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UK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing your ECN weather station observations as #StormAmy tracked over the UK, Chris. Great photo as well!

Chris @fife-chris.bsky.social · 5d

A windy night in the #Cairngorms with our @ukecn.bsky.social weather station located at 700 m recording a gust of 106 mph and sustained winds of 75 mph as #StormAmy rolled through. That’s our highest recorded gust since Dec 2011, 14 years ago!

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UK Environmental Observation Framework @ukeof.bsky.social · 1d

Secure your place at the 2025 National Environmental Monitoring Conference soon. It's taking place in Edinburgh on 15 December as part of the annual BES meeting. #NEMC2025 #environment #ecosystems #monitoring #observation #data

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 5d

#NEMC2025: Building the UK Environmental Monitoring Community

📣 Be part of the change
Whether you deliver, use, or benefit from environmental monitoring, your voice matters.

🗓️ Register by 11 Nov 2025

www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati... 🧪

National Environmental Monitoring Conference - British Ecological Society

The NEMC returns for its second year focusing on: From insight to impact: building the UK environmental monitoring community

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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UK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social · 15d

This new dataset - the GBNVPD - includes ECN vegetation monitoring plot data alongside on-going and historic activities such as Countryside Survey, the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, the National Vegetation Classification and many others. #data #plants #vegetation #ecology

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 21d

We've brought together a diverse range of high-quality vegetation plot datasets to form a new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain!

Read more:
www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🌱🌿🧪

A National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain

UKCEH has brought together, for the first time, a diverse range of high-quality vegetation plot datasets to form a new National Vegetation Plot Database for Great Britain – the GBNVPD.

www.ceh.ac.uk

UK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social · 19d

The long-term monitoring addressed in this review is wide-ranging and includes that undertaken by the UK Environmental Change Network. Please take some time to share your views. The closing date is 9am (UK time) on 29th September.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 20d

We're leading a review of long-term UK terrestrial & freshwater monitoring for NERC. This will help identify priorities for an adaptable & flexible UK environmental monitoring network for the future

Take part via our survey before 9am Mon 29 Sep: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...

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Two scientists set up a quadrat for monitoring in a field

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UK Environmental Observation Framework @ukeof.bsky.social · 26d

Our Management Group met today, part of a quarterly meeting cycle. The discussion covered many aspects of #environmental #monitoring. These are an invaluable - almost unique - opportunity for UK public bodies involved in monitoring to share information & ideas, and to explore working together.

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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT) @ect-uk.bsky.social · Sep 8

This Friday’s lunchtime #webinar will feature Rodrigo Olave from @afbini.gov.uk talking about 36 years of research at Loughgall; the #agroforesty #LTE in #NorthernIreland.

Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE...

#Silvopasture #AgromixProject #Agforward_EU 🌏

Text: Webinar 36 Years of Research at Loughgall Agroforestry LTE. 12 September 2025 12.30-1.30pm. Photo of a white man looking off screen gesturing. Text underneath: Rodrigo Olave, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute.

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UK Environmental Observation Framework @ukeof.bsky.social · Sep 3

⌛Hurry! ⌛The call for session proposals for the National Environmental Monitoring Conference 2025 (15 December, Edinburgh) will close on 📆 12 September. Find out more from the @britishecologicalsociety.org website: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati... #NEMC2025

National Environmental Monitoring Conference - British Ecological Society

The NEMC returns for its second year focusing on: From insight to impact: building the UK environmental monitoring community

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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UK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social · Sep 2

We're using bioacoustic sensors to monitor birds and bats at our long-term monitoring and research site in the Cairngorms, operated by @ukceh.bsky.social: ecn.ac.uk/news/bioacou... 🦅🦇🎤 #monitoring #research #environment #species #LTER

A bioacoustic sensor monitoring bird calls in the Cairngorms. It is powered by a solar-charged battery and is sited in rough semi-wooded vegetation.

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UK Environmental Observation Framework @ukeof.bsky.social · Sep 1

📆 This 1 hr webinar with speakers from @ukceh.bsky.social could be of interest: Habitat monitoring using drone technology: are we nearly there yet? 24 September, 09:00 UTC / 10:00 UK time. www.mambo-project.eu/events/habit... #monitoring #observation #EO #drones #environment

Webinar: Habitat monitoring using drone technology: are we nearly there yet?

Can drone-based observations provide a viable solution for monitoring habitats? Experts demonstrate through mapping individual hawthorn shrubs in a rewilding setting. Date: September 24, 2025 Time: ...

www.mambo-project.eu

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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · Aug 31

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to all the volunteers who contributed to the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey this year!!! 🎉 👏 🦋

The survey window closed today, so be sure to enter all of your data to the UKBMS website by the end of October.

@bbs-birds.bsky.social

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Forest Research @forestresearchuk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Urban forests play a vital role in helping reduce the impacts of extreme weather, from cooling to flood mitigation. But urban forests require climate-conscious planning & management to ensure they continue to deliver multiple benefits for generations to come.

🔎 Explore guidance: ow.ly/yjqP50WMENv

Urban Forests - Forest Research

ow.ly

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Aug 29

Back from holiday? Catch up on recent UKCEH news with our August newsletter!

🏞️ Latest UK Land Cover Map
🌳 The role of tree disease on woodland soil carbon loss
🪰 Biodiversity improvements masked by poor river scores
🌼 10 years of national plant monitoring

and more!

🔗 🧪 buff.ly/BkNZqzN

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Want to know more about an insect you’ve found? Identify an insect with our experts 🦋

Just fill in the form and we'll contact you with more information about your find 🔽

🔗 buff.ly/OxUUwmI

#AskAnEntomologist #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification

Brown Argus roosting at sunrise (c) Richard Sheldrake 2023

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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · Aug 26

Huge congratulations to Dr Kelly Jowett for bagging the @royentsoc.bsky.social Alfred Wallace Award for her PhD thesis on carabid beetles in farm landscapes 🪲🎉🍾👏
Interested in doing a PhD at Rothamsted? Check out current opportunities here 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/studentships

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Aug 14

Applications for the 2026 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal for excellence in #PlantScience are now open!

It's a global competition for early career researchers with 3-5 years' experience post-PhD.

Deadline: 1 November 2025.

👉 newphytologist.org/tansleymedal

#ESA2025

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Aug 14

The latest hydrological summary for the UK has been published 📊💧🌊

An in-depth look at rainfall, river flows, soil moisture, groundwater levels and reservoir stocks across the country last month: mailchi.mp/ceh/july-202... 🧪

@bgs.ac.uk @cosmosuk.bsky.social

Map of UK indicating average river flows at sites around the country with a key indicating their range

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Aug 1

NEW! The latest UKCEH Land Cover Map, describing the UK land surface in 2024, is now available 🏞️ 🌳

See what broad habitats—ranging from broadleaved woodland and arable land to freshwater and urban areas— there are and where in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

#LandCover #LCM

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Map of UK and Ireland illustrating broad habitats in the UK and Northern Ireland as classified by the UKCEH Land Cover Map

Broad habitats from the UKCEH Land Cover Map for an area around Norwich in England

Broad habitats from the UKCEH Land Cover Map for an area more zoomed in around Norwich in England

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EUMETSAT @eumetsat.int · Jul 28

Good news: Microcarb has successfully launched! 👏
Europe’s first carbon-monitoring satellite is now in orbit, marking a major step in tracking CO₂ emissions from space.
Find out more about our role in the mission & how it will lay the foundation for the Copernicus CO2M constellation: bit.ly/4oeyKxa

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UK Environmental Observation Framework @ukeof.bsky.social · Jul 28

The National Environmental Monitoring Conference returns for its second year. NEMC 2025 will focus on 'From insight to impact: building the UK #environmental #monitoring community'. Find out more: ukeof.org.uk/news/nemc-2025 @britishecologicalsociety.org @ukceh.bsky.social

A faded photo of an orange and brown Gatekeeper butterfly with the word NEWS overlaid.

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UK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social · Jul 22

Long-term monitoring data was essential for this study of changes to phytoplankton.

The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Study - how marine heatwaves are reshaping the shape & carbon content of #phytoplankton in NE Pacific. Elongated cells dominate during warming, likely altering the carbon pump. Long-term #CPRsurvey data is critical to understanding #climatechange impacts at microbial scales. doi.org/10.1002/lno....

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣 Exciting opportunity to work on the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure as a Senior Research Associate.

Lead the Early Adopters Programme & shape FDRI catchment monitoring.

Role based at University of Bristol, working closely the FDRI delivery team.

Apply here: tinyurl.com/4ae6vkcb 🧪

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 16

🌼 Got 10 mins to spend near flowers? Why not contribute to the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme with a Flower-Insect Timed (FIT) Count!

Watch flowers + insects in warm, dry weather (Apr–Sept).
Every FIT Count helps science.

Find out more: ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts

#CitizenScience #BeesNeeds

Hand holding a mobile phone with the FIT Count app on screen, in front of knapweed flowers

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Jul 18

🧪 A UKCEH Countryside Survey study provides the first evidence of recovering national soil organic carbon in British croplands, after decades of decline.

See a blog post by the British Society of Soil Science: tinyurl.com/y86w5nme

Full paper: bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

UKCEH Countryside Survey provides the first evidence of recovering national soil organic carbon in British croplands, after decades of decline - British Society of Soil Science

A new study from the UKCEH Countryside Survey on soil carbon has been published in the European Journal of Soil Science. The study provides the first evidence of recovering national soil organic carbo...

soils.org.uk

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The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · Jul 11

🌿 What makes green & blue spaces truly valuable?

Our researchers have identified 72 indicators to assess the quality, not just the quantity, of green & blue spaces in Scotland.

Defining what makes these spaces effective, functional & sustainable.

More: ow.ly/mGNX50WogAx

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission deadline is in 5 DAYS 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱

Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️

Submit an abstract 👇

globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org

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