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Kate Risely

@KateRisely

Work in nature conservation, here for conservation news. Into wildlife, birds, gardening, running, and getting my kids outside. She/her. 🏳️‍⚧️

 West Norfolk, UK
Joined February 2009
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Its time for #BOUsci24 : Avian #conservationtranslocations: reinforcements to #reintroductions to #rewilding! Natural England and #ESRT collaborate on key reports and aim to promote responsible practices with the English Code in #Poster2 for example: linkedin.com/company/england…
England Species Reintroductions Taskforce | LinkedIn

England Species Reintroductions Taskforce | LinkedIn

England Species Reintroductions Taskforce | 1,966 followers on LinkedIn. Realising the full benefits of species conservation translocations for nature recovery and society. | The England Species...

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1/6 'Applications of @ProjectGodwit early-life effects analysis results to future translocation work for black-tailed godwit'. Headstarting is increasingly used for wader conservation; re translocation, fledglings are released at a different site to their source #BOUsci24 #SESH4
The image shows a Powerpoint slide with author list: “Alex Nicol-Harper1 [in bold], Lynda Donaldson2, Jude Barbour1, Chris Batey2, Kane Brides1, Malcolm Burgess2, Will Costa1, Nicola Dessi1, Harry Gordon1, Dan Gornall1, Nigel Jarrett1, Rebecca Lee2, Jen Smart2, & Geoff Hilton1”; the WWT and RSPB logos, labelled 1 and 2, respectively. A line formed by a repeated godwit silhouette separates the bottom part of the slide. Here a title reads ‘Headstarting between sites:”, below which there is a sequence of images: an egg between two green plants labelled “Collection site” [arrow to] a grey house with a lamp shining on an egg [arrow to] a grey house with a chick and a bowl with a cricket in [arrow to] a chick between two yellow plants labelled “Release site”. Below the two house images is a red bracket labelled “Aim to increase productivity by detouring the most vulnerable life-stages”. In the bottom right, a yellow amorphous shape encloses text reading: #SESH4 #BOUsci24 @alexnicolharper.

ALT The image shows a Powerpoint slide with author list: “Alex Nicol-Harper1 [in bold], Lynda Donaldson2, Jude Barbour1, Chris Batey2, Kane Brides1, Malcolm Burgess2, Will Costa1, Nicola Dessi1, Harry Gordon1, Dan Gornall1, Nigel Jarrett1, Rebecca Lee2, Jen Smart2, & Geoff Hilton1”; the WWT and RSPB logos, labelled 1 and 2, respectively. A line formed by a repeated godwit silhouette separates the bottom part of the slide. Here a title reads ‘Headstarting between sites:”, below which there is a sequence of images: an egg between two green plants labelled “Collection site” [arrow to] a grey house with a lamp shining on an egg [arrow to] a grey house with a chick and a bowl with a cricket in [arrow to] a chick between two yellow plants labelled “Release site”. Below the two house images is a red bracket labelled “Aim to increase productivity by detouring the most vulnerable life-stages”. In the bottom right, a yellow amorphous shape encloses text reading: #SESH4 #BOUsci24 @alexnicolharper.

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The Scarlets were lining up this week for #fungifriday! ❤️ Scarlet Waxcap, Hygrocybe coccinea #fungi
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Image from Rebecca Wheeler (@botany_beck)
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Ever wondered how big a #Goshawk really is? Here's one with a Sparrowhawk... What a beast! #WorcsBirds
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Liz Louise@Liz_Downey_26 Oct 2024
A constellation of Bitter Oysterlings ✨ @davidjgibbs6 #Fungi #Mushrooms
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An excellent appointment. I’ve known @ruthdavis27 for many years & found her to be a determined & effective advocate for Nature. I’m looking forward to working with her in driving progress towards the actual delivery of Nature targets. theguardian.com/environment/…
UK appoints first nature envoy to tackle species decline

UK appoints first nature envoy to tackle species decline

Ruth Davis named special representative for nature ‘to put climate and nature at the heart of our foreign policy’

