UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
@pomscheme.bsky.social
A partnership working with many volunteers to gather data on insect pollinator populations in the UK. Led by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Find out more at https://ukpoms.org.uk/
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The UK PoMS Annual Report 2024 is out now, celebrating the start of @royentsoc.bsky.social #InsectWeek!
Huge thanks to all who have contributed. Read lots more in the thread below 👇 and find the full report here ukpoms.org.uk/reports
Huge thanks to all who have contributed. Read lots more in the thread below 👇 and find the full report here ukpoms.org.uk/reports
Happy New Year from the PoMS team! Incase you missed our December newsletter, find it here including:
📊 updates on 2025 surveys
🌼 FIT Count projects (now is the perfect time to sign up for 2026)
🪰🐝🐞 links to a great series of past & upcoming #pollinator themed webinars!
mailchi.mp/39d2be14e1f2...
📊 updates on 2025 surveys
🌼 FIT Count projects (now is the perfect time to sign up for 2026)
🪰🐝🐞 links to a great series of past & upcoming #pollinator themed webinars!
mailchi.mp/39d2be14e1f2...
A record-breaking year for FIT Counts - thank you!
mailchi.mp
January 10, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Happy New Year from the PoMS team! Incase you missed our December newsletter, find it here including:
📊 updates on 2025 surveys
🌼 FIT Count projects (now is the perfect time to sign up for 2026)
🪰🐝🐞 links to a great series of past & upcoming #pollinator themed webinars!
mailchi.mp/39d2be14e1f2...
📊 updates on 2025 surveys
🌼 FIT Count projects (now is the perfect time to sign up for 2026)
🪰🐝🐞 links to a great series of past & upcoming #pollinator themed webinars!
mailchi.mp/39d2be14e1f2...
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Can you identify UK bumblebees and/or butterflies to a species level in the field?
Or do you have strong botanical survey skills (equivalent to FISC Level 4 or higher) with the ability to recognise broad and priority habitats?
See great opportunity below & please share!
Or do you have strong botanical survey skills (equivalent to FISC Level 4 or higher) with the ability to recognise broad and priority habitats?
See great opportunity below & please share!
🦋🌿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... 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Can you identify UK bumblebees and/or butterflies to a species level in the field?
Or do you have strong botanical survey skills (equivalent to FISC Level 4 or higher) with the ability to recognise broad and priority habitats?
See great opportunity below & please share!
Or do you have strong botanical survey skills (equivalent to FISC Level 4 or higher) with the ability to recognise broad and priority habitats?
See great opportunity below & please share!
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UKBMS data feeds into UK government statistics to measure biodiversity. Each year, @jncc publish Biodiversity Indicators - giving a snapshot of how our biodiveristy is faring
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You can view the latest Biodiversity Indicators here - buff.ly/cyuIo2G
buff.ly/Cw71ZAY
You can view the latest Biodiversity Indicators here - buff.ly/cyuIo2G
UK biodiversity continues to decline, 2025 bioindicators show
Wallingford scientists contributed to the 2025 indicators with analysis of animal and plant trends.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
UKBMS data feeds into UK government statistics to measure biodiversity. Each year, @jncc publish Biodiversity Indicators - giving a snapshot of how our biodiveristy is faring
buff.ly/Cw71ZAY
You can view the latest Biodiversity Indicators here - buff.ly/cyuIo2G
buff.ly/Cw71ZAY
You can view the latest Biodiversity Indicators here - buff.ly/cyuIo2G
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Is your back garden a pollinator hotspot? 🌸🐝
New research shows flower-rich gardens can be powerful refuges for urban pollinators. Join Emma Plant from @glasgow.ac.uk on 22 Apr 2026 for a FREE entoLIVE to learn more. 🌍 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964456916...
@royentsoc.bsky.social #pollinators
New research shows flower-rich gardens can be powerful refuges for urban pollinators. Join Emma Plant from @glasgow.ac.uk on 22 Apr 2026 for a FREE entoLIVE to learn more. 🌍 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964456916...
@royentsoc.bsky.social #pollinators
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Is your back garden a pollinator hotspot? 🌸🐝
New research shows flower-rich gardens can be powerful refuges for urban pollinators. Join Emma Plant from @glasgow.ac.uk on 22 Apr 2026 for a FREE entoLIVE to learn more. 🌍 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964456916...
@royentsoc.bsky.social #pollinators
New research shows flower-rich gardens can be powerful refuges for urban pollinators. Join Emma Plant from @glasgow.ac.uk on 22 Apr 2026 for a FREE entoLIVE to learn more. 🌍 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964456916...
@royentsoc.bsky.social #pollinators
Interested in finding out about recording plants in bloom for the #NewYearPlantHunt? Join @bsbibotany.bsky.social for a webinar this evening ⬇️🌼
Join us at 7pm tomorrow 16 Dec for a webinar on #NewYearPlantHunt: Citizen Science in a Changing Climate.
We'll cover what the Plant Hunt is, where & when it happens, who takes part, how it works - and why it's important.
