#thicktrunktuesday Jan 2021 picture of one of the very oldest Oaks of #Richmond Park in the snow, in High Wood. These veterans were here before the Park was created by Charles I in 1625. He could have ridden by them.

Hey folks! I am searching for a postdoc or research scientist (with BS/MSc) to lead a project on pollination biology and pollinator behavior in blueberries. Find out more here: rachelmallinger.com/join-the-lab.h… and apply by March 15. Please share!

Do you work with traits? Would you like to create these fancy plots but they are too complex?
You can do them now (along with other analyses) with 'funspace', an R package created with Giacomo Puglielli and Nicola Pavanetto.

Delighted to see this paper finally published! Thank you to Jens Svenning, the fantastic coauthor team, and to Science Magazine. [1/14] 🧵

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

#thicktrunktuesday as Storm #Isha ripped across Britain, many trees will have been toppled, but the Fallen Down Oak in #Richmond Park is a reminder of Oak’s resilience - this tree was flattened many years ago but lives on and thrives, just horizontally rather than vertically.

Imagine meeting someone who was alive when Stonehenge & the pyramids of Egypt were built 5,000 years ago.

Daft yes? Well what about a tree that was alive then, and still is. The Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of California 🌲

Wimbledon and Putney Commons Winter Talk 2024
Tuesday 6th February at 7.00pm. 'Wimbledon and Richmond – A Refuge for London’s Botanical Gems” with Dr Mark Spencer, an internationally respected botanist.  More info including how to book your place: wpcc.org.uk/wintertalk24

Hunt's Bumble Bee (𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘪) foraging on Smooth Blue Aster flowers

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

#thicktrunktuesday Boxing Day - the Royal Oak in snow (not today, alas).

This is so insane. And so so true.

🚨New paper🚨

So excited our research into the impacts of landscape-scale pesticide exposure on bee health is published in nature. Huge thanks to my co-1st author Jess Knapp and MajRundlof and all in PoshBee Project

The paper: shorturl.ac/7cckv

What’s this all about? 🧵

Word of the day: oniscophagous — woodlouse-eating. You’re welcome.

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🌳 This black mulberry tree in Greenwich Park stands out for Daniella, Partnership & Community Engagement Officer.

🗣️ “I just wonder how much it’s seen over time and it is lovely that we are being introduced to it now.”

🎥 Watch on to learn more.

#NationalTreeWeek

Research by Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen Sophus zu Ermgassen has helped to balance development with nature recovery by informing England's biodiversity net gain policy.

Watch his full finalist video for the NERC Impact Awards: youtu.be/I8kqAUpyniM

#OurEnvironmentOurFuture

Great observations of honeybees stealing pollen of flower-visiting wild bee species.

At Lille Vildmose elk, red & roe deer 🦌 are keeping the open landscape free from trees. In the forest, bison 🦬 & boar 🐗 add their dynamic disturbance to the mix.

With a recovering wolf 🐺 population, this is a landscape getting wilder by the day.

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