Congratulations to @jacknunn.bsky.social & to all involved for a highly collaborative effort in generating 10 actionable recommendations to strengthen #CitizenScience.

@scienceforall.bsky.social · last mo.

Science is being politicised, defunded & drowned in disinformation. Citizen science is one of our strongest defences — keeping knowledge in public hands. Our paper is out today: 10 recommendations to strengthen it. doi.org/10.1371/jour... #CitizenScience #Science

Today (Weds 27th) is your last chance to book your #WhereWhereWedgie 2026 survey! The 2nd (final) raptor surveys are all over #Tasmania, this Fri-Sun. Details & bookings naturetrackers.au/projects/whe... #NatureTrackers #Citizenscience #conservationscience 🌏🧪🦅🌿 📷 Mick Brown

#Tasmania #citizenscience #threatenedspecies #conservation #conservationscience #nature #NatureTrackers #wedgetailedeagle 🌏🧪🦅🌿

Clare Hawkins@clawkins.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tasmanians! Isn't the best way to catch up with friends, family, colleagues on a trip in the great outdoors? How about a raptor survey? Book into #WhereWhereWedgie on any/all of Fri-Sun 15-17 & 29-31 May. 1st weekend deadline's *tomorrow* (Weds). Details & bookings: naturetrackers.au/projects/whe...

Tasmanians! Isn't the best way to catch up with friends, family, colleagues on a trip in the great outdoors? How about a raptor survey? Book into #WhereWhereWedgie on any/all of Fri-Sun 15-17 & 29-31 May. 1st weekend deadline's *tomorrow* (Weds). Details & bookings: naturetrackers.au/projects/whe...

A very well-deserved nomination!

Society for Conservation Biology Oceania@scboceania.org · 4mo ago

Todd Dudley, conservationist & founder of the NE Bioregional Network has been nominated as a Tasmanian local hero. For the Skyline Tier Ecological Restoration project Todd pioneered a method of pine plantation restoration which has recovered 700+ ha of restored plantation. #ConservationOptimism

Today is World Wetlands Day, around the world. It marks the signing of the intergovernmental Ramsar Convention on Wetlands by most countries, including Australia, in 1971. Unfortunately... [1/2] 📷 Blackmans Lagoon, Waterhouse We recorded Australasian bittern boom calls (=breeding) here this season

So hard to read; both for Madagascar, a country I came to know well in the 1990s, & for Australia just as politicians battle furiously over any potential improvement to nature protection laws. Species & numbers details via the IUCN Red List: www.iucnredlist.org/search #EPBC #ExtinctionMatters

#ExtinctionMatters

Ecological Society of Australia@ecolsocaus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

After 40 years of extinct status in South Australia, the Murray crayfish is back! Darren Willis speaks about Glen, who shared the cultural significance of the project to First Nations peoples in the area, on day 2 of #ESA2025. #southaustralia #crayfish #ecology

Birdsong is not only beautiful, it’s also full of information. This is where Acoustic Monitoring comes in. Will you support the development of this new and important work? Find out more and donate today ➡️ www.bto.org/acoustic... #bioacoustics #ornithology

NUMBER 3 WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE (Tasmanian *obviously* 😆)

Australian bird of the year! A tiny feathery hiatus from the grim day-to-day | First Dog on the Moon

(unless you are a bird)

theguardian.com

In Hobart this Sunday? Your ears are very much needed for this special BITTERN QUEST! Help check CallTrackers' haunting recordings from around Tasmania—tentatively identified as likely the 'boom' of an Endangered Australasian bittern—in order to... #nationalscienceweek #citizenscience #bioacoustics

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania now offers yet another fantastic tool… #Tasmania #insects #nature #TakeACloserLook

Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania@insectsoftasmania.bsky.social · 12mo ago

"True Bugs by Colour" is now up and running after a year of preparation. We have around 250 named species of Hemiptera and they are now sorted into a rainbow of shades. We hope it helps you track down the name of one of your locals! tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/ins...

#NatureTrackers' big #news! 🧵 with @btobirds.bsky.social #bioacoustics #acoustics #citizenscience #CallTrackers #Tasmania #conservation #science #conservationscience #wildlife #monitoring #nationalscienceweek #STEM #ornithology #birds #curlew #threatenedspecies #biodiversity #nature 🌏🧪🦇🪶🦉🌿🎙️

Clare Hawkins@clawkins.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This season, we can announce a new call recogniser in the software: for Critically Endangered FAR EASTERN CURLEWS, seen but rarely heard in #Tasmania. It recognised calls from our 1st recordings near curlews, at dusk & dawn. Where else will #CallTrackers detect them? #news 🧪🌏🪶🌿🎙️ 📷 Elaine McDonald

If you contribute to CallTrackers' annual surveys for #Tasmania 's 'noisy but elusive' species (like bats & the Endangered Australasian bittern)—you get to use @btobirds.bsky.social's Acoustic Pipeline software. Increasingly accurately, this can flag likely calls of these species... #citsci 🧪🌏🪶🌿🦇🎙️

Learn all about it for #NationalScienceWeek! Every Sept-March, you can help monitor wildlife across #Tasmania & learn more about your more elusive neighbours, by borrowing #CallTrackers’ state-of-the-art recorders from various libraries. Find out more in a workshop: naturetrackers.au/news/spring-...

