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Catherine Duigan
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Environmental consultant, researcher & non-fiction writer; water & nature; heritage & natural history; women in science; biographer of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter; Ireland & Wales connections; accepts commissions.
https://catherineduigan.co.uk/
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Catherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · Nov 14
Researching the life of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter, pioneering #freshwater ecologist in Wales and North America.
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Who was... Kathleen Carpenter?
A biography of Kathleen Carpenter, a pioneering freshwater ecologist.
thebiologist.rsb.org.uk
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"This deal isn't perfect and is far from what the science requires. But at a time when multilateralism is being tested, it is significant that countries continue to move forward together." Mary Robinson quoted in @apnews.com's final analysis of #COP30 in Belém.
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UN climate deal increases money to countries hit by climate change, but no explicit fossil fuel plan
United Nations climate talks in Brazil have reached a subdued agreement to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to the wrath of extreme weather.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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From #CoP30 to #Cymru - Huge privilege to hear Mrs Mary Robinson speak about the importance of having stories about the reality of #climate change & its impact on #nature. #science #evidence #Shero #Ireland #Wales
Diolch yn fawr - Consulate General of Ireland #Cardiff &
@futuregencymru.bsky.social
Mrs Mary Robinson in conversation with Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner of Wales on stage at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 24 November
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
cduigan.bsky.social
From Darwin's iconic portrait to dried fish! - Highly recommended - Isabelle and her colleagues @linneansociety.bsky.social deliver an awe inspiring experience #naturalhistory #heritage
linneansociety.bsky.social The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 5d
Ticket release alert 🚨 Our ever-popular Treasures Tours are now bookable for 2026. Get in quick as these tours usually sell out.

Join our expert staff on an in-depth, behind-the-scenes tour of our unique home at Burlington House in central London.

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Paper packets containing herbarium specimens, wrapped in thin ribbons and stored on a wooden shelf. A set of wooden drawers. A drawer containing five blue morpho butterfly specimens is open. The spines leather-bound books with the title 'Linnaeus - Genera Plantarum. 6. ED. 1764'. They have gold leaf botanical details and small, handwritten paper labels with numbers on. A book open at an image of silkworms crawling along the sems of a plant. Parts of the image, including the silkworms themselves, are coloured, while others, like the plant's leaves, are not.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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We're thrilled to present #CHARR — a fab new film by Dave George exploring the threats facing #ArcticCharr & their cultural importance in England, Scotland, Ireland & Wales.

We had the pleasure of a Q&A with Dave to find out more about his inspiration for the film:
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/in...
Introducing CHARR: A new film by Dave George celebrating the Lake District fish — Freshwater Biological Association
Arctic charr are of global ecological importance and Windermere charr populations have been studied since the 1940s, but their cultural significance in the Lake District dates back hundreds of years. ...
www.fba.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The quiet of a Welsh writing residency has been a stark contrast to life in wartime Ukraine for poet Tania Rodionova, who is discovering connections between the two countries, learning Welsh words, and relaxing into a ‘calm village rhythm’
Ukrainian poet says Wales is 'like being in a poem about the sea and the mountains'
Stephen Price For the past month, Ukrainian poet, literary translator and cultural manager Tania Rodionova has been immersed in the peace and poetry of north Wales during a residency at Tŷ Newydd Writ...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has contributed to new research that reveals the distinct and ecologically important nature of the maerl beds in Milford Haven. The findings shed new light on how these fragile habitats can be better protected for the future
Milford Haven’s unique seabed habitat revealed in new study
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has contributed to new research that reveals the distinct and ecologically important nature of the maerl beds in Milford Haven. The findings shed new light on how these f...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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A doorway for the imagination - #AdoorableThursday
Canterbury Cathedral
@cburycathedral.bsky.social
Small wooden doorway inset in carved stone above groundlevel; very ornate metal hinges and keyhole decorations.
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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An ecosystem approach is the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife.

Our latest report with @nationaltrust.org.uk, led by @pettorelli.bsky.social, makes clear that human wellbeing is underpinned by ecosystems continuing to function in a resilient way.

📰Covered in @theecologist.org
theecologist.org The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 6d
“The food we eat, that’s ecosystems. Climate regulation, that’s ecosystems. Protection from extreme weather events, that’s ecosystems.”
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals - Brook - 2025 - Ecological Solutions and Evidence - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Behavioural shifts of bats during urban music festivals
We investigated how large outdoor music festivals affect bat activity in an urban green spaces. Although total nightly activity did not decline on concert nights, we showed activity during concert ho...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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A doorway for the imagination - #AdoorableThursday
Canterbury Cathedral
@cburycathedral.bsky.social
Small wooden doorway inset in carved stone above groundlevel; very ornate metal hinges and keyhole decorations.
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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A landmark exhibition celebrating the life and work of one of Wales’s most acclaimed modern artists, Gwen John, will open at National Museum Cardiff next year, marking the 150th anniversary of her birth wp.me/p8Mk4U-199D
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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"I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore." #WBYeats

Now silent at the top of the stairs, encased with rocks & reeds, tucked wings redundant, looking.

