Louise Lavictoire
@louiselavictoire.bsky.social
Freshwater ecologist/biologist, focusing on nature recovery, restoration, conservation 🔬💧🏞️🚣🏼♀️
🌳🍒🫐It's a mast year! 🌳🍒🫐
There's a huge abundance of berries, nuts & seeds on UK trees/shrubs this year. Known as a mast year, certain species produce a bumper crop to increase seed survival, creating a 'prey satiation' effect. The overwhelming abundance ensures some will survive and germinate
There's a huge abundance of berries, nuts & seeds on UK trees/shrubs this year. Known as a mast year, certain species produce a bumper crop to increase seed survival, creating a 'prey satiation' effect. The overwhelming abundance ensures some will survive and germinate
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🌳🍒🫐It's a mast year! 🌳🍒🫐
There's a huge abundance of berries, nuts & seeds on UK trees/shrubs this year. Known as a mast year, certain species produce a bumper crop to increase seed survival, creating a 'prey satiation' effect. The overwhelming abundance ensures some will survive and germinate
There's a huge abundance of berries, nuts & seeds on UK trees/shrubs this year. Known as a mast year, certain species produce a bumper crop to increase seed survival, creating a 'prey satiation' effect. The overwhelming abundance ensures some will survive and germinate
Ever seen what #freshwater #mussel babies look like? 👇🏼
For #FreshwaterPearlMussel Monday... we are excited to share with you a magical moment filmed at the FBA Ark.
The film shows glochidial release from a female mussel from the River Clun, a priority river population for the FBA's species recovery programme.
More info:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
The film shows glochidial release from a female mussel from the River Clun, a priority river population for the FBA's species recovery programme.
More info:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
September 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ever seen what #freshwater #mussel babies look like? 👇🏼
Reposted by Louise Lavictoire
A spotlight on the #RiverWensum in Norfolk. Simon Johnson, Executive Director at FBA, issues a heartfelt call to action to help save England’s forgotten & sorely neglected #chalkriver.
Read the full article 👉The Wensum: England’s dying and forgotten chalk river:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
Read the full article 👉The Wensum: England’s dying and forgotten chalk river:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
The Wensum: England’s dying and forgotten chalk river — Freshwater Biological Association
After many years away, Simon Johnson, FBA Executive Director, recently re-connected with the River Wensum in Norfolk. Once bursting with nature and one of England’s most famous fisheries, he found thi...
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September 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A spotlight on the #RiverWensum in Norfolk. Simon Johnson, Executive Director at FBA, issues a heartfelt call to action to help save England’s forgotten & sorely neglected #chalkriver.
Read the full article 👉The Wensum: England’s dying and forgotten chalk river:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
Read the full article 👉The Wensum: England’s dying and forgotten chalk river:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
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Over 600 scientists from across Europe have signed a joint statement calling on the EU to urgently update its #waterpollution rules to protect #freshwater ecosystems... before it’s too late! 💧🌍💙
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Over 600 scientists from across Europe have signed a joint statement calling on the EU to urgently update its #waterpollution rules to protect #freshwater ecosystems... before it’s too late! 💧🌍💙
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
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Please allow us to share a marvellously magical moment on this mussel Monday!
The 5000th juvenile #FreshwaterPearlMussel bred here at the FBA Ark has been tagged, ready for release in the river Irt!
You can find out more about #SpeciesRecovery at the FBA Ark here:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
The 5000th juvenile #FreshwaterPearlMussel bred here at the FBA Ark has been tagged, ready for release in the river Irt!
You can find out more about #SpeciesRecovery at the FBA Ark here:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
July 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please allow us to share a marvellously magical moment on this mussel Monday!
The 5000th juvenile #FreshwaterPearlMussel bred here at the FBA Ark has been tagged, ready for release in the river Irt!
You can find out more about #SpeciesRecovery at the FBA Ark here:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
The 5000th juvenile #FreshwaterPearlMussel bred here at the FBA Ark has been tagged, ready for release in the river Irt!
You can find out more about #SpeciesRecovery at the FBA Ark here:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
Releasing juvenile #freshwater pearl #mussels two channels today, less than 5 metres apart, one spring fed, the other a small side channel of the main stem river (surface water). The spring fed one was 12.5 ºC, the side channel 17.7ºC! That's over 5ºC difference in the space of <5m!
