Thoroughly enjoying the @ialipa2025.bsky.social conference in Aix-le-Bans. One day in and I've already met so many fabulous people. What a supportive and inclusive bunch! Loved sharing my research on ghost ponds, and looking forward to more presentations tomorrow

What a fabulous couple of days of engagement with the Freshwater Biological Association 💦 and its inspiring memebers. I left with a sense of real belonging amongst these freshwater scientists and conservationists and am totally fired up to continue my work in pond resurrection activism beyond my PhD

Waiting with anticipation to see what grows 🌱 from my ice age ghost pond muds 👻. Had a lovely time at Wakehurst place last week dividing the sediment samples into germination tanks and tucking them in all cosy under their little 45micron night caps 😴

And today for my PhD... I'm making 45micron hairnets for 85 fish tanks.. obviously!

Spring is on its way 💚🌷🪻🌱

Really enjoying the beginning of my macrophyte propagule identification journey. This beautiful collection is just a few macrofossils that I picked out from a resurrected ice age ghost pond in Norfolk. Not all propagules but pretty none the less

This month my palaeoecology journey begins. Yesterday my lovely #UCL team and I made a "mud masterplan" plan. I have 58 sediment samples from ice age ghost ponds to work through. I'll be seiving, picking out, identifying and counting aquatic plant macrofossil from these rich seed banks.

Thank you Liverpool and #BES for a fantastic couple of days. Went to some inspiring talks, took many photos of useful posters and met a load of lovely people. What a friendly bunch us nature lovers are 🤩