Thrilled to see these crimson wax caps in the school wildlife patch I’ve managed for nature since 2000:
October 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thrilled to see these crimson wax caps in the school wildlife patch I’ve managed for nature since 2000:
Delighted to find this 1941 reprint of the 1910 first edition of The Oxford Book of Ballads ed Quiller Couch with these superb endpapers mapping the border terrain:
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Delighted to find this 1941 reprint of the 1910 first edition of The Oxford Book of Ballads ed Quiller Couch with these superb endpapers mapping the border terrain:
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Im judging this years @cafewriters.bsky.social poetry competition - its now open so send me your best poems. www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-... #poetrycompetition
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
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September 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Im judging this years @cafewriters.bsky.social poetry competition - its now open so send me your best poems. www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-... #poetrycompetition
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Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is £1000 www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Poetry Competition | Cafe Writers
www.cafewriters.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just a reminder that the Cafe Writers International poetry competition is open. Our wonderful (sole) judge this year is Jessica Mookherjee. Top prize is £1000 www.cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-...
Hooray! Off to do poetry in Wytham Woods with Oxford Stanza and soil ecologist @jedsol.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Hooray! Off to do poetry in Wytham Woods with Oxford Stanza and soil ecologist @jedsol.bsky.social
Exciting news for poetry readers and writers:
KNIT INK, my exploration of the possibilities and limits of formal poetry and literary constraint, is available now from @deepvellum.bsky.social! Get yours here: store.deepvellum.org/products/kni...
September 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Exciting news for poetry readers and writers:
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Nine days to submit a poem to the Fall Issue of Forgotten Ground Regained.
alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #poetry #submissions #Norse #Viking #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #poetrycommunity #litmags #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #poetry #submissions #Norse #Viking #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #poetrycommunity #litmags #alliterativeverse
Call for Submissions: Norse and Icelandic Forms
Submit your alliterative poems to Forgotten Ground Regained by October 1
alliteration.net
September 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Nine days to submit a poem to the Fall Issue of Forgotten Ground Regained.
alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #poetry #submissions #Norse #Viking #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #poetrycommunity #litmags #alliterativeverse
alliteration.net/call-for-submissions/ #poetry #submissions #Norse #Viking #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOnBluesky #skypoets #poetrycommunity #litmags #alliterativeverse
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The Thomas Hardy Society is officially on Bluesky! Follow us to learn more about #ThomasHardy - we'll be posting events, news, and more.
September 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Thomas Hardy Society is officially on Bluesky! Follow us to learn more about #ThomasHardy - we'll be posting events, news, and more.
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🌿 Banks at risk from nature loss
A new study finds 72% of euro-area companies rely on ecosystem services, and 100 banks drive 87% of the sector’s biodiversity footprint. Flood and climate risks compound exposure.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
A new study finds 72% of euro-area companies rely on ecosystem services, and 100 banks drive 87% of the sector’s biodiversity footprint. Flood and climate risks compound exposure.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
European banks face significant vulnerability to ecosystem degradation and climate change - Communications Earth & Environment
The economy and banks in the euro area contribute and are exposed to nature-related risks, according to an analysis of data on 2500 banks’ dependence and impact on biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, and climate change.
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🌿 Banks at risk from nature loss
A new study finds 72% of euro-area companies rely on ecosystem services, and 100 banks drive 87% of the sector’s biodiversity footprint. Flood and climate risks compound exposure.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
A new study finds 72% of euro-area companies rely on ecosystem services, and 100 banks drive 87% of the sector’s biodiversity footprint. Flood and climate risks compound exposure.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#SciComm 🧪
I think this is brilliant:
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I think this is brilliant:
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📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations.
Next up is Ian Duhig, who is on the judging panel for (...)
Next up is Ian Duhig, who is on the judging panel for (...)
August 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📚 It's August, which means the #SealeyChallenge is underway! To help you on your journey to read a book every day this month, The Poetry Society has gotten in touch with poets we've recently worked with for some recommendations.
Next up is Ian Duhig, who is on the judging panel for (...)
Next up is Ian Duhig, who is on the judging panel for (...)
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Native bees! All photographed recently in the garden. At the moment I’m especially enamored with what I believe are male Western leafcutters: ginger and fuzzy with big green eyes!
July 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Native bees! All photographed recently in the garden. At the moment I’m especially enamored with what I believe are male Western leafcutters: ginger and fuzzy with big green eyes!
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📢 Job alert!
UKCEH are looking for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist to join their Aquatic Ecosystems Group, based at their Edinburgh site!
💦🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco
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UKCEH are looking for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist to join their Aquatic Ecosystems Group, based at their Edinburgh site!
💦🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco
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Senior Freshwater Ecologist
Salary - £48,414 - £51,377 Hybrid working (50/50) Permanent We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so we encourage you to apply early. We are seeking a highly ...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📢 Job alert!
