@pomscheme.bsky.social
A partnership working with many volunteers to gather data on insect pollinator populations in the UK. Led by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Find out more at https://ukpoms.org.uk/
@bto-gbw.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.social🎉Congratulations to everyone involved in this new PoMS paper! PoMS provides the evidence needed to understand how pollinators in the UK are doing and focus conservation work where it's most needed.🐝🦋
@pomscheme.bsky.socialPoMS reaches another key milestone with publication of our modelling paper and blog on the eve of the last day of our 10th survey season!! 👏🎉 Thanks as ever to all the volunteers, partners and funders who have made this possible 🙏 🌟 More details below!
@ajcann.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.social
@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialLeave the leaves! 🍂 🍁
Leaves are habitat that support pollinators and other invertebrates and provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter...
@thenorfolkcoast.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialRoadside pollinator populations and the negative impact of intensive roadside vegetation maintenance...
@pomscheme.bsky.socialLast few days left for your FIT Counts! 😃 If you can find flowers and good weather you can still contribute a #pollinator count - but hurry 👩🦽🏃🚴♀️ the season ends on Weds 30 September ⏳️
@chrisvanswaay.eurosky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.social2026 gave us more butterflies on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects than 2023 and 2024 (these years were the worst since 1990), and a little bit more than 2025, especially in August. But beware of shifting baseline, numbers in most years in the 1990s were often twice as high as nowadays.
@wagnermarkus.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialHow to create a garden for the future, with Nadine Mitschunas podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
@waspwoman.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialDefinitely feels like wasps that managed to survive the heatwave are now popping up on the Ivy!
Got a spare 10 mins? Do a #FITcount for @pomscheme.bsky.social!
@pomscheme.bsky.socialPoMS partner @btobirds.bsky.social is seeking volunteers for winter bird surveys at coastal sites - an opportunity to fill the gap before next year's pollinator season 😀
@pomscheme.bsky.socialA great collage of insects visiting Ivy flowers, from last Sunday's #WildflowerHour 👍 #Pollinator FIT Counts on Ivy (& other flowers) can be done until end of September, & with some dry weather forecast this week there's still time to enjoy watching & counting autumn insects ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
@clairecarvell.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialTen days left to do a #FITcount in the 2026 @pomscheme.bsky.social survey season! Been watching lots of Ivy bees on the Ivy flowers on our garden fence. Not as many wasps as I remember from previous years. What’s visiting your Ivy? @waspwoman.bsky.social
@jeffollerton.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialFake figs, fooled fig wasps & rewarded flies: this plant has one of the strangest #pollination systems yet found in #Apocynaceae. I’ve written about the new study and how it fits into our wider work on this extraordinary plant family. Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2026/09/18/f...
@ukceh.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.social🌾 AgZero+ datasets are now available as layers in the new Spatial Explorer. Explore hedgerows, fertilisers, pesticides, soils and recreation demands, using sensors, satellites, surveys and study farms to reveal insights into agricultural landscapes and land use.
@savebutterflies.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialThis year's #BigButterflyCount results show it was a very good summer for many of our widespread butterfly species. But how will the extreme heat and drought impact next year's populations? ☀️🦋
Dr Dan Hoare, Director of Nature Recovery, breaks down the results.
@pomscheme.bsky.socialCongratulations on a fantastic award for PoMS team member Nadine! Her garden looks superb and is a paradise for #pollinators - do watch the video to find out more #WildlifeGardening
@pomscheme.bsky.socialThe results from this years’ #BigButterflyCount @savebutterflies.bsky.social are out! 👏
With interesting reflections from @richardfoxbc.bsky.social “a good summer for adult butterflies is not the same as a good summer for butterfly populations”
@pomscheme.bsky.socialIvy flowers can attract a wide range of insect visitors, and are one of the target species for our #pollinator FIT Count surveys - plenty of opportunity to carry out a ten-minute count before the end of September! ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts and see the PDF quick guide at ukpoms.org.uk/sites/defaul...
@forestresearchuk.bsky.socialReposted by @pomscheme.bsky.socialDo you participate in nature-related citizen science – or would you like to?📱Take part in our survey: https://ow.ly/bIee50ZHB6o
🔗 More information: https://ow.ly/EqKX50ZHB6s
@pomscheme.bsky.socialIt's certainly going to be interesting to see what effect these unprecedented conditions have had on the wildlife data collected by PoMS and other long-term monitoring schemes
