Kirsty Park
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social
Professor @StirUni , interested in ecology, biodiversity, restoration, conservation and science in general. Have a particularly soft spot for bats. University webpage: stir.ac.uk/people/256433
A shocking betrayal of nature by a government who claimed they would not weaken nature protection.
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill - @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social www.wildlifetrusts.org/blog/public-...
A shameful step back for nature as UK Government pushes through damaging Planning and Infrastructure Bill | The Wildlife Trusts
Despite valiant efforts by nature champions in the House of Lords, last night saw the Government bulldoze the wildlife-harming Planning & Infrastructure Bill through its last remaining hurdles. Matt B...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A shocking betrayal of nature by a government who claimed they would not weaken nature protection.
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The world is upside down.
The Natural Environment Bill could be a turning point for Scotland’s nature. But Part 2 of the Bill threatens our most important wildlife protections. A Bill meant to help nature should not put it at risk!
Email your MSPs 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
The Natural Environment Bill could be a turning point for Scotland’s nature. But Part 2 of the Bill threatens our most important wildlife protections. A Bill meant to help nature should not put it at risk!
Email your MSPs 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The world is upside down.
The Natural Environment Bill could be a turning point for Scotland’s nature. But Part 2 of the Bill threatens our most important wildlife protections. A Bill meant to help nature should not put it at risk!
Email your MSPs 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
The Natural Environment Bill could be a turning point for Scotland’s nature. But Part 2 of the Bill threatens our most important wildlife protections. A Bill meant to help nature should not put it at risk!
Email your MSPs 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
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The Natural Environment Bill could restore nature across Scotland. 🐦🌱🐝
But there's a problem.
Part of the Bill introduces powers that threaten our most important wildlife protections.
A nature Bill shouldn't do that! Join us in calling for this to be fixed 👉
action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
But there's a problem.
Part of the Bill introduces powers that threaten our most important wildlife protections.
A nature Bill shouldn't do that! Join us in calling for this to be fixed 👉
action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Natural Environment Bill could restore nature across Scotland. 🐦🌱🐝
But there's a problem.
Part of the Bill introduces powers that threaten our most important wildlife protections.
A nature Bill shouldn't do that! Join us in calling for this to be fixed 👉
action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
But there's a problem.
Part of the Bill introduces powers that threaten our most important wildlife protections.
A nature Bill shouldn't do that! Join us in calling for this to be fixed 👉
action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
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Until Afghanistan is free from gender apartheid, every home must become a secret school, every kitchen a classroom, every living room a place of resistance.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Until Afghanistan is free from gender apartheid, every home must become a secret school, every kitchen a classroom, every living room a place of resistance.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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🦇 Writing to your MP takes less than 2 minutes and it could be the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to vote to keep Amendment 130: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp... .
Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
URGE YOUR MP to keep Amendment 130 in the Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is set to return to the House of Commons next week (week commencing 10 Nov). There is an opportunity to limit the damage the Bill will have but we need everyone…
act.bats.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🦇 Writing to your MP takes less than 2 minutes and it could be the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to vote to keep Amendment 130: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp... .
Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
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To support jobs across the nations and to protect our environment from new imported pests & diseases, we should only be planting trees that are UK & Ireland Sourced and Grown (#UKISG). The next Scot Gov should commit to meeting UKISG standards in tree procurement & work with industry to deliver.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
To support jobs across the nations and to protect our environment from new imported pests & diseases, we should only be planting trees that are UK & Ireland Sourced and Grown (#UKISG). The next Scot Gov should commit to meeting UKISG standards in tree procurement & work with industry to deliver.
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🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to protect bat species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill - News - Bat Conservation Trust
This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
www.bats.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...
First results paper from the Restoring Resilient Ecosystems project restreco.com. More to come!
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
First results paper from the Restoring Resilient Ecosystems project restreco.com. More to come!
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🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
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to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
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November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️
to answer this question!
Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: 7th January
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more PhD info here www.linkedin.com/posts/efuent...
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
more PhD info here www.linkedin.com/posts/efuent...
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📢 PhD opportunity: ‘Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests’ 🪴🌱🌳 working on space-for-time & @forestresearchuk.bsky.social large-scale experiment network (LERN)
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests
iapetus.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢 PhD opportunity: ‘Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests’ 🪴🌱🌳 working on space-for-time & @forestresearchuk.bsky.social large-scale experiment network (LERN)
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...
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Is there really a strict divide between (active) tree planting and (passive) natural processes when creating new woodlands — or should we be combining both approaches?
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October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Is there really a strict divide between (active) tree planting and (passive) natural processes when creating new woodlands — or should we be combining both approaches?
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...
Integrating natural processes into woodland creation
YouTube video by TreE PlaNat
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...
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New OA 🦇 research 📄
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Impacts of offshore wind farms on migratory bats in British waters
Offshore wind energy projects are developing at pace with ambitious Net Zero targets in place across Europe and understanding the evidence base for th…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New OA 🦇 research 📄
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🦇 We are recruiting:
(1/3) Project Officer to deliver the Protecting Scotland’s Island Wonders project, part of the Species on the Edge project!
Part-time + fixed term contract. Home based in the Inner Hebrides with regular field work on Skye. Apply by 9am, 28 Oct:
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
(1/3) Project Officer to deliver the Protecting Scotland’s Island Wonders project, part of the Species on the Edge project!
