Brian Eversham
@brianecambs.bsky.social
Wildlife enthusiast, photographer, elms/lichens/beetles/molluscs/testate amoebae and much else. CEO Wildlife Trust BCN, occasional leader for Wildlife Travel, visiting prof., Cranfield Uni. Views my own. He/him
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Some exciting news. The Moss Safari book has been shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2025. 💚🔬 #iseemoss www.ase.org.uk/news/ase-boo...
ASE Book of the Year 2025 Shortlist
www.ase.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some exciting news. The Moss Safari book has been shortlisted for the ASE Book of the Year Award 2025. 💚🔬 #iseemoss www.ase.org.uk/news/ase-boo...
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I've waited a lifetime to find Striated Bird's Nest fungus, and this week I've seen it twice! Also a magnificent colony of Coral Slime-mould, a troop of another slime-mould Physarum sp. with a lime-encrusted peridium and a heap of Witch's Butter. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR
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November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I've waited a lifetime to find Striated Bird's Nest fungus, and this week I've seen it twice! Also a magnificent colony of Coral Slime-mould, a troop of another slime-mould Physarum sp. with a lime-encrusted peridium and a heap of Witch's Butter. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR
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Like Australia. It's all about bums on seats. There's already a short fall of graduates - plant science majors walk straight into jobs
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Like Australia. It's all about bums on seats. There's already a short fall of graduates - plant science majors walk straight into jobs
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🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝🌿🌳🍅🍞🥦Botanical University Challenge to inspire the next generation of botanists.
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝🌿🌳🍅🍞🥦Botanical University Challenge to inspire the next generation of botanists.
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
University of Nottingham, UK, plans to close Plant Biology for new students from autumn 2026. Current students want to know more. Read more here:
www.change.org/p/reconsider...
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And finally, Lubo’s message to the young: LESS COMPUTER, MORE COLLECTING
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And finally, Lubo’s message to the young: LESS COMPUTER, MORE COLLECTING
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Frankly I’m with Lubo
And finally, Lubo’s message to the young: LESS COMPUTER, MORE COLLECTING
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Frankly I’m with Lubo
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I remember the bonfire nights of my youth - absolutely freezing
As the warmest bonfire night on record hit the UK, the BBC managed to report it without mentioning climate change!
www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
As the warmest bonfire night on record hit the UK, the BBC managed to report it without mentioning climate change!
www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
UK weather: after warmest ever Bonfire Night when with UK temperatures drop?
After the UK's warmest ever Bonfire Night, Helen Willetts looks at how long the mild November weather will last.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I remember the bonfire nights of my youth - absolutely freezing
As the warmest bonfire night on record hit the UK, the BBC managed to report it without mentioning climate change!
www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
As the warmest bonfire night on record hit the UK, the BBC managed to report it without mentioning climate change!
www.bbc.com/weather/arti...
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🚨 The Govt has just published its Carbon Budget Delivery Plan - we are calling for nature to be at the heart of net zero
“Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’, by restoring landscapes with woodlands, peatlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows"
Read here👇
www.wcl.org.uk/only-nature-...
“Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’, by restoring landscapes with woodlands, peatlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows"
Read here👇
www.wcl.org.uk/only-nature-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨 The Govt has just published its Carbon Budget Delivery Plan - we are calling for nature to be at the heart of net zero
“Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’, by restoring landscapes with woodlands, peatlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows"
Read here👇
www.wcl.org.uk/only-nature-...
“Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’, by restoring landscapes with woodlands, peatlands, wetlands and wildflower meadows"
Read here👇
www.wcl.org.uk/only-nature-...
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I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.
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Wild Roses of Great Britain & Ireland (latest title in the series of #BSBIHandbooks for tricky plants) is due out this month! Final proofs now with authors Gareth & Roger.
Interview with them about the new Handbook here: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...
£16 for #BSBImembers until 24 Nov.
Interview with them about the new Handbook here: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...
£16 for #BSBImembers until 24 Nov.
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wild Roses of Great Britain & Ireland (latest title in the series of #BSBIHandbooks for tricky plants) is due out this month! Final proofs now with authors Gareth & Roger.
Interview with them about the new Handbook here: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...
£16 for #BSBImembers until 24 Nov.
Interview with them about the new Handbook here: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/inte...
£16 for #BSBImembers until 24 Nov.
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Send me records: I am excited to be taking on the role of national springtail recorder. I have huge shoes to fill, but I hope to continue the progress Peter Shaw made in understanding the taxonomy and biology of the UK's #springtails.
www.brc.ac.uk/scheme/colle...
www.brc.ac.uk/scheme/colle...
