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Steve Thackeray
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Freshwater ecologist, wildlife lover, likes a bit of art 💦🦠🔬
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We are gathering views on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK (scales, focal species & pressures).

If you work in these areas, we'd love to capture your views: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...

@ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco #freshwater #monitoring #data #evidence
The Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Check out this new blog from my amazing #UKCEH_AquaEco colleagues! A summary of a recent, innovate and highly impactful sustainable phosphorus summit, in Ghana: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

@ukceh.bsky.social #phosphorus #waterquality #collaboration #sustainability
The 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit – an international collaboration success story
From 30 September-3 October, UKCEH co-convened the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit in Accra, Ghana
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November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🌊 This Fri (7 Nov) 4:30 pm PST / 8:30 am GMT, DOST-PCAARRD & UKCEH host a joint webinar: Science and Governance of Lakes – Perspectives from the Philippines and UK.

Hear experts discuss sustainable lake management & modelling for resilience.

Register: bit.ly/pcaarrdukceh... 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems.

It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎

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November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It was a privilege to talk to Tristan Gooley when he was researching his latest book; The Hidden Seasons. We talked about life underwater! #freshwater #ecology #NatureWriting
November 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A spooky scarecrow sketch for Halloween 🎃 #drawing
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A bit of autumn #wildlife. Not sure at all, but maybe stubble rosegill and autumnal/November moths #ukwildlife
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New paper uses 1D lake modelling to explore the extent to which floating solar panels could offset warming-related impacts of climate change: www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kma...

#FloatingSolar #FPV #ClimateChange 🧪🌊☀️
October 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I love an angle shades. Always worth pausing to give them consideration 👌 #ukwildlife #moth #insect
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A little dragonfly sketch, for relaxation purposes #drawing #SciArt
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Not a great picture, but a male migrant hawker from #Lancaster canal today

#UKwildlife #dragonfly #insect @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Another great BES-Aquatic Group conference this year at ZSL London @zslofficial.bsky.social!

If you don't already, follow us on Mail-Chimp and here on BlueSky for UK aquatic science news and meetings!

@bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

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the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪
September 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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at #BESAG2025 we had a great artist, Oliver Leger (www.olivierleger.co.uk), exhibiting his art which was an intersection between science and art. He gave a wonderful interactive talk too! #art #science #sciart 🧪💦💧🌊🧑‍🎨
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Tom Smith from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is our #BESAG annual prize winner for outstanding contribution for his career stage! well done, Tom, and great talk too! #BESAG2025 #aquatic #marine #freshwater #bodysize #ecology #evolution 💦💧🌊🧪🌍
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪
September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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We would love to stay in contact: you can sign up to our mailing list, follow us on bsky & join us for the annual BES meeting, and for next year BESAG conference! let' talk & share #aquatic #marine #freshwater #ocean #brackish 💦🌊💧🌍🧪
September 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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#BESAG2025 #ECRs price winners:🥇Rosie Williams(prize from @funecology.bsky.social) & 🥈 @ap3489.bsky.social (@zslofficial.bsky.social price)!Rosie: sea surface temperature, pollution and infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins & Adam: how bioturbators benefit C and nutrients
September 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 PT2
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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at #BESAG2025 we also had great posters from #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 everyone was so interested and happy to chat and exchange knowledge
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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we had two #BESAG2025 socials! The first one was our pub outing - we are very happy to see so many scientists enjoying themselves and sharing their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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we had two #BESAG2025 socials! The second one was a drink reception at the beautiful @zslofficial.bsky.social - drinks & anything #marine #freshwater #aquatic! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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our last #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is Prof. Yin Chen. Yin gave us a great talk on #methane oxidation in #freshwater #lakes, with a #microbiologist’s perspective 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠 #aquatic #freshwater #pollution
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great to see that the UKCEH Molecular Ecology Group have now joined us here on BlueSky!

Give them a follow!

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September 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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our next #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is Dr. Joe Taylor from @ukceh.bsky.social. Joe gave a wonderful and very interesting presentation on #biodiversity and #importance of #microbial #eukaryotes in #lakes 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠
September 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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our third #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is @sarabenelli.bsky.social from the University of Parma. Sara gave us a great talk on #biogeochemical interactions between micro- and macro-organisms #aquatic #lagoon #freshwater 💧💦🌍🧪🪱
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM