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To all the people freaking out about this little spider... it was about 1cm long (ever heard of close-up photography 🤣) and completely harmless, so nothing to be scared of!

Nationally scarce purseweb #spider (Atypus affinis) in the #NewForest

Garden wildlife: Painted Lady, Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly and Blue-tailed Damselfly 🌞

@EllieParker26 @solentseascape @HantsIWWildlife Are you looking for any more volunteers? I'd love to be involved.

Our small-scale #seagrass test deployments as part our Solent Seagrass Restoration Project and the @solentseascape Project are complete! We’ll be doing larger scale plantings next month with the help of our wonderful #volunteers @HantsIWWildlife

Closeup shots of Canterbury mural for @BCKentBranch a celebration of the rare Heath Fritillary and White-spot Sable, shown with the food plants on which they depend found in nearby Blean woods @savebutterflies #MagnificentMoths

Positive Ocean News 🌊 We’ve rounded up some of the good news stories for our ocean from this month. Swipe and share to spread some #OceanOptimism 💙 Have you got any other positive sea stories? Share them below! - A thread

@Christo64555328 I see them most days, but not usually this many at once!

@zoecaals Amazing … What formations

Brent Geese over the garden

#OurSeaForest TONGIHT Fri 8 Sept 7:30pm on @BBCOne The story of how a once thriving underwater forest, home to a multitude of different sea creatures, was lost and its slow road to recovery. @BigWaveTV @sussex_ifca #sussexunderwater @SussexWildlife @Bluemarinef @ChrisGPackham

The most numerous moth species in our garden last night was Box-tree Moth (86), followed by Pale Mottled Willow (39) and L-album Wainscot (35). Hampshire VC11.

Can't believe what I'm hearing. Swift bricks aren't even controversial. They're a cheap, easy way to restore our dwindling bird population. Yet neither Tory Minister, nor Lab opposition, will commit to make them mandatory. What planet are they on?? @Natures_Voice @WriterHannahBT

Bit of a shaky video of Common Dolphins in the Solent this evening! Very exciting 🐬🐬🐬

@MartinWood14 @EdJBenn Lol, maybe individual families but not the whole lot!

@zoecaals @EdJBenn Very nice,now just got the moths to go then🙂

Today I saw the magnificent Swallowtail, the last British butterfly I had left to see. Plenty of Norfolk Hawkers around too.

Are you friendly, organised and happy spending time outdoors? We are looking for new visitor surveyors across SE and SW England. Closing date 23rd May.

Lots going on at Titchfield Haven this morning including a calling Cuckoo, displaying Common Terns and Avocets close to Meon Shore hide.

Water companies are dumping sewage in our rivers & seas 1000s of times a day. The ❌ red alerts ❌ on the Safer Seas and Rivers Service app make sure they can't hide. But the app needs urgent funds. Donate to our donation-doubling appeal to save our app: buff.ly/3KToQ0W

Sea anemones (Cylista sp.) at low tide. Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire.

Sand Mason Worms at low tide. Amazing to think these tubes are up to 45cm long and these are just the tops! hiwwt.org.uk/wildlife-explo…

An old Beech tree on a Devon lane, covered in Polypody ferns and Navelwort 🌿