The rather smart Rufous-shouldered Longhorn Beetle (Anagylptus mysticus) rescued from water butt in garden this afternoon. My good deed for the day! 😁 Buglife Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland LNU Lincs Wildlife Trust

We kicked off our 2024 field meetings last weekend at Barlings Park Wood, with a great turnout of attendees and a fantastic showing of woodland flora! We welcome anyone with an interest in Natural History, and all our upcoming meetings can be found here: lnu.org/meetings/field…

First Small White of the year. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

A few #DandelionChallenge photos for wildflowerhour taken this week in Lincolnshire. #wildflowerhour #DandelionChallenge #InternationalDayoftheDandelion Love Lincs Plants LNU BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Plantlife

A good morning on patch, bright but windy. 58 species BirdTrack Highlights male Wheatear, 9 singing warblers, 3 Cuckoos and a Treecreeper which posed nicely. Patchwork Challenge Lincsbirding Lincsbirders.org BTO Lincolnshire Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

Enjoyable recording session with LNU today around the private Barlings Wood Park. About 154 plant species incl. Wood Sorrel, Early Purple Orchid, Hairy Woodrush, Pignut, Yellow Archangel, Wood Anemone, frequent white Bluebells, Bugle Love Lincs Plants Lincs Wildlife Trust

Had a lovely time chasing invertebrates at the LNU field meeting today. Needed to be warmer and I am reminded how rusty I am, but all good stuff and some decent records.

Millipede, Branston Hall Wood LNU

Quite on patch this morning but a singing Reed Warbler new for #PWC2024 105/117. Patchwork Challenge Lincsbirding Lincsbirders.org BTO Lincolnshire Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

Lovely to see Scaly Male Fern (Dryopteris affinis) bursting from the ground like fireworks in a damp Lincolnshire woodland this week. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Plantlife LNU Love Lincs Plants wildflowerhour

New visitor to the office this morning, Buff Ermine #mothsmatter Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Lincolnshire LNU Lincs Wildlife Trust

Spring Vetch recorded from a single anthill at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR yesterday, growing with Early Forget-me-not and Field Mouse-ear. Last recorded from the reserve in 1999 and the only post-2020 record for the Lincs coast
#wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland LNU

Decent patch of Goldilocks Buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus) at Riseholme, Lincs, yesterday. Always a treat to come across. 🐻🐻🐻
Plus some local Cowslips (Primula veris) 🌼 for #wildflowerhour

Plantlife Love Lincs Plants LNU Lincs Wildlife Trust BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

Plenty of Field Mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense) locally for wildflowerhour this week. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Love Lincs Plants #wildflowerhour LNU

First Whitethroat singing on the tip this afternoon. #PWC2024 97/108. Patchwork Challenge Lincsbirding Lincsbirders.org BTO Lincolnshire Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

First Orange-tip of the spring, in the garden too. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 BC Lincolnshire UK Butterflies Lincs Wildlife Trust LNU

My first damselfly of the year (a Large Red) this afternoon just behind my garden in Marton, Lincs. Presumably from a neighbours pond. LNU Lincs Wildlife Trust The British Nature Guide British Dragonfly Society Nick Tribe

Yesterday's prediction was spot on, with the first Yewllow Wagtails and Willow Warblers for the site this year turning up today (historical photo by N Smith). Here are today's #RSPBFrampton sightings

Holly Blue today ⁦LWT Wild News⁩

An excellent day’s herbarium collecting with Sarah Lambert and South Lincs Flora Group at Morkery Wood today. 5 species collected including wood spurge 📷and moschatel for Love Lincs Plants Sir Joseph Banks and NHM Botany