West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre
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We collect, collate and disseminate biological records for Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, and promote biological recording.
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#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Exidiopsis effusa, Hair Ice Crust fungus found and recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire, by Grace Brookman 📸
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Exidiopsis effusa, Hair Ice Crust fungus found and recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire, by Grace Brookman 📸
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
Thank you for your records.
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #cofnodyrwythnos #carmarthenshirenature #fungi #winterwatch
#recordoftheweek is the spider Drapetisca socialis, recorded in Ceredigion by Martin Creasser 📸photo shared with permission.
Thank you for sharing your records.
#LERCWalesApp #wwbic #cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing your records.
#LERCWalesApp #wwbic #cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#recordoftheweek is the spider Drapetisca socialis, recorded in Ceredigion by Martin Creasser 📸photo shared with permission.
Thank you for sharing your records.
#LERCWalesApp #wwbic #cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing your records.
#LERCWalesApp #wwbic #cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
#recordoftheweek is Athalia rosae, Turnip Tigress, a Sawfly found in Llanelli Carmarthenshire by Helen Pryor thank you for submitting your records #cofnodyrwythnos
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#recordoftheweek is Athalia rosae, Turnip Tigress, a Sawfly found in Llanelli Carmarthenshire by Helen Pryor thank you for submitting your records #cofnodyrwythnos
#recordoftheweek is Linaria vulgaris, Common Toadflax recorded in Pembrokeshire by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp. Thank you for your records.
You can submit your records at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #LERCWalesApp or one of these other options www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
You can submit your records at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #LERCWalesApp or one of these other options www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#recordoftheweek is Linaria vulgaris, Common Toadflax recorded in Pembrokeshire by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp. Thank you for your records.
You can submit your records at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #LERCWalesApp or one of these other options www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
You can submit your records at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #LERCWalesApp or one of these other options www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
#recordoftheweek Porpolomopsis calyptriformis, Pink/Ballerina Waxcap recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales Carmarthenshire by Ellyn Baker 📸on the #lercwalesapp Thank you for sharing your records and lovely photos
You can record your sightings at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #lercwalesapp
You can record your sightings at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #lercwalesapp
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#recordoftheweek Porpolomopsis calyptriformis, Pink/Ballerina Waxcap recorded at the National Botanic Garden of Wales Carmarthenshire by Ellyn Baker 📸on the #lercwalesapp Thank you for sharing your records and lovely photos
You can record your sightings at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #lercwalesapp
You can record your sightings at record.wwbic.org.uk or on the #lercwalesapp
#recordoftheweek is Clavaria fragilis, White Spindles found on our #westwaleswildwatch in Tregaron, Ceredigion photographed and recorded by Simon Batty. Thank you for sharing your records through the #lercwalesapp.
You can submit your records here www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
You can submit your records here www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#recordoftheweek is Clavaria fragilis, White Spindles found on our #westwaleswildwatch in Tregaron, Ceredigion photographed and recorded by Simon Batty. Thank you for sharing your records through the #lercwalesapp.
You can submit your records here www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
You can submit your records here www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
Free wildlife recording sessions with West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre. A great way to discover your local wildlife. #wwww #westwaleswildwatch #wwbic #wildlife #yourwildpatch #ceredigionwwww
October 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Free wildlife recording sessions with West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre. A great way to discover your local wildlife. #wwww #westwaleswildwatch #wwbic #wildlife #yourwildpatch #ceredigionwwww
#recordoftheweek is Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f.
agamic, the Common Spangle Causer, found and
recorded in Aberaeron by Laura Moss 📸
Thank you for your records.
You can send us your records using one of the ways
listed on our website here
www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
#gallwasps #recordoftheweek
agamic, the Common Spangle Causer, found and
recorded in Aberaeron by Laura Moss 📸
Thank you for your records.
You can send us your records using one of the ways
listed on our website here
www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
#gallwasps #recordoftheweek
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#recordoftheweek is Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f.
agamic, the Common Spangle Causer, found and
recorded in Aberaeron by Laura Moss 📸
Thank you for your records.
You can send us your records using one of the ways
listed on our website here
www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
#gallwasps #recordoftheweek
agamic, the Common Spangle Causer, found and
recorded in Aberaeron by Laura Moss 📸
Thank you for your records.
You can send us your records using one of the ways
listed on our website here
www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
#gallwasps #recordoftheweek
#recordoftheweek is Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper in Pembrokeshire, recorded by Gemma Ribakovs on the #LERCWalesApp
Thank you for your records
Thank you for your records
September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#recordoftheweek is Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper in Pembrokeshire, recorded by Gemma Ribakovs on the #LERCWalesApp
Thank you for your records
Thank you for your records
#cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek is Anguis fragilis, the Slow-worm. Recorded in Carmarthenshire, by Elen Hall on the #lercwalesapp many thanks for sending in your records. 🦎
📲Download the app here: www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
🖥Or use our online recording form WWBIC online: record.wwbic.org.uk
📲Download the app here: www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
🖥Or use our online recording form WWBIC online: record.wwbic.org.uk
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek is Anguis fragilis, the Slow-worm. Recorded in Carmarthenshire, by Elen Hall on the #lercwalesapp many thanks for sending in your records. 🦎
📲Download the app here: www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
🖥Or use our online recording form WWBIC online: record.wwbic.org.uk
📲Download the app here: www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
🖥Or use our online recording form WWBIC online: record.wwbic.org.uk
#speciesofthemonth for July is the Holly Parachute Fungus, Marasmius hudsonii. Recorded on the #lercwalesapp by Emma Williams at the The NBGW Bioblitz. Thank you for your records. 🍄
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#coalspoilfungi #FungiFriday #fungiphotography #carmarthenshirenature
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#coalspoilfungi #FungiFriday #fungiphotography #carmarthenshirenature
August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#speciesofthemonth for July is the Holly Parachute Fungus, Marasmius hudsonii. Recorded on the #lercwalesapp by Emma Williams at the The NBGW Bioblitz. Thank you for your records. 🍄
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#coalspoilfungi #FungiFriday #fungiphotography #carmarthenshirenature
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#coalspoilfungi #FungiFriday #fungiphotography #carmarthenshirenature
We had a great weekend at #TheNationalBotanicGardenofWales on their #Bioblitz Festival Weekend. Participants, volunteers and staff submitted 691 records of approximately 380 different species during the 48 hours to our #lercwalesapp, iRecord and WWBIC online.
