Almost back home after an amazing 12 days in Mpala, Kenya, teaching our MSc field course. So much life.

Learning about the biodiversity of Mpala in Kenya, with the @liverpooluni.bsky.social MSc Global Change Ecology and Evolution course. Just found this handsome leopard tortoise in our camp.

Early spring on Ynys Môn: Lesser celandine, common whitlow grass, sunlight in Bryn Celli Ddu.

New #OpenAccess work by @pierretichit.bsky.social, @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv found continued expansion of invasive #carabids across elevation and habitats on sub-#Antarctic South Georgia. doi.org/10.1111/icad.70064 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

A Norfolk Winter Solstice.

It's that time of year when I'm frustrated by being asked to review multiple papers, but I don't have my own papers written and submitted 😬

One of multiple S hemisphere plants in GB that we would like a talented PhD student to study! See link for funded NERC ACCE+ PhD opportunity at Liverpool: www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

ACCE+ DLA Programme: From South to North: Evaluating Current and Future Invasion Risk of Ornamental Plants from the Southern Hemisphere at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA Programme: From South to North: Evaluating Current and Future Invasion Risk of Ornamental Plants from the Southern Hemisphere at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz@inadehn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Muehlenbeckia complexa in its native range in New Zealand. Identified in our recent Horizon scan as one of the potential top next invaders in Britain - these pictures illustrate why. nonnativespecies.org/non-native-s... @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social

Revealing links between herbivore release and soil mutualist enhancement in an invasive plant: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Reassociation of specialist herbivores with an invasive plant selects for reduced allocation to soil mutualists

Invasive plants often escape specialist herbivores and can evolve to reallocate resources to growth from defense, but reunion with specialists can reverse this evolutionary trade-off. It remains u...

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Barcoding non-native plant species on South Georgia: doi.org/10.1111/1755...

Phylogenomic Barcoding of Soil Seed Bank–Persistent and Wind‐Dispersed Non‐Native Plant Species in South Georgia

Climate change and invasive species are leading drivers of biodiversity loss, with island ecosystems being especially vulnerable. South Georgia, a remote sub-Antarctic island, is 170 km long with app....

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Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob... @liverpooluni.bsky.social

▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa 2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors 3️⃣ 117,229 new records 4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions

The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database

GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...

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As usual, @markavery.bsky.social has it right. Things are not getting better for our wild plants The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment. Your #botany records make a difference!

Mark Avery@markavery.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New GB Red List for vascular plants from @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social is comprehensive revision of 2005 list. Plants are good indicators of the pressures on all our wildlife - things are not getting better. More details: markavery.info/2025/11/05/b...

Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7 Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social

A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.

Donated.

Jack Wallington@jackwallington.com · 11mo ago

As the world is showing, nature has the weakest protections imaginable. Communities buying up as much land as possible for nature remains a top priority. One way people can do this is through financially supporting conservation charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So true #Introverts

This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.

Hi @ukladybirds.bsky.social, this should be of interest.

Alison Copeland@bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Green Iguanas were identified as highly likely to arrive during a horizon scanning exercise (Dawson et al., 2023: doi.org/10.1111/conl...), and it looks they have. Well done on the intercept. 🦎 bernews.com/2025/10/igua...

Controversial opinion: many scientists (probably a majority) are terrible at conversation. Conversation is an art. It requires listening and not simply talking when and however much one wants.

A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.

Alison got first prize for her poster on Bermuda's invader-dominated communities at EMAPI 2025. Well done! @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social

And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!

It's 23:40 on bank holiday Monday, and I think I just finished a grant proposal 😬😴

Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.

What happens to an abandoned golf course.

Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.

In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!

Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).

On the way home, we stopped at Birnam to say 'hello' to the ancient oak. We were treated to two osprey, hunting on the Tay over Dunkeld bridge.