Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
@brerc.bsky.social
Local Environmental Records Centre for the West of England (BaNES, BCC, SGlos, NSom).
Email records to us, we digitise and manage species and habitat data, and disseminate it.
Email records to us, we digitise and manage species and habitat data, and disseminate it.
BRERC volunteer Dylan Peters was awarded the winner of the National Biodiversity Network Terrestrial Recorder of the Year 2025 at the @nbntrust.bsky.social conference in Bristol last week.
Well done Dylan!
Well done Dylan!
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BRERC volunteer Dylan Peters was awarded the winner of the National Biodiversity Network Terrestrial Recorder of the Year 2025 at the @nbntrust.bsky.social conference in Bristol last week.
Well done Dylan!
Well done Dylan!
Putting together an seasonal spotter sheet for Blaise Museum to use in their Autumn Family Fun at half-term. Love autumn! 🍂🍁🍄
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Putting together an seasonal spotter sheet for Blaise Museum to use in their Autumn Family Fun at half-term. Love autumn! 🍂🍁🍄
Dryad's Saddle ~Polyporus squamosus~ is a parasitic bracket fungus. New growth appears in spring and autumn and it won't persist much longer
September 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Dryad's Saddle ~Polyporus squamosus~ is a parasitic bracket fungus. New growth appears in spring and autumn and it won't persist much longer
BRERC attended the first Wild Summit in Bristol last week. Important to get together with all sorts of people and environmental organisations to learn, debate and plan how to reverse nature's decline.
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
BRERC attended the first Wild Summit in Bristol last week. Important to get together with all sorts of people and environmental organisations to learn, debate and plan how to reverse nature's decline.
By-the-wind Sailor ~Velella velella~ a fascinating animal. BRERC has one record - a mass stranding at Weston-super-Mare in 2004. Worth looking for after stormy weather
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
By-the-wind Sailor ~Velella velella~ a fascinating animal. BRERC has one record - a mass stranding at Weston-super-Mare in 2004. Worth looking for after stormy weather
It's a good year so far for Small Heath - which used to be much more common. Help us keep track of butterfly numbers locally by sending in your records recording.brerc.org.uk 🦋
May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's a good year so far for Small Heath - which used to be much more common. Help us keep track of butterfly numbers locally by sending in your records recording.brerc.org.uk 🦋
#RecordOfTheWeek - this relaxed Hoopoe in South Glos. There's been a major influx to Southern England this spring so keep an eye out!
📷Steve Perryman
📷Steve Perryman
April 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#RecordOfTheWeek - this relaxed Hoopoe in South Glos. There's been a major influx to Southern England this spring so keep an eye out!
📷Steve Perryman
📷Steve Perryman
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage brightening a damp, shady corner.
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage brightening a damp, shady corner.
Red Dead-nettle~Lamium purpureum~ begins flowering around now and is useful food for early pollinators that are flying when it's warm enough.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
March 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Red Dead-nettle~Lamium purpureum~ begins flowering around now and is useful food for early pollinators that are flying when it's warm enough.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.
My local Toad Patrol started with a bang last Thursday, with Toads, Frogs and even a Palmate Newt appearing from all sides 🐸. The photo is from Saturday - much cooler; after being helped across the road this Toad found a warm hiding place
February 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My local Toad Patrol started with a bang last Thursday, with Toads, Frogs and even a Palmate Newt appearing from all sides 🐸. The photo is from Saturday - much cooler; after being helped across the road this Toad found a warm hiding place
#DYK there are many, many species of Bramble - Rubus?
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
February 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#DYK there are many, many species of Bramble - Rubus?
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀
Catching up with @nbntrust.bsky.social recent Impact Report - chuffed to see BRERC are 5th in the top data-providing organisations: above some national organisations
January 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Catching up with @nbntrust.bsky.social recent Impact Report - chuffed to see BRERC are 5th in the top data-providing organisations: above some national organisations
BRERC staff and volunteers enjoyed their Christmas 'walk' last week (there's a lot of stopping 👀).
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
December 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
BRERC staff and volunteers enjoyed their Christmas 'walk' last week (there's a lot of stopping 👀).
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!
It's a bit battered and trodden on, but this is a promise of next summer 🌞 Bee Orchid rosettes are identifiable all winter, and they turn up in all sorts of places, so keep an eye out!
December 5, 2024 at 3:27 PM
It's a bit battered and trodden on, but this is a promise of next summer 🌞 Bee Orchid rosettes are identifiable all winter, and they turn up in all sorts of places, so keep an eye out!
Winter sunlight highlighting the seed heads of Traveller's Joy aka Old Man's Beard aka ~Clematis vitalba~
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels
November 28, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Winter sunlight highlighting the seed heads of Traveller's Joy aka Old Man's Beard aka ~Clematis vitalba~
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels
An indicator of limestone, we have records from across most of the BRERC area apart from the North Somerset Levels