We are currently hiring for a range of #seabird jobs at @birdwatchireland.bsky.social , with a deadline of 22nd March. If you'd like to join our Seabird team this summer see birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...
John Brophy
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A professional ecologists by trade with a particular interest in all things aquatic. trichopteraireland.wordpress.com
This @freshwaterbio.bsky.social #pond restoration training course 25th, 26th June is well worth attending. Learn how to restore degraded existing ponds & #ghostponds with Norfolk Ponds Project founders Carl Sayer & Helen Greaves: www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/pond-...
Pond Restoration Training: 25th & 26th June 2026 — Freshwater Biological Association
Ponds are increasingly being recognised as critical to biodiversity conservation in UK landscapes. This new two-day course will introduce participants to pond restoration science and best practice. Gr...
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🚨 Final day to register for IFSA Annual Meeting 2026! 🚨 Registration closes tonight Join researchers, agencies & practitioners for a day on Ireland’s freshwater science — conservation, management, innovation & discussions shaping freshwater science & our community Register 🔜 tinyurl.com/4z8cse74
UVs from last week’s sample! Harpacticoida, Cirripedia nauplius (with Asterionellopsis glacialis next to it), Pseudocalanus (with Trieres mobiliensis/regia), not sure - Harpacticoida or Cyclopoida (what do you think?). #marineplankton 🦑
Registration for #IFSA2026 closes on 4th March. Don't miss out on an exciting day of presentations and interactions with fellow freshwater scientists in Ireland ifsa2026.eventbrite.ie
Irish Freshwater Sciences Association (IFSA)@irishfreshwater.bsky.social · 6mo agoReminder: Register for the Annual Meeting of the Irish Freshwater Sciences Association (IFSA) 🔔 Abstract submission closes in 2 weeks 15 February 🔔 🗓️ 13 March 2026 📍 @dublincityuni.bsky.social St Patrick's Campus Dublin D09 YT18 freshwaterscience.ie/2026/01/19/i...
⚠️ We've had reports of seabirds washing up. Please report ALL species of dead birds ⬇️ 📍 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/... 📍 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/... 📍 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv... #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
'There's a new campaign to save Ireland's 'gorgeous' hedgehogs after a steep decline in numbers' - @thejournal.ie #NatureConservation #GardeningForNature #Hedgehogs www.thejournal.ie/hedgehog-con...
There's a new campaign to save Ireland's 'gorgeous' hedgehogs after a steep decline in numbers
As well as leaving a little ‘wild space’ in gardens, people have been urged to ‘put away the chemicals and the slug pellets.
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Atlantic Puffins Washing Up Around the UK @dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social If you find a puffin: ✍Log your sighting on iNaturalist - uk.inaturalist.org 🤳If the bird is alive, contact a local veterinary practice who will be able to advise you. #iNaturalistUK #DASSH @inaturalist.bsky.social
This is the price our bays & estuaries pays for agricultural nitrogen pollution. These measures treat the symptom, they don't address the source. This is what the nitrates derogation exacerbates. Is this worth celebrating? Is it a price we're willing to pay? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Cork council to carry out pilot project to prevent infestation of sea lettuce on the coast
The project will place oysters and mussel bags in the water to remove nitrates and reduce the nutrition sea lettuce depends on to thrive
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BUILDINGS ARCHAEOLOGY BURSARY 2026 The National Monuments Service is delighted to invite applications for its annual bursary scheme for a one-year course in buildings archaeology skills@atu-ie.bsky.social @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social @archiremag.bsky.social #ATU #BuildingsArchaeology #ClimatEireitage
🌊 Dive into “Aquatic Ecosystems in the Data Age” with talks on freshwater biodiversity conservation, eDNA biomonitoring, management strategies and more. 📍 Online • Workshops included 📅 See details & register ⬇️ buff.ly/uLDNn9A Registration deadline: 25 Feb @entsocamerica.bsky.social
Aquatic Insects SIG 2026
Register by 17:00 GMT, 25 February
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The FINAL programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day. We are excited to see one and all on Saturday 21st February for a day dedicated to the best order of insects on planet earth 🪲
Bee… or not a bee? 🐝🪰 Meet the Dark-edged Bee-fly. Discover how to spot UK bee-flies and learn about their remarkable (and surprising) life histories in our entoLEARN webinar, on 25 Mar 2026. 🌍 🧪 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1976745510... @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @tonymadgwick.bsky.social
Volume 42 – Brian Nelson, INJ Sectional Editor, Entomology, reviews the species described as new to science in the 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal . Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Entomology #Science
Urban trees are ecosystems 🌳🐞 Join researchers, practitioners & students at the #ForestInvertebrates SIG meeting (5 March 2026). 📢 Abstract submissions deadline this Friday - Submit your research today 🔽 🔗https://buff.ly/lRDem3C
Forest Invertebrates SIG - Join the Programme
Abstract submissions deadline this Friday - Submit your research today
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@bd-stew.bsky.social Explains the Scale, Causes and Consequences of the 2025 Octopus Bloom A new report led by the MBA in collaboration with @pml.ac.uk and @plymuni.bsky.social has revealed that a dramatic population bloom of the common octopus off the southwest coast. youtu.be/h4cf_tgW4QQ?...
