🚀 #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight Whilst many will be celebrating human achievements today, we want to keep our focus firmly on #invertebrates! Here's our annual #Tardigrade reminder With thanks 🎥 Batillipes, a Marine Tardigrade © Rafael Martín Ledo (@tardegradopedia) 🧵/1

Water Shrew looking busy today- Cirencester. #WildCiren BTO GLOS Mammal Society

Checking Goshawk sites is well and truly underway. Photos taken with phone and honestly that is a female sat on eggs in the close up! All under licence.

Ian from our #YorkshireDales #NationalPark Wildlife Team and Hill Top Farm discuss the pressures on #Curlew and how we can help 🙏 Play your part by reducing disturbance to their nests; stick to footpaths and keep dogs on leads during nesting from now until the end of July.

Two male Adders sparring - Crickley Hill - management approach working well BTO GLOS #WildCiren @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

Barn Owls on W Yorks moors - close to a golf course so owls accustomed to people being around BTO GLOS RSPB BTO

We used some spare digger time to create a new wetland feature on the reserve. This low ground usually collects water during wet periods and so should make a good ephemeral pond. Looking forward to seeing how it develops 💦🐸🌱

We found 10 lapwing nests in the end and worked with the farmer to protect them. It took him 2hrs longer to plough the field but he said it was worth the extra effort. 4 nests have hatched so far, the rest shouldn't be much longer. #partnershipworking

Otter today - Stroud. BTO GLOS @Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust #WildCiren Mammal Society

Amazing gig at the Bristol Beacon tonight: Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane flowing words and music together. Love the magic these two weave - including the wonderful music for Digging for Britain of course!

With plenty of clear skies in the forecast, there is a good chance of seeing the Aurora across the northern half of the UK, and perhaps further south with long exposure photography 📷 However, as the nights are shorter, the duration of any sightings may be limited ✨

Northern lights!! W Yorks moorlands - nr Bingley #NorthernLights #aurora

First yellow rattle seed of the year in our meadow! #Rhinanthus Remember if you collect your own, sow as soon as possible & do not dry! You can always scarify the area you sow now with a rake in September if needed in thick swards.

Peregrine on church this evening. BTO GLOS Gloucestershire Raptor Monitoring Group Anna Field #WildCiren

Podalonia Sandwasp burying her prey this time. #DiggerAlley RSPB Minsmere 🌍

Purple Emperor caterpillar fully coloured up & ready to go into hibernation yesterday (in pre-hibernation), the second earliest date on record. It had little choice as its tree was 99% bare due to rampant Willow Rust (a leaf pox that rampages in wet summers).

The first of its kind in West Yorkshire. A stone’s throw from people’s homes, the new Bradford Pennine Gateway National Nature Reserve will bridge the gap between the city of Bradford and the countryside. gov.uk/government/new… Bradford Council Bradford 2025