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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From Landguard, Hoary Footman first turned up in 2021 although we failed to get one last year. This one is, presumably, a migrant.
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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Landguard, Moth trapping: Moth of the morning falls to the Box-tree moth, a moth that only first turned up here 8 years ago, became abundant but is having a poor year this year.
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We’ve been bowled over by the standard for this year's Botanical Photographer of the Year. It's now time for public shortlisting. Use the links below to view the entries into this year's competition and vote for all those you think are particularly impressive. Shortlisting will run until 31 Oct.
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Botanical Photographer of the Year
The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.
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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Landguard, Moth trapping: 29 moth species between our 3 traps. Moth of the morning goes to the Red-green carpet of the Autumn Plumb on cue (right on time). Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata).
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Amypteride🏳️‍⚧️🔻🕷🦂 @amypteride.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Arachtober ! And here are the drawings of the first week of #Spideroctober, with a quick sheet for each species after the main page! Next update for the drawing challenge next sunday! #spider #sciart
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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 03/10/2026
Looking forward to welcoming my tutees for this weekend's 'Lichens for beginners' course at FSC Epping Forest. The classroom is ready, the weather is sunny and warm, and the secret world of #lichens awaits its newest explorers! @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social @britishlichensociety.org.uk #lichenGBI
A classroom at the FSC Epping Forest Field Centre set up for a 'Lichens for beginners' course led by Aspen Ecology : October 2026
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Darren Underwood @dku1000.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Southern Green Shieldbug (Nezara viridula). At least 10 nymphs seen at Clare in West Suffolk (vc26) today. #UKBugs
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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎶 Chirping crickets, striking bush-crickets and remarkable grasshoppers 🦗 Join us this November as the Orthoptera SIG explores the behaviour, ecology, acoustics, taxonomy and conservation of some of Britain's most fascinating insects. 📅 4 November ⏰ Registration deadline: 26 Oct buff.ly/NxtFRRq
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Galling, @galling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gall of the week is caused by the cynipid wasp Cynips longiventris f. agamic on Oaks, Quercus spp. Should be fairly easy to find now. Photo by P. Shirley.
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Galling, @galling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gall of the week is caused by the sawfly Euura herbaceae on dwarf willow, Salix herbacea. From the British Plant Gall Society website, Photographer unknown.
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Galling, @galling.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gall of the week is caused by an anthomyiid fly related to house flies, Chirosia betuleti, on ferns. First photo on lady-fern, Athyrium filix-femina, second photo on male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas. Both photos by Mike Poulton.
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Galling, @galling.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gall of the week is caused by the cynipid Neuroterus anthracinus f. agamic on oaks, Quercus spp. Plenty about now. The insect is of the sexual generation. Gall photo photographer unknown, insect photo from Bladmineeders nl Plant Parasites of Europe.
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Different bumblebee species like to nest in different places, including long, tangled grass, bird boxes, and underground in abandoned rodent holes. They can even nest in more creative places, like under the edge of a pond. What is the most interesting place you have found a bumblebee nest?
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The results are in 🦋📢 A huge thank you to the 101,565 of you who took part in this year's #BigButterflyCount! While many widespread butterfly species had a good summer, drought and record heat could impact next year’s populations. Read the full results 👉 buff.ly/V75ZHi7
A Peacock butterfly feeding on buddleia. Text overlay reads 'The results are in' with Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo in the bottom right. Image by Gundula Vogal
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Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄‍🟫🪲 @chrislansdell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wall Brown is having a good year. 3rd generation now flying at Carlton Marshes SWT 😍 @bc-suffolk.bsky.social
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Botany One @botany.one · 28/09/2026
Travelling Far Does Not Mean Living Long for Moss Spores www.botany.one/travelling-f... A new study shows that moss spore longevity depends strongly on developmental stage and storage conditions, with important consequences for dispersal and establishment. #Botany #PlantScience
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Travelling Far Does Not Mean Living Long for Moss Spores
A new study shows that moss spore longevity depends strongly on developmental stage and storage conditions, with important consequences for dispersal and establishment.
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NFBR @nfbr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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SURVEY | UK TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER MONITORING The UK has a long tradition of watching its natural environment, and some of the most intensive ecological monitoring and deepest expertise… | BES F...
SURVEY | UK TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER MONITORING The UK has a long tradition of watching its natural environment, and some of the most intensive ecological monitoring and deepest expertise anywhere...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Autumn arrival alert: the Yellow-browed Warbler has landed! 😍 Once rare, these tiny travellers from Siberia are becoming a more familiar sight as they pass through each autumn. Weighing just 6 grams, their sharp, distinctive call is usually the first clue they're around. Have you seen one?
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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From Landguard, Moth trapping: moth of the morning goes to the Thicket Knot-horn has become rarer here in recent years. This one is a late emerging individual. Thicket Knot-horn (Acrobasis suavella).
