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Moya Burns
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Ecologist/Associate Professor. Interested in insects (especially saproxylic beetles), forest restoration, bats, citizen science and environmental education.
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scottshanks.bsky.social
The Big BRISC #Bioblitz starts today to celebrate 50yrs promoting biological recording in Scotland! Runs 22nd to 28th September.Record all animals🐦‍⬛🐸🐞, plants🌲🌿🌼, fungi🍄🍄‍🟫 etc that you find. You can take part using iNaturalist or iRecord app projects. nbn.org.uk/news/big-bri... @nbntrust.bsky.social
Advert for the BRISC (Biological Recording in Scotland) Big Bioblitz finale 22nd-28th September.
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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blackinplantsci.bsky.social
🌿 Calling All Undergrads!
Black in Plant Science Conference 2025 - Friday 24 September

- 🤝 Meet fellow students & researchers
- 🎤 Hear from inspiring speakers
- 🍃 Build your academic and social community
- 🎓 Student Fee: £15

🔗 Register Here: buff.ly/cdIr29N
September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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rspb.bsky.social
This afternoon, the Planning Bill enters the House of Lords.

Within it is a proposal that would make it easier to destroy the woods, rivers and wildlife we all love - by weakening the laws that keep them safe.

If Part 3 isn’t changed or scrapped, nature will pay the price. ⚠️
A clear stream winds through lush, green woodland, flanked by mossy tree trunks and overhanging branches. The kind of precious habitat that could be lost without strong environmental protections.
June 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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waspwoman.bsky.social
Do you need a little persuasion to appreciate wasps? Check out the #WorldFirst exhibition about wasps!! #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social

Opens TOMORROW for 6 months! FREE!!
Wasp are #PestControllers #Pollinators #Diverse #socialites #hunters the original #Bee www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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royentsoc.bsky.social
Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…
buff.ly
June 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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jappliedecology.bsky.social
Decadal recovery of fungal but not termite deadwood decay in tropical rainforest 🍄🧪

Termites slower recovery could reduce carbon and nutrient cycling in secondary growth rainforests 📉🌏

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
May 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Just 24 hours to go and counting… 🕗

Ready to start your No Mow Movement with #NoMowMay? 🌼🙌

Let us know and tag us in your pics. 📸

And don’t forget to join the movement for May and beyond 💚👇
www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/no...

#PowerToTheFlowers #NoMowMayAndBeyond
1 day to go until No Mow May surrounded by flowers and pollinators
April 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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biologicalrecording.co.uk
🚀 Just launched: our new *Dragonflies of the UK* e-learning course!

Choose from 8 self-study wildlife courses incl. 🐝Bumblebees, 🐉Dragonflies & 🐕Detection Dogs...

🎥 Learn anytime, anywhere for just £10–£20!

✨ Which one will you try first?

🔗 courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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woodecology.bsky.social
Only 1 day left to apply to come and work with us at Forest Research!!🔬 🌲🌳📊👇🍁

🌲🔬Role: Data analyst
📆 Closing date: 15th April
💷 Salary: £32,089 + a 28.97% pension
⏳Duration: Fixed term May 2025 - March 2026 with the possibility of extension

Apply HERE:
www.forestresearch.gov.uk/about-us/car...
Careers - Forest Research
Explore jobs with Forest Research, the UK’s leading scientific organisation for forestry and tree-related research and science.
www.forestresearch.gov.uk
April 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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royentsoc.bsky.social
🔎 Stumped by an insect you’ve spotted?

Our experts can help identify them for you. Just fill in our form and we'll tell you more!

🔗 buff.ly/YWKUr3d

#AskAnEntomologist #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification
Advertising for the RES' free insect identification service, featuring a Cuckoo wasp Holopyga generosa curled up in a Wild carrot flower to hide from the rain (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, age 17 2024
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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ashwhiffin.bsky.social
All you lovely nature nerds, beetle botherers and moth trappers, please give the @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social a warm welcome!

#BugSky #CommunityScience
carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social Carrion Beetle Recording Scheme @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social · Mar 30
Hey BlueSky 👋 Please excuse the lateness, but we have arrived!

We’re here to promote the recording of #CarrionBeetles in the UK and help with any of your ID queries. Please join the #CarrionClub and help us spread the word! 💀 🪲
A montage of images, including carrion beetles, attendees at an ID workshop and a close up of the ID keys.
March 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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forestresearchuk.bsky.social
🌲 Join Forest Research to shape the future of trees and forests – we’re hiring 👇

📊 Data & Information Lead – Drive new information management principles.
🔧 Workshop Technician – Support ground-breaking research through engineering.

