NEW! We've created the most comprehensive map of England's #hedgerows to date! 💡 390,000km of hedgerow on field boundaries 📏 Depicts hedgerow length & height (for 1st time!) 🔎 Reveals areas with highest & lowest hedgerow densities Read more: ceh.ac.uk/press/high-tec… 1/🧵

Our new research finds that spot-on flea treatments on pets are a major source of river contamination with potent insecticides. Also, owners hands are continually contaminated by contact with treated pets. Pls RT (1/2) theguardian.com/environment/20… Rose Perkins PAN UK

You can sequence your archived soils! New paper from a great group of collaborators where we found minimal differences in microbiome composition between air-dried and frozen samples after 8 years (!!) of storage sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

To produce 1.5 million tonnes of salmon the Norwegian salmon farming industry needs 2 million tonnes of wild fish, nearly all caught off west Africa. That’s enough to feed 33 million people. The immorality of it is just breathtaking. feedbackglobal.org/blue-empire-ho…

NEW: Expert scientific evidence rating the effects of 740+ land management actions for their impact on ecosystem services has been published today The evidence is being used to shape Defra UK ELM schemes in England 🌱 Read more: ceh.ac.uk/press/expert-e… #SustainableFarming

My thoughts on the urgent need for better pesticide regulation in the UK. RT if you agree. theconversation.com/pesticides-urg…

Highly confusing move by The Labour Party on dropping a highly popular investment policy that is URGENTLY needed to respond to the biodiversity and climate crises - not like we've just had the first full 12 months >1.5C above average temps...oh wait bbc.com/news/science-e…

Come and join us for an exciting, pioneering project that could help us unlock a way to assess future nature recovery - please send me a message if you're interested! 🌍👨‍🌾

Check out our latest BNG pre-print! 🌱 🏡 In this paper, we detail some of the ways in which #BiodiversityNetGain as it is currently implemented may not have positive outcomes for invertebrates and how this can be addressed 🦋 🐛 🐝 🕷 doi.org/10.32942/X2TP5V 🧵1/

Join our team! We're seeking a Field Assistant for bioacoustics monitoring across our three sites in Oxfordshire. Gain hands-on experience programming & installing audiomoths. Send me a DM before 26th Feb to be considered. Biodiversity Network At The University of Oxford Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/the-r…

Join us at SoGE, University of Oxford or online (below) for what will be a fascinating talk - Edith and her lab have developed 'Soil Chips' that allow for real time video capture of microbial behaviour and decision making - absolutely not one to miss!!

Our work on #ashdieback 🌿 in Wytham Woods was covered by BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight. The frequency and severity of tree diseases is on the rise. It is therefore increasingly important to understand how they impact on ecosystems and how they function. ECI, Univ of Oxford Biodiversity Network At The University of Oxford @yadv

This was a captivating talk that I had the pleasure of hosting on Edith Hammer work recording and visualising the behaviour and decision making of soil biodiversity - not one to miss, watch below!

East Anglia, and especially Lincolnshire, is where much of our food is produced. Like the rest of Britain, the landscape is becoming overwhelmed by deer which are wrecking crops. The return of native lynx and wolves would be the ideal solution. Seriously, why not?

Calling all councils 📢 🌱This #NoMowMay we want to help you celebrate your local natural heritage and its role as a stepping stone to a year-long approach to managing verges and green spaces for nature. 🔗plantlife.org.uk/learning-resou… 1/3🧵

If you treat your dog or cat or rabbit with a 'spot-on' flea treatment, please read this... & please retweet to spread the word. theconversation.com/pet-flea-and-t…

Do you want to inspire the next generation ecologists? 🪱🌱 Take a look at our video and learning pack. It's a great resource for parents and schools alike. eci.ox.ac.uk/news/inspiring… Jed Soleiman ECI, Univ of Oxford Biodiversity Network At The University of Oxford

It was a real pleasure to show Merlin Sheldrake our work to uncover the key ecological actors that drive carbon dynamics in the regen farming system - including how we plan to specifically measure the energy mediated through mycorrhizae! Hopefully more to come soon!

It's voting day in the UK 🗳️ Let's make sure nature is on the agenda and vote to make tangible progress to solving the dual biodiversity and climate crises. Our future depends on it! 🐜 🦔 🌱