Alison Copeland
@bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
π€ 110
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Geographer, plant person, diver.
Happy Canada Day ππ(Saglek Fiord,
#Labrador
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10 days ago
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Ryan Norris
19 days ago
π¦ PhD position! π¦ Join a newly funded research partnership working to conserve endangered butterflies in Canada. Details can be found below.
@onehealthuofg.bsky.social
@uofguelph.bsky.social
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I now believe there are red squirrels at Formby Beach!
#nationaltrustformby
#formbybeach
#nationaltrust
23 days ago
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Thanks to
#nomowmay
continuing at the University of Liverpool, I've just seen some bee orchids by the library!
@liverpooluni.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Bernews
about 1 month ago
More than 1,000 individual plastic items collected from Bermudaβs shores have been transformed into βWhaleen,β a life-size whale sculpture promoting awareness of marine pollution.
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Marine Plastic Debris Transformed Into Whale Art - Bernews
More than 1,000 individual plastic items collected from Bermudaβs shores has been transformed into βWhaleen,β a life-size whale sculpture promoting environmental ocean awareness. A spokesperson said, βTo mark World Ocean Day on 8th June, a striking s
https://bernews.com/2026/06/marine-plastic-debris-transformed-into-whale-art/
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Chester Zoo Science
about 1 month ago
π¦ Skink alert: The recent Ecological Genetics Meeting included a presentation by one of our scholars. He genetically sequenced 183 Bermuda skinks - that's ~7% of the entire wild population! This data will inform conservation work. Find out more:
communities.springernature.com/posts/highli...
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Highlights from the 70th Anniversary of Ecological Genetics Meeting (EGG 2026)
BMC Zoology and BMC Ecology and Evolution were delighted to follow EGG 2026 online. The meeting included 70 participants, 24 talks and 18 poster presentations over three days with time for discussions...
https://communities.springernature.com/posts/highlights-from-the-70th-anniversary-of-ecological-genetics-meeting-egg-2026
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Happy Bermuda Day! π§π²
about 2 months ago
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Botanical University Challenge
about 2 months ago
π±πΎπππΊπ³πΏππͺ³π΄ποΈπ§¬π‘ Only 11 days to go! Let's see how far we can get with the Botanical University Challenge Crowdfunder to support this year's Student Botany Festival in August. Read all about it at:
reading.hubbub.net/p/botanicalu...
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Botanical University Challenge
Help us grow the next generation of botanists
https://reading.hubbub.net/p/botanicaluniversitychallenge/pitch/
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Tulips, Liverpool Chinatown
3 months ago
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Native plants on Bermuda's windward coast. They heat, wind and salt tolerant - they put up with alot!
#IPAD2026
#Bermuda
3 months ago
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Spring flowers! and some pollinators...π
youtu.be/fZM-7P9jHO0?...
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Bermuda Olivewood flowers full of pollinators
YouTube video by Alison Copeland
https://youtu.be/fZM-7P9jHO0?si=1Otz2S10rwggGasK
3 months ago
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The lovely Yorkshire Dales π·
4 months ago
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Lovely sunny day in Liverpool ending with a glorious sunset
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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#marinescience
#internship
at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences for Canadian and UK students. I was an inter there 20 years ago and it was a great experience.
#coralreefs
#stem
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5 months ago
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Botanical University Challenge
5 months ago
π±πΎππΊππ³πMore teams Botanical University Challenge
#BUC2026
. Pennywort Lane team, Liverpool (past runner-up, had a few years rest!), We Havn't Got A Clusia from Portsmouth, You Betula Believe It, Royal Holloway (for 2nd year) & Not-So-Hot Potatoes from Southampton (also past runner-up).
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Poecilozonites getting some press πππ§π²
youtube.com/watch?v=j4HH...
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Bermuda Snail Officially Saved From Extinction Following Global Conservation Effort
YouTube video by IFLScience
https://youtube.com/watch?v=j4HH73-dTJw
5 months ago
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IPBES
5 months ago
OUT NOW! The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers is available now! Explore this first of itβs kind report highlighting methods and actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature. π
https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media
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Leocadio Blanco-Bercial
5 months ago
BIOS SUMMER COURSES ARE HERE! CORAL REEF ECOLOGY: Functional Ecology of Coral Reefs June 22 - July 10, 2026 Instructor: Dr. Eric Hochberg MARINE MOLECULAR ECOLOGY July 13 - 31, 2026 Instructors: Dr. Brett Jameson, Dr. Sheryl Murdock, Dr. Nicholas Baetge Check below!!
bios.asu.edu/education/su...
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Summer Courses
Each summer BIOS offers a suite of courses for both undergraduate and graduate students that capitalize upon the expertise of our faculty.
https://bios.asu.edu/education/summer-courses
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IPBES
5 months ago
This morning at
#IPBES12
ππ§ͺ Delegates and observers meet in the main hall of Manchester Central for the opening ceremony of
#IPBES12
. Once a train station connecting Manchester to the rest of the world, today it opens the session that will culminate in the
#BizBiodiversity
report launch.
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Happy
#WorldWetlandsDay
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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Happy New Year!
6 months ago
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7 months ago
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Sadly with
#invasivespecies
, the more you look the more you find. Adding
#fireants
to the π§π² list.
www.gov.bm/articles/dep...
