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The National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR) exists to promote the use of biodiversity information for strategic and local needs and to champion the biological recording community across the UK.
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Huge thanks to @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social & everyone else who shared pix for tonight's #WildFlowerHour: you've really brightened our evening!
Have a great week, keep hunting for #thewinter10 and let's catch up again next Sunday to share our finds!
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Always a treat to see everyone's pictures for #wildflowerhour - very uplifting.

My contribution is from Chesil Beach today. Still some gorgeous Thrift in flower there. Even when the pretty pink petals have dropped, the remaining flower is rather beautiful, with a little yellow star in each "cup".
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A wonderful #wildflowerhour tonight, huge thanks to everyone that took part & especially lovely to see all those gorgeous winter tens!! A lovely focus for a winter walk, why not see how many wild blooms you can spot for next Sunday! See you then ☺️
Hurray, #TheWinter10 is back! Selfheal, Feverfew, Red dead nettle, Ragwort, Daisies, Common mallow, White dead nettle, Dandelion, Small-flowered cranesbill,Hogweed and Sweet violet all flowering in Ely yesterday. #WildflowerHour
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Share your research with us at the #BehaviourSIG conference this February 🪲

#CallForAbstracts - Submit your abstract for your chance to present a 15 minute talk or poster and network with fellow insect scientists at the meeting.

Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 Dec 2025 🔽
Emerging themes: Novel techniques in insect behaviour studies
We are excited to invite you to the next Behaviour SIG meeting at The Studio, Birmingham and online on 10 February 2026.
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Are you new to entomology or looking to get started in #InsectScience? 🐞

Take a look at our list of institutions offering full and part-time courses in the UK and Ireland and launch your #career in #entomology 🔽

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#Research #Science #Education #Course
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Check out RES Publications on Bluesky! 📚

Follow @respublications.bsky.social to stay updated on the latest research published in our seven #entomology journals, info on new additions to our book & handbooks, sneak peeks into our members exclusive magazine, #Antenna and more 🔽

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Welcome to RES Publications on Bluesky! 📖 https://buff.ly/4hatyX9

Join us here for the latest in our seven #entomology journals, details of every new article & each new issue, as they are published

Follow also for new RES book & handbook series titles, & peeks into the members' magazine #Antenna
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Our special exhibition Breaking Ground has just been extended to Monday 13 April 2026!

That gives you time to come and see the original Megalosaurus jaw fossil, the dinosaur that started it all, as well as work from the lives of William and Mary Buckland, the Victorian scientific power couple.
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#RecordOfTheWeek today is some spoOOooOoky Dead Moll's Fingers (Xylaria longipes), spotted in Fforest Ganol by Mark Waldron.

Thanks for the record and photo, submitted via the LERC Wales App www.sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app

#HappyHalloween #Halloween

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Remembering our much-missed former colleague Claire Boothby, whose brilliant paper with @batconservation.bsky.social has just been published.
🦇Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/10... .

New research from the Bats in Churches partnership project reveals that half of all Church of England churches are home to bats. In older churches that rises to nearly eight in ten.
Bats in Churches research reveals ancient buildings as vital wildlife refuges - News - Bat Conservation Trust
New study reveals England’s ancient churches are vital sanctuaries for rare and endangered bats
www.bats.org.uk
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Join BTO Youth and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social for this nature conference in Dorset!

Secure a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work...

Enjoy inspiring talks from Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko and Daisy Meadowcroft, browse stalls and speak to conservation mentors. @myabambrick.bsky.social
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🦇 Halloween might be out of the way and bats starting to slowly disappear from our evenings, but our work does not stop. During autumn/winter we'll continue our work to protect bats. Help us and donate if you can: www.bats.org.uk/donate/pledge . Every donation, big or small, helps bats.
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🦇We have developed a range of free resources to help you engage both young people and grown-ups with bats and the environment.

Our resources will help give you the inspiration and practical advice you need to learn about bats and have fun!
Education & outreach resources - Resources - Bat Conservation Trust
BCT has developed a range of resources to help you engage diverse audience with bats and the environment. We have included resources for engaging young ...
www.bats.org.uk
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Digging in the last flowers on the allotment arable plant plot today. Necessary for autumn germination of winter annuals. A few new species join the party this year: Red Hemp-nettle, Field Gromwell, Violet Horned Poppy, Annual Knawel & Narrow-leaved Cudweed
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The programme for today's #ScotBotanistsConf at @thebotanics.bsky.social looks great!
The Conference has been booked solid for weeks - if you're there in person today, please share pix & your verdict re enough biscuits or not!
We'll be recording all the talks for YouTube so nobody will miss out!
The Scottish Botanists' Conference is here!
230 botanists are about to descend on @thebotanics.bsky.social to celebrate Scotland's incredible flora, and all I can think about is whether I've ordered enough biscuits...
@sarahwatts.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
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Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
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Ever wondered which birds visit our garden when we’re not looking? A simple camera trap can reveal hidden visitors – from blue tits to sparrowhawks! 🦜

Join our ‘Intro to Camera Traps’ webinar with Dr Sammy Mason on 22 Jan 2026. 🌎 🧪

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...

@mammalweb.bsky.social
Antarctica – the least invaded landmass on Earth 🧊
But could that be changing? Discover how a tiny midge (Eretmoptera murphyi) is reshaping Antarctic ecosystems.

Join our FREE entoLIVE webinar with @octaviabrayley.bsky.social on 27th Jan 2026.

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821082790...

@bas.ac.uk
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🌾 What is a hay meadow?

Once common across the UK, these wildflower-rich grasslands support incredible biodiversity but have declined by 97% since the 1930s.

Learn how to restore and create them in our webinar on 29 Jan 2026:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...

@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
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🕷️ Britain’s craziest creature? Meet Megabunus diadema — a harvestman with eyes on a spiky turret! Not a spider, but part of its own Order: Opiliones.

Learn more in our UK Harvestmen webinar on 5 Feb 2026:

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720584467...

@britishspiders.bsky.social @megabunus.bsky.social
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Save the date! 🌿

Want to learn how to record wildlife like a pro?
Join our iRecord 101 webinar — an intro to logging sightings, expert verification & sharing data for conservation. 🌎 🧪

📅 02 Apr 2026 | 💷 £12.50
🎟️ Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1734876575...

#Ecology #WildlifeRecording
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I’ve found the mines and larva of Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Hawthorn Tuft) before but this is the first adult I’ve seen - caught in my garden moth-trap in July and confirmed by gen. det. Love the little tuft of black scales in the middle of each forewing. #teammoth