Freshwater Biological Association
@freshwaterbio.bsky.social
The FBA is an NGO and charitable trust dedicated to understanding and protecting freshwater environments across the world.
https://www.fba.org.uk/
https://www.fba.org.uk/
We're thrilled to share with you an update from #Lakefly – a new citizen science project to monitor the health of our lakes, in partnership with @naturalengland.bsky.social, empowering volunteers to survey freshwater #invertebrates & provide data about water quality.
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/la...
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/la...
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We're thrilled to share with you an update from #Lakefly – a new citizen science project to monitor the health of our lakes, in partnership with @naturalengland.bsky.social, empowering volunteers to survey freshwater #invertebrates & provide data about water quality.
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/la...
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/la...
This Microscope Monday 🔬 for your #FreshwaterPearlMussel pleasure... we present some recently excysted juveniles.
The juveniles, from the #RiverIrt, #WestCumbria, will now be reared at the Ark (for 3 years min.) before being translocated back to their native river to reinforce the wild population.
The juveniles, from the #RiverIrt, #WestCumbria, will now be reared at the Ark (for 3 years min.) before being translocated back to their native river to reinforce the wild population.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Microscope Monday 🔬 for your #FreshwaterPearlMussel pleasure... we present some recently excysted juveniles.
The juveniles, from the #RiverIrt, #WestCumbria, will now be reared at the Ark (for 3 years min.) before being translocated back to their native river to reinforce the wild population.
The juveniles, from the #RiverIrt, #WestCumbria, will now be reared at the Ark (for 3 years min.) before being translocated back to their native river to reinforce the wild population.
Celebrating beauty in boggy places this Microscope Monday 🔬 with some dashing desmids!
If you're eager to take a deep dive into freshwater algal groups please check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored'.
👁️🦠👁️ Get your algal-loving eyeballs on a copy:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
If you're eager to take a deep dive into freshwater algal groups please check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored'.
👁️🦠👁️ Get your algal-loving eyeballs on a copy:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Celebrating beauty in boggy places this Microscope Monday 🔬 with some dashing desmids!
If you're eager to take a deep dive into freshwater algal groups please check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored'.
👁️🦠👁️ Get your algal-loving eyeballs on a copy:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
If you're eager to take a deep dive into freshwater algal groups please check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored'.
👁️🦠👁️ Get your algal-loving eyeballs on a copy:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy Halloween freshwater fiends! Do you believe in ghosts? Nope. How about ghost ponds?👻
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
Please allow us to introduce you to a the amazing #GhostPond aficionado @carlsayer.bsky.social for inspiring ponderings on the incredible power of ghost pond resurrections!
Check it out: youtu.be/bT1FLPCjEPw
Join us in celebrating #Microscope Monday 🔬with a dashing #Daphnia and a look back at one of the FBA's late freshwater scientists, #GeoffreyFryer.
Earlier this year a memoir of Geoffrey was prepared for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Earlier this year a memoir of Geoffrey was prepared for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Join us in celebrating #Microscope Monday 🔬with a dashing #Daphnia and a look back at one of the FBA's late freshwater scientists, #GeoffreyFryer.
Earlier this year a memoir of Geoffrey was prepared for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Earlier this year a memoir of Geoffrey was prepared for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Hello freshwater friends and fellow lovers of leeches... our October edition of FBA Voice is out now! This month includes features on #Riverkin #Riverflies #FreshwaterPearlMussels #FBAHistory #CitizenScience #MedicinalLeech and more!
Check out the October FBA Voice here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
Check out the October FBA Voice here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
October 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hello freshwater friends and fellow lovers of leeches... our October edition of FBA Voice is out now! This month includes features on #Riverkin #Riverflies #FreshwaterPearlMussels #FBAHistory #CitizenScience #MedicinalLeech and more!
Check out the October FBA Voice here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
Check out the October FBA Voice here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
For your Microscope Monday pleasure 🔬 we are delving into the delightful realm of diatoms!
If you are fascinated by #FreshwaterAlgae, check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored' in the FBA shop.
👁️👁️ And get your algae-loving eyeballs on a copy today!
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
If you are fascinated by #FreshwaterAlgae, check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored' in the FBA shop.
👁️👁️ And get your algae-loving eyeballs on a copy today!
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For your Microscope Monday pleasure 🔬 we are delving into the delightful realm of diatoms!
If you are fascinated by #FreshwaterAlgae, check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored' in the FBA shop.
👁️👁️ And get your algae-loving eyeballs on a copy today!
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
If you are fascinated by #FreshwaterAlgae, check out 'Freshwater Algae: Their microscopic world explored' in the FBA shop.
👁️👁️ And get your algae-loving eyeballs on a copy today!
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
Calling all riverfly fans... the eagerly awaited @riverflies.bsky.social 2026 Calendar is available to pre-order!
Featuring stunning images from their photo competition every purchase supports the citizen science programme helping safeguard the health of our rivers.💙
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
Featuring stunning images from their photo competition every purchase supports the citizen science programme helping safeguard the health of our rivers.💙
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Calling all riverfly fans... the eagerly awaited @riverflies.bsky.social 2026 Calendar is available to pre-order!
Featuring stunning images from their photo competition every purchase supports the citizen science programme helping safeguard the health of our rivers.💙
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
Featuring stunning images from their photo competition every purchase supports the citizen science programme helping safeguard the health of our rivers.💙
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
Hello freshwater friends... Today we are celebrating #FreshwaterPearlMussel Monday with an update from the FBA Ark!
Here at the FBA Ark tagging juvenile freshwater pearl mussels is an important activity as part of our species recovery programme.
Find out more 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ta...
Here at the FBA Ark tagging juvenile freshwater pearl mussels is an important activity as part of our species recovery programme.
Find out more 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ta...
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hello freshwater friends... Today we are celebrating #FreshwaterPearlMussel Monday with an update from the FBA Ark!
Here at the FBA Ark tagging juvenile freshwater pearl mussels is an important activity as part of our species recovery programme.
Find out more 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ta...
Here at the FBA Ark tagging juvenile freshwater pearl mussels is an important activity as part of our species recovery programme.
Find out more 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ta...
Do you feel a kinship to #freshwaters? Your local #river or #stream perhaps?
You do. Well you are experiencing something remarkable... #Riverkin: a relationship with freshwater! 💙💦
Here we catch up with Julia & Josh at water@leeds to find out more about Riverkin: 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ri...
You do. Well you are experiencing something remarkable... #Riverkin: a relationship with freshwater! 💙💦
Here we catch up with Julia & Josh at water@leeds to find out more about Riverkin: 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ri...
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do you feel a kinship to #freshwaters? Your local #river or #stream perhaps?
You do. Well you are experiencing something remarkable... #Riverkin: a relationship with freshwater! 💙💦
Here we catch up with Julia & Josh at water@leeds to find out more about Riverkin: 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ri...
You do. Well you are experiencing something remarkable... #Riverkin: a relationship with freshwater! 💙💦
Here we catch up with Julia & Josh at water@leeds to find out more about Riverkin: 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/ri...
Hello #FreshwaterPearlMussel friends! This Microscope Monday 🔬 we have some fascinating photos of glochidia encystment on a brown trout.
An observation from the FBA Ark is that the growth of encysted glochidia is highly correlated to water temperature.
Find out more:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
An observation from the FBA Ark is that the growth of encysted glochidia is highly correlated to water temperature.
Find out more:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
September 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hello #FreshwaterPearlMussel friends! This Microscope Monday 🔬 we have some fascinating photos of glochidia encystment on a brown trout.
An observation from the FBA Ark is that the growth of encysted glochidia is highly correlated to water temperature.
Find out more:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
An observation from the FBA Ark is that the growth of encysted glochidia is highly correlated to water temperature.
Find out more:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
Are you involved in freshwater biodiversity & water quality monitoring & research in the UK?
Our friends at @ukceh.bsky.social are inviting you to take part in the Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK survey, to develop an online workshop:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...
Our friends at @ukceh.bsky.social are inviting you to take part in the Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK survey, to develop an online workshop:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Are you involved in freshwater biodiversity & water quality monitoring & research in the UK?
Our friends at @ukceh.bsky.social are inviting you to take part in the Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK survey, to develop an online workshop:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...
Our friends at @ukceh.bsky.social are inviting you to take part in the Changing Status of Freshwater Biodiversity in the UK survey, to develop an online workshop:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...
Greetings #freshwater friends! We're very pleased to announce that our September issue of FBA Voice is out now!
Featuring the #RiverWensum #ChalkRiver #ArcticCharr #Conservation #BigWindermereSurvey #CitizenScience & much more!
Dive into our freshwater newsletter here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
Featuring the #RiverWensum #ChalkRiver #ArcticCharr #Conservation #BigWindermereSurvey #CitizenScience & much more!
Dive into our freshwater newsletter here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Greetings #freshwater friends! We're very pleased to announce that our September issue of FBA Voice is out now!
Featuring the #RiverWensum #ChalkRiver #ArcticCharr #Conservation #BigWindermereSurvey #CitizenScience & much more!
Dive into our freshwater newsletter here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
Featuring the #RiverWensum #ChalkRiver #ArcticCharr #Conservation #BigWindermereSurvey #CitizenScience & much more!
