NFBR
@nfbr.bsky.social
The National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR) exists to promote the use of biodiversity information for strategic and local needs and to champion the biological recording community across the UK.
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Is there something on my face?
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Is there something on my face?
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
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🦇 Everything you need to know about the Bat Conservation Trust's Nocturnal Garden at #RHSChelsea Flower Show is here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/noc... .
Learn about the concept of the garden, our plants, the bat sculpture and more!
Designed by Melanie Hick and sponsored by #ProjectGivingBack
Learn about the concept of the garden, our plants, the bat sculpture and more!
Designed by Melanie Hick and sponsored by #ProjectGivingBack
About the garden - The Nocturnal Garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - Bat Conservation Trust
Everything you need to know about the Bat Conservation Trust's Nocturnal Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show can be found here.If you still have questions...
www.bats.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 PM
🦇 Everything you need to know about the Bat Conservation Trust's Nocturnal Garden at #RHSChelsea Flower Show is here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/noc... .
Learn about the concept of the garden, our plants, the bat sculpture and more!
Designed by Melanie Hick and sponsored by #ProjectGivingBack
Learn about the concept of the garden, our plants, the bat sculpture and more!
Designed by Melanie Hick and sponsored by #ProjectGivingBack
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The Youth in Nature Summit is back! 😀Book a FREE ticket➡️ bit.ly/YouthNatureSu...
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
January 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Youth in Nature Summit is back! 😀Book a FREE ticket➡️ bit.ly/YouthNatureSu...
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
📅 Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 February.
📍 David Attenborough Building, Cambridge.
📝 Tickets: Free!
Organised by BTO Youth with Green Jobs for Nature. Supported by Opticron, Raptor Aid & private donors
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Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Post doctor (3 years) within mountain plant community and ecosystem processes across a globally distributed experiment
www.umu.se
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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Traditional medicine is moving centre stage at WHO 🌍🌿 But safe, effective use depends on knowing which plants are being used.
MPNS v15 helps cut through confusing names - now covering ~42,000 medicinal plants, with images added for the first time.
Explore 👉 https://ow.ly/ui9N50Y0wNq
MPNS v15 helps cut through confusing names - now covering ~42,000 medicinal plants, with images added for the first time.
Explore 👉 https://ow.ly/ui9N50Y0wNq
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Traditional medicine is moving centre stage at WHO 🌍🌿 But safe, effective use depends on knowing which plants are being used.
MPNS v15 helps cut through confusing names - now covering ~42,000 medicinal plants, with images added for the first time.
Explore 👉 https://ow.ly/ui9N50Y0wNq
MPNS v15 helps cut through confusing names - now covering ~42,000 medicinal plants, with images added for the first time.
Explore 👉 https://ow.ly/ui9N50Y0wNq
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🦇 Bats don't make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses but some species prefer hollow trees or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles or in roof spaces.
Learn more about where bats live here:
Learn more about where bats live here:
Where do bats live? - About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses, both new and old but some species prefer hollow tr...
www.bats.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
🦇 Bats don't make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses but some species prefer hollow trees or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles or in roof spaces.
Learn more about where bats live here:
Learn more about where bats live here:
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A lovely and healthy looking Fox from the Blithe Valley recently 😊
January 24, 2026 at 12:36 PM
A lovely and healthy looking Fox from the Blithe Valley recently 😊
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Birch polypore, or Razor-strop fungus - for finishing off the sharpening of your cut-throat razor.
Birch Polypore - Fomitopsis betulina by Hans Walty #FungiFriends #MycoBookClub commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CH...
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Birch polypore, or Razor-strop fungus - for finishing off the sharpening of your cut-throat razor.
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🦇 We have some amazing people taking on challenges and raising funds for bats this year:
- Stephen, Davina and Anita are running the TCS London Marathon My Way in April
- Our very own Fundraising Officer, Eleanor, is braving a tandem skydive!!
Learn more and donate: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
- Stephen, Davina and Anita are running the TCS London Marathon My Way in April
- Our very own Fundraising Officer, Eleanor, is braving a tandem skydive!!
Learn more and donate: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
January 24, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🦇 We have some amazing people taking on challenges and raising funds for bats this year:
- Stephen, Davina and Anita are running the TCS London Marathon My Way in April
- Our very own Fundraising Officer, Eleanor, is braving a tandem skydive!!
Learn more and donate: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
- Stephen, Davina and Anita are running the TCS London Marathon My Way in April
- Our very own Fundraising Officer, Eleanor, is braving a tandem skydive!!
