The #botany of botanical jewellery – for our new exhibition at the botanic garden of the #ruhrunibochum I attempted to identify seeds which are being used by the Amazonian Sateré Mawé for their beautiful botanical jewellery. – Thank you Samela Awiá 🐝 ! #Brazil #seeds #Amazonas

Back from the wonderful America Public Gardens Association American Public Gardens Association conference in Texas 🤠 Many exceptional displays at the Dallas Arboretum and @BRIT_org, home to only accredited Begonia collection in the US! Anyone fancy a 'KitKat'? 😋

It wouldn't be a trip to Scotland without some pre-seabird botanising in Grampian (Aberdeenshire)... My first Lesser Butterfly Orchid! Plus (I think) Early Marsh and Southern Marsh? Help me out, Leif Bersweden and team wildflowerhour! 🙏🏽 #WildflowerHour

I was lucky enough to join the Grampian Ringing Group in Aberdeenshire last week to ring cliff-nesting seabirds as part of their long-term Shag study 🌊 Amazing to ring and see in the hand so many species, including Razorbill, Kittiwake, Fulmar, and Puffin. 1/

#Cornwall has a new Site of Special Scientific Interest (#SSSI) - West Penwith Moors and Downs. The confirmation means that 3,044 hectares of some of the country’s wildest and most dramatic landscape is now protected. Find out more: gov.uk/government/new… 📷 Peter Wakely

A new garden species and a new species ringed for me. Male Spotted Flycatcher! 🌟 I'd never even heard one in our village before this evening! A second bird, presumed female, was accompanying him, so hopefully they're breeding successfully here 🤞

For 20 yrs, I've been visiting The Bird Fair Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust... But the tables have now turned, as this wknd I'll be there with the BTO #BirdRinging demo! Global Birdfair Come say 👋🏽 and hear how ringing is helping our understanding of birds and their conservation! 💍🐦‍⬛🌍

Had a wonderful time demonstrating BTO #BirdRinging at this year's Global Birdfair, despite the challenging conditions at times! ☔️ A true privilege to inform and inspire – just as my own journey with birds began!🐦✨ x.com/Waheed_Arshad/…

Seemingly no shortage of Hirundines in Cornwall. Saw the oddest Swallow nest I've seen at The Lost Gardens of Heligan!🏮

The Build for Birds Live Lesson from The Day - Find your voice and LEGO will be streaming from #WWTLondon on Tues 23rd Jan. Led by Lara Nouri, it will include a tour of our Wetland Centre - all from the comfort of your classroom! Register here: theday.co.uk/build-the-chan…

First ringed nest of 2024. The best time of the year is here! 💚🪺 3 Blackbirds at FS, they must've been nest building mid February!

Great #scicomm project led by my colleague Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard illustrating the dramatic declines of #seabird populations in Norway. The article is in Norwegian but the photos speak for themselves. nrk.no/trondelag/xl/h…

The dimorphic diaspore model Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae):Distinct molecular and morphological control of responses to parental and germination temperatures (Jake O Chandler et. al.) buff.ly/3Vviagw Royal Holloway Jake Chandler Dr Waheed Arshad Noe Fernandez-Pozo RHUL Biology ASPB

IN BRIEF: Playing the field: The molecular basis of fruit morphology-based bet-hedging (Leonard Blaschek) buff.ly/49C8PqC Royal Holloway Jake Chandler Dr Waheed Arshad Noe Fernandez-Pozo RHUL Biology ASPB #PlantSci

What has happened to all the Isle of May guillemots? The first egg was the latest ever but adjusting for that we should still be peak laying now and the cliffs are terrifyingly empty. Even those that have laid don't seem committed and are losing their eggs at an alarming rate.1/2

New blog from #BTOYouth Alicia Hayden exploring bird ringing & birding from the perspective of a woman reclaiming her identity & love for ornithology in a sector that, although joyous, is subject to issues like sexism & bullying.➡️bto.org/community/blog… 🎨🐦

Biggest eye-opener here is that tags are no longer an accurate measure of losses if wildlife criminals are making significant efforts to avoid shooting monitored raptors nature.com/articles/s4146…