Join us to get ready for your Hunt:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
We'll cover what the Plant Hunt is, where & when it happens, who takes part, how it works - and why it's important.
Join us to get ready for your Hunt:
www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Interested in finding out about recording plants in bloom for the #NewYearPlantHunt? Join @bsbibotany.bsky.social for a webinar this evening ⬇️🌼
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UK Biodiversity Indicators 2025 are now live jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-...
With contributions from nearly 100 organisations, they are useful tools for summarising & communicating broad trends 🧵
#TogetherForNature
With contributions from nearly 100 organisations, they are useful tools for summarising & communicating broad trends 🧵
#TogetherForNature
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
UK Biodiversity Indicators 2025 are now live jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-...
With contributions from nearly 100 organisations, they are useful tools for summarising & communicating broad trends 🧵
#TogetherForNature
With contributions from nearly 100 organisations, they are useful tools for summarising & communicating broad trends 🧵
#TogetherForNature
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Exciting NEW PhD just advertised, using @pomscheme.bsky.social data - full details here! ⬇️🐝🪰🐞
PhD opportunity!
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_46 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Exciting NEW PhD just advertised, using @pomscheme.bsky.social data - full details here! ⬇️🐝🪰🐞
Good to have an opportunity to discuss pollinator monitoring and conservation in this context @jncc.bsky.social
Great to attend the Bees, Pollinators and Invertebrates APPG event at the House of Lords yesterday.
Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝
Mike Image & Emma Gardner shared our work with JNCC on the pollinator indicator and @pomscheme.bsky.social, plus DRUID results on predicting effects of land-use policies on wild bees 🐝
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Good to have an opportunity to discuss pollinator monitoring and conservation in this context @jncc.bsky.social
Come and work with members of the @pomscheme.bsky.social team on this exciting NEW PhD opportunity! Full details below ⬇️🐝🪰🐞
PhD opportunity!
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
Want to help protect UK pollinators and shape real biodiversity policy? This project with @ukceh.bsky.social & University of Reading puts you at the heart of major ecological questions. blogs.reading.ac.uk/crocus-dla/c...
CR2026_46 – Crocus DLA
blogs.reading.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Come and work with members of the @pomscheme.bsky.social team on this exciting NEW PhD opportunity! Full details below ⬇️🐝🪰🐞
Great to have featured @pomscheme.bsky.social FIT Counts in the Springline Project. How many pollinators can you spot in this wonderful mural depicting the wildlife and landscapes joining three South Oxfordshire villages?!
The Springline Project - a unique collaboration between ecologists, artists and local communities to create this stunning 10-metre mural that we revealed to a packed audience in Cholsey on Friday! Thank you to everyone who made this happen #MendtheGap @annadillon.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Great to have featured @pomscheme.bsky.social FIT Counts in the Springline Project. How many pollinators can you spot in this wonderful mural depicting the wildlife and landscapes joining three South Oxfordshire villages?!
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Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of pesticide risk to #pollinators and other #inverts across England - I’ve enjoyed working on this important new resource for research into past changes and future risks from @francescamancini.bsky.social and @ukceh.bsky.social 👏 🐝👇
A paper in Environment International led by me and Melanie Gibbs and a team of @ukceh.bsky.social scientists provides spatio-temporal maps of the risks of #pesticides to terrestrial #invertebrates. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Redirecting
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Mapping spatial and temporal patterns of pesticide risk to #pollinators and other #inverts across England - I’ve enjoyed working on this important new resource for research into past changes and future risks from @francescamancini.bsky.social and @ukceh.bsky.social 👏 🐝👇
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Seen the programme for our #NPMS10 anniversary online event? Join for all or part of the day. Talks by
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
plus talks from our amazing volunteers! ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
plus talks from our amazing volunteers! ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE
October 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Seen the programme for our #NPMS10 anniversary online event? Join for all or part of the day. Talks by
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
plus talks from our amazing volunteers! ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@jncc.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
@chilternsnl.bsky.social
plus talks from our amazing volunteers! ow.ly/xqqf50X4fEE
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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
☕️ Your morning coffee depends on pollinators more than you might think.
Every day, the world savours more than 2 billion cups of coffee. Yet this daily ritual relies on a hidden workforce: pollinators. Bees, butterflies and countless others ensure that coffee blossoms fulfil their potential.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...
Pollinators need more space and 10% habitat is not enough says a new study just published in Science
Pollinators such as wild bees, butterflies, and hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science and led by Gabriella Bishop and other scientists at Wageningen Universit…
jeffollerton.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Pollinators such as wild #bees, #butterflies, and #hoverflies are in trouble worldwide. A major new study, published in Science, shows that the oft-quoted figure of 10% semi-natural habitat in farmland landscapes is far too little to safeguard pollinators
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/09/26/p...
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Great opportunity to present @pomscheme.bsky.social collaborative research with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social at #BGEconnects. DNA-based transformation will only be possible with continued national-scale sampling, curated archives, data infrastructure and collaboration with taxonomists.
