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Day 1 of the #GuardIAS Annual Meeting in Pavia 🌿 Updates from across the project, from AI, robotics, drones and eDNA to biodiversity mapping and stakeholder engagement. Lots happening across the different stages of IAS management. #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #BioInvasions #InvasiveSpecies

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 19h

Pyralis farinalis (Meal Moth) was NFY last night - and what a smart micro it is! #teammoth

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 29/09/2026

See fungi differently: enter the #ukfungusday Photography Competition! Free to enter & open to all, whether you're taking snaps of fungi for the first time or you're a professional photographer. Enter by 20 October 2026 www.ukfungusday.co.uk/photography2... #fungi #mycology #photography

a Poster advertising the UK Fungus Day Photography Competition, with a photo of grey-purple coloured mushroom in soil.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 23h

What do botanists do in midwinter? 1. They take part in #NewYearPlantHunt: we're already receiving details of planned group hunts across Britain & Ireland bsbi.org/take-part/ac... 2. They go hunting clubmosses: and intrepid young botanist Ben Mountford found one last winter bsbi.org/blog/2026/09...

The green stalks of Interrupted Clubmoss stand out among the bare stems of Heather in midwinter. Image: Ben Mountford

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 22h

For #birdoftheday theme #EFG a sometimes-overlooked duck found in wetlands, reservoirs and lakes across Sussex - Gadwall. 📷 © Hugh Clark FRPS

Grey, cream and black Gadwall duck taking flight from water in front of brown reeds

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🐝 🪰 How can we track change across the UK's insect pollinators? A new paper from @pomscheme.bsky.social outlines how we're generating robust metrics to monitor pollinator trends at a national scale. Another key milestone for PoMS! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 1/

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Francesca Mancini @francescamancini.bsky.social · 22h

Another milestone for @pomscheme.bsky.social ! This recently published paper describes the methodology behind the official stats on pollinating insects we released in June. Thanks to all the coauthors and especially to @clairecarvell.bsky.social and @drnickisaac.bsky.social.

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🐝 Pollinating, hunting, feeding, courting, nesting... Some of the most memorable insect photos capture behaviour in action. If you've photographed an insect doing something remarkable, it's a perfect time to enter the RES #InsectWeek Photography Competition. ⏰ Deadline: 31 October buff.ly/rdahCIp

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Royal Entomological Society Photography Competition - Insect Week

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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Exciting update from @saveourwildcats.bsky.social 🐾 The project is celebrating 50 wildcats released in the Scottish Highlands! Releases have taken place across the @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social landscape since 2023 and results are promising, with births in the wild for three consecutive years.

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Abernethy Site Manager Ben Oliver Jones with James Shooter, Rewilding Europe, and members of the Saving Wildcats team including Helen Senn, RZSS Head of Conservation and Science Programmes and Saving Wildcats project lead, Louise Hughes, all facing camera smiling

Saving Wildcats team member in the outdoors at a high point overlooking a Loch and Pine forest, holding up aerial

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Historically, it was believed that Fleabane flowers could repel fleas and throughout history it was dried, strewn or burnt in an effort to keep them at bay. September is a good month to see it. 📸 Nigel Symington, Barry Yates

Two open yellow daisy-like flowers with several smaller fuzzy buds against a soft-focus green background.

Close-up of a bright yellow fleabane flower's central disk with densely packed florets and radiating petals.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Based in Ireland? Booked yet for this autumn's big event for all Irish plant- lovers? Taking place this Saturday 3 October in Enniskillen. Small registration fee includes lunch/tea/coffee & all workshops. Don't miss out, it will be a great day! www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...

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Irish Autumn Meeting & AGM

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How many places in the UK could you record 81 species of bird in a day? 🏆

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great day recently on the saltmarsh at Greyabbey with #BotanicalSkillsNI and Co. Down VCR Graham Day. Compared two eelgrasses, tackled glassworts & oraches, found four glasswort species plus Kattegat Orache (Atriplex x gustafssoniana), phew! Check out bsbi.org/take-part/pr...

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 28/09/2026

🪶 Join us online for Curlew Conversations: Grouse Moors on 12 Oct 2026. Hear from land managers about their experiences of Curlew populations on managed grouse moors, and explore what this means for Curlew conservation. FREE webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1995973312... @curlewaction.bsky.social

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Mark Eaton @markaeaton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Duck-tastic at Seaton Pt today, with c630 Teal inc. a flock of c510 on the sea, and a patch scarcity Shoveler. Also 1 Pomarine (a cracking spoony adult), 5 Arctic & 3 Great Skuas, 1 Sooty & 3 Manx shearwaters, 1 Med & c80 Little Gulls, c50 Common & 8 Arctic Terns, 22 P-b Brents #NEbirding

Grey Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, Turnstone and Redshank

