Happy Easter 🐇 See how many hares you can spot on our #NHMP cameras over the long weekend! Sign up and look out for hedgehogs and other animals and help conservation from the sofa 🍫☕
👉 mammalweb.org/nhmp (link in bio)

The #NHMP is run by PTES and British Hedgehog Preservation Society

A female Tawny Mining Bee resting on a leaf

Female Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva) at Priston, near Bath. These colourful bees are one of the most easily recognisable solitary bees, and can be abundant in some area in early spring. Their nests resemble mini volcanos in bare earth.
#Nature #Wildlife #Insect #Bee #WildlifePhotography

What if some tadpoles don’t need to feed at all?

Explore the fascinating world of endotrophic tadpoles in our latest 'Croaking Science' article:
https://ow.ly/WNkG50YCQ6k

#CroakingScience

📸 Reuber Brandão

Plant Identification Walk Join us for a chill stroll where you'll learn to spot and name all kinds of cool plants around you!

Plant identification walk with Samuel Malley.

18th April
Stockwood Open Space,
south Bristol.

All welcome.

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NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

Cetti's Warbler at Ham Wall today

My Garden of a Thousand Bees Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

The best B movie ever made: My Garden of a Thousand Bees www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002t686 via @bbciplayer

Green, blue and brown eggs in a nest

Hunting for eggs this weekend? 🥚🐰 Some of the best eggs aren't chocolate! 🍫

Tinamous birds are relatively inconspicuous, but their eggs are egg-ceptional.

Researchers have taken steps to crack the code, 🐦determining that egg colour likely evolved as a mating signal.

🔗https://gbif.link/egg

£90m to protect England’s wildlife is a welcome step forward!

From the smallest fungus to birds of prey overhead, every species matters – and with 16% at risk of extinction, we can’t afford to lose any more.

Now is the moment to go further 🌿

Read more here: www.wcl.org.uk/from-the-hum...

Book your ticket to The People's Trust for Endangered Species Dormouse Conference 2026
🎟️ ptes.org/event/national-dormouse-conference-14th-november-2026
📅 Saturday 14th November
📍 Reading University

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Ento26: Abstract submission - Royal Entomological Society Abstract Submission Want to share your research at our flagship conference? Submit your abstracts via the form linked below. Please note that submissions do not automatically guarantee a presentation...

If you work with insects or care about the future of food, ecosystems and sustainability, Ento26 should be on your radar 🐝

🔬 Share your work
🤝 Build meaningful collaborations
🌍 Connect across academia, industry and policy

…this is the place to be. Submit your abstract today 🔽

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Over 1300 fly species are featured in our #BestFlyBook – the new Guide to Flies of Britain & Ireland, the most complete guide ever published. Order your copy here bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social @rdimond.bsky.social

Cover of The Biological Recording Handbook by Sarah Whild, with image of a Hoverfly on white umbellifer inflorescence.

Sarah Whild – Biological recording: who, what, where and when did it all start? 🌱 Join us at the NFBR Conference on 7 May for a sideways look at how biological recording began, exploded in recent decades, and the big question: what can, and should, we do with all this data?
🔗 Booking: bit.ly/4sZO4iz

A sure sign of spring 🌱 The Great Spotted Woodpecker may visit your garden, especially if it is near mature trees.

Listen for its drumming and look for black & white plumage with a red undertail 🪶

Seen one? Record it with Garden BirdWatch and help track its spread 📊

#UKbirding

New research from Connecting People and Landscapes in a Changing Climate - News - Bat Conservation Trust Research from BCT’s farming project offers insights into how climate change affects dormice.

🦇 New research from Connecting People and Landscapes in a Changing Climate - Research from BCT’s farming project offers insights into how climate change affects dormice.

Read all about it here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2026/03...

Photo taken from the back of an auditorium where about 50 attendees are seen closely listening to the speaker.

🦇 Booking has now opened for the South West of England Bat Conference 2026, which is being held on the 25 of April at North Devon College (Petroc).

An opportunity for anyone interested in bats to spend time together.

For more information and to book visit: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/con...

Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium 2026
Tue 23 Jun 2026 | Online | £30 or pay what you can

Explore the latest fly ecology, conservation science & practical case studies. Live Q&A, expert talks & all resources available after the event 🌍 🧪

Book here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540...

Ben and other recorders out looking for fungi

Ben Deed www.linkedin.com/in/deedbn/ – Predicting Fungi Grasslands 🍄 Join us at the #NFBRConference2026 - 7 May to discover how biological records are being used to predict rare fungi-rich grasslands and help protect these fragile habitats. 🔗 bit.ly/4sZO4iz
#Fungi #Conservation #BiologicalRecording

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe with a fish in its bill

Great Crested Grebe with a fish in its bill

Gone fishin'... Super watching this Great Crested Grebe last week at Westhay Moor NNR, Somerset (20.03.26). It caught three while I watched. I got pictures of these two... the other got away (from me! 🙂). #somersetbirding #birds #ukwildlife #naturephotography

A lesser stag beetle, a surprisingly early find, on Horfield Common. They don't usually appear until May.

They need rotting wood, so you can help them by leaving log piles & fallen trees to rot.

Photo: Dylan Peters.

wildbristol.uk/groups/beetl...

Applications to join the AWT Wildlife Champions Annual Programme

Monthly workshops, mentoring, support to create a community project for nature.

Deadline : May 18.

www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-cha...

GEOLOGY FIELD MEETING
SPRING COVE CLIFFS,
Weston-super-Mare

UPDATE TO BUS INFO

Sun. 22 March 1.30 p.m.

Leader: Professor Sir Stephen Sparks

As usual members of Bath G.S. and WEGA are invited to attend

GEOLOGY FIELD MEETING
SPRING COVE CLIFFS,
Weston-super-Mare

UPDATE TO BUS INFO

Sun. 22 March 1.30 p.m.

Leader: Professor Sir Stephen Sparks

As usual members of Bath G.S. and WEGA are invited to attend

Green wall lizards near the Clifton suspension bridge this afternoon.

📷 Peter Coleman Smith

This Curlew on the coast at Black Nore Point, Portishead, was fascinating to watch last December. The dexterity and sensitivity of the long curved bill delving into rocky crevices was amazing. (13.12.25) #avonbirds #ukwildlife #birds @bristolnats.bsky.social @wildportishead.bsky.social

Event details here:

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Whether it’s a first Lesser Celandine flower of the year or Elder leaves unfurling. The first #WildflowerHour challenge of the year is to spot #SignsOfSpring! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm. Below is the link if you would like to record your #NaturesCalendar sightings ⬇️ @bsbibotany.bsky.social

All costs covered, including travel, food, outdoor gear and camping kit.

Email ForestryYouthCamp@gmail.com or can follow them on Instagram at @ForestryYouthCamp for more info.

Please share with any young people or networks who you think might be interested.

Forestry Youth Camp Application Camp Dates: June 29-July 5th , 2026 Camp Location: Nr Machynlleth, Mid West Wales Contact us at forestryyouthcamp@gmail.com

A week of fun, learning & adventure, connecting with nature and each other, exploring what trees do for us, learning about forest ecology, crafting with trees, fire making, working in the woods, cooking together on a fire, stargazing, exploring and fireside fun.

Deadline 30 April