Tasmanians! Getting into the massive #NationalScienceWeek buzz? Maybe you've already booked into a 'Discover CallTrackers' acoustic monitoring workshop, or 'Bittern Quest'? Details in #NatureTrackers' calendar—see August: naturetrackers.au/about/events... But ALSO... #CitSci #STEM #Tasmania 🧪🌏🌿🎙️🪶🦇

It's a difficult concept & a *nightmare* choice (& I want more invertebrates) but still - let's give more fab species a big boost! Vote! Vote! Vote!

Meet the contestants for Australia's top underrated animal

Move over, roos and emus — this National Science Week, we're looking for the most underrated Australian animal. Meet the contestants, and vote for who you think should win.

abc.net.au

Step 1: find out who’s living there *before* you bust up its habitat! Eg 5 threatened burrowing crayfish burrow only in small areas of land in #Tasmania, often vulnerable to compaction & destruction eg by cattle & housebuilding www.threatenedspecieslink.tas.gov.au/Pages/Result... #extinctionmatters

Biodiversity Council@biodivcouncil.bsky.social · last yr.

Invertebrates, like bees, worms and spiders, play many vital functions in our ecosystems. But almost 1,000 Aussie invertebrates are threatened with extinction. We asked Assoc Prof Kate Umbers from Biodiversity Council and Invertebrates Australia how to help 🐝 #insects #conservation #CitizenScience

Affected predators include Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles (details: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) These poisons are widely for sale at eye-level in Australian hardware stores; much more carefully regulated elsewhere. Advice & action here: www.actforbirds.org/ratpoison #Tasmania

Endangered Australian top predator is frequently exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides

Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) used to control mammalian pest populations cause secondary exposure of predatory species throughout much of the world…

sciencedirect.com

Associate Professor John White@johnwhitewildlife.bsky.social · last yr.

Just a little reminder on rat poisons. They don’t just kill rodents! Second generation anticoagulant rodenticides are killing native predators the world over. Think twice, maybe even thrice before using SGARs.

new 🦇 print 📸 i've been having an Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) come by right at sunset the last few nights and making some very fun echolocation & social calls 😍 along with the usual crew of big browns (dm if interested in prints) 🍃🔊

#Tasmania #conservation #dogs - what a combo! Scientist, conservation dog handler, & fabulous communicator Nic Gill is speaking in Hobart this Thurs. Find out more about her here nicole-gill.com/about/

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Nic Gill@tasbiophiliac.bsky.social · last yr.

Wanna hear me info-dump on conservation dogs? 🐶 Are you in Hobart? 🏔️ You should come to this on Thursday! 🥳 For more details, check out the Tas Field Nats site: tasfieldnats.org.au/event/detect...

Many of Australia’s invertebrates, which include insects and other animals without backbones, are doing it tough. You can help by taking simple actions, like planting local native flowers, leaving part of your garden ‘wild’, or switching off outdoor lights 🐝 #invertebrates #insects

Nearly home - about to hop on the overnight ferry as the next leg of my #FlightFree #BirdNerdRoadie trip from #ICCB2025 in Meanjin/Brisbane to Tasmania, & farewelled by a beautiful black-shouldered kite… 🪶 (almost never seen in TAS)

A fascinating set of publications, including these findings from an app rather like eBird for night-time lights. #CitSci #DarkSkies #SaveEnergy #Conservationscience 🌏🧪

Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺@skyglowberlin.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · last yr.

Fifth, the publication of our #Nachtlichter team where we report on our #CitizenScience observations of a quarter of a million lights: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00239-5 (5/8)

Waiting at Brisbane Roma St Station to start the first leg of my #NatureNerdRoadie trip home to Tasmania, & realising I’ve never wondered how long-billed birds drink out of shallow puddles… #WildOz 🌿🪶

More details on the power line risk model for Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles - how it was created, & how it’s used. #Tasmania #wedgetailedeagle #conservationscience 🌏🦅🪶🌿🧪

Overhead power lines kill millions of birds a year. Scientists found a way to help cut the devastating toll

As electricity networks expand, the risk of birds becoming injured or electrocuted by power lines increases. How can we protect them?

theconversation.com

Exciting news in the world of #Tasmanian #WedgeTailedEagle conservation! #Tasmania #conservationscience 🌏🦅🪶🌿🧪

University of Tasmania@utas.edu.au · last yr.

Our researchers have developed a powerful risk mapping tool to help prevent fatal collisions between endangered wedge-tailed eagles and overhead power lines. The model is already helping guide conservation strategies across Tasmania. Read more: utas.au/Tracking_

They were all #ICCB2025 *fantastic*. The context of #conservationscience can be a bit 😳 but each scientist had us laughing, & following along with all the science AND maths 👏👏

Grant Hamilton 🐨@ecologygrant.bsky.social · last yr.

#ICCB2025 comedy at a conference! What more could you want??

Such a beautiful welcome to Turrbal country from song woman Butinga and Aunty Cathryn. Welcoming us to #ICCB2025 with first nations representatives responding in song, and delegates from 90 countries embracing the smoke, the welcome, the deep connection with Country

A plenary of huge encouragement to get the #ICCB2025 conference started from Queensland Chief Scientist & QUT Professor Kerrie Wilson. #conservationscience 🌏