Learn more and donate: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...
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Are you joining in @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdWatch this weekend?
By taking part, you will help to create a snapshot of bird numbers across the UK!
Find out more: https://f.mtr.cool/xglhbrdzlf
#biggardenbirdwatch #CitizenScience #BirdSpotting
By taking part, you will help to create a snapshot of bird numbers across the UK!
Find out more: https://f.mtr.cool/xglhbrdzlf
#biggardenbirdwatch #CitizenScience #BirdSpotting
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Are you joining in @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdWatch this weekend?
By taking part, you will help to create a snapshot of bird numbers across the UK!
Find out more: https://f.mtr.cool/xglhbrdzlf
#biggardenbirdwatch #CitizenScience #BirdSpotting
By taking part, you will help to create a snapshot of bird numbers across the UK!
Find out more: https://f.mtr.cool/xglhbrdzlf
#biggardenbirdwatch #CitizenScience #BirdSpotting
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Did you know that by submitting your garden wildlife sightings regularly to BTO Garden BirdWatch, you are directly contributing towards research which looks into the year-round importance of gardens for wildlife. 🪶
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
January 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Did you know that by submitting your garden wildlife sightings regularly to BTO Garden BirdWatch, you are directly contributing towards research which looks into the year-round importance of gardens for wildlife. 🪶
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
Ahhh - our lovely @kitenet.bsky.social 💚https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bological-recording-company_meet-the-soldierflies-small-family-high-activity-7420423827312259076-RWYu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAABejigEB76m2z5epXHr7cp5wyBq5ph9gVJU
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Ahhh - our lovely @kitenet.bsky.social 💚https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bological-recording-company_meet-the-soldierflies-small-family-high-activity-7420423827312259076-RWYu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAABejigEB76m2z5epXHr7cp5wyBq5ph9gVJU
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Taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend?
Please also log sightings by iRecord (with photos if you have them) to let the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre know who you've seen!
You can use the iRecord website or app: https://f.mtr.cool/gkyrehdsoe
📷Long Tailed Tit©Neil Fletcher
Please also log sightings by iRecord (with photos if you have them) to let the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre know who you've seen!
You can use the iRecord website or app: https://f.mtr.cool/gkyrehdsoe
📷Long Tailed Tit©Neil Fletcher
January 22, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend?
Please also log sightings by iRecord (with photos if you have them) to let the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre know who you've seen!
You can use the iRecord website or app: https://f.mtr.cool/gkyrehdsoe
📷Long Tailed Tit©Neil Fletcher
Please also log sightings by iRecord (with photos if you have them) to let the Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre know who you've seen!
You can use the iRecord website or app: https://f.mtr.cool/gkyrehdsoe
📷Long Tailed Tit©Neil Fletcher
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Two larval cases of the moth Luffia lapidella
(Ramshorn Bagworm) on a patch of lichen on a village wall today. Almost all UK populations of this species are parthengenetic, having only females which reproduce asexually #teammoth
(Ramshorn Bagworm) on a patch of lichen on a village wall today. Almost all UK populations of this species are parthengenetic, having only females which reproduce asexually #teammoth
January 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Two larval cases of the moth Luffia lapidella
(Ramshorn Bagworm) on a patch of lichen on a village wall today. Almost all UK populations of this species are parthengenetic, having only females which reproduce asexually #teammoth
(Ramshorn Bagworm) on a patch of lichen on a village wall today. Almost all UK populations of this species are parthengenetic, having only females which reproduce asexually #teammoth
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If you can’t join us for our Spring Recorders’ Conference, we hope you’ll be attending the @britishdragonflies.bsky.social meeting instead, where you can hear from Stephen Burch, County Dragonfly Recorder for Oxon on “Marsh Wood Pond, a case study of Odonata population changes in Oxfordshire"
Save the date! You are invited to the BDS online Spring Meeting, taking place on Saturday 21 March. Talks cover dragonfly research and stories from across the UK to get you inspired for the 2026 recording season 🤩 Book your free ticket: british-dragonflies.org.uk/event/spring...
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 AM
If you can’t join us for our Spring Recorders’ Conference, we hope you’ll be attending the @britishdragonflies.bsky.social meeting instead, where you can hear from Stephen Burch, County Dragonfly Recorder for Oxon on “Marsh Wood Pond, a case study of Odonata population changes in Oxfordshire"
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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...
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
❄️ 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...
