It's balsam bashing season 🌿 🌸
Himalayan Balsam is a pesky invasive plant. Whilst pretty, it can cause havoc in woodlands with each plant able to produce up to 800 seeds per year.
Live near #Drumnadrochit? Join the gang at #UrquhartBay this Saturday & get bashing 👇
A group of 9 IAPETUS DTP PhD students
Final @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference of my PhD. Thanks to Heriot-Watt University for organising & hosting! A good @newcastleuni.bsky.social turn out! @sagencl.bsky.social
#crayfish friends - are you sitting on primary data on crayfish populations?
we are looking for partners in a global trait gathering programme. Currently have 50+ contributors from a full global spread but looking for more!
Please dm me or email me j.south@leeds.ac.uk
Please share!!
Congratulations to @jahardwick.bsky.social on his first #PhD paper out today 🎉🥂 James has reviewed the impact of non-native plant species on river bank erosion rates 🏞️🪻🌳🪴🌍
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
UKCEH scientist Eleonora Fitos measures a survey plot in a flowery meadow
📣 #HiringNow: Seeking 3 x experienced Field Botanists or Field Ecologists for a 6-month full-time role starting in April.
Your expertise will support the ERAMMP team delivering a national field survey across Wales.
Apply by 25 Jan: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CEH_Careers/...
#UKCEHJobs
New paper! 'Integrated management of the raw water transfer invasion pathway'.
This paper shows the incredible scale of the pathway in England and Wales. Pathway stakeholders must support RWT information sharing.
www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2025/1/MBI_2025_Waine_etal.pdf
#invasive #freshwater
Lots of PhD studentships available with
@iapetusdtp.bsky.social
See the link for projects with colleagues and myself!
#findaphd #PhDposition
zarahsinthefield.com/home/project...
A photograph of an upland landscape in northern England with text over it. Title reads: “Expert input needed for multi-taxa biodiversity research project across northern England’s uplands”. Subtitle reads: “Species, habitat or regional specialists please contact franky.rogers@uea.ac.uk”. Logos for the University of East Anglia, RSPB and ARIES DTP in the top right corner.
Do you have knowledge or expertise in taxonomic groups found in the UK’s uplands? I’m looking for naturalists to contribute to autecological analysis as part of a #biodiversity audit assessing impacts of land-use change across eight of northern England’s protected landscapes 1/4
Dove Marine Laboratory was looking particularly picturesque this morning!
Diagram showing how tree species diversity can influence understory plants through changes in microclimate which in turn affects phenology and nectar and pollen quantity and quality. This may affect pollinator visits and plant fitness
📣 Fully funded PhD project supervised by me & @philstevenson.bsky.social within @treesdla.bsky.social on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators. Nice mix of fieldwork in Finland & pollen and nectar chemistry 🐝🌼🌳🌲 🧪🌍 Apply by 20 Jan www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
Hi! Please could I be added if there’s still space? Thanks! 😊
PhDs being offered across the Iapetus DTP for an October 2025 start:
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
Please broadcast details of our Diversifying Talent Scholarship scheme too:
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
@ukri.org #BlackAFinSTEM #firstgen
Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2025!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course Identiplant & courses from external providers), for Plant Study & Research.
Our Grants page also lists other grants that we think might be of interest to botanists:
bsbi.org/grants
Thank you!
