The Natural Environment Bill could restore nature across Scotland. 🐦🌱🐝 But there's a problem. Part of the Bill introduces powers that threaten our most important wildlife protections. A nature Bill shouldn't do that! Join us in calling for this to be fixed 👉 action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...

Until Afghanistan is free from gender apartheid, every home must become a secret school, every kitchen a classroom, every living room a place of resistance. zantimes.com/2025/11/10/l...

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🦇 Writing to your MP takes less than 2 minutes and it could be the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to vote to keep Amendment 130: act.bats.org.uk/urge-your-mp... . Read more here: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...

To support jobs across the nations and to protect our environment from new imported pests & diseases, we should only be planting trees that are UK & Ireland Sourced and Grown (#UKISG). The next Scot Gov should commit to meeting UKISG standards in tree procurement & work with industry to deliver.

🦇 This is the last chance to protect species from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Ask your MP to keep Amendment 130: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11...

First results paper from the Restoring Resilient Ecosystems project restreco.com. More to come!

🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social to answer this question! Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline: 7th January 🌳🌰🌲🌱🌤️🌡️

more PhD info here www.linkedin.com/posts/efuent...

📢 PhD opportunity: ‘Understanding the ecological interplay between tree planting and natural processes to create future forests’ 🪴🌱🌳 working on space-for-time & @forestresearchuk.bsky.social large-scale experiment network (LERN) iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

📣 Excited to advertise a new @treesdla.bsky.social CASE PhD project exploring the effects of forest diversity on soil fauna with ecoacoustics. Supervised by me, @evolecollab.bsky.social and Carlos Abrahams @soilacoustics.bsky.social. Apply by December 17th! 🌳🌲🐜🎧🎤 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/nov...

Is there really a strict divide between (active) tree planting and (passive) natural processes when creating new woodlands — or should we be combining both approaches? besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...

New OA 🦇 research 📄 In this review we assess the state of knowledge surrounding #bat #migration across the British Isles and evaluate the impacts of their interactions with #offshore wind infrastructure. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦇 We are recruiting: (1/3) Project Officer to deliver the Protecting Scotland’s Island Wonders project, part of the Species on the Edge project! Part-time + fixed term contract. Home based in the Inner Hebrides with regular field work on Skye. Apply by 9am, 28 Oct: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

🚨Fully-funded PhD opportunity in my group🚨 🧬How does parental ageing shape the next generation?🐾 Find out by studying meerkats! 🧪Epigenetic clocks ✨Bioinformatics 📊Long-term data 🌍Kalahari fieldwork 💡Big evolutionary questions Get in touch or APPLY NOW Please share! www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill returns to @houseoflords.parliament.uk next week. A ‘pay-to-destroy' system will not benefit the economy, our natural heritage or society. We have updated a briefing document, please do share with peers. It is available from www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bio...

#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍 Apply 30th of November su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Really inspirational documentary led by Dr Wendy Masterton @stir.ac.uk "Green Threads: Weaving stories of nature and recovery" vimeo.com/1120244812. Well done to all the organisations involved who do such amazing work. #nature #addiction #greenspace ##MentalHealthAwareness

🎧 What if tracking biodiversity was like mixing music? In #RESTOREID, we use sound to study restored landscapes. Check out our latest blog by @kirstyjpark.bsky.social (@stir.ac.uk) on #SoundscapeEcology 👉 bit.ly/4jGaAZz #Nature #Biodiversity #Ecology

🦇 Last chance to apply for our Bat Groups Officer vacancy - deadline is 10am TOMORROW (28 April): buff.ly/htQ4seF Your role would be to facilitate BCT’s relationships with bat groups; support the Partner Group network; & promote effective communication between the local and national organisations

🌲 Planting trees helps woodland birds—but how and where we plant matters. 🐦 doi.org/10.1007/s109... We modelled how different woodland creation strategies affect 10 woodland bird species in England’s agricultural landscapes. @watts-km.bsky.social @tomfinch.bsky.social

🌳 Nature remembers. 🌿 Happy to share our new paper showing that where species live today isn't just about where habitats are - it's also about what happened there before. 🕰️ rdcu.be/eiVZE @watts-km.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk @tfinch.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social

This lovely piece by BCT is well worth a read. Help debunk the bat tunnel myth when you see it! www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/04...

Eminent Oxford Prof laying into Labour’s appalling Planning & Infrastructure Bill “Nature isn’t a ‘nice to have’, it’s all we have” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Such good fun and very productive...writing retreats are a great way of focussing the mind and getting stuff done. Particularly when you have lovely colleagues!

🦇 Why bats matter? Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world. All British bat species help control insects by feeding on them. In the UK, some are ‘indicator species’, because changes to these bat populations can indicate changes in the environment buff.ly/3Xnm3V3...

Natur am Byth is looking for paid trainees for its species recovery programme, aimed at supporting plants and animals throughout Wales that are threatened with extinction wp.me/p8Mk4U-V2i

Great to see two Stirling Uni students presenting their PhD work at BCTs Scottish conference today. @batconservation.bsky.social @battylisa.bsky.social @srucnews.bsky.social Rochelle Kennedy compared bats and nocturnal insects at mixed & arable farms in NE Scotland. @bats-n-bugs.bsky.social.

Is habitat fragmentenrion good for conservation & bad for restoration?? conservationcorridor.org/digests/2024...

Job Alert! Lecturer/Assoc Prof in Biodiversity, Climate Change & Health Deadline 18th Feb 2025 Join us at UCL People & Nature Lab to lead innovative ‘One Health’ research & teaching to tackle ecological & public health challenges. tinyurl.com/4s2j7fyj

Great to meet up with everyone on the RESTOREID project in person in Antwerp this week to talk about our work exploring the link between nature restoration, biodiversity, and disease prevention; 16 organisations, 6 countries, 2 continents. #HorizonEurope. restoreid.eu restoreideu.bsky.social

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