📢We're hiring! We're looking for a Senior Ecologist and a (Senior) Planning and Biodiversity Officer to help us deliver vital work protecting nature across our urban landscape. If you're passionate about nature's recovery, click to apply by 16th August: careers.bbcwildlife.org.uk

An amazing event on 17th Aug @ 11.30am in Birmingham 🌟 Join Birmingham Botanical Gardens UK conservation ranger and take part in the Nature Overheard insect survey 🦋🐝🐞 Be part of a ground-breaking Natural History Museum Science study on noise pollution and insects! birminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk/bbg-event/natu…

Join us for free Nature Connection Workshops this August! There will be a morning exploring nature in Calthorpe Park, before a vegan lunch and an afternoon craft session at the GAP, Balsall Heath. Come and find inspiration in the natural world. Book now: bbcwildlife.org.uk/Events

Just a handful of spaces remain for our Nature Explorers Summer Club sessions on 07 & 15th August. Know a wild child aged 5-11? Come and enjoy some FREE nature based fun and activities! bbcwildlife.org.uk/Events

Sorry for the shakes - bit excited to see #dragonfly laying eggs in #moseleybog pool @wtbbc EcoRecord

Interested in growing food at home? Then join us on 22nd August for an online Wild Food Forest Gardening Workshop! We’ll look at the importance of shelter, welcoming insects, planting trees, popular perennial vegetables & how to integrate humans. Book now: bbcwildlife.org.uk/events/2024-08…

We had a lovely day surveying the plants and invertebrates of the meadows next to Castle Hill in Dudley with the Birmingham and Black Country Invertebrate Group. Highlights included a White-hairstreak Butterfly, as well as tonnes of hoverflies! Thanks Jas for your great photos!

33 bird species were recorded along the Cole Valley from Shard End to Stechford yesterday This included Stock Dove, Little Egret, Great Spotted & Green Woodpecker, Jay, House Martin, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat & Greenfinch Brum is a great #CityofNature 😎

During last Friday's B&BC Invertebrate Group Survey of the meadow at Castle Hill in Dudley, we were absolutely thrilled to spot a White-hairstreak Butterfly visiting the abundance of wild carrot growing there (Photo by Graham Worton BCgeopark) Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust

🚨2 days left to apply! We're looking for a Senior Ecologist and a (Senior) Planning and Biodiversity Officer to help us deliver vital work protecting nature across our urban landscape. If you're passionate about nature's recovery, apply now: careers.bbcwildlife.org.uk

Come and discover the wonderful wildlife and over 300million years of geological history on a walk across the Rowley Hills! There will be much to see and learn whilst enjoying some of the best views the Black Country has to offer! Book your free place now: bbcwildlife.org.uk/events/2024-08…

Walsall’s residents are planting wildflowers for rare #bee species. 🐝 Watch the video to hear bee specialist, Aaron, and local resident, Luke, explain why planting wildflowers helps bees. #NatureRecoveryNetwork Walsall Council Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust Uni of Birmingham bbcwildlife.org.uk/purplehorizons

Our mission is to connect Brummies to Nature for their happiness, health, prosperity & wellbeing! You are warmly invited to join Chris Millward Jnr and friends for a walk along the Cole Valley on Friday 30th August from 10am What a fabulous way to end the school holidays! 😎

Yesterday we had a great time at Bumble Hole LNR on our final B&BC Invertebrate Group survey of the year. We were lead on a wonderful walkover of the reserve by Brenda (Friends of Bumble Hole) and we then surveyed the Freshwater invertebrates of the pools!

Have you spotted any strangely shaped acorns this year? These explosive growths are galls, caused by tiny knopper gall wasps which lay their eggs within the buds of the developing acorns! The wasp larvae pupate inside the gall before emerging as adults. See if you can find some!

Our favourite otter mascot, Sir David Otterborough, was out with our staff this weekend at the brilliant Festival of Glass at Riverside House Stourbridge in Stourbridge. Our team led bug hunts, green woodworking sessions and wild arts and crafts to help visitors get up close to nature.

Did you know the UK is home to 20% of the world's remaining lowland heathland? We've sadly lost 80% globally in 200 years! Sutton Park is the largest tract of heath in Birmingham & the Black Country, supporting much wildlife, including over 130 species of bees and wasps.

Our FREE wild activity mornings for preschoolers return this week at our EcoPark environmental education centre in Small Heath! Taking place every Friday in term time, our Nature Tots sessions are exciting, fun and inspiring. Book your places now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-tots-…