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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Almost back home after an amazing 12 days in Mpala, Kenya, teaching our MSc field course. So much life.

Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Learning about the biodiversity of Mpala in Kenya, with the @liverpooluni.bsky.social MSc Global Change Ecology and Evolution course. Just found this handsome leopard tortoise in our camp.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Early spring on Ynys Môn: Lesser celandine, common whitlow grass, sunlight in Bryn Celli Ddu.

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RES Publications @respublications.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

New #OpenAccess work by @pierretichit.bsky.social, @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv found continued expansion of invasive #carabids across elevation and habitats on sub-#Antarctic South Georgia. doi.org/10.1111/icad.70064 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It's that time of year when I'm frustrated by being asked to review multiple papers, but I don't have my own papers written and submitted 😬

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NeoBiota @neobiota.pensoft.net · 10/11/2025

Climate niche analysis predicts 2,554 potential new alien vascular plant species could invade the Arctic, emphasising urgent need for biosecurity and monitoring under climate change. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob... @liverpooluni.bsky.social

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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

▶️‼️𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐍𝐀𝐅, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰‼️◀️ esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 1️⃣ it now contains 16,429 plant taxa 2️⃣ removal of outdated data & errors 3️⃣ 117,229 new records 4️⃣ 31% increase in the number of geographic regions

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The updated Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF 2.0) database

GloNAF is a continuously updated, curated compilation of alien naturalized vascular plant inventories for geographic regions worldwide. Building on its predecessor, GloNAF 2.0 now contains 16,429 tax...

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BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

As usual, @markavery.bsky.social has it right. Things are not getting better for our wild plants The 20-year efforts of #BSBImembers & the botanical community gave us #PlantAtlas2020, which provides the evidence base for much of this #GBRedList assessment. Your #botany records make a difference!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Pirri-Pirri Bur, Pampas grass, Wireweed: all plants from the S Hemisphere that are establishing in the UK. Can we explain current and predict future invasions by S Hemisphere plants? Apply for this NERC ACCE+ PhD project to find out: tinyurl.com/374ty2b7 Please Repost! @acce-dla.bsky.social

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A windy, raw, but sunny day in and above Hope Valley, the Peak District.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This might be science, or science fiction, in the making.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Controversial opinion: many scientists (probably a majority) are terrible at conversation. Conversation is an art. It requires listening and not simply talking when and however much one wants.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A lovely encounter with a New Zealand Fantail on Banks Peninsula. Very cute.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

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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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

And that's me done. Can relax and enjoy the rest of the EMAPi 2025 conference now!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

It's 23:40 on bank holiday Monday, and I think I just finished a grant proposal 😬😴

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Climate models since the 1970s nailed it—most predicted global warming almost exactly as it happened.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

My first ever crop of onions, and they look great! About 50 or so, still another 17 in the ground. Now, for curing.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

What happens to an abandoned golf course.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Found a young dead dunnock in my garden. No doubt the work of the neighbour's cat. Such a waste.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

In the Royal Albert Hall for an exciting Prom! Including Holst's 'The Planets' (a favourite in our house), and Star Wars. What a combo!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Missed #wildflowerhour yet again! But, the flowers were too lovely at the Keen of Hamar, #Unst ( #Shetland ), not to share. This site is special for its barren, rocky landscape of weathered, rare serpentine rock. We were lucky to see a late-flowering 'Shetland mouse-ear' (endemic).

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

On the way home, we stopped at Birnam to say 'hello' to the ancient oak. We were treated to two osprey, hunting on the Tay over Dunkeld bridge.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Back on the ferry to Britain. Had a wonderful 2 weeks in Orkney and Shetland. Yesterday's clifftop walk on Muckle Roe was a highlight!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Had a fantastic day on stunning Unst: Hermaness NNR was breathtaking! Loving Shetland.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Late again to the #wildflowerhour party, but the flowers on display in Orkney deserve a post ot two. Meadow pea and marsh woundwort on Rousay:

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

About to board the ferry to Shetland, after an adventurous week in Orkney. Empty, white sandy beaches on Egilsay and Sanday, and impressive neolithic cairns on Rousay (Midhowe) and Sanday (Quoyness).

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

A mad week. Learned a pcr protocol to id male and female red campion flowers in Durham; various ACCE+ meetings: Impatiens soil sampling in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿; aquatic status of 889 plant spp assigned; commented on 3 manuscripts; meetings with the lab. Still have a grant proposal to finish, but off to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for a rest.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A mad week of fieldwork with Rain among the triffids complete. One more site to go next Thursday.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A lot of driving, and a lot of balsam this week. More near Stirling tomorrow, then the first season's sampling will almost be complete. 🫠

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Peter Dietrich @drpeterdietrich.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Excited to see our paper now published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social ! 🎉 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Today I had a rare feeling about writing a grant proposal. Excitement!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

@labouruk.bsky.social war on nature continues. This is idiotic. Had enough: I won't be voting for you next time. Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes

MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Forgot to post on time for #wildflowerhour. Three #cabbagefamily species looking good this weekend: garlic mustard and cuckooflower, plus a tiny-flowered bittercress (6 stamens, so wavy I think).

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Thank goodness the weather was on our side! Fun day.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

And then there were some naturalised and sometimes downright invasive plants also seen around Penwith. Three-cornered leek is ubiquitous, Berberis darwinii escaping on Zennor Hill, and Carpobrotus edulis smothering cliff vegetation at Cape Cornwall. #wildflowerhour

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Not so tiny, but still beautiful plants around the Cornish coast. Thrift and sea campion in profusion. Plus spring squill, and then primrose, dog violet and lesser celandine by the sea at Cape Cornwall. #wildflowerhour

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I think dodder (here parasitizing gorse in Cornwall) could count as #tinyplants for #wildflowerhour!

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Yesterday's megaliths: Lanyon Quoit, Nine Maidens of Boskednan, Mên-an-tol, and Boscawen-ûn stone circle.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Today at the end of Gurnard's Head.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Finally, the sun shone over Penwith. Delighted to revisit Trencrom hill, Zennor quoit, Chûn quoit and castle, and Carn Gluze barrow. More megaliths tomorrow.

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Wayne Dawson @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I missed out on this week's #Wildflowerhour, but here's some cheerful gorse on Bodmin moor, and quirky Persicaria capitata on a Penzance wall instead.

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