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Big Give Christmas Challenge
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🎅We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge every £10 you give to help ancient woodlands this week will become £20 but don’t wait, we only have a week.
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
🙌We're accepting entries for our January 2026 header photo of the month for Facebook and Bluesky!
👉They must be taken on our nature reserves. Please make sure to tell us what it is, where you took it & don't forget your name.
👏Please send to [email protected] by the 20th December
👉They must be taken on our nature reserves. Please make sure to tell us what it is, where you took it & don't forget your name.
👏Please send to [email protected] by the 20th December
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🙌We're accepting entries for our January 2026 header photo of the month for Facebook and Bluesky!
👉They must be taken on our nature reserves. Please make sure to tell us what it is, where you took it & don't forget your name.
👏Please send to [email protected] by the 20th December
👉They must be taken on our nature reserves. Please make sure to tell us what it is, where you took it & don't forget your name.
👏Please send to [email protected] by the 20th December
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Belated new galls in November post! Plus, new site records!
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Belated new galls in November post! Plus, new site records!
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
A @wildlifebcn.org Corporate Wild Work Day at Pitsford Water Nature Reserve involved working in the wildlife garden and a short walk to a bird hide.
Of course, I kept an eye out for galls! And found three that were new to me.
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Out with the Cambs Bryology Hunt on Saturday, visiting Hayley Wood. My last visit to the woods was extremely wet, and I was musing about the hydrology here and its role in supporting all the special plant species.
Neckera complanata in a festive mood around an Ash stool.🤪
Neckera complanata in a festive mood around an Ash stool.🤪
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Out with the Cambs Bryology Hunt on Saturday, visiting Hayley Wood. My last visit to the woods was extremely wet, and I was musing about the hydrology here and its role in supporting all the special plant species.
Neckera complanata in a festive mood around an Ash stool.🤪
Neckera complanata in a festive mood around an Ash stool.🤪
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A good leg stretch @wildlifebcn.org PItsford Water SSSI today saw the best near the end of a 7 mile walk anticlockwise round the reserve.
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A good leg stretch @wildlifebcn.org PItsford Water SSSI today saw the best near the end of a 7 mile walk anticlockwise round the reserve.
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Allies @wildlifebcn.org Pitford Water SSSI . 2 Great White and 1 Little Egret foraging together with a Grey Heron. Tolerance an/or mutual benefit?
December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Allies @wildlifebcn.org Pitford Water SSSI . 2 Great White and 1 Little Egret foraging together with a Grey Heron. Tolerance an/or mutual benefit?
🌿 Want to make a real impact for nature?
We’re hiring a Land Advisor in Cambs to support farmers & landowners, deliver Living Landscape schemes, and help build a nature recovery network. 🐝🌱
👉 Apply now: www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs
We’re hiring a Land Advisor in Cambs to support farmers & landowners, deliver Living Landscape schemes, and help build a nature recovery network. 🐝🌱
👉 Apply now: www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🌿 Want to make a real impact for nature?
We’re hiring a Land Advisor in Cambs to support farmers & landowners, deliver Living Landscape schemes, and help build a nature recovery network. 🐝🌱
👉 Apply now: www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs
We’re hiring a Land Advisor in Cambs to support farmers & landowners, deliver Living Landscape schemes, and help build a nature recovery network. 🐝🌱
👉 Apply now: www.wildlifebcn.org/jobs
Thank you 💚
🥰We couldn’t have done it without you!
🙌Thank you for helping us reach our amazing target of £15,000 over the weekend during the Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Merry Christmas! 🥳
🥰We couldn’t have done it without you!
🙌Thank you for helping us reach our amazing target of £15,000 over the weekend during the Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Merry Christmas! 🥳
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Thank you 💚
🥰We couldn’t have done it without you!
🙌Thank you for helping us reach our amazing target of £15,000 over the weekend during the Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Merry Christmas! 🥳
🥰We couldn’t have done it without you!
🙌Thank you for helping us reach our amazing target of £15,000 over the weekend during the Big Give Christmas Challenge.
Merry Christmas! 🥳
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Good morning
Now it's time for #MallardMonday where all the Ducks & Geese get to come out and play
I've gone with pairs of Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls & Mallards & a group of Canada Geese in flight at Summer Leys Nature Reserve
#birds #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
Now it's time for #MallardMonday where all the Ducks & Geese get to come out and play
I've gone with pairs of Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls & Mallards & a group of Canada Geese in flight at Summer Leys Nature Reserve
#birds #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Good morning
Now it's time for #MallardMonday where all the Ducks & Geese get to come out and play
I've gone with pairs of Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls & Mallards & a group of Canada Geese in flight at Summer Leys Nature Reserve
#birds #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
Now it's time for #MallardMonday where all the Ducks & Geese get to come out and play
I've gone with pairs of Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls & Mallards & a group of Canada Geese in flight at Summer Leys Nature Reserve
#birds #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social @wildlifebcn.org
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For #fungusFriday a trio of crusts Stereum spp. found recently adorning fallen dead branches in @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay Forest - Bleeding Oak Crust, Yellowing Curtain Crust and Hairy Curtain Crust.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
For #fungusFriday a trio of crusts Stereum spp. found recently adorning fallen dead branches in @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay Forest - Bleeding Oak Crust, Yellowing Curtain Crust and Hairy Curtain Crust.
