Jeff Lunn

It was great catching up with our surveyor team for North and East Yorkshire's Local Wildlife Sites on Monday, receiving some valuable feedback just in time for survey of our woodland sites! 📸: One of our surveyors, Louise, at newly designated SINC Fleet Ings and Topham Ings 🌱

Wednesday 22 April Cliff Wood S Yorks Pied Flycatcher 3m 2f

Little Don Valley today Ring Ouzel 4m2f, Wheatear 1m, Stonechat 1m, Pied Fly 1m. Bit windy.

Also Wheatear f. And 2 Redpoll at Thickwoods end of Langsett

Our Monad of the Month for March 2026 is TA2272, located near Flamborough in East Yorkshire. This series highlights under-recorded squares in our LERC area where we have few records. Could you record there? neyedc.org.uk/updates-insigh…

The Seam is open! 👏 A huge asset for our town – a high-quality urban park, and space for tech, digital, and creative businesses to grow. The Yorkshire Roses stand at its heart, symbolising Barnsley's proud past and bright future as the UK’s first Tech Town.

Broomhill Flash - Slavonian Grebe 1 this morning.

We're now just a few months away from this year's City Nature Challenge, which will be running for the 4th year in Hull. Find out all the details for how to get involved on our website: neyedc.org.uk/hull-cnc-2026 and visit our iNaturalist project here: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/city-… 🌿

We have a new FAQ page published on our website for ecologists and consultants, covering frequently asked questions about our reporting database, data delivery system (eMapper) and data request service: neyedc.org.uk/ecologists

Our second Iceland Gull this week, this first winter bird was in tonight’s roost at Wintersett Res. @BirdGuides @Barnsleybsg

We have a new piece published today on our website, the next instalment of our 'Spotlight on...' local groups series. This time, we're sharing the work of Sheriff Hutton Hedgehog Group, and how we're supporting them: neyedc.org.uk/updates-insigh… 🦔

After our conference on 7th Dec, our Connect to Nature page has been updated: neyedc.org.uk/c2n. Over the coming weeks we'll be uploading presentations from the day here, plus outcomes of the workshop. There's also info on how you can continue the conversation with us 🗣️

The countdown is over! 🎉 Blog #100 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series is live on our website, completing the project! For our final piece, we have an uplifting conservation success story from Reserve Manager Craig Ralston, starring the Corncrake: neyedc.org.uk/100-species/20…

Thank you to all who attended our conference this past weekend! We had a brilliant day with fantastic talks on 'the big questions' & nature recovery, discussion, and the chance to catch up with networks new & old. Find a summary of the day on our website: neyedc.org.uk/updates-insigh…

50th Anniversary 0f wath ings hide been erected and birders which around at the time @Barnsleybsg

We're in the final stretch! Instalment #98 in our #YorkshireIn100Species series features one of our iconic farmland birds, the Corn Bunting. Our contributor Colin Slator, has spent many years as a countryside ranger & founded High Batts Nature Reserve: neyedc.org.uk/100-species/20… 🪶

Caspian Gull 2 CY at Worsbrough Res today. Also 18 Goosander, 12 GCGrebe, 2 Water Rails, Kingfisher.

Tickets for our conference on 7th December are still available! Join us at York Hospitium for 'Networks for Nature: a conference celebrating 25 years of NEYEDC'. Tickets can be purchased from the following link, which also shows the full programme: neyedc.org.uk/c2n

Tickets for our conference 'Networks for Nature: A conference celebrating 25 years of NEYEDC' will be on sale this coming Friday. Tickets can be purchased via our website once general sale begins. We would love to see you there!

We have another of our fantastic native reptiles featured for entry #96 in our #YorkshireIn100Species project - the Slow Worm, brought to us by East Riding of Yorkshire Council's Sustainable Environment Manager, John Pemberton: neyedc.org.uk/100-species/20… 🦎