NFBR
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The National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR) exists to promote the use of biodiversity information for strategic and local needs and to champion the biological recording community across the UK.
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Join us for our dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte... Love to see lots of beginner dipterists, so much to learn! Bursary available to help fund email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk deadline extended to 31-3-26. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social
@royentsoc.bsky.social
#entomology #flies
@royentsoc.bsky.social
#entomology #flies
January 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Join us for our dipterists.org.uk/events/dipte... Love to see lots of beginner dipterists, so much to learn! Bursary available to help fund email enquiries@dipterists.org.uk deadline extended to 31-3-26. @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social
@royentsoc.bsky.social
#entomology #flies
@royentsoc.bsky.social
#entomology #flies
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We’re in the second-to-last week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting arthropods! Here’s a quick guide to get you started: tr.ee/identifyweek4 🦀🦋🕷️
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
We’re in the second-to-last week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting arthropods! Here’s a quick guide to get you started: tr.ee/identifyweek4 🦀🦋🕷️
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A reminder that this event is only a few days away... (Saturday 10th Jan 2026)
Details have been confirmed for our next outdoor event - a walk at Holkham looking at lichens led by county recorder @robyaxley.bsky.social on Sat 10th Jan 2026, at 10:30. The meeting point is at maps.app.goo.gl/3PE3QESACzm9... Anyone with an interest in lichens is welcome (free, no booking needed).
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
A reminder that this event is only a few days away... (Saturday 10th Jan 2026)
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The Wildlife Trusts of South and West Wales are looking to appoint a communications officer. Be part of the resistance to the attacks on nature in Wales! www.welshwildlife.org/jobs/communi...
Communications Officer | The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Communications Officer! We're looking for a creative individual with an eye for design and flair for storytelling to create engaging content acros...
www.welshwildlife.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The Wildlife Trusts of South and West Wales are looking to appoint a communications officer. Be part of the resistance to the attacks on nature in Wales! www.welshwildlife.org/jobs/communi...
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Just a few spaces left on this Winter Twigs ID workshop on Sat 17th January on the shores of Loch Lomond! **Book Now!**
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @cieem.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @cieem.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Just a few spaces left on this Winter Twigs ID workshop on Sat 17th January on the shores of Loch Lomond! **Book Now!**
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @cieem.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @cieem.bsky.social
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Join us for our first identification workshop of 2026 - Apoid Wasps with Mike Edwards on Weds 18th February - more info and booking here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/apoid-...
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Join us for our first identification workshop of 2026 - Apoid Wasps with Mike Edwards on Weds 18th February - more info and booking here: www.northwestinvertebrates.org.uk/event/apoid-...
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Great to work with our friends at @metoffice.gov.uk @climatecentreuk.bsky.social & @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to spread the word about how climate change is impacting plant flowering times.
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH
"Plants are flowering at a time nobody would've expected." 💐
Climate change is likely why more than 600 species flowered at New Year, rather than the 20 to 30 observed decades ago. Louise Marsh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social speaking to BBC 5 live about #NewYearPlantHunt.
Climate change is likely why more than 600 species flowered at New Year, rather than the 20 to 30 observed decades ago. Louise Marsh from @bsbibotany.bsky.social speaking to BBC 5 live about #NewYearPlantHunt.
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Great to work with our friends at @metoffice.gov.uk @climatecentreuk.bsky.social & @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social to spread the word about how climate change is impacting plant flowering times.
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in #NewYearPlantHunt & collected vital data!
#CitizenScience
#NYPH
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Six roles with @rspbcymru.bsky.social to survey breeding waders in #Wales in March/April, with a particular focus on #Curlews. Closing date is 25 January.
#ConservationJobs
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#ConservationJobs
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Breeding Wader Surveyor (Fixed Term) | RSPB
We are looking for fieldworkers to undertake a survey of breeding wader species at sites across Wales (primarily in North Wales, Powys and Gwent). The role will be mobile, visiting a wide range of upl...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Six roles with @rspbcymru.bsky.social to survey breeding waders in #Wales in March/April, with a particular focus on #Curlews. Closing date is 25 January.
#ConservationJobs
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
#ConservationJobs
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Nitrogen pollution affects air, water, climate, biodiversity & health—costing billions.
Prof Mark Sutton reflects on #UNEA7, how global partnerships are driving progress, and why timely investment is now essential to turn plans into action.
Full post: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Prof Mark Sutton reflects on #UNEA7, how global partnerships are driving progress, and why timely investment is now essential to turn plans into action.
Full post: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Nitrogen pollution affects air, water, climate, biodiversity & health—costing billions.
Prof Mark Sutton reflects on #UNEA7, how global partnerships are driving progress, and why timely investment is now essential to turn plans into action.
Full post: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Prof Mark Sutton reflects on #UNEA7, how global partnerships are driving progress, and why timely investment is now essential to turn plans into action.
Full post: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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There's just too much nitrogen being released into our ecosystems. Damage to low nutrient grassland, rare plants adapted to low nitrogen soils are now on Red Lists, soil structure degraded, nitrophilic dominant plants like nettles, hemlock spreading everywhere...
Today in the #HouseofLords about 4.30 I'll be speaking about the nitrogen crisis, on which I wrote for @theecologist.org back in 2021.
The "bomb" is now even larger than it was then
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Nitrogen #Pollution
theecologist.org/2021/jul/22/...
The "bomb" is now even larger than it was then
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Nitrogen #Pollution
theecologist.org/2021/jul/22/...
The global nitrogen time bomb
The world’s mismanagement of the nitrogen cycle is 'our forgotten environmental crisis'.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
There's just too much nitrogen being released into our ecosystems. Damage to low nutrient grassland, rare plants adapted to low nitrogen soils are now on Red Lists, soil structure degraded, nitrophilic dominant plants like nettles, hemlock spreading everywhere...
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A little good news. But food plant Devil's-bit Scabious is one of those low-nitrogen adapted species that are now on the GB Vascular plant Red List as threat status 'Vulnerable' due to steep declines. Habitat loss, and too much nitrogen combined with poor habitat management -local extinctions.
Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Here's some positive nature news 📰
2025 was the year of the Marsh Fritillary, with numbers increasing in many places across the UK thanks to dedicated habitat management.
Read the full story 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📷: Mark Searle
2025 was the year of the Marsh Fritillary, with numbers increasing in many places across the UK thanks to dedicated habitat management.
Read the full story 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📷: Mark Searle
January 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A little good news. But food plant Devil's-bit Scabious is one of those low-nitrogen adapted species that are now on the GB Vascular plant Red List as threat status 'Vulnerable' due to steep declines. Habitat loss, and too much nitrogen combined with poor habitat management -local extinctions.
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Just treated myself to another botany book and what an amazing book it is. Sadly it’s out of print but you can view pages online
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Just treated myself to another botany book and what an amazing book it is. Sadly it’s out of print but you can view pages online
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More than 2/3 of environmental professionals feel that working class individuals are underrepresented in their organisation.
🎧Check out the latest episode of the @endsreport.com report podcast featuring @drciaradwyer.bsky.social, Co-Chair of our Socioeconomic Equality and Diversity (SEED) Network
🎧Check out the latest episode of the @endsreport.com report podcast featuring @drciaradwyer.bsky.social, Co-Chair of our Socioeconomic Equality and Diversity (SEED) Network
Our latest podcast on being working class in the environment sector is live⚡️ with -
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
Eco Chamber: Access Denied: Does the environment sector have a problem with class?
In this episode, we investigate the representation of working class voices in the UK’s environment sector, reveal exclusive ENDS analysis on the industry’s make-up and hear from those trying to...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
More than 2/3 of environmental professionals feel that working class individuals are underrepresented in their organisation.
🎧Check out the latest episode of the @endsreport.com report podcast featuring @drciaradwyer.bsky.social, Co-Chair of our Socioeconomic Equality and Diversity (SEED) Network
🎧Check out the latest episode of the @endsreport.com report podcast featuring @drciaradwyer.bsky.social, Co-Chair of our Socioeconomic Equality and Diversity (SEED) Network
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Huge thanks to our friends @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social for making #NewYearPlantHunt one of their #12DaysWild activities this year!
Loving this wallchart from @lizm.bsky.social showing the birds, plants & other wildlife she enjoyed in midwinter.
