The spring bloom of diatoms is well underway in #Windermere. Another great day out with the #WindermereScienceFestival. More sun today, lots of beautiful #Asterionella in the samples and surface temperatures slowly increasing. #Freshwater #Lakes #AquaticEcosystemsGroup @ukceh.bsky.social

A beautiful mayfly #UKwildlife

Looking forward to another fun weekend at the #Windermere #Sciencefestival. Boats are ready and we even have some microscopes to look at what we find in there! @ukceh.bsky.social #AquaticEcosystemsGroup

Another weekend and more #citizenscience with @theriverstrust.bsky.social and #GreatUKWaterBlitz sampling and observing the #RiverKent in Kendal. Beautiful day for it, low flows and nutrients, but lots of filamentous #algae #freshwater #rivers

Fantastic start to the @riverflies.bsky.social sampling season at Hall Beck on the river Kent. Lots of lively larvae of #stoneflies, #mayflies and #caddisflies, including our first #Ephemera at this site. #citizenscience #freshwater

My lovely friend Clare @_claredyson is running this brilliant programme to build skills and confidence in women to enable them to get out into nature. Find out more here: womensadventureacademy.com

What could the future for #lake #ecosystems be? Exploring positive future visions and pathways to achieve them as part of the @water4all-eu.bsky.social #PLURALAKES project applying the @ipbes.net #NatureFuturesFramework in the English #LakeDistrict #UKCEH_AquaEco

Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Check out this new blog on an exciting collaborative project that aims to map out pathways towards positive futures for lakes: www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res... 💦🧪🚣‍♀️ #UKCEH_AquaEco #lakes #freshwater

New study led by @ellie-mackay.bsky.social shows how organic nutrient fractions can stimulate the growth of algae in rivers, and explores the predictability of this effect across the UK. share.google/qKtTDE0BMOF1... 🧪🦠🏞

Happy #WorldLakeDay from the English Lake District. Home to some pretty special lakes and some really great monitoring work #CumbrianLakesMonitoring #UKCEH_AquaEco

Inaugural United Nations World Lake Day — 27 August 2025 Celebrate the critical role of lakes, reservoirs, and ponds in water security, flood mitigation, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. #WorldLakeDay #Lakes #Freshwater #Limnology

In recognition of #WorldLakeDay, here is some beautiful #SciArt from "The fresh-water fishes of China" (1943), digitised for #BHLib by @amnh.org. 🐠 🐡 🐟⁣ #ILoveBHL 🧪 ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12398729

Lakes are essential to life. They hold most of the world’s freshwater, but are degrading faster than any other ecosystem. On today’s first-ever #WorldLakeDay, check the #GenerationRestoration Lakes Portal & learn how you can help bring lakes back to life: www.decadeonrestoration.org/take-action-...

I think we should get a Daphnia costume @thackers.bsky.social...

The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · last yr.

What's exactly in our water? The Daphnia detectives are at the #SummerScience Exhibition to find out. See how these tiny water fleas (Or not so tiny in the case of Dearbhla the Daphnia mascot) are helping scientists to find out: www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gees...

📢 🌊 COUNTDOWN FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION! Days remaining: 29 days (deadline 1st Aug 2025) 📍 ZSL London 📅 15 & 16 September 2025 🔗 Full details: shorturl.at/Otya6 Please share widely! #Marine #Freshwater #Ecology #Research #Microbiome #AcademicConference

#BESAG2025: Aquatic Ecology Group Annual Meeting 2025

Get together with the freshwater and marine research community to hear the latest research, share skills, and build your network!

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New paper: using multiple metrics to quantify the connectivity of lakes to each other, rivers & ponds. The correlations among these metrics can be used to guide how connectivity is included in studies of freshwater biodiversity. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪 #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social

Understanding the hydrological and landscape connectivity of lakes - Landscape Ecology

Context Connectivity is a key property of water, enabling the flow of energy, material and individuals within and between sites. Climate and land use changes can profoundly modify connectivity, yet fe...

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It's #ShowYourStripes day &, inspired by @edhawkins.org, here are climate stripes for surface water temperatures in 4 lake basins in the English Lake District These plots, by @ellie-mackay.bsky.social, clearly show long-term warming of these iconic lakes. #lakes #ClimateChange @ukceh.bsky.social

See this great video by UKCEH about the citizen science app Bloomin' Algae youtu.be/-kfKxBSL2Ks?... Download the app and help mapping cyanobacteria blooms👇 Adroid: play.google.com/store/apps/d... Apple: apps.apple.com/nl/app/bloom...

Bloomin' Algae: a citizen science app to share information on algal blooms

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Day 2 of the #WindermereScienceFestival canoe safari. Another beautiful day with the lake residents taking an interest. Spring bloom of #phytoplankton is underway with lots of #Asterionella and #Tabellaria in the tow sample. @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaticEco

Beautiful morning at #Windermere getting ready for our canoe safari exploring the ecology of this fantastic #lake as part of #WindermereScienceFestival www.windermeresciencefestival.org/whats-on/ @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaticEco

Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · last yr.

This weekend, Ellie Mackay from the UKCEH Aquatic Ecosystems Group will be talking to the community about the ecology of Windermere (by canoe safari!). A great public engagement event! www.windermeresciencefestival.org/portfolio/ca... #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social @ellie-mackay.bsky.social

Hi there, #marine and #freshwater ecologists! Will you join @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social and @bes-microbialgroup.bsky.social at our joint annual conference this September at the Zoological Society of London? 🧪🐟🐧💦🦠🦆🚣‍♀️📈🔬👩‍🔬 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-...

In addition to the 3 x 4-yr PhD studentships and 4.5-yr Senior Research Associate in Biogeochemistry recently advertised, I am pleased to announce we now have a 3.5 year role now open for a Specialist Technician in Biogeochemistry in the same team. 🧪🌿🐌🐟 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...