If we focus on restoring ecosystem processes rather than a reference species assemblage Can we derive general rules? Here we find plant-pollinator networks in grasslands & plant-herbivore ones in woodlands both become more complex with restoration age & area www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Less than a week… To register for a free guidance Webinar for the £10K-£250K Peatland Restoration Grant. Register here for 7/11/25 WEBINAR: bit.ly/4oITBb8 Grant application deadline 14/1/26. More here: bit.ly/4qbX6bT #WalesPeatlandAction #HighNatureLowCarbon @natreswales.bsky.social

A video is now available of the lecture I gave last week to the Linnean Society & British Ornithologists' Club in London, on woodland birds, Marsh Tits & Willow Tits (~45 mins): www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7HF... #ornithology #ukbirding @ukceh.bsky.social

New PhD opportunity: Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @chrissuthy.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew

The annual rarities report from @britishbirdsbbrc.bsky.social, always a good read for a winter evening. But en route, do stop and read a fascinating @britishbirds.bsky.social 'Eye' article from Sula Brookes about developing names for birds in #BSL British Sign Language. Brilliant work.

The 2026 WOS Calendar is now available by post - here’s how to buy: welsh-ornithological-society.sumupstore.com

Lovely day @birdsinwales.bsky.social conference on Saturday. Lots of interesting talks and catching up with friends. Hopefully lots of people inspired to start doing some bird recording. Check out @btobirds.bsky.social surveys here www.bto.org/get-involved... or just use @birdtrack.bsky.social

PhD on carbon and greenhouse gas fluxes in ditches. Supervised by @aquaticcarbon.bsky.social at Uni Glasgow with @peatymike.bsky.social, Amy Pickard (@ukceh.bsky.social ) and me. Get in touch if interested and circulate to potential candidates! 🧪 #GreenhouseGases share.google/lvswIyC9TYg5...

Come and work with the InSPIRE project on understanding how proglacial #peatlands lock away carbon as glaciers recede. Details below for this 24-month post-doc position.

Alongside @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk & @wclnews.bsky.social, we’ve responded to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 's piece on the Planning Bill. He’s right: it’s a grave threat to nature. But we’ve never been silent. We’ve challenged it at every turn & we won’t stop now.

Further ecological illiteracy from #Labour . People need homes but they also need healthy biodiverse ecosystems - healthy planet healthy people. Shame #Labour can’t see this. These things can’t be mutually exclusive. They must do better! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Personally I hope this doesn’t take off as well as Movember or dry Jan

I've just seen him again in his home-range. Now 10 yrs and 5 months old since hatching, and just over 10 years since ringing. Incredible that small 11g birds like Marsh Tits can live for over a decade, whereas small rodents/shrews of similar size live less than 2 yrs.

So excited to see this essay finally out after months of hard work behind the scenes. Here, we ponder what if we redesigned the economy so that it's regenerative and serves all life, rather than shareholder profits? circularbioeconomyalliance.org/wp-content/u...

Hugh Possingham, one of the worlds most respected conservationists, describing how embedding simple tests into practice helps deliver learning and effective conservation. Without testing there is little learning and we don’t know if effective. youtu.be/qcQvYTldF_0?...

The #PragmaticClimateReset is a two part-essay calling for a reset in our approach to climate action. Part I shows why narratives trumpeting the failure of efforts to date are wrong. Part II says that, nevertheless, the climate community now needs to change its approach. 1/n

New review on Forest to bog restoration - wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... . A useful and timely summary. Strong agree with the statement that the evidence is spatially biased to Scotland!

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/AvcB7Aw

"Incidentally, although women have always played a major role in natural history, only 8% of birds named after people are named after women." #womeninscience #envhist #museums #naturalhistory

Some absolutely stunning views for peat depth surveys today. Now that’s what I call a gorgeous Welsh summer!

This is so exciting. Very proud of my husband Dr Andrew Brown, who is an air quality scientist but has teamed up zoologists in the UK and Canada to undertake this important work. #interdisciplinary 🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you know researchers with expertise in forestry/agro forestry please share this permanent lectureship @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. The quality of life in north wales is fabulous: great colleagues & a stunning location. jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Nice to see a population of Royal Fern in full swing during some lowland peatland surveys near Swansea today. A very unassuming site when you first get to it but it hides some great features and nearly 4m of peat in places

Lovely story from the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. This mag is endlessly fascinating – recommend if you're not a subscriber already. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For anyone interested in wild bees (bumblebees and solitary bees), I'm leading a 'get to know your bees' day at The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, on Sunday 3rd August with @clancic.bsky.social. It should be a great day ☺️ See the flyer for further info and booking.

Can’t beat a bit of Nightjar wing clapping. This is indicating probable breeding at this location. Along with the bit of ‘purring’ call you can hear as as well. More info on the acoustic ecology and monitoring of Nightjar by @btobirds.bsky.social here www.bto.org/our-work/new...

It was Indy’s first field day back on peatland e-collie-gist duty after his foot injury. One very happy dog. He also spent some time supervising @mikeshewring.bsky.social to make sure Mike’s work was up to Indy’s high standards

Jean Cors Van Damme (Cors is Welsh for bog so this is in fact a very well thought out and excellent joke, trust me) Thanks to @mikeshewring.bsky.social for the photo of this very normal approach to surveying peat drains

Can’t beat a bit of Rob Brydon Karaoke

It’s be been a heathy few days. Lovely to find an emperor moth caterpillar and Cowberry (lots) on the Blorenge. Nightjar at Beacon hill. Lovely to find two second broods. Some great heathland restoration at this site from Natural Resources Wales.

Not as much of a heatwave this week but I did stumble on this Agelena labyrinthica (labyrinth spider) on my peatland survey travels at Cwmparc. Seemed to be the only one around, and at 530m that’s the highest elevation I’ve ever found one at, so that’s interesting.

Current heatwave expected to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales - analysis - The spike in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say, with the elderly most at risk #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation managing two major restoration projects for #islands important for #seabirds: buff.ly/yfl1Vo2

Lovely to be on Bluesky! We are Exmoor National Park Come explore us! 💚🌳🐎🦌🌊🏵️💚

Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals www.theguardian.com/environment/... This is what the Planning & Infrastructure will mean, if it becomes law. Every single SSSI in England will lose its protected status, as well as non-SSSI sites for protected species.

Astonishing level of ecological illiteracy in this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government.

Please donate to our project that will establish a Nature Investigations Unit for Wales. Thank you to everyone who has donated and supported the project - we are getting closer every day. If you can donate and share this post, please do so - Thank you very much.

BES Welsh Policy Group ECR opportunity www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/poli...

Reducing cash promised to insulate the homes of people on low incomes, while refusing to tax the rich. Unbelievably, this is @teamlabouruk.bsky.social policy. Labour must be bolder or lose the left. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

📖Published📖 Brack et al. describe the potential sources of errors in animal counts that arise from the creation of orthomosaics and discuss future developments needed to deal with them 🐢 🌎 🧪 Read the article here 👇 buff.ly/fInpXPa

1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

Please check out and consider supporting @inccymru.bsky.social crowd funder for an investigative journalism project focused on Wales - www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-w... The scrutiny this would bring to environmental decision making in Wales is sorely needed. Nightjar image 🤷‍♂️ but why not!

Pretty scathing and accurate review of The Planning and Infrastructure Bill proposals from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social This represents a significant regression on current environmental protection. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social were your environmental manifesto commitments just lip service?

#CIEEM Wales conference 2025 will be held online on 16 September. The Call for Papers is now open till 29 April events.cieem.net/Events/Event...