Hedgehog numbers have dropped 75% in 20 years. 💔 💪🦔 We’ve teamed up with our skilled tradespeople to share tips to make gardens safer for our prickly friends. 👉 bit.ly/3GC2vXe #HelpTheHedgehogs #TradesToTheRescue #MyBuilder

To celebrate #HedgehogWeek, we're giving away two pairs of hedgehog socks from Bare Kind Socks To be in with a chance of winning we’d like you to show us your socks! 📷 🧦 🦔 Closes 8pm & a winner will be contacted directly by this account.🤞

And just like that - 18 months have flown by and my contract Lancashire Wildlife Trust as the #ActionForNature Comms Officer has come to an end. It's been a lovely experience to work with such a nice bunch of colleagues, who I will equally miss! For now I’m exploring new opportunities.✨💚

We have Blackbirds nesting in the honeysuckle again this year & they're currently feeding young. Mum tends to fly straight into the nest with food, but Dad likes to perch up & show off what a great hunter gatherer he is before flying into the nest - what a poser 😍

Not all heroes wear capes… some wear green anoraks and feed Beni carrots 💚🦏 Happy 99th birthday to the inspirational Sir David Attenborough 🎉

Where have all our hedgehogs gone? 😢 Our survey found that 1 in 4 Brits have never seen one in the wild - rising to 40% among under-35s. 🦔 Luckily 73% want to help them thrive! Find out how you can with our expert garden guide 🌱 👉 bit.ly/3RXAX13 #HelpTheHedgehogs

⚡️NEW ARRIVAL⚡️ Zaza the fossa! 🐱   With fewer than 2,500 remaining on the island of Madagascar, he’s here to help save his species from extinction! 🌍

This year’s 2025 BHS Annual General Meeting will be held at the prestigious Manchester Museum🦎 Join us for an afternoon of interesting talks and the opportunity to see the Vivarium! 🐸 Free for BHS members - but please let us know. £10 for non-members. 🎟️ ➡️ tinyurl.com/y222ayah

Another speckled wood butterfly enjoying a quiet moment in the sunshine!🌞 🦋 #butterflies #lepidoptera

🎉Bat Conservation Win 🎉 Livingstone’s fruit bat (𝘗𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘪) has been officially downlisted from Critically Endangered to Endangered by the IUCN! Found only on two islands in the Indian ocean, these flying foxes are threatened by habitat loss.

Butterfly Education and Awareness Day is coming up on June 7! The Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus from Brazil) and Malachite (Siproeta stelenes from Central and North America) can be discovered in our butterfly house. Both are affected by habitat loss in the wild. 🦋1/2

New zoo standards will ensure UK zoos remain global leaders. Ambitious animal welfare reforms will build an even stronger, even more compassionate future for zoos, aquariums and the animals they protect. See the standards in action at Chester Zoo gov.uk/government/new…

Members of our science team are researching zoos as green spaces. Between purpose-built habitats for endangered animals lie niches for other species. Our gardens and wild-growing areas offer chances to connect with nature. We'll post the results as they emerge...

Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment. newscientist.com/article/248265…

🚨 TELL YOUR MP TO SHOW UP FOR WATER! 🚨 On 18th June, MPs have a chance to speak up for our rivers, our environment, and our communities at a parliamentary evidence session. The Independent Water Commission could shape the future of water in the UK — but only if our leaders

Chester Zoo is contributing elephant, okapi and giraffe faecal samples to an exciting new science project. Researcher Dr Rhiannon Bolton said: "If this works, it could be a total game-changer." chesterzoo.org/news/poo-zoo-c… #conservation #science

🚨 Dog Food Needed! 🚨 It's our busiest time at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital & we're feeding lots of hungry hedgehogs, foxes & badgers. 🦊 Please donate tinned dog/cat food if you can: 📍 Drop off at hospital 📦 Or via our Amazon Wishlist: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls… 🙏 Thank you!

Look at the amazing camouflage of the Dark Arches moth (Apamea monoglypha)! Despite being quite sizeable as an individual, I nearly didn’t see it against this old fence panel! 🤎

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay everyone! The sun may not be shining today but this photo of tall trees I saw on a walk recently reminds me why I strive to share and communicate my passion as a conservationist about how special wildlife, plants and nature can be to us all.🌳💚

Birthday in the park: Lillian Snelling, 1879-1972, principal artist and lithographer to Curtis's Botanical Magazine between 1921 and 1952 ........ biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/7…… #botany #twitterstorians