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Surrey Biodiversity Information Centre
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The Local Environmental Records Centre for Surrey. Collects, manages and disseminates site, species and habitat data to enable informed decision making and a better understanding of the landscape of Surrey.
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A new species for me and our Send, Surrey garden today. Cordulegaster boltonii, the Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
On iRecord.
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June 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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A new Tachinid for the Send, Surrey garden and me yesterday, a female Phasia hemiptera.
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August 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A daily garden sighting since August 21st has been Locust Blowfly, Stomorhina lunata. Today, two males on their lookout on the back of a metal chair and this one on a Hydrangea flowerhead. Females are here but not seen so often.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Great views of Hobby at Thursley Common today. Also Curlew, Teal, Treecreeper. eBird checklist:

ebird.org/checklist/S2...

@surreybic.bsky.social #thursleycommom #birdwatching
June 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Finally got around to twitch this stunning Wood Warbler, a much awaited lifer.

#woodwarbler #birdwatching @surreybic.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Was a treat to watch this nightjar churring in the blue hour yesterday late evening at Chobham Common. eBird checklist:

ebird.org/checklist/S2...

@surreybic.bsky.social #nightjar #birdwatching #birding
eBird Checklist - 11 Jun 2025 - Chobham Common NNR--South - 4 species
Submitted by Rudraksha Chodankar.
ebird.org
June 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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#AskAnEntomologist #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification
May 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s the third Saturday in February so it must be time for the annual Surrey Recorders’ Meeting… everything is set and ready to go, all we need now are some recorders and speakers 😊
February 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Have you come across @biologicalrecording.co.uk's excellent webinars... many free to attend?

If not, do have a look. Brilliant speakers, diverse, & hugely informative.

#Bees #dragonflies #earthworms #watervoles #hedgehogs #wildlifegardening

More here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/entolive-...
January 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Moth trap out this evening with mild, dry weather. Tathorhynchus exsiccata, a first for me and our Send, Surrey garden. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @surreybic.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 11:01 PM
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A fun quiz on winter tree ID from the Species Recovery Trust... www.buzzfeed.com/speciesrecov...
British Native Winter Trees Quiz
Most of us know our oak from our ash. But what about your Guelder-rose from your Wayfaring Tree? And what about if they don't have any leaves on???! This quiz aims to sort out the twigmasters from tho...
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December 12, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Interested in #moth trapping?

Ever wondered why different bulbs collect different species?

Or why some species are particularly threatened by light pollution?

Using 100,000+ samples from the GMS (@gardenmothscheme.bsky.social), our new pre-print addresses these questions and more (thread)
November 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Congratulations to all of this year’s NBN Wildlife Recording Award winners, in particular Roger Morris and Stuart Ball for their Lifetime Achievement awards! #NationalBiodiversityNetwork #Hoverflies #HoverflyRecordingScheme nbn.org.uk/news-events-...
NBN Award recipients 2024 - National Biodiversity Network
The winners and highly commended recipients of these NBN Awards were announced at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, in Liverpool, on Thursday 21 November.
nbn.org.uk
November 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM
🎶 “Sun is shinin’ in the sky” 🎶 Hello Bluesky! We are the Surrey Biodiversity Information. Centre (aka SBIC), the Local Environmental Records Centre for Surrey. Posts (and reposts) about all aspects of biological recording and the biodiversity found in our beautiful and varied County! A
November 22, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Recording species observations generates invaluable #biodiversity data. This short video explores what components are needed to create a biological record.

🧪 #naturalhistory #wildlife #nature #species #science #biology

youtu.be/DgUwJu9Iptk
What is a Biological Record?
YouTube video by Eco Sapien
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November 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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New atlas published 🎉 Many congratulations to Howard Mendel, author of the new atlas of click-beetles, the latest in the series of recording scheme atlases supported by the @ukceh.bsky.social Biological Records Centre. Early-bird discount available at www.field-studies-council.org/shop/publica...
September 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM