Rach Bicker
@rachbicker.bsky.social
Scrubland Project Officer. Ecology & Biodiversity consultant. Biological recorder, film fan, bag in the wind. Trustee for MFGWP. She/her
I’m now peddling my wares as a full-time freelance ecologist in south of England and Scotland. I design wildlife monitoring and management plans, and I can provide training for wildlife survey volunteers. Don’t hesitate to get in touch! #rewilding #conservationecology #biologicalrecording
April 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m now peddling my wares as a full-time freelance ecologist in south of England and Scotland. I design wildlife monitoring and management plans, and I can provide training for wildlife survey volunteers. Don’t hesitate to get in touch! #rewilding #conservationecology #biologicalrecording
And that’s a wrap on #ScrublandSuperheroes! Our final task at Wowo Campsite saw 18 people planting 1,500 shrubs of 15 native species, helping kick start the creation of a new scrubland mosaic. A huge thank you to all who took part 🌳🕊️🐍🪲🍒🐛🪵🍄🟫🌼 @wealdtowaves.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And that’s a wrap on #ScrublandSuperheroes! Our final task at Wowo Campsite saw 18 people planting 1,500 shrubs of 15 native species, helping kick start the creation of a new scrubland mosaic. A huge thank you to all who took part 🌳🕊️🐍🪲🍒🐛🪵🍄🟫🌼 @wealdtowaves.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
Another 250 native shrub whips in the ground 🌳💪🏻☀️ boosting scrubland diversity at Cuckoo Camp in Climping. It’s Greenfinch heaven here. Great fun to have a drone out too! One more big effort to go l…. @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social @wealdtowaves.bsky.social #scrublandsuperheroes #habitatrestoration
March 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another 250 native shrub whips in the ground 🌳💪🏻☀️ boosting scrubland diversity at Cuckoo Camp in Climping. It’s Greenfinch heaven here. Great fun to have a drone out too! One more big effort to go l…. @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social @wealdtowaves.bsky.social #scrublandsuperheroes #habitatrestoration
The final final final days! Be part of the scrubland creation legacy 💚🐝🦋🪲🦎🐍🕊️🌼 We are particularly in need of help on Tuesday March 4th and Friday March 7th 💪🏻🙌🌳otherwise I’ll have to pitch a tent to get the job finished the next day 😅🌳 @wealdtowaves.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The final final final days! Be part of the scrubland creation legacy 💚🐝🦋🪲🦎🐍🕊️🌼 We are particularly in need of help on Tuesday March 4th and Friday March 7th 💪🏻🙌🌳otherwise I’ll have to pitch a tent to get the job finished the next day 😅🌳 @wealdtowaves.bsky.social @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
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🐸💧 Want to create a wildlife pond & attract frogs, dragonflies & birds? Join us on 27 Feb for a FREE webinar and learn how to design, plant & maintain a thriving pond habitat.
📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253217329...
#WaterForWildlife
📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253217329...
#WaterForWildlife
February 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🐸💧 Want to create a wildlife pond & attract frogs, dragonflies & birds? Join us on 27 Feb for a FREE webinar and learn how to design, plant & maintain a thriving pond habitat.
📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253217329...
#WaterForWildlife
📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253217329...
#WaterForWildlife
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We're hiring!
Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers?
Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March
Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers?
Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We're hiring!
Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers?
Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March
Could you help create a resilient future for the Botanical Society, working across our teams to support staff and volunteers?
Apply to become our first ever Administration Officer: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad...
Not applying yourself? Then please help us spread the word! Deadline: 2nd March
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Perhaps the oldest known human portrait, made from mammoth ivory, about 27,000 years old. Dolni Vestonice, Czechia.
February 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Perhaps the oldest known human portrait, made from mammoth ivory, about 27,000 years old. Dolni Vestonice, Czechia.
Something a bit different - last Wednesday we joined in a Juniper translocation mission with South Downs NP and Steyning Downland Volunteers… Some rare Sussex scrub in a wrong (doomed) place now moved to a safe place, got our fingers crossed it takes #scrublandsuperheroes #wealdtowaves
February 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Something a bit different - last Wednesday we joined in a Juniper translocation mission with South Downs NP and Steyning Downland Volunteers… Some rare Sussex scrub in a wrong (doomed) place now moved to a safe place, got our fingers crossed it takes #scrublandsuperheroes #wealdtowaves
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Vital reading for the government with its current obsession with growth at all costs (growth of what and for whom is never spelt out). A commitment to restore nature was conspicuous by its absence from PM’s Plan for Change, launched last month - that urgently needs to change 👇
Window to stop decline of England’s nature closing fast, watchdog says
Office for Environmental Protection calls for urgent action after finding government is falling short on most targets
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Vital reading for the government with its current obsession with growth at all costs (growth of what and for whom is never spelt out). A commitment to restore nature was conspicuous by its absence from PM’s Plan for Change, launched last month - that urgently needs to change 👇
Fun and informative workshop learning about bioacoustic surveys and bird song sonogram analysis, with Paul Howden-Leach from @WildlifeAcoustics.bsky.social Will be testing new skills on hundreds of hours of recordings from Scrubland Superheroes sites during 2024 🤓🐦⬛🎶! @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Fun and informative workshop learning about bioacoustic surveys and bird song sonogram analysis, with Paul Howden-Leach from @WildlifeAcoustics.bsky.social Will be testing new skills on hundreds of hours of recordings from Scrubland Superheroes sites during 2024 🤓🐦⬛🎶! @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
Roll up for another round of #ScrublandSuperheroes volunteer days! Tea, *proper coffee* and biscuits/cakes provided, please drop me a line via the contact email address, many hands and all that! A final push before spring 💪🏻🌱🌳 @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
#wildlifecorridors #wealdtowaves
#wildlifecorridors #wealdtowaves