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...
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Great that #Gower now has a Chough Group, even better that they conducted a full survey in 2025.
Contains a plea for funding to maintain the effort and a flag that recreational disturbance may be a factor affecting breeding abundance and/or success.
#BirdingWales
Contains a plea for funding to maintain the effort and a flag that recreational disturbance may be a factor affecting breeding abundance and/or success.
#BirdingWales
Wrote a few words on our @gowerchough.bsky.social survey this summer - mikeshewring.substack.com/p/gower-gold
Gower Gold
Red-billed Choughs on Gower's Cliffs
mikeshewring.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Great that #Gower now has a Chough Group, even better that they conducted a full survey in 2025.
Contains a plea for funding to maintain the effort and a flag that recreational disturbance may be a factor affecting breeding abundance and/or success.
#BirdingWales
Contains a plea for funding to maintain the effort and a flag that recreational disturbance may be a factor affecting breeding abundance and/or success.
#BirdingWales
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Welcome to the January FBA Voice... including insights from a #freshwaterpearlmussel knowledge exchange trip to Sweden, a warm welcome to our new board members... & much more!
So for your freshwater pleasure we invite you to dive into the replenishing pond of FBA updates:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
So for your freshwater pleasure we invite you to dive into the replenishing pond of FBA updates:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
January 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Welcome to the January FBA Voice... including insights from a #freshwaterpearlmussel knowledge exchange trip to Sweden, a warm welcome to our new board members... & much more!
So for your freshwater pleasure we invite you to dive into the replenishing pond of FBA updates:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
So for your freshwater pleasure we invite you to dive into the replenishing pond of FBA updates:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
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Peatlands are a great preserver of the past, giving an insight into the plants and animals that once inhabited the Isle of Man
🦌One of the most famous is the Irish elk, preserved in a kettle hole, which can now be seen in the Manx Museum.
See www.linkedin.com/posts/manx-p...
🦌One of the most famous is the Irish elk, preserved in a kettle hole, which can now be seen in the Manx Museum.
See www.linkedin.com/posts/manx-p...
#wwd2026 #yearofmanx | Manx Peat Partnership
Peatlands are a great preserver of the past, giving an insight into the plants and animals that once inhabited the Isle of Man 🌿
🦌One of the most famous is the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), whic...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Peatlands are a great preserver of the past, giving an insight into the plants and animals that once inhabited the Isle of Man
🦌One of the most famous is the Irish elk, preserved in a kettle hole, which can now be seen in the Manx Museum.
See www.linkedin.com/posts/manx-p...
🦌One of the most famous is the Irish elk, preserved in a kettle hole, which can now be seen in the Manx Museum.
See www.linkedin.com/posts/manx-p...
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With our guide to #FliesofBritainandIreland due mid-Feb 2026 here is the 1st of 9 great places to see an amazing range of flies. Pre-pub offer runs until 31 Jan bit.ly/4dqQI8Z
@rdimond.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social
@rdimond.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
With our guide to #FliesofBritainandIreland due mid-Feb 2026 here is the 1st of 9 great places to see an amazing range of flies. Pre-pub offer runs until 31 Jan bit.ly/4dqQI8Z
@rdimond.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social
@rdimond.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social
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Digging up peat for garden compost harms bumblebees. It’s not good news for us either 🚨
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Digging up peat for garden compost harms bumblebees. It’s not good news for us either 🚨
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
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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
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
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
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
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Thanks to everyone who got involved in our NHMP spotting competition last month.
💚🦔📹We're pleased to announce that Roger Smith is the winner of a NatureSpy camera!
You can still get involved👉 https://ow.ly/i8g550Y0FQC
The NHMP is led by us &
British Hedgehog Preservation Society
💚🦔📹We're pleased to announce that Roger Smith is the winner of a NatureSpy camera!
You can still get involved👉 https://ow.ly/i8g550Y0FQC
The NHMP is led by us &
British Hedgehog Preservation Society
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Thanks to everyone who got involved in our NHMP spotting competition last month.
💚🦔📹We're pleased to announce that Roger Smith is the winner of a NatureSpy camera!
You can still get involved👉 https://ow.ly/i8g550Y0FQC
The NHMP is led by us &
British Hedgehog Preservation Society
💚🦔📹We're pleased to announce that Roger Smith is the winner of a NatureSpy camera!
You can still get involved👉 https://ow.ly/i8g550Y0FQC
The NHMP is led by us &
British Hedgehog Preservation Society