At the World Biodiversity Forum this week. Come hear me talk (on Weds morning) about working with smallholder farmers to protect agrobiodiversity, or just catch me over coffee to chat about how we can work together for transformative change #WBF2026 #biodiversity #transformativechange 🌏🌿🐦🐝🌾

If you're interested in what I had to say in my public lecture at @uniofreading.bsky.social last Wednesday, you can now view it on YouTube - link below #ecologistlife #academiclife #publiclecture #earthday 🌏🌿🐝🐦🎓 www.youtube.com/live/O1V-9BG...

Nature or Nourishment? | University of Reading Public Lecture

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Ocean surface temperature back at 21 degrees according to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Climate Pulse. Record high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be interesting to watch over the coming months 🌊🌡️🧪⚒️

I'm in that sweet spot in my life, where a UK-India journey regardless of the direction of travel, always makes me "homeward" bound! #traveltales #ecologistlife #grateful 🌏🌿🐝

If you are interested in #biodiversity #monitoring & use emerging technology like #imagerecognition, #droneLiDAR, #acousticmonitoring or #cameratraps, please fill in the survey(s) in this thread. It helps us understand incentives & barriers to use of new tech in #species & #habitat monitoring

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🌿 We need your input to shape the future of biodiversity monitoring! The MAMBO project is running a series of short surveys to understand what incentives and barriers exist around the use of the project's developed tools for biodiversity monitoring. Find all surveys in the thread👇

A bit more #biodiversity encountered over the last week. From abandoned wasp nests to buzzing wild bee hives to butterflies & dragonflies, our road trip across Tamilnadu & Pondicherry was an entomologist's dream & an ecologist's paradise 🌏🐝🌿 #ecologistlife #allinadayswork @uniofreading.bsky.social

A free hospital serving India's rural community. The 93 year old doctor featured here is my aunt - my inspiration, my guiding light, my North Star youtu.be/qwgFf4D5q5Y?... #thiswomancan #ageisnobarrier #NorthStar ✨️🩺👩‍⚕️🌏

93-Year-Old Doctor & Team Provide Free Surgeries Worth ₹5 Lakhs in Remote Hosur Hills

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Biodiversity highlights of the week include getting good shots of the white-cheeked barbet and the swift moving carpenter bee on my phone camera #whitecheekedbarbet #carpenterbee #ecologistlife #workperks 🌏🌿🐦🐝 @uniofreading.bsky.social

Mike & the Moringas!!! Field visits this week have been a veritable feast of fruit & veg harvested directly from the plants & trees in the fields & orchards. This is just an example of a happy colleague in a Moringa orchard with his own personal harvest! #ecologistlife #workperks #traveltales 🌏🐝🌿

Farmer workshop key msg: while 50% practice #EcologicalIntensification (EI) without any incentives, 100% would be willing to adopt EI if given the right training & support. How do we get #policy & #business to incentivise EI to boost #biodiversity & #livelihoods? 🌏 @uniofreading.bsky.social

A week of non-stop work travel incl cancellations & delays, meant an exhausted arrival in India this morning. All it took to find my second wind was this baby squirrel that needed some TLC. Hoping to foster for a few days until it can learn to manage on its own #ecologistlife #indianpalmsquirrel

It's lovely being in Chennai for Pongal - the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu celebrating our farmers & produce with gratitude for the seasonal sun & rain that ensure a good harvest! Happy Pongal everyone!🌽🌾🍯 அனைவருக்கும் இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் 🎋🌾🫜 #Pongal #harvest #farmersday #பொங்கல் #உழவர்திருநாள்

Two funded PhDs wt me @uniofreading.bsky.social, Oct 2026 start, via AI-INTERVENE (research.reading.ac.uk/ai-intervene/) 🌏🐦🌿🐝 UK Wild Bird phenology wt Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social Computer Vision & Plant-Pollinator Networks wt @tomaugust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social Deadline 12 Jan2026

Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍 Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

A lovely weekend with @piedflynet.bsky.social on Dartmoor. Walks in nature & talks with friends. Food for the soul❣️ #timewithfriends #ecologistlife #naturetrails 🌿🌏🐦😊

Fully funded PhD for UK students working wt me at @uniofreading.bsky.social, Prof Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social & @btobirds.bsky.social Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM

Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Funded 4-year PhD available 🎓. Project titled “AI in the Museum” working with historic bird data 🐦 from Madagascar & supervisors at @uniofreading.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social Deadline 9th Nov 2025. Apply at www.mfccdt.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ #AIinResearch #Ecology #Climate 🌏🌿

Wild honey bee hive in my aunt's garden. I'm not sure if it's Apis indica or Apis cerana (too big & too many tiers for it to be A. florea, me thinks). Abandoned since the monsoon started but isn't she a beauty? 🌏🐝🌿❣️ #beehive #wildhoneybees #gardensurprises #indianhoneybees #simplejoys

My colleagues @uniofreading.bsky.social asked me what I thought of the "Impact" that our research generates. Here's me talking about my experience in this area🌿🌻🐝🦋🌾🌟 youtu.be/9epi_JI1ohw #science ➡️ #evidence ➡️ #stakeholders ➡️ #codevelopment ➡️ #implementation ➡️ #impact

Impact at UoR | Deepa Senapathi

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Two months away from my office, I came back to a combination of congratulatory messages on my promotion & condolences for my Dad passing away... and a change on the door. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the love & empathy from my colleagues. THANK YOU @uniofreading.bsky.social #lovewhereyouwork

Can Nature & People Thrive Together? 🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍 An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌡changes in the city of my birth vs. the town where I now live. Mid summers day🌿 not just the longest but might be the hottest day of the year so far, in England ☀️ Days >30°C, avg for tropical Chennai, are becoming more common in temperate Reading, too! 🌏 #showyourstripes #midsummer #climatechange

🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿 We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025! Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges. Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... 👀 🫵 🔜

Climate Change and Biodiversity: BES Climate Change SIG Annual Meeting 2025

The first in-person annual meeting of the British Ecological Society Climate Change Ecology Group.

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Am interested in new nerdy ideas for YouTube videos. These either explain a concept in conservation or ecology or explain a conservation project. These have something to show. Please say if at #ICCB2025 and would like to discuss an idea. youtube.com/@bill_suther...

Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why it is important for conservation. My hope is to increase the unders...

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House Martins nest building outside my bedroom. Despite the mess, the window cleaning will now have to wait until the chicks have fledged & flown! Hope it's a good year for their home & family 🌍🐦 #birdsoutsidemybedroom #housemartins #nesting #springtime #simplepleasures

Lovely spring day in Wiltshire helping my PhD student calibrate her radio tracking equipment whilst listening to skylarks, watching corn buntings, meadow pipits & yellow wagtails & soaking up the sunshine. 🌍🐤🌞 It was a day that was very good for the soul! #ecologistlife #dayout #fieldwork 😊

A short but significant report on emerging threats & opportunities for pollinator conservation, we've worked on @uniofreading.bsky.social with Bee:wild is out today in time for #WorldBeeDay 🌍🐝 It's been picked up by @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bees face new threats from wars, street lights and microplastics, scientists warn

University of Reading report says conflicts including war in Ukraine among 12 most pressing threats to pollinator

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The weather is a bit mixed this weekend but #pollinator FIT Counts might be possible in sheltered, sunny spots. Here's a Green-veined White butterfly enjoying a rather wind-swept dandelion. This is a target flower for FIT Counts - read more on the PoMS blog ukpoms.org.uk/delightful-d...