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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 20h

That was a tricky one! The answer is betony, a perennial herb fantastic for late pollinators that can be found in grasslands, heathlands, woodland rides and gardens as late as October. 💜

Close-up of a single tall spike of bright pink-purple tubular wildflowers with layered blooms, set against blurred green foliage and a second stalk behind.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Good morning #MondayMystery! Can anybody guess what we might still spot in our woodlands in early autumn?

close-up of a purple flower focusing on its inner stamen and petals

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Will you spot a hibernating herald moth this autumn and winter? They seek out dark caves, tunnels and other hidden places to spend the colder months. Wendy even spotted herald moths hanging out with cave spiders!🕸️ Find out more👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona...

Four rust-orange moths clustered on a rough rock wall in a dark crevice, with a dark spider nearby on the left

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Come with us for a bat box check in our latest podcast episode! Host Lee joins volunteers from the Worcestershire Bat Group at The Knapp and Papermill nature reserve 🦇🌿🌳 Listen on 👂🏼 Spotify bit.ly/WWTPodEp16 Website bit.ly/WWTPodEp16Web YouTube bit.ly/WWTPodEp16YT Apple apple.co/3TBzMsA

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What are ewe looking at?! 🐏🌿 Conservation grazing is really important for our meadows. We use a selection of livestock such as sheep, cows and sometimes horses to graze unwanted vigorous grasses which would normally out compete wildflowers if left unmanaged. 💚🌼

A flock of mixed white and black-faced sheep clustered in a sunlit green pasture, many looking toward the camera beneath a wide blue sky with scattered white clouds and a distant tree line.

A close-up curious sheep facing the camera in a sunlit green pasture, other sheep grazing blurred in the background

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have you ever spotted a southern green shieldbug nymph? 🪲🌻 They appear to have had a good summer and are spreading north and west from their southern England stronghold. Submit your sightings via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...

Black and yellow–spotted insect nymph perched on the edge of a green leaf with reddish tips, shown in close-up against a soft green background.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You should trust your gut! It is indeed a snipe 😀

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Absolutely - thank you for thinking about wildlife when working with your clients 😄

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you've only got a photo like this to work it out from, though, look at the head pattern - on a snipe the stripes go down the head whereas on a woodcock they'd be going across the head.🙂

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a snipe but we can see why some of you might have thought it was a woodcock - especially as you can't really see the habitat in the photo. Snipe are associated with damp habitats whereas woodcocks, although wading birds, are predominantly associated with woodlands (cont.)

Camouflaged snipe standing in shallow water, probing with its long straight bill among green reeds and reflected ripples while foraging.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you for your kind donation to extend Trench Wood 😄

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning! For today's #MondayMystery, can anybody identify what is busy looking for their next meal here? 🪱

Camouflaged mottled-brown bird probing and foraging head-first among tall green grass and low ground foliage.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The final butterflies of the year are still hanging on 🦋 Tattered wings can tell a story of their long or hard life - they might be old, they might have snagged them on thorns or they might have escaped a bird’s beak. Despite missing parts of their wings, butterflies can still keep on flying. 💛

Yellow butterfly with tattered wing edges resting and feeding on a cluster of small bright pink tubular flowers against a softly blurred garden path and foliage.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Feeling tempted to give your garden a tidy by deadheading some plants? This is your reminder to leave the seedheads for pollinators and birds to enjoy 🌻🐝 🎥 Julie Grainger

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's the climbing plant with many names – traveller’s joy, old man’s beard, Father Christmas…we could go on. Wild clematis has clusters of creamy-white flowers in July and August and feathery, wispy seed heads throughout the autumn and winter. 🌼

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sound on for the cutest snores 🥰🐭 We have dormouse boxes at several of our #naturereserves that we monitor to keep track of how our dormouse populations are doing. Sometimes we come across them have a good old snooze! 😴 #DormouseWeek 🎥 Ellie Watton

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good morning #MondayMystery! Any guesses what we have here? And no it's not a Doctor Who monster!

Close-up showing a central green cluster with thin curved stems and radiating white silky filaments

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Everyone deserves nature close to home 💚 The The Wildlife Trusts have released a new paper that proposes solutions to help people access nature. Find out more via bit.ly/AccessToNatu... #AccessToNature #NatureForAll

Two young children in colorful coats and wellies stand in a grassy field looking toward trees, overlaid with the headline "Everyone deserves to have access to nature."

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes, a lesser whitethroat! Well done 👏🏼

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good guessing everyone, it is a lesser whitethroat! A secretive bird, as our colleague Ion found here when trying to take its photo, they are most likely to be heard around woodland and scrub, rather than seen.

