And if you're in #Wales , please submit breeding season information about #Curlew on the portal hosted by Cofnod or, where there are recovery projects, direct to project staff/volunteers curlewwales.org/post/have-you-…

Just over two weeks until our wildlife recording Conference in #Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿! All are welcome. Find out more and book your spot: tinyurl.com/NFBR2024

So chuffed to have spotted a Hairy-footed Flower Bee today. I've been looking out for them for some years now! And this one was in Penrhyndeudraeth, some distance from the nearest record, according to #BWARS .

Not seen Attulus saltator before. Saw 2 males at Ainsdale & Birkdale Hills during Tanyptera Project recording day on Friday. 37🕷️species, 9 with a Conservation Status found on the day. 🕷️Luke_ology🕷️ BAS Tylan Berry Graeme Lyons Merseyside BioBank

Dyma gipolwg o dîm Twyni Byw ar y teledu! Fe fuon nhw’n siarad gyda Michael Portillio fel rhan o raglen y BBC, Great Coastal Railways Journeys.

Mae amser o hyd i wylio, gallwch ddal fyny yma:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Here’s a glimpse of the Sands of LIFE team on TV! They were chatting to Michael Portillio as part of the BBC’s Great Coastal Railways Journeys.
It’s not too late to watch, you can catch up here:
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

The British Arachnological Society, Zoological Society of East Anglia and Norfolk Naturalists' Society are co-hosting a spider id weekend at Banham Zoo. Learn to identify spiders to species level, field techniques and the use of microscopes. More info >>> buff.ly/49ECNu7

Gall of the week is a sectioned Diplolepis rosae showing a larva in one of the cells. Properly known as the bedeguar gall, not the mossy rose gall, found on roses, Rosa spp.
Photo by Joe Shorthouse.

Are you a recorder based in West Wales? Would you be willing to catch some Burying beetles for filming purposes? 🎥

If so, please drop us a message!

Two stunning male Wheatears just now in my meadow. A couple of weeks later arriving than last year. #Anglesey
Extremely blustery but managed two almost in focus shots.
Anglesey Bird News Welsh Ornithological Society 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cofnod

In February we held our second Bionet conference ‘Water Management for People and Nature’. Don’t forget to share!
Ym mis Chwefror bu i ni gynnal ein hail gynhadledd Bionet ‘Rheoli Dŵr i Bobl a Natur’. Cofiwch rannu!
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There's still time left to book your place for next Monday 👇

Amazing metallic purple-pink Donacia sp. vacuumed from Blanket Bog Sphagnum lawn Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland Graeme Lyons

Sitka Spruce invading important Blanket Bog habitat on Migneint. Open Sphagnum lawn pools like these are rare and support assemblages of rare 🕷️ Welsh Raised Bogs

Remote Blanket Bog pool spotted on🛰️📸 long trudge into middle of nowhere. Right species & growth pattern of Sphagnum in leg-deep water. Erigone welchi bogged-down on tray. New pool location for it. BAS Welsh Raised Bogs Tylan Berry Graeme Lyons

We are excited to say that the Sands of LIFE project was visited by Michael Portillo at Morfa Harlech, as part of the new series of 'Great Coastal Railway Journeys'.

Our episode is being broadcast on BBC2 on Tuesday 16th April at 6:30pm.

Whilst doing this I found (I’ve been informed) the rare fungi Cudoniella tenuispora in the leaf litter. Cofnod Plantlife Cymru British Myology Society

#cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek is the Black Oil-Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) male. Recorded at Broad Haven in Pembrokeshire by the Group on the #naturambyth Short neck oil-beetle training day today, run by Liam from Buglife & Anna and Tom from Bumblebee Conservation Trust.

#RecordOfTheWeek today is a handsome Nathusius's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii), found grounded in Penarth. Safely rescued (handled under license). Many thanks for the record & photo, submitted via the LERC Wales App: sewbrec.org.uk/recording/app

Lizards alive! Slow-worms (Anguis fragilis) at Marford North Wales Wildlife Trust is Cofnod's #RecordOfTheWeek . 11 in total with 9 in this photo alone!