Dive into our freshwater newsletter here:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
Over 600 scientists from across Europe have signed a joint statement calling on the EU to urgently update its #waterpollution rules to protect #freshwater ecosystems... before it’s too late! 💧🌍💙
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Over 600 scientists from across Europe have signed a joint statement calling on the EU to urgently update its #waterpollution rules to protect #freshwater ecosystems... before it’s too late! 💧🌍💙
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
View the full statement and signatories:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#WaterPollution #EUEnvironment
FBA is honoured to support #TheBristolDeclaration.
Issued at #WildSummitUK the declaration highlights alarming evidence of insect population decline, calling for governments, land managers, businesses & the public to act now to reverse declines in #insect abundance, diversity, & distribution. 💙🐞🦋💙🐝
Issued at #WildSummitUK the declaration highlights alarming evidence of insect population decline, calling for governments, land managers, businesses & the public to act now to reverse declines in #insect abundance, diversity, & distribution. 💙🐞🦋💙🐝
September 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
FBA is honoured to support #TheBristolDeclaration.
Issued at #WildSummitUK the declaration highlights alarming evidence of insect population decline, calling for governments, land managers, businesses & the public to act now to reverse declines in #insect abundance, diversity, & distribution. 💙🐞🦋💙🐝
Issued at #WildSummitUK the declaration highlights alarming evidence of insect population decline, calling for governments, land managers, businesses & the public to act now to reverse declines in #insect abundance, diversity, & distribution. 💙🐞🦋💙🐝
We're delighted to announce that FBA in partnership with the Institute of Fisheries Management will be convening an #ArcticCharrSymposium, 1–2 October in Newcastle.
Bringing together invited experts to enable greater collaboration, to better understand & protect this iconic cold-water fish species.
Bringing together invited experts to enable greater collaboration, to better understand & protect this iconic cold-water fish species.
September 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We're delighted to announce that FBA in partnership with the Institute of Fisheries Management will be convening an #ArcticCharrSymposium, 1–2 October in Newcastle.
Bringing together invited experts to enable greater collaboration, to better understand & protect this iconic cold-water fish species.
Bringing together invited experts to enable greater collaboration, to better understand & protect this iconic cold-water fish species.
For #FreshwaterPearlMussel Monday... we are excited to share with you a magical moment filmed at the FBA Ark.
The film shows glochidial release from a female mussel from the River Clun, a priority river population for the FBA's species recovery programme.
More info:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
The film shows glochidial release from a female mussel from the River Clun, a priority river population for the FBA's species recovery programme.
More info:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
September 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For #FreshwaterPearlMussel Monday... we are excited to share with you a magical moment filmed at the FBA Ark.
The film shows glochidial release from a female mussel from the River Clun, a priority river population for the FBA's species recovery programme.
More info:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
The film shows glochidial release from a female mussel from the River Clun, a priority river population for the FBA's species recovery programme.
More info:
www.fba.org.uk/freshwater-p...
We would like to share our heartfelt congratulations with FBA Fellow, Prof. Dr. Mary Kelly-Quinn on her recent appointment as the new Chair of the European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (EFFS). 💙💦
More about EFFS:
www.freshwatersciences.eu/effs/
#European #Freshwaters #FreshwaterScience
More about EFFS:
www.freshwatersciences.eu/effs/
#European #Freshwaters #FreshwaterScience
September 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We would like to share our heartfelt congratulations with FBA Fellow, Prof. Dr. Mary Kelly-Quinn on her recent appointment as the new Chair of the European Federation for Freshwater Sciences (EFFS). 💙💦
More about EFFS:
www.freshwatersciences.eu/effs/
#European #Freshwaters #FreshwaterScience
More about EFFS:
www.freshwatersciences.eu/effs/
#European #Freshwaters #FreshwaterScience
Are you interested in River Invertebrate Prediction & Classification System (RIVPACS/RICT) training?
Sign up for RIVPACS/RICT bioassessment tool training at the River Laboratory Dorset, 9 & 10 October, with John Davy-Bowker & John Murray-Bligh.
Find out more & register
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
Sign up for RIVPACS/RICT bioassessment tool training at the River Laboratory Dorset, 9 & 10 October, with John Davy-Bowker & John Murray-Bligh.
Find out more & register
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Are you interested in River Invertebrate Prediction & Classification System (RIVPACS/RICT) training?
Sign up for RIVPACS/RICT bioassessment tool training at the River Laboratory Dorset, 9 & 10 October, with John Davy-Bowker & John Murray-Bligh.
Find out more & register
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
Sign up for RIVPACS/RICT bioassessment tool training at the River Laboratory Dorset, 9 & 10 October, with John Davy-Bowker & John Murray-Bligh.
Find out more & register
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/river...
For Microscope Monday 🔬 please allow us to share with you some cosmic diatoms! These magical marvels feature in #Freshwater #Algae: Their microscopic world explored.