January 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Roll up for another round of #ScrublandSuperheroes volunteer days! Tea, *proper coffee* and biscuits/cakes provided, please drop me a line via the contact email address, many hands and all that! A final push before spring 💪🏻🌱🌳 @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social
#wildlifecorridors #wealdtowaves
#wildlifecorridors #wealdtowaves
We have some spaces left on this free in-person workshop at Knepp, which is open to all who are interested in bird song identification and new acoustic survey techniques - first come first served! #wildliferecording #wildlifeID
January 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We have some spaces left on this free in-person workshop at Knepp, which is open to all who are interested in bird song identification and new acoustic survey techniques - first come first served! #wildliferecording #wildlifeID
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1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
1. As Zuckerberg abandons fact checking in the name of “free speech”, let’s take a moment to examine this concept. 🧵
Annual birding pitstop on my way to Dorset, with thermos and housemate Rosie’s legendary banana cake #farlingtonmarshes
December 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Annual birding pitstop on my way to Dorset, with thermos and housemate Rosie’s legendary banana cake #farlingtonmarshes
Since we had to reschedule Sunday’s task, we’ve now got a date in the dairy for revisiting Ravenswyld. All are welcome, DM me for details!! #habitatmanagement #wildingproject
December 9, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Since we had to reschedule Sunday’s task, we’ve now got a date in the dairy for revisiting Ravenswyld. All are welcome, DM me for details!! #habitatmanagement #wildingproject
Fairoaks Farm: ground prep & fencing for the nectar enclosures, invasive tree control & reptile habitat piles for ongoing scrubland enhancement plan. Stalwart volunteers from @sussexwildlife.bsky.social and the lesser spotted Penny Green joined us! @kneppwildland @wealdtowaves #ScrublandSuperheroes
December 6, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Fairoaks Farm: ground prep & fencing for the nectar enclosures, invasive tree control & reptile habitat piles for ongoing scrubland enhancement plan. Stalwart volunteers from @sussexwildlife.bsky.social and the lesser spotted Penny Green joined us! @kneppwildland @wealdtowaves #ScrublandSuperheroes
Unofficial volunteering day with myself and the owners at Ravenswyld in Sharpthorne, Sussex… Sunday Dec 8th. Just bring your own loppers, bow saw or pruning saw if you have one. We will provide gloves, hot drinks and CAKE 😁 @ravenswyld.sussex #habitatcreation #habitatmosaics
November 25, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Unofficial volunteering day with myself and the owners at Ravenswyld in Sharpthorne, Sussex… Sunday Dec 8th. Just bring your own loppers, bow saw or pruning saw if you have one. We will provide gloves, hot drinks and CAKE 😁 @ravenswyld.sussex #habitatcreation #habitatmosaics
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The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied!
#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy
🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy
🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 9:54 AM
The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied!
#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy
🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy
🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
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Have you heard of entoLIVE? It’s a series of free webinars that showcases the research of invertebrate researchers. 70 webinars to date!
We’re recruiting speakers for 2025 so get in touch if you’d like to present your work.
🧪 #entomology #research #science
biologicalrecording.co.uk/entolive/
entoLIVE
entoLIVE webinars bring the latest invertebrate subjects to the wider public. Our expert speakers cover cutting edge science, the latest conservation efforts and the status of British invertebrates…
biologicalrecording.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Have you heard of entoLIVE? It’s a series of free webinars that showcases the research of invertebrate researchers. 70 webinars to date!
We’re recruiting speakers for 2025 so get in touch if you’d like to present your work.
🧪 #entomology #research #science
biologicalrecording.co.uk/entolive/
Better post something I guess ! A few jobs from the past weeks - currently overseeing a scrubland creation and enhancement project, but with overall focus on habitat mosaics and long term management plans for landowners. Been great working once again with rangers from Sussex Wildlife Trust 🍂🍃🚜🌳☕️🍪
November 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Better post something I guess ! A few jobs from the past weeks - currently overseeing a scrubland creation and enhancement project, but with overall focus on habitat mosaics and long term management plans for landowners. Been great working once again with rangers from Sussex Wildlife Trust 🍂🍃🚜🌳☕️🍪
First post on Blue Sky - hopeful that this platform will be like Twitter in the early 2010s, a repository of interesting information and respectful discussions…. time will tell I guess!
November 17, 2024 at 7:53 AM
First post on Blue Sky - hopeful that this platform will be like Twitter in the early 2010s, a repository of interesting information and respectful discussions…. time will tell I guess!
Back to the dietary issues of climate change: how will our descendents view our individual and collective efforts (or lack thereof of?). What things can we do today?#TheClimateBook #climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency
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January 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Back to the dietary issues of climate change: how will our descendents view our individual and collective efforts (or lack thereof of?). What things can we do today?#TheClimateBook #climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency
instagram.com/p/Cn35OYcKxiE/…
instagram.com/p/Cn35OYcKxiE/…
Hopefully more good things to come in 2023 with wildlife conservation works at Home Farm Field 🦎🐜🪲🐝🌼
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January 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hopefully more good things to come in 2023 with wildlife conservation works at Home Farm Field 🦎🐜🪲🐝🌼
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January 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Winter habitat works = completed mate! @Rootsupwards grafted in extreme weather conditions💪🌦️🌊❄️ Trialled diff techniques including conservation laying, cluttered vs open glades & new bird ringing rides. Blackthorn management never gets old @GGPWildlife #BiodiversityGatwick
January 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Winter habitat works = completed mate! @Rootsupwards grafted in extreme weather conditions💪🌦️🌊❄️ Trialled diff techniques including conservation laying, cluttered vs open glades & new bird ringing rides. Blackthorn management never gets old @GGPWildlife #BiodiversityGatwick