Found a leech swimming in #Lancaster canal today. Horse leech? #ukwildlife

A glorious day on #Lancaster canal. Saw an otter, Cetti's and sedge warbler, roach and perch, and lots of blue-tailed and azure damselflies! #UKwildlife

New paper summarising insights from a recent international initiative to allow knowledge exchange, and inform policy on sustaiable phosphorus management, globally: riojournal.com/article/1939... #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social 🧪

Check out this new global mapping tool to understand nutrient pollution sources to lakes across the world! www.ceh.ac.uk/press/new-gl... 🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

It's that time again! If you are an aquatic ecology researcher and want to connect with your community, come to #BESAG2026! Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2026 - British Ecological Society share.google/OKvdAolB85om... 💦🧪🚣‍♀️🐟🦠🧫🦆🐬🌊 @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social

The spring bloom of diatoms is well underway in #Windermere. Another great day out with the #WindermereScienceFestival. More sun today, lots of beautiful #Asterionella in the samples and surface temperatures slowly increasing. #Freshwater #Lakes #AquaticEcosystemsGroup @ukceh.bsky.social

Looking forward to another fun weekend at the #Windermere #Sciencefestival. Boats are ready and we even have some microscopes to look at what we find in there! @ukceh.bsky.social #AquaticEcosystemsGroup

Long-term data from UKCEH reveal that Windermere has warmed by 1.5°C in the past 80 years. Find out more as TV presenter Helen Skelton joins our scientists on the lake to see this work in action: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/worryi... 🧪

A beautiful mayfly #UKwildlife

Great to see the local rivers trust at a village fair today, with volunteers sharing their care for freshwater wildlife #UKwildlife 🧪💦

This is part of a bigger #LakeScienceLive campaign led by my institute, @ukceh.bsky.social See: lakesciencelive.ceh.ac.uk We are also promoting the role that the public can play in gathering evidence of algal blooms using the free Bloomin Algae app. 🧪 💦 🚣‍♀️

My lovely friend Clare @_claredyson is running this brilliant programme to build skills and confidence in women to enable them to get out into nature. Find out more here: womensadventureacademy.com

Fantastic start to the @riverflies.bsky.social sampling season at Hall Beck on the river Kent. Lots of lively larvae of #stoneflies, #mayflies and #caddisflies, including our first #Ephemera at this site. #citizenscience #freshwater

Another weekend and more #citizenscience with @theriverstrust.bsky.social and #GreatUKWaterBlitz sampling and observing the #RiverKent in Kendal. Beautiful day for it, low flows and nutrients, but lots of filamentous #algae #freshwater #rivers

I saw my first fledgling blackbird of the year today. It's always such a lovely moment. In honour of that brave little soul, I did a drawing. #UKwildlife #drawing #art

A lovely afternoon by Lancaster canal. The aquatic insects are emerging - alderflies (𝘚𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴) and caddisflies (𝘎𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘴, I think) #UKwildlife #freshwater

Found this beautifully marked early thorn moth, giving me the side-eye! #ukwildlife #moth #insect

I've been trying my hand at zendoodle drawing, so here is my zen-dragonfly 😊 #art #drawing #wildlife

What could the future for #lake #ecosystems be? Exploring positive future visions and pathways to achieve them as part of the @water4all-eu.bsky.social #PLURALAKES project applying the @ipbes.net #NatureFuturesFramework in the English #LakeDistrict #UKCEH_AquaEco

Check out this new blog on an exciting collaborative project that aims to map out pathways towards positive futures for lakes: www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res... 💦🧪🚣‍♀️ #UKCEH_AquaEco #lakes #freshwater

New study gives insights into the composition of coastal legacy wastes: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social #pollution #coastal

A beautiful afternoon at #Windermere

Really proud of PhD researcher @mollylouisefowkes.bsky.social for this podcast on her research. Molly is studying the social behaviour of European eels using telemetry and network analysis. Have a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6RxA... #PhD @lancasteruni.bsky.social #ecology #fish #research

A beautiful winter day on Windermere (UK) today. If you are ever there, look out for our research boat, the John Lund. The crew will be collecting vital data on the lake ecosystem. #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social