We're thrilled to have a limited number of this rare book still available in our shop:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
We're thrilled to have a limited number of this rare book still available in our shop:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
August 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
For Microscope Monday 🔬 please allow us to share with you some cosmic diatoms! These magical marvels feature in #Freshwater #Algae: Their microscopic world explored.
We're thrilled to have a limited number of this rare book still available in our shop:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
We're thrilled to have a limited number of this rare book still available in our shop:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/fresh...
Calling all scientists, researchers & academics... #freshwaters urgently need your support!
Ahead of the final negotiations to agree new #waterpollution standards on 23 Sept 2025 the deadline for signatures is now extended to 9 Sept.
Please sign & share today!
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
Ahead of the final negotiations to agree new #waterpollution standards on 23 Sept 2025 the deadline for signatures is now extended to 9 Sept.
Please sign & share today!
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Calling all scientists, researchers & academics... #freshwaters urgently need your support!
Ahead of the final negotiations to agree new #waterpollution standards on 23 Sept 2025 the deadline for signatures is now extended to 9 Sept.
Please sign & share today!
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
Ahead of the final negotiations to agree new #waterpollution standards on 23 Sept 2025 the deadline for signatures is now extended to 9 Sept.
Please sign & share today!
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
If you, like us, are ardent about conservation of #ArcticCharr, please allow us to transport you to the watery depths in our latest article... Charming the Charr! Introducing the exciting new LD-CHARM (#LakeDistrict Charr Recovery & Management) project:
www.fba.org.uk/articles/cha...
www.fba.org.uk/articles/cha...
August 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you, like us, are ardent about conservation of #ArcticCharr, please allow us to transport you to the watery depths in our latest article... Charming the Charr! Introducing the exciting new LD-CHARM (#LakeDistrict Charr Recovery & Management) project:
www.fba.org.uk/articles/cha...
www.fba.org.uk/articles/cha...
Here we are in conversation with Amritha Nair, member of our Early Career Member Network (ECMN) and PhD student at the University of Worcester.
We hear Amritha's thoughts on our ECMN event, our ASM, recommendations for early career freshwater scientists, and more! 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/lo...
We hear Amritha's thoughts on our ECMN event, our ASM, recommendations for early career freshwater scientists, and more! 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/lo...
August 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Here we are in conversation with Amritha Nair, member of our Early Career Member Network (ECMN) and PhD student at the University of Worcester.
We hear Amritha's thoughts on our ECMN event, our ASM, recommendations for early career freshwater scientists, and more! 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/lo...
We hear Amritha's thoughts on our ECMN event, our ASM, recommendations for early career freshwater scientists, and more! 👇
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/lo...
Come and join our #Lakefly Training Day!
Learn how to identify key groups of freshwater invertebrates & carry out sampling techniques.
No experience needed, just you!
14 Aug 10am-4pm #Windermere #LakeDistrict
To find out more & book your place please email:
lakefly@fba.org.uk
www.fba.org.uk/lakefly
Learn how to identify key groups of freshwater invertebrates & carry out sampling techniques.
No experience needed, just you!
14 Aug 10am-4pm #Windermere #LakeDistrict
To find out more & book your place please email:
lakefly@fba.org.uk
www.fba.org.uk/lakefly
July 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Come and join our #Lakefly Training Day!
Learn how to identify key groups of freshwater invertebrates & carry out sampling techniques.
No experience needed, just you!
14 Aug 10am-4pm #Windermere #LakeDistrict
To find out more & book your place please email:
lakefly@fba.org.uk
www.fba.org.uk/lakefly
Learn how to identify key groups of freshwater invertebrates & carry out sampling techniques.
No experience needed, just you!
14 Aug 10am-4pm #Windermere #LakeDistrict
To find out more & book your place please email:
lakefly@fba.org.uk
www.fba.org.uk/lakefly
If you, like us, are passionate about pearl mussels... check out our July issue of FBA Voice!
With super exciting news from our #FreshwaterPearlMussel Ark plus an article about our #LakeDistrict Charr Recovery & Management project, and much more!
Dive into the FBA Voice:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
With super exciting news from our #FreshwaterPearlMussel Ark plus an article about our #LakeDistrict Charr Recovery & Management project, and much more!
Dive into the FBA Voice:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
July 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you, like us, are passionate about pearl mussels... check out our July issue of FBA Voice!
With super exciting news from our #FreshwaterPearlMussel Ark plus an article about our #LakeDistrict Charr Recovery & Management project, and much more!
Dive into the FBA Voice:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...
With super exciting news from our #FreshwaterPearlMussel Ark plus an article about our #LakeDistrict Charr Recovery & Management project, and much more!
Dive into the FBA Voice:
mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...