Dave Williams
@salmonidsguy.bsky.social
The tedious ramblings of a conservationist
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We agree that chalk streams need cherishing.
Perhaps beavers can help?
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Perhaps beavers can help?
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Norfolk councillors demand action on chalk stream crisis | Norfolk Wildlife Trust
62 of Norfolk’s local councillors demand urgent action to protect our county’s rare chalk streams following shelving of Chalk Stream Recovery Pack.
www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
February 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We agree that chalk streams need cherishing.
Perhaps beavers can help?
🧵 ⬇️
Perhaps beavers can help?
🧵 ⬇️
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Different Approaches to Measuring Diversity Affect the Strength of the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Studies: A Meta-Analysis. Freshw Biol, 70: e70002. doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
Different Approaches to Measuring Diversity Affect the Strength of the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Studies: A Meta‐Analysis
The notion that biodiversity begets greater ecosystem functioning is an enduring paradigm in ecology, supported by a growing body of research demonstrating the significant effects of biodiversity ...
doi.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Different Approaches to Measuring Diversity Affect the Strength of the Relationship Between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Studies: A Meta-Analysis. Freshw Biol, 70: e70002. doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
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Please sign this petition to get gay conversion therapy* banned in the EU. The UN considers it mental torture. Any EU citizen can sign. We just need 1,813 Irish ppl to sign to reach the Irish threshold.
Please do sign & support human rights: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Please do sign & support human rights: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
February 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Please sign this petition to get gay conversion therapy* banned in the EU. The UN considers it mental torture. Any EU citizen can sign. We just need 1,813 Irish ppl to sign to reach the Irish threshold.
Please do sign & support human rights: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Please do sign & support human rights: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
This simple solution stops pollution going into the sea
Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
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🔎 Published this month in Science
🦇 Female common noctules largely took advantage of warm nights and favorable wind conditions, such as warm fronts providing wind support, to migrate to their maternity roosts.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🦇 Female common noctules largely took advantage of warm nights and favorable wind conditions, such as warm fronts providing wind support, to migrate to their maternity roosts.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bats surf storm fronts during spring migration
Long-distance migration, common in passerine birds, is rare and poorly studied in bats. Piloting a 1.2-gram IoT (Internet of Things) tag with onboard processing, we tracked the daily location, tempera...
www.science.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔎 Published this month in Science
🦇 Female common noctules largely took advantage of warm nights and favorable wind conditions, such as warm fronts providing wind support, to migrate to their maternity roosts.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🦇 Female common noctules largely took advantage of warm nights and favorable wind conditions, such as warm fronts providing wind support, to migrate to their maternity roosts.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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El derrumbe de la anguila en el Delta del Ebro, quitándoles las unidades para poder comparar pesquerías y seguimiento científico.
80% de declive tomando 2008-2010 como referencia
Con el seguimiento, más fiable, la cifra es más bien 90%
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es, hay que hacer cosas
80% de declive tomando 2008-2010 como referencia
Con el seguimiento, más fiable, la cifra es más bien 90%
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es, hay que hacer cosas
January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
El derrumbe de la anguila en el Delta del Ebro, quitándoles las unidades para poder comparar pesquerías y seguimiento científico.
80% de declive tomando 2008-2010 como referencia
Con el seguimiento, más fiable, la cifra es más bien 90%
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es, hay que hacer cosas
80% de declive tomando 2008-2010 como referencia
Con el seguimiento, más fiable, la cifra es más bien 90%
@saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es, hay que hacer cosas
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We adore live cameras just as much as #Winterwatch – in fact we run a few of them ourselves! 😁
Take a look 👀
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Take a look 👀
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Wildlife cams | Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Wildlife webcams streaming live from Cumbria featuring osprey, seal, garden bird feeder, and badger.
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk
January 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We adore live cameras just as much as #Winterwatch – in fact we run a few of them ourselves! 😁
Take a look 👀
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
Take a look 👀
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife/cams
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
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Good news for bees and insects..
We need more nature friendly farming.
@nffn.bsky.social @wildlifetrust.bsky.social
We need more nature friendly farming.
@nffn.bsky.social @wildlifetrust.bsky.social
Bee-killing pesticides have been banned for emergency use in the UK for the first time in five years after the government rejected an application from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government overturns Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide
Emergency use of Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, to be outlawed in UK in line with EU
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Good news for bees and insects..
We need more nature friendly farming.
@nffn.bsky.social @wildlifetrust.bsky.social
We need more nature friendly farming.
@nffn.bsky.social @wildlifetrust.bsky.social
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Red Squirrel Colony Discovered in Yorkshire Dales www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/R...
Rare Red Squirrel Colony Discovered in Yorkshire Dales
A rare colony of Red Squirrels has been found in a Sitka spruce plantation in the Yorkshire Dales, marking a significant conservation milestone
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Red Squirrel Colony Discovered in Yorkshire Dales www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/R...
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A coincidence?
@davidj2024.bsky.social is reporting a bird decline in his south-west Essex garden.
South East Essex Friends of the Earth has recently expressed concern that weedkiller glyphosate could be affecting insects & driving away songbirds i.e robins, blackbirds & sparrows
#birdwatch
@davidj2024.bsky.social is reporting a bird decline in his south-west Essex garden.
South East Essex Friends of the Earth has recently expressed concern that weedkiller glyphosate could be affecting insects & driving away songbirds i.e robins, blackbirds & sparrows
#birdwatch
Devastating songbird decline: is an Essex council really responsible?
With the huge decline in songbirds, the dawn chorus is now led by seagulls and pigeons in Southend. Is glyphosate to blame?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A coincidence?
@davidj2024.bsky.social is reporting a bird decline in his south-west Essex garden.
South East Essex Friends of the Earth has recently expressed concern that weedkiller glyphosate could be affecting insects & driving away songbirds i.e robins, blackbirds & sparrows
#birdwatch
@davidj2024.bsky.social is reporting a bird decline in his south-west Essex garden.
South East Essex Friends of the Earth has recently expressed concern that weedkiller glyphosate could be affecting insects & driving away songbirds i.e robins, blackbirds & sparrows
#birdwatch
January 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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One headline to rule them all
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One headline to rule them all
Spring is just around the corner.
Roe deer (capreolus capreolus) last spring in the Southdowns.
Roe deer (capreolus capreolus) last spring in the Southdowns.
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Spring is just around the corner.
Roe deer (capreolus capreolus) last spring in the Southdowns.
Roe deer (capreolus capreolus) last spring in the Southdowns.