Do you know anywhere in Hertfordshire where there might be a suitable spot to plant a black poplar? If so, please get in touch with Nicholas Buxton - email below. Thanks.
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Common Snipe @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. Photo by Daniel Ellerby.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
#birds #waders #snipe
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Parrot waxcap fungi. Image credit Ellyn Baker
UK Fungus Day 4/10/25
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA
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CPRE Hertfordshire Countryside Day 2025
CPRE Hertfordshire is working to enhance, promote and protect our countryside. Love Hertfordshire's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.
Do come along to the @cprecountryside.bsky.social Countryside Day @knebworthhouse.bsky.social on Saturday for nature, fun, local conservation charities and a guided tour of Knebworth House Estate gardens. Plus I'm giving the keynote speech on nearby nature and local landscape. #Herts #Hertfordshire
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Episodes from the Pinetum
Radio Lento episodes recorded from the footpath through the Clinton-Baker Pinetum near Hertford.
To mark #UKFungusDay, we've updated a blog post from a favourite location in Hertfordshire, with new photos of various fungi we have spotted there.
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River Mimram, Hertfordshire
Watercolour 8x14β
#river #hertfordshire #chalkstream #countryside #watercolour #art
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Close-up photograph of a Nuthatch on a tree in a typical Nuthatch pose.
Nuthatch at the reserve yesterday. Photo by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social member, Iain Nibbsy.
@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #nuthatch #birds
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Black Redstart near Baldock, Herts. #birds
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A picture of bumblebees pollinating purple geraniums with details about the wildlife trust nature writing workshop session - follow link for more information.
Have you always wanted to write about landscape and nature, but never quite known how to get started? Then come and join me at this friendly @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social session on 15 Sept in #Hitchin #Hertfordshire. Everyone welcome!
www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/events/15sep... #booksky
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On the off-chance that there's anyone who's not tired of Clouded Yellow photos, here's a male from a north Hertfordshire clover field yesterday. Surely one of our hardest butterflies to photograph, this one was relatively docile in a cloudy spell @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
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A lovely Dewickβs Plusia. A first for me. Found in my Hertfordshire garden this evening. An immigrant moth & possible recent colonist #teammoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
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A new set of signs for our hides! Produced and installed by @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social volunteer, Paul Marshall. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social
16.08.2025 15:44 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
So where did the time go? After fifteen fantastic weeks the 'Wild about Hertfordshire' exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of @hnhsoc.bsky.social is over. Huge thanks to everyone who helped make it a success @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social!
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protect wildlife Wild about Hertfordshire
Even though 'Wild about Hertfordshire' exhibition has now closed, we asked our visitors to make their ownΒ pledges to support our local wildlife - here's just a few to inspire you!π¦π¦ββ¬π¦π¦ππ
What's your wildlife pledge?
With @hnhsoc.bsky.social
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@hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social
@colnecan.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social
@gwksouth.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social
@bbowt.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social
@thesoilassociation.bsky.social
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Silver Washed Fritillary, female
White Admiral
Common Blue, male
Brown Argus
Nice selection from HMWT Balls Wood, Hertford, 29/06/2025
@hnhsoc.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social
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Taxidermy badger nose
Victorian slides
Microscope slides
Wild about Hertfordshire includes objects from St Albans Museums collection which link toΒ @hnhsoc.bsky.socialΒ .
Look out for microscope slides from the 1800s or our fantastic fox and badger leading building wildlife trails π¦
https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wild-about-hertfordshire
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Just a few days left to catch this fantastic exhibition!
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I've got a feature in @britishwildlife.bsky.social on my nature memoir #LandBeneaththeWaves and how vital natural history records (like the @hnhsoc.bsky.social's journals going back to 1875) are in identifying shifting baseline syndrome.
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social @globalbirdfair.bsky.social
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@colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @ruislipwoods.bsky.social @woodoaksfarm.bsky.social @chilternoam.bsky.social @rickmansworth.bsky.social @chorleywood.bsky.social
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This patch of bright, fluorescent blue is the pupa of a Purple Emperor butterfly, photographed in Herts using ultra-violet light. Visit www.hnhs.org/news/discove... to find out what happened next... @hnhsoc.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social PhotoΒ©Andrew Neild
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Privet Hawkmoth - photo by Paul Davis. @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @colnecan.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social #moths
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Hertfordshire Natural History Society botanical book with UCL
Hertfordshire Natural History Society botanical book with UCL
Hertfordshire Natural History Society botanical book with UCL
Botanical book published in 1479
These 3 gentleman are book illustrators, for a book published 483 years ago.
