What a great photo from Andrew Kirby in Somerset of this wee swimming mole!

Excited to find this dark-edged bee-fly over the sunny bank holiday weekend. Will add to iRecord. #BeeflyWatch

It was great to attend the first @redalertcdt.bsky.social conference and launch of @cwbe.bsky.social last week at the University of Bath. The two days were filled with insightful talks from a range of stakeholders, and I had the opportunity to share my PhD progress so far during the poster sessions.

The University of Bath is launching the UK’s first early-warning public health surveillance system based on detecting traces of chemicals and biological markers found in water to act as early-warning system for community health. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement... #Research #Water

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers in the 1990s and early 2000s was linked to reduced zinc and copper pollution as coal use and heavy industry declined, say researchers. Read more about a new UKCEH-led study: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/biodiv... #rivers #WaterQuality 🧪 1/

It's been an exciting year so far for the Red-ALERT CDT, with co-creation research collaborations across Gov agencies, water companies, non-profit organisations, industry and many more; welcoming our first cohort of students & hosting 2 training courses at University of Bath & Cardiff University...