A photo of a small brown bird with a lighter brown breast and darker brown head and wings perched on a tree branch

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The water level is too low beneath the lip of the trough for small birds to reach and therefore hopefully not attempt to drink. Some troughs contain pieces of timber to give birds/insects a perch. The troughs are tall so it is unlikely that creatures such as hedgehogs would be able to climb up.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good morning, it's #MondayMystery time! Can you tell us who is hiding here? 🔎

Small grey brown bird perched among leafy branches heavy with bright red berries and pale lichen, partially hidden in dappled sunlight.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cattle aren't the only ones making use of this water trough! Amazing to see this buzzard enjoying a drink captured on our trailcam at #TheWorcestershireSandlands 😄💙 #SavingWorcestershiresHeathlands #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

Buzzard perched on the edge of a metal water trough, leaning forward to drink beside a wooden fence post and tall grasses in an overcast field

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wasp spiders have arrived in #Worcestershire 🕷️🤩 They’ve been spotted at a few sites in the southeast of the county and they’ve even been spotted in a garden in west Worcestershire. If you spot one, take a photo and upload it via www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...

Striped wasp spider suspended in its orb web, bold yellow-and-black banded abdomen and orange legs outstretched against a blurred backdrop of tall grasses.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We're nearly there! 🌳💚 We've raised over £889,000 of our £958,000 target - can you help us raise the remaining £69,000 to allow us to double the size of #TrenchWood nature reserve? Make a donation via bit.ly/ExpandingTre... #MoreWoodlandForWildlife

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our #volunteers were delighted to be able to watch a female brown hairstreak laying her eggs on blackthorn last week…looking forward to seeing more adults in 2027 🦋😍

Small orange butterfly with thin white zigzag markings perched on a textured green leaf in sunlight.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Update❗ Due to contractor delays, work will now commence one week later and the nature reserve will be closed from Monday 21 September - Friday 23 October. Thank you for your understanding.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Did you know there are early-season bees and late-season bees? Late-season bees like these ivy bees - so named because they collect ivy pollen to feed their youngsters - have been out for the past week or two 🐝🍂 We’d love to know if you spot one www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...

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Let us know what wildlife you're spotting. We're working with Worcestershire Biological Records Centre to record sightings of wildlife in our beautiful county.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

❗️ There will be management work taking place around Amy's Marsh and North Moors hide at #UptonWarren tomorrow between 8:30am and 4pm. We apologise for any disturbance.

Person looking through binoculars from a wooden bird hide at a wetland watching birds

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's a beautiful tawny owl 😍 You’ll hear their ‘too-wit too-woo’ song more at this time of year when the juveniles have left their parents territory and are searching for their own territory and mate 🦉

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Who's looking 👀 at you for today's #MondayMystery? You might hear them in your gardens, woodlands and parks this autumn 🍂

Two black round eyes in extreme close-up and brown and white feathers around a small pale beak.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Have you ever spotted something unusual looking on an acorn? It's probably a knopper gall, formed when female knopper gall wasps lay their eggs into the buds of developing acorns. 🍃🐝 Dive into the world of knopper galls 👉🏼https://www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasonal-spot/nobbly-knopper-galls

Cluster of green acorns and knobbly galls growing on a twig amid oak leaves

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Discover how connecting with nature, being active, taking notice, learning and giving can do wonders for our wellbeing while helping wildlife in our local communities 💚 Listen on 👂🏼 Spotify bit.ly/WWTPodEp15 Apple apple.co/3T6K2bY Web bit.ly/WWTPodEp15Web YouTube bit.ly/WWTYT #WildWorcestershire

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#TheKnappandPapermill nature reserve will be closed from Monday 14 September to Friday 9 October 2026. Major engineering works will be taking place to repair the path between the entrance to the orchard. Find out more about the work via our website 👉🏼 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/knapp-a...

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking for a new opportunity? We're recruiting a #Fundraising Development Officer to help us continue to grow our work protecting wildlife & inspiring people across #Worcestershire. The occasional cupcake might be involved 😃 Visit www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/jobs for more info. #Jobs #JobAlert

The words 'Work with us - Fundraising Development Officer' are written over a photo of a table of cakes. Some of the cakes have flags in saying things like 'eat me and help create new habitat for wildlife' - it's a cake/bake sale for charity.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@pam-polly.bsky.social @marmaladefly.bsky.social That's right - the usual confusion is between meadow browns and gatekeepers but we've got a meadow brown and a much smaller small heath here 🦋🙂

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A tricky one...the two confusion species are usually meadow browns and gatekeepers but when these two landed on the same flower - a meadow brown and a small heath - we couldn't resist testing your knowledge 🦋😄

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Who's ready for a bank holiday #MondayMystery? 🔎 They’ve both got false eyes, but which two species of butterfly are we looking at? 🦋

Two orange-and-brown butterflies with false eyes perched and feeding on a round purple wildflower, surrounded by green foliage and small yellow blooms.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Redstarts, wheatears and whinchats are all on the move at the moment. Look out for these beauties when you’re out and about this weekend 😍🐦

Small pale-breasted bird with a grey back, black eye mask and warm buff underparts perched on a weathered wooden post, looking right against a plain grey background.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our colleague Beth spotted these lime galls on some lime tree leaves. The galls develop from the chemicals released when mites suck sap from the leaf surface. They can be long and pointed like these ones or shorter with rounded tips. Look out for them next time you're passing a lime tree 👀🌳

Lime tree leaves covered in dozens of small beige wart-like galls

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