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Wayne Dawson

@waynedawsoneco.bsky.social

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Ecologist, @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Director, NERC ACCE+ DLA: https://accedtp.ac.uk/ 🏳️‍🌈, firstgen. www.dawsonecology.com

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our government is hopeless, gutless, stupid, or maybe all three. Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules

Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

www.theguardian.com

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Sep 4

Accompanied by a great talk by @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social on her huge survey effort to study invader-dominated plant communities in Bermuda.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Sep 4

And Alison won first poster prize! Well done.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 18

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

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 16

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

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 15

What happens to an abandoned golf course.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 10

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

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 9

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!

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 5

Plus a very cute little thrift, moss campion cushions, wild thyme and kidney vetch.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 5

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).

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 3

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.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Aug 2

Back on the ferry to Britain. Had a wonderful 2 weeks in Orkney and Shetland. Yesterday's clifftop walk on Muckle Roe was a highlight!

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 30

Had a fantastic day on stunning Unst: Hermaness NNR was breathtaking! Loving Shetland.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 28

And finally on Mainland: introduced italian toadflax in Kirkwall, plus devil's bit scabious with bumblebee and grass of parnassus at Mull Head.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 28

Sanday offered sea sandwort, ragged robin, N marsh orchid and sea rocket:

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 28

On Egilsay: sneezewort, marsh ragwort, angelica and meadowsweet.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 28

Late again to the #wildflowerhour party, but the flowers on display in Orkney deserve a post ot two. Meadow pea and marsh woundwort on Rousay:

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 26

About to board the ferry to Shetland, after an adventurous week in Orkney. Empty, white sandy beaches on Egilsay and Sanday, and impressive neolithic cairns on Rousay (Midhowe) and Sanday (Quoyness).

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Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social · Mar 21

Natural England set to cut at least 200 jobs inews.co.uk/news/environ...

Hundreds of jobs protecting rivers and green belt to be axed

At least 200 jobs are to be axed at Natural England, with the environmental sector braced for further budget cuts as part of Rachel Reeves's upcoming Spending Review

inews.co.uk

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · Mar 21

It's back! The government have announced that the GCSE in Natural History is going ahead!

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · Mar 24

A great afternoon ahead, kicking off with Professor @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social from University of Liverpool who will be sharing his work predicting future invasive species and how he uses his research to influence policy.

#biologists100

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ha! I wouldn't go that far. Still, my favourite step in the lab was loading the gels with pcr product (I'm told that makes me weird, who knew...).

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 19

A mad week. Learned a pcr protocol to id male and female red campion flowers in Durham; various ACCE+ meetings: Impatiens soil sampling in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿; aquatic status of 889 plant spp assigned; commented on 3 manuscripts; meetings with the lab. Still have a grant proposal to finish, but off to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for a rest.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 12

I love this city

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · Jul 12

A mad week of fieldwork with Rain among the triffids complete. One more site to go next Thursday.