Poole's Heathland
@poolesheathland.bsky.social
We are the BCP Council Ranger Team that look after our heathland nature reserves around Poole - Canford Heath, Bourne Valley, Corfe Hills, Talbot Heath, Alder Hills, Ham Common and Luscombe Valley. #heaths #heathland #nature #biodiversity
Cows just chillin' in the sunshine this morning on Canford Heath #heaths #heathland #biodiversity #nature
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Cows just chillin' in the sunshine this morning on Canford Heath #heaths #heathland #biodiversity #nature
Absolutely amazing moths. The caterpillars are really cool looking as well. Go out on the BCP heaths at the right time of year and you may well see one 🐛 #TeamMoth
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Absolutely amazing moths. The caterpillars are really cool looking as well. Go out on the BCP heaths at the right time of year and you may well see one 🐛 #TeamMoth
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Perspective
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Perspective
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Have you spotted hedgehogs in your garden this year?
🦔
You can log any sightings on the Big Hedgehog Map – every ‘hog logged helps us get a better understanding of hedgehog population & spread across the UK!
🔎 🗺️ 📊
www.bighedgehogmap.org
#HedgehogStreet is run jointly by us & @ptes-org.bsky.social
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You can log any sightings on the Big Hedgehog Map – every ‘hog logged helps us get a better understanding of hedgehog population & spread across the UK!
🔎 🗺️ 📊
www.bighedgehogmap.org
#HedgehogStreet is run jointly by us & @ptes-org.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Have you spotted hedgehogs in your garden this year?
🦔
You can log any sightings on the Big Hedgehog Map – every ‘hog logged helps us get a better understanding of hedgehog population & spread across the UK!
🔎 🗺️ 📊
www.bighedgehogmap.org
#HedgehogStreet is run jointly by us & @ptes-org.bsky.social
🦔
You can log any sightings on the Big Hedgehog Map – every ‘hog logged helps us get a better understanding of hedgehog population & spread across the UK!
🔎 🗺️ 📊
www.bighedgehogmap.org
#HedgehogStreet is run jointly by us & @ptes-org.bsky.social
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Take a look at our Hibernation FAQ to learn why and how amphibians and reptiles hibernate, as well as tips and tricks for helping them 'chill out' from October to February🎄🐸
👉 https://www.arc-trust.org/hibernation-faqs
👉 https://www.arc-trust.org/hibernation-faqs
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Take a look at our Hibernation FAQ to learn why and how amphibians and reptiles hibernate, as well as tips and tricks for helping them 'chill out' from October to February🎄🐸
👉 https://www.arc-trust.org/hibernation-faqs
👉 https://www.arc-trust.org/hibernation-faqs
This is a fascinating blog post about winter active bumblebees #bees #insects #invertebrates #hymenoptera
Winter-active bumblebees: Still flying when it’s freezing! ❄
In our latest blog, Dr Richard Comont, Science Manager at the Trust, reveals why some bumblebees are still active, and how you can help 🐝 Grab a cuppa and read on 🔗 https://ow.ly/xVJo50XuzUt
#Winter #Bumblebees #Cold
In our latest blog, Dr Richard Comont, Science Manager at the Trust, reveals why some bumblebees are still active, and how you can help 🐝 Grab a cuppa and read on 🔗 https://ow.ly/xVJo50XuzUt
#Winter #Bumblebees #Cold
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is a fascinating blog post about winter active bumblebees #bees #insects #invertebrates #hymenoptera
😢Not good news...
New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
@KentWildlife
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
😢Not good news...
We love Yellow Rattle and collect the seeds to spread on poor grassland areas to increase their biodiversity.
What plant helps unlock meadow biodiversity? 🌼 Yellow Rattle! Its hemiparasitic lifestyle weakens dominant grasses, boosting species diversity, making it essential in hay meadow restoration.
Learn more with Carol E. on 29 Jan.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
Learn more with Carol E. on 29 Jan.
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...
@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We love Yellow Rattle and collect the seeds to spread on poor grassland areas to increase their biodiversity.
Such a difference between 1945 and present day for Canford Heath and around Poole. So much heathland and its wildlife has been lost in those years.
New analysis of 1960s land use maps, many created by schoolchildren and students, reveals fresh insights on the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by post-war agricultural intensification and urban growth in England and Wales.
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c...
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#maps #LandUse
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Such a difference between 1945 and present day for Canford Heath and around Poole. So much heathland and its wildlife has been lost in those years.
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Calling all #BSBImembers & anyone who wants to know more about our Society!
Tomorrow is our online AGM (at 7.15pm) preceded (from 6.15pm) by 2 short talks:
Interview with top botanical trainer Faith Anstey
Whistlestop tour of the new BSBI website.
Programme & booking link:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
Tomorrow is our online AGM (at 7.15pm) preceded (from 6.15pm) by 2 short talks:
Interview with top botanical trainer Faith Anstey
Whistlestop tour of the new BSBI website.
Programme & booking link:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
Annual General Meeting 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Calling all #BSBImembers & anyone who wants to know more about our Society!
Tomorrow is our online AGM (at 7.15pm) preceded (from 6.15pm) by 2 short talks:
Interview with top botanical trainer Faith Anstey
Whistlestop tour of the new BSBI website.
Programme & booking link:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
Tomorrow is our online AGM (at 7.15pm) preceded (from 6.15pm) by 2 short talks:
Interview with top botanical trainer Faith Anstey
Whistlestop tour of the new BSBI website.
Programme & booking link:
bsbi.org/take-part/ev...
We’ve found a new species of fungus! 🍄
Rugososporomyces from the Windyfield Chert, a Scottish fossil site that preserves an ancient wetland ecosystem in extraordinary detail!