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Only 3 days left to enter our Botanical Photographer of the Year competition! 16 judges inc @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @amandatuke.bsky.social & @markavery.bsky.social look forward to seeing your entries of British & Irish wild plants. Deadline: 30 September. Details: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A Long-tailed Tit among the berries. Delightful. What have you spotted in nature this weekend? 👇

A Long-tailed Tit perches among branches covered in red berries and green leaves. Its small round body, pale face, dark head stripe and soft pinkish markings stand out against a blurred golden-green background.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🦇 The next round of Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant applications are OPEN and will close at 10am, 26 October. We encourage any place of worship in England that needs assistance with their bat roost, such as managing a cleaning issue, to apply. More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 27/09/2026

What can an invertebrate species list reveal about a site? Use Pantheon to explore habitats, ecological resources & conservation value with @kitenet.bsky.social. Natural History Museum | 14 Jan 2027 | From £50 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992308296... @naturalengland.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

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Understanding Invertebrate Assemblages

Learn how to use Pantheon to inform invertebrate conservation and understand habitats with tutor Martin Harvey.

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Butterfly Conservation (Dorset Branch) @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rather amazing to hear of this very late Grayling sighting at Arne yesterday, less surprising is Wall which seem to be having a good third brood in the south of the County www.dorsetbutterflies.com/2026/09/gray...

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Grayling and Wall, Arne

Two photos from Matt sent in saying: Another trip out today, 26/09/2026 this time to Arne. Short supply of butterflies, not even any Clouded Yellows!! I did spot this smart Wall Brown and also thi…

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still lots of wild plants in bloom for #WildFlowerHour and we cherish them more as the days shorten & we head into autumn. Have a great week, remember to get your Botanical Photographer of the Year entries in by 30 September and hope to see you again next Sunday! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thomas Pennant's (1726-1798) body of work spanned natural history, antiquities and travel. To celebrate his tercentenary, we've added his correspondence and catalogues to our Digital Special Collections: buff.ly/ZFULOe0. #Manuscripts #18thCentury #HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfNaturalHistory

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So called because they... turn stones! And shells etc, picking out food. Meet the Turnstone 📸 Moi Hicks

Small Turnstone shorebird with brown patterned feathers pecking at a seashell on wet rocks by calm water.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A 100 km-long stream of migrating Common Cranes in Finland.

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🦇 New Bluetooth tags for bats reveal intricate movements of our winged travellers: www.itv.com/watch/news/n...

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 24/09/2026

Hidden within even the world’s densest cities, connecting trees, window flowerboxes, parks and gardens, are a complex series of roads you won’t find on any map. But for our planet’s insects, they’re critical lifeways.

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Bug Highway: The Hidden Paths Used by Insects

Hidden within cities are a complex series of roads you won’t find on any map. But for our planet’s insects, they’re critical lifeways.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New paper showing dynamic nature of old-growth European primeval forest. Not a static 'museum' of closed-canopy trees, as often assumed, there's constant churn of natural disturbance gaps that emerge and fill, shifting niches for bird communities. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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The impact of natural disturbances on bird assemblages in Białowieża Primeval Forest disappears within 35–45 years

Our results indicate that some of the effects of natural disturbance events in primeval forest ecosystems may disappear faster than previously thought. This study highlights the resilience of the Bia...

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fly Research & Conservation Virtual Symposium 21 Oct 2026 | 10:00 - 13:00 | Tickets £1 - £30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540... Featuring the brilliant minds of: @flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister @denisewawman.bsky.social Denise Wawman Ian McGowan Meghan Barrett @biologicalrecording.co.uk

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Fly Research and Conservation Virtual Symposium

Join us during Insect Week to explore some of the latest research and conservation projects about true flies (Diptera).

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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Productive couple of hours leafmining after work. Stigmella regiella (Purple-shot Dot) & Paraswammerdamia nebulella (Hawthorn Drab) on same Hawthorn leaf, S. basiguttella (Shoulder-spot Dot) on oak, Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf-miner) on Apple & S. speciosa (Beautiful Sycamore Dot) #teammoth

Stigmella regiella (Purple-shot Dot) gallery mine leading to blotch & tiny mine of Paraswammerdamia nebulella (Hawthorn Drab) (bottom left) on the same Hawthorn leaf

Stigmella basiguttella (Shoulder-spot Dot) on oak

Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf-miner) on Apple. Not sure I’ve ever seen the deeply-segmented larva of this common species before

Stigmella speciosa (Beautiful Sycamore Dot) on Sycamore

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 Submissions close Wed 30 Sep for the Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2027. ✅ Short talks ✅ Posters ✅ Monitoring technology exhibitors Aimed at organisations/practitioners/researchers interested in landscape-scale projects More: www.ecologicalcontinuitytrust.org/rlas-symposi... 🧪

Grassy dunes and sea in the background plus headline Resilient Landscapes and Seas Symposium 2027

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Effectively preparing & responding to pollution spills are vital to 🪸protecting marine biodiversity 🌊strengthening disaster resilience 🐟supporting communities & livelihoods That’s why JNCC are pleased to be participating in #SpillAsia2026 with global experts

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Countryside Jobs Service @countrysidejobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🪱 Love your work, but not the way you work? Keiron Brown did something about it. At 39, he founded @biologicalrecording.co.uk – creating a career built around nature and sharing knowledge. For #InternationalWeekofHappinessatWork, read how Keiron created the career he couldn’t find. buff.ly/iK0Odyb

a smiling person in glasses, sitting cross-legged on the grass with a try of soil on their lap. Text reads: Here's Keiron happily surveying earthworms at work

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 22/09/2026

🌳 Urban Woodland Virtual Symposium 📆 23 Nov | £1-£30 Explore research and projects shaping the future of urban woodlands, from ancient woodland and habitat creation to community forests and opportunity mapping 🌎 🧪 More info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1993871843... @gigl-lerc.bsky.social

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 23/09/2026

🌱 Nature in the city – above our heads? Do green roofs genuinely support urban biodiversity? Eva Drukker draws on 6 years of research across 10,000 m² of green roofs to explore their plants, insects and soils 🌎 🧪 📅 25 Nov | FREE www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977870244... @royentsoc.bsky.social

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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 24/09/2026

We farm more flies in ONE day than cows all year. Why? What does fly farming look like? Join @beebytes.bsky.social on 21 Oct to explore flies as mini-livestock, their role in sustainable agriculture & waste mitigation 🪰 🌎 🧪 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540... @insectwrs.bsky.social

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dream job for an #editor & nature lover! 🐦🌿Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📅 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £38,710.00 per annum. 📍 BTO HQ in Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid working). Deadline for applications: 30 September 2026. #Ornithology

A Nightingale perches on a branch amongst the green foliage of a bush. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring! Science Communications Manager.

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NaturaConnect @naturaconnect.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌿Today marks the Final Stakeholder Event of #NaturaConnect, hosted at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project! Check out the highlights in the photo album! buff.ly/Ac3LEpV Explore the resources on our web: buff.ly/7BZ6nfS

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NaturaConnect Final Stakeholder Event

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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fungi ID sheet. Enjoy looking, but don't touch on our reserves please - foraging is not permitted.

Illustrated fungi ID poster with various mushroom drawings and a "never eat wild mushrooms" safety warning

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tarantulas, stalked jellies, stunning beetles, & so much more — you've already found so many incredible things during the first-ever #iNatTogether celebration, and there's still time! Find an event near you, meet some new friends, and get outside to look closer at your nearby nature: buff.ly/7fsX6vs

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Join us at #TDWG2026 2pm today for our BHL Symposium #1. Our amazing speakers include Joe Miller, Sydney Jordan, Amanda Boczar, Qianqian Gu & Nicky Nicolson @phylojoe.bsky.social @nickynicolson.bsky.social @tdwg.org @gbif.org @nhm-london.bsky.social @usflibraries.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social 🧪

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🪰 Did you know some flies have eyes that extend far beyond the width of their bodies? At our next Insect Hour on 14 October, discover what stalk-eyed fly evolution can teach us about sexual selection, evolution and animal behaviour. 🎟️ Register now buff.ly/WvWnrq0

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Insect Hour: The Strange Sexual Biology of Stalk-Eyed Flies

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dr Stuart Desjardins, current Editor-in-Chief of #BritishandIrishBotany is looking to stand down at the end of 2026. The search is on to find a successor: could that be you? There will be lots of support on offer: bsbi.org/blog/2026/09... Details of the role & how to apply: bsbi.org/about/people...

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Changing of the guard at British & Irish Botany

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌾 UKCEH's 3m Land Cover Map maps England in unprecedented detail, classifying 14bn+ 3m squares into 72 land cover & habitat types, from individual trees and hedgerows to buildings and solar arrays, supporting nature recovery. www.ceh.ac.uk/data/informa... www.ceh.ac.uk/press/showin... #LandUse

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our #TDWG2026 Symposium continues at 4pm with "Transforming BHL: Data Extraction, Semantic Navigation & Future Interfaces". Join us as our next speakers take the stage: Christian Bölling @mfnberlin.bsky.social, Gerwin Kasperek @sgn.one, Jana Hoffman @sgn.one, and Rod Page. @rdmpage.bsky.social. 🧪 🌱

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Invasion Biologist when strategies to prevent new invasive species work #bioinvasions 🌐🧪

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fascinating caterpillar studies! #TeamMoth

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finally caught & colour-ringed the female mate of our 11 yr old Marsh Tit. She's only 16 months old and arrived in the wood in April at last minute to breed, having dispersed from elsewhere - itself a major feat. Her life expectancy now is maybe another 1-2 yrs, if she's careful/lucky.

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