Dara Stanley
@darastanley.bsky.social
Scientist. Ecology & conservation; entomology; pollinators, bees & pollination; agriculture. Mum. Associate Professor in Applied Entomology, University College Dublin
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📢 The new programme for our Ecology Seminar is out!
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
📢 The new programme for our Ecology Seminar is out!
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
It features a diverse lineup of early career researchers sharing insights on #Agroecology every week 🐝🚜🐦
🗓️ Wednesdays at 10:15 CET
📧 DM for webinar link!
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/ecology+s...
@agrarunigoe.bsky.social
@uni-goettingen.de
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"𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩-𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬."
Sobering piece in @theguardian.com by Dr Ruth Leeney of @ucddublin.bsky.social on her deep-sea sharks research, and how marine life is being ravaged by bottom trawling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sobering piece in @theguardian.com by Dr Ruth Leeney of @ucddublin.bsky.social on her deep-sea sharks research, and how marine life is being ravaged by bottom trawling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’m obsessed with deep sea sharks: their bioluminescent spots are just visible in the pitch black environment they live in
Most of these little-known but already endangered fish have never been seen alive in their natural habitat, but are under threat from bottom trawling and deep-sea mining
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
"𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩-𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬."
Sobering piece in @theguardian.com by Dr Ruth Leeney of @ucddublin.bsky.social on her deep-sea sharks research, and how marine life is being ravaged by bottom trawling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sobering piece in @theguardian.com by Dr Ruth Leeney of @ucddublin.bsky.social on her deep-sea sharks research, and how marine life is being ravaged by bottom trawling.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity
Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...
Apply by 30th Sept 2025
@bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...
Apply by 30th Sept 2025
@bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Walsh PhD Scholarship: Modelling the impact of climate change on #forest productivity
Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...
Apply by 30th Sept 2025
@bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
Details at: drjonyearsley.github.io/agriadaptPhD...
Apply by 30th Sept 2025
@bes-quantitative.bsky.social @bes-forests.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
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#ScienceWeek 2025 celebrates 30 years of sparking curiosity with the theme: Then. Today. Tomorrow.
Running from 9th -16th November, this year’s
Science Week will feature 14 festivals and hundreds of events across Ireland.
Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/science...
Running from 9th -16th November, this year’s
Science Week will feature 14 festivals and hundreds of events across Ireland.
Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/science...
September 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
#ScienceWeek 2025 celebrates 30 years of sparking curiosity with the theme: Then. Today. Tomorrow.
Running from 9th -16th November, this year’s
Science Week will feature 14 festivals and hundreds of events across Ireland.
Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/science...
Running from 9th -16th November, this year’s
Science Week will feature 14 festivals and hundreds of events across Ireland.
Read more: www.researchireland.ie/news/science...
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Fascinating new @rte.ie Brainstorm article by @darastanley.bsky.social (Institute member & Assoc Prof at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Agriculture & Food Science), in which she lays out the threats to Ireland’s #insects, #pollinators & beekeeping from the #AsianHornet.
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tinyurl.com/uwxp5z4s
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tinyurl.com/uwxp5z4s
Why Asian hornets remain a significant risk for Irish nature
The major concerns around this invasive species are to do with their impact on honeybees, beekeeping and wild insects
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fascinating new @rte.ie Brainstorm article by @darastanley.bsky.social (Institute member & Assoc Prof at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Agriculture & Food Science), in which she lays out the threats to Ireland’s #insects, #pollinators & beekeeping from the #AsianHornet.
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tinyurl.com/uwxp5z4s
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tinyurl.com/uwxp5z4s
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🌿 We’re celebrating our first round of BES Fellows!
20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.
👇 Meet them:
20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.
👇 Meet them:
Meet our first round of BES Fellows - British Ecological Society
We are delighted to announce the first round of BES Fellows, recognising outstanding contributions to ecology across research, teaching, and its application within our international community.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌿 We’re celebrating our first round of BES Fellows!
20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.
👇 Meet them:
20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.
👇 Meet them:
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Have you seen our regularly updated job opportunities page?
Visit our website for some open entomology-related jobs 🔽
buff.ly/IZnKojI
If you have an #insect-related job opportunity, please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #Jobs
Visit our website for some open entomology-related jobs 🔽
buff.ly/IZnKojI
If you have an #insect-related job opportunity, please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #Jobs
Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society
Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…
buff.ly
August 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Have you seen our regularly updated job opportunities page?
