see also bsky.app/profile/palu...

@dst-conservation.bsky.social I wonder if adults of this species, the largest British water beetle, will fly northwards to your ponds eventually

International City Nature Challenge 24-27 April. Latest issue of the Naturalist has article on results & notable finds of York CNC 2025, incl Crucifix Ground Beetle, reported to be one of Europe's rarest ground beetles @inaturalist.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @teamneyedc.bsky.social

Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of species recovery and calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s aquatic...

Almost half of European freshwater fishes 🐟 at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals 🧪

iucn.org/press-releas...

Hybrids On The Horizon - bioGraphic www.biographic.com/hybrids-on-t...

I asked because I have had a bomb crater pond pointed out to me on Allerthorpe Common. Key features : roundish with raised sides (I think they might have been slightly higher than surrounding land).

Is this a bomb crater pond?

A beautiful Copper Peacock Elaphrus cupreus ground beetle on the muddy margin of a pond.
Challacombe, Dartmoor, Devon

Great Silver Water Beetles are an almost regular occurrence in the moth trap in spring here. Assume they are increasing in range nationally.

If you needed any other reason to support a ban on Pheasant breeding, release and shooting here's another
@lymediseaseuk.bsky.social

Yorkshire Butterfly Season 2025 by Nick Hall Nick Hall is the Yorkshire county Transect coordinator will present a review of the 2025 Butterfly Season.

The final zoom talk rounds up 2025 Butterfly season and what a season it was! An Annus Mirablis some would say. We look at the effects of the heat and drought on the fortunes of our species on different habitats as well as exploring a record breaking early start www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...

A small northern chalk stream, Ings Beck in North Newbald, looking fine on 30 March.

Thanks v much

@debalmer.bsky.social may be your daughter would like to take part. For the Hull CNC all recording to be done within the city boundary. Recording period 24-27 April, using iNaturalist.

Hull City Nature Challenge 2026 — neyedc

Just over three weeks to go until the City Nature Challenge begins! Find out more and get involved in Hull City Nature Challenge on our website: www.neyedc.org.uk/hull-cnc-2026 and on iNaturalist: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/cit...

Project to bring swallowtail butterfly back to East Yorkshire The UK's largest native butterfly has not been seen in the region for more than a century.

Milk Parsley planting at Hornsea Mere, East Yorkshire
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is a turlough? These seasonal lakes fill and drain through underground channels, creating a unique and ever-changing freshwater habitat.

Join Dr @hmbarber-james.bsky.social on 28 May for a FREE entoLIVE exploring their hidden insect diversity 🌎 🧪

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1914939919...

New Cambridge course set to revive botany and bridge critical gap in plant science education - Cambridge University Botanic Garden The programme is aimed at advanced undergraduates, PhD students, early-career researchers, professional ecologists, horticulturalists and conservation practitioners seeking deeper botanical expertise.

Botany training www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/new-cambridg...

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.

'We were horrified': DoC shock as ducks filmed eating native chicks alive DoC has euthanised three mallards from Lake Alexandrina to stop copycat attacks.

This is so crazy! Invasive mallards in NZ have been observed preying on the chicks of our "bird of the century", pūteketeke. "This duck behaviour was unknown to DoC experts, and there was a concern that it would spread, as ducks learned from each other".

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/doc-fears...

I saw at least 10, spaced out, beside field in Ellerker, East Yorkshire, yesterday in the late afternoon sunshine. Soil v sandy. @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

How much have our coastlines changed in the last century? 🌊

Our georeferenced map viewer allows you to directly compare maps from history with the present day. In this example, you can see Great Cowden on the Yorkshire coast, where the shoreline has receded around 200 metres over the last century.

How “Fire Fungi” Help Put Burnt Landscapes Back Together - bioGraphic Before plants and animals recolonize after a wildfire, fungi get to work.

www.biographic.com/how-fire-fun...

Bristly millipedes out and about at Garvestone church today.

Cup fungus. Peziza mosera ( id confirmed by GF et al)

Stalked Bonfire Cup, Geopyxis carbonaria (id confirmed by GF)

Common Liverwort, Marchantia polymorphia

After the devastating wildfire on Fylingdales, it's interesting to see the appearance of some fungi specialising in fire sites, and a liverwort growing on bare damp soil.
@fylingdalesed.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.org.uk

Charles Darwin "I found two carabi (I forget which) & caught one in each hand, when lo & behold I saw a sacred Panagæus crux major..... I gently seized one of the carabi between my teeth, when ...the little inconsiderate beast squirted his acid down my throat & I lost both Carabi & Panagæus!"

I would have thought this was a bit premature? They turn up in small numbers but we cannot rule out releases for many sightings. I would have thought Clouded Yellow was a better candidate as we have larvae confirmed breeding on cliffs of Bournemouth most winters @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy - Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Partnership Contribute to Hull & East Yorkshire's Nature Recovery Strategy. Discover priority habitats, explore funding opportunities, and support local biodiversity today.

Our team had an uplifting afternoon this past Friday at the Hull and East Yorkshire Nature Recovery Conference, celebrating the launch of the region's LNRS. We particularly loved the video produced to introduce the strategy - you can find it (+ lots of other resources) here: heylnp.co.uk/lnrs/ 🌿

Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.

“If this biological pump didn’t exist, atmospheric CO₂ levels would be roughly twice those as they are at the moment. So the oceans are doing a pretty good job” #ClimateEmergency #Biodiversity www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thanks for the info