January 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Send me records: I am excited to be taking on the role of national springtail recorder. I have huge shoes to fill, but I hope to continue the progress Peter Shaw made in understanding the taxonomy and biology of the UK's #springtails.
www.brc.ac.uk/scheme/colle...
www.brc.ac.uk/scheme/colle...
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Exciting news: we have a new British flea weevil.
Less exciting news: it is a Rhamphus.
I still don't understand how to tell them all apart.
Even so, this is a very useful paper:
www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...
Six new Palaearctic species and a review of diagnostic characters. #coleoptera
Less exciting news: it is a Rhamphus.
I still don't understand how to tell them all apart.
Even so, this is a very useful paper:
www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...
Six new Palaearctic species and a review of diagnostic characters. #coleoptera
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Exciting news: we have a new British flea weevil.
Less exciting news: it is a Rhamphus.
I still don't understand how to tell them all apart.
Even so, this is a very useful paper:
www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...
Six new Palaearctic species and a review of diagnostic characters. #coleoptera
Less exciting news: it is a Rhamphus.
I still don't understand how to tell them all apart.
Even so, this is a very useful paper:
www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...
Six new Palaearctic species and a review of diagnostic characters. #coleoptera
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"The economy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the environment."
- Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder, Wisconsin Governor and Senator. Friend.
- Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder, Wisconsin Governor and Senator. Friend.
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"The economy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the environment."
- Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder, Wisconsin Governor and Senator. Friend.
- Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Founder, Wisconsin Governor and Senator. Friend.
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One striking result is that the dangers of the dramatic decline in natural ecosystems and biodiversity (in oceans and on land) are not widely recognised by the general public, and I would say are still underestimated by the experts. We all ultimately depend on a functioning biosphere.
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
One striking result is that the dangers of the dramatic decline in natural ecosystems and biodiversity (in oceans and on land) are not widely recognised by the general public, and I would say are still underestimated by the experts. We all ultimately depend on a functioning biosphere.
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Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape.
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
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freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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Here are some miniatures seen during a foray that I led for Doncaster Nats today. The Physarum and the Didymium are slime moulds and the Mollisia and the Orbilia are ascomycete fungi.
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here are some miniatures seen during a foray that I led for Doncaster Nats today. The Physarum and the Didymium are slime moulds and the Mollisia and the Orbilia are ascomycete fungi.
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My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
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Thinking of patenting my favorite method for ranking researchers: reading their papers and deciding whether they are good.
Hilariously bad idea. In my subfield author lists are almost always alphabetical!
🧪For those of us who do complex collaborations with multiple corresponding authors this is terrible . I suspect it will also hit female authors disproportionately as they tend to have more collaborations across fields…https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03281-4
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thinking of patenting my favorite method for ranking researchers: reading their papers and deciding whether they are good.
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It’s like a Douglas Adams story. Billions of dollars spent on a machine that consumes incredible resources. Earth has blown past 4C. Fresh water is gone. But at last it’s done. The makers ask, “How do we solve climate change?” The machine whirs and responds, “You can switch to solar 100 years ago.”
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.
AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It’s like a Douglas Adams story. Billions of dollars spent on a machine that consumes incredible resources. Earth has blown past 4C. Fresh water is gone. But at last it’s done. The makers ask, “How do we solve climate change?” The machine whirs and responds, “You can switch to solar 100 years ago.”
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Let’s rename A.I.
Artificial is another word for fake.
Fake Intelligence is not appealing.
F.I.
F*** It.
Artificial is another word for fake.
Fake Intelligence is not appealing.
F.I.
F*** It.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Let’s rename A.I.
Artificial is another word for fake.
Fake Intelligence is not appealing.
F.I.
F*** It.
Artificial is another word for fake.
Fake Intelligence is not appealing.
F.I.
F*** It.
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Calling all @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social members, there is a great indoor workshop on soliderflies coming up soon. I'll be there, and hope to see you too!
www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-...
Or DM me for details
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-...
Or DM me for details
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
Soldierfly ID Workshop (YWT Member's Exclusive Event) | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Learn how to ID specimens of soldierflies with expert Yorkshire naturalist Derek Whiteley.
www.ywt.org.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Calling all @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social members, there is a great indoor workshop on soliderflies coming up soon. I'll be there, and hope to see you too!
www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-...
Or DM me for details
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social
www.ywt.org.uk/events/2025-...
Or DM me for details
@uk-soldierflies.bsky.social