Get Christmas Sorted With Our Gift Membership Offer!
Christmas is Coming! I know that you don’t need reminding. Are you looking for a unique Christmas present for a friend or relative? What about Gift membership? For as little as £20.00 you can purchase membership that will cover them for 15 months all the way to the end of March 2023! Just…
Free garden packages for community groups in Wales
The Local Places for Nature project is back and here to help you create a green haven for your local community and wildlife – including dragonflies! Hundreds of free packages are available to community groups and organisations to support thier garden projects, from orchards to large scale makeovers. Find out more and how to apply…
Meet our new Operations Officer Jess Slight
Jess is taking over the membership and administration at the BDS. Here is what she has to say about her journey to the BDS. . . “Nature and the world around us has always offered huge inspiration and joy to me. I spend as much time as I possibly can outdoors, walking and swimming. It…
Calling all BDS Volunteers!
We have a request to make to all of our existing volunteers. We now have a brand new database, or CRM, in which to store all of your data that is relevant to your volunteering with the BDS. Having all of this information in one place will enable us to filter information ensuring that you only…
New Damselfly sharing habitat with UK natives
A Damselfly species that came to the UK from Europe poses a minimal risk to native Damselflies and Dragonflies, new research shows. As tens of thousands of species shift their “range” (the areas they live in) due to climate change, the Small Red-eyed Damselfly has spread northwards from the Mediterranean. It was first observed in…
Dragonfly Hotspot: Exbury Gardens update – by Juliet Bloss
Located in the beautiful New Forest, Exbury Gardens is one of our most well-visited Dragonfly Hotspots. Juliet Bloss, dedicated Exbury volunteer and wildlife enthusiast, gives her account of this year’s recording activities and a detailed account of the best spots to go Dragonfly watching. Exbury Gardens was recently designated by the British Dragonfly Society (BDS)…
iRecord offline 11-14 November 2022
iRecord will not be available 11-14 November; it will be back online Tuesday 15 November.
BDS featured in Countryside Jobs Service Focus Article
Our Conservation Officer highlights the joys of working for the BDS and the fantastic work our volunteers achieve in the latest CJS Focus Article on Working with Wildlife. Countryside Jobs Service is the leading provider of vacancies and career development opportunities within the conservation sector in the country. You can read the full article and…
New bill in Wales to ban single use plastic
Reducing the production and use of plastics is a key priority for reducing the consumption of fossil fuels and fighting climate change. The new Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill will make it an offence to supply certain single-use plastic products in Wales, such as single-use plastic bags. Julie James, the Minister for Climate…
How and why to record dragonflies in August
Many dragonflies and damselflies are on the wing at this time of year. BTO’s Rob Jaques writes about watching, recording, and supporting these beautiful insects. Read the full article here. Remember to submit all your records to iRecord. Image: Emerald Damselflies by Dave Smallshire
Meet our new Conservation Outreach Officer!
Lauren Kennedy joined the BDS team this month as the new Conservation Outreach Officer. Lauren: “Growing up in South Wales I was not short of amazing wild spaces to explore, I soon became obsessed with botany and a wide range of invertebrate groups. I went on to study a BSc Biology at Cardiff University followed…