Deepa Senapathi

Sugarcane stacked outside shop on Pongal Day

Turmeric as a full plants with rhizome & leaves

It's lovely being in Chennai for Pongal - the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu celebrating our farmers & produce with gratitude for the seasonal sun & rain that ensure a good harvest!
Happy Pongal everyone!🌽🌾🍯
அனைவருக்கும் இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் 🎋🌾🫜
#Pongal #harvest #farmersday #பொங்கல் #உழவர்திருநாள்

Two funded PhDs wt me @uniofreading.bsky.social, Oct 2026 start, via AI-INTERVENE (research.reading.ac.uk/ai-intervene/) 🌏🐦🌿🐝

UK Wild Bird phenology wt Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social

Computer Vision & Plant-Pollinator Networks wt @tomaugust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Deadline 12 Jan2026

Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍

Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

A lovely weekend with @piedflynet.bsky.social on Dartmoor. Walks in nature & talks with friends. Food for the soul❣️
#timewithfriends #ecologistlife #naturetrails 🌿🌏🐦😊

Fully funded PhD for UK students working wt me at @uniofreading.bsky.social, Prof Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social & @btobirds.bsky.social

Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM

Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

AI generated image showing various birds flying in the interior of a museum with virtual reality elements interspersed throughout

Funded 4-year PhD available 🎓.
Project titled “AI in the Museum” working with historic bird data 🐦 from Madagascar & supervisors at @uniofreading.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social
Deadline 9th Nov 2025. Apply at www.mfccdt.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
#AIinResearch #Ecology #Climate 🌏🌿

Multi-tiered wild honey bee hive hanging from the top of a tree in an urban garden

Wild honey bee hive in my aunt's garden. I'm not sure if it's Apis indica or Apis cerana (too big & too many tiers for it to be A. florea, me thinks). Abandoned since the monsoon started but isn't she a beauty? 🌏🐝🌿❣️
#beehive #wildhoneybees #gardensurprises #indianhoneybees #simplejoys

YouTube video by Connecting Research | University of Reading Impact at UoR | Deepa Senapathi

My colleagues @uniofreading.bsky.social asked me what I thought of the "Impact" that our research generates. Here's me talking about my experience in this area🌿🌻🐝🦋🌾🌟
youtu.be/9epi_JI1ohw
#science ➡️ #evidence ➡️ #stakeholders ➡️ #codevelopment ➡️ #implementation ➡️ #impact

Thank you, Pilar!

Two months away from my office, I came back to a combination of congratulatory messages on my promotion & condolences for my Dad passing away... and a change on the door. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the love & empathy from my colleagues. THANK YOU @uniofreading.bsky.social #lovewhereyouwork

Can Nature & People Thrive Together?
🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍
An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌡changes in the city of my birth vs. the town where I now live. Mid summers day🌿 not just the longest but might be the hottest day of the year so far, in England ☀️ Days >30°C, avg for tropical Chennai, are becoming more common in temperate Reading, too! 🌏
#showyourstripes #midsummer #climatechange

Climate Change and Biodiversity: BES Climate Change SIG Annual Meeting 2025 The first in-person annual meeting of the British Ecological Society Climate Change Ecology Group.

🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿

We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025!

Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges.

Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch...

👀 🫵 🔜

Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why it is important for conservation. My hope is to increase the unders...

Am interested in new nerdy ideas for YouTube videos. These either explain a concept in conservation or ecology or explain a conservation project. These have something to show. Please say if at #ICCB2025 and would like to discuss an idea.
youtube.com/@bill_suther...

House Martins nest building outside my bedroom. Despite the mess, the window cleaning will now have to wait until the chicks have fledged & flown! Hope it's a good year for their home & family 🌍🐦 #birdsoutsidemybedroom #housemartins #nesting #springtime #simplepleasures

Lovely spring day in Wiltshire helping my PhD student calibrate her radio tracking equipment whilst listening to skylarks, watching corn buntings, meadow pipits & yellow wagtails & soaking up the sunshine. 🌍🐤🌞 It was a day that was very good for the soul! #ecologistlife #dayout #fieldwork 😊

Bees face new threats from wars, street lights and microplastics, scientists warn University of Reading report says conflicts including war in Ukraine among 12 most pressing threats to pollinator

A short but significant report on emerging threats & opportunities for pollinator conservation, we've worked on @uniofreading.bsky.social with Bee:wild is out today in time for #WorldBeeDay 🌍🐝
It's been picked up by @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The weather is a bit mixed this weekend but #pollinator FIT Counts might be possible in sheltered, sunny spots. Here's a Green-veined White butterfly enjoying a rather wind-swept dandelion. This is a target flower for FIT Counts - read more on the PoMS blog ukpoms.org.uk/delightful-d...

My constant companion since the summer of '09. Road trips wt friends & field trips wt colleagues, this little car has taken me across the length & breadth of Great Britain. I'll miss you, my friend. Safe travels wt new friends on your future adventures! #goodbyesarenevereasy #endofanera

Exciting news! We're launching the Tyler Prize to support early career researchers. #ECRs

Four awards of £10,000 each will be given annually across our Research Themes, accelerating the development of research leadership, collaboration and innovation.

More info: rdg.ac/3FF89Yk

University of Reading, School of Agriculture, Policy & Development's fieldwork truck in an apple orchard

🥇#1 - The QS World University Rankings 2025 has put us @uor-research.bsky.social in the world's Top20 & UK 1️⃣ for Agriculture & Forestry 🌍 Fantastic news & great recognition of our efforts within the School and University 🍾🥂🥳 www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Un... #lovewhereyouwork 🌟

🌱The new #HorizonEurope project, #AGRI4POL, aims to assist the transition of #agriculture from being a pressure on #pollinators to becoming a positive force for #biodiversity, crop pollination services, #ecosystems and people.

💻Read the full press release: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
@forestplots.bsky.social

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

Study documents significant decline in butterflies in the US over the last two decades #butterflies #insect #decline
🌎🦋⬇️〽️❗️

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Calling citizen scientists in Britain to contribute once more to data on Fruit tree flowering phenology ⚘️🪻🌸🌍 at fruitwatch.org. Fruitwatch is back!

How long after boarding the #Eurostar do you think this photo was taken? Less than 5 minutes!!! Classic shot of a bunch of academics on a work trip #ecologistlife 🌍 #academiclife From @valor-project.eu to @agri4pol.eu

Excited to be at the kick-off of this new Horizon Europe VALOR project. Follow our progress over the next few years on @valor-project.eu