Scientists are inviting woodland managers to attend hands-on training workshops for a new app that allows users to monitor the health of oak trees: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/woodlan...
Partnership with @aberuni.bsky.social and @sylva.org.uk
Northern Brown Argus butterfly on a thistle and headline 50 years of butterfly monitoring data reveal specialist species disappearing across UK
Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly on bluebells
Extraordinary dataset of 44 million+ records of UK #butterflies collected by 782,000 volunteers in the past 50 years shows many species are in long-term decline eg Pearl-bordered Fritillary.
@ukbms.bsky.social is run by @savebutterflies.bsky.social, UKCEH, @btobirds.bsky.social, and JNCC.
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Common drone fly on flower
Silver Y moth on flower
Butterfly on flower and headline The Big British Garden Survey
Great to be partnering with National Garden Scheme on The Big British Garden Survey to reveal the wildlife thriving in our gardens 🦋🐞.
Record what you see and help build a national picture of UK #biodiversity.
Join in: ngs.org.uk/the-big-brit... 🧪 @abigaillowe.bsky.social
Group of people standing in line alongside banner about the Weather and Climate Service for Science Partnership (WCSSP) programme
We recently welcomed colleagues from the Kenya Meteorological Society (KMS) to the Met Office for our new WCSSP (Weather and Climate Science for Service Partnership Programme) Kenya project.
Partners met to shape the future of Kenya-led weather & climate research.
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Two people carrying out a FIT Count in a flowery meadow, using a quadrat made out of tape to mark out the target flowers for the count. One person is using the FIT Count app, the other has a paper recording form on a clipboard.
Welcome to the new season for #pollinator FIT Counts! Our latest e-news was sent out this morning - read it here mailchi.mp/7e658beeba40... and subscribe at ukpoms.org.uk/subscribe As soon as the weather is warm enough we hope that you will enjoy watching and counting insects on flowers with us.
A birch seedling growing in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Photo: UKCEH
Shrubs are expanding on European #mountains. Research involving ECN analysed over 20yrs of #vegetation #monitoring #data from permanent plots across #alpine summits in Europe’s major mountain ranges, including observations at ECN's #Cairngorms site: tinyurl.com/mtn-shrubs @ukceh.bsky.social
Graphic with details of the UKEOF 2026 conference. Text overlaying a graphic depicting a woodland and a stream in shades of blue with the following elements picked out: birds (swifts) making calls and bats echo-locating, a deer detected on a camera, a salmon detected via its DNA trace in the water, the flow rate of the stream and the atmospheric concentration of nitrogen dioxide.
The recordings of talks given at our recent UKEOF online conference 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making' are now available. Link here ('Talk videos'): ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026 #environment #monitoring #data
🌿 Interested in environmental science?
CENTA is offering paid undergrad research placements for summer 2026. New projects online now, more coming soon.
Apply here: centa.ac.uk/apply/centa-...
#EnvironmentalScience #STEM #ResearchPlacement #CENTA #PaidPlacements
A illustrated birthday graphic reading "This weekend is iNaturalist's 18th Birthday!" with the iNaturalist logo and cartoon balloons, cake, and snake popping out of a gift box. Text at the bottom invites people to join the Birthday Project and make observations March 20–23.
🥳 The party is happening! iNaturalist turns 18 this weekend. Join the Birthday Project, head outside March 20–23, and make an observation of a local species you love: tr.ee/XzVUC8Z0C2
An ECN scientist from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology surveying the mountain-top vegetation at our ECN long-term research and monitoring site in the Cairngorms, Scotland. Photo ©UKCEH
ECN was involved in an international study on the responses of European plants to climate warming. We contributed data collected at our high altitude Cairngorms ECN site run by
@ukceh.bsky.social: ecn.ac.uk/news/europea... #ClimateChange #monitoring #research #ecosystems #LTER @ukri.org
A Met Office graphic in shades of black and green saying The power of weather intelligence
It’s British Science Week and we’re focusing on curiosity and innovation at the Met Office. Today, we’re asking if ocean robots are the next big thing for climate monitoring? #BSW26
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Met Office graphic saying climate newsletter and showing a hand holding a letter from which several symbols around weather and climate emerge
In today's climate newsletter we look at a global call to assess avoidable climate change risks, led by the Met Office, and more...
Read the newsletter 👇
bit.ly/4lkxwPE
Flying Swifts by Philip Croft / BTO
The arrival of Swifts to NI in late April to May is always an exciting sign of spring. Recording your 1st Swift sighting of the year with BirdTrack as part of a complete list helps us learn about the timing of their migration.
Log your Swift sightings with the BirdTrack app👇
www.birdtrack.net
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Spring evening light on the coastal path and Sea Pinks in Ceibwr Bay, Pemroke, Wales, UK copyright Julian Gazzard/iStock
🌍 UK reveals first assessment of progress towards national biodiversity targets
The 7th National Report shows progress towards the
@unbiodiversity.bsky.social Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to take urgent action to halt & reverse biodiversity loss 🔗 jncc.gov.uk/news/uk-publ...