Part-time + fixed term contract. Home based in the Inner Hebrides with regular field work on Skye. Apply by 9am, 28 Oct:
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
Species on the Edge Project Officer (Argyll and Inner Hebrides) - Jobs / Contracts - Bat Conservation Trust
Part-time (30 hours per week) fixed term contract until January 2027This role is home based in the Inner Hebrides with regular field work on Skye.£29,88...
www.bats.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🦇 We are recruiting:
(1/3) Project Officer to deliver the Protecting Scotland’s Island Wonders project, part of the Species on the Edge project!
Part-time + fixed term contract. Home based in the Inner Hebrides with regular field work on Skye. Apply by 9am, 28 Oct:
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
(1/3) Project Officer to deliver the Protecting Scotland’s Island Wonders project, part of the Species on the Edge project!
Part-time + fixed term contract. Home based in the Inner Hebrides with regular field work on Skye. Apply by 9am, 28 Oct:
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
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🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾
Find out by studying meerkats!
🧪Epigenetic clocks
✨Bioinformatics
📊Long-term data
🌍Kalahari fieldwork
💡Big evolutionary questions
Get in touch or APPLY NOW
Please share!
www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...
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The Planning and Infrastructure Bill returns to @houseoflords.parliament.uk next week. A ‘pay-to-destroy' system will not benefit the economy, our natural heritage or society. We have updated a briefing document, please do share with peers. It is available from www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Biodiversity policy & advocacy - Bat Conservation Trust
The government published the Planning and Infrastructure Bill in March 2025, this outlined its proposals for reforming the planning process. Although th...
www.bats.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill returns to @houseoflords.parliament.uk next week. A ‘pay-to-destroy' system will not benefit the economy, our natural heritage or society. We have updated a briefing document, please do share with peers. It is available from www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...
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#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Landscape Ecology
Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r
su.varbi.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Really inspirational documentary led by Dr Wendy Masterton @stir.ac.uk "Green Threads: Weaving stories of nature and recovery" vimeo.com/1120244812. Well done to all the organisations involved who do such amazing work. #nature #addiction #greenspace ##MentalHealthAwareness
Green threads - Weaving stories of nature and recovery (subtitled)
A documentary film that shares the success stories of people who have used nature in their recovery from substance use. This short film features people attending…
vimeo.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Really inspirational documentary led by Dr Wendy Masterton @stir.ac.uk "Green Threads: Weaving stories of nature and recovery" vimeo.com/1120244812. Well done to all the organisations involved who do such amazing work. #nature #addiction #greenspace ##MentalHealthAwareness
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🎧 What if tracking biodiversity was like mixing music?
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
May 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎧 What if tracking biodiversity was like mixing music?
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by
@kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz
#Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology
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🦇 Last chance to apply for our Bat Groups Officer vacancy - deadline is 10am TOMORROW (28 April): buff.ly/htQ4seF
Your role would be to facilitate BCT’s relationships with bat groups; support the Partner Group network; & promote effective communication between the local and national organisations
Your role would be to facilitate BCT’s relationships with bat groups; support the Partner Group network; & promote effective communication between the local and national organisations
Bat Groups Officer - Jobs / Contracts - Bat Conservation Trust
Part time (30 hours per week), permanent contract, remote working possible
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April 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🦇 Last chance to apply for our Bat Groups Officer vacancy - deadline is 10am TOMORROW (28 April): buff.ly/htQ4seF
Your role would be to facilitate BCT’s relationships with bat groups; support the Partner Group network; & promote effective communication between the local and national organisations
Your role would be to facilitate BCT’s relationships with bat groups; support the Partner Group network; & promote effective communication between the local and national organisations
🌲 Planting trees helps woodland birds—but how and where we plant matters. 🐦
doi.org/10.1007/s109...
We modelled how different woodland creation strategies affect 10 woodland bird species in England’s agricultural landscapes. @watts-km.bsky.social @tomfinch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s109...
We modelled how different woodland creation strategies affect 10 woodland bird species in England’s agricultural landscapes. @watts-km.bsky.social @tomfinch.bsky.social
Combining occupancy and dispersal models to predict the conservation benefits of land-use change - Landscape Ecology
Context Economic incentives for habitat creation in productive agricultural land are an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Given inevitable funding constraints, assessing the cost-effective...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🌲 Planting trees helps woodland birds—but how and where we plant matters. 🐦
doi.org/10.1007/s109...
We modelled how different woodland creation strategies affect 10 woodland bird species in England’s agricultural landscapes. @watts-km.bsky.social @tomfinch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s109...
We modelled how different woodland creation strategies affect 10 woodland bird species in England’s agricultural landscapes. @watts-km.bsky.social @tomfinch.bsky.social
🌳 Nature remembers. 🌿
Happy to share our new paper showing that where species live today isn't just about where habitats are - it's also about what happened there before. 🕰️ rdcu.be/eiVZE @watts-km.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @tfinch.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
Happy to share our new paper showing that where species live today isn't just about where habitats are - it's also about what happened there before. 🕰️ rdcu.be/eiVZE @watts-km.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @tfinch.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Data on beetle, bird, plant and mammal occupancy of woodland sites in UK agricultural landscapes demonstrate how contemporary spatial spillovers and legacies of...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌳 Nature remembers. 🌿
Happy to share our new paper showing that where species live today isn't just about where habitats are - it's also about what happened there before. 🕰️ rdcu.be/eiVZE @watts-km.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @tfinch.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
Happy to share our new paper showing that where species live today isn't just about where habitats are - it's also about what happened there before. 🕰️ rdcu.be/eiVZE @watts-km.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @tfinch.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social