A lovely display of Cowslips and some unexpected Field Mousear in YWT Brockadale on a quick visit on my way back to Whitby today.
#wildflowerhour @ynuorg.bsky.social

Collage of invertebrates and Yorkshire Naturalists' Union logo

Join the YNU for their first Yorkshire Invertebrate Day and this coming Saturday, 18th April from 10:30am at YWT’s Potteric Carr Nature Reserve. It will be a day of snappy 20-minute presentations, formal and informal discussion and a chance to bring and view exhibits. Hope to see many of you there🪰🦗

Wildlife Heroes Awards | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Across Yorkshire there are passionate, driven and knowledgeable individuals, professionals, businesses, groups and schools that are all doing their bit to care for nature and want to see wildlife thri...

The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust turns 80 this year and to celebrate they have launched The Wildlife Hero Awards. Do you know an individual, local group, school, business or professional that has gone above and beyond for wildlife? If so, you can nominate here: www.ywt.org.uk/wildlife-her...

Great opportunity for YNU members to get involved at this unique site just outside Beverley 🪰🐌🦗🐞

A big thank you to all our speakers and discussion leads that provided plenty of food for thought and discussion topics..... @doublekidney.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social @sarahwestsei.bsky.social @jimhorsfall.bsky.social

Close-up image of a spider, a dry-stone wall with moss and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union logo

It was wonderful to welcome 80 people to the YNU's annual conference in York last Saturday to discuss means and methods of increasing the recording effort of some of Yorkshire's under-recorded taxon, and improve the quality of records sent in to our volunteer county recorders.

The next instalment of 'Meet the YNU', where you can get to know the YNU Executive and section leads, is now live on the website: www.ynu.org.uk/about-the-yn....

You can also download a booklet of all the previous entries! ✏️

March's newsletter is now available to download from the website - a fantastic edition covering everything from news on our upcoming conference to a plea from @suillia.bsky.social to help find flies in caves! 🪰🌳🐌Previous copies of the newsletter can be downloaded here: www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

Poster advertising a questionnaire for the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union's recording questionnaire

Can you help us with a recording questionnaire ahead of our annual conference on 21st March? If so, follow the link below: djcnjl-zcmp.maillist-manage.eu/click/12c1b6...

The full programme for the YNU Conference on 21st March has now been released! For full details (and to get your tickets!) see the YNU website: www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

Tickets are still available for the upcoming YNU Conference on 21st March. Full programme to follow soon! For more details including how to book, see: records.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

Blue Shieldbug (Zicrona caerulea) under a blue sky at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve yesterday. @ynuorg.bsky.social

A reminder for our next YNU Zoom Chats session, which will be held on Friday 6th March from 19:00 - 20:00 (longer for those wishing to stay for a chat!). Topics include Yorkshire's dragonflies, @teamneyedc.bsky.social grassland fungi project, and moths further afield. See below for the link to join!

Join us for this year's YNU Conference on Saturday 21st March at The Priory Street Centre, York: 'Recording Yorkshire's natural history - beyond ‘The State of Yorkshire's Nature’ report'. Purchase your tickets here: www.ynu.org.uk/join-the-ynu... or contact membership@ynu.org.uk.

Thanks to @wonkyeggs.bsky.social who found the original Brandesburton Excursion report in The Naturalist v911 p130. It was divisional secretary Mr E Chicken who prepared the map!
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5023642...

The link for the YNU website was truncated and caused the problem - the one above should work!

YNU Zoom Chat Meetings New YNU Zoom Chat meetings are starting from 9 Jan, monthly.  (then 6 Feb, 6, March .... Usually on the first Friday of the month. The next ...

So sorry @scarpermac.bsky.social - problem at our end! Just checked and Judith Allinson has popped the full information for tonight here: rainforest-save.blogspot.com/2021/03/ynu-...

Do any current YNU members remember this excursion? We would love to know who may have done the drawing.

Just a reminder about night's Zoom session, with an interesting trio of speakers! Further information on the YNU website: www.ynu.org.uk/.../805-ynu-...

What's on this coming month? 📆
6th February - Second YNU Evening Chat Session, 19:00 - 20:30
7th February - Bryological Section VC61 Field Visit to Ganton Dale

For more information:
www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

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...

Our second 'Meet the YNU' segment is now published on our website: www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

This time we're meeting Jill Warwick, YNU Trustee ✏️

A dry, warm (10 degrees) day brought out quite a variety of invertebrates at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve this morning. Just a few here...Pisaura, Curculio, Brachypera and Notostira perhaps. @ynuorg.bsky.social #ukwildlife

Every other month we'll be posting a 'Meet the YNU' segment on our website, helping you learn more about the faces and names behind the YNU, from the Executive to Section Leaders and recorders. Our first instalment features Present Derek Whiteley!

www.ynu.org.uk/news-events/...

Tickets for our conference on 7th December are still available! Join us at York Hospitium for 'Networks for Nature: a conference celebrating 25 years of NEYEDC'. Tickets can be purchased from the following link, which also shows the full programme for the day: www.neyedc.org.uk/c2n

Was great to be a part of @ecology-digest.bsky.social journey in creating and publishing this wonderful book alongside @britishspiders.bsky.social. You can purchase your copy here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...

#97 Baneberry by David Knight — neyedc David’s chosen species is the enigmatic limestone plant Baneberry Actaea spicata . David moved to Yorkshire from Surrey in 1980 and has spent nearly 40 years in the conservation sector, recently r...

As our four-year #YorkshireIn100Species project starts to draw to a close, trustee of The Garganey Trust, David Knight, brings us #97 - the limestone specialist plant Baneberry
www.neyedc.org.uk/100-species/...

Soldierfly ID Workshop (YWT Member's Exclusive Event) | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Learn how to ID specimens of soldierflies with expert Yorkshire naturalist Derek Whiteley.

A few places are still available at this Saturday's Soldierfly training course with the excellent Derek Whitley at YWT's Potteric Carr Nature Reserve. This is a joint event with @ynuorg.bsky.social and @yorkswildlife.bsky.social, follow the link to book

YNU members at their 2025 AGM

Organised by Yoredale Nats (www.yoredalenaturalhistory.com), YNU held their 2025 AGM last Saturday. A good day was had by all, with 50 members attending and outgoing President Derek Whiteley's presidential address promoting the 'other' National Park in Yorkshire - the Peak District!

The new book 'Spiders & Harvestmen of Yorkshire - An Atlas', by Richard Wilson, is out now and available for purchase: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...

Over 384 pages, the book describes the history of spider and harvestmen recording across Yorkshire and its varied landscapes, with mapping.