UKCEH are looking for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist to join their Aquatic Ecosystems Group, based at their Edinburgh site!
💦🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco
share.google/P4sSI2ulbXL9...
UKCEH are looking for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist to join their Aquatic Ecosystems Group, based at their Edinburgh site!
💦🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco
share.google/P4sSI2ulbXL9...
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Who remembers all those names for fishing flies? Greenwell’s Glory, Partridge and Orange, March Brown. Father setting out hoping there would be a summer evening hatch of mayfly to excite trout and grayling in the Wharfe.
Volunteers at Beldorney have been finding, catching and recording at a Riverfly Monitor training. Volunteers survey this patch of the River Devron to analyse the invertebrates they find in the water. Riverfly that live in our river systems are sensitive to pollution and wider land management.
June 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Who remembers all those names for fishing flies? Greenwell’s Glory, Partridge and Orange, March Brown. Father setting out hoping there would be a summer evening hatch of mayfly to excite trout and grayling in the Wharfe.
Absolutely delighted to see this, and proud to be a (micro) shareholder. Loved staying at Bunloit and Tayvallich and learning about the nature recovery work in progress there.
Highlands Rewilding founder and CEO wins top environmental prize. Our founder and CEO Jeremy Leggett has been awarded one of the world’s two top environmental prizes and its half million USD prize money. Past winners have included Jim Hansen, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and James Lovelock.
June 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Absolutely delighted to see this, and proud to be a (micro) shareholder. Loved staying at Bunloit and Tayvallich and learning about the nature recovery work in progress there.
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I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I am starting a PhD and am looking for grassland restoration/rewilding sites in Northern Ireland! Please forward this flier to anyone who might be interested in having their land surveyed for fungi!
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Pollinators: Vital for nature & human well-being, but increasingly threatened.🌍
@ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment highlights the critical roles of pollinators, the threats they face, and the severe consequences of their decline. 🧪
For #WorldBeeDay, swipe through to discover their crucial roles! 🦋
@ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment highlights the critical roles of pollinators, the threats they face, and the severe consequences of their decline. 🧪
For #WorldBeeDay, swipe through to discover their crucial roles! 🦋
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Pollinators: Vital for nature & human well-being, but increasingly threatened.🌍
@ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment highlights the critical roles of pollinators, the threats they face, and the severe consequences of their decline. 🧪
For #WorldBeeDay, swipe through to discover their crucial roles! 🦋
@ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment highlights the critical roles of pollinators, the threats they face, and the severe consequences of their decline. 🧪
For #WorldBeeDay, swipe through to discover their crucial roles! 🦋
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Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change at University of Leeds.
We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
May 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change at University of Leeds.
We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds
April 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds
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I don't know who needs this but there is a gentle and inspiring documentary about moss on the BBC iplayer and when I watch it I sigh and feel better, you might like it too, moss is hardcore, adaptable, survivor of ice and fire, it is ancient, lives on air, the guardian of the trees, and that's you.
a small plant is growing out of a pile of moss in the woods .
ALT: a small plant is growing out of a pile of moss in the woods .
media.tenor.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I don't know who needs this but there is a gentle and inspiring documentary about moss on the BBC iplayer and when I watch it I sigh and feel better, you might like it too, moss is hardcore, adaptable, survivor of ice and fire, it is ancient, lives on air, the guardian of the trees, and that's you.
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Happy World Poetry Day! To celebrate the occasion, we are making The Poetry Review modern archive freely available for the next 24 hours for everyone to enjoy the best in international poetry. Click here to take advantage of this offer! bit.ly/4irqvug 📚
March 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy World Poetry Day! To celebrate the occasion, we are making The Poetry Review modern archive freely available for the next 24 hours for everyone to enjoy the best in international poetry. Click here to take advantage of this offer! bit.ly/4irqvug 📚
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Just updated my quarterly spreadsheet of (mostly UK and Irish) #poetry mags - when they're open, how to submit etc. Every link checked by a human (me!) - It's free, and you can sign up here robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
Poetry Magazines Submissions Spreadsheet
Poets! Take the hard work out of submitting to poetry magazines What poetry magazines are there? What are their web addresses? How many poems can I send? Are they open for submissions now? You̵…
robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Just updated my quarterly spreadsheet of (mostly UK and Irish) #poetry mags - when they're open, how to submit etc. Every link checked by a human (me!) - It's free, and you can sign up here robinhoughtonpoetry.co.uk/poetry-magaz...
This is nice - Research Gate tells me this paper on how fungi help woodland ecosystems to work has had 2500 reads.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The role of wood decay fungi in the carbon and nitrogen dynamics of the forest floor
PDF | Introduction The mycelium of woodland fungi can act both as a reservoir and as a distribution system for nutrients, owing to its physiological and... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
March 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This is nice - Research Gate tells me this paper on how fungi help woodland ecosystems to work has had 2500 reads.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...