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Shining a spotlight on the importance of monitoring wildlife and ecological research, with a focus on the groups that get less attention. 🍄🪱🪲🕷️🐌🪼🦈 Posts by Keiron Derek Brown
@biologicalrecording.co.ukFREE! Don’t miss it, TOMORROW!
🐦 Curlews & grouse moors – an ongoing conversation. Join us on 12 Oct to hear from two practising land managers about curlew conservation on managed grouse moors, followed by a live Q&A.
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@biologicalrecording.co.uk🦠 Tardigrades can seemingly switch life off — then come back to life when water returns.
Join Witold Morek (@sangerinstitute.bsky.social) for a FREE webinar on 20 Oct to explore the extraordinary biology and genetics of these microscopic animals.
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@biologicalrecording.co.uk🐦 Curlew conservation is complex and contested. With UK breeding numbers down by around half since the mid-1990s, what does conservation look like on the ground?
Join two practising land managers on 12 Oct to hear about curlews on managed grouse moors, followed by Q&A 🌎 🧪
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌳 Meet the rare English Whitebeam, found only in Britain & Ireland. Around 1,000 remain!
Learn more about this & other endemic whitebeams with @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on 13 Oct.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🪰 Meet Britain’s largest fly! The Hornet Robberfly can reach 2.5cm and mimics a hornet as it hunts flies, wasps, grasshoppers and beetles.
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar!
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🐦 What does curlew conservation look like in practice?
Join our free Curlew Conversations webinar on 12 Oct to hear directly from two land managers about their experiences protecting curlew populations on the moors they manage 🌎 🧪
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🪰 Big fly + moustache = robberfly!
Learn how to spot these fascinating predators and tell them apart from similar flies in our online Robberflies webinar with @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct 🌎 🧪
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌳 Did you know at least 30 tree species grow wild in the British Isles and nowhere else? Discover Britain’s remarkable endemic whitebeams with botanist @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on 13 Oct.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🪰 Meet the Bee Robberfly (Laphria flava), a spectacular UK bee mimic found in Caledonian pine forests in Scotland. Its survival is tied to this rare habitat.
Learn more w/ @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct in our Robberflies webinar.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🪰 Quiz time! Which of these flies is NOT a robberfly?
Put your ID skills to the test, then join @kitenet.bsky.social on 8 Oct for an online training webinar exploring this fascinating group of insects.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌲 Britain’s forests are facing growing pressure from insect pests. What can we do to defend them?
Join Katrina Dainton on 6 Oct for: Unwelcome Guests, exploring the pests threatening our trees and how they can be managed.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌲 Meet Ips typographus, the Eight-toothed Spruce Bark Beetle. First found breeding in the UK in 2018, this tiny beetle could pose a significant threat to spruce forests. Join Katrina Dainton TOMORROW to learn more about them 🌎 🧪
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌳 Could the Plane Lace Bug become a growing threat to Britain’s trees?
Join Katrina Dainton of @forestresearchuk.bsky.social on 6 October for entoLIVE: Unwelcome Guests, exploring insect pests and their impact on Britain’s forests 🌎 🧪
Book your FREE place:
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@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌲 What makes the Large Pine Weevil such a serious threat to newly planted trees?
Join Katrina Dainton TOMORROW for: Unwelcome Guests, exploring how insect pests are impacting Britain’s forests.
🎟 Book your FREE place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1915440176...
@ianthewildside.bsky.socialReposted by @biologicalrecording.co.ukWhat is Native? Where does Nature belong?
Reel from one of our upcoming speakers:
Steve Head – Wildlife Gardening Forum – garden biodiversity & climate change:
The Wildlife Gardening Forum:
@biologicalrecording.co.ukWhat can an invertebrate species list reveal about a site?
Use Pantheon to explore habitats, ecological resources & conservation value with @kitenet.bsky.social.
Natural History Museum | 14 Jan 2027 | From £50
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@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌱 Are we actually helping wildlife in our gardens?
Join the Wildlife Gardening Virtual Symposium 2027 to explore the latest research and make evidence-based decisions for wildlife.
📅 13 Jan | 💻 Online | 🎟️ £30 or pay what you can
More info & booking:
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@biologicalrecording.co.ukIt's on an internationally available platform, though it obviously has a British focus in terms of species that it references.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌳 Britain's rarest native timber tree might surprise you! The true native Black Poplar, Populus nigra, has only ~7,000 wild specimens left – and just ~600 are female.
Learn to identify this and other poplars with Russell Miller on 8 Dec.
@biologicalrecording.co.uk🌿 New online course: Urban Pond Conservation, tutored by Rachel Walker, Amphibian Specialist
Explore urban pond ecology, monitoring approaches, threats, conservation management & how we can reconnect the freshwater network.
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