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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 19h

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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Ben Hawthorne @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social · 6d

📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣

Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum

Deadline: 5/10/25

www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

Student Representative vacancy 2025 - Royal Entomological Society

The Royal Entomological Society is recruiting one new volunteer to be a Student Representative. The 1-2 year role includes helping to organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, and providing up...

www.royensoc.co.uk

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from RHS Wisley

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning from RHS Harlow Carr #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning from RHS HarlowCarr Looking forward to the RHS staff biodiversity conference #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 12d

Friday and October's RHS The Garden has arrived lots of fabulous fungi 🍄from @jassydrak.bsky.social, enjoyed with arbor ales 🍻 and @white-zombie.bsky.social🤘🤘

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 12d

Habitat mounds made of cut stems/twigs etc, a way of providing additional habitat for invertebrates and smaller vertebrates.

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 13d

Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 15d

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 18d

No good mornings from Wisley this week...been cycling the South Downs Way, over three days...found the wonderful weevil Liparus coronatus...love the slightly random soil sign in Eastbourne @drdoox.bsky.social

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 26d

I have a week of leave 🎉...kicking off with @britishecologicalsociety.org br🌳🦇🪲, @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social 🍻, and dead__kennedys 🤘

british ecologucal society journal The Niche 🌳🦇🪲, cloudwaterbrew beer in a glass 🍻, and l dead__kennedys records in the background 🤘

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 27d

Good morning from #RHS garden #Wisley #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 28d

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 29d

Good morning from #RHS #Wisley #UKGardens

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Sep 3

🦇 Time to go back to school with our autumn courses! From learning about new survey techniques, gardening for nature (and bats) or managing woodlands for bats and more.

For more information about our range of courses, booking and deadlines here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...?

A graphic titled 'Back to school: autumn courses for industry!', listing upcoming training courses:
- Secondary Roost Surveys for Arborists on 18 September, in person at NT Fyne Court, Bridgwater, Somerset.
- Landscaping for Nature and People on 30 September, in person at RHS Wisley.
- Bats and Arboriculture - scoping surveys for arborists on 9 and 16 October (afternoons), online.
- Bats and Woodland Management course on 14 October, in person at Kingsbury Water Park Education Centre, Sutton, Warcks.
- Bats for Building Professionals on 18 and 25 November (afternoons), online

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · Sep 5

The job of CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust is now being advertised, as the wonderful Gill Perkins has announced she is stepping down. Fab opportunity for the right person: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/what-we-do/v...

Vacancies at the Bumblebee Conservation Trust - Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Join our passionate team dedicated to bumblebee conservation efforts making a positive impact on the environment

www.bumblebeeconservation.org

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · Sep 5

Friday 😁 RHS The Garden (a little input from me - listed some of my favourite pollinator plants) 🐝, Ramones 🤘 and arbor.ales 🍻

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Garden birds not looking well? It could be trichomonosis.

By reporting sick or dead birds, you can directly help our scientists understand this disease.

Report here: www.gardenwildlifehealth.org

Please don’t clean or remove feeders until after we visit - this step is crucial.❗

A healthy Greenfinch perched on a lichen-covered branch against a soft green background. Birds with trichomonosis may instead appear fluffed up, lethargic, and reluctant to fly, often sitting still for long periods.

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · Sep 4

Good day from Surrey Wildlife Trust Nower Wood and the RHS Plant Health team away day ...and I cycled here, another milestone and bridleway I haven't ridden for 31 months.

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Pollinating London Together @pollinatinglt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Late summer can be a great time for pollinator spotting. Look out for ivy bees, bumblebees, and hoverflies on late-blooming flowers. What’s been visiting your garden or balcony this week?

#PollinatingLT

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · Sep 2

The Scarce Fungus Weevil lays its eggs only in Cramp Balls (or King Alfred's cakes) - fungi that grow on dead Ash wood. With Ash dieback & the felling of Ash trees threatening their habitat, the beetle's future is uncertain.🌳 Read the #UKFungusDay blog: www.ukfungusday.co.uk/anecessarywe...

A necessary weevil | UK Fungus Day

Home

www.ukfungusday.co.uk

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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

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BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social · Aug 29

@marctaylor.bsky.social

Weevil Identification workshop – Angela Marmont Centre November 8 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Tutor: Mark Gurney

For beginners to those wanting to get familiar with trickier groups.

Book a place; email, supplying a contact phone: [email protected]

Image: Mark Gurney

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