Attending #BES2025? Join the ALDER, REED, & EDGE networks for our triple festive social 🎄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 📍: Roxy Lanes, Edinburgh 🕐: 19:30 Wednesday 17th Dec We hope to see you there! 😁 More info: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-... @britishecologicalsociety.org

📣New paper on the challenges to understanding the risk of zoonotic disease from wild meat & why this matters for conservation 🦠🦌 doi.org/10.1093/pnas... [glossary included] @wildlifetrade.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social @cifor-icraf.org

"At this time, I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website." --epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

1/ Thousands of species are exploited every year for the wildlife trade. Using birds as a model group, at #BOUasm25 I talk about how colour influences demand on a global scale. My podcast about this topic -> shorturl.at/YsUvL#BOUasm25 #conservationscience🌎, #ornithology, #conservation

(1/2) 🦇 A group of bats can be called a colony, a cauldron, a cloud or even a camp but with 1,500 bat species worldwide (and 18 right here in the UK!), we think it’s time to get a little more imaginative. Surely our brilliant bat species deserve some names as unique as they are? #NameThatBat

Are you an Early Career Researcher looking to take the next steps into editing? 💭🧪 If yes, you might be a great fit as a Research Highlights Editor! Research Highlights are commentary papers that contextualise research within the wider field 📚🌏 More info 👇 bit.ly/4o0bTV8

Proud to collaborate with @cornellbirds.bsky.social on a project to develop cutting-edge bioacoustic technology to advance conservation monitoring in the Global South. Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work. 🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...

Aaaaah! I have invested in 10 different Bat designs printed on Wood that can be used as tree ornaments, or keychains, or any decoration that is pendulous! This is one of the demo proofs – I must wait to share for when the manufacturer has created the actual items.

Next up in the @britishecologicalsociety.org Endemic webinar series, we'll focus on reasonable adjustments in the workplace and at university. Both in the field & in the office, being neurodivergent in ecology can be difficult – but there is help!

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[🌱Cross-post from the @britishecologicalsociety.org REED Network LinkedIn 🌱] REED Ecological Network Survey – We Need Your Voice! 🌿 Open to REED members, collaborators, allies & friends who have been involved with REED 🔗https://lnkd.in/evCcKquF More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/reuben...

[ NEW TEAM PAPER ] 🦇🎤 Passive acoustic monitoring of 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀 holds huge potential, but how do bat counts correlate with actual numbers? Which factors affect detectability? New metrics & models could revolutionize our understanding. Time to standardize protocols & share data! #BatResearch #Bioacoustics

Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Hi everyone, we're the BES ALDER Network 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌳 Follow us for information about upcoming events, opportunities, community stories, & resources Want more info? Join our newsletter? www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join... @britishecologicalsociety.org

🌱🕥🦇 Interested to know more about the habitat use & daily activity patterns of African island bats? New paper led by Ana Filipa Palmeirim conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ricardonature.bsky.social @anasofiabiology.bsky.social

📣 Two weeks to go! 📣 Don't forget to sign up using the link below.

#NEMC2025: Building the UK Environmental Monitoring Community 📣 Be part of the change Whether you deliver, use, or benefit from environmental monitoring, your voice matters. 🗓️ Register by 11 Nov 2025 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati... 🧪

So happy that the first chapter of my PhD has been published! We explored where women exist in tropical wild meat systems, what they do & why. Huge thanks to my co-authors and my wonderful supervisory team 🙌

You read that right- there are now 1,500 official bat species known to science! The Bioko pipistrelle (𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢) was found on Bioko Island in Africa’s Equatorial New Guinea by former BCI Student Scholar Dr. Laura Torrent and her colleagues.

COMING SOON... #WingedWednesday #webinar! On 22nd October, we are happy to host Laura Torrent's webinar: 'What have we learned about Equatorial Guinea's bats - and what remains a mystery?' Time: 3pm southern Africa | 2pm UK | 9am EDT Sign up: lnkd.in/eTsz5eyQ

New OA 🦇 research 📄 Current frontiers in the passive acoustic monitoring of bats @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @bat-cesco.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Highly recommended to any grad students studying bats, I got one of these during my PhD and it was really helpful 🦇

“Nature conservation is not working unless it protects entire ecosystems with all their interacting members—big and small” Fantastic opinion piece on advancing nature conservation to the next level by applying existing microorganism strategies to microbes.

🌳Despite being >90% forested, unlogged forests are rare in Gabon 🌳 This blog by the Forest Stewardship Council covers our work on how logging certification can bolster conservation when combined with protecting unlogged areas fsc.org/en/newscentr... Led by Zuzana Burivalova www.soundforestlab.org

Join us for our next webinar, with @besaldernetwork.bsky.social! Catherine Mercer and Ella Kaye will present their work predicting forest distributions using SDMs, and with @RainbowR, an organisation promoting LGBTQIA+ voices in the R community. Tues 14th Oct @ 11am BST Sign up: bit.ly/3HWpEol

Just under a fortnight left to nominate any amateur naturalists in your life for the H. H. Bloomer award. The award recognises the contribution of people who contribute to natural history knowledge in their spare time. Find out more and nominate by 30 September. buff.ly/RIp7lQ9

🦇 Are you highly organised, self-motivated, discreet and able to communicate clearly with a range of people? We are looking for a Finance Officer, preferably part-qualified or with proven experience in the not-for-profit sector. Application deadline: 9am, 26 Sept: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...

