Definitely feels like wasps that managed to survive the heatwave are now popping up on the Ivy!
Got a spare 10 mins? Do a #FITcount for @pomscheme.bsky.social!
Got a spare 10 mins? Do a #FITcount for @pomscheme.bsky.social!
Ten days left to do a #FITcount in the 2026 @pomscheme.bsky.social survey season! Been watching lots of Ivy bees on the Ivy flowers on our garden fence. Not as many wasps as I remember from previous years. What’s visiting your Ivy? @waspwoman.bsky.social
September 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Definitely feels like wasps that managed to survive the heatwave are now popping up on the Ivy!
Got a spare 10 mins? Do a #FITcount for @pomscheme.bsky.social!
Got a spare 10 mins? Do a #FITcount for @pomscheme.bsky.social!
Ten days left to do a #FITcount in the 2026 @pomscheme.bsky.social survey season! Been watching lots of Ivy bees on the Ivy flowers on our garden fence. Not as many wasps as I remember from previous years. What’s visiting your Ivy? @waspwoman.bsky.social
September 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Ten days left to do a #FITcount in the 2026 @pomscheme.bsky.social survey season! Been watching lots of Ivy bees on the Ivy flowers on our garden fence. Not as many wasps as I remember from previous years. What’s visiting your Ivy? @waspwoman.bsky.social
14 degrees, clear blue sky, glorious Dandelions on the lawn = perfect conditions for my first #FITcount of 2026 😊 @pomscheme.bsky.social
April 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
14 degrees, clear blue sky, glorious Dandelions on the lawn = perfect conditions for my first #FITcount of 2026 😊 @pomscheme.bsky.social
Long Hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta, from today's FIT Count: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts #FITCount
#Diptera #Hemiptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro
#Diptera #Hemiptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro
July 22, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Long Hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta, from today's FIT Count: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts #FITCount
#Diptera #Hemiptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro
#Diptera #Hemiptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro
This low carbon recording scheme was one of the highlights of my summer last year - join us from 1st April.
#Gardens #Insects #Entomology #pollinators #FITCount
#Gardens #Insects #Entomology #pollinators #FITCount
The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This low carbon recording scheme was one of the highlights of my summer last year - join us from 1st April.
#Gardens #Insects #Entomology #pollinators #FITCount
#Gardens #Insects #Entomology #pollinators #FITCount
Hoverflies are out in numbers doing their thing. Good time to do a @pomscheme.bsky.social #FITcount see ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
April 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Hoverflies are out in numbers doing their thing. Good time to do a @pomscheme.bsky.social #FITcount see ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
A great day at RHS Garden Rosemoor discovering #pollinators with RHS staff and volunteers. The rain held off for two fun #FITcount sessions, Scabious and Fennel buzzing with insects in the Cottage Garden! #BeesNeedsWeek2025
July 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A great day at RHS Garden Rosemoor discovering #pollinators with RHS staff and volunteers. The rain held off for two fun #FITcount sessions, Scabious and Fennel buzzing with insects in the Cottage Garden! #BeesNeedsWeek2025
Lovely lunchtime #FITcount on knapweed outside the office at @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford. Good to see a brown argus butterfly land in my quadrat too! The wildflower diversity in our meadow has really held well despite the lack of rain. @pomscheme.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Lovely lunchtime #FITcount on knapweed outside the office at @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford. Good to see a brown argus butterfly land in my quadrat too! The wildflower diversity in our meadow has really held well despite the lack of rain. @pomscheme.bsky.social
After a week of cold northeasterly winds I managed to do my first #FITCount of the season. Not too bad.
Learn more: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
#Insects #Leicester #Leicestershire #Pollinators #environment
Learn more: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
#Insects #Leicester #Leicestershire #Pollinators #environment
April 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
After a week of cold northeasterly winds I managed to do my first #FITCount of the season. Not too bad.
Learn more: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
#Insects #Leicester #Leicestershire #Pollinators #environment
Learn more: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
#Insects #Leicester #Leicestershire #Pollinators #environment
Thanks to everyone who came to see us in the @ukceh.bsky.social stand or #Biodiversity Bimble at #Groundswell. Lots of inspiring chat on insect monitoring within regenerative farming systems, plus a #FITCount on white clover in the showground 🐝😍☀️
July 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to see us in the @ukceh.bsky.social stand or #Biodiversity Bimble at #Groundswell. Lots of inspiring chat on insect monitoring within regenerative farming systems, plus a #FITCount on white clover in the showground 🐝😍☀️
July 30, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Los mirones de las abejas en los canteros de la Universidad! Também tu podes ser um mirone de las abejas! Instala o FITCount e vem espiar as abelhas e outros polinizadores connosco!
March 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Los mirones de las abejas en los canteros de la Universidad! Também tu podes ser um mirone de las abejas! Instala o FITCount e vem espiar as abelhas e outros polinizadores connosco!
Busiest ever #FITcount with 42 insects visiting this gorgeous Euphorbia seguieriana in my garden! Lovely to see so many tiny white-faced Hylaeus bees, ruby-tailed wasps and others, wasn’t sure what to do when a social wasp started preying on the small flies I had just counted @pomscheme.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Busiest ever #FITcount with 42 insects visiting this gorgeous Euphorbia seguieriana in my garden! Lovely to see so many tiny white-faced Hylaeus bees, ruby-tailed wasps and others, wasn’t sure what to do when a social wasp started preying on the small flies I had just counted @pomscheme.bsky.social
It hasn’t been the warmest day but a sheltered spot along a hawthorn hedge was perfect for a #FITCount - 20 pollinating insects counted in 10mins. You just have to look closely! 👀 @pomscheme.bsky.social
May 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
It hasn’t been the warmest day but a sheltered spot along a hawthorn hedge was perfect for a #FITCount - 20 pollinating insects counted in 10mins. You just have to look closely! 👀 @pomscheme.bsky.social
Just warm enough on this sunny glade at the #EarthTrust for a @pomscheme.bsky.social #FITcount on Hawthorn. 14 insects visited in the 10 minutes, accompanied by a chorus of Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Cuckoo ❤️
May 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Just warm enough on this sunny glade at the #EarthTrust for a @pomscheme.bsky.social #FITcount on Hawthorn. 14 insects visited in the 10 minutes, accompanied by a chorus of Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Cuckoo ❤️
Lots of #InsectWeek activities at the @royentsoc.bsky.social garden at Stratford Cross, East London today! Can you spot any of the #PoMS target flowers for a #FITcount?
📅 It's today!
Join us at the #RESGarden in Stratford Cross where we're celebrating #InsectWeek 🦋
Take part in interactive activities around the garden, explore different insect habitats and meet #InsectScientist members of the Royal Entomological Society.
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Join us at the #RESGarden in Stratford Cross where we're celebrating #InsectWeek 🦋
Take part in interactive activities around the garden, explore different insect habitats and meet #InsectScientist members of the Royal Entomological Society.
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June 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Lots of #InsectWeek activities at the @royentsoc.bsky.social garden at Stratford Cross, East London today! Can you spot any of the #PoMS target flowers for a #FITcount?
