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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · 18h

Free wildlife recording sessions with West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre. A great way to discover your local wildlife. #wwww #westwaleswildwatch #wwbic #wildlife #yourwildpatch #ceredigionwwww

West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · 6d

#recordoftheweek is Neuroterus quercusbaccarum f.
agamic, the Common Spangle Causer, found and
recorded in Aberaeron by Laura Moss 📸
Thank you for your records.

You can send us your records using one of the ways
listed on our website here
www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
#gallwasps #recordoftheweek

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · 13d

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this adult Marble Gall Wasp (Andricus kollari) recorded by KevinH on Mynydd Mawr. More used to seeing the actual galls on Oak, than adult. @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · 15d

#recordoftheweek is Chorthippus brunneus, Field Grasshopper in Pembrokeshire, recorded by Gemma Ribakovs on the #LERCWalesApp
Thank you for your records

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · 16d

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Aug 15

#cofnodyrwythnos #recordoftheweek is Anguis fragilis, the Slow-worm. Recorded in Carmarthenshire, by Elen Hall on the #lercwalesapp many thanks for sending in your records. 🦎
📲Download the app here: www.wwbic.org.uk/wildlife-rec...
🖥Or use our online recording form WWBIC online: record.wwbic.org.uk

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Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡

At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image.

Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work.

More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV...

#mothsmatter #TeamMoth

A top-down image of 12 various moths on a green egg carton.

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · Aug 1

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) recorded by CarolynT in Flintshire. We don't get many records submitted of this species in N Wales, so great to see this one 🦌 @northwaleswt.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Aug 1

#speciesofthemonth for July is the Holly Parachute Fungus, Marasmius hudsonii. Recorded on the #lercwalesapp by Emma Williams at the The NBGW Bioblitz. Thank you for your records. 🍄
🧐
aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/public/distr...

#coalspoilfungi #FungiFriday #fungiphotography #carmarthenshirenature

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jul 23

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jul 22

We had a great weekend at #TheNationalBotanicGardenofWales on their #Bioblitz Festival Weekend. Participants, volunteers and staff submitted 691 records of approximately 380 different species during the 48 hours to our #lercwalesapp, iRecord and WWBIC online.
📸Lizzie Wilberforce
📸Kate Smith

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · Jul 11

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this immature male Marpissa muscosa Jumping Spider. Only the 2nd Welsh record and new to VC49. Recorded by KevinH on the Llyn. Presumably hitchhiked in from England on farm equipment or similar. @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jul 10

#speciesofthemonth Athripsodes bilineatus, a caddis fly, by catch of the moth trap. With only 23 records in our region keep an eye out for it in your moth traps. www.naturespot.org/species/athr...
🪳record.wwbic.org.uk #lercwalesapp
🧐https://aderyn.lercwales.org.uk/.../39917a05791fd6c35c825...

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jul 6

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jul 6

Keep up to date with events in our region here:
www.wwbic.org.uk/news/events/

Events - West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre

Events

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jul 2

West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jun 30

#mothmonday Buff arches, Habrosyne pyritoides.
One of the many moths who's caterpillars feed on Brambles.
#recording #mothsofinstagram #LERCWalesApp #WWBIC #lepidoptera

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jun 29

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos Dianthus armeria, Deptford Pink in Carmarthenshire recorded by Laura Moss on one of our recent recording days.
#biodiversity #carmarthenshirenature #wwbic #LERCWalesApp #plantlife #plants #grasslands

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Cofnod Local Environmental Records Centre @cofnod.org.uk · Jun 6

Cofnod #RecordOfTheWeek is this Pardosa palustris Wolf Spider spotted at the recent Pensychnant Recorders' Day. Recorded & 📸 by RichardG. srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p... @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk @wwbic1.bsky.social @bispowys.bsky.social

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jun 10

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos Ranunculus flammula, Lesser Spearwort recorded in Pembrokeshire, by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp. Thank you for your record. Member of the buttercup family, grows in wet habitats and has spear shaped leaves. @cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jun 9

#mothmonday species is Notodonta ziczac the Pebble Prominent, caterpillar feeds on Poplar sp. and Willows (Salix sp.)
Comment below with your moth encounters this season 👇🦋
#wwbic #lercwalesapp #lepidoptera

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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social · Mar 21

The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts

Poster: Ten steps to carry out a FIT Count
1. A FIT Count requires 10–15 minutes to enjoy watching and counting insects!
2. Take part on any day with good weather from 1 April to 30 September.
3. "Good weather" is dry, and with temperature at least 13°C in sunny conditions, or at least 15°C when cloudy.
4. Choose just one type of flower as your target flower – use a FIT Count target flower if you can, or choose any other flower as the target.
5. Mark out a 50 × 50 cm patch containing your target.
6. Count how many individual target flowers are in your patch.
7. Set a timer for 10 minutes, and count all insects that touch (land or are already sitting) the target flowers.
8. Identify the insects into their broad groups (bumblebees, hoverflies etc.) – any that you don't recognise should be counted as "other insects".
9. Answer some simple habitat and weather questions.
10. Don't forget to send in your results via our FIT Count app or website recording form (even if your result is zero insects!).

Full details on the POMS website and FIT Count app.

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jun 2

#mothmonday

Poplar Hawk moth (Laothoe populi) common throughout the UK, with adults flying between May and July.

The larvae feed on poplars (Populus), aspen (P. tremula) and sallows (Salix)

The adults do not feed, they have enough energy stored to breed and live for only a few weeks.

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West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social · Jun 2

#recordoftheweek #cofnodyrwythnos is Volucella bombylans one of the bumblebee-mimic hoverflies, seen in Pembrokeshire. Recorded and photographed by Anna Simpson on the #lercwalesapp thank you for sharing your sightings. 🪰

@cofnod.org.uk @sewbrec.org.uk @bispowys.bsky.social

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