🦇The Badger and the Bat is available to purchase from my Esty shop bizzyillustrations.etsy.com and I will donate 5% sale profits to @batconservation.bsky.social and @kentbatgroup.org.uk with every purchase. Don't forget to ask if you would like me to sign it 🦡❤️🦇

2027 is going to be THE YEAR OF THE BATS! A global celebration of the world’s only flying mammals and the vital roles they play in our ecosystems. ENTER NOW! www.yearofthebats.org

🌱REPORT: Developing Collaborative Solutions to the Intersectional Barriers Faced by Minoritised Ecologists 🌱🌻 Collaborative effort across the @britishecologicalsociety.org community to tackle the unique (& shared) challenges faced by many people in our field Funders: @prideinstem.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

"Opening the Pandora's box of acoustic indices" New research by Larissa Sayuri Moreira Sugai & Raul Costa-Pereira on the dangers of using soundscapes to replace species-specific monitoring in hyperdiverse ecosystems @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

Join the @britishecologicalsociety.org Endemic Network to explore challenges & solutions for fieldwork as a neurodivergent individual & methods to support your colleagues Date: Wednesday August 27th, 2025 Location: Zoom Time: 16:30-18:00 (BST) Free! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/fiel...

pharos.viralemergence.org, whether you want $20 or not.

So we have this database for wildlife disease surveillance, and we made a data standard, and an R and Python package to help you clean your data, and two years in we just still cannot get first adopters, so here’s my new bit: I will personally Venmo you $20 of my personal money to share a dataset

Interested in knowing behind the scenes of the BES Annual Meeting 2025? Volunteering as a Helper at our conference in Edinburgh could be the perfect opportunity for you!

🦠🌿🐦🧪 How can biodiversity monitoring help global efforts in disease surveillance? With ✨ fantastic ✨ colleagues from @viralemergence.org and the @geobon.org working group on One Health, we try to identify three key lessons for the future. 🧵 A short thread! academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Very useful blog on safety in the field, with the focus on marginalised communities. Thank you @zoomingbio.bsky.social and @britishecologicalsociety.org for this piece; mandatory reading for anyone teaching and organising field courses. 🧪 #academicsky #DEI methodsblog.com/2025/06/17/s...

Help set the strategic direction of the BES and join our Board of Trustees🌱 We're looking for a new Trustee to represent ecologists in academic research🧪 Just two weeks left to apply👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/join...

Are you an ecologist looking for funding for your next project?  Round 2 of our BES Grants is now open for applications! 🧪🌍

Panel discussion on representation in environmental science, plant science, and ecology 🌱 [FREE] Wednesday (June 4th) hosted by BioSci Toolkit (Instagram @bioscitoolkit) www.eventbrite.com/e/the-hidden...

Have you got 10-minutes to help us understand more about the impact of cats on bats in Europe? 🦇 🐈 We are looking to wildlife rescue centres, veterinarians and bat carers to take part in our survey. universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

There is still time to sign up for our discussion on Monday with @tabledebates.bsky.social! Come along to @oxmartinschool.bsky.social or join online. www.tabledebates.org/event/counti...

We're now accepting applications for The Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN) 2025! ICN provides an opportunity for ECRs to hone key skills, build networks + work collaboratively to develop cutting-edge research in conservation. Apply here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/app...

NBMP annual report 2024 was published today: second year of concern over short-term trends www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/05... @jncc.bsky.social @wclnews.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @bbcscience.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @nation.cymru

The Anthropocene is characterised by: ⚠️ biodiversity declines ⚠️ extinction of experience ⚠️ declining wellbeing At #BOU2025, I'm talking about how it may be possible to address all 3 challenges 🔗 besjournals.onlineli...#BOU2025, 1/6 🧵 #ornithology #conservationscience #bioacoustics 🔊🧪🪶🌍

📢New volunteering opportunity 📢 BES Macroecology Group is looking for a committee chair to join its team! As part of the group, you will coordinate the committee’s activities, including events and communications. This is a perfect opportunity if you are a macroecologist and an active researcher.

This is a pivotal moment for bat conservation, and we need your help. URGENT: Planning bill threatens bat conservation – ACT NOW www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/03...

🦇 We are looking for Trustees who can bring fresh ideas and new perspectives and are able to join in time to stand for election at our Annual General Meeting in September 2025. More info: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo... Wondering what Trustees do? Read this thread where we break it down.