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FSC Biodiversity @FSCBiodiversity

Part of @FieldStudiesC, sharing information about UK wildlife, ID training, and biological recording 🐜🐞

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Learn the art of stained glass crafts this festive season 🪽 Join us at Flatford Mill and discover the craft of stained glass with Claire Fernig. 📆Tuesday, 2nd December 👉🏻 Book your space today by following the link. buff.ly/xPEdN2p
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Shape the work of Field Studies Council while gaining valuable transferable skills and training 📢 Applications to join our Youth Panel are now open 📢 We welcome applications from all young people regardless of experience or background. buff.ly/fSa1Lwy
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Happy National Mammal Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness and promoting the conservation of British mammals. 🐾 🐭 🦔 🦊 Visit the Mammal Society website for further information and to get involved with citizen science projects and events. 💻 mammal.org.uk/national-mamma…
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🍁🦆 Learn about #autumn #wildlife with our nature guide bundles! 🍂🍄 The first to be featured is our fantastic #fungi trio of guides. 🍄Distinctive grassland fungi 🍄Distinctive gilled fungi 🍄Distinctive non-gilled fungi Get your bundle: buff.ly/4cQz520
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Win a £100 Voucher!🎉 How to enter👀 👉 Find out more here: buff.ly/3SYvcB4 We are giving our email subscribers the chance to win a £100 voucher to use against a purchase on our website. 😀 Good luck! #Competition #Win #Nature #NaturalHistory #Biodiversity
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Win a £100 Voucher!🎉 We are giving our email subscribers the chance to #win a £100 voucher to use against a purchase on our website. 🐛 👉 All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is subscribe to our biodiversity newsletter. Enter now: buff.ly/3SYvcB4
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Are you studying for a career in ecology and looking to gain more knowledge and practical skills?🔍 Check out our range of courses, and use the code ‘BioStudent20’ at checkout to get 20% off Biodiversity Courses! ow.ly/HSrV50SlClz #Ecology #EcologyCourses #Conservation
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Online courses coming up in July 💻 🏡Discovering the Biodiversity Metric 🗺️What is QGIS? 📖Enhance Your Nature Writing: Exploration and Analysis 🦀Discovering Marine Invertebrates 🐦Discovering Garden Birds 🦭 Seal Field Skills to Inform Conservation ow.ly/lOyT50SlumQ
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Richard Dawson@arbarus
8 Jun 2024
Great weekend on @FSCBiodiversity Solitary Bee Course. A new county record for Montgomeryshire (VC47) of Osmia spinulosa. A snail shell nesting #solitarybee observed at Llanymynech Rocks @MontWildlife. Not a great pic but an exciting find! #bees #entomology #gwenynenunig #Cymru
Osmia spinulosa at Llanymynech Rocks

ALT Osmia spinulosa at Llanymynech Rocks

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We’re excited to expand our Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) training courses to include the Watercourse Metric, and we need your input to make it the best it can be! 🌿 Take our quick four-question survey - it only takes a minute! 👉 ow.ly/EkLF50RQzL0 👈
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Apply for the Young Darwin Scholarship 🍃 “During these trips scholars practice a wide range of field identification skills, gain practical, observational and recording skills, explore landscapes and meet a range of inspirational expert speakers.” 👉 ow.ly/oegZ50RQF3O
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Since the discovery of DNA sequencing technology, scientists have had to rethink fern taxonomy. Lycophytes - Quillworts, Clubmosses & Spikeworts, are more distantly related to Ferns, while Horsetails are more closely related to Ferns.🌿 👉ow.ly/QvSW50RQKj2
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Doddington Hall@DoddingtonHall
15 May 2024
18-25 year olds can apply for a 90% subsidised, Darwin-inspired scholarship offering environmental education and support at Wilder Doddington. In partnership with @FieldStudiesC and supported by @HeritageFundUK. Apply by 2 June 2024: ow.ly/wa4X50RgB6V #scholarship
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Field Studies Council
@FieldStudiesC
16 May 2024
📣New UKHab courses coming up this summer🙌 We’re delighted to announce that we have partnered with UKHab Ltd. to deliver ‘Habitat Surveying using UKHab’ courses! 🥳 Find out more: field-studies-council.org/co… #UKHab #BNG #BiodiversityNetGain

Habitat Surveying: Using UKHab

This practical 2-day intermediate course will teach you the fundamentals of using UK Habitat Classification (UKHab).

field-studies-council.org
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Royal Entomological Society@RoyEntSoc
14 May 2024
Need help identifying an insect? Get the answers you're looking for from our expert team. Just fill out the form on our website and our knowledgeable staff will respond 🪰 royensoc.co.uk/understanding… #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification
Close photo of a fly © Peter White

ALT Close photo of a fly © Peter White
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Field Studies Council
@FieldStudiesC
10 May 2024
Who else has been getting outside to enjoy the sun? 🌻 Now is a great time learn a little more about the flowers you spot with our #wildflowers bundle! 🌼 Our summer wildflowers bundle features over 250 different types for you to find in early summer:ow.ly/mnLl50RC0iR
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Scottish Seabird Centre@SeabirdCentre
12 May 2024
This cetacean ID guide from the Field Studies Council (our supplier of the month for May) is the perfect nature gift & a great way to improve your whale and dolphin ID skills. seabirdshop.org/collections/… #NatureGifts #Charity
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Britain boasts two native oak species: Sessile Oak & Pedunculate Oak.🌳 Their subtle differences, like leaf attachment, help with ID. Sessile Oak leaves have an obvious stem, but Pedunculate Oak leaves have little to no stem.🍃 Learn more about #trees 👉 ow.ly/NV5E50RpcZy
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We're thrilled to announce that the deadline to apply for the 2024 Young Darwin Scholarship has been extended to the 2nd June! Plus, we have an additional 15 places at a new location @DoddingtonHall in Lincolnshire! @HeritageFundUK 🥳 Apply today 👉 ow.ly/RsxB50RqC9y
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It’s the 1st of May, which means it’s time to lock up the lawn mower and take part in #NoMowMay! 🌱🌻 A healthy lawn with some long grass and wildflowers benefits wildlife, tackles pollution and can even lock away carbon below ground. Get involved: ow.ly/L6Ha50RqNyV
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