is 34 years and 7 months! 😮
📷 John Harding / BTO
The longevity record for this species for Britain & Ireland is 34 years and 7 months! 😮
📷 John Harding / BTO
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Get your Christmas shopping done early 🎁 The 2026 BDS Calendar is available to buy for £10 on the online shop 📸 It features the stunning winner and finalists of the 2025 photography competition 👉 british-dragonflies.org.uk/product/bds-...
November 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Get your Christmas shopping done early 🎁 The 2026 BDS Calendar is available to buy for £10 on the online shop 📸 It features the stunning winner and finalists of the 2025 photography competition 👉 british-dragonflies.org.uk/product/bds-...
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The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust join us to look back on their summer celebration of dragonflies 🎈 Register for the online BDS Annual Meeting on Saturday 15 November 2025 👉 british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/annual... @wwtworldwide.bsky.social
BDS Annual Meeting 2025 - British Dragonfly Society
Online event open to all.
british-dragonflies.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust join us to look back on their summer celebration of dragonflies 🎈 Register for the online BDS Annual Meeting on Saturday 15 November 2025 👉 british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/annual... @wwtworldwide.bsky.social
Bombus pascuorum.
The common carder bumblebee.
It might be common but it’s still a gorgeous little bee. 🐝
11th October 2025 Eynsham Oxfordshire #Eynsham #bumblebees
The common carder bumblebee.
It might be common but it’s still a gorgeous little bee. 🐝
11th October 2025 Eynsham Oxfordshire #Eynsham #bumblebees
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Bombus pascuorum.
The common carder bumblebee.
It might be common but it’s still a gorgeous little bee. 🐝
11th October 2025 Eynsham Oxfordshire #Eynsham #bumblebees
The common carder bumblebee.
It might be common but it’s still a gorgeous little bee. 🐝
11th October 2025 Eynsham Oxfordshire #Eynsham #bumblebees
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Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacilliferum, Plymouth, Devon, this very distinctive but tiny harvestman is found at several sites around the city. It has not been found anywhere else in the UK but may be overlooked? It is usually found sat on the underside of rocks lying on the ground.
October 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Hedgehog Harvestman Nemastomella bacilliferum, Plymouth, Devon, this very distinctive but tiny harvestman is found at several sites around the city. It has not been found anywhere else in the UK but may be overlooked? It is usually found sat on the underside of rocks lying on the ground.
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Classic seawatching at St Ives, Cornwall yesterday 1000s of birds including Gannets, Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Grey Phalarope, Storm and Leach's Petrels, Arctic and Long-tailed Skuas and Sabine's Gull thanks to the locals for giving directions on the birds before they disappeared around the corner
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Classic seawatching at St Ives, Cornwall yesterday 1000s of birds including Gannets, Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Grey Phalarope, Storm and Leach's Petrels, Arctic and Long-tailed Skuas and Sabine's Gull thanks to the locals for giving directions on the birds before they disappeared around the corner
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Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running.
Hardly any surprise why.
#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
Hardly any surprise why.
#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running
Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running.
Hardly any surprise why.
#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
Hardly any surprise why.
#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/02/h...
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⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
What I think is a Bombus terrestris Queen bumblebee newly emerged from hibernation back in February this year. Found warming herself up on the side of the garden shed.
Apparently this species can stay active all through winter if it’s mild enough. #bumblebees #insects #nature
Apparently this species can stay active all through winter if it’s mild enough. #bumblebees #insects #nature
October 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
What I think is a Bombus terrestris Queen bumblebee newly emerged from hibernation back in February this year. Found warming herself up on the side of the garden shed.
Apparently this species can stay active all through winter if it’s mild enough. #bumblebees #insects #nature
Apparently this species can stay active all through winter if it’s mild enough. #bumblebees #insects #nature
The wonderfully gorgeous Red Admiral ( Vanessa Atalanta ) #butterflies #nature
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The wonderfully gorgeous Red Admiral ( Vanessa Atalanta ) #butterflies #nature
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Only 24 hours left ⏰🐝
The Moss carder bumblebee still needs your help. Your donation could be the difference in securing the future of this rare bumblebee.
Sponsor a species today and be part of saving this rare bumblebee: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moss-carde...
The Moss carder bumblebee still needs your help. Your donation could be the difference in securing the future of this rare bumblebee.
Sponsor a species today and be part of saving this rare bumblebee: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moss-carde...
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Only 24 hours left ⏰🐝
The Moss carder bumblebee still needs your help. Your donation could be the difference in securing the future of this rare bumblebee.
Sponsor a species today and be part of saving this rare bumblebee: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moss-carde...
The Moss carder bumblebee still needs your help. Your donation could be the difference in securing the future of this rare bumblebee.
Sponsor a species today and be part of saving this rare bumblebee: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moss-carde...
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🌩️ Dark clouds are gathering over Liverpool for the party conference... but what is this great evil that threatens the land?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUI...
Is this the greatest threat of our time?
YouTube video by Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🌩️ Dark clouds are gathering over Liverpool for the party conference... but what is this great evil that threatens the land?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUI...
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With less than 2 weeks until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary conference we're sharing details of the talks and speakers.
Joe Cooper from the BTO will join us to talk about how UKBMS data has been used to improve the design of housing developments.
Book your free place here ⬇️
buff.ly/Kg7X3tA
Joe Cooper from the BTO will join us to talk about how UKBMS data has been used to improve the design of housing developments.
Book your free place here ⬇️
buff.ly/Kg7X3tA
September 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
With less than 2 weeks until the UKBMS 50th Anniversary conference we're sharing details of the talks and speakers.
Joe Cooper from the BTO will join us to talk about how UKBMS data has been used to improve the design of housing developments.
Book your free place here ⬇️
buff.ly/Kg7X3tA
Joe Cooper from the BTO will join us to talk about how UKBMS data has been used to improve the design of housing developments.
Book your free place here ⬇️
buff.ly/Kg7X3tA
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The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The tree you climbed as a child. Gone. The Swifts over your town. Gone. The air you breathe. Polluted. The river. Unsafe.
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
This is the reality of deregulation.
Cutting protections would mean disaster for nature & our economy.
Our CEO sets out why: rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... 👈
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🌈 The volunteers who persist through the pouring rain get rewarded! ☀️
Our Oxon Midweek Team were treated to this beautiful view of a rainbow as they cut low sprawling bramble at the top of Chinnor Hill to maintain the open chalk grassland.
📸 Elene Walton
Our Oxon Midweek Team were treated to this beautiful view of a rainbow as they cut low sprawling bramble at the top of Chinnor Hill to maintain the open chalk grassland.
📸 Elene Walton
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🌈 The volunteers who persist through the pouring rain get rewarded! ☀️
Our Oxon Midweek Team were treated to this beautiful view of a rainbow as they cut low sprawling bramble at the top of Chinnor Hill to maintain the open chalk grassland.
📸 Elene Walton
Our Oxon Midweek Team were treated to this beautiful view of a rainbow as they cut low sprawling bramble at the top of Chinnor Hill to maintain the open chalk grassland.
📸 Elene Walton
A walk around Eynsham village yesterday afternoon found lots of Ivy Bees going about their business, as well as a common Darter sunning itself and a glorious Tachina fly.
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A walk around Eynsham village yesterday afternoon found lots of Ivy Bees going about their business, as well as a common Darter sunning itself and a glorious Tachina fly.
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Harbour Turnstones - by Scottish wildlife artist, Ian Rendall
More of this artist's gorgeous watercolours, here: ianrendall.co.uk
#art #wildlife #birds #nature
More of this artist's gorgeous watercolours, here: ianrendall.co.uk
#art #wildlife #birds #nature
September 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Harbour Turnstones - by Scottish wildlife artist, Ian Rendall
More of this artist's gorgeous watercolours, here: ianrendall.co.uk
#art #wildlife #birds #nature
More of this artist's gorgeous watercolours, here: ianrendall.co.uk
#art #wildlife #birds #nature
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A Meadow Brown butterfly feasting on our Sedum…which is a SUCH a great flowering plant for autumn flying butterflies and bees.
#butterflies
#butterflies
September 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A Meadow Brown butterfly feasting on our Sedum…which is a SUCH a great flowering plant for autumn flying butterflies and bees.
#butterflies
#butterflies
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In times of sadness angels wrap us in their comforting wings
August 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In times of sadness angels wrap us in their comforting wings
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Wryneck Jynx torquilla using its long tongue to extract ants and other small invertebrates from the ground. It visited several ant nests regularly leaving its poo by them. Turf Locks, Exe Estuary, Devon
August 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wryneck Jynx torquilla using its long tongue to extract ants and other small invertebrates from the ground. It visited several ant nests regularly leaving its poo by them. Turf Locks, Exe Estuary, Devon
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New research has provided the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK:
Major new study examines nest predation in the UK
New research by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and University of East Anglia, in collaboration with other partners, has given the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK. The research examined camera studies of more than 2,000 wild birds' nests in England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
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August 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New research has provided the most comprehensive analysis of predation events at birds' nests across the UK:
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Male Common Furrow Bees Lasioglossum calceatum gathering to roost on Lavender. Buckfastleigh, Devon
August 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Male Common Furrow Bees Lasioglossum calceatum gathering to roost on Lavender. Buckfastleigh, Devon
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Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum. The males always form a roost in our front garden at this time of year. They return to exactly the same Lavender plant each evening. Buckfastleigh, Devon
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum. The males always form a roost in our front garden at this time of year. They return to exactly the same Lavender plant each evening. Buckfastleigh, Devon
A lovely little surprise a couple of days ago in one of Eynsham’s prettiest streets. Hummingbird hawkmoth
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A lovely little surprise a couple of days ago in one of Eynsham’s prettiest streets. Hummingbird hawkmoth