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources Confirms Presence of Fire Ants in Bermuda | Government of Bermuda
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has confirmed the presence of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Bermuda following a recent discovery in Hamilton Parish. The fin...
https://www.gov.bm/articles/department-environment-and-natural-resources-confirms-presence-fire-ants-bermuda
8 months ago
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St.Luke's Bombed Out Church, Liverpool
8 months ago
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Brilliant to see
@cieem.bsky.social
hosting another symposium on invasive species in the UK Overseas Territories. Sign up is free, here:
events.cieem.net/events/detai...
.
#UKOTs
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Event Details Β Β· Subscribe 360
https://events.cieem.net/events/details/?id=7338ef22-5107-46db-a55a-22584046f830
9 months ago
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Green Iguanas were identified as highly likely to arrive during a horizon scanning exercise (Dawson et al., 2023:
doi.org/10.1111/conl...
), and it looks they have. Well done on the intercept. π¦
bernews.com/2025/10/igua...
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Two Iguanas Found Aboard Ships In Bermuda - Bernews
Thanks to the βvigilance of the crew on both vesselsβ two iguanas that were discovered on ships docked in Bermuda this past summerΒ were prevented fromΒ actually entering Bermuda. An article in Envirota...
https://bernews.com/2025/10/iguanas-found-aboard-ships-bermuda/
9 months ago
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Each hurricane season just keeps getting crazier. This year two storms in less than 24 hours!
youtu.be/8oh01kpYBMQ?...
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Hurricane Imelda Maintains Path Toward Bermuda
YouTube video by FOX Weather
https://youtu.be/8oh01kpYBMQ?si=dpWI-kIFufAZ8wIl
9 months ago
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Beautiful craftsmanship in the Spanish galleon visiting Liverpool
10 months ago
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RSPB
10 months ago
A tiny Coal Tit among the turning leaves... What have you seen in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories with us. π π· Jamie Scott
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Wayne Dawson
10 months ago
Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done!
@bda-biodiversity.bsky.social
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Cool to see Bermudian cave photos on Durham's research update this morning.
#Bermuda
theconversation.com/a-bermuda-st...
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A Bermuda stalagmite reveals how the Gulf Stream shifted β and what it might do as the climate changes further
Sea spray content in a stalagmite sheds light on how ocean currents in the Gulf Stream have changed in the past.
https://theconversation.com/a-bermuda-stalagmite-reveals-how-the-gulf-stream-shifted-and-what-it-might-do-as-the-climate-changes-further-261614?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
11 months ago
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Sunshine after the rain, and ππ. Lake District National Park
11 months ago
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Flowering heather, one of the highlights of British summer
11 months ago
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A fine example of invasional meltdown - a European bird (Sturnus vulgaris) eating and spreading a South American tree (Schinus terebinthifolia) in Bermuda.
#Invasivespecies
#invasiveplants
vimeo.com/1054190320
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Starling eating Brazil Pepper
An invasive bird, the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) eating the berries of an invasive tree, the Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia) at Penhurst Park,β¦
https://vimeo.com/1054190320
12 months ago
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Lab outing on Friday to
#NessBotanicGarden
. The garden is lovely and the butterflies were abundant!
12 months ago
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Two icons of Liverpool in one photo. Mersey ferry in front of the Liver Building
12 months ago
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This is why I loved living in Newfoundland π
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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Just spent 3 weeks in the field watching Great Kiskadees (invasive in Bermuda) choking down Surinam Cherries (also invasive in Bermuda). The entertainment value is high!
vimeo.com/1088918873
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Kiskadee eating cherry
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) eating a Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora) at Walsingham Trust Nature Reserve, Bermuda.
https://vimeo.com/1088918873
about 1 year ago
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Just ran into a Bermuda Government colleague in London, on
#BermudaDay
! π§π²
about 1 year ago
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Best thing at
#RHSChelsea
! Well done Barbados.
about 1 year ago
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add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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Not sure if the kids favourite part of Good Friday is the chocolates or climbing on the roof!
about 1 year ago
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Early morning
#fieldwork
is not so bad when you are looking at this π. The South Shore of
#Bermuda
during tropicbird breeding season and humpback whale migration.
#seabirds
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over 1 year ago
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The
#buybackbermuda
project at Eve's Pond in March 2020 and March 2025. The pond had been filled with dredge spoil for about 50 years, until it was re-excavated with crowd sourced funds.
#wetlandrestoration
#pond
#restoration
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over 1 year ago
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Sunrise
#tropicbird
silhouettes, Spittal Pond,
#Bermuda
.
#seabirds
#birds
#ramsar
over 1 year ago
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South Shore sunrise
#Bermuda
over 1 year ago
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Our (
@waynedawsoneco.bsky.social
) inventory of Bermuda's flora has been published by
@biolinvasions.bsky.social
. Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here:
rdcu.be/edCZ7
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The introduced and invasive flora of Bermuda
https://rdcu.be/edCZ7
over 1 year ago
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Rebecca Senior
over 1 year ago
Are you a practitioner or academic working in rewilding in North East England? Applications now open for a two-day event on the 'Science of Rewilding' organised by the Rewilding Group of the
@britishecologicalsociety.org
Society with
@northwildlife.bsky.social
. Please share widely!
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Exploring The Science of Rewilding - British Ecological Society
A 2-day event on the science of rewilding, bringing together practitioners and academics working in rewilding to foster knowledge exchange in the North East of England.
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/exploring-the-science-of-rewilding/
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