The latest BirdTrends report, published by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) provides valuable information on the changing status of the UK’s bird populations. Updated annually, this year’s report is especially significant in that it provides an early indication of one of the periodic revisions of the UK’s “Red List” due to be published at...
A new online tool, just launched by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), opens up the previously hidden world of bats, bush-crickets, and small mammals. The BTO Acoustic Pipeline brings cutting-edge sound identification of bats and other nocturnal wildlife to new audiences, enabling Internet users to find out which species are present in audio recordings...
The National Agromyzidae Recording Scheme has announced that its website, Agromyzidae of Great Britain & Ireland, is now officially live.
This species first appeared in Liverpool at Springwood Crematorium in October 2019, a single fruitbody under some Cupressus leylandii near the access road. There are only 38 previous UK records on the national database. A rarity in this area, the only previous record for the North West was in 1953 at Blundellsands. This was also...