This book was written by Leonhart Fuchs on medicinal herbs. Each woodcut pictures has been hand-coloured.
With @hnhsoc.bsky.socialΒ @ucl.ac.ukΒ
https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/wild-about-hertfordshire
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SCARCE CHASER at the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal near Wilstone, Herts, this afternoonβ¦
@chilternsnature.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social #dragonfly #dragonflies #nature #wildlife
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Event ticket: Nic Wilson for Land Beneath the Waves
Date: Thursday 19th June 2025 Venue: Davidβs Bookshop. This is an in person event (not available to attend online) Event to start at 7pm, doors opening 6:30pm. Nic Wilson is a writer, editor and Guard...
I'll be talking about #LandBeneaththeWaves at the Book Nook in #Ware (sold out) on Tuesday and David's Bookshop in #Letchworth this Thursday. Lots of local nature, plus deadly plants, snickets and Hitchin's lost nightingales. Do some along and join us if you're nearby...
#booksky #naturewriting
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Today I spotted a book about #Hertfordshire wildlife (among other topics) in @waterstones.bsky.social. Pls let me know if you see it in the wild & do share with other nature lovers. Thank youππ
@hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social
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Research, reports, and citizen science from the RSPB Centre for Conservation Science
Weβve been sharing our passion for insects since 1935. As a UK charity, weβre here to make entomology exciting and accessible to all - especially amateur enthusiasts and young nature lovers. Our Bug Club helps kids discover the amazing world of minibeasts.
Conservation Projects Manager π π± Wild Pollinators π ππ Food and Farming πΎπGardening/GYO ππ½ π»Views my own π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
We're working to ensure a future for endangered species and habitats worldwide. www.ptes.org. #BringingTheWildBackToLife
Donate to our latest appeal π ptes.org/ways-to-give/hedgehog-appeal
Img: C. Morgan
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is the only charity dedicated wholly to saving the UK's bumblebees π
www.bumblebeeconservation.org
π· Kate Jaconello
Elisabeth A. Harris PhD. [Viruses in Marine Algae]. Founder of Flora Conservation UK. A project that encourages gardeners to plant wild flowers for wildlife and pleasure. Has written articles for Dipterists Digest, AES and Natur Cymru. #ukbirding
Sussex Wildlife Trust. For everyone who cares about nature in Sussex. Become a member, volunteer & support our campaigns. Header photo - Sprat shoal Β© Paul Parsons
https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/
Championing nature recovery in London, repairing our lost connection to the natural world since 1981.
#LondonWildlifeTrust
https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/
Protecting wildlife and restoring ecosystems across Scotland's land and seas.
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/
#WordsOfTheWild
Keep up to date with the goings on of Worcestershire's wildlife (office hours).
http://worcswildlifetrust.co.uk
We're a conservation charity dedicated to protecting nature in Cumbria. Become a member today to support wildlife and wild places! πΏοΈπ±π
https://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/join
Sharing nature stuff, stories & news from The Wildlife Trusts - our goal is nature's recovery on land and at sea. Posts by The Wildlife Trusts comms team.
Protecting wildlife and promoting nature conservation in County Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside & Darlington. Please support our work & become a member today: www.durhamwt.com
We are the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants. Caring for nature reserves, inspiring people to love wildlife and making our three counties wilder. Join us! www.wildlifebcn.org/join
Alderney lover, nature lover
Our aim is to conserve Alderney's landscape, wildlife and its habitats. We preserve the island's biodiversity by helping the island's residents and visitors to gain a better understanding of Alderney's Wildlife.
We have a wilder vision of more nature everywhere, for everyone.
π linktr.ee/bbowt
Protecting the wildlife and wild places you love in Sheffield and Rotherham. Join us today - http://wildsheffield.com π· Jon Hawkins/SurreyHills Photography
Transforming hope for Scotland's red squirrels. Partnership project led by @ScotWildlife. Funded by
@NatureScot and @ScotGovNetZero's #NatureRestorationFund