Find out all about this 400-million-year-old fungus 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Rugososporomyces from the Windyfield Chert, a Scottish fossil site that preserves an ancient wetland ecosystem in extraordinary detail!
Find out all about this 400-million-year-old fungus 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Ancient fossil reveals how plants and fungi first developed on land | Natural History Museum
A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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It's your last chance join our new citizen science project as a BrockWatch Trapper! Find out more: buff.ly/IZlxfaK
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It's your last chance join our new citizen science project as a BrockWatch Trapper! Find out more: buff.ly/IZlxfaK
This was a fantastic webinar - well worth a watch 👀😎
Kicking yourself because you missed Mark Duffell's recent Botanical Skills Webinar on the etymology of scientific names?
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
Or maybe you just want to watch it all over again because there was soooo much to take in!
No problem, we recorded the webinar for you!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o4...
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This was a fantastic webinar - well worth a watch 👀😎
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Tonight! Knepp's lead ecologist Matt Phelps joins a cast of experts, hosted by @lsepress.bsky.social, to discuss saving Britain's wildlife. Join online or in person. 🦇🦗🦅
@mostlyscarce.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
@mostlyscarce.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Saving Britain's wildlife | Ethics of conservation
6.30pm Tues 11 Nov | Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, Matt Phelps | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Tonight! Knepp's lead ecologist Matt Phelps joins a cast of experts, hosted by @lsepress.bsky.social, to discuss saving Britain's wildlife. Join online or in person. 🦇🦗🦅
@mostlyscarce.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
@mostlyscarce.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Useful advice 👍
Have you seen a #hedgehog you're worried about?
📞🦔🩹
Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
buff.ly/2wodWgS
Don't delay - acting immediately makes a difference!
#MondayMotivation
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Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
buff.ly/2wodWgS
Don't delay - acting immediately makes a difference!
#MondayMotivation
Found a hedgehog?
If you have found a hedgehog you are concerned about please use gardening gloves or a folded towel to collect it up, bring it indoors and put it in a high-sided box with an old towel or fleece in the…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Useful advice 👍
Cow dung is an important habitat and resource for fungi like the ones in this photo.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Cow dung is an important habitat and resource for fungi like the ones in this photo.
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Isabella Tree's TED talk is out! 🗣️🍃
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Isabella Tree's TED talk is out! 🗣️🍃
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
Ento Live events are brilliant and well worth attending👍😊
Why do bees buzz - and how can their vibrations inspire micro-robots? 🐝
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
Join Dr @charliezoology.bsky.social on 13 January 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring bee buzz biology, field research and robotic applications. 🌎 🧪
More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ento Live events are brilliant and well worth attending👍😊
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Join River Catchment Manager Amanda Broom & Assistant Conservation Officer Hannah Divine in our BRAND NEW podcast episode as they chat about why rivers matter, the threats they face, and how we can all help protect them — from small home habits to Dorset Wild Rivers projects.💧👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Join River Catchment Manager Amanda Broom & Assistant Conservation Officer Hannah Divine in our BRAND NEW podcast episode as they chat about why rivers matter, the threats they face, and how we can all help protect them — from small home habits to Dorset Wild Rivers projects.💧👉 bit.ly/43k5ZGy ~ Jack
That sounds really cool 😎 We get these birds on some of our sites....
Our first nocturnal ringing demo of the winter is coming up on 19th November, where we'll hope to show you birds like Woodcock, Jack Snipe and Common Snipe being ringed under BTO license.
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/sunnys...
Photo of Jack Snipe being ringed - Steve Grundy
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/sunnys...
Photo of Jack Snipe being ringed - Steve Grundy
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
That sounds really cool 😎 We get these birds on some of our sites....
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Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Tonight, the Woodcock Moon rises. 🌕
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
Folklore whispers of Woodcocks awaiting this moonlit night to cross the seas & arrive in huge numbers on our shores.
It was believed tiny Goldcrests journeyed with them, riding on their backs!
It will be our second Supermoon of the year.
J'adore lowland heathland ❤️
Explore one of the UK’s most threatened habitats 🌾 Lowland heaths are rich in rare wildlife + history. Join Aaron Bhambra for a 1-hour live webinar on their ecology & conservation.
📅 7 Nov, 7–8pm | £10
👉 Book now: buff.ly/fFP8cvB
📅 7 Nov, 7–8pm | £10
👉 Book now: buff.ly/fFP8cvB
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
J'adore lowland heathland ❤️
Amazing photos 👍😊
A morning well spent helping survey the critically endangered Speckled Footman caterpillar population on the Dorset heaths, with a great group of volunteers brought together by Durwyn at @footprintecology.bsky.social #TeamMoth @dorsetmoths.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Amazing photos 👍😊
Good advice 👍. Dumped pumpkins would enrich the soil on heathlands allowing non-heathland species to encroach on this sensitive habitat.
A gentle reminder not to dump your Halloween #pumpkins in our woods (or indeed anywhere!)🎃 Dumped pumpkins can disturb the sensitive balance of woodland soils. Plus removing the waste costs time & money better spent on vital conservation work. 🌱
Pumpkins belong in your food waste or compost bin.♻️🙏
Pumpkins belong in your food waste or compost bin.♻️🙏
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Good advice 👍. Dumped pumpkins would enrich the soil on heathlands allowing non-heathland species to encroach on this sensitive habitat.
Cool 😎
🍃 We’re sharing our love of fieldwork each week with a different resource! This #FieldworkFriday offers a creative challenge that teaches children about the anatomy of a beetle.
Download and print the ‘Build a Beetle’ worksheet here: buff.ly/kI3NlzC
Download and print the ‘Build a Beetle’ worksheet here: buff.ly/kI3NlzC
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Cool 😎