Scientist, naturalist, environmentalist, gardener and author.

Joined July 2014
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Alas, I think my position is now a no-deal #Brexit on condition that we have a binding new #referendum on leave-stay. I’l vote stay!
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20 Sep 2018
My (early) birthday cake this year. What else do you bake for an entomologist?
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Wales is the first country to have a complete B-Lines map! buglife.org.uk/news-and-even… #Wales #Pollinators #GetInvolved
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Author and ecologist ⁦@Prof_CThomas⁩ discusses #conservation and #ecology as we enter into an era of abrupt #climatechange soundcloud.com/lastborninthe…

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5 TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR POSITIONS IN LIFE SCIENCES @helsinkiuni . DL 31 Oct 2018. helsinki.fi/fi/avoimet-tyopa…

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NEW EPISODE: I speak with ‘Inheritors of the Earth’ author and ecologist @Prof_CThomas in ‘Inheritors Of The Earth: Approaching Conservation In The Anthropocene’ soundcloud.com/lastborninthe…

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Unfortunately it's not going to be available in green #OpenAccess for a whole year :( but if anybody on #teammoth doesn't have access and wants to read it, pop me an email or a DM and I'll send you the PDF!
Paper published! Proud of this study and very pleased to see it in print. Comparing #metabarcoding to #microscopy for detection of #pollination, using #moths. With @Kitson_James @RichardFoxBC @davelunt @mjopocock @DarrenMarkEvans @NCLNEG onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Pls RT: Lethal moles traps dotted everywhere amongst rough grassland/orchard @nationaltrust Bateman's House. When will we stop slaughtering harmless wildlife that causes us the tiniest inconvenience? #PeoplesWalkforWildlife
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Defra minister: "Today’s figures... are evidence that our strategy for dealing with [TB] is delivering results" Report from which he took the figures: “these data alone cannot demonstrate whether the badger control policy is effective in reducing bovine TB in cattle”
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Herbicide, fertiliser and insecticide overshoot: why field margins don’t support more wildlife
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New episode with #ecologist and author @Prof_CThomas on #conservation in the #Anthropocene - out Monday.
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14 Sep 2018
My beloved Tansy beetle has a new site in Norfolk! insideecology.com/2018/09/14…

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Woohoo Chan's megastick with its official Guinness world record for being the longest insect @ento_ben
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This is the worlds smallest known flying insect - Kikiki huna - parasitc wasp! Honest.... #hymenoptera #collections #nature
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Another insect on the British species list x.com/AndrewSalisbur2/status…

#EnqOfTheDay @The_RHS Western Conifer seed bug - large -2cm long bug, native of N. America, established in S. Britain. Feeds on pine sap, especially the cones. Several enquiries over the past week rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PI…
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A lot of dead wood in Germany: beavers and ash dieback responsible. Biodiversity thriving.
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the paper is much stronger now that the authors have incorporated my suggestions
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Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment: Headline reports and technical reports 2016-2017 to 2017-2018 Results for the 8th & 9th year of the #MENEreport, which provides #data on how people use the #natural #environment in England published today gov.uk/government/statistics…
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Friday essay: the rise of the ‘bin chicken’, a totem for modern Australia ow.ly/nafT30lJFt7 via @ConversationEDU

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