#GBF
Join a webinar discussion on The State of the UK’s Oaks, a new Action Oak report on the future of native oaks.
📅 Tue 17 Mar 2026, 2 - 3pm
🎟️ Register: ow.ly/8EaT50Yr9Kk
Join experts on plant health, climate science, woodland management and policy.
#ForestResearch | #OakTrees
🧬 Registration is now open for the 12th #UKEOF #UKDNAWG Conference 2026 until 20th March via this link: lnkd.in/ekTUn_eZ
Hi everyone! Keep saving that date! We are almost ready to launch the booking page for our 40th Anniversary Conference in Birmingham 7-8th May, plus a 3rd day of field trip at the amazing looking Saltwells NNR! You can see our fabulous speaker lineup here www.nfbr.org.uk?q=node/274 - more v soon!
Group of seven stand in front of meteorological station at UKCEH Wallingford, plus text detailing 2026 summer student internship information
📣 2026 Student Summer Internships are OPEN for applications!
We’re recruiting SEVEN interns across our National Capability programmes at our Bangor, Lancaster & Wallingford sites.
Superb opportunity for hands-on experience in environmental science & applied research.
Details ⬇️
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Stop press - the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker monitoring module is now freely available for all to use on BTO @btobirds.bsky.social Acoustic Pipeline app.bto.org/acoustic-pip...
A deceased Puffin lies on its back on the ground. Wording above reads: Please report sightings of all dead birds. A graphic showing an exclamation mark in a triangle features.
⚠️ We've had reports of seabirds washing up. Please report ALL species of dead birds ⬇️
📍 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📍 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📍 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...
#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
Graphic with details of the UKEOF 2026 conference. Text overlaying a graphic depicting a woodland and a stream in shades of blue with the following elements picked out: birds (swifts) making calls and bats echo-locating, a deer detected on a camera, a salmon detected via its DNA trace in the water, the flow rate of the stream and the atmospheric concentration of nitrogen dioxide.
Today is your last chance to register for our free conference 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making'. 24 February, online. Programme, etc. here: ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026 #environment #monitoring #data #sensors #technology #innovation
📆The programme for our online conference, 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making' (24 February, 09:00 - 13:00 GMT) is now available at ukeof.org.uk/conference/c.... Be sure to register by Friday 20th. It's free! #ukeof2026 #environment #monitoring
Thanks! We hope it will be an interesting conference. We'll post the complete programme online very soon.
February is often regarded as a transitional month with winter beginning to loosen its grip, yet the month has a history of delivering varied weather records.
In this blog, we delve into the data exploring February's notable highs and lows.
bit.ly/4bRZ1gZ
Peering into the borehole
Two people in the fenced enclosure by the COSMOS station and cameraman outside filming
Looking at results on the laptop
Amid ongoing wet weather, ITV News featured our hydrological monitoring, visiting UKCEH's Wallingford site and one of our @cosmosuk.bsky.social soil moisture monitoring stations in Lambourn.
👀 Report by Martin Stew from Friday's 6.30pm news starts 43min
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAb...
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Graphic with details of the UKEOF 2026 conference. Text overlaying a graphic depicting a woodland and a stream in shades of blue with the following elements picked out: birds (swifts) making calls and bats echo-locating, a deer detected on a camera, a salmon detected via its DNA trace in the water, the flow rate of the stream and the atmospheric concentration of nitrogen dioxide.
Don’t miss your place at our free conference 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making'. 24 February, online: ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026 #monitoring #environment #ecosystems #sensors #technology #data
Recent algal blooms on Lough Neagh have highlighted the urgent need for tools to better identify the sources and movement of #pollution across the lake and the rivers that are linked to it.
Read more about the new UKCEH-led CLEAR-Neagh project: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 💧🧪
Graphic with details of the UKEOF 2026 conference. Text overlaying a graphic depicting a woodland and a stream in shades of blue with the following elements picked out: birds (swifts) making calls and bats echo-locating, a deer detected on a camera, a salmon detected via its DNA trace in the water, the flow rate of the stream and the atmospheric concentration of nitrogen dioxide.
Interested in how #data on the UK’s natural #environment is – or could be – gathered using #sensor technologies? Join our free online conference 'Sensing the Environment: Emerging Technologies for Monitoring and Decision-Making' on 24 February: ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... #ukeof2026 #monitoring
Golcrest by Tom Cadwallender/BTO
(1/) If you are thinking of surveying a BBS square in the future and you would like to boost your birdsong identification, why not sign up for our ‘Birdsong in Early Spring’ online training course?: www.bto.org/our-work... @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science
Close-up of spines of volumes from the Flood Studies Report
Flood Studies Report maps spread out
It's been 50 years since the Flood Studies Report was published, a seminal work involving forerunners of UKCEH & @metoffice.gov.uk.
Adam Griffin reflects on 5 decades of groundbreaking science to improve flood and rainfall frequency estimation in the UK.
Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/flood-studie... 🧪
