The National Biodiversity Network (NBN) is a partnership of a wide range of data sharing, research, and conservation organisations and the biodiversity information available on the NBN Atlas shapes decision making and conservation policy in the UK. As a LERC partner to the NBN, Merseyside BioBank plays a key role in ensuring those biodiversity...
In contrast to earlier months, our rainfall in September was about average, with measureable amounts on 12 days. There were even four properly wet days, something we hadn’t experienced for a long time. Despite this, the sand-dune water-table rose by only 3 cm, probably because the soil was so dry. The Met. Office tells us that the first nine months of 2022 were the warmest since records began in 1884, while it was also the driest year, so far, since 1959. These figures are consistent with a warming trend in Britain, due to climate change that is happening more quickly than predicted.
It is rare for people to take the time to look at the small and plain things that live around us but for those that do there are exciting discoveries that can be made as has been the case for local naturalist and recorder Susan Marley. A photo added to iNaturalist of a rather non-descript...
Late autumn to winter sees the appearance of a number of grassland fungi, such as Waxcaps, which are very colourful and easy to spot.