♨️Live #BGEconnects
@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”
@clairecarvell.bsky.social and @marakat.bsky.social talked about DNAbarcoding for large-scale #insect community biomonitoring: “DNA-based species discovery can indeed transform taxonomic uncertainty from a barrier into a structured pathway for improved biodiversity intelligence.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great opportunity to present @pomscheme.bsky.social collaborative research with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social at #BGEconnects. DNA-based transformation will only be possible with continued national-scale sampling, curated archives, data infrastructure and collaboration with taxonomists.
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Faded beauty. A few Adonis Blues still going on the Purbeck Ridge yesterday, also great to see the recovery of the food plant Horseshoe Vetch after the drought, which left them shrivelled. In just 3 weeks they are now green and vigorous. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Faded beauty. A few Adonis Blues still going on the Purbeck Ridge yesterday, also great to see the recovery of the food plant Horseshoe Vetch after the drought, which left them shrivelled. In just 3 weeks they are now green and vigorous. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
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Many bumblebee colonies are winding down. New queens are leaving the nest to hibernate, ready to start fresh colonies next spring. Late species like Bombus pascuorum can still be seen foraging into autumn.
#PollinatingLT
#PollinatingLT
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Many bumblebee colonies are winding down. New queens are leaving the nest to hibernate, ready to start fresh colonies next spring. Late species like Bombus pascuorum can still be seen foraging into autumn.
#PollinatingLT
#PollinatingLT
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Only a few tickets left for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme 50th Anniversary Conference!
We're looking forward to celebrating 50 incredible years of butterfly monitoring and volunteer achievement. 🎉🦋
Book your free place 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
We're looking forward to celebrating 50 incredible years of butterfly monitoring and volunteer achievement. 🎉🦋
Book your free place 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Only a few tickets left for the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme 50th Anniversary Conference!
We're looking forward to celebrating 50 incredible years of butterfly monitoring and volunteer achievement. 🎉🦋
Book your free place 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
We're looking forward to celebrating 50 incredible years of butterfly monitoring and volunteer achievement. 🎉🦋
Book your free place 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-butterf...
#UKBMS50
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The @pomscheme.bsky.social recording season ends for the year in one week (30 Sep)! Check the weather conditions where you are before spending 10 minutes watching flowers & insects.
If you have ivy flowers in your garden, they are a fantastic target flower right now!
ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts 🐝🧪
If you have ivy flowers in your garden, they are a fantastic target flower right now!
ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts 🐝🧪
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The @pomscheme.bsky.social recording season ends for the year in one week (30 Sep)! Check the weather conditions where you are before spending 10 minutes watching flowers & insects.
If you have ivy flowers in your garden, they are a fantastic target flower right now!
ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts 🐝🧪
If you have ivy flowers in your garden, they are a fantastic target flower right now!
ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts 🐝🧪
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The sun is shining in South Oxfordshire, perfect weather for FIT Counts on the Ivy covering our hedgerows! Female Ivy bees busy collecting pollen, not many other insects today. FIT in 😉your last counts before the @pomscheme.bsky.social survey ends on 30 Sept 🐝
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The sun is shining in South Oxfordshire, perfect weather for FIT Counts on the Ivy covering our hedgerows! Female Ivy bees busy collecting pollen, not many other insects today. FIT in 😉your last counts before the @pomscheme.bsky.social survey ends on 30 Sept 🐝
Well done to @whitmuir1.bsky.social for completing their fourth PoMS 1km square survey for 2025! It’s looking like a wet week ahead but still time to fit in final surveys before mid-September 🤞🐝
Fourth and final 2025 visit to my @pomscheme.bsky.social
square on arable land. Still not much in the way of flowers about. Several butterflies in the pantraps. Harvestmen helping with form filling. @ukceh.bsky.social
square on arable land. Still not much in the way of flowers about. Several butterflies in the pantraps. Harvestmen helping with form filling. @ukceh.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Well done to @whitmuir1.bsky.social for completing their fourth PoMS 1km square survey for 2025! It’s looking like a wet week ahead but still time to fit in final surveys before mid-September 🤞🐝
We're on track for our highest ever total of FIT Counts this year 👏🎉 - a huge thank you to everyone taking part 🙏 And there's still a month to go! All counts up to the end of September will add to the data for this year and help us monitor changes in #pollinator numbers.
August 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We're on track for our highest ever total of FIT Counts this year 👏🎉 - a huge thank you to everyone taking part 🙏 And there's still a month to go! All counts up to the end of September will add to the data for this year and help us monitor changes in #pollinator numbers.
The latest PoMS e-news went out yesterday, with updates on FIT Counts in 2025; news of a new UK butterfly; research on plants for pollinators; PoMS local projects; & some great forthcoming events. If you missed it you can read it at mailchi.mp/e73193cb8054... & subscribe at ukpoms.org.uk/subscribe
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The latest PoMS e-news went out yesterday, with updates on FIT Counts in 2025; news of a new UK butterfly; research on plants for pollinators; PoMS local projects; & some great forthcoming events. If you missed it you can read it at mailchi.mp/e73193cb8054... & subscribe at ukpoms.org.uk/subscribe