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Turtle Tuesday? This piece is part of @swlanaturaleye which runs 17-27 Oct. To view & buy visit @mallgalleries website. Over 350 works inspired by nature. #metalturtle #turtle #wildlifeart
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Image from Harriet Mead (@HarrietMead1)
Image from Harriet Mead (@HarrietMead1)
Image from Harriet Mead (@HarrietMead1)
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Exciting sea slug sighting! A young nature enthusiast and their dad found the beautiful rainbow sea slug close to Wembury, Plymouth and it's believed to be the first time this species has ever been recorded there Here's a few facts about these brightly-coloured creatures 1/5
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Image from Marine Conservation Society (@mcsuk)
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BirdGuides@BirdGuides13 Aug 2024
White-tailed Eagle has nested again in West Sussex this summer following the landmark success in 2023: bit.ly/4fyLjPo
White-tailed Eagle nests in Sussex for second year running

White-tailed Eagle nests in Sussex for second year running

White-tailed Eagle has nested again in England this summer following the landmark success in 2023. The two eagles, male 'G471' and female 'G405', were the first to nest in England for 240 years when...

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Ooh, this brings me back. Some fool was about to stamp on the poor thing before I intervened.
Gareth Simkins (@GarethSimkins) profile pictureGareth Simkins@GarethSimkins18 Jul 2016
I almost trod on this little fellow at #Riddlesdown station (Croydon) this pm. Haven't seen a slow worm in decades.
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Very, very cool - exceptional preservation of material practices with millennial continuity within site itself, & matching 19thC ethnography. We can't be 💯 sure the precise *beliefs* manifested materially didn't evolve at all over that 12k, but it's still a stunning find
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Image from Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes (@LeMoustier)
Chris Buckley (@chrisbuckley888) profile pictureChris Buckley@chrisbuckley8881 Jul 2024
Oral/ demonstrative transmission of a ritual practice over 12,000 years/ 500 generations. If anyone doubted the accuracy of this type of transmission, doubt no longer. Significantly, it's a ritual observance, so largely unconstrained by practical factors. nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
Archaeological evidence of an ethnographically documented Australian Aboriginal ritual dated to the...

Archaeological evidence of an ethnographically documented Australian Aboriginal ritual dated to the...

Nature Human Behaviour - Australian archaeological finds of 12,000-year-old fireplaces and artefacts match nineteenth-century GunaiKurnai ritual practices. They represent approximately 500...

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Our new📄simply asks whether it is sufficient for scientists to be ‘honest brokers’ in policy making, as they have traditionally been, or whether something must change @UCLLifeSciences @UCLCBER @uclbiosciences Paper; doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240498… My blog; community.rspb.org.uk/ourwor……
What is the role of scientists in meeting the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century?

What is the role of scientists in meeting the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century?

Abstract. We live at a time of rapid and accelerating biodiversity loss and climate change that pose an existential risk to the environment, humanity, and

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⚡️ It's manifesto week! 🍃 First out of the blocks is @LibDems with several welcome environmental commitments. 🧵 Read on for some highlights... libdems.org.uk/fileadmin/gro…
Anton Valley, Hampshire.

ALT Anton Valley, Hampshire.

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Canada-based artist Danielle Currie aka Satellite Stitches (on Instagram), creates mesmerizing hand embroidery based on satellite images of Earth's oceans #WomensArt
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Looking vertically up above Alnwick. Spine-tingling stuff #AuroraBorealis
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The 2 White Storks at Choseley this evening had plenty of food to choose from, the RLP did manage to escape! @Natures_Voice @KneppWilding
Image from Les Bunyan 📷🍫🐻🦉🦅🏞🇬🇧 (@acorncarver)
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Nature conservation works, and we’re getting better at it – new study theconversation.com/nature-c… via @ConversationUK @RSPBScience
Nature conservation works, and we’re getting better at it – new study

Nature conservation works, and we’re getting better at it – new study

Two-thirds of conservation actions studied were found to benefit target ecosystems and species.

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On Wednesday, (17 April 2024), a National Harrier Task Force operation was held at an undisclosed location in the Yorkshire Dales 🚔 Find out more about it here ⬇️ orlo.uk/eSWMr
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Image from North Yorkshire Police (@NYorksPolice)
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Really proud of the work we do @NaturalEngland on encouraging best practice on #speciesconservationtranslocation. This article being nominated for an awards means that we need to share more stories on the benefits, challenges and lessons leant from conservationtranslocation #ESRT
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CIEEM (@CIEEMnet) profile pictureCIEEM@CIEEMnet15 Apr 2024
Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees of the 2024 CIEEM awards! 🎉 👉 cieem.net/about-cieem/cieem-… 👈 All shortlisted nominees will be invited to our awards luncheon on Friday 28 June where we'll find out the winners!
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