Whooper #swan from the #taxidermy collection of Captain Vivian Hewitt, Cemlyn Bay #Wales @northwaleswt.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Join us 3 December at Theatr Colwyn, for a special evening with biologist and much-loved wildlife presenter Liz Bonnin, in conversation with The Wildlife Trusts’ Chief Executive Craig Bennett. @craigbennett3.bsky.social
@northwaleswt.bsky.social
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An evening with Liz Bonnin | North Wales Wildlife Trust
Join us on 3rd December at Theatr Colwyn, for a special evening with broadcaster, biologist and much-loved wildlife presenter Liz Bonnin, in conversation with The Wildlife Trusts’ Chief Executive Crai...
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The team on Skomer were very saddened to hear the news that Mike Alexander, ex-Warden on Skomer, has died aged 77, after a lifetime dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places in Wales. Our deepest sympathies are with his wife Rosanne.

Read more: welshwildlife.org/news/wildlif...
Wildlife Trust commemorates the life of Mike Alexander | The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
Skomer Warden, author, wildlife photographer and committed conservationist dies aged 77, after lifetime dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places in Wales.
welshwildlife.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Available on #Spotify: @kickasswomenof.bsky.social #Podcast on the life & international #freshwater career of Dr. Kathleen Carpenter & how we are resampling her Welsh study sites 100 yrs later.
#enhist #womeninscience #historyofscience #RiversOfWales #USA #Canada
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32. Kathleen Carpenter: Freshwater Ecologist
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November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"a Hurricane. Torrents of Rain accompanied with Violent Lightening all night...Mountains covered with Snow..."
Eleanor Butler #Llangollen
17 Nov. 1784 #OTD

#weather #Wales #Ireland @sarahdavies.bsky.social
River Dee in flood at Llangollen; historic image of The Ladies of Llangollen.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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"The hills are fine, of course,
Bearded with water to suggest age..."
#RSThomas @rsthomaspoet.bsky.social

#Wales - blessed by an abundance of rain and some superb #waterfalls #AberFalls #Eryri #walking #wellbeing #nature #poetry
River emerging from rocky base of sinuous waterfall producing spray; autumnal colours surrounding.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Colonel Morrey Salmons' first birding and photography diary covering 1903-1908 is now online at cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/Sal...

#birds #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #earlyphotography #Cardiff #CardiffHistory #wales #WelshHistory
Colonel Morrey Salmon with glass plate camera taken in the 1980s
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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As predicted Cousin Brendan has returned - waiting at #Holyhead #Anglesey again after #StormClaudia #Ireland #Wales #envhist #IrishSea #migration #Diaspora
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Brendan’s voyage to Wales – personal reflections on connections between Anglesey and Ireland.
Catherine Duigan Memories can become obscured over time by the mists of the Irish Sea. Are my childhood recollections of visits to Wales from Ireland real or imagined? Being held in my father’s arms t...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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My new book Lighthouses of Wales featured in a two-page spread in the Western Mail Weekend magazine today!
Find out more and order a signed copy at lighthouses.wales/lighthouses-...
Newspaper article about the Lighthouses of Wales book
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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My new book features in the Cambrian News today: www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/enterta...
Find out more and order a signed copy at lighthouses.wales
Dive into Welsh lighthouses' history
A fascinating history of Welsh lighthouses has been compiled for a new book.
www.cambrian-news.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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A shared heritage - "The #Llangorse #crannóg is an unique example of an Irish monument type constructed in Wales."
Good to see this archaeological conservation work carried out. #Ireland #Wales #archaeology #LakesOfWales
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November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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A reward for walking in the rain - #RiversOfWales reaching #flood levels as #StormClaudia takes hold #Wales #Heron #BlueHeron #cascade #waterfall #river #Cefni
Blue heron full profile standing on rocky cascade of flowing water
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Our work to restore peatland on our nature reserves; expand seagrass habitat with our Living Seas work; and restore woodland are helping to sequester carbon and expand habitats.

Read more on our impact:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/our-impact

📷 Vaughn Matthews, Dan Bolt, NWWT, Mark Hamblin
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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At FBA's Annual Scientific Meeting '25, Prof. Martin-Ortega introduced Riverkinship—seeing rivers not as resources but as kin. Follow-up Q&A explores how caring for rivers like family could reshape how we manage and value freshwater. fba.org.uk/fba-voice/riverkin-remaking-vital-relations-with-rivers
Riverkin: remaking vital relations with rivers — Freshwater Biological Association
We had the great pleasure of Professor Julia Martin-Ortega presenting the final Keynote at the FBA Annual Scientific Meeting in June. Rounding off the day with an intensely poignant and memorable deep...
fba.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM