Megan Shersby
@meganshersby.bsky.social
Naturalist, writer and board gamer. Working at Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust, and @wildlifebcn.org. Lead author of Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain By Low-carbon Transport (January 2026). Owner of a dog/servant to a cat. She/her.
This is your reminder that my book is coming out soon!!
Great for anyone looking for some low-carbon wildlife watching inspiration, with more than 100 sites covered in/near 20 hubs (mostly cities but not all).
Great for anyone looking for some low-carbon wildlife watching inspiration, with more than 100 sites covered in/near 20 hubs (mostly cities but not all).
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
This is your reminder that my book is coming out soon!!
Great for anyone looking for some low-carbon wildlife watching inspiration, with more than 100 sites covered in/near 20 hubs (mostly cities but not all).
Great for anyone looking for some low-carbon wildlife watching inspiration, with more than 100 sites covered in/near 20 hubs (mostly cities but not all).
Right, so I knew about cuckoo #bumblebees and how interesting they are, but today I read that sometimes other bumblebees can be intraspecific parasites??
I am INTRIGUED. Got out my New Nat Bumblebees, but it didn't have much detail before it moved onto cuckoo bumblebees. I need to know more!!
I am INTRIGUED. Got out my New Nat Bumblebees, but it didn't have much detail before it moved onto cuckoo bumblebees. I need to know more!!
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Right, so I knew about cuckoo #bumblebees and how interesting they are, but today I read that sometimes other bumblebees can be intraspecific parasites??
I am INTRIGUED. Got out my New Nat Bumblebees, but it didn't have much detail before it moved onto cuckoo bumblebees. I need to know more!!
I am INTRIGUED. Got out my New Nat Bumblebees, but it didn't have much detail before it moved onto cuckoo bumblebees. I need to know more!!
This weekend involved a big birding lifer for me at @lincswildlife.bsky.social Deeping Lakes (you can probably guess the lifer by the reserve!), but a wander round the reserve after also saw two fungi lifers too.
January 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
This weekend involved a big birding lifer for me at @lincswildlife.bsky.social Deeping Lakes (you can probably guess the lifer by the reserve!), but a wander round the reserve after also saw two fungi lifers too.
Sheep in search of treats,
What do our pockets carry?
But empty-handed.
What do our pockets carry?
But empty-handed.
January 19, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sheep in search of treats,
What do our pockets carry?
But empty-handed.
What do our pockets carry?
But empty-handed.
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!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
!Please Read! Coleopterists Day is happening on Saturday 21st February, not the 22nd as previously circulated. Accept our apologies for this confusion, we hope to see you there for discussions, presentations and more...🪲🪲🪲
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Folks, I am once again announcing an open call for guest experts to join me and my students for a day of shark research!
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Folks, I am once again announcing an open call for guest experts to join me and my students for a day of shark research!
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Do you know these animals?
Spotted at night, one species likes to use vegetation to hide, while the other is known to forage in African woodlands...
Leave your guesses in the comments!
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes. @biology.ox.ac.uk
Spotted at night, one species likes to use vegetation to hide, while the other is known to forage in African woodlands...
Leave your guesses in the comments!
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes. @biology.ox.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Do you know these animals?
Spotted at night, one species likes to use vegetation to hide, while the other is known to forage in African woodlands...
Leave your guesses in the comments!
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes. @biology.ox.ac.uk
Spotted at night, one species likes to use vegetation to hide, while the other is known to forage in African woodlands...
Leave your guesses in the comments!
📸 Thanks to Lion Landscapes. @biology.ox.ac.uk
Reposted by Megan Shersby
🪲 Did you know? Even after 400,000 described species, hundreds of thousands of beetles still await discovery.
Learn about the world’s largest beetle tree-of-life project in our FREE webinar on 17th February 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
@beetlequeen.bsky.social
Learn about the world’s largest beetle tree-of-life project in our FREE webinar on 17th February 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
@beetlequeen.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
🪲 Did you know? Even after 400,000 described species, hundreds of thousands of beetles still await discovery.
Learn about the world’s largest beetle tree-of-life project in our FREE webinar on 17th February 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
@beetlequeen.bsky.social
Learn about the world’s largest beetle tree-of-life project in our FREE webinar on 17th February 2026.
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
@beetlequeen.bsky.social
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Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Never seen it, but it's on my wish list ❄️
Have you seen any hair ice? 🍭❄️
These silky ice strands form on rotting wood when temperatures dip below 0°C. A certain fungus triggers a process that changes how the water freezes, making it form into fine, hair-like strands instead of solid ice.
📸Ana Ele/Alby DeTweede/K Neville
#HairIce
These silky ice strands form on rotting wood when temperatures dip below 0°C. A certain fungus triggers a process that changes how the water freezes, making it form into fine, hair-like strands instead of solid ice.
📸Ana Ele/Alby DeTweede/K Neville
#HairIce
January 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Never seen it, but it's on my wish list ❄️
I'm helping to run this @wildlifebcn.org Northants Nature Girls board gaming session this weekend.
There's still a few tickets left, so buy a ticket and come along for a couple of hours of nature-themed #BoardGames. You don't need to be a resident of #Northants to come.
#TabletopGames
There's still a few tickets left, so buy a ticket and come along for a couple of hours of nature-themed #BoardGames. You don't need to be a resident of #Northants to come.
#TabletopGames
Northants Nature Girls: Board Game Morning | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
Join the Northants Nature Girls for a relaxed morning to enjoy playing some board games, with a walk around the lake mid session
www.wildlifebcn.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I'm helping to run this @wildlifebcn.org Northants Nature Girls board gaming session this weekend.
There's still a few tickets left, so buy a ticket and come along for a couple of hours of nature-themed #BoardGames. You don't need to be a resident of #Northants to come.
