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Are you at #BES2024? Come and find us on stand 10 to learn more about the long-term environmental data we have available through our NC-UK programme, as well as our latest #AgZero+ sustainable agriculture research British Ecological Society Natural Environment Research Council

It's the final day of #BES2024! Don't miss your last chance to visit us at stand 10 to learn more about our long-term environmental monitoring data and hear from our brilliant scientists about their latest research!

The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme December newsletter went out yesterday 🎉🎄🐝 Read our latest updates and some interesting clippings from recent pollinator research here mailchi.mp/277296856b09/u…

'Messy nature' supports #pollinators & #biodiversity recovery - read more in a blog by UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme co-ordinator Claire Carvell ukpoms.org.uk/node/74

Shockingly Defra UK admits to herbal leys in #ELM being allowed on threatened priority habitat species-rich #grasslands🚨 Temporary herbal leys destroy these nature-rich &rare grasslands & is poor use of public money We have questions Defra UK thetimes.com/uk/environment… 1/3

Join us for "Ten minutes to count the insects", a webinar for #CitizenScienceShowcase - "Flowers, insects and good weather are all you need to take part in PoMS - join us online to find out more". Sunday 23 Feb at 11am - book at …tes-to-count-insects.eventbrite.co.uk

PoMS is now on Bluesky as well, please follow us there if you are too! bsky.app/profile/pomsch…

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

Just what you need to start off the new FIT Count season! Find out about the counts with Dr Miranda Bane from PoMS, and learn about pollinator plants with Buglife

We also run a more detailed 1 km square survey ukpoms.org.uk/one-km-square-…. Our fantastic volunteers are getting prepared & many squares are adopted & ready to go! Can you help us fill in the gaps where there are red squares? Find out more ukpoms.org.uk/contact

The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme FIT count season starts on 1st April! Whether you are new to FIT Counts or need a refresher, find everything you need to get started in this thread including a new webinar recording 🌤️🐝🪰🐞☀️

🐝 LAST CHANCE!!!🌸 Join our FREE webinar on 1 April with Dr. Miranda Bane (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) & learn how a simple 10-min FIT Count survey can support pollinator research! 🌿📊 🔗 Book now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255449044889 #Pollinators #Wildlife UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme BRC Buglife

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology PoMS team enjoyed their first FIT Counts of 2025 during the sunshine at lunchtime today! Great to be back in action again, look forward to seeing everyone's results during the coming months.

Lovely to have such glorious weather for some early #FITcounts this year UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme One small insect and one bumblebee queen (Tree bumblebee, which will be submitted to iRecord) on flowering currant in the sunny Scottish glens!

Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝 Did you know the UK is home to around 270 species of #bee? There are 24 bumblebee species, 240+ species of solitary bees and one species of honeybee. Today highlights the importance of #bees and other pollinators for food security and #biodiversity 1/

The sun is shining for #FITcounts this weekend! On Sunday UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme team enjoyed introducing families to the insect life on our community meadow, as part of The Springline Project Chilterns National Landscape #MendtheGap We’d love to hear of other community events where you are 🐝☀️UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Nature-friendly farming boosts both biodiversity and crop yields — but scaling it up may need more government subsidies to become as profitable as intensive agriculture, a new study has found ceh.ac.uk/press/nature-f… 🧵 1/

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology team are out and about for #BeesNeedsWeek2025 - today Martin and Robin are at Kew Gardens with UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme volunteers and Defra UK celebrating the efforts of #BeesNeeds champions and talking #pollinators and #FITcounts!

Yesterday we welcomed Enviro minister Mary Creagh CBE MP to Kew for Defra UK’s #beesneedsweek2025 busting myths & sharing our research about bees & other pollinators with Kew visitors along with our partners on the day UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology & Uni of Reading thanks to everyone who contributed.

Another great day for #BeesNeedsWeek2025 at RHS Garden Rosemoor discovering #pollinators with RHS staff and volunteers. The rain held off for two fun #FITcount sessions, Scabious and Fennel buzzing with insects in the Cottage Garden! Find out more rhs.org.uk/science/resear…