All wildlife, all nature, all connected.
Loving this wallchart from @lizm.bsky.social showing the birds, plants & other wildlife she enjoyed in midwinter.
All wildlife, all nature, all connected.
January 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Huge thanks to our friends @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social for making #NewYearPlantHunt one of their #12DaysWild activities this year!
Loving this wallchart from @lizm.bsky.social showing the birds, plants & other wildlife she enjoyed in midwinter.
All wildlife, all nature, all connected.
Loving this wallchart from @lizm.bsky.social showing the birds, plants & other wildlife she enjoyed in midwinter.
All wildlife, all nature, all connected.
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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...
Botanical & Entomology Field Surveyors
Salary - £31,942 - £33,898 Fieldwork Dates: 27th April - 4th September 2026 Short-Term Appointment, Full-time, 37 hours per week Closing date for applications, 30 January 2026. We reserve the right to...
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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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Nice to see the special wildlife of the #Dyfi estuary feature in the latest piece by Jon Gower, @transportforwales.bsky.social writer-in-residence.
Also love the legend of Maelgwn Gwynedd described as "a bit like the story of King Canute but with extra furniture".
Also love the legend of Maelgwn Gwynedd described as "a bit like the story of King Canute but with extra furniture".
Now called Cyffordd Dyfi/Dovey Junction it can definitely feel like the last-but-one stop before Nowheresville, yet in truth it’s an access point for some of the most wildlife-rich countryside in Wales ✍️ Jon Gower
Making Tracks: Cyffordd Dyfi
Jon Gower finds out about extreme wealth and Europe’s rarest goose If you held a competition to find the most desolate station then Cyffordd Dyfi or Dovey Junction, near Derwenlas would most…
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January 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Nice to see the special wildlife of the #Dyfi estuary feature in the latest piece by Jon Gower, @transportforwales.bsky.social writer-in-residence.
Also love the legend of Maelgwn Gwynedd described as "a bit like the story of King Canute but with extra furniture".
Also love the legend of Maelgwn Gwynedd described as "a bit like the story of King Canute but with extra furniture".
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Up Close and Personal: Macrophotography Methods - Alan Cann
Online via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 22.01.2026
Register here: www.naturespot.org/node/262955
#Insects #entomology #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #photography
Online via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 22.01.2026
Register here: www.naturespot.org/node/262955
#Insects #entomology #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #photography
Up Close and Personal: Macrophotography Methods - Alan Cann | NatureSpot
The wildlife and wild places of Leicestershire and Rutland
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January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Up Close and Personal: Macrophotography Methods - Alan Cann
Online via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 22.01.2026
Register here: www.naturespot.org/node/262955
#Insects #entomology #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #photography
Online via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 22.01.2026
Register here: www.naturespot.org/node/262955
#Insects #entomology #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem #photography
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Join us for our first 2026 Zoom Chat this Friday 9th January at 19:00! We'll be joined by speakers Andy Baxter (spiders), Sandy Whitton (bumblebees) and Joyce Simmons (aurora borealis). All are welcome! To register and access the meeting, follow the link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8767327519...
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Join us for our first 2026 Zoom Chat this Friday 9th January at 19:00! We'll be joined by speakers Andy Baxter (spiders), Sandy Whitton (bumblebees) and Joyce Simmons (aurora borealis). All are welcome! To register and access the meeting, follow the link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8767327519...
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The Goldfinch is a beautiful little bird, almost verging on the exotic with its scarlet facemask, vibrant yellow wing feathers and chunky, parrot-like beak.
The collective noun for a group of Goldfinches is a 'charm' and it is certainly very apt.
What birds have you spotted this January?
The collective noun for a group of Goldfinches is a 'charm' and it is certainly very apt.
What birds have you spotted this January?
January 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The Goldfinch is a beautiful little bird, almost verging on the exotic with its scarlet facemask, vibrant yellow wing feathers and chunky, parrot-like beak.
The collective noun for a group of Goldfinches is a 'charm' and it is certainly very apt.
What birds have you spotted this January?
The collective noun for a group of Goldfinches is a 'charm' and it is certainly very apt.
What birds have you spotted this January?