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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you live in the North/North East of London, this may be of interest and likely easy to get to. Check out the details for the @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social Keeping it Wild Collective party this coming Sunday. @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social

Poster with a qr code to go to a London Wildlife Trust event for young people to help connect to nature

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For those who signed this important petition to ban plastics from Kingston Cemetery, esp. as a lot of these plastics end up in the nearby woodland and river, please note this important meeting date on the 13th of October. If you can attend this meeting to support the petition it would really help.

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sunrise over the horizon clouds @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social 's Penrhyn Road Campus. As I check in progress on the pond restoration works before the biodiversity event at Tolworth Court Sports Ground today.

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here's a short video covering some of the work from the last 20 years inc @riverflies.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social. You can even spot our local fox helping out with hedgehog tunnel surveys a few years back 😂 with @sosukcharity.bsky.social Let me know if you spot your image in the video.

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Had the great news that the Biodiversity work at @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social has made it through to the second stage of the @theeauc.bsky.social Green Gowns Awards this year 😍 Many thanks to Dr Tânia Dias Fonseca for all of her hard work on this and other applications this year.

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Set up the moth traps in the hopes of surveying between the lovely rain bands. Wasn't expecting the wind! Both traps worked. Only had to dodge one shower during the decant during sunrise. Nearly all moths photographed and released, one or two escaping without their photo moment! Off2 identify them

One of the moths decanted from the moth trap

A Knot or not a Knot.... that is the question.
A moth being decanted from the moth trap, resting on a cardboard fruit packaging in a pale colour. These and egg cartons are added to a moth trap to provide perching points for animals

A large moth being measured to help identify the suspect Willow Beauty

Sunrise over Kingston School of Art, Kingston University London

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We did it!!!! We surveyed all of our survey locations @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social for the @savebutterflies.bsky.social #bigbutterflycount with the help of wonderful volunteers. Thank you. I'll post a long form blog w/our results soon 😀 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social

Images of two butterflies (the Red Admiral and the Painted Lady) feeding on the purple flowers of a butterfly Bush, taken during a big butterfly count survey

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Thanks for sharing that link. It's a great video and really good to see the structure of the plant better, as I've not picked it and turned over the flower head. Thanks again, really interesting

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Another fantastic day clearing invasive Himalayan Balsam from the Hogsmill River in Elmbridge Meadows. Brilliant volunteers as always, as we waded through a sea of head height stinging nettles on land, to get to the Balsam areas 😀. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Don't forgot to book your free ticket for the in person KBN meeting tomorrow during #EarthDay2026 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social at our Penrhyn Road Campus. Here's your link to book. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/32999012375 #EarthWeek @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who took part, hears to a great survey season ahead

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Happy to report that the ground nesting mining bee colony is still in our grassland at our Knights Park Campus and spotted this beautiful ground beetle, one in the genus Harpalus, and lots of Holly Blue and Large White butterflies trying to distract volunteers from the

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Some of the participants hope to use this method on their own sites if they are too far away too help in the uni sites, which all helps to get more people monitoring 🤩 During the practice counts outside, we found a new location for ground nesting solitary bees at our Penryn Rd Campus and...

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Had a great day yesterday delivering the @ukceh Flower Insect Timed Count training @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social as we start the survey season up again monitoring our sites as part of this national monitoring scheme. 1/4 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Firecrest calls = a very rapid and slightly louder call compared to Goldcrests (Regulus regulus)

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

On this years bird census survey in our woodland @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social our bird survey ecologist found a Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) singing on the latest visit. These are rare but increasing in Kingston. This is one of our Firecrests 😀 @rspb.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Read all about it. Find out who's won the @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social Winter Wildlife Photo competition. Follow the link to our blog: kingstonunibiodiversity.blogspot.com/2026/03/23-0... @kingstonunilib.bsky.social

Images of Wildlife from Kingston University which is part of our biodiversity blog banner

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ever wondered why we dig out invasive species or do other work in our woodland? Read our latest Tree and Woodland Management Plan 2026-2030 that explains why we do what we do @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social and how this protects and enhances biodiversity:) mcusercontent.com/b76ea3d0ea06...

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Read all about it, the latest biodiversity events newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social s biodiversity group. mailchi.mp/9e0577f787ea... Lots for everyone to get involved with across out sites 😍@kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social

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Biodiversity at KU

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

One video from today's site checks at #KingstonHillCampus an hour or so after sunrise, this is a kind of smoking bench that didn't set off someone's asthma:) #winter @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social (a few photos too in the reply below)

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Back in the north bit of our woodland again after 9 years, in the first event of the year, our small but mighty team got a large area clear. We back in 2 weeks to do more. Sign up via my eventbrite to join in 😀 @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Read all about it, the latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social 's biodiversity group. tinyurl.com/KUBAGWINTER Filled with events you can get involved with this December and January 😀 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @kingstoneconomics.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social

Images of groups of volunteers and attendees from various KUBAG events in November

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It was a great day at our sports ground at #tolworthcourt on Saturday, lots of scrub scalloped around shrubby hawthorns and blackthorn trees. No slow worms spotted under the mats, but a kestrel hovering over head for some of it :) Well be back here in the spring for one more session in 2026 🌟

A collage of photos of volunteers working at the edge of our sports feilds, managing scrub for slow worms and brown hairstreak butterflies

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Our next Kingston Biodiversity Network meeting is tomorrow (Wed 22nd Oct 6.30pm Penrhynrd campus. Clattern Lecture Theatre). Free to attend. Find out what different groups are up to in the area that you can help to help nature thrive. Talks on mink, water vole+river restoration

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

www.instagram.com/p/DPrIuG3DE5... A fantastic day with the volunteers working on the pond (currently dry) at our Kingston Hill Campus @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social check out the Instagram story for more photos :)

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Three weeks of chasing butterflies and moths and the results (for our sites are in). Read the latest blog on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social #bigbutterflycount2025, with a lot of help from @kingstonunilib.bsky.social and others. Here's the link tinyurl.com/4mfu4kj3 😀

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18-08-2025: The Kingston University Big Butterfly Count 2025 Results

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Back on the Hogsmill for more balsam bashes. Our last one will be at our Sports ground site @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social on the 20th of Aug. Sign up for a lovely afternoon pulling balsam using this Eventbrite tiny url tinyurl.com/4fbf99p6 @kingstonunilib.bsky.social @ksaresearchhub.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Hi folks don't forget to sign up to the July Kingston Biodiversity Network Meeting sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/kingston-b... @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social we've had a location change- this quick video shows you how to get to the room 😀Pls share and come along @kingstonunilib.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Come with me and we'll see a world of pure imagination made real! A world of floristic difference from the monoculture of bamboo that had been here at KSA @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @kingstonunilib.bsky.social Check my insta post for more info :) www.instagram.com/p/DLSwCqkioV...

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

www.instagram.com/p/DLKdmjqou-... Lots of balsam pulled today - check out the Instagram Post with lots more photos. Thanks again everyone, esp for working in this heat! We're back again next month, one mid week session @KingstonSchArt then a Sat session in Elmbridge Meadows. Join us 😀

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Read all about it. The latest biodiversity newsletter from @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social mailchi.mp/b90613faa7b8... Some of our #CityNatureChallenge results and details of the next #KingstonBiodiversityNetwork meeting with a talk by @fungiflowers.bsky.social you won't want to miss!

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Some shots of the fantastic volunteers today as we cleared tonnes balsam from the right bank of the Hogsmill River and the channel 2. We got permission from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to access the bank via their Sports Ground -thank you 😊 www.instagram.com/p/DKUg5K6IO5...

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Mating Cabbage Bugs on possible Wintercress species Buff-tailed Bumblebee feeding on possible Wintercress species And my OMG OMG OMG moment! Green Hairstreak Butterfly in the grass!

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Hoverfly larva in a Dog Rose flower Common Carder on a White Dead Nettle 7-Spotted Ladybird on a White Dead Nettle leaf

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Back at Tolworth Court Sports Grounds, undertaking mosaic cutting and removal of stone of the woodies ruderal plant species in the meadow area as part of the management there. Avoiding the ant hills on the site as we go. Some of the different species spotted this morning:

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

by 23 observers (some repeating sites) recording 513 species so far. And that's only on our sites. Numbers contributing to the larger London cnc2025 to come post the verifications that were all still doing 😀 But today a short break from verifications for @pomscheme.bsky.social FIT-Counts

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Why is it that all of the animals are shoeing up after the #cnc2025 recording period! I'd heard the chaffers in Sunday, but couldnt record or photograph them! But all of the volunteers have done a fantastic job on @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites, with 2759 observations...

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

These are the moments for me that make the unsocial hours and lack of sleep (#AnEcologistsLife) all worth it 😍😄 #CityNatureChallenge2025 Can you see the cranes in the sunrise (a bit different from their wilder brethren. @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social

Images of wildlife seen at night and dawn during @kingstonuniversity's City Nature Challenge run under the biodiversity work we do

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A second brilliant day off the #CityNatureChallenge2025 across @kingstonuniversity sites. All set up for the moth survey in the morning and currently waiting on bats at one of our @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social sites. How did everyone else's #cnc2025 go today?

One of the odd records that won't count today, surveying for Hedgehogs on our site and finally found one!

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

A great 1st day of the #CityNatureChallenge2025 with some of the #KBN team at Middle Mill and Knights Park, and the volunteers Tolworth Court. A long evening of uploads. Then sleep+repeat tomorrow->Monday @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social @inaturalist.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social

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Kingston University Biodiversity @biodiversityku.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Setting up for tonight's #kingstonbiodiversitynetwork meeting. We're in the Robert's Lecture Theatre @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social , just up the stairs :) See you all soon

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