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Andy Salisbury

@andyentomologist.bsky.social

Head of Plant Health @the_rhs #Entomologist, #Gardens, #biodiversity, #pollinators, #MountainBiker, #mountainbiking #Dorking #surreyhills, dubious music taste.

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Every pound counts towards creating greener, more pollinator-friendly spaces across the city!

09.12.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

09.12.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

04.12.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

03.12.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

02.12.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chilly and bright out on the #mountainbike in Surrey Hills #abingerroughs & #denbieshillside with @drdoox.bsky.social

30.11.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Friday and before I sit back in front of the TV, reading RHS The Garden πŸͺ»πŸŒΌ, #BlackFlag🀘🀘🀘, and @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social 🍺

28.11.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

27.11.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

26.11.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

25.11.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Postgraduate opportunities The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.

Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍

21.11.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I did wonder if it was a real book.

23.11.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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For all of those entomologists wondering what book Dr. Frankenstein is holding up in Guillermo del Toro's new cinematic masterpiece: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/...

23.11.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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A cold Friday, enjoying Phantom brewco 🍻, entomology from BENHS, music @ozrictentacle.bsky.social Arborescence latest find from spinsoundsmusic ) and importantly the stove is lit.

21.11.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final presentation of the day. It's been an amazing variety and quality of presentations. #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β˜• Tea. #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back after a short break and cacti #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mycorrhizal fungi #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The role of structural complexity on landscape functioning: a remote sensing approach to Nature based solutions. #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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After a good lunch we are back looking at and recognising the true (and very poorly/ inaccurately recorded) indigenous/local input in historical plant collecting #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Diamond back moth #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Main presentations Susmita Awon on host preferences of meadow spittle bug #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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5th flash talk #RHSPhDSymposium ...carbon storage/ role of shrubs and herbaceous plants much understudied

20.11.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fourth flash talk - Trees and elevated temperature #RHSPhDSymposium

20.11.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Third flash talk daffodils #RJSPhDsymposium

20.11.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Second flash talk #RHSPhDSympodium identifying plant traits with environmental benefit #PlantsForPurpose

20.11.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's the annual RHS PhD symposium, a day of hearing from the students supported by the RHS on a wide range of horticultural projects ...first up flash talks from those earlier on in their projects

20.11.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

20.11.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

19.11.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning from RHS Garden Wisley #UKGardens

18.11.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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