Cettis warbler calling on Middle Pool, Fens pools LNR. Perry ponds side Todd chater EcoRecord Andy Thomas Tom Weaver

63 butterflies of 10 species were recorded on the transects Bibbey’s Wild Farms yesterday: 19 Peacock 14 Orange Tip 7 Large White 6 Speckled Wood 5 Small White 4 Small Tortoiseshell 3 G V White 2 Red Admiral 2 Comma Painted Lady 12 species recorded on the farms so far in 2025 💚🦋

Circle of Life - 3 broods in the Mill Pool at Hill Hook NR this morning: 1 Coot (2y) and 2 Mallard (2y+4y). Record count of 3 Herring Gull paying close attention. Yesterday one of last year's Mute Swans found dead, the second in as many weeks. EcoRecord

Join me at Senneleys Park (central play area, parking B32 3BA) this Saturday 3rd May at 4pm for a bird walk on my 35 mile walk across Birmingham, celebrating Brum and its birds and butterflies. It’s also another good excuse to celebrate BOSF - @bosfonline.bsky.social 🦋’s 20th anniversary! 😎👌

The iNaturalist City Nature Challenge gave opportunity to record wildlife with the community at 2 sites in Hall Green with no previous records 81 species recorded at Reddings Lane Park 68 species at Highfield Hall Fun contributions to the Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust EcoRecord team effort 😎

So excited I managed to get the barest video of the cetti's at Fens Pools EcoRecord Todd chater Tom Weaver

Surprise Birmingham Kingfisher. Great!

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My first Murky-legged Black Legionnaire (Beris chalybata) of the year has turned up in a basket of clean washing! #soldierflies EcoRecord

🎉 The 2025 City Nature Challenge is officially over, and the results are in! A massive thank you to everyone who took part and to all those who helped run and organise events. This year, we broke our record for the total number of different species recorded in B&BC!🌿🦋🦊

The results are in for the 2025 Birmingham & the Black Country City Nature Challenge! Check out the top 10 plant, bird, insect, and arachnid species recorded across our region. 🌿🕷️🦉🦋

Once more, a huge thanks to all who took part in the 2025 Birmingham & Black Country #CityNatureChallenge! Here are this year's top contributors for number of observations and species recorded - including records emailed to us and added to iNaturalist via the EcoRecord account.

Sunshine 🌞 city bike ride; New Black Redstart again 3 Black Redstart Peregrine Kingfisher

Cloud cover on my return home last night persuaded me to deploy the moth trap. 2 Buff Ermine, Marbled Orchard Tortrix NFY + Elachista atricomella, new for whole SK10 square. Best of all was a small Peregrine powering through B74 VC38 SK10 Ruth Newby EcoRecord BC Warwickshire

Looking for a nature escape this bank holiday? Head to Smestow Valley LNR for a wildlife walk along the canal and old railway line. Help record local wildlife by snapping photos, then upload them to iNaturalist! See what’s already been spotted in 2025: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/explo…

I just love urban safaris! Lancaster Circus Queensway, a palisade fence along Moseley Street & Charles Henry Street and the grounds around, Bransford Tower, Vaughton Street, Highgate yielded 113 wildlife species yesterday and this is BEFORE Brum becomes a biophilic future city!

My first Sutton Park Cuckoo of the spring today. Also singing Whitethroat, Chiffchaff + Willow Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Bullfinch, Jay, GS Woodpecker, RN Parakeet. Still 3 drakes Mandarin + 6 young on Keepers Pool; Common Scorpionfly yesterday EcoRecord Sutton Ranger