Shining a spotlight on the importance of monitoring wildlife and ecological research, with a focus on the groups that get less attention. 🍄🪱🪲🕷️🐌🪼🦈
Posts by Keiron Derek Brown
Biological Recording Company
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Unwelcome guests threaten UK forests 🌳🪲
Insect pests—from pine weevils to bark beetles—driven by climate change & trade, impact timber, biodiversity & carbon 🌎 🧪
Join Katy Dainton on 6th October for a FREE talk:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1915440176...
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social
What insects live on green roofs? 🐝🕷️
Beetles, solitary bees, spiders and more don’t just visit—they settle! Plant choice, substrate, moisture & age shape who thrives 🌎 🧪
Join Eva Drukker on 11th Aug to learn what six years of research reveal.
FREE tickets:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977870244...
Spotlight on Bombus vestalis 🐝
This cuckoo bumblebee invades Buff-tailed Bumblebee nests, letting host workers raise its young 🌎 🧪
Join @sofiadartnell.bsky.social on 21st July for a FREE entoLIVE webinar:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1973162765...
#bumblebees
🐝 The Aspen Hoverfly
Join Iain MacGowan on 23 Jun to explore the story of Hammerschmidtia ferruginea in the UK; from first discovery to shaping Cairngorms woodland policy.
Learn how studying one species can guide conservation and management 🌎 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540...
Ever heard of a plant gall?
This striking spiky gall at Lesnes Abbey Woods was made by the tiny wasp Andricus coriarius — a species only first recorded in the UK last year!
Want to help spot rare species this summer?
Join a free Field Recorder Day: www.eventbrite.com/cc/field-rec...
🪶 Mapping the UK's Flat Flies
Dr @denisewawman.bsky.social explores flat flies (Hippoboscidae) blood-sucking parasites of birds.
Discover on 23 Jun which species are in the UK, their host birds, and ongoing research into disease transmission 🌎 🧪
Reserve now:
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981718540...
🌳 Identifying Whitebeams
Join @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social on 29th Sep to learn ID skills for UK & Ireland whitebeams, rowans & service trees. Covering native, endemic & non-native species, habitats, ancestry & conservation 🌎 🧪
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980367894...
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
The ants that enslave other ants 🐜
The Blood-red Slave-making Ant (Formica sanguinea) raids nests, stealing pupae that later work for them. Discover this & more with Gary Skinner on 30th June 🌎 🧪
Join our entoLEARN session coming SOON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977763231...
@pelagic.bsky.social
Nature-Friendly Farming 🌱
How can farming work with nature while boosting productivity and resilience?
Join @linesmartin.bsky.social on 15 Jun for this FREE talk exploring practical, real-world approaches
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986764341...
@andrewnowell.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
🐝 Want to survey pollinators with confidence?
Join the self‑paced Surveying for Pollinators course with Pollinator Specialist @jeffollerton.bsky.social. Learn techniques & study design for effective monitoring, for ONLY £12.50.
📌 Enrol: courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/surv...
Learn practical and advanced pollinator survey techniques in this online course. From transects to trapping, discover methods to monitor bees, butterflies, and more — and see how your data can inform ...
