Kingston University Biodiversity
@biodiversityku.bsky.social
Work account for the biodiversity onservation work undertaken in and around our Kingston University sites in Kingston Upon Thames in the UK
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Hi folks don't forget to sign up to the July Kingston Biodiversity Network Meeting sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kingston-b... @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social we've had a location change- this quick video shows you how to get to the room 😀Pls share and come along @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
It was a great day at our sports ground at #tolworthcourt on Saturday, lots of scrub scalloped around shrubby hawthorns and blackthorn trees. No slow worms spotted under the mats, but a kestrel hovering over head for some of it :)
Well be back here in the spring for one more session in 2026 🌟
Well be back here in the spring for one more session in 2026 🌟
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It was a great day at our sports ground at #tolworthcourt on Saturday, lots of scrub scalloped around shrubby hawthorns and blackthorn trees. No slow worms spotted under the mats, but a kestrel hovering over head for some of it :)
Well be back here in the spring for one more session in 2026 🌟
Well be back here in the spring for one more session in 2026 🌟
Our next Kingston Biodiversity Network meeting is tomorrow (Wed 22nd Oct 6.30pm Penrhynrd campus. Clattern Lecture Theatre). Free to attend. Find out what different groups are up to in the area that you can help to help nature thrive. Talks on mink, water vole+river restoration
October 21, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Our next Kingston Biodiversity Network meeting is tomorrow (Wed 22nd Oct 6.30pm Penrhynrd campus. Clattern Lecture Theatre). Free to attend. Find out what different groups are up to in the area that you can help to help nature thrive. Talks on mink, water vole+river restoration
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A fantastic day with the volunteers working on the pond (currently dry) at our Kingston Hill Campus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social check out the Instagram story for more photos :)
A fantastic day with the volunteers working on the pond (currently dry) at our Kingston Hill Campus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social check out the Instagram story for more photos :)
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A fantastic day with the volunteers working on the pond (currently dry) at our Kingston Hill Campus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social check out the Instagram story for more photos :)
A fantastic day with the volunteers working on the pond (currently dry) at our Kingston Hill Campus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social check out the Instagram story for more photos :)
More and more stands are setting up for #Freshers2025 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @sosukcharity.bsky.social
Come join us and check out all of the activities you can get involved with 😀
Come join us and check out all of the activities you can get involved with 😀
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
More and more stands are setting up for #Freshers2025 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @sosukcharity.bsky.social
Come join us and check out all of the activities you can get involved with 😀
Come join us and check out all of the activities you can get involved with 😀
Three weeks of chasing butterflies and moths and the results (for our sites are in). Read the latest blog on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social #bigbutterflycount2025, with a lot of help from @kingstonunilib.bsky.social and others. Here's the link tinyurl.com/4mfu4kj3 😀
18-08-2025: The Kingston University Big Butterfly Count 2025 Results
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August 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Three weeks of chasing butterflies and moths and the results (for our sites are in). Read the latest blog on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social #bigbutterflycount2025, with a lot of help from @kingstonunilib.bsky.social and others. Here's the link tinyurl.com/4mfu4kj3 😀
Back on the Hogsmill for more balsam bashes. Our last one will be at our Sports ground site @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social on the 20th of Aug. Sign up for a lovely afternoon pulling balsam using this Eventbrite tiny url tinyurl.com/4fbf99p6
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Back on the Hogsmill for more balsam bashes. Our last one will be at our Sports ground site @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social on the 20th of Aug. Sign up for a lovely afternoon pulling balsam using this Eventbrite tiny url tinyurl.com/4fbf99p6
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social
Hi folks don't forget to sign up to the July Kingston Biodiversity Network Meeting sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kingston-b... @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social we've had a location change- this quick video shows you how to get to the room 😀Pls share and come along @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hi folks don't forget to sign up to the July Kingston Biodiversity Network Meeting sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kingston-b... @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social we've had a location change- this quick video shows you how to get to the room 😀Pls share and come along @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Come with me and we'll see a world of pure imagination made real! A world of floristic difference from the monoculture of bamboo that had been here at KSA @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Check my insta post for more info :) www.instagram.com/p/DLSwCqkioV...
Check my insta post for more info :) www.instagram.com/p/DLSwCqkioV...
June 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Come with me and we'll see a world of pure imagination made real! A world of floristic difference from the monoculture of bamboo that had been here at KSA @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Check my insta post for more info :) www.instagram.com/p/DLSwCqkioV...
Check my insta post for more info :) www.instagram.com/p/DLSwCqkioV...
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Lots of balsam pulled today - check out the Instagram Post with lots more photos. Thanks again everyone, esp for working in this heat!
We're back again next month, one mid week session @KingstonSchArt
then a Sat session in Elmbridge Meadows. Join us 😀
Lots of balsam pulled today - check out the Instagram Post with lots more photos. Thanks again everyone, esp for working in this heat!
We're back again next month, one mid week session @KingstonSchArt
then a Sat session in Elmbridge Meadows. Join us 😀
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Lots of balsam pulled today - check out the Instagram Post with lots more photos. Thanks again everyone, esp for working in this heat!
We're back again next month, one mid week session @KingstonSchArt
then a Sat session in Elmbridge Meadows. Join us 😀
Lots of balsam pulled today - check out the Instagram Post with lots more photos. Thanks again everyone, esp for working in this heat!
We're back again next month, one mid week session @KingstonSchArt
then a Sat session in Elmbridge Meadows. Join us 😀
Read all about it. The latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
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Some of our #CityNatureChallenge results and details of the next #KingstonBiodiversityNetwork meeting with a talk by @fungiflowers.bsky.social you won't want to miss!
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Some of our #CityNatureChallenge results and details of the next #KingstonBiodiversityNetwork meeting with a talk by @fungiflowers.bsky.social you won't want to miss!
June 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Read all about it. The latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/b90613faa7b8...
Some of our #CityNatureChallenge results and details of the next #KingstonBiodiversityNetwork meeting with a talk by @fungiflowers.bsky.social you won't want to miss!
mailchi.mp/b90613faa7b8...
Some of our #CityNatureChallenge results and details of the next #KingstonBiodiversityNetwork meeting with a talk by @fungiflowers.bsky.social you won't want to miss!
Some shots of the fantastic volunteers today as we cleared tonnes balsam from the right bank of the Hogsmill River and the channel 2. We got permission from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to access the bank via their Sports Ground -thank you 😊
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May 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Some shots of the fantastic volunteers today as we cleared tonnes balsam from the right bank of the Hogsmill River and the channel 2. We got permission from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to access the bank via their Sports Ground -thank you 😊
www.instagram.com/p/DKUg5K6IO5...
www.instagram.com/p/DKUg5K6IO5...
Back at Tolworth Court Sports Grounds, undertaking mosaic cutting and removal of stone of the woodies ruderal plant species in the meadow area as part of the management there. Avoiding the ant hills on the site as we go. Some of the different species spotted this morning:
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Back at Tolworth Court Sports Grounds, undertaking mosaic cutting and removal of stone of the woodies ruderal plant species in the meadow area as part of the management there. Avoiding the ant hills on the site as we go. Some of the different species spotted this morning:
Why is it that all of the animals are shoeing up after the #cnc2025 recording period! I'd heard the chaffers in Sunday, but couldnt record or photograph them! But all of the volunteers have done a fantastic job on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites, with 2759 observations...
May 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Why is it that all of the animals are shoeing up after the #cnc2025 recording period! I'd heard the chaffers in Sunday, but couldnt record or photograph them! But all of the volunteers have done a fantastic job on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites, with 2759 observations...
These are the moments for me that make the unsocial hours and lack of sleep (#AnEcologistsLife) all worth it 😍😄 #CityNatureChallenge2025 Can you see the cranes in the sunrise (a bit different from their wilder brethren. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
These are the moments for me that make the unsocial hours and lack of sleep (#AnEcologistsLife) all worth it 😍😄 #CityNatureChallenge2025 Can you see the cranes in the sunrise (a bit different from their wilder brethren. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
A second brilliant day off the #CityNatureChallenge2025 across @kingstonuniversity sites. All set up for the moth survey in the morning and currently waiting on bats at one of our @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites. How did everyone else's #cnc2025 go today?
April 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A second brilliant day off the #CityNatureChallenge2025 across @kingstonuniversity sites. All set up for the moth survey in the morning and currently waiting on bats at one of our @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites. How did everyone else's #cnc2025 go today?
