
Claire Carvell
@claire_carvell
Ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Mum of two. Working on sustainable agriculture, conservation and monitoring of pollinators. Views my own.
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02-07-2015 21:09:28
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Happy #WorldBeeDay! Enjoying a few moments in our fabulous wildflower meadows surrounding the buildings at work UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Wallingford. In just 3-4 years, packed with yellow rattle, buttercup, red clover, oxeye daisy and more. Mown paths providing bare soil for nesting solitary bees


UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme featured on Farming Today BBC Radio 4 Thanks to all the landowners allowing us access for #pollinator surveys and to volunteers submitting data! Find out more ukpoms.org.uk/home and look out for our Annual report 2023 coming v soon! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

🐝🦋🪰 On Farming Today, Dr Claire Carvell explains how taking part in UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme is helping to tell us how our #pollinators are faring over time ⤵️ 🎙️ Hear more from Claire this week in our next podcast episode! #VolunteersWeek #CitizenScience Claire Carvell

🎙️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘇𝘇: 𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟬 🐝🪰🦋🪲 It’s not just bees. Flies and moths are key pollinators too. Discover what the number means in our new podcast episode, out tomorrow!✨ Search for Counting the Earth 📲 Sue Nelson RHS Garden Wisley UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme

Such fun recording this podcast with the lovely Sue Nelson in UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology wildflower meadows. Thanks to RHS Garden Wisley for taking part and embracing UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme #FITcounts! #volunteersweek podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/cou…


If you've enjoyed our new annual report ukpoms.org.uk/reports or listened to the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology pollinator podcast audioboom.com/posts/8517522-… please do keep in touch by subscribing to our e-newsletter, the latest edition of which went out today ukpoms.org.uk/subscribe


Bee inspired! Heard our latest podcast episode and want to help monitor pollinators? 🐝🪲🦋 Download the FIT Count app and spend 10 minutes watching flowers and insects in good weather! 📲 buff.ly/3KwilSb #pollinators UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme



We’re going to #Groundswell2024 this week! Drop by our stand to discover how our science & tools are helping farmers yield benefits for biodiversity, climate, soil health & crop production 🪲🌽🌱🚜 Visit us on Stand DFB31 Groundswell ➡️ groundswellag.com


The #TUKFS #foodsystemspf UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology panel session @groundswellaguk is about to start. Sharing insights on how to make research work in practice for regen ag



A big thank you to everyone who connected with us at #Groundswell2024! Whether we discussed our free e-tools for environmental decisions, the AMI system for biodiversity monitoring, #AgZeroPlus, or pollinator surveys for UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, we appreciate your interest!🌱🦋🚜


Thanks to everyone who joined the Biodiversity Bimbles Groundswell with ADAS Buglife Bumblebee Conservation Trust and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology exploring insect diversity in the margins and flower mixes. A great way to celebrate Insect Week. More on #FITCounts here! ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts


A little more sunshine today for a lovely lunchtime #FITCount and welcome distraction from the news! Solitary bees diving into the knapweed flowers, bumblebees moving between these and the nearby buddleja UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme


Wonderful couple of days with Helen Bostock and the lovely staff and volunteers at RHS Bridgewater and RHS Harlow Carr talking #plants and #pollinators! Despite the grey skies we managed a few UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme FIT Counts 🐝🌼🪰 #BeesNeedsWeek UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology


It started with a freakishly insect-free dinner in Sicily. Back in the UK, I wanted to find out more. Is this the #insectapocalypse? 🦋🐞🪳🪲🐜🪰🦗🦟 Where have all the insects gone? via Financial Times on.ft.com/4dytDlv

It started with a freakishly insect-free dinner in Sicily. Back in the UK, I wanted to find out more and wrote about it. Is this the #insectapocalypse? 🦋🐞🪳🪲🐜🪰🦗🦟 Where have all the insects gone? via Financial Times Where have all the insects gone? via Financial Times on.ft.com/4dZrvmR
