I'm looking for a few more moth trappers who would be happy to help collect parasitoid wasps 🐝🦋 as part of my PhD (equipment and postage provided). Especially looking for people in the unfilled vice-counties and Northern Ireland! Gavin Broad Prof Seirian Sumner Message me for more info

❗ What to do when finding a grounded swift THREAD❗RETWEET

If you find a grounded swift, please never throw the bird in the air or hold them out the window.

Bees can be difficult to ID, especially if you don't want to kill them to look under a microscope.

In the field I put the bee in a cellophane card wrapper, then I can see all of its features with my hand lens!

This Andrena nigroaenea flew away safely after identification!

𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚢-𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚑 🐝 Dr Will Leo Hawkes Richard Lewington Buglife Did you spot that I recently put a revised account of nomad bees here: bwars.com/sites/default/… it’s a test version so feedback welcome.

Lizard Orchids appearing at Betteshanger Country Park- the 2nd most important colony in the UK. Over 600 will be dug up in an unproven translocation experiment. They are ‘protected’under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Fewer ducks, geese, swans and wader species are travelling to the UK in winter as milder conditions continue to define the season across northern Europe, according to a newly published report: bit.ly/3xWqkEN

Excellent day out in Norfolk with Charles Gunn , with the superb Eastern Subalpine Warbler at Holme and then the White Stork at NWT Rushmeadows, devouring frogs before flying to roost.

This is so sad to see. As we can see from Jon Dunn 🇺🇦 final image there are clear tool marks in the soil consistent with these plants being dug up. This is sadly something I have encountered many times over the years - and I stress that people are careful with site information

Absolutely *fizzing* mad here in Sicily. Arrived at a spectacular site for Ophrys oxyrhynchos to find literally hundreds of recently dug holes, and most of the orchids removed. This is orchid theft on a massive scale.

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The Betteshanger Park developments having been granted permission the Friends of Betteshanger will be taking legal advice.

So many protected species at Betteshanger Country Park- a site to be celebrated for its biodiversity treasures not developed as a tourist resort.

The European Union has this week passed a landmark bill aimed at protecting nature in Europe, setting a target to restore at least 20% of its land and sea by 2030: bit.ly/48IN2NG

Mosquito Control Project to Save Honeycreepers in Hawaii

Several Hawaiian honeycreepers are facing imminent extinction due to avian malaria carried by invasive Southern House Mosquitoes

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The amazing Danica Priest🍃💚🍃 has been documenting the absolute disregard that Bristol City Council & Ellie King have regarding this known SNCI (Site of Nature Conservation Interest). There has also been a potential new species of Fly discovered here…

Looking for a botanist in 2024?!

As we approach Spring and our landscapes come back to life, feel free to get in touch for any of your plant/habitat-related wants and needs. 🌱❤️

More info at: BritishBotany.co.uk

Joined Dan Beadle Charles Gunn and Liam C for a couple of days in the SW on Sun & Mon. The standout highlight from Sunday was great views of the Sociable Lapwing on the Fal Estuary at Ruan Lanihorne. An amazing wader and one I thought I'd missed the chance to see!

This is a shocking population collapse in Tree Sparrows - replicated at several sites countrywide where there is food and nest-box provision. Seemingly no obvious disease mortality but what else could lead to such sharp declines in populations subject to conservation measures?

Super views of this Red-breasted Goose today at Cley, Norfolk!