The latest report is out from scientists on how the UK’s bats are faring:
🦇 Some ongoing slow recoveries from huge historical declines
🦇 6 of 11 are up since 1999
🦇 5 remain stable
🦇 Still concerns for some of our 17 breeding species, especially in the last 5 years
jncc.gov.uk/news/nationa...
I wonder if this has potential for wildlife-themed chats (along the lines of WildFlowerHour, but chats) - beetles, spiders, wasps, etc?
What do you think? BSky Entomology Club anyone?
@britishspiders.bsky.social
I've just seen my first #VC55 Beautiful Demoiselle but it didn't stick around, so you'll have to make do with this Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula.
#macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
Dipterist Forum are running a new series of online training courses with those nice people @biologicalrecording.co.uk We're kicking off with 'Surveying for Flies' ideal for beginners or if you want to tighten up your field craft skills. More information in the link:
dipterists.org.uk/events/surve...
My #photography group panel for today (a not all all Spring-like) on the theme "Spring".
#Landscape #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
How many photos of Swollen-thighed Beetles, Oedemera nobilis, are taken each year?
#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55
They're at it again...
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee, Megachile willughbiella.
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55
On the Monet
Our rewilded lawn, a riot of flowers and bees.
#Flowers #Photography #NaturePhotography
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