Increasingly feel being aware of nature is a curse as well as a blessing. The rest of our lives will be spent wondering if this is the year it all finally falls apart, which species is going to be next. Permanent anxiety.

Watched this Golden Eagle hunt, catch (didn’t see this bit, it was over the brow of the hill) and eat a rabbit today. Will never tire of seeing these birds.

To dandelions everywhere, I want to issue a very public apology for missing #InternationalDayoftheDandelion yesterday. I’m SO sorry! This is not a reflection of my feelings for you. I love you dearly & continue to sing your praises. Forgive me.

Wildflowers, not weeds 🌼💛

Our dedicated entomology volunteer, Dorothy Lyle, has been running the light traps again with Ashleigh Whiffin on the grounds of the collection centre. 💡

It’s been a slow start, but has included a new record for the site - Powdered Quaker.

#MothMonday #MothMatter #NMCCbiodiversity

There is a great irony that I am confronted with often in my work Natural History Museum : 1. we are in a biodiversity crisis, awareness of the decline in biodiversity is rising, engagement with nature is very high through apps, websites, entertainment, even a GCSE in Natural History..

Nice find here from Rambling Ray 👏

If you spot a Caterpillar hunter (Dendroxena quadrimaculata), be sure to share your sighting via iRecord for us!

NIST researcher Eric Mueller joined Northern Research for the work shown in this video! Their goal is to improve the use of prescribed fires - intentional wildland fires designed to manage the ecosystem - by looking at how embers spread these fires. Check out the video for more details!

#BugsMatter #CitizenScience survey shows further decreases in UK insect numbers

🪰The troubling extent of #InsectDeclines in the UK has been highlighted once again by the 2023 Bugs Matter citizen science survey published today.

ℹ️ Read the full story 👇
buglife.org.uk/news/bugs-matt…

ICYMI: An enormous wind farm, four times the size of Edinburgh, has been proposed off the east coast of Scotland. Along with National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Seabird Centre & Scottish Wildlife Trust, we believe the Berwick Bank development will have a serious impact on our already struggling seabird populations.…

Huge congrats to Mark Cubitt & Roy Leverton on the release of their new book - The Larger Moths of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Mark popped in today to gift us a copy for the library. Thank you! 😊📗 #MothsMatter

Do you work in Forensic Taphonomy?

We are trying to ascertain what the field looks like nationally and internationally and would really appreciate your help with this please.

We have put together a survey which I would be grateful if you could complete:

derby.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5m…

📢Ento Klaxon! 📢We are offering places for a Natural Environment Research Council funded entomology skills course Harper Adams University with Entomology @ Harper Adams University in July. Details can be found here: tinyurl.com/3n8uumvp

Every year we collect strandings from all over our coastline, to help monitor changes in our sea life 🐋

It is devastating to see the impact plastic is having. This collection of #plastic bags were ingested by a Cuvier's beaked whale causing it to starve to death.

#EarthDay2024

Let it grow! 🌿

New research proves that letting parts of your garden grow wild with long grass can increase butterfly numbers by up to 93% and attract a wider range of species.

Read the full story 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…

📷: Will Langdon
Richard Fox Lisbeth Hordley

What's that you say? You want a tiny, highly sculptured #beetle for your Friday afternoon? Look no further! Found this miniscule #Metophthalmus ( #Latridiidae ) in our collection from Oregon USA collected 1965. What a superb insect - too bad it eludes the attention most people 🔎🧐

Anything bees can do... 'Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single‐visit pollen deposition' resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Are you a recorder based in West Wales? Would you be willing to catch some Burying beetles for filming purposes? 🎥

If so, please drop us a message!

Evelyn Cheesman #DiedOnThisDay in 1969. She was a British entomologist and traveller who collected over 70,000 specimens on her travels.

Solanum cheesmaniae, a species of a wild tomato is named in her honour.

Click on our link to learn more about her.
nhm.ac.uk/discover/lucy-…

First it's been closures of museum buildings at local and county level, now even our national museums are in serious trouble.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

There are still a few tickets available for tomorrow's Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival!
Hope to see you there!
Tickets are available through our website.