#TabletopGames
There's still a few tickets left, so buy a ticket and come along for a couple of hours of nature-themed #BoardGames. You don't need to be a resident of #Northants to come.
#TabletopGames
Reposted by Megan Shersby
🎬🌿 Wildlife Film Night
26 Feb 2026 | Luton Library Theatre
Enjoy 2 short films celebrating Luton’s Chalk Hills & River Lea, followed by a Q&A with local experts. 💬
A special tribute to Dr Trevor Tween.
🎟️ £3.50 (+ fee) – supports local green spaces
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
26 Feb 2026 | Luton Library Theatre
Enjoy 2 short films celebrating Luton’s Chalk Hills & River Lea, followed by a Q&A with local experts. 💬
A special tribute to Dr Trevor Tween.
🎟️ £3.50 (+ fee) – supports local green spaces
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
🎬🌿 Wildlife Film Night
26 Feb 2026 | Luton Library Theatre
Enjoy 2 short films celebrating Luton’s Chalk Hills & River Lea, followed by a Q&A with local experts. 💬
A special tribute to Dr Trevor Tween.
🎟️ £3.50 (+ fee) – supports local green spaces
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
26 Feb 2026 | Luton Library Theatre
Enjoy 2 short films celebrating Luton’s Chalk Hills & River Lea, followed by a Q&A with local experts. 💬
A special tribute to Dr Trevor Tween.
🎟️ £3.50 (+ fee) – supports local green spaces
👉 www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
I'll be helping to run the Northants Nature Girls #BoardGames in January
#NorthantsWildlife #TableTopGaming
#NorthantsWildlife #TableTopGaming
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I'll be helping to run the Northants Nature Girls #BoardGames in January
#NorthantsWildlife #TableTopGaming
#NorthantsWildlife #TableTopGaming
Is it me, or is this a Large Blue butterfly at the start of Down Cemetery Road?
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Is it me, or is this a Large Blue butterfly at the start of Down Cemetery Road?
LRWT is recruiting for an Information Assistant at Rutland Water Nature Reserve:
Information Assistant | Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
Provide information to visitors, volunteers and wider audiences, on the Rutland Ospreys and wider conservation work of LRWT. To assist the day-to-day running of the Lyndon Visitor Centre (LVC); enabli...
www.lrwt.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
LRWT is recruiting for an Information Assistant at Rutland Water Nature Reserve:
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🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🔈 CALL FOR PAPERS
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
IBIS Special Issue
Collections-Based Ornithological Research in a Changing World
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶
Belated new galls in November post! Plus, new site records!
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Belated new galls in November post! Plus, new site records!
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
Today's secondhand book treat
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today's secondhand book treat
Treated myself in the charity shop today, especially when I found out it was 50% off hardbacks!
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Treated myself in the charity shop today, especially when I found out it was 50% off hardbacks!
Getting myself in a muddle with emerald damselflies, anyone able to share their ID thoughts.
I thought this was a Willow Emerald, based on the pale pterostigma (wingspots), but now I'm not sure...
I thought this was a Willow Emerald, based on the pale pterostigma (wingspots), but now I'm not sure...
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Getting myself in a muddle with emerald damselflies, anyone able to share their ID thoughts.
I thought this was a Willow Emerald, based on the pale pterostigma (wingspots), but now I'm not sure...
I thought this was a Willow Emerald, based on the pale pterostigma (wingspots), but now I'm not sure...
Reposted by Megan Shersby
December header photo winner is Andy Gamble with this stunning shot of a Great Spotted Woodpecker taken at Farthinghoe Nature Reserve in Northants!
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
December header photo winner is Andy Gamble with this stunning shot of a Great Spotted Woodpecker taken at Farthinghoe Nature Reserve in Northants!
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🎅We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge every £10 you give to help ancient woodlands this week will become £20 but don’t wait, we only have a week.
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Big Give Christmas Challenge
YouTube video by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎅We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge every £10 you give to help ancient woodlands this week will become £20 but don’t wait, we only have a week.
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Update - slight delay on printing means this will actually be coming out in February.
I'm so excited to announce that I am the co-author for "Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain by Low-carbon Transport".
#Books #LowCarbon #Wildlife #Travel
#Books #LowCarbon #Wildlife #Travel
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Update - slight delay on printing means this will actually be coming out in February.
Congratulations to my colleague at Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Dr @hannahjsellers.bsky.social on the publication of the second paper from her PhD!
Read the #OpenAccess paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read the #OpenAccess paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Evidence of long-term woodland persistence despite prolonged anthropogenic stress: The combined use of pollen and place-names in lowland Leicestershire, UK - Hannah Sellers, Juan Carlos Berrio, Stef D...
A multimillennial analysis of woodland ecosystems in the Leicestershire landscape (UK) shows significant anthropogenic stress over the last six millennia. We tr...
journals.sagepub.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Congratulations to my colleague at Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust Dr @hannahjsellers.bsky.social on the publication of the second paper from her PhD!
Read the #OpenAccess paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Read the #OpenAccess paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Help us unlock the Plants of the Past, by supporting volunteers to digitise decades of paper records & inform C21st science!
@biggive.bsky.social
From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
@biggive.bsky.social
From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Unlocking the Plants of the Past – Big Give
Decades of botanical observations of our vital wild plants are trapped in paper records and archives - through the efforts …
donate.biggive.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Help us unlock the Plants of the Past, by supporting volunteers to digitise decades of paper records & inform C21st science!
@biggive.bsky.social
From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
@biggive.bsky.social
From #GivingTuesday to 9 Dec, we have £10K in matched funds to unlock: every donation, however small, will be doubled:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...