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Wayne Dawson
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Ecologist, @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Director, NERC ACCE+ DLA: https://accedtp.ac.uk/
๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ, firstgen.

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Reposted by Tim M. Blackburn, Wayne Dawson, Pablo Garcรญaโ€Dรญaz

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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social ยท 5d
โ–ถ๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ๐€ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐๐€๐…, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐโ€ผ๏ธโ—€๏ธ
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

1๏ธโƒฃ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa
2๏ธโƒฃ removal of outdated data & errors
3๏ธโƒฃ 117,229 new records
4๏ธโƒฃ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions
The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database
GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Wayne Dawson, Steve Carver

markavery.bsky.social
Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social ยท 6d
New GB Red List for vascular plants from @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social is comprehensive revision of 2005 list.

Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better.

More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 8d
Fair, though climate match is unlikely to explain everything: need to consider the 'failed' introductions from said climates too. Thanks for reposting!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 8d
@ukladybirds.bsky.social

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 8d
Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7
Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 8d
A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 11d
Donated.
jackwallington.com Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com ยท 11d
As the world is showing, nature has the weakest protections imaginable. Communities buying up as much land as possible for nature remains a top priority. One way people can do this is through financially supporting conservation charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News
Sir David Attenborough inspires a surge in backing for a ยฃ30m campaign to create a nature haven.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Wayne Dawson

jackwallington.com
Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com ยท 11d
As the world is showing, nature has the weakest protections imaginable. Communities buying up as much land as possible for nature remains a top priority. One way people can do this is through financially supporting conservation charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir David Attenborough inspires Rothbury Estate donations - BBC News
Sir David Attenborough inspires a surge in backing for a ยฃ30m campaign to create a nature haven.
www.bbc.co.uk

Reposted by Wayne Dawson

mouseinthehouse.bsky.social
Andrea @mouseinthehouse.bsky.social ยท 17d
So true

#Introverts

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 20d
And then, some plants appeared.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 20d
This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 24d
Well done Dan!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 25d
Hi @ukladybirds.bsky.social, this should be of interest.

Reposted by Wayne Dawson

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social ยท 25d
Green Iguanas were identified as highly likely to arrive during a horizon scanning exercise (Dawson et al., 2023: doi.org/10.1111/conl...), and it looks they have. Well done on the intercept. ๐ŸฆŽ
bernews.com/2025/10/igua...
Two Iguanas Found Aboard Ships In Bermuda - Bernews
Thanks to the โ€œvigilance of the crew on both vesselsโ€ two iguanas that were discovered on ships docked in Bermuda this past summerย were prevented fromย actually entering Bermuda. An article in Envirota...
bernews.com

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท 26d
Controversial opinion: many scientists (probably a majority) are terrible at conversation. Conversation is an art. It requires listening and not simply talking when and however much one wants.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Sep 8
A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Sep 4
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Sep 4
Accompanied by a great talk by @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social on her huge survey effort to study invader-dominated plant communities in Bermuda.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Sep 4
And Alison won first poster prize! Well done.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Sep 4
And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 25
It's 23:40 on bank holiday Monday, and I think I just finished a grant proposal ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ด

Reposted by Terry P. Hughes, A. E. Dessler, Wayne Dawson , and 13 more

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social ยท Aug 18
Climate models since the 1970s nailed itโ€”most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 16
My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 15
What happens to an abandoned golf course.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 10
Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 9
In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 5
Plus a very cute little thrift, moss campion cushions, wild thyme and kidney vetch.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ยท Aug 5
Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).