✅ Apply by 30 March: ow.ly/oI8o50VneSX

#ForestResearch #JoinUs
Current Opportunities - Forest Research
Browse the latest vacancies and current job opportunities at Forest Research, and apply online.
ow.ly
March 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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bsbibotany.bsky.social
Top @nhm-london.bsky.social botanist @sandyknapp.bsky.social is calling on all UK botanists to help your local #herbarium join the digitisation journey!
Read Sandy's blogpost: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/help...
Find out why herbaria are so important & deserve your support: bsbi.org/herbaria
Help your local herbarium!
Volunteers mounting specimens at Univ Leicester Image: L. Marsh Regular readers of this blog will know that we have a passion for herbaria ....
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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nhm-london.bsky.social
Have you heard of the adventurous entomologist Lucy Evelyn Cheesman? 🐛🐞

As we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re taking a closer look at Cheesman’s fascinating life! 🧵
A black and white photograph of Lucy Evelyn Cheesman. She is wearing a short-sleeve shirt and a hat. She’s holding a net in her left hand, and a stick in the right hand.
March 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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royentsoc.bsky.social
🐞 Interested in taking a #course in #entomology?

We’ve compiled a list of institutions in the UK and in Ireland offering full and part-time #entomologically-related courses to help you build a #career in #InsectScience 🔽

🔗 buff.ly/DmgeeSL

#Education #Research #Science
Looking for Entomology courses? RES advertisement featuring a Broom Weevil, Exapion fuscirostre (c) Timothy Sexton 2016
March 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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plantlifeuk.bsky.social
We're hiring!

This exciting role will be part of Plantlife Biodiversity Consultants & will help restore biodiversity at this crucial time for nature

🌱 Full time, Permanent
🏠 Home working or choice of regional office
⏰ Closes 18 March 2025

👉 www.plantlife.org.uk/about-us/car...
March 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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wtscotsocial.bsky.social
We are seeking volunteers in the North of Scotland to act as verifiers for the Ancient Tree Inventory, the UK's largest database of ancient and notable trees.

Details here 👉 buff.ly/tnW2iWo
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ukceh.bsky.social
📣 We're hiring! Apply by 10 March to join our national survey team as a Field Botanist/Botanical Surveyor across England this summer.

🌿 5 x full-time roles (May–Sept 2025)
🔬 Help monitor biodiversity for Defra & Natural England

Details & apply ⬇️
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

#Botany
Surveyor crouching down in a field holds a clipboard and looks at a flower patch
March 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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lindaaburnett.bsky.social
My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April
March 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇 Happy #ValentinesDay if you're celebrating. We've teamed up with DontSendMeACard.com where you can support our work by donating what it would have cost to send cards. There are some lovely Valentine's Day e-cards here: www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/chari...
February 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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batconservation.bsky.social
🦇 (1/2) In response to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s speech today: we believe that blaming the laws that protect bats, newts and other wildlife, as well as our wider environment, for planning delays is short sighted and misguided.
Is the government’s planning reform bad for bats? - News - Bat Conservation Trust
Planning reforms risk devastating impacts to bats, here's what we're doing about it and how you can help.
www.bats.org.uk
January 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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bug-gwen.bsky.social
What an amazing woman and researcher! www.sciencenews.org/article/mara...
This ‘hidden figure’ of entomology fought for civil rights
Margaret S. Collins, the first Black American female entomologist to earn a Ph.D., overcame sexism and racism to become a termite expert.
www.sciencenews.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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jappliedecology.bsky.social
Take part in our upcoming blog series: Field Diaries!📒🌎🧪

Whether you're an undergraduate #ECR or an established practitioner, we're aiming to highlight your fieldwork experiences across the discipline of applied ecology!🌱🏔️❄️ @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social

Register your interest here: bit.ly/4hoUUIU
January 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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britishecologicalsociety.org
Are you a PhD student hoping to attend an ecological conference or training that could boost your research? Apply for a training and travel grant today. 

Applications for round 1 close on 24 January at 11:59 pm (GMT). 

Find out more about the grant and eligibility criteria:
Training and travel grants - British Ecological Society
This grant supports the training and development of PhD students and postgraduate research assistants.
s.mtrbio.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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cmhmaliani.bsky.social
"There has been a progressive decline in fieldwork-based research and education in ecology over recent decades", precisely at a time when we most urgently need a better understanding of how natural systems work. So sad.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution [paywalled] www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Extinction of experience among ecologists
Fieldwork-based research and education in ecology are under multiple threats and are progressively declining. We call for greater attention to this ongoing loss of direct field experience within the ecology community, as it could have widespread consequences for science and education, ultimately hindering efforts to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis.
www.cell.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM