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New research shows that moths adapted to cooler conditions are being lost from parts of Britain as a result of climate change. 🌡️ But increasing the amount of water within habitats could be key to saving these species. 💧 Read now 👉 butrfli.es/40kDl4F #MothsMatter

🚨🚨Super excited to share our new paper showing that pollination rate of brambles is highest at night, thanks to moths! 🚨🚨 #MarvellousMoths journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… University of Sussex Sussex Life Sciences Fiona Mathews Ellen Rotheray Butterfly Conservation 🦋 PLOS One 🧵(1/7)

The heatwave and drought of summer 2022 has had a major negative impact on some UK butterfly species, a study has confirmed ☀️ 🦋 📉 Read now 👉 butrfli.es/40q42EW 📸 : Brimstone (Matt Berry) #SaveButterflies #MothsMatter

A new study, led by RSPB Science, has found that increased use of pesticides and fertiliser is driving bird population declines across the UK and Europe 👉 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… It’s the latest evidence of the harm pesticides are having on our natural environment. 🧵 (1/8)

📢 New paper! We show how alternative foresty management techniques, such as irregular silviculture, can benefit bats 🦇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Stay tuned to see the results on moths next!

NEW PAPER! How do butterflies cope with rising temperatures? Species are either good at physiologically tolerating high temperatures, or good at avoiding them using behaviour, but not both, which is likely to affect how climate change impacts them doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… 1/3

How can we support bat populations in conifer plantations? By seeing the wood for the trees! New research into the effects of #forestry management on #bats by @PatrickCookBC, Daniel Alder, Lisbeth Hordley, @NewsonStuart and David Pengelly 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🎺 PhD alert 🎺 Moorland moths are in decline. Help us help find out why and what we can do about it. PhD based at SRUC Craibstone and co-funded by Butterfly Conservation 🦋. See: findaphd.com/phds/project/u… - deadline 14 January. Louise Ross Lisbeth Hordley Jenni Stockan @PatrickCookBC

📢 Exciting #PhD opportunity to help us find out why moorland #moths are declining and what we can do about it! Project will be based at SRUC Aberdeen and is co-funded by Butterfly Conservation 🦋 🦋 findaphd.com/phds/project/u… ⏰ Deadline is 14th January

Come along to my talk tomorrow at #BES2023 to hear about the effectiveness of wildlife-friendly garden practices on butterflies 🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @RichardFoxBC

A reminder that the deadline for our co-funded PhD on moorland moth declines with SRUC closes on the 14th Jan!

PhDs on moorland moths don't come along often! Don't miss chance to apply - closing date Sunday. Based SRUC Aberdeen campus and co-funded and co-supervised by Butterfly Conservation 🦋. See: findaphd.com/phds/project/u… Louise Ross Lisbeth Hordley Jenni Stockan SRUC Research 🦋

📢 Exctiting job alert! Come and work with Butterfly Conservation 🦋 as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on #climatechange and #butterflies and #moths 🦋🐛💻 Deadline is 7th February. More details here: butterfly-conservation.org/jobs Please share!

New open access Ecology Letters paper showing how insect abundance affects birds, from analysis of monitoring data from 100s of UK sites collected by expert volunteers. Uni of Reading team led by Luke C Evans collaborators Bill Kunin Leeds & RSPB Science onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

📢 Just one week left to apply for the Diarsia Awards! These awards are in memory of Douglas Boyes, and are open for Masters or PhD students to support their research on Lepidoptera 🦋 Deadline is the 31st January! butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/scien…

Good news! Counting butterflies is good for us 🦋💚 The research in collaboration with University of Derby, revealed that taking part in the #BigButterflyCount reduces anxiety by almost 10%, while also improving mental wellbeing. Read the full findings 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…