Sunday afternoon #spawnmap update. n = 1634. Any sightings, please spend 10 secs filling in tinyurl.com/spawnmap23 RTs amazing, thank you.

Finally got some frogspawn this week. It is very late this year and the pond is being taken over by newts. Have put some of the spawn in our separate mini tub pond to stop it all getting eaten #frogs #newts

So, this was a bit of a shocker... this is toadspawn right??? IN MY GARDEN POND!! 😍 🐸 Froglife Kate Bradbury 🏳️‍🌈 Essex Wildlife Trust

#Bumblebee nest boxes don't often get used, as queens are very picky 🐝👑 Our volunteer Kevin, however, has found success through many years of trial and error! Read his NEW #BeeTheChange blog about how he's provided a variety of homes in his garden👉 ow.ly/4eNp50NuzAA

This April look out for these butterflies and moths in your gardens and local green spaces 🌷🌱🦋 Discover more species and how to attract them to your garden with our free monthly E-newsletter 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/enews #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter #Nature

2 of these beetles on this primrose in the garden yesterday 😍 Pyrrhocoris apterus - Firebug, from a bit of googling #wildlife #gardening

Moving some logs behind the shed yesterday and came across this massive stag beetle larvae in one. Put them all back again so it's safe and sound back inside #wildlife #garden Essex Wildlife Trust Kate Bradbury 🏳️‍🌈 NearbyWild #RewildTheEarth 🍃💚🍃 Buglife

It's stag beetle time again! Several in the garden this evening 😀

Anyone know what might be in here? #wildlife #garden Essex Wildlife Trust BC Cambs and Essex Kate Bradbury 🏳️‍🌈 NearbyWild #RewildTheEarth 🍃💚🍃

Jen Essex Wildlife Trust BC Cambs and Essex NearbyWild #RewildTheEarth 🍃💚🍃 Burnet moth cocoon x

Thought I might be a bit late for a Big Butterfly Count today but a couple of unexpected guests turned up this evening Butterfly Conservation 🦋 bigbutterflycount.org/count/20550669

Getting allsorts in the garden this year. Is this a Brown Argus, thought they were Common Blue's at first? Pics are 2 different butterflies #ButterflyID BC Cambs and Essex Essex Wildlife Trust Butterfly Conservation 🦋 #BigButterflyCount

The Amethyst Deceivers are back. Thank you, rain. 💜 Laccaria amethystina

Mycena haematopus - Burgundydrop Bonnet aka Bleeding Fairy Helmet🩸

Don't miss the chance to take a relaxing snowdrop walk in a magnificent snowdrop #garden this #winter. My Snowdrop Calendar is full of fabulous #snowdrop gardens & events; here's a link: pumpkinbeth.com/2021/09/snowdr… #Snowdrops #Galanthus #Nature #Relax #Walking #PositiveVibes #UK

WORK PARTY The winter work party season continues this Sunday, 18th February at Hadleigh Great Wood in SE Essex. 10am Please help us with essential conservation work to support the endangered Heath Fritillary. There is always plenty of work that needs to be done. 1/

A few from Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens on Friday 🌱 #gardens #gardening

We get a lot of questions about bat boxes: where to put it? How high? Facing which direction? How can I make one? Look no further, we've got you; all you need to know here and in the 'Bat Box Info Pack', free to download here: buff.ly/3wyfrpi

Like the wonderful Jane Jane E Hall, you could start a wildflower meadow to give you a sense of well-being, as you watch butterflies and bees supping nectar and birds feeding on insects and wildflower seeds. Here's how to get started in six easy steps! nearbywild.org.uk/how-to-start-n…

Been looking at the grassland fungi id info from Plantlife Plantlife Found this lot in my garden to practice on 😄🤔 #waxcaps #fungi