Never gets old - a Herring gull doing its "worm charming" dance #ukwildlife

Are you a part of our Special Interest Group community and thinking of attending our 2026 annual conference? (say yes, it’s really fun 🤩) We would be eternally grateful if you could fill out our google form survey to help us shape the 2026 event itself! ⬇️ forms.gle/sYPRkuPZCNg2... Thank youuu 💧🔬🦐

Coming to #BES2025 this week? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We'll be there too! Come find us at the Meet the SIGs session! 🌊 📍Mezzanine 🕰️ 6-7pm We'll then head to the pub for drinks and food for a joint social with Teaching and Learning & Quantitative @bes-quantitative.bsky.social SIGs! 🍻 📍Fox & Faun 🕰️ 7.30pm

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New study led by @ellie-mackay.bsky.social shows how organic nutrient fractions can stimulate the growth of algae in rivers, and explores the predictability of this effect across the UK. share.google/qKtTDE0BMOF1... 🧪🦠🏞

Beautiful reflections on Lancaster canal today. Love the effect when rotating the image 😍

Learn more about our Cumbrian lakes monitoring with this YouTube playlist! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #freshwater

🌊 This year we marked 80 years of monitoring the Cumbrian lakes and held the 10th Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum. With so much focus on Windermere, the event highlighted the vital role of independent, long-term science in understanding change & guiding restoration. www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

The beautiful, vibrant wildlife art of @bernoid.bsky.social 😍

Check out this new blog from my amazing #UKCEH_AquaEco colleagues! A summary of a recent, innovate and highly impactful sustainable phosphorus summit, in Ghana: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @ukceh.bsky.social #phosphorus #waterquality #collaboration #sustainability

🌊 This Fri (7 Nov) 4:30 pm PST / 8:30 am GMT, DOST-PCAARRD & UKCEH host a joint webinar: Science and Governance of Lakes – Perspectives from the Philippines and UK. Hear experts discuss sustainable lake management & modelling for resilience. Register: bit.ly/pcaarrdukceh... 🧪

Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems. It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎 🧪 1/

It was a privilege to talk to Tristan Gooley when he was researching his latest book; The Hidden Seasons. We talked about life underwater! #freshwater #ecology #NatureWriting

A spooky scarecrow sketch for Halloween 🎃 #drawing

A bit of autumn #wildlife. Not sure at all, but maybe stubble rosegill and autumnal/November moths #ukwildlife

New paper uses 1D lake modelling to explore the extent to which floating solar panels could offset warming-related impacts of climate change: www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kma... #FloatingSolar #FPV #ClimateChange 🧪🌊☀️

I love an angle shades. Always worth pausing to give them consideration 👌 #ukwildlife #moth #insect

A little dragonfly sketch, for relaxation purposes #drawing #SciArt

Not a great picture, but a male migrant hawker from #Lancaster canal today #UKwildlife #dragonfly #insect @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Another great BES-Aquatic Group conference this year at ZSL London @zslofficial.bsky.social! If you don't already, follow us on Mail-Chimp and here on BlueSky for UK aquatic science news and meetings! @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social britishecologicalsociety.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

at #BESAG2025 we had a great artist, Oliver Leger (www.olivierleger.co.uk), exhibiting his art which was an intersection between science and art. He gave a wonderful interactive talk too! #art #science #sciart 🧪💦💧🌊🧑‍🎨

Tom Smith from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is our #BESAG annual prize winner for outstanding contribution for his career stage! well done, Tom, and great talk too! #BESAG2025 #aquatic #marine #freshwater #bodysize #ecology #evolution 💦💧🌊🧪🌍

the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪

We would love to stay in contact: you can sign up to our mailing list, follow us on bsky & join us for the annual BES meeting, and for next year BESAG conference! let' talk & share #aquatic #marine #freshwater #ocean #brackish 💦🌊💧🌍🧪

#BESAG2025 #ECRs price winners:🥇Rosie Williams(prize from @funecology.bsky.social) & 🥈 @ap3489.bsky.social (@zslofficial.bsky.social price)!Rosie: sea surface temperature, pollution and infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins & Adam: how bioturbators benefit C and nutrients