11/ #UEACEEC21 #Sesh4 Our work shows the importance of separating floral "visitors" from "pollinators", since modern "visitors" had roughly equal tongue lengths that did not match spur lengths, while "pollinators" (those with pollinia) showed much bigger differences.

#UEACEEC21 #Sesh4 In #bumblebee colonies, the queen and her workers compete for the right to lay male destined eggs. This leads to aggression, egg eating and occasionally the death of the queen. How colonies remain stable in the face of internal conflict is a question of interest

#UEACEEC21 #Sesh4 2.5 million years ago a speciation event began across an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean…. Discover how colonisation, gene flow and adaptation shaped evolution across these islands (A thread, 1/6)🦤🧬🦠🏝🐦🤥 doi/10.1098/rsos.201146

11/ #UEACEEC21 #Sesh5 For farmland birds we can test predictions. We know winter survival is important, can we improve population trend by providing food through agri-env schemes? Broadly yes – but strength of effect varies by species, landscape and scale besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Now is peak peat buying season - DON'T DO IT! Buy peat free compost, or make your own, for the sake of our precious planet. Pls RT youtube.com/watch?v=saPh5-…

Man I dig this study. It's about cats & has real value for the world. To owners who let cats out: Some easy steps help protect local birds: a high meat diet, a bit of daily play, & Birdsbesafe collars. Cat bells don't do anything. Avoid puzzle feeders! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A general principle in ecology - everything is connected. Killing rodents has consequences beyond the reduction in 'pests'. We should know this already. Great research from RSPB and others.

It's #WorldBeeDay2021 I could try to pick some favourites but that would be unfair on the others, so here are all the British and Channel Islands species (c285 spp) flickr.com/photos/6307520… They are all special.

A thread where farmers shared their sightings of farmland birds and it shows that UK farms are crucial habitats for some threatened species. We need to inform #sustainable farming practices to support their #conservation and partnerships between scientists and farmers are key

Eight curlew nests hatched across my Breckland study sites over the bank-holiday weekend. Decent vegetation growth throughout May and warm June weather means conditions look good for fledging. Let's see what happens.

Birthday Time! 30 Years of #Bats - It’s time to reveal our bat-themed birthday bonanza - a whole month of batty themed activities for everyone - Bat Conservation Trust celebrates our 30th year! #BatFest is back with a bang! bats.org.uk/news/2021/07/b… #30YearsBats

Great to see Dr. Dara Stanley's important work, showing that #neonicotinoid pesticide exposure at field-realistic levels can impair the crop #pollination services provided by #bumblebees, reaching 200 citations: nature.com/articles/natur… nature #Ecology #Conservation 🐝🍏

Biodiversity and climate change are not major challenges of the future, they are happening now. Let's hope the world's governments step up to be leaders and take action now COP26 #COP26

It's #NationalHedgerowWeek! Join us as we celebrate the unsung heroes of nature and all they do for wildlife and us. For more information and to see how you can get involved, visit 👇hedgelink.org.uk/campaign/natio…

#NationalHedgerowWeek is back! I can unashamedly chat hedge all week :) The poll was close enough that I think I will just try to talk about everything hedge So here goes - a #PracticalHedge thread 🧵 I'll talk about each stage of a hedge lifecycle

It’s #NationalHedgerowWeek 2022! Excited to celebrate this amazing habitat that is home to so much wildlife 🐍🐞🐝🦋 🦔 Tonight’s first talk: growing the hedgerow homes of the future The Tree Council People's Trust for Endangered Species eventbrite.co.uk/e/hedge-makers…

I think many would disagree with the idea that the latest #COP28 draft text is "progress"… This just in from Al Gore: "COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure…this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word."