📸Lizzie Wilberforce
📸Kate Smith
📸Lizzie Wilberforce
📸Kate Smith
July 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We had a great weekend at #TheNationalBotanicGardenofWales on their #Bioblitz Festival Weekend. Participants, volunteers and staff submitted 691 records of approximately 380 different species during the 48 hours to our #lercwalesapp, iRecord and WWBIC online.
📸Lizzie Wilberforce
📸Kate Smith
📸Lizzie Wilberforce
📸Kate Smith
#speciesofthemonth Athripsodes bilineatus, a caddis fly, by catch of the moth trap. With only 23 records in our region keep an eye out for it in your moth traps. www.naturespot.org/species/athr...
🪳record.wwbic.org.uk #lercwalesapp
🧐https://aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/.../39917a05791fd6c35c825...
🪳record.wwbic.org.uk #lercwalesapp
🧐https://aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/.../39917a05791fd6c35c825...
July 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#speciesofthemonth Athripsodes bilineatus, a caddis fly, by catch of the moth trap. With only 23 records in our region keep an eye out for it in your moth traps. www.naturespot.org/species/athr...
🪳record.wwbic.org.uk #lercwalesapp
🧐https://aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/.../39917a05791fd6c35c825...
🪳record.wwbic.org.uk #lercwalesapp
🧐https://aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/.../39917a05791fd6c35c825...
#mothmonday Buff arches, Habrosyne pyritoides.
One of the many moths who's caterpillars feed on Brambles.
#recording #mothsofinstagram #LERCWalesApp #WWBIC #lepidoptera
One of the many moths who's caterpillars feed on Brambles.
#recording #mothsofinstagram #LERCWalesApp #WWBIC #lepidoptera
June 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#mothmonday Buff arches, Habrosyne pyritoides.
One of the many moths who's caterpillars feed on Brambles.
#recording #mothsofinstagram #LERCWalesApp #WWBIC #lepidoptera
One of the many moths who's caterpillars feed on Brambles.
#recording #mothsofinstagram #LERCWalesApp #WWBIC #lepidoptera
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink in Carmarthenshire recorded by Laura Moss on one of our recent recording days.
#biodiversity #carmarthenshirenature #wwbic #LERCWalesApp #plantlife #plants #grasslands
#biodiversity #carmarthenshirenature #wwbic #LERCWalesApp #plantlife #plants #grasslands
June 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink in Carmarthenshire recorded by Laura Moss on one of our recent recording days.
#biodiversity #carmarthenshirenature #wwbic #LERCWalesApp #plantlife #plants #grasslands
#biodiversity #carmarthenshirenature #wwbic #LERCWalesApp #plantlife #plants #grasslands
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos Ranunculus flammula, Lesser Spearwort recorded in Pembrokeshire, by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp. Thank you for your record. Member of the buttercup family, grows in wet habitats and has spear shaped leaves. @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos Ranunculus flammula, Lesser Spearwort recorded in Pembrokeshire, by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp. Thank you for your record. Member of the buttercup family, grows in wet habitats and has spear shaped leaves. @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
#mothmonday species is Notodonta ziczac the Pebble Prominent, caterpillar feeds on Poplar sp. and Willows (Salix sp.)
Comment below with your moth encounters this season 👇🦋
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #lepidoptera
Comment below with your moth encounters this season 👇🦋
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #lepidoptera
June 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#mothmonday species is Notodonta ziczac the Pebble Prominent, caterpillar feeds on Poplar sp. and Willows (Salix sp.)
Comment below with your moth encounters this season 👇🦋
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #lepidoptera
Comment below with your moth encounters this season 👇🦋
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #lepidoptera
#mothmonday
Poplar Hawk moth (Laothoe populi) common throughout the UK, with adults flying between May and July.
The larvae feed on poplars (Populus), aspen (P. tremula) and sallows (Salix)
The adults do not feed, they have enough energy stored to breed and live for only a few weeks.
Poplar Hawk moth (Laothoe populi) common throughout the UK, with adults flying between May and July.
The larvae feed on poplars (Populus), aspen (P. tremula) and sallows (Salix)
The adults do not feed, they have enough energy stored to breed and live for only a few weeks.
June 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#mothmonday
Poplar Hawk moth (Laothoe populi) common throughout the UK, with adults flying between May and July.
The larvae feed on poplars (Populus), aspen (P. tremula) and sallows (Salix)
The adults do not feed, they have enough energy stored to breed and live for only a few weeks.
Poplar Hawk moth (Laothoe populi) common throughout the UK, with adults flying between May and July.
The larvae feed on poplars (Populus), aspen (P. tremula) and sallows (Salix)
The adults do not feed, they have enough energy stored to breed and live for only a few weeks.
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Volucella bombylans one of the bumblebee-mimic hoverflies, seen in Pembrokeshire. Recorded and photographed by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp thank you for sharing your sightings. 🪰
@cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Volucella bombylans one of the bumblebee-mimic hoverflies, seen in Pembrokeshire. Recorded and photographed by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp thank you for sharing your sightings. 🪰
@cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social