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Wayne Dawson
@waynedawsoneco.bsky.social

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

www.dawsonecology.com

Environmental science 38%
Agriculture 30%
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2๏ธโƒฃ removal of outdated data & errors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
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...

Fair, though climate match is unlikely to explain everything: need to consider the 'failed' introductions from said climates too. Thanks for reposting!

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

A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.

Donated.
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

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

And then, some plants appeared.

This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.

Well done Dan!

Hi @ukladybirds.bsky.social, this should be of interest.

Reposted by Wayne Dawson

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

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.

A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.

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

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

And Alison won first poster prize! Well done.

And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!

It's 23:40 on bank holiday Monday, and I think I just finished a grant proposal ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ด
Climate models since the 1970s nailed itโ€”most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.

What happens to an abandoned golf course.

Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.

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!

Plus a very cute little thrift, moss campion cushions, wild thyme and kidney vetch.

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).