A journalist in Hawaii interviewed me about my urban ancient woodlands research - here's the article she wrote about it: Utilizing historical data to understand patterns and shifts in ancient woodland species www.botany.one/utilizing-hi...

Utilizing historical data to understand patterns and shifts in ancient woodland species

Researchers found a rise in non-native species, particularly in woodlands near urban areas, indicating potential long-term damage to these ecosystems.

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Out surveying our #urban #woodland today with @woointhewoods.bsky.social! Bit windy but still plenty to see out there, including this colony of ants and what looks like a deer track. #nature #biodiversity

It’s spring! This blackthorn has bloomed beautifully on the living labs today, with a few others just about to burst. I am looking through this grass for a tiny tube dug into the ground. Should have flagged it at the time….

I’ll be doing my talk at @niscifest.bsky.social at 4pm today. A few of my colleagues are here too, with the first speaker starting in 15 mins! Come along if you’re interested. #NISF #NorthernIreland #Ecologi

In a few weeks I’ll be talking about #biodiversity loss, ecological restoration and urban #butterflies including the restoration work we are doing at the @openlivinglabs.bsky.social at the Northern Ireland science festival in Belfast! #NISF. It’s free! nisciencefestival.com/event/how-to...

How to turn urban spaces into wildlife havens | NI Science Festival

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Almost not working outside today (see weather), but lots of analysis completed for our bird song data so far. We will be updated the website with our findings soon!

First day of 2026 that we are able to collect inverts to send for DNA sequencing to @sangerinstitute.bsky.social #BIOSCAN. With the snow last week it wasn’t possible, so now it’s relatively warm we can see what’s flying at the site January! #urbannature #ecology #inverts #bugsky

Prepping the December catch for genetic #sequencing. Most of this plate is the bug Trioza urticae, which are found in nettles and we have absolutely loads at the living labs! Interesting to see their numbers grow over the past few weeks— maybe this is the peak? #nature #entomology #genomics #BIOSCAN

We've just created our first Starter Pack for staff at The Open University (UK)... join us! go.bsky.app/UhqW8VR #OUfamily

Welcome to the official account for the OpenLiving Labs! We are a #citizenscience and #nature restoration project @ #OpenUniversity campus. Please add us to the starter packs, @openuniversity.bsky.social and @oulibrary.bsky.social! Much appreciated 🌼🦦🦋🌳 OLL website: openliving-lab.open.ac.uk

OpenLiving Lab at The Open University

Digital Humanities allows scholars to approach old problems with new means, or to ask new questions that could not have been asked with the traditional means of humanistic enquiry. Whatever the approa...

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