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Biological Recording Company
@biologicalrecording.co.uk
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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. 🍄🪱🪲🕷️🐌🪼🦈

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Ever heard a Reed Bunting’s “tzeep”? 🐦

Learn how bioacoustic monitoring can reveal secretive songbirds and improve surveys.

Join Cat Scutts & George Caterer for a webinar on 11th March 2026. 🌍 🧪

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1668406923...

@wildersensing.com @nhbs.bsky.social @wildlifeacoustics.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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🔬 Did you know insects carry chemical clues about where they grew and what they ate?

Discover how Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis (SIRA) can trace insect pests like the Asian Longhorn Beetle in our FREE entoLIVE with Katharina Heinrich on Tue 7 Apr 2026 🌍 🧪

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February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Surveying Marine Protected Areas 🌊

Remote video tech is transforming marine monitoring. Baited cameras capture elusive species non-destructively across habitats.

Join Dr @owenexeter.bsky.social for a FREE webinar on 10 Mar 2026.

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@exetermarine.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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NEW FREE EVENT! Cuckoo bumblebees don’t build nests; they take them over 🐝

Are these parasites indicators of healthy bumblebee habitats?

Join this FREE entoLIVE webinar on Tue 21 Jul 2026 with @sofiadartnell.bsky.social to explore cuckoo bumblebee ecology. 🌍 🧪

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February 2, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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#SundayScience | An ‘Alien’ in Antarctica 🧊🪰

We’re launching #SundayScience to spotlight our free entoLIVE & marineLIVE talks.

First talk with @octaviabrayley.bsky.social: a tiny introduced midge is changing Antarctic soils & greenhouse gas emissions. 🌍 🧪

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An 'Alien' in Antarctica
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February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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How does biodiversity support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals?

From pollinators for food (SDG 2) to forests for water (SDG 6) and carbon storage (SDG 13), healthy ecosystems underpin global goals.

Join @jeffollerton.bsky.social on 31 Mar 2026: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980197493...
Biodiversity and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Discover why biodiversity matters, how it supports the UN SDGs, how change is monitored, and what actions lead to a nature-positive future.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Camera traps don’t stop at great footage — the real value is in the data.

Join our final camera trapping webinar with Sammy Mason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) and learn how to classify footage into meaningful wildlife insights. 🌍 🧪

Thu 19 Mar 2026
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January 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Beetles have survived ice ages and mass extinctions — but can they survive today’s global change? 🪲

Join our FREE entoLIVE webinar on 17 Feb with Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on mapping the beetle tree of life and what it tells us about biodiversity’s future. 🧪

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January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Britain’s largest beetle is changing its range 🪲

Learn what a century of records reveals about UK stag beetles, where they’re holding on, where they’re declining, and what this means for conservation. 🌍 🧪

FREE webinar, 12 Mar 2026.
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@ptes-org.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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From wood ants to slave-making ants 🐜

Join entoLEARN tutor Gary Skinner for a deep dive into UK Formica ants — their ecology, behaviour & identification.

Tue 30 Jun 2026 | £12.50 🌍 🧪

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@pelagic.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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What’s living beneath UK seas? 🌊

Join marine scientist Dr @owenexeter.bsky.social on 10 Mar for a FREE marineLIVE webinar exploring extraordinary underwater footage from the Isles of Scilly, one of the UK’s richest marine hotspots.

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1979972276...

@exetermarine.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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We're incredibly PROUD to be offering 80+ online and in-person courses (most completely FREE to attend!).

Led by passionate specialists who want to share their knowledge, book as many as you want!

This is a huge opportunity for nature enthusiasts🌿

Join us NOW!
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January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Bee or fly? 🐝🪰

This is the Long-horned General soldierfly, a brilliant bee mimic. Learn how to spot UK soldierflies and their lookalikes in our Soldierflies entoLEARN, on 16 Apr 2026. 🌍 🧪

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...

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January 28, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Is the Scottish Crossbill the UK’s only endemic bird? 🐦

Join author James Harding-Morris to explore Britain’s endemic vertebrates — from crossbills to voles and hares, in our Skills for Ecology, on 16 April.

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@bsbicountries.bsky.social @chiffchat.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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🕷️ Industrial melanism in spiders?

Beyond the peppered moth, how strong is the evidence? Dr Geoff Oxford revisits classic spider case studies and shows how scientific stories can outpace the data.

Join this FREE entoLIVE now!
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@britishspiders.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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How did the tiny spruce bark beetle Ips typographus reach the UK? 🌍

Join our FREE entoLIVE with Katharina Heinrich (Fera Science) to learn how Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis helps trace pest origins and movement. 🌍 🧪

Tue 7 Apr 2026
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@royentsoc.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Bee… or not a bee? 🐝🪰

Meet the Dark-edged Bee-fly. Discover how to spot UK bee-flies and learn about their remarkable (and surprising) life histories in our entoLEARN webinar, on 25 Mar 2026. 🌍 🧪

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976745510...

@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @tonymadgwick.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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From garden foxes to conservation science 🦊📷

Your camera-trap images can help monitor mammals nationwide via @mammalweb.bsky.social.

Join our Deploying Camera Traps webinar on 19 Feb to learn how to collect high-value data. 🌍 🧪

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818693584...

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January 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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Are you an ecologist working with bats? 🦇

Discover how thermal imaging is transforming bat surveys in our FREE webinar on 25 Mar 2026. Learn the science, tools and applications behind modern thermal surveys. 🌍 🧪

Book now!
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January 26, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Antarctica isn’t just penguins 🧊

Hidden in moss and rock live tiny extremophiles like springtails and mites — now threatened by climate change and human impact.

Join our FREE entoLIVE webinar with @peteconvey.bsky.social ( @bas.ac.uk) on 5th March 2026 🌍 🧪

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1914682529...
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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FREE NEW EVENT!!! 🕷️

Join us on Friend, Foe, or Freeloader? The Flower Crab Spider webinar on 2nd June.

@envirosyment.bsky.social explores how Misumena vatia hunts on flowers—and how you can get involved in the research too! 🌍 🧪

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1915221742...

@britishspiders.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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NEW EVENT 💧
Underexplored Freshwater Habitats in Ireland

Dr @hmbarber-james.bsky.social explores overlooked rivers, springs & turloughs using mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies to reveal hidden biodiversity.

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1914939919...

@nbntrust.bsky.social @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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❄️ Did you know Antarctica’s largest land animal is just 6mm long?

Meet Belgica antarctica — a flightless midge with the smallest known insect genome. Discover how insects survive extreme Antarctic conditions with @peteconvey.bsky.social (@bas.ac.uk). 🌎 🧪

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1914682529...
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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NEW EVENT! Plant–Pollinator Interactions Underpin the SDGs 🏵️

Explore how pollinators support food security, health, climate resilience & biodiversity, and why their protection matters - With Professor @jeffollerton.bsky.social on MAY 26th 🌎 🧪

Book now:
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January 22, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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🪰 Ever wondered where insect pests come from?

Could chemistry trace a fly or beetle back to its origin?

Katharina Heinrich explains how Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis reveals pest pathways — from house flies to invasive beetles. 🌎 🧪

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1915871496...

@nbntrust.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM