Devon's dormice are fattening up well for hibernation, if this one's anything to go by! 😍 After their feeding frenzy on hazelnuts, berries, and insects, dormice almost double in weight to create extra fat reserves which help them survive until the spring. 🌼 📷: Andrew at DWT

We have a once-in-a-generation chance at COP30 to turn the tide on the destruction of the world’s great forests. The TFFF - Tropical Forest Forever Fund - offers us a lifeline. But to succeed, it requires urgent backing from governments, from investors, from civil society.

Ever thought about a career helping nature thrive? Your skills could make all the difference 🌿 At The Wildlife Trusts, people of all backgrounds are working to protect wildlife and restore wild places, from ecologists to data teams and event officers 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/careers

Our report for 2023 is out now in British Birds. There's a summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-ov… but if you prefer to watch rather than read then head to our youtube channel for an illustrated video with the key findings youtu.be/arj1m7NfKmY

New #GBRedList for vascular plants evaluated 1,720 species. 26% (up from 23% in 2005) assessed as threatened. Common Restharrow, Marsh-marigold & Harebell: all Vulnerable. Alpine Gentian: Endangered. List provides robust evidence & will help prioritise future conservation action.

New #GBRedList for vascular plants published today as a special issue of #BritishandIrishBotany, the BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland online, Open Access scientific journal: britishandirishbotany.org/index.php/bib/… Also available (cost £10) as an eBook: bsbi.org/publications/e… Press release: bsbi.org/wp-content/upl…

Don't forget to look out for our prickly friends this evening by checking your bonfire before you light it! #BonfireNight 🎆⚠️ They tend to hide in the base of the centre of the pile. Find out more about how to check 🦔 👇 buff.ly/ATC89p6

A quick reminder to our cadre of volunteers: there is a work party tomorrow morning, 10.30 - 12.30. The main task is to finish edging the path in the lower field. We will also be clearing round some of the small trees, followed by mulching, in the upper field.

We have a rare chance to create one of England’s largest spaces dedicated to nature’s recovery in the historic Rothbury Estate! 💚 Help us protect this iconic landscape, ensuring a thriving haven for wildlife & a legacy for future generations 🦋 More 👉 wtru.st/rothbury-appeal

On a grey dull day, I enjoyed looking again at this perky Wren which posed for the camera on our neighbour's patch (#BGM, RSPB Exe Estuary & Darts Farm) in November last year.

#COP30 kicks off today in Belém, Brazil. It’s the UN’s annual climate summit where world leaders, scientists, NGOs & activists come together to tackle the climate crisis. COP30 is a chance to change course & push for real action, not just promises. (1/3) wildlifetrusts.org/cop30?utm_sour…

My first sighting of the very-easy-to-identify cauliflower fungus🍄 An absolute unit of a mushroom for #MushroomMonday

Hen Harriers take flight into today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight. Keep an eye out for these elegant birds of prey as they descend from their upland breeding grounds to lowland fields and coastal marshes in winter. 🦅

The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on 🌍 yet a 🧱is too much of a stretch for Labour to save our swifts.This symbolic 🎥 is for those who care that the existence of swifts is on the line.I hate campaigning but I’ll never give up on the birds.If you care,share🙏

Our volunteers in last week's work party did a brilliant job. (Photos by Simon Briscoe)

In between the rain showers, it is a beautiful autumn day

Today is Martinmas 🧡 'St Martin's summer' is the name for mild weather at this time of year & when Shakespeare's Falstaff is called 'the martlemas' (2 Henry 4) - an old name for the day - it suggests this mellowness, as well the prodigious feasting of the festival🍂🐂💛🧡

For months, ministers have been pushing a false choice between nature and growth. Now, new research shows just how out of touch they are. With data from More In Common, it's time to set the record straight. 👇

Leaf your thoughts with us 🍃 Take The Great Big Nature Survey and help us understand how the UK connects with nature. Every opinion helps us see the bigger picture. Have your say today 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/great-big-natu…

Nice to see good numbers of Avocets on our neighbour's patch earlier today #BGM RSPB Exe Estuary & Darts Farm