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Populations of wading birds are in serious decline. There are many causes - habitat destruction, over harvesting of shell fish, disease - exposure to PFAS is yet another assault on the health of these vulnerable birds. 🧵 1/6 phys.org/news/2025-02...

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you can now register for the #BESAG2025 annual meeting! 15-15th Sept, at the beautiful London Zoo in London @londonzoo.bsky.social . Grab your ticket now! Students and BES members discounts www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

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www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan... Research from @dice-kent.bsky.social and Woodland Trust in the headlines today 🌳

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💚🐭WarrenFarmNR HARVEST MOUSE NEST SURVEY EVENT!🐭💚Come join us & our friends Dr Sean McCormack founder of Ealing Wildlife Group this Sunday 23rd Feb!🙌🏼 Learn about these amazing tiny acrobats & take part in nest spotting training as we look at our meadow as a potential future nesting site!🐭☺️🌿

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Yesterday, some of the #Chilterns team were at the recently restored Chesham Moor to showcase the power of collaboration through the River Chess Smarter Water Catchment project. (🧵1/3)

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From BBC News, "New colonies of threatened water voles found in South Wales." 🌍🧪 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Calling all young env campaigners and nature enthusiasts: still time to apply for our free Future Leaders course in the beautiful Dales 1-3 April 👇

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If anyone can take 10-15 mins to support Charlotte’s dissertation it would be much appreciated! Please share widely! 😊 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #sustainability #students #survey

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🐇 Next week the Mammal Society are running this webinar on our partnership project surveying Mountain Hares. We'd appreciate any help we can get! 🐇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-in...

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From @theguardian.com, "Eager beavers: rodents engineer Czech wetland project after years of human delay." Find out how much money was saved thanks to nature's best dam makers. 🌍🧪🦫 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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A new blog by BTO’s Máire Kirkland and Chris Hewson looks at their research tracking Nightingales.➡️ bit.ly/NightingaleB... They found birds breeding in the UK overwinter in a very small area of West Africa so show an unusual degree of migratory connectivity. @springernature.com #Ornithology

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The new National Pine Marten Monitoring Programme from @vincentwt.bsky.social is a citizen science collaboration to collect data on pine martens to inform conservation actions. Get involved with monitoring & report sightings. See CJS Focus on Volunteering at c-js.co.uk/CJSFocus#pm

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Visiting a Bird Observatory? Apply for our Young Bird Observatory Visitors programme! 🐦➡️ www.bto.org/ybov #Ornithology #UKBirding

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Toxic chemicals are polluting the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink. With half of all wastewater untreated, cities and governments must step up efforts to #BeatChemicalPollution: www.unep.org/interactives...

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📢 PSGB Conservation Grant Now Open! The Primate Society of Great Britain & Born Free Foundation offer a £1,500 grant to support primate range state nationals working on endangered primate research & conservation. Apply by March 1, 2025:

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Four of the 11 Red Listed British mammals at risk of national extinction are bats #reversetheredday www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/t...

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So excited to be leading a team for the Univeristy Mammal Challenge - ‘The Brighton Beavers!’ Looking forward to boosting mammal monitoring on our campus and seeing what we get up to over the next 12 weeks! #umac2025 #universitymammalchallenge2025 @mammalsocietyyouth.bsky.social

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It was an absolute pleasure to be interviewed by the wonderful Raman. You can watch back the interview (~30mins) at the following link: www.instagram.com/p/DFs82kwxIVy/ @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social @southdownsnp.bsky.social

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Happening tonight! Excited to discuss my Youth Ambassador role with @southdownsnp.bsky.social, being on the committee for the Sussex Mammal Group and the Ecological Society at Brighton Uni, and my new role as an ambassador for @campaign4parks.bsky.social On @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social Instagram!

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The @btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social and @rspb.bsky.social Breeding Bird Survey and Waterways Breeding Bird Survey are now on Bluesky! 🐦🦆 Follow us to find out more about the surveys, including how to take part and our key findings. Posts by the BBS team. #Ornithology #UKBirding #addBirder

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Want to find out about the conservation of Europe's hedgehogs and another punky group of mammals, the Blind mole-rats? Come to the FREE online meeting of @mammalconeurope.bsky.social on 3rd March. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mammal-con.... Pls share! #conservation #wildlife 🦔🌍 @ptes-org.bsky.social

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FUN FACTS about Blind mole-rats: - they're NOT rats or moles but ARE blind - live whole lives underground - dig with teeth NOT SO FUN: The Vojvodina Blind-mole rat is super rare (<1,000 known globally) and 1 of the 5 colonies is going extinct. 🦤🌍 Please help/share. www.geef.nl/nl/actie/sav...

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Hello everyone! 👋 ARC is a UK-based wildlife charity dedicated to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles. We do this through our staff and our volunteers, by working with partners and by influencing others through advocacy, education and increasing awareness. Find out more: www.arc-trust.org

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Did you know that dogs can impact the quality of ponds? 🐶 Our recent blog by Gemma Stride in our New Forest team offers advice on the best ways to enjoy walks with your dog whilst protecting our precious freshwater habitats: freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/the-imp...

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Super excited to be interviewed by Raman for my Instagram Live with @ukyouthfornature.bsky.social on Wednesday evening! Excited to discuss all things nature recovery, National Parks, my pond research, and more! Promises to be a great conversation if you can tune in!

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Such an amazing opportunity for those 20-30 who want to develop as leaders and changemakers, for this fully funded program which includes a residential in the @yorkshiredales.org.uk with @friendsofthedales.bsky.social!

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Britain’s peat bogs store more carbon than rainforests, but many could dry out within 50 years! 😨 That’s bad news for biodiversity, flood control, and our planet. We're working to preserve these vital ecosystems – keeping them healthy and absorbing carbon:

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We are the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland!🐞, Our aim is to further beetle research, standardise and promote recording, and to develop and encourage public awareness and conservation of the 4,000+ species of beetles found on these islands. Check us out: www.colsoc.org

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Brighton First ⚠️ a spider never seen here before! Amazingly there are only two records for Philodromus buxi #spiders in Great Britain. This one was seen and photographed by @pkster101.bsky.social in a Brighton Garden. #Wildlife #Hove #Biodiversity #nature #geodiversity #brightonwildlife

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Our council has been coming together to share voices from across the country since 1936 🤝 Today we’re collaborating to bring about wilder & more diverse National Parks 🏞️ Thanks to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social & @maryannochota.bsky.social for speaking

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🌊🐣 Excited to share the Seabird Monitoring Programme! Join us in conserving our UK breeding seabird populations through data collection and research. 🪶💚 Explore getting involved inland or at the coast at www.bto.org/smp. Together, we can make a difference! #Seabirds #Conservation #Ornithology

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Interested in exploring how class impacts opportunities in the marine & coastal sector? Our Chief Exec @roseoneill.bsky.social will be speaking on her experience growing up next to the coast as well as our work on National Marine Parks 🌊 Get your FREE ticket 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ocean-just...

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Can you help us achieve a total of 100,000 trees planted by the end of Winter 2025, as we mark the 15th Anniversary of the South Downs National Park?

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Serotine. One of my favourite #bats! I have a PhD available, using new methods to find serotine roosts and understand movement patterns. Will help to develop a rabies vaccination strategy: a priority for people and bats! Pls share! www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex... @batconservation.bsky.social 🦤🌍🦇

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Pet fur found in songbird nests contains high levels of pesticides, study finds

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