What makes a Good City? Delighted to share preliminary findings from our project exploring young people's experiences of urban nature, with recommendations for #NatureNetworks in #Edinburgh and beyond. With thanks to all who supported and took part. Read the preprint here: zenodo.org/records/1919...
A group of people holding tools outside.
Our Gower volunteers are celebrating the delivery of a batch of brand new hand tools as part of our #NatureNetworks Accessible Nature project. These tools will help us to engage with more volunteers & deliver more essential work on our reserves!
#RhwydweithiauNatur #NatureReserves #Volunteers
A group of people in a woodland.
#TeamWilder hosted an outdoor skills event with the Chinese in Wales Association at our Gelli-Hir reserve. They covered what you can forage at this time of year, how to collect water & the different ways to build a den. Gelli-Hir is a gorgeous woodland to visit in autumn!
#NatureNetworks
A break in the storms let us head out on the water in Cardigan Bay ๐. Gathering BRUVS & eDNA data for our #DolphinDietDetectives project. ๐ฌ
ย #NatureNetworks #MarineConservation
@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @wtsww.bsky.social
East Lothian Council is updating the Local Biodiversity Action Plan โ and we need your views! ๐ณ
๐ Public consultation deadline is 10 October
๐ Take part online or visit a pop-up event
Share your view: eastlothian.gov.uk/biodiversity-consultation
#EastLothianCouncil #Biodiversity #NatureNetworks
The 'travelling toadlet' season is ramping up! 121 toadlets helped across the road last night, plus 49 newts (a mix of youngsters and adults) and 2 frogs. #naturenetworks #travellingtoadlets #toadpatrol #toadcrossing
๐ฆ We're seeing hummingbird hawk moths most days on the buddleia here at the moment.
๐ฅ Beth Wright
#moths #butterflycount #naturenetworks #pollinators #thebugfarm
Another cracking lot of comments on our nature action board in the Nature Recovery Centre! One in particular made us laugh!
#naturerecoverycentre #naturenetworks #NatureRecovery #thebugfarm
Day...week...year made! We have a nest of barn owl chicks! We are over the moon. These three chicks have been weighed (they're really heavy for their age) and ringed by ecologist Paddy Jenks.
What a glorious picture of the whole family together.
#barnowls #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
Our first ever swift screaming party โค๏ธ๐ฅน๐
#swifts #bird #wildlifelover #naturevibes #nature #naturenetworks #thebugfarm
#NatureNetworks are key to #ScottishBiodiversityStrategy delivery, but how will they be implemented?
We held a peer-learning session with โช@naturescot.bsky.socialโฌ and 30+ local authorities to share experiences & shape solutions. Read our learnings & next steps: greenactiontrust.org/peer-learnin...
A lovely, poignant day showing Myfanwy and Ifor Lloyd, from the Derwen Stud, Myfanwy's Farm History Museum (or part of it) in its new home here in our new Nature Recovery Centre. #NatureNetworks #NatureReserve #NatureRecovery #farming #Museum #FarmingMuseum #history #TheBugFarm
Super to find #HighUpPlants of Salix herbacea (Dwarf Willow) on Friday - a first record for 50 years on this hill, and hectad #NatureNetworks #RhwydweithiauNatur #wildflowerhour
Went to search for a little white flower on the Llลทn today - Didnโt find it, but saw other white-flowered beauties! Incl. Pale dog-violet (Viola lactea), white ramping fumitory (Fumaria capreolata), and field mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense). #NatureNetworks #RhwydweithiauNatur
Yippeeeeee - the first house martin of the year flew over today ๐ฅฐ. Call systems have now been switched on, so fingers crossed they will be back to nest with us again this year for their second year ๐ค๐ค๐ค.
#naturenetworks @bugfarmfoods.bsky.social #cricketcookies
We had the absolute pleasure of welcoming the truly inspirational @iolowilliams.bsky.social to The Bug Farm today. The conversations we had around farming, food and nature truly cemented that what we are doing has never been more important.
#TheBugFarm #NatureRecovery #NatureNetworks
Calling Welsh-speaking botanists!
Two BSBI publications are now available in Welsh, thanks to funding from the #NatureNetworks Programme, delivered by the Heritage Fund, on behalf of the Welsh Government:
So You Want to Know Your Plants
BSBI Code of Conduct
Download them here bsbi.org/cymru
Happy World Wildlife Day from us all at The Bug Farm. With spring well on the way, it won't be long until the fields are buzzing with our native wildlife once again.
#WorldWildlifeDay #NatureNetworks #NatureReserve #TheBugFarm
๐ธ Tonight's total = 204 toads and 45 frogs helped across the road at the end of our lane (and 16 squashed by cars).
Another 14 toads helped across the road by Waun Caerfarchell. A great effort by a fabulous group of people.
#ToadPatrol #NatureNetworks
๐ธ First frogspawn of the year! This spawn is in a little pond we dug 2 years-ago as part of a Nature Networks Fund project. This pond (and the other 27 ponds and scrapes we have dug around The Bug Farm and Penweathers) is definitely creating nature networks across The Bug Farm. #naturenetworks
Preparing for grazing the areas either side of our lane ๐.
This is a LIFEQuakingBogs project with Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales. #conservationgrazing #fencing #wetland #bog #heath #cows #marshfritillary #butterflies #NatureNetworks
๐ข We're thrilled to announce we have secured the next round of #NatureNetworks funding for our All At Sea project ๐
๐งโ๐คโ๐ง It will allow us to provide opportunities for early career involvement in #MarineConservation, mentoring the next generation of marine conservation professionals๐
#FundingUpdate
We're thrilled that the #PenpontProject is part of the #NatureNetworks Programme!
This funding will support the restoration of parts of the #RiverUsk. Enabling us to restore lost areas of riparian woodland, wetlands & open-water habitats!๐๐ณ
#rhwydweithiaunatur #heritagefund
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๐คฟ Dive under the waves and help us to count crustaceans this #MarineMonday ๐ฆ๐งฎ
๐ Watch carefully and comment a number below and let us know if you spot anything else! ๐ฌ๐
#BRUVS #MarineLife #DolphinDietDetectives #NatureNetworks
๐งโ๐คโ๐ง Yesterday we had a #DolphinDietDetectives Project catch up & planning meeting with colleagues from Aberystwyth University! ๐ฌ๐ฉ
Exciting times ahead so watch this space for more in 2025 ๐คฉ
#MarineMammalResearch #NatureNetworks @sarahperry.bsky.social @lauracaryse.bsky.social
โจCheck out this timelapse of a couple of marine mammal surveys conducted during October as part of our #NatureNetworks funded project ๐๐ฅ๏ธ
๐ A huge thanks to our team, surveys provide valuable information to increase understanding of Cardigan Bayโs marine wildlife!๐
#MarineMammalScience #MarineLife