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Have you saved our posts to donate later? Now is your chance, with 2 days left until our Big Give Christmas Challenge closes, could you help?
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Have you saved our posts to donate later? Now is your chance, with 2 days left until our Big Give Christmas Challenge closes, could you help?
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
👇This could be you if you could donate to our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
🥹Thank you SO much to all of you who have donated & shared.
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tues 9th Dec will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🥹Thank you SO much to all of you who have donated & shared.
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tues 9th Dec will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
👇This could be you if you could donate to our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
🥹Thank you SO much to all of you who have donated & shared.
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tues 9th Dec will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🥹Thank you SO much to all of you who have donated & shared.
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tues 9th Dec will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🥳Exciting times! We've just reached £9,108 on our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
🥹Thank you SO much we're over halfway now!
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🥹Thank you SO much we're over halfway now!
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🥳Exciting times! We've just reached £9,108 on our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
🥹Thank you SO much we're over halfway now!
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
🥹Thank you SO much we're over halfway now!
🎁£5 = £10
🎁£10 = £20
🤞Only until midday on Tuesday 9th December will your donation be DOUBLED!
You can donate here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
💚 Thank you to those who have donated already to our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
👏 We're almost halfway there which is amazing!
1️⃣ There’s 5 days to go to make sure your donation to nature is doubled.
🤞 Donate to be doubled here 👉 lnkd.in/e8jXZ25b
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
👏 We're almost halfway there which is amazing!
1️⃣ There’s 5 days to go to make sure your donation to nature is doubled.
🤞 Donate to be doubled here 👉 lnkd.in/e8jXZ25b
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
💚 Thank you to those who have donated already to our Big Give Christmas Challenge!
👏 We're almost halfway there which is amazing!
1️⃣ There’s 5 days to go to make sure your donation to nature is doubled.
🤞 Donate to be doubled here 👉 lnkd.in/e8jXZ25b
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
👏 We're almost halfway there which is amazing!
1️⃣ There’s 5 days to go to make sure your donation to nature is doubled.
🤞 Donate to be doubled here 👉 lnkd.in/e8jXZ25b
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
You may be starting to wind down for Christmas but there’s plenty happening this December across BCN 🌾
Join us for nature walks, workshops, and seasonal celebrations with us.
Browse & book events here www.wildlifebcn.org/events
#WildlifeTrustBCN #CommunityEvents #LoveNature #WinterWildlife
Join us for nature walks, workshops, and seasonal celebrations with us.
Browse & book events here www.wildlifebcn.org/events
#WildlifeTrustBCN #CommunityEvents #LoveNature #WinterWildlife
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
You may be starting to wind down for Christmas but there’s plenty happening this December across BCN 🌾
Join us for nature walks, workshops, and seasonal celebrations with us.
Browse & book events here www.wildlifebcn.org/events
#WildlifeTrustBCN #CommunityEvents #LoveNature #WinterWildlife
Join us for nature walks, workshops, and seasonal celebrations with us.
Browse & book events here www.wildlifebcn.org/events
#WildlifeTrustBCN #CommunityEvents #LoveNature #WinterWildlife
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We had such a lovely message from Jen after one of our wreath workshops. Isn't her wreath beautiful? We hope the 150ish wreath makers on our corporate wreath workshops this week enjoy it just as much!
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We had such a lovely message from Jen after one of our wreath workshops. Isn't her wreath beautiful? We hope the 150ish wreath makers on our corporate wreath workshops this week enjoy it just as much!
🌳Our woodlands are under threat from disease & climate change. We can protect them, but we need support.
🙌This week your £10 becomes £20 via the @biggive.bsky.social - just days left!
News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
🙌This week your £10 becomes £20 via the @biggive.bsky.social - just days left!
News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
Wildlife Trust facing woodland crisis thanks to tree disease
The charity says the results of its annual tree survey are concerning.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌳Our woodlands are under threat from disease & climate change. We can protect them, but we need support.
🙌This week your £10 becomes £20 via the @biggive.bsky.social - just days left!
News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
🙌This week your £10 becomes £20 via the @biggive.bsky.social - just days left!
News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Donate: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#BigGiveChristmasChallenge
🎅We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge every £10 you give to help ancient woodlands this week will become £20 but don’t wait, we only have a week.
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Big Give Christmas Challenge
YouTube video by Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🎅We are taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge every £10 you give to help ancient woodlands this week will become £20 but don’t wait, we only have a week.
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
Donate today here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71BZ...
December header photo winner is Andy Gamble with this stunning shot of a Great Spotted Woodpecker taken at Farthinghoe Nature Reserve in Northants!
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
December header photo winner is Andy Gamble with this stunning shot of a Great Spotted Woodpecker taken at Farthinghoe Nature Reserve in Northants!
🎄✨ It’s happening today!
Join us at our Christmas Fair 3-7pm at The Manor House, Cambourne.
Mince pies, refreshments, handmade gifts, children's fun, a Christmas raffle .
Free entry — bring friends, family 🎁🕯️ #ChristmasFair #Cambourne #WildlifeTrustBCN
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
Join us at our Christmas Fair 3-7pm at The Manor House, Cambourne.
Mince pies, refreshments, handmade gifts, children's fun, a Christmas raffle .
Free entry — bring friends, family 🎁🕯️ #ChristmasFair #Cambourne #WildlifeTrustBCN
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🎄✨ It’s happening today!
Join us at our Christmas Fair 3-7pm at The Manor House, Cambourne.
Mince pies, refreshments, handmade gifts, children's fun, a Christmas raffle .
Free entry — bring friends, family 🎁🕯️ #ChristmasFair #Cambourne #WildlifeTrustBCN
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
Join us at our Christmas Fair 3-7pm at The Manor House, Cambourne.
Mince pies, refreshments, handmade gifts, children's fun, a Christmas raffle .
Free entry — bring friends, family 🎁🕯️ #ChristmasFair #Cambourne #WildlifeTrustBCN
www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-...
🎄✨ Visiting Nene Wetlands this Christmas?
The reserve is open as always, but here are our Visitor Centre opening times over the festive period.
Pop in for information & gifts before your winter wander! 🌿❄️
More info here www.wildlifebcn.org/nene-wetlands
The reserve is open as always, but here are our Visitor Centre opening times over the festive period.
Pop in for information & gifts before your winter wander! 🌿❄️
More info here www.wildlifebcn.org/nene-wetlands
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎄✨ Visiting Nene Wetlands this Christmas?
The reserve is open as always, but here are our Visitor Centre opening times over the festive period.
Pop in for information & gifts before your winter wander! 🌿❄️
More info here www.wildlifebcn.org/nene-wetlands
The reserve is open as always, but here are our Visitor Centre opening times over the festive period.
Pop in for information & gifts before your winter wander! 🌿❄️
More info here www.wildlifebcn.org/nene-wetlands
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Hard working conservation grazers at @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR this week, helping to keep a former limestone quarry in suitable condition for waxcaps, earth-tongues and limestone grassland plants including Basil Thyme, Common Thyme, Common Rock-rose and Slender Ditrichum.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hard working conservation grazers at @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR this week, helping to keep a former limestone quarry in suitable condition for waxcaps, earth-tongues and limestone grassland plants including Basil Thyme, Common Thyme, Common Rock-rose and Slender Ditrichum.
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Back from my usual wander around Summer Leys today.
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Back from my usual wander around Summer Leys today.
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
Highlights included 2 Glossy Ibis, 3 GW Egrets, 30 Golden Plovers, Redwing numbers building, 2 Goldcrests, Chiffchaff and a Treecreeper. @wildlifebcn.org #birds #northantsbirds #Nikon
Give the gift of wildlife this Christmas! 🐦
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Give the gift of wildlife this Christmas! 🐦
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
🎁 Don’t miss our delivery deadlines: 11 Dec (UK) / 27 Nov (International).
Explore our eco-friendly gifts at shop.wildlifebcn.org 🌿✨
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Explore hibernation with us on Saturday! At this family fun event, we'll be learning who hibernates, where and why, and crafting our own hibernation dioramas (that's a very cool 3D scene!) www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-... @wildlifebcn.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Explore hibernation with us on Saturday! At this family fun event, we'll be learning who hibernates, where and why, and crafting our own hibernation dioramas (that's a very cool 3D scene!) www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2025-... @wildlifebcn.org
🌿 Learn wildlife skills, meet fellow nature lovers & explore your local wild spaces.
Join our training workshops! ➡️ wildlifebcn.org/get-involved/training-workshops #WildlifeBCN #NatureSkills
Join our training workshops! ➡️ wildlifebcn.org/get-involved/training-workshops #WildlifeBCN #NatureSkills
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🌿 Learn wildlife skills, meet fellow nature lovers & explore your local wild spaces.
Join our training workshops! ➡️ wildlifebcn.org/get-involved/training-workshops #WildlifeBCN #NatureSkills
Join our training workshops! ➡️ wildlifebcn.org/get-involved/training-workshops #WildlifeBCN #NatureSkills