Dr Victoria J Burton

National Environmental Monitoring Conference - British Ecological Society The NEMC returns for its second year focusing on: From insight to impact: building the UK environmental monitoring community

Save the date: 15 Dec | 📍EICC, Edinburgh

The National Environment Monitoring Conference 2025 from @britishecologicalsociety.org, UKCEH and @ukeof.bsky.social

From Insight to Impact: Building the UK Environmental Monitoring Community

Learn more:
🔗 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati...

Join my colleagues & I on Mon 28 July from 11am for a #bioblitz to celebrate the first year of the reopening of the @nhm-london.bsky.social Gardens! I'll be rummaging in the leaves for minibeasts! www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...

🪲 Love #insects? Got art, photos, science projects or specimens to share? Book a space at the #aesfair Annual Exhibition – 27 Sep 2025 Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey! Exhibitors get free entry! 🐜Details + booking form: www.amentsoc.org/events/listings/01112 #amentsoc

Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open! Submission deadline is…

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱

Abstracts are NOW due AUGUST 15th 23:59 PDT‼️

Submit an abstract 👇

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Oh wow, yeah! Adults both fluffy though.

My sister found a Puss Moth caterpillar in our willows today and I'm really jealous as I thought they must be in there. Such amazing beasties!

Webinar: studying biodiversity gains across the education estate | Education Nature Park The National Education Nature Park programme is supporting global biodiversity research. Join our webinar to find out how!Wednesday 23 July, 15.30-16.00Aimed at organisations in science research, biod...

The National #EducationNaturePark programme is supporting global biodiversity research. Join our webinar on Wed 23 July 15.30-16.00 BST to find out how! Featuring me & other researchers @nhm-london.bsky.social www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/webinar-studying-biodiversity-gains-across-education-estate

Some are stellate, glandular, forked, simple or branched. What are? I hear you ask! Hairs! This week’s challenge is to find a hairy plant, the hirsuter the better and examine its trichomes! Post your bristly pics using the hashtag #hairyplants for #Wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm

This is also why I love working @nhm-london.bsky.social

Take part in our computing resources co-development day | Education Nature Park Calling all computing specialists!We're developing a suite of national curriculum-linked resources to support schools and colleges to implement climate and nature education more widely within the curr...

A few spots left for our #EducationNaturePark co-development day this Friday 11th July in Exeter! 🌿💻Explore how computing & climate/nature education can connect. Free to join + lunch!📍Info & sign-up: www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/take-part-ou...

@flygirlnhm.bsky.social saw this thread and thought of you

Agencies call for tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel adverts - edie More than 60 advertising and media agencies have called on the UK Government to introduce ‘tobacco-style’ restrictions on fossil fuel advertisements and sponsorships ahead of a Parliamentary debate on...

'In an open letter coordinated by Purpose Disruptors, @cleancreatives.bsky.social & @creatives4climate.bsky.social, more than 60 advertising agencies, each with over 1,000 employees, urged the Government to treat fossil fuel ads like tobacco marketing, citing parallels in tactics used &public harm'

Come and talk to me and others about #insects this Saturday!

Cute new slug drops!

On Saturday I will be helping run minibeast hunts in a heatwave 🫠

So excited for this!

Take part in our computing resources co-development day | Education Nature Park Calling all computing specialists!We're developing a suite of national curriculum-linked resources to support schools and colleges to implement climate and nature education more widely within the curr...

Are you interested in teaching computing in schools? Join me and other #EducationNaturePark colleagues in Exeter on the 11th July for a computing resources co-development day. Lunch provided! www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/take-part-ou...

Systemic bio-inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox Biodiversity is declining globally, and poverty rates are not improving, so sustainable development initiatives aim to jointly reduce biodiversity loss and alleviate poverty. These initiatives expect ...

Our new pre-print exposes how the global link between poverty and biodiversity is rooted in colonial exploitation of biological resources.

🌎🌐 #decolonisingconservation #conservation

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Submit an event for inclusion on the Insect Week website - Insect Week Insect Week provides a free-of-charge central listing platform for organisations and individuals to upload and share insect-related venues and events. Tell us about your events using the form below…

Join #Insect enthusiasts across the globe and #StandTallForTheSmall from 23-29 June 🐞

Planning an event during #InsectWeek 2025? Submit it to our website for more people to see it 🔽
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Need inspiration? Visit our handy guide 🔽
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The cover of Nature’s Memory – a green snail shell on a black background

Big day... My book #NaturesMemory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums is published TODAY.🤩
Over the last 20+ years of working in these incredible institutions, I've noticed some surprising things about them, and this book shares some of these "secrets", as an insider's guide.🧵

One joined me for lunch in my garden today 😃 my neighbour possibly wondered what I was shouting about 😆

🌿 London educators! Join free in-person training to explore the #EducationNaturePark. Learn about curriculum links, site mapping & biodiversity surveys. Open to all teachers & school staff!📍Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/o/national-education-nature-park-partnership-71326322563 #OutdoorLearning

Just had a meeting gate crashed by an AI notetaker which hilariously captured us complaining about its presence 🤣

The Biological Recording Handbook Biological recording is the discipline of writing down natural history observations of a correctly identified species, in a specific location, on a specific date, by a named individual. Simple enough,...

All of this year’s Christmas presents solved as it’s due out in November…
@pelagic.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social

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I've tried a lot of fruits it seems...

Webinar: spring term round-up | Education Nature Park Join us for another end of term round-up from the National Education Nature Park. Hear from students at a school who've been working to embed the Nature Park programme in their learning, what the Natu...

🌿Join us for the Education Nature Park Spring Term Round-up on Wed, March 26 at 4 PM GMT to hear from students and discover what our scientists have been up to with the data collected. Don't miss this inspiring event! #EducationNaturePark www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/webinar-spring-term-round

Exploring R Package Usage in Academia I am running a quick survey to find out which R packages academics use the most in their research and teaching. The goal is to see which tools are essential, spot any gaps, and maybe even discover som...

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

YouTube video by AES Channel Young Verrall 2025 with Dr Ben Clunie

Did you miss the #YoungVerrall at #SISF2025?

Discover the fascinating relationships between plants & insects in this talk for ages 7-11 with the brilliant @drbclunie.bsky.social - Thank you again for delivering the Lecture, Ben!

Watch on @amentsoc.bsky.social's YouTube:
youtu.be/xGtsES0xmWI?...

Earthworm Watch: Insights Into Urban Earthworm Communities Join Dr Victoria J. Burton (Natural History Museum) to hear abou using citizen science to gain insights into UK urban earthworm communities.

I'm speaking on my @nhm-london.bsky.social community science #earthworm research in a free webinar with @biologicalrecording.co.uk on 24 March, sign up here: 🪱
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earthworm-...