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Bringing wildlife back to Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull and restoring 60+ wild spaces. Be part of the movement > warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialVacancy | Catering Assistant | Zero Hour Contract
We are looking for someone to join our catering team. You'll be welcoming visitors to the café at the Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, being a friendly face to our regular and new customers. 🍵
Apply now: https://ow.ly/HZMJ50ZVUHJ
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialGet outdoors this October Half Term to entertain your young explorers with an exciting autumnal adventure along our Woodpecker Trail! 🍂
📅Every day from 24th Oct - 1st Nov
⏰During opening hours, until 3:15pm
🎫 £2.50 per trail pack
📍Brandon Marsh, CV3 3GW
https://ow.ly/5Yze50ZVUB2
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialBank of England have unveiled the four UK wildlife species that will appear on banknotes Nearly 500,000 people responded to the public consultation asking which native wildlife they would like to see on UK banknotes. 🖤Atlantic puffin 🦉barn owl 🐝buff-tailed bumblebee 🦔European hedgehog
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialWhat do you think made this fox & squirrel jump? 😲
Although these trail cameras were set up to monitor hedgehog activity, they've captured an array of comical and impressive shots of other British wildlife in action 📸 Part six
Voting closes tomorrow
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialBreakfast on the wild side 🌾
After more than a decade of successful, wildlife-friendly farming, the Jordans Farm Partnership continues to showcase what can be accomplished when we farm in a sustainable way. 🐝
Read the full blog https://ow.ly/8wZe50ZTXPn
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialFor a bit of peace and quiet ✨
One of our visitors to Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve posted this wonderful review on Google 🥰
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialThat's amazing, if you'd like to submit it for our monthly wildlife gallery, please email [email protected] 🤩
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialThis photo of an autumnal-coloured bug is amazing! 🧡
Rhopalidae stictopleurus, also referred to as scentless plant bugs, are hard to identify without close inspection. Currently, there are over 240 species of rhopalids. 🔍
October Wildlife Gallery
https://ow.ly/TgrI50ZTwf0
📸April Henderson
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialYou may recognise Rachael as the friendly face in our Visitor Centre 😊
Watch this relaxing performance of 'Perks at Work' by Rachael that reflects on working for us and enjoying time outdoors in nature, with a hint of humour 🪲
📸Logan Walker, WKWT, and Catherine Craig
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialOur sightings board tells us what's been spotted at Brandon Marsh.
Shoveler, wigeon, snipe, peregrine falcon, hobby, sparrowhawk, marsh harrier, cormorants, great white egret, little egret, heron, and the classic kingfishers! 💚
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialOh, to be a sleeping dormouse! 💤
If food is scarce outside of hibernation season, they can save energy by dropping their body temperature & going into a state of 'torpor'. Dormice can spend three-quarters of the year 'asleep'
Learn more: https://ow.ly/rsaU50ZSJIU
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialMegan shares her experience of volunteering 🐹
She completed bumblebee surveys, otter surveys, invasive species removals, and water quality testing with the Sherbourne Valley Project.💚
Read the full blog https://ow.ly/Lwkp50ZSzjJ
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialVacancy | Catering Assistant | Zero Hour Contract
We are looking for someone to join our catering team. You'll be welcoming visitors to the café at the Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, being a friendly face to our regular and new customers. 🍵
To learn more and apply now: https://ow.ly/mHX150ZSKcu
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialTo brighten your Monday morning, here is the next instalment of funny photos! 😇
Although these trail cams were set up to monitor hedgehog activity, they've captured an array of comical & impressive shots of other British wildlife in action 📸 Part five
Vote for your fav 🙌
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialDon't take our word for it! One of our visitors to Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve posted this wonderful review on Google 🥰
By joining Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, you become part of 30,000 members who also believe in a wilder future for people & nature. 🙌
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialA white magpie was spotted by Anna Wright, our Wilder Communities Manager, in her local park 🤯
Having only seen black & white magpies, she found out that this magpie has a condition called Leucism that reduces the melanin pigment in its' feathers.) 🪶
📸Anna Wright
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialLet's introduce our 5 neighbouring Wildlife Trusts:
🦎Beds, Cambs & Northants
🌳Herts & Middlesex
🦌Berks, Bucks & Oxon
🏙️London
☀️ Surrey
When you are a member of Warwickshire, you can visit other Trusts' nature reserves with our membership*. This is reciprocal access.
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialThis carpet of colour on marshes, heaths, and moors are sphagnum mosses. 🌱
There are over 30 species in the UK, from red and pink, to orange and green, species range in colour but all play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs.
To learn more https://ow.ly/O9KB50ZQUav
📸 Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialLast weekend, our Sherbourne Valley Project team celebrated the fifth & final River Festival 🥳
We welcomed nearly 3,000 people with 19 stalls and countless performances, crafts, activities, and talks.
@warwickshirewt.bsky.socialToday, we celebrate the autumnal equinox 🍂
Do you want to learn how to spot an ancient woodland this autumn? 🌳
Visit our blog to find out what to look out for:
www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/blog/spot-ancient-woodland-during-your-autumn-walk
📸 Ben Porter
