We have seen a couple of these recently (South Pennines - upland rural habitat).
Any idea whose egg this is - and which predator has stolen it (fox, badger, magpie …)?⁦

There's still time to join the PoMS 1 km square trapping survey, if you live near to a red square on the map. Info at ukpoms.org.uk/one-km-square-… & drop us a line for more details if interested. Thanks to our fantastic volunteers who are visiting all the blue squares this month!

On the pollinator front:
I also saw an orange tip butterfly, loads of St Marks flies and a bumblebee flew past 🤣

“No one will protect what they don’t care about, & no one will care about what they have never experienced.”
Sir #DavidAttenborough

I saw Curlew, Oystercatchers and Lapwing - and heard Skylark and a Cuckoo 👍😊

Today I am in Nidderdale looking for pollinators (and wildflowers) on farmland and moorland 👍🦋🐝🐞⁦UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme⁩ Farm Wildlife⁩

Perfect weather today for a UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme #FITcount on the Dandelions. Not much on the wing except for this Ashy mining bee (FIT category ‘solitary bee’) busily looking for a nest site nearby #NoMowMay

Are you an artist living and working in the Outer Hebrides who finds inspiration in the nature and wildlife of these special islands?

If yes, we invite you to get involved in this year's Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival Art Exhibition!

All the info 👇

outerhebrideswildlifefestival.co.uk/exhibit-your-a…

Fabulous day to be out in the South Pennines - home of the ‘Pennine Finch’ or Twite.
Sadly no Twite but Curlew calling and Skylark singing 😊 ⁦Farm Wildlife⁩ ⁦RSPB⁩

Some may see a weed,
Or a pack of Roundup sold,
Me?
I’m with the bumblebees,
I see a cloth of gold.

If you treat your dog or cat or rabbit with a 'spot-on' flea treatment, please read this... & please retweet to spread the word. theconversation.com/pet-flea-and-t…

We're delighted to have The Royal Family HRH The Princess Royal visit us yesterday to learn more about the work we're doing to save Scotland's wildcats 🧡

Following a tour of the project hub, HRH unveiled a plaque to commemorate the visit.

Huge win for our seabirds!

All Scottish waters and the English North Sea are now CLOSED to industrial sandeel trawling.

That means more fish for seabird beaks.

After a quarter century of campaigning, we're delighted GOV.UK and Scottish Government have put these closures in place.

#FarmWildlife_spotlight_species 27: Curlew. Their arrival back on breeding grounds is probably the most significant signal of spring in our uplands and lowland wet grasslands🧵

#FarmWildlife_spotlight_species 25: Lapwing. It is wise to be on the lookout for Lapwing nests during any agricultural operations from mid-March onwards, as this is one of the earliest ground-nesting birds to start🧵

It's a joy to see repair cafes pop up all over the UK, but it's a losing battle. The tide of 'easy-to-break, hopeless-to-mend' stuff never ends.

Next week, Parliament considers a 'right to repair'. All parties should rally in support to save people money & save our environment.

Could you be a bumblebee spotter? 🐝👀

This spring Bumblebee Conservation Trust & The RHS are partnering up to call on gardeners to help record bumblebees on flowers in gardens & parks.

Here's how you can get involved! 👇

rhs.org.uk/science/help-o…

📸 Buff-tailed bumblebee (c) Bill Temples

Can a commercial farm grow food and make a profit, in harmony with nature? 🌿

See how RSPB Hope Farm is pioneering commercial farming techniques, and helping to change the farming industry as we know it 👇

The Lig by Testament
Inspired by Strickley Farm, Cumbria, on the story of Agri-culture: A Lineage of Hedgerow Ligging. Written for the We Feed the UK Project with The The Gaia Foundation
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#NatureofScot awards are keen to recognise and celebrate farmers in Scotland who are supporting #FarmWildlife through their actions.

Entries are now OPEN for 2024!

Nature of Scotland Awards Nature Friendly Farming Network