This penultimate advent calendar suggestion is for the birds. Read more...

NatureSpot's bee expert Maggie Frankum asks all NatureSpotters to keep watch for winter-active bumblebees. More...

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Eating the equivalent of one neonicotinoid treated seed does major harm to birds.
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Learn to identify mosses and liverworts with confidence. Read more...

I'm sitting at the computer entering records of observations into NatureSpot. An annoying little fly is flying around and keeps landing on the screen. I take a closer look at it. More...

There are some 30 different species of harvestmen (Opiliones) in the UK. Read more...

Buglife has launched their Urban Buzz Leicester project. More...

Ever since I twigged it was Autumn there's a particular photo I've been wanting to take - autumn colours reflecting in the pools up at Dimminsdale. More...

What can you do to fight the catastrophic decline in insect numbers? This:

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has large number of excellent bird identification videos on its website, so if you're struggling to know if you've just seen a Linnet or a Twite, or you've got your Godwits in a twist, this is what you need. 

Do you take photographs of wildlife? NatureSpot welcomes photographs that further develop our Species Library.

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A few species of fungi are instantly recognizable, but most require further study for identification. More...

NatureSpot was featured live on BBC Radio Leicester this morning.

Which ever way you look at it (meteorological autumn beginning on 1st September or equinoctial autumn starting 22nd September), it is now autumn. Read more...

It's the time of year when lots of photographs of fungi are submitted to NatureSpot. A few species are easy to name, some species are impossible to identify without much more detailed information, e.g. microscopy. More...

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It's time for the annual NatureSpot Ivy Bee Appeal - help us find Colletes hederae.
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