Steve Thackeray

Black ink drawing of a dragonfly in a cartoon, rather than realistic, style.

A little dragonfly sketch, for relaxation purposes #drawing #SciArt

A dragonfly perched on some vegetation. It has a black abdomen with paired blue markings, and a yellow marking like a golf tee at its leading end.

Not a great picture, but a male migrant hawker from #Lancaster canal today

#UKwildlife #dragonfly #insect @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Another great BES-Aquatic Group conference this year at ZSL London @zslofficial.bsky.social!

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at #BESAG2025 we had a great artist, Oliver Leger (www.olivierleger.co.uk), exhibiting his art which was an intersection between science and art. He gave a wonderful interactive talk too! #art #science #sciart 🧪💦💧🌊🧑‍🎨

Tom Smith from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social is our #BESAG annual prize winner for outstanding contribution for his career stage! well done, Tom, and great talk too! #BESAG2025 #aquatic #marine #freshwater #bodysize #ecology #evolution 💦💧🌊🧪🌍

the #BESAG committee had a great time and hope you did too. Thank you to keynote speakers, workshop leaders, talk presenters and all the participants. Thanks to the sponsors, @funecology.bsky.social and to @zslofficial.bsky.social for hosting us! we hope to see all of you again next year!💧🌍🧪

We would love to stay in contact: you can sign up to our mailing list, follow us on bsky & join us for the annual BES meeting, and for next year BESAG conference! let' talk & share #aquatic #marine #freshwater #ocean #brackish 💦🌊💧🌍🧪

#BESAG2025 #ECRs price winners:🥇Rosie Williams(prize from @funecology.bsky.social) & 🥈 @ap3489.bsky.social (@zslofficial.bsky.social price)!Rosie: sea surface temperature, pollution and infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins & Adam: how bioturbators benefit C and nutrients

at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 PT2

at #BESAG2025 we also had great posters from #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼 everyone was so interested and happy to chat and exchange knowledge

we had two #BESAG2025 socials! The first one was our pub outing - we are very happy to see so many scientists enjoying themselves and sharing their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼

we had two #BESAG2025 socials! The second one was a drink reception at the beautiful @zslofficial.bsky.social - drinks & anything #marine #freshwater #aquatic! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼

at #BESAG2025 we had great lightning talks from amazing #ECRs.. telling us all about their #marine #freshwater #aquatic research! 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠🪱🐟🐳🐬🐡🦐🦞🪼

our last #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is Prof. Yin Chen. Yin gave us a great talk on #methane oxidation in #freshwater #lakes, with a #microbiologist’s perspective 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠 #aquatic #freshwater #pollution

Great to see that the UKCEH Molecular Ecology Group have now joined us here on BlueSky!

Give them a follow!

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our next #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is Dr. Joe Taylor from @ukceh.bsky.social. Joe gave a wonderful and very interesting presentation on #biodiversity and #importance of #microbial #eukaryotes in #lakes 🧪🌍💧💦🔬🦠

our third #BESAG2025 keynote speaker is @sarabenelli.bsky.social from the University of Parma. Sara gave us a great talk on #biogeochemical interactions between micro- and macro-organisms #aquatic #lagoon #freshwater 💧💦🌍🧪🪱

@drplanktonpoo.bsky.social

#BESAG2025. Our first keynote speaker is Dr. Iestyn Woolway. he gave us a very interesting talk on global #lakes responses to #climate #change. #freshwater #aquatic 💧💦🌍

Day 2 of #BESAG2025 at @londonzoo.bsky.social
.Today is all about talks! we had keynotes, full and lightning talks. 👩‍💻🧑‍🔬👥🗣 🌍🧪💧🌊 Our amazing #keynote speakers are: Dr. Iestyn Woolway, Dr. Emma Cavan, Dr. Sara Benelli, Dr. Joe Taylor and Prof. Yin Chen..a mix of marine & freshwater research!

Day 1 of our annual #BESAG2025, at @londonzoo.bsky.social
workshops day! Our second workshop was led by Prof Mike Sweet. We had great group discussions on the use of #probiotics in natural #ecosystems 🌍🧪💊💧🌊

the picture shows a room full of people attending the first BESAG2025 workshop led by Dr. Paul Medley. discussion & R coding on assessing fisheries data using #Bayesian models and the fishblicc R package

the picture shows a room full of people attending the first BESAG2025 workshop led by Dr. Paul Medley. discussion & R coding on assessing fisheries data using #Bayesian models and the fishblicc R package

Day 1 of our annual #BESAG2025, at @londonzoo.bsky.social: workshops day! Our first workshop was led by Dr. Paul Medley. We had a great mix of discussion & R coding on assessing #fisheries data using #Bayesian models and the #fishblicc #R package 🌍🧪🐟🐠🦐💧🌊

A spotted ray or stingray photographed from above, showing its distinctive black body covered in white circular spots and dots of varying sizes. The ray rests on a rocky, brownish surface. The IUCN Red List logo appears in the bottom left corner. Photo credit: Torres.

Underwater photograph of a grey catfish resting on a rocky riverbed in clear turquoise water. The fish has distinctive whiskers, a large round eye, and pale fins. The IUCN Red List logo appears in the top left corner. Photo credit: Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath.

Split-view underwater and above-water photograph of a tropical freshwater cenote. Below the surface, crystal-clear turquoise water reveals a rocky limestone formation with bright green aquatic plants. Above water, lush palm trees and tropical vegetation line the banks. The IUCN Red List logo appears in the bottom left corner. Photo credit: Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath.

🌊 One-quarter of freshwater species are at risk of extinction, warns the IUCN Red List.

From crabs to fish, these creatures are vital for ecosystems and human livelihoods. Pollution, habitat loss, and invasive species drive this crisis.🐟🦐

📷 IUCN
🗞️ iucn.org/press-releas...

Daily temperature variation explains zooplankton community differences in freshwater mesocosms recovering from a natural drought Drought events are typically studied as a single stressor. However, multiple environmental variables are altered under drought conditions, including water level and daily temperature variation. Here,...

aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Daily temperature variation explains zooplankton community differences in freshwater mesocosms recovering from a natural drought. James R. Hubbard, Dania Albini & Michelle C. Jackson

Calling all isotope ecologists.
IsoEcol 2026 will be held between October 12-17th, 2026 at the University of Hong Kong
See www.isoecol.com/2026/ for more

image/jpeg a microscope photograph shows a spherical orange egg with a spiky surface. Calanoid diapause egg.

image/jpeg a microscope photograph shows a semicircular object with two inner dark ovals covered by a tough coating and a long spine to one side. Ephippium of Daphnia. Janek Lass CC BY-SA 4.0

image/jpeg a microscope photograph of a shrimp-like organism with long antennae carrying a dark egg filled sac on the tail. Calanoid copepod female CC BY-SA 4.0 Franz Neidl.

image/png a microscopic photograph of a transparent ovoid crustacean zooplankton carrying a distinctive large dark egg in a chamber on its back. Daphnia carrying an ephippium. James Grover.

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐

Visions for a positive lakes future in the Lake District National Park UKCEH is part of an EU funded project bringing together multiple perspectives while aiming to improve the health of lake ecosystems. Dr Heather Moorhouse tells us more...

What are stakeholders' visions for positive lake futures in the English Lake District?

A new blog post from #UKCEH_AquaEco: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪🌊🐟🚣‍♀️

#freshwater #lake @ukceh.bsky.social

BIOPOLE - Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts The export of elements (particularly carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus) from the Poles critically supports global marine biodiversity and major fisheries as well as the sequestration of atmospheric carb...

New publication on the impressive BIOPOLE project, on nutrient export in the poles: riojournal.com/article/1637...

#UKCEH_AquaEco 🧪💦

This survey on the current state of freshwater monitoring in the UK is still open.

Have your say, and please share...

💦🧪 #freshwater #monitoring #UKCEH_AquaEco #data #evidence

A vivid green cricket with long antenna, orange eyes and a long curved ovipositor

Found this fab female short-winged conehead near #Lancaster today.

#ukwildlife #insect #orthoptera