Visit our website for some open entomology-related jobs 🔽
buff.ly/IZnKojI
If you have an #insect-related job opportunity, please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #Jobs
Visit our website for some open entomology-related jobs 🔽
buff.ly/IZnKojI
If you have an #insect-related job opportunity, please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk
#Education #Research #Science #InsectJobs #InsectCareers #Jobs
Interested in entomology/research on insects? Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for an Irish Entomologists' meeting on December 1st. More details here: www.royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-... @royentsoc.bsky.social
Irish Entomologists' Meeting 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
Irish Entomologists’ Meeting The Royal Entomological Society and the Student Entomological Society of Ireland are delighted to host an Irish Entomologist’s Meeting on 1st December 2025. This full day ...
www.royensoc.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Interested in entomology/research on insects? Come and join us at @ucddublin.bsky.social for an Irish Entomologists' meeting on December 1st. More details here: www.royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-... @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Not able to attend in-person? Take part in #Ento25 online 🐞
🦋 Three days immersed in the current themes across #InsectScience
🦗 Three internationally renowned plenaries
🪰 Key themed topics led by keynotes
⏰ Online deadline: 3 September 🔽
buff.ly/UF0Z12Z
#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
🦋 Three days immersed in the current themes across #InsectScience
🦗 Three internationally renowned plenaries
🪰 Key themed topics led by keynotes
⏰ Online deadline: 3 September 🔽
buff.ly/UF0Z12Z
#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Ento25: Online - Royal Entomological Society
Join us online for Ento25, our flagship conference dedicated to insect science, with opportunities to present your work and hear the latest research from the global entomological community.
www.royensoc.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Not able to attend in-person? Take part in #Ento25 online 🐞
🦋 Three days immersed in the current themes across #InsectScience
🦗 Three internationally renowned plenaries
🪰 Key themed topics led by keynotes
⏰ Online deadline: 3 September 🔽
buff.ly/UF0Z12Z
#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
🦋 Three days immersed in the current themes across #InsectScience
🦗 Three internationally renowned plenaries
🪰 Key themed topics led by keynotes
⏰ Online deadline: 3 September 🔽
buff.ly/UF0Z12Z
#StrathLife @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pollinator‐Promoting Interventions in European Urban Habitats—A Synthesis
Syntheses of urban pollinator-friendly management are lacking, hindering policy implementation compared to farmland. Addressing this gap, our re-analytical data synthesis demonstrates the generally p...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dear student trying to get into a PhD program:
Don't do this!
Don't mass email faculty
Look for potential advisors & email them one by one
Tell them about your genuine interest and passions
explain why you think this advisor is ideal
Getting a new student is a HUGE commitment
Don't do this!
Don't mass email faculty
Look for potential advisors & email them one by one
Tell them about your genuine interest and passions
explain why you think this advisor is ideal
Getting a new student is a HUGE commitment
August 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Dear student trying to get into a PhD program:
Don't do this!
Don't mass email faculty
Look for potential advisors & email them one by one
Tell them about your genuine interest and passions
explain why you think this advisor is ideal
Getting a new student is a HUGE commitment
Don't do this!
Don't mass email faculty
Look for potential advisors & email them one by one
Tell them about your genuine interest and passions
explain why you think this advisor is ideal
Getting a new student is a HUGE commitment
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🦋 New UKCEH research with @naturalengland.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social shows the positive impacts of agri-environment schemes (AES) on butterflies.
Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Positive impacts of agri‐environment schemes on butterflies from multiple evidence sources
Our results provide support for positive effects of AES on butterflies in England from multiple sources of evidence, providing confidence that these schemes are providing tangible benefits for butter...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🦋 New UKCEH research with @naturalengland.bsky.social and @btobirds.bsky.social shows the positive impacts of agri-environment schemes (AES) on butterflies.
Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jappliedecology.bsky.social
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Not an ideal day for it...but this year's @ucddublin.bsky.social orchid monitoring team are hard at work, tracking long term population dynamics in our Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) population! @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @noeleensmyth.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Not an ideal day for it...but this year's @ucddublin.bsky.social orchid monitoring team are hard at work, tracking long term population dynamics in our Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) population! @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @noeleensmyth.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social
We had a lovely, and productive, few days last week at the @ucdearth.bsky.social writing retreat, in the gorgeous Belfield House @ucddublin.bsky.social. Thanks to all who attended for making it so pleasant! @jonyearsley.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @hollyenglish.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We had a lovely, and productive, few days last week at the @ucdearth.bsky.social writing retreat, in the gorgeous Belfield House @ucddublin.bsky.social. Thanks to all who attended for making it so pleasant! @jonyearsley.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @hollyenglish.bsky.social
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What happened when UCD Services stopped mowing a patch of grass between the car park and the road behind the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science?
