Getting excited about soil biota with Clyde Jones - that’s the micro organisms & animals in our soils - because healthy soils are FULL of life! Living things such as bacteria, fungi, nematodes, earthworms, springtails… obviously #DungBeetles might have featured quite heavily in

🪲The #DungBeetle Conference at Yeo Valley Holt Farm back in June was a truly collaborative event that helped put this tiny beast on the #FarmVet agenda. Read our report--and watch the fab conference video by Stuart Oates !👇 farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/2024/10/31/the… Liz Bowles First Milk

It’s been yet another incredible year on the dung beetle front from running loads of training workshops all over the British Isles to consulting, lecturing, surveying, giving interviews, writing articles & educating on a variety of social media platforms. I even went

We got a nice mention from David Cooil on the latest Meet the Farmers Podcast. David got hooked on the importance of dung beetles after sending a photo of one that he found on his farm to us and then having Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS visiting the Isle of Man. Well worth a listen as always

That would be enough to convert anybody!😉 🪲 💩 👊Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS

30% of dung beetle species are extinct (or nearly) in the uk Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS FWAG SouthWest needing more Regen ruminant livestock to complete their lifecycles 💩🪲🪲

Today I will mostly be floating beetles out of pig poo… With survey season in full swing it’s time to get practical, put the gloves on & head out into the fields. Already collecting some interesting data 👍 #DungBeetles #Biodiversity #SoilHealth #Farming

Great time running a #DungBeetle, pasture & livestock parasite management workshop as part of the Exmoor Landscape Recovery Scheme project facilitated by Savills. After a morning of theory in the barn everyone loved getting hands-on in the field with species identification &

It’s day one of the Swiss #dungathon & I’m hardly off the plane before we find my first new (to me) species of dung beetle - a stunning male Onthophagus illyricus. A truly beautiful beetle with impressively sweeping horns curling back round from his head. Absolutely thrilled to

The host farmers on this Swiss #dungathon are brilliant & I’ve have the lovely Monica translating for me so we are able to have some excellent discussions. What a fantastic opportunity to talk at grassroots about these pasture based systems! 🐄🐄Dung Beetles for Farmers

Dung Beetles for Farmers For those of you unaware, there is an exciting project going on in the heart of Switzerland that is leading an agroecological transformation. This project is supporting regenerative practices in agriculture & as part of that, they want to raise awareness of dung fauna. Obviously

High up in Switzerland the mountain mist & torrential rain isn’t going to dampen the spirits of a Swiss vet & an English entomologist duo - Angela & I are against the clock on a dung beetling mission! #SoilHealth #DungBeetle #biodiversity Dung Beetles for Farmers

It’s been an interesting trip to Switzerland to meet vets Angela Gimmel & Martina Meyer who are going to continue the conversations about parasite control in livestock within their industry. It’s been an amazing opportunity to work with a great group of Swiss livestock farmers &

Day 1 Groundswell & it’s great to see #DungBeetles are in force already at FarmED!! 🐑🐄💩👍 join our workshop Wed 23rd July farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/dun… Dung Beetles for Farmers

Great to catch up with the FarmED team at Groundswell. So looking forward to running this #DungBeetle workshop! It’s going to be a great day & you don't need to be a farmer to come along - let's all delve into the incredibly fascinating world of dung & get to the bottom

It’s the end of Groundswell 2025 & I was able to catch up with the legendary Regen Ben to discuss if there will be a lasting legacy from this year’s discussions… #dungbeetles #groundswell2025

I was honoured to deliver my keynote presentation on the vital role of #DungBeetles/livestock within calcareous grassland at the 20th Eurasian Grassland Conference in Finland @unioulu. It’s been an absolute privilege to share the stage with such impressive scientists as Prof.

Today, I’m mostly finding dung beetles in northern Finland… #DungBeetles #XXEGC2025

Spreading the dung appreciation on the GrasslandEDGG excursion to Hailuoto - 2 new #DungBeetle enthusiasts from Poland, Karol Wałach & Hubert Brol 🌾🐏💩🪲❤️ #FinlandDungathon

Dor dung beetle season has officially started. I rescued this gloriously beautiful young fellow from a bucket of water. Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 Dung Beetles for Farmers