UKBMS results out today!
Results from fifty years of butterfly monitoring! The UKBMS data reveals declines in 33 species over the last 50 years.
Check out the full story below butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
And the full 2025 statistics can be found here: jncc.gov.uk/our-work/off...
Not much good news in this report 😥, but glad to see recognition that "The UK is fortunate in having a large amount of information about its biodiversity, collected across a broad spread of species and habitats both by professionals and by expert volunteers"
It is brilliant to see this newly revitalised group @bes-communitysci.bsky.social
I hope the launch at the BES conference goes well!
#communityscience #citizenscience
We've been engaging farmers with moth monitoring from the Chilterns to Pembrokeshire. Using portable bucket traps and an AI based app - farmers love uncovering hidden biodiversity!
Read my blog here:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
@ukceh.bsky.social @mjopocock.bsky.social
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
A Yellowhammer perched on a branch. Wording to the left reads: New study. Not just species recording: the potential of citizen science for habitat monitoring. www.bto.org/citizen-science-habitat-monitoring. BTO logo top right of image.
Bird conservation is only going to work if these species have healthy habitats to live in. Can citizen scientists help gather vital information on habitat condition? This new study investigates➡️ www.bto.org/citizen-science-habitat-monitoring #Ornithology #citsci @ukceh.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social
Doing moth trapping in the UK this weekend?
Can you help us gather lots of images of moths on egg cartons from your trap?
Help us develop a tool making moth recording easier for more people
Tks! #mothsmateer #teammoth
@richardfoxbc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
@upperthames.bsky.social
A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.
Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡
At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.
Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.
More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...
#mothsmatter #TeamMoth
#Citizenscience is a powerful tool for early detection of invasive species.
Specifically, records submitted to platforms like @inaturalist.bsky.social should form part of surveillance by regulatory authorities.
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...
Great talk by @drnickisaac.bsky.social from UKCEH at #bes2024 about the development of the species abundance indicator for Defra. Honest perspective on the positive ambition and challenge of doing this week. @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
I really enjoyed the talk by Dr Chris Wernham, of BTO Scotland, summing up why monitoring birds is important for science, but also for ourselves.
This is the type of message we want to get across through our CIC - to get out into nature and also contribute to #CitizenScience. @btobirds.bsky.social
Incredibly inspiring NBN awardees. People making a difference for nature through recording... And seemingly having a huge amount of fun in the process! nbn.org.uk/news-events-...
A newly described moth called Tuyvae douglasboyesi
Douglas Boyes - entomologist
Tuyvae douglasboyesi - a newly described moth from Colombia. dx.doi.org/10.57800/fau...: "dedicated to a young and enthusiast British entomologist, Douglas Boyes, who left us too early"
Sadly missed by us all - he did amazing research, had such passion... I wonder what he would have gone on to? 😞
Ha ha! You're right - the fact that his superb undergrad thesis was on obscure little brown jobs reared from bird's nests demonstrates that so well.
What an honour for someone so missed 💚
What a wonderful honour. The moth is rather duller in plumage than Doug himself - but it would be very hard for any moth to compete with Doug's shirts! 🤩