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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · 10d

Each hurricane season just keeps getting crazier. This year two storms in less than 24 hours!
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Hurricane Imelda Maintains Path Toward Bermuda

YouTube video by FOX Weather

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · 12d

Beautiful craftsmanship in the Spanish galleon visiting Liverpool

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19d

A tiny Coal Tit among the turning leaves...

What have you seen in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories with us. 👇

📷 Jamie Scott

A tiny Coal Tit perches on a thin branch, its black cap and bib standing out against white cheeks and a buff-grey body. Behind it, autumn leaves glow in shades of orange and red, giving a warm seasonal backdrop. The bird looks alert, as if pausing to take in the change of season.

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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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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Aug 18

Cool to see Bermudian cave photos on Durham's research update this morning. #Bermuda theconversation.com/a-bermuda-st...

A Bermuda stalagmite reveals how the Gulf Stream shifted – and what it might do as the climate changes further

Sea spray content in a stalagmite sheds light on how ocean currents in the Gulf Stream have changed in the past.

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Aug 10

Sunshine after the rain, and 🐏🐑. Lake District National Park

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Aug 2

Flowering heather, one of the highlights of British summer

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Jul 25

A fine example of invasional meltdown - a European bird (Sturnus vulgaris) eating and spreading a South American tree (Schinus terebinthifolia) in Bermuda. #Invasivespecies #invasiveplants

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Starling eating Brazil Pepper

An invasive bird, the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) eating the berries of an invasive tree, the Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolia) at Penhurst Park,…

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Jul 20

Lab outing on Friday to #NessBotanicGarden. The garden is lovely and the butterflies were abundant!

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Jul 19

Two icons of Liverpool in one photo. Mersey ferry in front of the Liver Building

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Jun 21

This is why I loved living in Newfoundland 💙

Ray Mackey Photo @raymackeyphoto.bsky.social · Jun 20

St. Vincent’s, Newfoundland Canada #Newfoundland #canada #photography #whale

Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just spent 3 weeks in the field watching Great Kiskadees (invasive in Bermuda) choking down Surinam Cherries (also invasive in Bermuda). The entertainment value is high!

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Kiskadee eating cherry

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) eating a Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora) at Walsingham Trust Nature Reserve, Bermuda.

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · May 23

Just ran into a Bermuda Government colleague in London, on #BermudaDay ! 🇧🇲

Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · May 21

Best thing at #RHSChelsea! Well done Barbados.

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Apr 23

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Bernews @bernews.bsky.social · Apr 22

Buy Back Bermuda has opened the new 10-acre High Point Nature Reserve in Southampton, which was made possible by a $2 million donation | Read more: Bernews.com/haop

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Apr 18

Not sure if the kids favourite part of Good Friday is the chocolates or climbing on the roof!

Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Apr 11

You do have an amazing project. I just watched the recording of your presentation at Durham and really enjoyed it. I've been overseas on fieldwork for most of the term, so unfortunately I missed you at Durham. I'm also a MUN alum, now in the UK.

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Apr 3

Early morning #fieldwork is not so bad when you are looking at this 😁. The South Shore of #Bermuda during tropicbird breeding season and humpback whale migration. #seabirds

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 31

The #buybackbermuda project at Eve's Pond in March 2020 and March 2025. The pond had been filled with dredge spoil for about 50 years, until it was re-excavated with crowd sourced funds. #wetlandrestoration #pond #restoration 🦆

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 25

Sunrise #tropicbird silhouettes, Spittal Pond, #Bermuda. #seabirds #birds #ramsar

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 23

South Shore sunrise #Bermuda

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 17

Our ( @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social ) inventory of Bermuda's flora has been published by
@biolinvasions.bsky.social . Spoiler alert - less than 10% of the list are native plants. Read it here: rdcu.be/edCZ7 🌺

The introduced and invasive flora of Bermuda

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · Mar 17

Are you a practitioner or academic working in rewilding in North East England?

Applications now open for a two-day event on the 'Science of Rewilding' organised by the Rewilding Group of the @britishecologicalsociety.org Society with @northwildlife.bsky.social . Please share widely!

Exploring The Science of Rewilding - British Ecological Society

A 2-day event on the science of rewilding, bringing together practitioners and academics working in rewilding to foster knowledge exchange in the North East of England.

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 9

She is a House Sparrow, but still nice when a bird wants to be your friend! 🪶

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Alison Copeland @bda-biodiversity.bsky.social · Mar 7

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