Alison Copeland
@bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
Geographer, plant person, diver.
Sadly with #invasivespecies, the more you look the more you find. Adding #fireants to the 🇧🇲 list. www.gov.bm/articles/dep...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources Confirms Presence of Fire Ants in Bermuda | Government of Bermuda
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has confirmed the presence of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Bermuda following a recent discovery in Hamilton Parish. The fin...
www.gov.bm
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Sadly with #invasivespecies, the more you look the more you find. Adding #fireants to the 🇧🇲 list. www.gov.bm/articles/dep...
St.Luke's Bombed Out Church, Liverpool
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
St.Luke's Bombed Out Church, Liverpool
Brilliant to see @cieem.bsky.social hosting another symposium on invasive species in the UK Overseas Territories. Sign up is free, here: events.cieem.net/events/detai.... #UKOTs
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October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Brilliant to see @cieem.bsky.social hosting another symposium on invasive species in the UK Overseas Territories. Sign up is free, here: events.cieem.net/events/detai.... #UKOTs
Green Iguanas were identified as highly likely to arrive during a horizon scanning exercise (Dawson et al., 2023: doi.org/10.1111/conl...), and it looks they have. Well done on the intercept. 🦎
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Two Iguanas Found Aboard Ships In Bermuda - Bernews
Thanks to the “vigilance of the crew on both vessels” two iguanas that were discovered on ships docked in Bermuda this past summer were prevented from actually entering Bermuda. An article in Envirota...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Green Iguanas were identified as highly likely to arrive during a horizon scanning exercise (Dawson et al., 2023: doi.org/10.1111/conl...), and it looks they have. Well done on the intercept. 🦎
bernews.com/2025/10/igua...
bernews.com/2025/10/igua...
Each hurricane season just keeps getting crazier. This year two storms in less than 24 hours!
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Hurricane Imelda Maintains Path Toward Bermuda
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October 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Each hurricane season just keeps getting crazier. This year two storms in less than 24 hours!
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Beautiful craftsmanship in the Spanish galleon visiting Liverpool
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Beautiful craftsmanship in the Spanish galleon visiting Liverpool
Reposted by Alison Copeland
A tiny Coal Tit among the turning leaves...
What have you seen in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories with us. 👇
📷 Jamie Scott
What have you seen in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories with us. 👇
📷 Jamie Scott
September 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A tiny Coal Tit among the turning leaves...
What have you seen in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories with us. 👇
📷 Jamie Scott
What have you seen in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories with us. 👇
📷 Jamie Scott
Reposted by Alison Copeland
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
Cool to see Bermudian cave photos on Durham's research update this morning. #Bermuda theconversation.com/a-bermuda-st...
A Bermuda stalagmite reveals how the Gulf Stream shifted – and what it might do as the climate changes further
Sea spray content in a stalagmite sheds light on how ocean currents in the Gulf Stream have changed in the past.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Cool to see Bermudian cave photos on Durham's research update this morning. #Bermuda theconversation.com/a-bermuda-st...
Sunshine after the rain, and 🐏🐑. Lake District National Park
August 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sunshine after the rain, and 🐏🐑. Lake District National Park
Flowering heather, one of the highlights of British summer
August 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Flowering heather, one of the highlights of British summer
A fine example of invasional meltdown - a European bird (Sturnus vulgaris) eating and spreading a South American tree (Schinus terebinthifolia) in Bermuda. #Invasivespecies #invasiveplants
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Starling eating Brazil Pepper
An invasive bird, the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) eating the berries of an invasive tree, the Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia) at Penhurst Park,…
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July 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A fine example of invasional meltdown - a European bird (Sturnus vulgaris) eating and spreading a South American tree (Schinus terebinthifolia) in Bermuda. #Invasivespecies #invasiveplants
vimeo.com/1054190320
vimeo.com/1054190320
Lab outing on Friday to #NessBotanicGarden. The garden is lovely and the butterflies were abundant!
July 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Lab outing on Friday to #NessBotanicGarden. The garden is lovely and the butterflies were abundant!
Two icons of Liverpool in one photo. Mersey ferry in front of the Liver Building
July 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Two icons of Liverpool in one photo. Mersey ferry in front of the Liver Building
This is why I loved living in Newfoundland 💙
June 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is why I loved living in Newfoundland 💙
Just spent 3 weeks in the field watching Great Kiskadees (invasive in Bermuda) choking down Surinam Cherries (also invasive in Bermuda). The entertainment value is high!
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Kiskadee eating cherry
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) eating a Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora) at Walsingham Trust Nature Reserve, Bermuda.
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June 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just spent 3 weeks in the field watching Great Kiskadees (invasive in Bermuda) choking down Surinam Cherries (also invasive in Bermuda). The entertainment value is high!
vimeo.com/1088918873
vimeo.com/1088918873
Just ran into a Bermuda Government colleague in London, on #BermudaDay ! 🇧🇲
May 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just ran into a Bermuda Government colleague in London, on #BermudaDay ! 🇧🇲
Best thing at #RHSChelsea! Well done Barbados.
May 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Best thing at #RHSChelsea! Well done Barbados.
Buy Back Bermuda has opened the new 10-acre High Point Nature Reserve in Southampton, which was made possible by a $2 million donation | Read more: Bernews.com/haop
April 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Not sure if the kids favourite part of Good Friday is the chocolates or climbing on the roof!
April 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Not sure if the kids favourite part of Good Friday is the chocolates or climbing on the roof!
Early morning #fieldwork is not so bad when you are looking at this 😁. The South Shore of #Bermuda during tropicbird breeding season and humpback whale migration. #seabirds
April 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Early morning #fieldwork is not so bad when you are looking at this 😁. The South Shore of #Bermuda during tropicbird breeding season and humpback whale migration. #seabirds
The #buybackbermuda project at Eve's Pond in March 2020 and March 2025. The pond had been filled with dredge spoil for about 50 years, until it was re-excavated with crowd sourced funds. #wetlandrestoration #pond #restoration 🦆
March 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The #buybackbermuda project at Eve's Pond in March 2020 and March 2025. The pond had been filled with dredge spoil for about 50 years, until it was re-excavated with crowd sourced funds. #wetlandrestoration #pond #restoration 🦆
March 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Our ( @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ) inventory of Bermuda's flora has been published by
@biolinvasions.bsky.social . Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here: rdcu.be/edCZ7 🌺
@biolinvasions.bsky.social . Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here: rdcu.be/edCZ7 🌺
The introduced and invasive flora of Bermuda
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March 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our ( @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ) inventory of Bermuda's flora has been published by
@biolinvasions.bsky.social . Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here: rdcu.be/edCZ7 🌺
@biolinvasions.bsky.social . Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here: rdcu.be/edCZ7 🌺