Had a great time running another #DungBeetle & sustainable parasite management workshop today - superbly hosted by the fantastic FarmEd. Everyone learnt a lot, found dung beetles & took an important message back to their farms… #soilhealth #biodiversity #livestock

Join me at @realfarmed.bsky.social for a day of #DungBeetles - what they do for us & what we can do for them 💩 From carbon sequestration to sustainable parasite management, this is a workshop you can’t miss! www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...

Yet again livestock are increasing the biodiversity by supporting food chains both above & below ground… 🐄💩🪲🪱🐦‍⬛🦇👍 Want to learn more about the benefits of #DungBeetles & sustainable parasite management? Book a workshop &/or a dung beetle survey: www.berrycrofthub.com/contact-form...

Looking forward to Groundswell again this yr where I’ll be running #DungBeetle safari’s, chairing a panel, joining a panel & presenting Particularly proud of my team for this session presenting the case for how ecologically important livestock are in our countryside groundswellag.com/sessions/the...

Sad to leave Switzerland with all their beautiful cows & fantastic #DungBeetles. Am hitting the ground (so to speak rather than litterally) running from the minute I land. Next stop is Wales…

Proud to be the key note speaker at the RASE Livestock, AD & Soils Demonstration Day hosted by Wilts College & Uni Centre. This is going to be an incredibly interesting & informative event! 📆Thursday 12th June 🕙 10:00–15:00 📍 Lackham Campus, Wiltshire SN15 2NY www.rase.org.uk/event-inform...

Today I will mostly be floating beetles out of pig poo… With survey season in full swing it’s time to get practical, put the gloves on & head out into the fields. Already collecting some interesting data 👍 #DungBeetles #SoilHealth #biodiversity #farming #livestock #science #entomology #carbon

Join me at @realfarmed.bsky.social for a #DungBeetle & Integrated Parasite Management training workshop - Wednesday 23rd July 2025 www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d... #soilhealth #farming #livestock #biodiversity

Something brilliant is happening in Stroud - the incredibly talented @ATMstreetart is immortalising a curlew just in time for #worldcurlewday 21st April! Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻‍♀️ atmstreetart.com

Spectacular views from the office window this week whilst surveying grasslands with my pilot Tim. I’m focusing on permanent unimproved calcareous grassland as it is an incredibly rare & rapidly declining habitat, particularly special due to its high biodiversity & carbon sequestrating abilities.

Am greatly saddened that DEFRA is stopping SFI & they have now closed the scheme to new applications. SFI supported nature, our environment & food production. It was one of the best agricultural policies going promising a fairer future for farmers & a greener future for our country.

It’s been another incredible dung beetle year! The highlight was being awarded the British Entomological & Natural History Society’s gold medal. Working together with farmers & landowners there many positive changes at grassroots & beyond. #DungBeetles are now very much part of the conversation 👍

Grey seal pups are born in Scotland & along the east coast during the autumn/winter. They can’t swim for several weeks from birth until they moult their white coat which is not waterproof. Common seal pups are born in June/July & able to swim from birth as moult their coat whilst still in the uterus

Hello 👋 my name is Sally-Ann Spence. I am an entomologist who specialises in #DungBeetles & the habitat they live in.