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Keiron Derek Brown
@earthwormuk.bsky.social
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🪱 Worm nerd and naturalist | Biological Recording Company | Earthworm Society | London Natural History Society 🧪 🇬🇧 Cumbrian living in London 🏳️‍🌈
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Who lives here?

If you said Wood Ants, you’re right—but did you know another species shares their nests?

Join Prof. @elvarobinson.bsky.social to explore the secret life of the Shining Guest Ant, an ‘uninvited houseguest’.

Register here (for FREE!): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1664001195...
Driver ants form some of the largest colonies of any animal on Earth, with up to 20 million individuals. And yet, surprisingly little is known about them.

Join Dr @maximuminsect.bsky.social and explore how research is shedding light on these fascinating ants:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1675100022...
Bioacoustic data is increasingly popular for monitoring birds – but how can we use it to its full potential?

Join our FREE ecoTECH webinar with Wilder Sensing on best practice in bird bioacoustics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1668406923...

🧪 #bioacoustics #birds @wildersensing.com
I’m running Biological Recording 101 on 20 January at Lesnes Abbey Lodge, London.

Join me to explore how to turn wildlife sightings into valuable conservation data & get hands-on with iRecord. 🧪 🌍

Tickets from £25
More details: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1682508431...
The Biological Recording Company are offering 50% off the Earthworms of the UK & Ireland entoLEARN course that I developed (was £20, now £10 with the code). Just use the code worm50 at checkout. The code is valid until 30th June 2025.
courses.biologicalrecording.co.uk/courses/ento...

#earthworms
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Interested in earthworm ID? Join the Earthworm Identification workshop on 12 July 2025 at Gosforth Nature Reserve. Learn to identify British earthworms with specialist @earthwormuk.bsky.social.

📍 Gosforth Nature Reserve
🔗 www.nhsn.org.uk/events/earth...

#Ecology #SoilLife #Earthworms
Calendar blocked out. Can’t wait!
📢 🪱 Earthworms enthusiasts 😁 : The official website for the 13th Symposium on Earthworm Ecology is now live! ✨ 🪱
📅 SAVE THE DATE: August 23-28, 2026 in Wageningen, the Netherlands
🔗 Check it out and stay tuned for updates!
event.wur.nl/isee13/home-2
📸Amazing pictures @frankashwood.bsky.social
🌿 Discover the Spleenworts of the UK! 🌱

Join Henry Miller for an online deep dive into Asplenium ferns—ID tips, habitats & rare species! @royalbotanicgarden

📅 14 Oct 2025 | 💷 £10 | 📍 Online

Limited spaces—book now! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ferns-of-t...
🐸💧 Want to create a wildlife pond & attract frogs, dragonflies & birds? Join us on 27 Feb for a FREE webinar and learn how to design, plant & maintain a thriving pond habitat.

📅 90-min event | Expert talk + Q&A
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1253217329...

#WaterForWildlife
I also signed off an email with “Kind retards”.
Last night during a Zoom training webinar about rare earthworms, I got tongue tied and asked people to put their questions in the twat.
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Where does iRecord data go? How does iNaturalist verification work? What recording app is best for bird observations?

These are some of the questions I’ll be covering in this upcoming webinar.

@nbntrust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

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Using Wildlife Observation Apps
Delve into the pros and cons of using various wildlife observation apps for recording wildlife.
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I communicate news about my earthworm research and courses/events through the National Earthworm Recording Scheme Bulletin. It's free and open to all, so subscribe to the e-newsletter here: shorturl.at/ruMNY

🪱 🧪 🌍 #earthworms #science #invertebrates #biologicalrecording #soilbiodiversity #SciComms
National Earthworm Recording Scheme Bulletin Sign Up Form
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A 2mm long cocoon found under pine trees in Brede High Woods this morning. Wondering if it might be an earthworm cocoon, something like Lumbricus terrestris?
Any helpful thoughts welcomed.
@earthwormuk.bsky.social @frankashwood.bsky.social @soilscholar.bsky.social

#UKWildlife #HighWeald
Great day surveying #earthworms on farms in the Chilterns. We surveyed two fields on each farm, giving the farmer the choice of what they’d like to see compared.

Farm 1 wanted to see 3rd yr cover crop vs 1st yr. Farm 2 was ploughed vs min till.

🧪 🚜 🌍 #ecology #soils #invertebrates #agriculture
The Fried Eggs Worm was only described to science in 2009! The large adults are found living freely on the forest floor, with juveniles found up in the trees (one per tree)!

🧪 🌏 #earthworms #annelida #biology #invertebrates 🪱

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Fried Eggs Worm (Archipheretima middletoni) | Luzon, Philippines | Chien C Lee Wildlife Photography
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If you think posts on earthworm biology and ecology fits, I’d be very happy to be added. I specialise in dissemination to non-academic audiences.
Created a little starter pack for earthworm research, conservation and applications. Let me know in the comments if you’d like to be added and your study area if not obvious from your profile! 🪱 #earthworm #earthworms #crassiclitellata #soilbiodiversity #soilecology

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