A new ID guide is now available for all 27 species in the robberfly family (Asilidae) in the UK. Download the PDF from dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies-a… A very big thank you to the large number of people who have made their photos available 🙏

Help needed: Daddy Longlegs Spider, Pholcus phalangioides, survey! UoN Life Sciences @ArachNottsMasters student, Ellie Clifton, would really appreciate your help with her short questionnaire on this species in your home. Find it at tinyurl.com/mtpt2s7f. Please RT

What a great opportunity - AND there's a special request for birds! If you're a Curlew or Whimbrel scientist and you take part in this, let us know! We'd love to see the result

From 4 plant species per square metre, we’re expecting 20+ over the next few years! Thank you SO much to all the folks helping me manage the 2ha of Liverpool City Council grassland in Netherley - it’s going a huge way to creating a habitat full of life! 🌱❤️ Richard Byrne Frank Chamberlain

I’ve enough green hay to seed 150sqm from my gardens if anyone might be interested in the Liverpool area or nearby? All introduced species are true natives which are locally sourced with no invasives or agricultural cultivars. 🌱❤️

38 species seen in the first hour of our Big Sit at #Migfest24 that's taking place at the Warren, raising money for the Beacon Ponds Little Tern colony, Little Terns at Beacon Lagoons! Highlights are Pallid Harrier!, Arctic and Great Skua, Little Gull and Redstart.

I JUST PUBLISHED THIS PATTERN!!!!! And $1 from every purchase will go to The Coleopterists Society :) Also…there are NINETEEN “extra” bug charts you can swap into this to build your own personalized collection, including Buffalo Treehoppers, Mayflies, and Trilobite Beetles. Link in bio 🪲

Sad news from the #kakapo world: Ranger, a 5 year old male, has been found dead on Anchor Island. He appeared to have died in a tree fall during recent storms. A reminder that animals have accidents too. There are 246 kākāpō left. #conservation #parrots Pic: Jake Osborne

#RIP dad 💔

Of all of his performances, this one is my favorite 🥹😄 Rest in peace James Earl Jones ❤️

This is your reminder that our first autumn webinar is tomorrow night! Sign up now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/curlews-and-…

Come along tonight for what's going to be a fascinating webinar! Tickets are free, donations welcome.

Today I’ve been very proud to have released 480 Glow-worm larvae I’ve reared this summer to Nosterfield Nature Reserve in Yorkshire! Here’s a bit about the project 🧵

They've finally arrived - Richard Lewington 's wonderful tribute to the amazing diversity of Britain's spiders. Available now on pre-order from shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-…

Very pleased to find (and promptly borrow) Sophie Yeo's book in my local library

The Natural History GCSE has been postponed until at least September 2026. "The DfE said [last] week the GCSE was a “commitment made by the previous government” and “this government will set out its policy priorities in due course”." schoolsweek.co.uk/natural-histor…

I had a day off work today so I couldn't resist a return visit to Ravensthorpe Reservoir to look for Small Coppers. At least 36 were recorded today, and I also found a Small Copper egg too!

I'd never have guessed...

A delight to open up on the Aviva website this morning and find that we'd passed the £10k mark! 🎉 All donations welcome - and doubled (up to £250) by Aviva thanks to their match funding!

Spotted a colour-ringed Curlew? In our latest blog post, Curlew Action's Mike Smart shares how tracking the sightings of colour-ringed Curlews helps ornithologists to understand Curlew movements, with an update on the Curlews from his patch: buff.ly/4esStn9