So the season is all but over, the bee hotels are draped in chicken wire to thwart the hungry Great Spotted Woodf*ckers, sorry, peckers. Spring seems far so away but here you go have An Andrena haemorrhoa on some Forget-me-nots to keep you going #SolitaryBeehour

Picked up a few plants from @NottmHPS sale today; also got distracted by lots of ladybirds hanging out mostly around various Lamiaceae. Mostly harlequins, but also a 10spot! #ladybirds

TWO DAYS LEFT! Are you a #citizen scientist or student engaging in a #citizenscience project related to #health? We are supporting 10 people to attend the CS4Health conference -apply to get your conference fees covered! DesignLab UTwente All infos: shorturl.at/cnDMO

Got company for watching today's #Entolive webinar with Dr. Imogen Cavadino. He's doing his best slug impression :P

Badger evidence on an allotment site today? 🦡 Mammal-knowers, what do we think?

I keep forgettign to use this site, since it's so broken :( But I do miss ecology twitter / chat. Anyone know if any of the alternatives are getting a science / ecology crowd going?

If interested, message us on here or email us at [email protected] Dave Goulson Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️‍🌈

DECEMBER 12. AFTERBIRTH OF THE SHADOW KING. Trailer below! youtube.com/watch?v=SuD4JW…

Signs of spring :)

Are you excited to take part in Nature's Calendar, a citizen science project with @WoodlandTrust? For all the info you'll need, join the webinar at 6pm on 14 March and hear from wildlife presenter Liz Bonnin 💙 and the Nature's Calendar team! naturescalendar.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2024/brit… #BSW24

Join Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️‍🌈 to hear about what her ‘Bees & Beans’ PhD taught her about volunteer retention. Check out The Buzz Club Citizen Science Virtual Symposium for more info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/773643988997

WOW 😍 We have 299 of your hotels registered with The Big Bee Hotel Experiment! Challenge: Help us reach 350 by the end of this week! Share and shout about our most popular project yet 🐝 thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehotel… The Wildlife Community Dave Goulson Ellen Rotheray University of Sussex LNHS

Cool find during some pond maintenance by our Summerwood Community Gardens volunteers - caddis fly cases! The larvae use silk to bind together bits of stick, stones and other debris to make a protective case. This one even has some pearl mussels hanging out on it! #insects #wildlifegardening

We are very excited for our Citizen Science Virtual Symposium with the Biological Recording Company Keiron Derek Brown on the 16th May! Speakers: Dave Goulson Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️‍🌈 Dr Beth Nicholls- find me on Bluesky! Yanet Sepúlveda Ellen Rotheray More information and booking link here: biologicalrecording.co.uk/2024/02/29/cit…

Join Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️‍🌈 to hear about what her ‘Bees & Beans’ PhD taught her about volunteer retention. Check out The Buzz Club Citizen Science Virtual Symposium for more info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/773643988997

Our first online Symposium is only a few days away! Book a ticket to hear back to back talks from our team - hosted by Dave Goulson - with Q&A 🐝 Dr Beth Nicholls- find me on Bluesky! Yanet Sepúlveda Ellen Rotheray Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️‍🌈

It would be no fun for us wearing a fluffy jumper in a heatwave so how must it feel for our fuzzy #bumblebees?! Help The Buzz Club and Yanet Sepúlveda understand more about how our warming climate and extreme weather events affect bees. #ClimateChange #CitizenScience

HOW AM I ONLY JUST NOW LEARNING THAT EARWIG NYMPHS ARE CALLED 'WIGLETS'??

"Where was I last in this file -" Ah yes. Perfectly normal and Professional powerpoint usage here😂

This is still my favorite extremely slapdash edit I have ever made, and that is probably Worrying.