Visit to my @pomscheme.bsky.social square I did a #FITcount on some late Bramble flowers. Good variety of Butterflies recorded. We do not record spiders and Caterpillars as not pollinators, what about🐉! This Southern Hawker is maybe not pollinating it landed in #FITcount area. @ukceh.bsky.social
August 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Visit to my @pomscheme.bsky.social square I did a #FITcount on some late Bramble flowers. Good variety of Butterflies recorded. We do not record spiders and Caterpillars as not pollinators, what about🐉! This Southern Hawker is maybe not pollinating it landed in #FITcount area. @ukceh.bsky.social
These patches of Oxeye Daisy are almost completely self-seeded on my lawn and now perfect height for a standing #FITCount! Had a few nice solitary bees and hoverflies in amongst the pollen beetles (classed as small insects <3mm) in today’s count @pomscheme.bsky.social
June 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
These patches of Oxeye Daisy are almost completely self-seeded on my lawn and now perfect height for a standing #FITCount! Had a few nice solitary bees and hoverflies in amongst the pollen beetles (classed as small insects <3mm) in today’s count @pomscheme.bsky.social
First flowers are now blooming in the restored beds at Pátio das Químicas, University of Coimbra 🌸
The first pollinators are here too, including a male and a female Anthophora plumipes, and we are now starting pollinator monitoring with the FITCount citizen science app 🐝
The first pollinators are here too, including a male and a female Anthophora plumipes, and we are now starting pollinator monitoring with the FITCount citizen science app 🐝
March 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
First flowers are now blooming in the restored beds at Pátio das Químicas, University of Coimbra 🌸
The first pollinators are here too, including a male and a female Anthophora plumipes, and we are now starting pollinator monitoring with the FITCount citizen science app 🐝
The first pollinators are here too, including a male and a female Anthophora plumipes, and we are now starting pollinator monitoring with the FITCount citizen science app 🐝
This patch of wild red clover was perfect for a relaxing #FITcount in the garden today @pomscheme.bsky.social
I harvested small amounts of seed from a local meadow 3 years ago and finally the yellow rattle has helped clear the grasses to make way for more wildflowers
I harvested small amounts of seed from a local meadow 3 years ago and finally the yellow rattle has helped clear the grasses to make way for more wildflowers
May 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This patch of wild red clover was perfect for a relaxing #FITcount in the garden today @pomscheme.bsky.social
I harvested small amounts of seed from a local meadow 3 years ago and finally the yellow rattle has helped clear the grasses to make way for more wildflowers
I harvested small amounts of seed from a local meadow 3 years ago and finally the yellow rattle has helped clear the grasses to make way for more wildflowers
Could you spend 10 peaceful minutes watching flowers and counting the insects that visit? If so, you can help protect pollinators by taking part in a Flower-Insect Timed Count #FITCount!
https://ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
https://ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
June 12, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Could you spend 10 peaceful minutes watching flowers and counting the insects that visit? If so, you can help protect pollinators by taking part in a Flower-Insect Timed Count #FITCount!
https://ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
https://ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
Had a glorious walk on Martin Down yesterday. Not as many bees as I’d have hoped for but a fabulous show of skylarks, butterflies and flowers. And where else could you have both Marbled White AND Dark Green Fritillary feature in the same #FITCount?! @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social
June 28, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Had a glorious walk on Martin Down yesterday. Not as many bees as I’d have hoped for but a fabulous show of skylarks, butterflies and flowers. And where else could you have both Marbled White AND Dark Green Fritillary feature in the same #FITCount?! @richardfoxbc.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social
Last Saturday afternoon, Sílvia Castro and @jloureiro13.bsky.social joined ORLA, Citizen Science Festival, in Figueira da Foz.
With Taskmaster-style challenges, participants became pollinator detectives using FITCount and BioDiversity4All.
Thanks to CFE and all participants! 🌼🐝
With Taskmaster-style challenges, participants became pollinator detectives using FITCount and BioDiversity4All.
Thanks to CFE and all participants! 🌼🐝
May 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Last Saturday afternoon, Sílvia Castro and @jloureiro13.bsky.social joined ORLA, Citizen Science Festival, in Figueira da Foz.
With Taskmaster-style challenges, participants became pollinator detectives using FITCount and BioDiversity4All.
Thanks to CFE and all participants! 🌼🐝
With Taskmaster-style challenges, participants became pollinator detectives using FITCount and BioDiversity4All.
Thanks to CFE and all participants! 🌼🐝
FIT Count Summary 2024
Even 10 minutes standing watching your local insects can help. How hard can that be?
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2024/12/fit-...
#bees #biodiversity #BiologicalRecording #Diptera #Leicester #Leicestershire #environment #UKWildlife #FITCount
Even 10 minutes standing watching your local insects can help. How hard can that be?
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2024/12/fit-...
#bees #biodiversity #BiologicalRecording #Diptera #Leicester #Leicestershire #environment #UKWildlife #FITCount
December 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
FIT Count Summary 2024
Even 10 minutes standing watching your local insects can help. How hard can that be?
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2024/12/fit-...
#bees #biodiversity #BiologicalRecording #Diptera #Leicester #Leicestershire #environment #UKWildlife #FITCount
Even 10 minutes standing watching your local insects can help. How hard can that be?
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2024/12/fit-...
#bees #biodiversity #BiologicalRecording #Diptera #Leicester #Leicestershire #environment #UKWildlife #FITCount