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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
💚 Discover new places, learn new skills and meet new friends. Our 2027 DofE Gold Residential dates are now live. 🥳 Are you passionate about wildlife, conservation, marine biology, art or outdoor adventure? 🔗 Find your perfect course and book today. 🌿 buff.ly/fcfaUw6
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NFBR @nfbr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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We're delighted to partner with Perlego to bring our eBooks to new audiences. The collection includes BSBI books on grassland plants, on threatened plants, and on change in the British flora; the…...
We're delighted to partner with Perlego to bring our eBooks to new audiences. The collection includes BSBI books on grassland plants, on threatened plants, and on change in the British flora; the Hybr...
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Plantlife @plantlifeuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Would you recognise the same mushroom twice? You might not with the Blackening Waxcap. But why is that? Well, the clue is in the name! Take a look at the photos to find out more 👉 📸 Thumbnail: Keilidh Ewan
Graphic featuring a Blackening Waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe conica). A small orange, cone-shaped mushroom with a pale stem grows among green grass and low vegetation, photographed with a shallow depth of field that creates a soft, blurred background. White text at the top reads “Blackening Waxcap” and “Hygrocybe conica”. A yellow label in the bottom-left corner reads “Fungi Friday!”, and a white arrow on the right indicates this is part of a carousel post.
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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Churchyards are one of the grassland types included in the BMS project. Caring for God’s Acre have a webinar on churchyard plant folklore in November. Booking details at
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AGM and  Herbal Heritage:  Traditional Uses & Folklore of Burial Ground Plants – Caring For God's Acre – the conservation charity for burial grounds across the UK
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can you help us give moths their moment? 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moths-matter #MothsMatter #TeamMoth
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Moths Matter - Let's give them their moment
Will you help create a Red List for Britain’s macro-moths and give these overlooked species the recognition they deserve?
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Botany One @botany.one · 02/10/2026
A familiar weed may be more diverse than we thought www.botany.one/a-familiar-w... The common weed Sonchus asper may actually contain several distinct evolutionary groups that can be revealed by studying both its traits and DNA.
An image of a Sonchus asper capitulum from the side with the text "A familiar weed may be more diverse than we thought"
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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 02/10/2026
Continuing from post below: this #lichen by contrast is Lichina confinis. Found above high-tide line, often with Myriolecis actophila (white), Lecanora helicopis (gray), Flavoplaca maritima (orange). Note also rounder branchlets than L pygmaea. Typically associated with cracks in rocks. Scotland.
Lichina confinis : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : TM6591 : July 2026 : On siliceous outcropLichina confinis : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : TM6591 : July 2026 : On siliceous outcrop
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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 25/09/2026
Join me on the weekend of 3 & 4 October for my 'Lichens for beginners' course at FSC Epping Forest! #Lichens are a secret world all around you: curiously beautiful, ecologically vital, unique on Earth...and totally overlooked. Let's explore it together! www.field-studies-council.org/courses-and-...
Lichen community on worked wood : England : VC20 Hertfordshire : TL3510 : March 2025
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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 26/09/2026
Continuing #marine #lichens theme below. This is Lichina pygmaea. Found in #barnacle zone between high and low tide. Tolerates long periods of saltwater immersion. Distinguished from L confinis by flattened branchlets but also position: L confinis found in splash zone above high-tide line. Scotland.
Lichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6591 Camusdarach : July 2026 : On siliceous outcropLichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6589 Traigh : July 2026 : On siliceous outcropLichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6792 Morar Bay : July 2026 : On siliceous outcropLichina pygmaea : Scotland : VC97 West Inverness-shire : NM6792 Morar Bay : July 2026 : On siliceous outcrop
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bugs in #Suffolk today: Parent (above) and Hazel (below) happy to share a leaf but Sloe wanting at least two of my fingers for itself. #Bugs #Hemiptera
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Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service @suffolkbis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🌍 6 Oct || Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Wildlife Live Webinar – Soil Ecoacoustics. >>> www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2026-...
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Wildlife Live Webinar - Soil ecoacoustics | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Discover the intricate world of soil ecoacoustics, with Helen Bynum
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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Going down!!! We started our new "Coast Ghosts Pilot" project today funded by @ournorfolkcoast.bsky.social. This coastal #ghostpond was filled in during the 1980s & we had to dig down 2.8 m to find it below all sorts of infill. Norfolk nearly has 1 more pond back! @timholtwilson.bsky.social
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Mark Ferris @markgferris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Got some new patch ticks yesterday! Not the feathered kind, either – 3 imm. female Red-veined Darters! Not bad at all for my inland-West Suffolk patch. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social #Odonata
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Do you know something about wildlife or conservation action within 1km of a railway track? Network Rail want to hear your views.  survey123.arcgis.com/share/24c3937c…
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NFBR @nfbr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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How lovely to see this article in print in the London Natural History Society Newsletter; and even lovelier to discover that my photo of the now-famous German Hairy Snail (Pseudotrichia rubiginosa)… |...
