Not what I was expecting when reviewing my trail camera footage at a badger sett I was monitoring!!! At one of the @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites. @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social
Kingston University Biodiversity
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Work account for the biodiversity onservation work undertaken in and around our Kingston University sites in Kingston Upon Thames in the UK
It's been great using FIT-COUNTs on our sites @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social
UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme@pomscheme.bsky.social · last mo.Our latest Annual Report is out, covering the year 2025 🎉 It includes our latest results & the trend analysis being developed as Official Statistics, plus updates from PoMS partners & volunteers, species highlights, FIT Counts for the National Education Nature Park, & more ukpoms.org.uk/reports
Read all about it. The latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social all about 🦋 and balsam @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social mailchi.mp/e6d5f2a1255a...
Another fantastic day clearing invasive Himalayan Balsam from the Hogsmill River in Elmbridge Meadows. Brilliant volunteers as always, as we waded through a sea of head height stinging nettles on land, to get to the Balsam areas 😀. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Happy #EarthDay2026 . If you'd like to read the story about the biodiversity volunteers @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social from our alumni and students who volunteer with us, check outb this link :) www.kingston.ac.uk/experience/k... @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social
World Earth Day: Kingston University London’s biodiversity community
This World Earth Day learn about all the biodiversity projects happening across Kingston University London's campuses and how our students and alumni are getting
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Don't forgot to book your free ticket for the in person KBN meeting tomorrow during #EarthDay2026 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social at our Penrhyn Road Campus. Here's your link to book. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/32999012375 #EarthWeek @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social
Had a great day yesterday delivering the @ukceh Flower Insect Timed Count training @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social as we start the survey season up again monitoring our sites as part of this national monitoring scheme. 1/4 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social
On this years bird census survey in our woodland @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social our bird survey ecologist found a Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) singing on the latest visit. These are rare but increasing in Kingston. This is one of our Firecrests 😀 @rspb.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Read all about it. Find out who's won the @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social Winter Wildlife Photo competition. Follow the link to our blog: kingstonunibiodiversity.blogspot.com/2026/03/23-0... @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Dive right into @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social 2026 RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch results 😀 Follow the link below kingstonunibiodiversity.blogspot.com/2026/03/18-0... @rspb.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social
Ever wondered why we dig out invasive species or do other work in our woodland? Read our latest Tree and Woodland Management Plan 2026-2030 that explains why we do what we do @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social and how this protects and enhances biodiversity:) mcusercontent.com/b76ea3d0ea06...
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Read all about it, the latest biodiversity events newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social s biodiversity group. mailchi.mp/9e0577f787ea... Lots for everyone to get involved with across out sites 😍@kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Biodiversity at KU
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One video from today's site checks at #KingstonHillCampus an hour or so after sunrise, this is a kind of smoking bench that didn't set off someone's asthma:) #winter @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social (a few photos too in the reply below)
Back in the north bit of our woodland again after 9 years, in the first event of the year, our small but mighty team got a large area clear. We back in 2 weeks to do more. Sign up via my eventbrite to join in 😀 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Read all about it, the latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social 's biodiversity group. tinyurl.com/KUBAGWINTER Filled with events you can get involved with this December and January 😀 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
It was a great day at our sports ground at #tolworthcourt on Saturday, lots of scrub scalloped around shrubby hawthorns and blackthorn trees. No slow worms spotted under the mats, but a kestrel hovering over head for some of it :) Well be back here in the spring for one more session in 2026 🌟
Our next Kingston Biodiversity Network meeting is tomorrow (Wed 22nd Oct 6.30pm Penrhynrd campus. Clattern Lecture Theatre). Free to attend. Find out what different groups are up to in the area that you can help to help nature thrive. Talks on mink, water vole+river restoration
www.instagram.com/p/DPrIuG3DE5... A fantastic day with the volunteers working on the pond (currently dry) at our Kingston Hill Campus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social check out the Instagram story for more photos :)
More and more stands are setting up for #Freshers2025 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social @pomscheme.bsky.social @sosukcharity.bsky.social Come join us and check out all of the activities you can get involved with 😀
Three weeks of chasing butterflies and moths and the results (for our sites are in). Read the latest blog on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social #bigbutterflycount2025, with a lot of help from @kingstonunilib.bsky.social and others. Here's the link tinyurl.com/4mfu4kj3 😀
18-08-2025: The Kingston University Big Butterfly Count 2025 Results
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Back on the Hogsmill for more balsam bashes. Our last one will be at our Sports ground site @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social on the 20th of Aug. Sign up for a lovely afternoon pulling balsam using this Eventbrite tiny url tinyurl.com/4fbf99p6 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social
Hi folks don't forget to sign up to the July Kingston Biodiversity Network Meeting sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kingston-b... @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social we've had a location change- this quick video shows you how to get to the room 😀Pls share and come along @kingstonunilib.bsky.social
Come with me and we'll see a world of pure imagination made real! A world of floristic difference from the monoculture of bamboo that had been here at KSA @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social Check my insta post for more info :) www.instagram.com/p/DLSwCqkioV...
www.instagram.com/p/DLKdmjqou-... Lots of balsam pulled today - check out the Instagram Post with lots more photos. Thanks again everyone, esp for working in this heat! We're back again next month, one mid week session @KingstonSchArt then a Sat session in Elmbridge Meadows. Join us 😀
Read all about it. The latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social mailchi.mp/b90613faa7b8... Some of our #CityNatureChallenge results and details of the next #KingstonBiodiversityNetwork meeting with a talk by @fungiflowers.bsky.social you won't want to miss!
Some shots of the fantastic volunteers today as we cleared tonnes balsam from the right bank of the Hogsmill River and the channel 2. We got permission from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to access the bank via their Sports Ground -thank you 😊 www.instagram.com/p/DKUg5K6IO5...
Back at Tolworth Court Sports Grounds, undertaking mosaic cutting and removal of stone of the woodies ruderal plant species in the meadow area as part of the management there. Avoiding the ant hills on the site as we go. Some of the different species spotted this morning:
Why is it that all of the animals are shoeing up after the #cnc2025 recording period! I'd heard the chaffers in Sunday, but couldnt record or photograph them! But all of the volunteers have done a fantastic job on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites, with 2759 observations...
These are the moments for me that make the unsocial hours and lack of sleep (#AnEcologistsLife) all worth it 😍😄 #CityNatureChallenge2025 Can you see the cranes in the sunrise (a bit different from their wilder brethren. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social