July 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Releasing juvenile #freshwater pearl #mussels two channels today, less than 5 metres apart, one spring fed, the other a small side channel of the main stem river (surface water). The spring fed one was 12.5 ºC, the side channel 17.7ºC! That's over 5ºC difference in the space of <5m!
Summer time, harvest time 😋
July 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Summer time, harvest time 😋
What a wonderful day we had at the @freshwaterbio.bsky.social 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting at Nottingham Trent University. Brilliant discussions on ghost ponds, climate change, pollution, outdoor swimming, being 'activist scientist' and the concept of riverkin. Can't wait to do it again next year!
June 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
What a wonderful day we had at the @freshwaterbio.bsky.social 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting at Nottingham Trent University. Brilliant discussions on ghost ponds, climate change, pollution, outdoor swimming, being 'activist scientist' and the concept of riverkin. Can't wait to do it again next year!
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Last 4 hours in our #GreenMatchFund campaign to help save #ArcticCharr in the #LakeDistrict. Please donate if you can or share our campaign with those who might donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05.... Would be great to reach 1/3 of our target of £6666. Thank you!
#Windermere #freshwater #fish
#Windermere #freshwater #fish
April 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Last 4 hours in our #GreenMatchFund campaign to help save #ArcticCharr in the #LakeDistrict. Please donate if you can or share our campaign with those who might donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05.... Would be great to reach 1/3 of our target of £6666. Thank you!
#Windermere #freshwater #fish
#Windermere #freshwater #fish
Great to see our Arctic charr recovery project gaining traction in the press. Until Tuesday 29th April you can donate to our Green Match fundraising campaign to double your donation donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Great to see our Arctic charr recovery project gaining traction in the press. Until Tuesday 29th April you can donate to our Green Match fundraising campaign to double your donation donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Reposted by Louise Lavictoire
Will you help us save #ArcticCharr from extinction in the #LakeDistrict?
Our campaign to raise funds for the Lake District Charr Recovery & Management (LD-CHARM) project has just launched!
From 22-29 April your donations will be doubled!
Find out more & donate:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Our campaign to raise funds for the Lake District Charr Recovery & Management (LD-CHARM) project has just launched!
From 22-29 April your donations will be doubled!
Find out more & donate:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Will you help us save #ArcticCharr from extinction in the #LakeDistrict?
Our campaign to raise funds for the Lake District Charr Recovery & Management (LD-CHARM) project has just launched!
From 22-29 April your donations will be doubled!
Find out more & donate:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Our campaign to raise funds for the Lake District Charr Recovery & Management (LD-CHARM) project has just launched!
From 22-29 April your donations will be doubled!
Find out more & donate:
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We’re raising funds through the #GreenMatchFund for our #LakeDistrict #ArcticCharr Recovery and Management project, aka LD-CHARM 🐟
bit.ly/42BgnII
If you can, please donate. Each donation is matched pound-for-pound up to £10K, meaning we could unlock £20K of funding for £10K of donations!
bit.ly/42BgnII
If you can, please donate. Each donation is matched pound-for-pound up to £10K, meaning we could unlock £20K of funding for £10K of donations!
Lake District Charr Recovery & Management (CHARM) – Big Give
We want to save one of England's rarest fish species, Arctic charr, from extinction. We will engage communities in the …
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April 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We’re raising funds through the #GreenMatchFund for our #LakeDistrict #ArcticCharr Recovery and Management project, aka LD-CHARM 🐟
bit.ly/42BgnII
If you can, please donate. Each donation is matched pound-for-pound up to £10K, meaning we could unlock £20K of funding for £10K of donations!
bit.ly/42BgnII
If you can, please donate. Each donation is matched pound-for-pound up to £10K, meaning we could unlock £20K of funding for £10K of donations!
Epic week at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum sampling #ArcticCharr scales for our #CHARM project. Investigating #genetics of English #LakeDistrict populations to aid #conservation.
Funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social through #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme
www.fba.org.uk/lake-distric...
Funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social through #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme
www.fba.org.uk/lake-distric...
April 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Epic week at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum sampling #ArcticCharr scales for our #CHARM project. Investigating #genetics of English #LakeDistrict populations to aid #conservation.
Funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social through #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme
www.fba.org.uk/lake-distric...
Funded by @naturalengland.bsky.social through #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme
www.fba.org.uk/lake-distric...
Next week we're taking part in the Green Match Fund to raise money for #conservation of Arctic #charr in the #LakeDistrict. Every donation up to £10k is doubled so please give if you can!
We are excited to have a #GreenMatchFund campaign running, 22-29 April, to raise money to help save #ArcticCharr from extinction in the #LakeDistrict.
1 week countdown before the launch when you will be able to double your donation @biggive.bsky.social!
More info👇
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
1 week countdown before the launch when you will be able to double your donation @biggive.bsky.social!
More info👇
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 16, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Next week we're taking part in the Green Match Fund to raise money for #conservation of Arctic #charr in the #LakeDistrict. Every donation up to £10k is doubled so please give if you can!
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We're so close to our £1000 target to start funding the tools and equipment we need for our new #tree nursery. Donations and shares gratefully received. Many thanks.
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @domspracklen.bsky.social
gofund.me/ddccc2ea
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @domspracklen.bsky.social
gofund.me/ddccc2ea
Donate to Support our wildflower and tree nursery in the Duddon Valley, organised by Restoring Hardknott Forest
Can you help us build a community nursery to grow rare wildfl… Restoring Hardknott Forest needs your support for Support our wildflower and tree nursery in the Duddon Valley
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April 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We're so close to our £1000 target to start funding the tools and equipment we need for our new #tree nursery. Donations and shares gratefully received. Many thanks.
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @domspracklen.bsky.social
gofund.me/ddccc2ea
@envleeds.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @domspracklen.bsky.social
gofund.me/ddccc2ea
Much fun with #ChatGPT making my own freshwater biologist action figure... Complete with mussels, notebook and traffic cone (bathyscope 🤪). Show me your action figures!
April 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Much fun with #ChatGPT making my own freshwater biologist action figure... Complete with mussels, notebook and traffic cone (bathyscope 🤪). Show me your action figures!
Thrilled to have been awarded a @naturalengland.bsky.social #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme grant to investigate use and condition of #ArcticCharr spawning grounds and population genetics in the #LakeDistrict
@freshwaterbio.bsky.social
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/hu...
@freshwaterbio.bsky.social
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/hu...
Huge funding boost from Natural England for threatened fish in the Lake District — Freshwater Biological Association
We are delighted to announce that the Lake District Arctic Charr Recovery and Management project has been awarded Natural England Species Recovery Programme funding to support vital research to help s...
www.fba.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thrilled to have been awarded a @naturalengland.bsky.social #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme grant to investigate use and condition of #ArcticCharr spawning grounds and population genetics in the #LakeDistrict
@freshwaterbio.bsky.social
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/hu...
@freshwaterbio.bsky.social
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/hu...
Reposted by Louise Lavictoire
Excited that Nottingham Trent Uni will host the Freshwater Biological Association Annual Scientific Meeting on Wednesday 25 June.
Awesome lineup including keynotes @davetickner.bsky.social, @michcjackson.bsky.social, Steve Ormerod and Julia Martin-Ortega.
Registration is open: t.co/GRdq6E33v2
Awesome lineup including keynotes @davetickner.bsky.social, @michcjackson.bsky.social, Steve Ormerod and Julia Martin-Ortega.
Registration is open: t.co/GRdq6E33v2
February 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Excited that Nottingham Trent Uni will host the Freshwater Biological Association Annual Scientific Meeting on Wednesday 25 June.
Awesome lineup including keynotes @davetickner.bsky.social, @michcjackson.bsky.social, Steve Ormerod and Julia Martin-Ortega.
Registration is open: t.co/GRdq6E33v2
Awesome lineup including keynotes @davetickner.bsky.social, @michcjackson.bsky.social, Steve Ormerod and Julia Martin-Ortega.
Registration is open: t.co/GRdq6E33v2
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Fantastic to see the State of Windermere in 2024 report and Windermere Integrated Science Plan (WISP) published! Over 90 yrs of information and data on Windermere and its catchment summarised during my time with @freshwaterbio.bsky.social, which was only possible with the help of many people!
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We are delighted to share the #StateOfWindermere report & #WindermereIntegratedSciencePlan, by @lynseyrharper.bsky.social. Collating data to provide an overview of the current ecological status of Windermere, detailing pressures from #ClimateChange & human use.
Read:👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
Read:👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Fantastic to see the State of Windermere in 2024 report and Windermere Integrated Science Plan (WISP) published! Over 90 yrs of information and data on Windermere and its catchment summarised during my time with @freshwaterbio.bsky.social, which was only possible with the help of many people!
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Brilliant to see these two reports by @lynseyrharper.bsky.social when she was at @freshwaterbio.bsky.social on the state of #Windermere released today!
Thanks to all involved in early drafts and discussions and for the Environment Agency for funding the work
Thanks to all involved in early drafts and discussions and for the Environment Agency for funding the work
We are delighted to share the #StateOfWindermere report & #WindermereIntegratedSciencePlan, by @lynseyrharper.bsky.social. Collating data to provide an overview of the current ecological status of Windermere, detailing pressures from #ClimateChange & human use.
Read:👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
Read:👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/th...
March 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Brilliant to see these two reports by @lynseyrharper.bsky.social when she was at @freshwaterbio.bsky.social on the state of #Windermere released today!
Thanks to all involved in early drafts and discussions and for the Environment Agency for funding the work
Thanks to all involved in early drafts and discussions and for the Environment Agency for funding the work
Reposted by Louise Lavictoire
Fascinated by #freshwaterpearlmussels?
Join FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant to hear about #conservation in action at the FBA Ark & the #freshwaterscience making a vital contribution towards protecting vulnerable pearl mussels. #margaritiferamargaritifera #speciesrecovery
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/co...
Join FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant to hear about #conservation in action at the FBA Ark & the #freshwaterscience making a vital contribution towards protecting vulnerable pearl mussels. #margaritiferamargaritifera #speciesrecovery
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/co...
Conservation in action and freshwater pearl mussel species recovery at the FBA Ark — Freshwater Biological Association
Here we catch up with FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant, Jodie Warren, to hear about the daily activities at the FBA Ark species recovery sanctuary and the freshwater science making a vital contribution to...
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March 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fascinated by #freshwaterpearlmussels?
Join FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant to hear about #conservation in action at the FBA Ark & the #freshwaterscience making a vital contribution towards protecting vulnerable pearl mussels. #margaritiferamargaritifera #speciesrecovery
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/co...
Join FBA’s Pearl Mussel Assistant to hear about #conservation in action at the FBA Ark & the #freshwaterscience making a vital contribution towards protecting vulnerable pearl mussels. #margaritiferamargaritifera #speciesrecovery
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/co...
Reposted by Louise Lavictoire
It is a pleasure to announce that registration for our Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 is now open!
The #FBAASM2025 is an in-person only event at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Wednesday 25 June.
Please head over to our website for the full ASM agenda:
www.fba.org.uk/annual-scien...
The #FBAASM2025 is an in-person only event at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Wednesday 25 June.
Please head over to our website for the full ASM agenda:
www.fba.org.uk/annual-scien...
March 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It is a pleasure to announce that registration for our Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 is now open!
The #FBAASM2025 is an in-person only event at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Wednesday 25 June.
Please head over to our website for the full ASM agenda:
www.fba.org.uk/annual-scien...
The #FBAASM2025 is an in-person only event at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Wednesday 25 June.
Please head over to our website for the full ASM agenda:
www.fba.org.uk/annual-scien...
Great article in the FBA's newsletter this month from Glen George about ancient names for #lakes and #rivers.
They can tell us a lot about the historic #environment which may not hold true today, but which can provide important clues and inform #restoration.
www.fba.org.uk/articles/anc...
They can tell us a lot about the historic #environment which may not hold true today, but which can provide important clues and inform #restoration.
www.fba.org.uk/articles/anc...
Ancient names for lakes and rivers in Cumbria — Freshwater Biological Association
Some of the oldest cartographic names in Britain are those associated with lakes and rivers. One area that has retained many ancient names is the modern county of Cumbria. The Anglo-Saxons only reache...
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January 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great article in the FBA's newsletter this month from Glen George about ancient names for #lakes and #rivers.
They can tell us a lot about the historic #environment which may not hold true today, but which can provide important clues and inform #restoration.
www.fba.org.uk/articles/anc...
They can tell us a lot about the historic #environment which may not hold true today, but which can provide important clues and inform #restoration.
www.fba.org.uk/articles/anc...
Literally from the car window! Nearly ran these two over. Interrupted a sparrowhawk attempting to make a woodcock its dinner 😱 Spoiler...the woodcock got away
January 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Literally from the car window! Nearly ran these two over. Interrupted a sparrowhawk attempting to make a woodcock its dinner 😱 Spoiler...the woodcock got away