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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
Discover 48 UK soldierflies: boldly patterned spring–summer flower visitors, with larvae recycling nutrients in wetlands, woodland & gardens. Join @kitenet.bsky.social on 16 Apr 2026 for a talk on their ID, ecology & standout species www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976906539...

@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Bee-flies mimic solitary bees with their furry bodies, long proboscis & darting flight 🪰

Join Dr @tonymadgwick.bsky.social on 25 Mar 2026 for an entoLEARN covering all 9 UK species, their ecology & how to record them with Bee-fly Watch. 🧪

Book your space now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976745510...
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Antarctica isn’t just penguins 🐧

Tiny springtails like Friesea antarctica survive in rare ice-free spots. Join @peteconvey.bsky.social on 5th March for a FREE entoLIVE on Antarctica’s invertebrates & what they reveal about biodiversity & climate: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1914682529...

@bas.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Did spiders go soot-black during the Industrial Revolution? 🕷️

Join Geoff Oxford (British Arachnological Society) on Thu, 26 Feb 2026 for a FREE entoLIVE webinar as he revisits claims of industrial melanism in spiders. 🌍 🧪

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1968443417...

@britishspiders.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Explore the power of UK marine citizen science! 🌊

Dr Ben Holt reveals how the @therockpoolproject.bsky.social Challenge is engaging communities, boosting biodiversity recording & inspiring coastal discovery.

Free webinar, 10 Feb 2026: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976620250...

@thembauk.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Want to improve the accuracy of your wildlife data? 🦋📍

Join our Checking & Validating Your Wildlife Records webinar on Mon 2 Feb 2026. Learn how to use Record Cleaner to spot errors, apply rule-sets and prep data for submission.

Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976877829...

@ukceh.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Meet a tiny UK harvestman with a wild eye-turret topped with spiny “lashes.” 👀🕷️

Join our final entoLEARN UK Harvestmen webinar with @megabunus.bsky.social on 5 February 2026 to explore subterranean + generalist species.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720584467...

@britishspiders.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
An ant that gives birth to two different species? Yes, it's real. 🐜

Join the 2026 Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture to hear how Messor ants broke biology and rewrote our idea of species.

Free signup: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...

@selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hay meadows once covered the UK; now 97% are gone! 🌾

Join us to explore how traditional management can bring these rich habitats back.

Hay Meadow Restoration webinar with Carol Edmondson on Thursday, 29th January 2026.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1821584400...

@forestofbowlandnl.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🦞 Protect the UK’s White-clawed Crayfish!

Learn survey methods, ID, & conservation in this 3-part online course with Dr Nicky Green. Understand threats from invasive Signal Crayfish, crayfish plague, and habitat loss.

Enrol now: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/cray...
Crayfish Survey & Management – Self-Study Online Course
Gain full access to three expert webinars and supporting materials on crayfish ecology, survey design and invasive species management — a self-paced online course designed for ecologists, recorders an...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Curious about damselflies? 🌿

Unlock identification skills & learn about the 20 UK species with this online course from Biological Recording — just £15.

Start your wildlife journey ➡️ courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/dams...

@smallshire.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Damselflies of the UK: Online Course & ID Training
Master UK damselfly ID with our expert-led self‑study course. Explore 20 species, learn lifecycle, habitat, ecology & recording skills. Ideal for naturalists, recorders & beginners. Includes video les...
courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
UK orbweb spiders up close! 🕸️

Join Martin Frost on Tuesday, 5th May to learn about Garden Spiders, Wasp Spiders & more, their webs, ecology & behaviour. Ideal for enthusiasts & beginners. 🌍 🧪

Reserve your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976588654...
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🐝 Backyard bees need your garden! (FREE - NOW OPEN FOR BOOKINGS!)

Emma Plant reveals how private green spaces shape pollinator communities in cities & which plants they love most on 22 April 2026.

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1964456916...

@royentsoc.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
An ant queen that gives birth to two species? 🐜

Discover xenoparity as Jonathan Romiguier unpacks this boundary-breaking biology at the free 2026 Brad Ashby Lecture. 🧪 🌍

Join: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...

@selfishmeme.bsky.social @britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Free webinar this Monday! 🐜

Driver ants are some of nature’s most extreme superorganisms and Dr Max Tercel’s research uncovers behaviours you won’t believe.

Last spaces left 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1675100022...

@royentsoc.bsky.social @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Are UK stag beetles in decline? 🪲

On 12 Mar 2026, David Wembridge ( @ptes-org.bsky.social ) shares new research combining citizen science & museum records (over 100 years!) to reveal changes in the stag beetle’s range, abundance & phenology.

FREE webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975613846...
November 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Did spiders turn darker during the Industrial Revolution? 🕷️

Join Dr Geoff Oxford on 26 Feb 2026 as he revisits three cases of alleged industrial melanism in spiders—and whether they truly fit the classic Darwinian story. (FREE!)

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1968443417...

@britishspiders.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🎓 Black Friday 50% OFF alert! Learn UK invertebrate ID & practical ecology online 🐝🪲

All entoLEARN & Skills For Ecology courses discounted. Use

BLACKFRIDAY3 before 30 Nov!

Courses: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/collections/...
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🌿 The Biological Recording Company is going WILD for Black Friday! 🪱

Grab 50% OFF all training webinars before 30 Nov. Boost your ID & ecology skills!

Use BLACKFRIDAY3 at checkout.

Check out webinars: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/training-...
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The strangest ant reproduction yet 🐜

Some Messor ants make workers that are hybrids of two species, ensuring a stable workforce when environment cues fail.
Learn more with @selfishmeme.bsky.social in our FREE Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture (29 Jan 2026).

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In Messor harvester ants, queens use xenoparity, cross-species cloning, to complete their lifecycle.

Discover how genetic conflict and extreme caste differences shape eusocial evolution.

FREE webinar, 6 Oct 2026: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1970355572...

@britentsoc.bsky.social @lnhs.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
An “alien” has arrived in Antarctica ❄️

The invasive midge Eretmoptera murphyi is changing soil chemistry, speeding decomposition & boosting nitrates up to 5×.

Join our FREE entoLIVE talk on 27 Jan 2026. 🌎 🧪
Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/tickets/1821...

@octaviabrayley.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ever wondered what badgers get up to at night? 🌙 Camera traps open a window into the hidden world of the UK’s most elusive mammals.

Join our intro to camera trapping on 22 Jan 2026 and learn how to capture behaviour non-invasively. 🧪

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...

@mammalweb.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A Bee's Buzz: Biology to Robotics 🐝

Buzz-pollinating bees hit over 50 Gs of vibration — and scientists are using this incredible behaviour to inspire new engineering ideas.

Join our FREE entoLIVE talk on 13th January 2026: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1850820516...

@charliezoology.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Beetles are astonishingly diverse: 400,000 species and counting. A major new project aims to build the most comprehensive beetle phylogeny ever, mapping 100,000 species to reveal their evolutionary history.

Learn more w/ Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social on 17 Feb.

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1815106274...
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM