On 8th May, our coffee morning is in collaboration with @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social group! Get excited about learning how peatlands and wetlands are affected and how they can help fight climate change! When and where: 10-11 am GMT 8th May on Zoom Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happy World Curlew Day! Curlews are tactile, deep-probing foragers. The bill is the longest relative to body size of any European wading bird, and its tip is densely innervated with Herbst corpuscles, mechanoreceptors that detect prey movement and substrate vibration at depth. #curlews

Happy World Water Day 🌊 Covering 3% of land, peatland and wetlands rely on anaerobic conditions to sequester carbon. Drainage can severely damage these waterlogged conditions and continue to emit carbon. Maintaining the water table integrity is essential for their survival. #WorldWaterDay2026

🚨 #PhD opportunity 🚨 Disturbance Impacts on swamp and forested peatlands in southern Québec This project will quantify how disturbances affect carbon cycling and hydrology in swamp and forested peatlands of southern Québec More info here: wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com/Opportunitie...

Big thanks to all our speakers in our thematic session at #BES2025 Past and future resilience of global #wetlands Reminder: you can meet the committee members at the Meet the SIG event later today + join them for the social event at 7:30pm at the Cold Town House! @britishecologicalsociety.org

We have our Thematic Session @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting this week on Tuesday 16th December Past and Future Resilience of Global Wetlands 10:30-12:30 in the Sidlaw Auditorium Conveners: @nickgirkin.bsky.social @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com @alicemmilner.bsky.social

Interested in #wetlands and #peatlands? Want to be part of a growing network to help promote these ecosystems? We are looking for new ECR committee members Email for more information (in link below): www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat... @britishecologicalsociety.org

We are pleased to have a thematic session at this years @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting in Edinburgh December 2025 on ‘Past and Future Resilience of Global #Wetlands’ - we have some excellent speakers lined up and hopefully many wetland folks will attend the conference and present too!

#BogDay is fast approaching bringing the opportunity to celebrate bogs, fens, swamps & marshes. The annual event is held this year on 27th July bogday.org Send details of your events/celebrations to [email protected] - we'd love to share your ideas. #BogDay #CelebratePeatlands #PeatSky

Our #Peatland Resilience workshop was a success! We managed to have 70 participants across in person + on Zoom take part in all components of the workshop! Big thank you to all speakers + participants! @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Reminder: If you're interested in the resilience of UK #peatlands to future climatic and land-use changes - please make sure you buy a ticket and attend our workshop on the 6th May in London or online. More information can be found in the link below. We look forward to seeing you there!

🌿 Peatland resilience under a changing climate 🌿 Join the British Ecological Society & IUCN UK Peatland Programme for a discussion-driven workshop on peatland resilience, policy & practice.

Might be of interest @yorkshirepeat.bsky.social @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social @manxpeat.bsky.social Please RT!

Join us for a workshop: #Peatland Resilience Under a Changing Climate: Place, Policy and Practice! 🗓️: May 6 2025 10:00-17:00 📍: @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in London 💻: online attendance available More details and tickets here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/peat... Please RT!

Yesterday the 7th #CarbonBudget was published. Here is our breakdown of what it says about the role of #Peatlands on the journey to #NetZero and our analysis of what is missing bit.ly/4h3qMC9 UK Peatlands Strategy Progress Report 2024 here tinyurl.com/335kdmwx 📷Natural England, Peter Roworth

Happy World Wetlands Day!! A day to highlight these magical and important wildernesses 💕 These sphagnum mosses like a galaxy of wonder within the bog pools... @scohaboybog.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social

I love bogs. They are stinky, slimy, and utterly weird. They also store more carbon than any other ecosystem, clean water, provide food, and protect unique biodiversity such as meat-eating plants. Are you a big bog lover too?

For anyone who wants to get involved - read more and join our mailing list here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/membership-c...

Excellent turn out for the Peatlands and Wetlands social! @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

Come along and find out more about the #Peatlands and #Wetlands SIG at the Meet the SIGs session at #BES2024

Eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we have a new logo! We rather like the mustard!

If you are headed to the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social conference in a couple of weeks time and are planning on attending our group social on evening of Dec 11 - could you let us know below for catering numbers 👍🏼 Hopefully this will be a good networking event and a chance to meet other peaty people!

Big thank you @wetland-ghg.bsky.social for an excellent webinar today on the @can-peat.bsky.social project: Canada’s #peatlands as nature-based climate solutions. If you couldn’t attend, the webinar was recorded and will be available on the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social YouTube page soon. #PeatSky

I'm delighted to be organising @quaternaryirl.bsky.social this event taking place on 29th November in Dublin. We have keynote talks from three leading experts in peatlands and a host of speakers talking all things #Peat. The event is open to all with no pre-registration needed!

‼️Today‼️We have a zoom webinar from @wetland-ghg.bsky.social at 3pm UK time on the @can-peat.bsky.social project - Canada’s #peatlands as nature-based climate solutions You can still register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PeatSky

We are now on Bluesky! If you don't know us already, we are the #peatlands and #wetlands group of the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social We cover all aspects of peatland and wetland science and policy!Give us a follow and we are looking forward to interact with you all! #Peatsky