How lovely to see this article in print in the London Natural History Society Newsletter; and even lovelier to discover that my photo of the now-famous German Hairy Snail (Pseudotrichia rubiginosa) ma...
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Tim Holt-Wilson @timholtwilson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Old sandpit habitat in the Gipping valley explored @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social today. Plants, spiders, fungi, bees; also lichen species & diversity very engagingly presented @aspenecology.com.
A loose group of people on the floor of a disused sand quarry, with a large heap of former quarry spoil and trees in the background. A large clump of grey foliose 'reindeer moss' lichen Cladonia rangiformis. It is being held between someone's cupped hands.Lichenologist Anthony Speca sitting in partial shade on a steep sandy bank. There are trees and blue sky behind. A sparsely vegetated sward dotted with small heaps of ochre-brown soil made by solitary wasps excavating breeding holes.
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The folk peering at the ground in the first photo are watching Ivy Bees, Colletes hederae, digging into the sand, like this one! #Bees @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social
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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 20/09/2026
Lovely day out exploring #lichens of an old chalk pit in Creeting St Mary Pits SSSI with @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social! Many thanks for the kind words @timholtwilson.bsky.social and for your excellent company on the lichen walk. Very pleased you enjoyed it!
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social meeting at Alder Carr Farm today, growing beside the River Gipping, here's Small Teasel, Dipsacus pilosus, as close as I could get without being in the river. #WildflowerHour #Suffolk
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A rust fungus, probably Coleosporium tussilaginis, on the underside of a Butterbur leaf. From @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social meeting at Alder Carr Farm yesterday. #Rust #Fungi #Suffolk
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Suffolk Naturalists’ Society @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The final line-up of speakers at the joint 'Suffolk Naturalists' Society' and the 'Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society' Conference on 10th October now includes Mark Bowler from University of Suffolk. Details attached. Open to non-members. Book now - sns.org.uk/sns-meetings...
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Suffolk Naturalists’ Society @suffolk-nats1929.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Kids demand natural history lessons
Children are losing touch with nature - but not their desire to protect it, new research finds.
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eager botanists are already thinking about this winter's #NewYearPlantHunt group hunts! They're a great way to collect valuable plant data, while enjoying outdoor time with fellow plant-lovers. Planning a group hunt in your area? Let us know so we can promote it here: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
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Group Hunts and events
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Keen to support the next generation of botanists? Identiplant, our online #WildFlowerID course, is the gateway for many beginners. We'd like to offer more student spaces we but need more tutors to support them: could you be one? Join us 7pm next Tues to find out www.tickettailor.com/events/botan...
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Register – Identiplant Tutor recruitment information evening – Zoom
Identiplant Tutor recruitment information evening – Zoom, Tue 22 Sep 2026 - Join us for an introduction to the Identiplant Tutor role on Zoom. If you are considering applying to become a tutor or simp...
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Botany One @botany.one · 15/09/2026
Seeds in storage aren't quite the same as seeds in the wild www.botany.one/seeds-in-sto... Seeds kept in storage for years turned out different from fresh ones taken from the same wild populations, showing why seed backups are so useful. #Botany #PlantScience
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Seeds in storage aren't quite the same as seeds in the wild
Seeds kept in storage for years turned out different from fresh ones taken from the same wild populations, showing why seed backups are so useful.
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Suffolk Wildlife Trust @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
These photos of the pond at Arger Fen nature reserve show the stark difference the dry weather we've had this summer has had on usually wildlife-rich habitats 🌿
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James CBR @jamescbr.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Landguard BO in Suffolk is mentioned in the discovery of the Southern Small White in the UK. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social
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Jack Levene @snapsjackel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
After weeks of average trapping last night finally livened up. Was celebrating finding my first Ni Moth when I found a totally unexpected Fisher's Estuarine Moth apparently only the 3rd Suffolk record, both the others at Landguard. Also a September Thorn, only the 2nd for my garden #suffolkmoths
Ni Moth (Trichoplusia ni)Fisher's Estuarine Moth (Gortyna borelii)
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William Brame @landguardbirder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fortunate to have been at Landguard this morning when Tom Salt our ringing Warden found a Queen of Spain Fritillary
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Butterfly Conservation Suffolk @bc-suffolk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From Landguard, A Wall Brown in the moat (13:00). The Delicate is a fairly regular immigrant species that maybe established at times in recent years.
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Darren Underwood @dku1000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Two nice 'new for the year' autumn species found on blackberries last night at Long Melford in Suffolk: SALLOW and PINK-BARRED SALLOW. Also the first Brick for the year and Vestal and Small Mottled Willow to the moth trap. #mothsmatter
SallowPink-barred Sallow
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