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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · 10d

Putting together an seasonal spotter sheet for Blaise Museum to use in their Autumn Family Fun at half-term. Love autumn! 🍂🍁🍄

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · 17d

Dryad's Saddle ~Polyporus squamosus~ is a parasitic bracket fungus. New growth appears in spring and autumn and it won't persist much longer

A beige bracket fungus growing at the base of a large Ash tree which frames a view of green fields and hedges in the middle distance

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · 24d

BRERC attended the first Wild Summit in Bristol last week. Important to get together with all sorts of people and environmental organisations to learn, debate and plan how to reverse nature's decline.

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Sep 9

By-the-wind Sailor ~Velella velella~ a fascinating animal. BRERC has one record - a mass stranding at Weston-super-Mare in 2004. Worth looking for after stormy weather

Blue oval shaped organism with a transparent sail, on wet sand

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Aug 20

The maps on our website are working again 🙂

The Interactive Maps show overview data - search for a species, or click on a 1km square to see what's on the database.

The Species Mapping shows the records either at 1km level or 100m level.

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Jul 10

Have you recorded wildlife?

An MSc student at Leeds Uni is interested in understanding how biological recording and biological recorders contribute to conservation - survey link here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/taGxQK7Adg

Microsoft Forms

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Jun 19

The interactive maps on our website aren't working due to maintenance + restructuring. It'll take a while to complete but will improve the website + other services.
We apologise for any inconvenience + hope it won't deter you from submitting records.
We're processing + making data available as usual

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · May 23

Apologies - BRERC online maps are currently offline for maintenance 🔧

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · May 15

It's a good year so far for Small Heath - which used to be much more common. Help us keep track of butterfly numbers locally by sending in your records recording.brerc.org.uk 🦋

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Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution @brlsi.bsky.social · May 9

🌾 Can we reconcile farming and nature? Or are we facing a deepening divide?Join#BRLSI on May 14 for Faultlines a new series tackling the tensions in today’s sustainability policies. inc: #hannahneedham #georgemonbiot #marklynas #lynndicks #patrickholden #DustinBenton
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Alan Yeodal @alanyeodal.bsky.social · Apr 29

A few of the insects seen in the Tucking Mill (Bath) valley today. Spring hotting up! @savebutterflies.bsky.social @brerc.bsky.social @twotunnelsbath.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly on dogwood leaf

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Apr 17

Hi Martyn

It was Hawkesbury Common on 9th

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Apr 17

#RecordOfTheWeek - this relaxed Hoopoe in South Glos. There's been a major influx to Southern England this spring so keep an eye out!
📷Steve Perryman

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Apr 16

Field Ecologist job - careersearch.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/jobs/job/Fie...

Field Ecologist - Fixed term until September 2026 | 29 April, 2025 | Jobs and careers with West of England Combined Authority

Jobs and careers with West of England Combined Authority - The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is seeking to appoint a field ecologist to work on an innovative approach to assessing t...

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Alan Yeodal @alanyeodal.bsky.social · Apr 7

Scarlet Tiger moth larvae out in force in Bath! Seeing more of the colourful moths around the city in recent years. @brerc.bsky.social @bathnature.bsky.social

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Apr 3

📷 Matthew Millett

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Apr 3

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage brightening a damp, shady corner.

Stone steps leading up a slope in woodland. Bright greeny yellow flowers are growing along the bottom two steps

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Mar 6

Red Dead-nettle~Lamium purpureum~ begins flowering around now and is useful food for early pollinators that are flying when it's warm enough.
The leaves are a similar shape to Stinging Nettle but dead-nettles don't sting. The square stem gives away they are in the same family as Mint.

Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Feb 27

My local Toad Patrol started with a bang last Thursday, with Toads, Frogs and even a Palmate Newt appearing from all sides 🐸. The photo is from Saturday - much cooler; after being helped across the road this Toad found a warm hiding place

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Feb 20

#DYK there are many, many species of Bramble - Rubus?

We're meeting regularly with botanists to write species accounts for the 'Wild Plants of the Bristol Region' which will update and expand on the 'Flora' (2000). It took 3 meetings to get through all the Rubi 👀

A brown and cream Speckled Wood butterfly perched on a Bramble plant with glossy black blackberries

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Jan 30

Spring is on its way - have a look at our saved stories on Instagram for #SignsofSpring

I saw my first flowering Cherry Plum yesterday 🌞

www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2...

SignsofSpring1 = @b.r.e.r.c

See Instagram 'SignsofSpring1' highlights from BRERC (@b.r.e.r.c)

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jan 14

🦇Many people who work in the #roofing industry have encountered bats, but what are you supposed to do when that happens?
Book our ' #Bats for Roofers' training course to! Online over 2 afternoon sessions on 5+11 February.
Booking deadline: 29 Jan
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Bats for Roofers - Courses for specific professions - Bat Conservation Trust

Are you ready to learn how to work alongside bats in buildings? Upcoming dates: 5 and 11 February 2025 (2 afternoon sessions online) Book the Bats for R...

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Jan 16

Catching up with @nbntrust.bsky.social recent Impact Report - chuffed to see BRERC are 5th in the top data-providing organisations: above some national organisations

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Jan 6

Happy New Year to all our recorders. It's been great to get back to the office to a busy @records inbox and lots of online records recording.brerc.org.uk/home

Welcome to BRERC Online Recording | BRERC Online Recording

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Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre @brerc.bsky.social · Dec 19

BRERC staff and volunteers enjoyed their Christmas 'walk' last week (there's a lot of stopping 👀).

We hope all our recorders have a Merry Christmas and feel energized by the break to record even more in 2025!

Group of people on coats and hats waiting to begin a walk on a grey day

Same group posing for a photo in front of tall grey tree trunks

3 people looking over the parapet of a small stone bridge while another person looks underneath for Otter spraint

Identification challenge - 1 person photographs a fungi on a tree trunks and others look at their phones to try and find a match

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