The 2025 Octopus Bloom | Dr Bryce Stewart Explains the Scale, Causes and Consequences
YouTube video by The Marine Biological Association
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The programme for 2026 Coleopterists Day is here...
📢 Call for abstracts deadline next week 🌳🐛 Join the #ForestInvertebrates SIG on 5 March 2026 at Hyde Park Learning Centre. Share your research on urban trees, invertebrates & conservation. Optional field visit on 4 March. 🔗
Forest Invertebrates SIG
Call for abstracts deadline next week! Submit your research and join the programme.
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Our December Data Roundup is here! 👏 Riverfly volunteers submitted 384 surveys across the UK! 🎉 #Riverfly #CitizenScience #Volunteers
NEW EVENT 💧 Underexplored Freshwater Habitats in Ireland Dr @hmbarber-james.bsky.social explores overlooked rivers, springs & turloughs using mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies to reveal hidden biodiversity. 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1914939919... @nbntrust.bsky.social @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social
If you're interested in Trichoptera research, you might enjoy our latest special issue, Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Trichoptera zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/4938/
Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Trichoptera
Since 1974 caddisfly researchers have met every three years to share developments on all aspects of Trichoptera research from faunistics, taxonomy, systematics, evolutionary biology, ecology and biomo...
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PhD position in Freshwater Ecology available at ATU Galway. Assessing the effectiveness of 'break the pathway measures' for mitigating water pollution from agricultural land. Would suit ecology, environmental science or agri background www.atu.ie/research/pos...
Postgraduate Research Vacancies - Atlantic Technological University
Discover the postgraduate research vacancies available at ATU
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📣 The Irish Freshwater Sciences Association (IFSA) Annual Meeting 2026 is open for registration! 🗓 13 March 📍 @dublincityuni.bsky.social St. Patrick’s Campus, Dublin A day of research & discussion in a friendly forum exploring the latest freshwater science & management 👉 ifsa2026.eventbrite.ie
Irish Freshwater Sciences Association - Annual Meeting 2026
Annual Meeting of the Irish Freshwater Sciences Association 2026
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📣We're recruiting! The Riverfly Partnership is, hosted by the @freshwaterbio.bsky.social seeking a Senior Development Manager to grow sustainable funding for one of Europe's longest-running citizen science programmes. Passionate about rivers and community science? 👉 www.fba.org.uk/riverfly-par...
Early Permian fossils of caddisfly larval cases
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2y agoWe know these bugs are an ancient line: at least back to the Permian, 300 MYA. We know this because of the casings that the aquatic larva construct. They secrete a sticky silk coating, to which they attach durable materials from their environment. These casings are found in the fossil record...
Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt! From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom. Resources to help us: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
Wed's trip to SW Shrops turned up a big surprise - tiny larvae of the Land Caddis, Enoicyla pusilla. Britain's only terrestrial caddisfly, it is confined entirely to the Wyre Forest area. This discovery is a long way west of that & v. unexpected. So small (<2mm) we nearly missed them. Amazing.
Calling all freshwater ecologists - Connect with peers and share your work at our #AquaticInsects SIG 2026 💧 📍 Online 📅 26-27 February 🔗 buff.ly/Dy9mPG1 #AquaticsSIG26 #Entomology #InsectScience
Aquatic Insects SIG 2026 - Royal Entomological Society
Aquatic Ecosystems in the Data Age Date: Thursday 26 February 2026 (9.30am – 3.30pm) and Friday 27 February 2026 (9.30am – 12.30pm) Venue: Online Our Aquatic Insects Special Interest Group event...
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*Guaranteed funding* PhD opportunity in my group. Work with damselflies, UN global biodiversity targets, genetic data, and NatureScot policy groups; the project will advance comparative population genetics and provide evidence feeding directly to policy. www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Genetic diversity and adaptation: Developing indicators for national and international policy at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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