A great 1st day of the #CityNatureChallenge2025 with some of the #KBN team at Middle Mill and Knights Park, and the volunteers Tolworth Court. A long evening of uploads. Then sleep+repeat tomorrow->Monday @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A great 1st day of the #CityNatureChallenge2025 with some of the #KBN team at Middle Mill and Knights Park, and the volunteers Tolworth Court. A long evening of uploads. Then sleep+repeat tomorrow->Monday @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Setting up for tonight's #kingstonbiodiversitynetwork meeting. We're in the Robert's Lecture Theatre @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social , just up the stairs :)
See you all soon
See you all soon
April 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Setting up for tonight's #kingstonbiodiversitynetwork meeting. We're in the Robert's Lecture Theatre @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social , just up the stairs :)
See you all soon
See you all soon
Read all about it, the latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social 's biodiversity action group mailchi.mp/489e8b906f73... @pomscheme.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social find out what we've been up to and help us take part in the CNC2025 for London
April 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Read all about it, the latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social 's biodiversity action group mailchi.mp/489e8b906f73... @pomscheme.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social find out what we've been up to and help us take part in the CNC2025 for London
1/2 Join me for our Friday sunrise over @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social as I check the moth traps@benton2.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social no moths this time around, one fly to try to identify.
A question on sunrises and sunsets to my nocturnal ...
A question on sunrises and sunsets to my nocturnal ...
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
1/2 Join me for our Friday sunrise over @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social as I check the moth traps@benton2.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social no moths this time around, one fly to try to identify.
A question on sunrises and sunsets to my nocturnal ...
A question on sunrises and sunsets to my nocturnal ...
A brilliant session with the vols digging out invasive Spanish Bluebells+ Variegated Yellow Archangel from our woodland @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social This is the 1st year in tacking these species w/ vols. Adding this 2our other invasive sp. work in our decades long aim to restore this woodland
March 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A brilliant session with the vols digging out invasive Spanish Bluebells+ Variegated Yellow Archangel from our woodland @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social This is the 1st year in tacking these species w/ vols. Adding this 2our other invasive sp. work in our decades long aim to restore this woodland
Just read this article by #hughwarwick open.substack.com/pub/hughwarw...
Which links to an important paper by #KatieALee from @NottmTrentUni
On the drivers in the badger and Hedgehog relationship, which addresses the imp of including factors such as habitat qual in studies- worth reading
Which links to an important paper by #KatieALee from @NottmTrentUni
On the drivers in the badger and Hedgehog relationship, which addresses the imp of including factors such as habitat qual in studies- worth reading
Hedgehogs and Badgers
not as simple as we thought
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Just read this article by #hughwarwick open.substack.com/pub/hughwarw...
Which links to an important paper by #KatieALee from @NottmTrentUni
On the drivers in the badger and Hedgehog relationship, which addresses the imp of including factors such as habitat qual in studies- worth reading
Which links to an important paper by #KatieALee from @NottmTrentUni
On the drivers in the badger and Hedgehog relationship, which addresses the imp of including factors such as habitat qual in studies- worth reading
The daffs are out in force at our #penrhynroadcampus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social - a bit of plant based sunshine on a cloudy day @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The daffs are out in force at our #penrhynroadcampus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social - a bit of plant based sunshine on a cloudy day @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
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Read all about it. The latest biodiversity events newsletter from @biodiversityku.bsky.social @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Read all about it. The latest biodiversity events newsletter from @biodiversityku.bsky.social @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Read all about it. The latest biodiversity events newsletter from @biodiversityku.bsky.social @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Read all about it. The latest biodiversity events newsletter from @biodiversityku.bsky.social @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
@kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
Read the latest biodiversity blog to find out how our sites did in last months @Natures_Voice Big Garden Bird Watch. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social
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February 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Read the latest biodiversity blog to find out how our sites did in last months @Natures_Voice Big Garden Bird Watch. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social
kingstonunibiodiversity.blogspot.com/2025/02/20-02-…
kingstonunibiodiversity.blogspot.com/2025/02/20-02-…
If the state of our Freshwater Habitats and helping to build evidence to create change is something you're interested in. Check out this PhD @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social pls share #freshwater #veterinarymedicine #rivers findaphd.com/phds/project/o…
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February 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If the state of our Freshwater Habitats and helping to build evidence to create change is something you're interested in. Check out this PhD @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social pls share #freshwater #veterinarymedicine #rivers findaphd.com/phds/project/o…