Back again with the second update and I’ll begin with a laugh.
My first day surveying at Portstewart Strand in June could have gone better. As the strand is quite a large site I had decided to try and get the furthest away ...
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The minibeast team is here!
Hi everyone, back again with the first of two updates.
As you already know this year I am undertaking a pollinator study of Portstewart Strand focusing on bees, butterflies, hoverflies and day flying moths, so I have ...
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Seeing the wood AND the trees
June has very much been about trees. I wanted to understand the processes of tree ageing better because saproxylic insect diversity is much greater in old growth trees. As a result, a one day course on recording notable old ...
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Curious Collectors
I can't help but feel that they’re playing tricks on me at the museum. I’m the subject of some form of scientific ribbing, an elaborate joke – are diatoms even real? It’s all starting to feel a bit surreal - I do most of my ...
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Summer Spoil
It’s time once again to update you all on my activities and findings in the past 4 weeks. As per usual, fieldwork has been of principal focus this month and I’m loving every single second of it! Every single day I am learning ...
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