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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 7h

Cofnod Rockpooling Course was great, even if the venue had a "War of the Worlds" vibe about it! Thanks Paul and Yolanda for such an informative day. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social #nudibranch #seaslug

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 25/09/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Odiellus spinosus Harvestman by SueH. Easily recognised by its chunky body, short legs and distinct trident on the front margin of its head! Very much a lowland species. @britishspiders.bsky.social @megabunus.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 22/09/2026

Yes moving fast in the UK. Adding the additional verified "iRecord" and "iNaturalist" records to the SRS records suggests it could turn up anywhere in Southern Britain these days. Keep your eyes peeled!

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 04/09/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek Violet Bramble Rust (Phragmidium violaceum). Spores photographed and recorded by TonyC in Denbighshire. This fungus occurs on Bramble, and forms impressive pock-marked purple swellings on stems! @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 28/08/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) one of two Anglesey records seen by CatherineD recently. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 13/08/2026

Good coverage of spider recording in UK (lots of modern recording, particularly in England & Wales). Tetrad frequency roughly shows the most intensively recorded areas (unsurprisingly mostly centred on areas with high human population density). @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 12/08/2026

Yes adult male and female Araneus quadratus. Always a good meaty species to find. Widespread, but patchy in its distribution @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 07/08/2026

Lots of Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) records coming in this week. This #RecordOfTheWeek is by MarkM on Anglesey. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 05/08/2026

Great to finally see Cheiracanthium pennyi (Endangered & Nationally Rare). Known site, but always useful to confirm continued site presence. One of the spider road-trip highlights @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 03/08/2026

Yeah - it's now widespread in the UK and breeding outdoors. Generally in Garden Centres, but also industrial parks and gardens. In some locations it's now the dominant spider!

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 03/08/2026

5-spot Ladybird, Araneus angulatus, Attulus inexpectus and Badumna longiqua. Just a few photogenic highlights from a week-long spider recording road trip. @arachnoteg.bsky.social @bugsnstuffcom.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @britishspiders.bsky.social @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 24/07/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus). We've had three records submitted this week from across North Wales one recording 15+ adults!! @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 10/07/2026

Ymunwch a staff Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd LIFE a Cofnod am ddiwrnod o gofnodi bywydd gwyllt y goedwig law tymherus yn ardal Llyn Mair ger Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 10/07/2026

Join staff from Celtic Rainforests LIFE and Cofnod for a day of wildlife recording in the temperate rainforest at Llyn Mair, Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 07/07/2026

Australia has Peacock Spiders. We've got Peacock spidering 🦚🕷️ here in North Wales. @britishspiders.bsky.social @ecology-digest.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 06/07/2026

Found Mangora acalypha (Cricket Bat Spider) at Gwydir Castle Recorders' Day on Saturday (a big range jump). Brand new sweep net gets off to a good start with a new VC49 record in the first couple of sweeps! @britishspiders.bsky.social @nfbr.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 03/07/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) 🦋recorded by EddieU at Edern. Rarely seen species with caterpillars that feed on Elm. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 30/06/2026

Ymunwch a staff Coedwigoedd Glaw Celtaidd LIFE a Cofnod am ddiwrnod o gofnodi bywydd gwyllt y goedwig law tymherus yn ardal Llyn Mair ger Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social ky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social t.bsky.social @cellwyd.bsky.social @snowdonia.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 30/06/2026

Join staff from Celtic Rainforests LIFE and Cofnod for a day of wildlife recording in the temperate rainforest at Llyn Mair, Maentwrog, Meirionnydd. @maentwrog.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social @snowdonia.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 19/06/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) recorded and photographed by WendyM on the Great Orme. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 17/06/2026

Great trip with NRW & @naturambyth.bsky.social to look for rare fen inverts at Cors Geirch NNR. Idiocera sexguttata (Cranefly), Ground Beetle Chlaenius tristis (only UK site), Attulus caricis. @graemelyons.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 15/06/2026

Greengates Recorders' day on Saturday was a bit like a mashup between Teletubbies & Jurassic Park. Exciting new wildlife habitat and recording opportunities. Sadly no T-Rex though - we did ask!! 🦖📺

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 12/06/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) recorded from Mike I's bath in Llanbedr y Cennin. This is only the 4th Cofnod record for this species!! Have you seen one? @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social bmig.org.uk/species/scut...

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 08/06/2026

Thanks to Ali for showing dark form of Arctosa perita at Caddishead Moss. Population selected to be camouflaged on dry bare peat!! An impressive peatland restoration site. @peatlandcymru.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social @burkmarr.bsky.social @gloinatur.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 26/05/2026

Friday afternoon on Yr Wyddfa yielded Pardosa trailli. Last record at this location was in 1919!! @britishspiders.bsky.social Rest of weekend wiped out by a lurgy 🤧

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 22/05/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this large patch of Herb-Paris (Paris quadrifolia) recorded on the ORS by ImogenH at Loggerheads. @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 19/05/2026

Good to see Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) in flower on the Berwyn. Strangely absent from the main Eryri mountains in North Wales. @peatlandcymru.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 05/05/2026

Ynys Wyllt visit yesterday produced some cracking spiders Arctosa leopardus and a Trochosa female which might be spinipalpis, but will probably just be terricola after 🔬. Only 1 previous spider record for site. @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 01/05/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Dingy Skipper 🦋 (Erynnis tages) one of five recorded and photographed by JamesS at Llanmynech Rocks NR. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 24/04/2026

Want to learn how to identify Freshwater Leeches in North Wales? We have an ID Course at Bangor on the 7th May 2026: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/freshwater...

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 24/04/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is one of a series of Ashworth's Rustic (Xestia ashworthii) caterpillar records that @bardseyben.bsky.social made around Cadair Idris. In Britain this moth is restricted to North Wales. @savebutterflies.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 15/04/2026

Some excellent events across North Wales arranged on the Cofnod calendar this year. Leech ID course, Rockpooling, Grass ID course, Recorders' Days etc. (many available to book now). @northwaleswt.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social www.cofnod.org.uk/events

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 25/03/2026

The other interesting feature of this new UK Liny is the distinct pocket on the anterior part of the epigyne.

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 20/03/2026

Spring is here! Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) recorded by TomK at Cwm Ystradllyn. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 13/03/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) recorded by TonyC at Pen-y-Gelli Nature Reserve. Flower stem emerging from the ground. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 06/03/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) spotted by KevinH at Cwrt. One of several Butterfly species reported in the warm weather a few days ago. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 05/03/2026

Wyn sent us this fab image of Closterium lunula (big one in the middle) surrounded by C. cf intermedium. Desmids from a water sample near Bod Petryal. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 02/03/2026

Cofnod 20th anniversary tea towels have arrived, featuring a selection of iconic species which live in North Wales. Everybody will want to 'do the drying up' now! @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social @wwbic1.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 23/02/2026

Good to find Roncus lubricus in numbers yesterday (sieving Pine litter). Not many Welsh records. This updates the most northerly UK hectad record from 1995 and is a new site record. @pseudoliam.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 20/02/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Box Rust (Puccinia buxi) 📦🔩 recorded on the Cofnod ORS by TonyC at Bodelwyddan. Great 📷 evidence provided to support the record too 👍

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 18/02/2026

Hope it's "in line" with other SW records! Recording Connect Four or Blockbusters? 🤔 @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 13/02/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) seen at Aberffraw by DonnaG and recorded using the Cofnod ORS. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 30/01/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is Mole (Talpa europaea), by SusanA. Dead easy to record from their molehills, but extremely under-recorded. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 23/01/2026

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Striped Venus (Chamelea striatula) recorded by CeriN at Benllech. More info on this sea shell: www.marlin.ac.uk/species/deta... @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social

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