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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 8h

Nature is under threat like never before but if we all stand together and speak up for nature we CAN make a difference.

Read our latest blog and find out how you can help wildlife on your doorstep, in your street, in #Worcestershire and across England 👇

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/mike-pe...

Green fronds of fern tower over a carpet of white flowers of stitchworth. It's a woodland on a sunny spring day.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 1d

Well-fed wildlife 💚

With plenty still in flower and plants full of seed for later in the year, wildlife will have plenty of food at #LowerSmiteFarm this autumn and winter 🐝🐦💚

4 photos showing fields full of flowers and/or plants that are full of seeds

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 1d

Love trees? Need an excuse to get outdoors? Why not become a #volunteer surveyor for our #SevernTreescapes #DeadWoodSociety project 🌳

We'll provide training, guides & survey forms and surveys are flexible to suit you.

Take a look & get in touch 👇

Severn Treescapes: Dead Wood Society – Volunteer Surveyor | Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Become part of a team of surveyors for our Severn Treescapes: Dead Wood Society project.

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing news 🤩

Thanks to players of the #NationalLottery through The National Lottery Heritage Fund, we have received nearly £100k to develop the first phase of a 5-yr £3.6m project to restore nature across 418 sq km of east #Worcestershire 👏🙌

More: www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/ps94000...

Two trees in the foreground with a third in the distance. The landscape stretches away and there are trees on the horizon. It's a bright summer day with a blue sky and wispy clouds.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 2d

Join our #SevernTreescapes colleagues for a Pie & Pint evening in Ledbury on 4 Nov for farmers, landowners & managers who care about the health of the River Leadon, its tributaries & the wildlife it supports
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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 3d

Vital work to repair the main track into The Knapp and Papermill nature reserve means that the reserve and adjacent section of road will be closed 27th-31st October.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause; please see our website for more info www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/knapp-a...

On the left is a photo of a large crack in a track, roped off with hazard tape and bollards. On the right is writing - The Knapp and Papermill nature reserve / Nature reserve and road closure / 27th-31st October 2025 / The nature reserve and Stocks Road at Bridges Stone (Alfrick Pound) will be closed for essential maintenance work to the main track. There is a QR code to scan.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 3d

Artichoke galls are caused by a gall wasp laying an egg on an oak bud. Have you spotted one recently? 👀

Oak leaves, an acorn and an artichoke gall

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 4d

There will be disturbance at The Flashes #UptonWarren this coming Wed-Fri whilst our contractors undertake essential maintenance. The work, which is weather-dependent, will take place c9.30am-4pm. We apologise for any inconvenience.

A woman looking out of a birdwatching hide window through binoculars. She's overlooking a large pool.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 5d

Just the joy of falling leaves in a woodland for a Sunday morning 🍂💚

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 6d

Looking for something to do this weekend? Why not head out to look for galls on leaves. Galls can be caused by wasps, fungi and other organisms - like the sawfly that has caused these galls to form on willow leaves.

A gall is an abnormal growth that a plant produces in response to another organism

Two long green leaves with reddish coloured bean-shaped growths on them

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 6d

Our #WildWorcestershire podcast is here & we kick off with a feature-length episode featuring Green Farm. Settle in & join our host, Lee, on a summer's-day stroll through #GreenFarm with Dom & Laura:

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Our website www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wild-wo...

A photo of a path through a meadow with mature trees on the right side. There's also the words "Wild Worcestershire" and "Episode 1 - Green Farm"

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 7d

It's so hard to get any work done when you work for a Wildlife Trust* ... you go to see another colleague in a different building and before you know it, you're slow-worm watching 😍😁

*we promise that we do work hard, it's just that we're easily distracted by Worcestershire's fabulous wildlife 💚

A slow-worm alongside the red bricks of a building. The slow-worm is a long, bronze-coloured legless lizard.

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Blanno @blanno.bsky.social · 9d

a quiet Grimley 30,9,25
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#worcsbirds

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 8d

There will be disturbance at The Flashes #UptonWarren tomorrow (Fri) between 10am and 11.30am. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

A woman looking through binoculars over a wetland. She's sitting in a birdwatching hide. It's a dull day outside.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 8d

Meet Lee 👋

Lee's our volunteer podcast host & we can't wait to bring you our first #WildWorcestershire episode later this week. For now, though, let Lee introduce himself & our new series 👇

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/wild-wo...

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 9d

3 cheers for this amazing painted lady butterfly; despite having lost a hind wing, it still managed to fly off strongly...go butterfly 🦋🤩💚

#DidYouKnow that painted lady butterflies migrate south but fly at speeds up to 30mph and above 500m, out of sight of humans but picked up on radar 😮

A painted lady butterfly with only three wings - it's missing the hindwing on the right side. The wings are patterned in orange, black and white.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 10d

Our Wildlife Sightings volunteers love receiving records of wildlife you spot.

Thx to Gillian Bennett for letting us know about a group of 4 glossy ibis she & her husband spotted...just a handful of the 600+ glossy ibis recorded in the UK this month 😍

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wildlife-sig...

4 glossy ibis feeding in shallow water. The birds have long legs, long necks, curved bills and iridescent plumage that makes their wings look metallic green in colour

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 10d

Good guess but it's a wigeon...it's in eclipse plumage and will soon be moulting into the much more colourful breeding plumage.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 10d

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 11d

Did anyone else think that the weekend whizzed by quickly? 😁

Welcome to a new week and today's #MysteryMonday. We'll be seeing many more of these as autumn turns to winter...what duck was peeking at our colleague Ion at #UptonWarren last week? 🤔

A mottled brown duck with its head tucked into its wings - one eye appears to be looking at the camera. The photo is taken from behind and we can see the white undertail feathers that have brown spots throughout.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 12d

Is it just us or is it a bumper conker year this year?!

Did you know, though, that horse chestnut trees aren't native?

Take a Sunday morning delve into the world of conker trees with our seasonal blog 👇

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/seasona...

Conkers on the ground in their shells - the conkers are shiny and chestnut coloured whilst the shells have a white lining and green/brown spiky casing

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 13d

Migrant hawkers are often found hunting for prey along woodland edges or hedgerows so our volunteer Brian Iles was delighted to find this pair closer to home.

No matter where you are this weekend, keep a lookout for the unexpected wild 👀🐦🐝🐞🦋🦎

Two migrant hawker dragonflies mating. They're hanging up on what looks like a metal door. The long body of the male is black/dark brown with blue markings whilst the female is brown/green. Both have brown and lime green thoraxes.

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 13d

Our colleague Ion caught this gathering of swallows on the lines at #LowerSmiteFarm this week - beautiful to see so many but sad to know that they'll soon be leaving us for winter 💚

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 14d

We see bees, wasps, butterflies, birds & more but what wildlife sees in #heathland habitats is a mix of bare earth, hollow stems, tussocky areas & bases of plants in which to nest & overwinter.
Discover more about the value of these amazing open habitats www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/blog/heathla...

A common lizard amongst flowering heather

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Worcestershire Wildlife Trust @worcswt.bsky.social · 14d

We're so proud of everyone who's helped us start the restoration of #GreenFarm, next to #Monkwood nature reserve. The impact for wildlife will be huge - new habitat, new corridors and plenty of space to expand 🌳🌼🦋🐝🐦🐭🐞🐜

Thank you everyone 🙌👏🙏

www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/news/celebra...

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