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
Monitoring pyramidal orchids on rewilded area of University College Dublin
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtu.be
July 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
What happened when UCD Services stopped mowing a patch of grass between the car park and the road behind the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science?
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
In this video, ecologist Dr @darastanley.bsky.social talks about her work monitoring the ensuing wild orchids. 🌸 🦋
#SDGsIRL
youtu.be/0vl2cymp0Nw
Just a few days left to apply for our open PhD and postdoc positions. Interested in agroecology, biodiversity, pollinators and/or pesticides? Check them out! www.stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies
Vacancies | ecology
www.stanleyecologylab.org
June 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just a few days left to apply for our open PhD and postdoc positions. Interested in agroecology, biodiversity, pollinators and/or pesticides? Check them out! www.stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies
@markuseichhorn.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @aicbrn.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social @jappliedecology.bsky.social @ecologyjobs.bsky.social @ybuckley.bsky.social @taradirilgen.bsky.social @nigeleraine.bsky.social @edstraw.bsky.social @esai-irl.bsky.social
We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
Vacancies | ecology
stanleyecologylab.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
Vacancies | ecology
stanleyecologylab.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
Come and join us on Tuesday night for a great programme of music...Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Tickets available on www.nch.ie
June 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Come and join us on Tuesday night for a great programme of music...Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Tickets available on www.nch.ie
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UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake used to be a car park. Here UCD Estates Operations Manager Ciarán Bennett explains that the lake is not just a beautiful amenity teeming with wildlife, but a sustainable urban drainage system too.
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
Biodiversity Week 2025: Celebrating UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake - formerly a carpark.
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
UCD’s beautiful Upper Lake used to be a car park. Here UCD Estates Operations Manager Ciarán Bennett explains that the lake is not just a beautiful amenity teeming with wildlife, but a sustainable urban drainage system too.
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
PS Featuring Dr Adam Kane's bird identification group
youtu.be/Ph4hkFoH2xo
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Today the @aicbrn.bsky.social hosted it’s ‘From Gaps to Greenways’ workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social with guest speakers including Jeanne Moore fm #NESC, Senator @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social, Deidre Lynn @npwsireland.bsky.social & Gerry Clabby fm #DECC lots of inspiring discussion @ybuckley.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today the @aicbrn.bsky.social hosted it’s ‘From Gaps to Greenways’ workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social with guest speakers including Jeanne Moore fm #NESC, Senator @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social, Deidre Lynn @npwsireland.bsky.social & Gerry Clabby fm #DECC lots of inspiring discussion @ybuckley.bsky.social
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Bumblebees and honeybees predicted to have different responses to climate change.
Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour...
with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social
Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour...
with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social
Thermal limits of bumblebees and honeybees are modulated by different functional traits: predictions of a mechanistic model
Local weather conditions are expected to have species specific effects on the activity of insect pollinators. However, the relationship between changing weather patterns and pollinator activity has no...
doi.org
May 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Bumblebees and honeybees predicted to have different responses to climate change.
Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour...
with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social
Our thermodynamic model of honeybees and bumblebees has just appeared doi.org/10.1371/jour...
with Sarah MacQueen and @darastanley.bsky.social
A belated happy #worldbeeday! These ladies were out to mark the occasion yesterday! I'm very grateful to work alongside a super team of researchers, and colleagues throughout the Irish Pollinator Research Network, on these important organisms! #biodiversity #agriculture www.stanleyecoloylab.org
May 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A belated happy #worldbeeday! These ladies were out to mark the occasion yesterday! I'm very grateful to work alongside a super team of researchers, and colleagues throughout the Irish Pollinator Research Network, on these important organisms! #biodiversity #agriculture www.stanleyecoloylab.org
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As part of National Biodiversity Week (May 18 - 23) we spoke to Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services about the remarkable work undertaken to preserve the lime tree next to UCD Village, the award-winning student education and amenity building completed in October 2021.
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
Protecting legacy trees on a busy university campus
YouTube video by UCD Sustainability
youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As part of National Biodiversity Week (May 18 - 23) we spoke to Ciaran Beattie of UCD Estate Services about the remarkable work undertaken to preserve the lime tree next to UCD Village, the award-winning student education and amenity building completed in October 2021.
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
youtube.com/shorts/ZOY7h...
UCD campus is looking great in the sun this week. Lots of evidence of implementation of the #pollinatorplan @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #biodiversity
May 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
UCD campus is looking great in the sun this week. Lots of evidence of implementation of the #pollinatorplan @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucd-chas.bsky.social #biodiversity