Attended a 30-minute webinar addressing the design, function and conservation application of bee bricks as nesting infrastructure for solitary bees in urban developments.

I spent two hours at Elstead Common focusing on photographing and identifying dragonflies around the heathland ponds.

A practical introduction to bat rescue and rehabilitation, covering safe handling, injury assessment, welfare, recovery and pathways into bat care.

A productive butterfly transect at Tice’s Meadow, recording 291 butterflies, including 20 Clouded Yellows with a rare helice form.

A butterfly survey and walkover revealed abundant Common Blues, Small Coppers and Gatekeepers, with a patrolling hawker providing photography practice.

Tice’s Meadow Open Day; moth trapping, dipping and engaging visitors with wildlife.

A cooler, overcast butterfly transect at Tice’s Meadow produced lower numbers but good variety, highlighting weather’s influence on survey results.

Butterfly transect across Tice’s Meadow and Runfold Ridge, recording Common Blues, Painted Lady, Hummingbird Hawk-moth and other striking invertebrates.

Riverfly survey at Tice’s Meadow recorded abundant freshwater invertebrates, providing valuable monitoring data while developing my identification and sampling skills.

My first Hazel Dormouse survey involved checking 45 nest boxes, recording Wood Mice and developing practical experience of monitoring methodology.

Monthly butterfly transect at Runfold recorded high activity and good species diversity, demonstrating seasonal changes and the value of long-term monitoring.

Today I returned to Tice’s Meadow to complete another butterfly transect, with warm conditions resulting in good levels of activity along the survey route.