Steve Thackeray

A clear, bright view of the lake with golden coloured trees.

A shot from out on the water, with the sun reflecting on the lake surface.

Our research boat coming to shore, shining in the warm morning sunlight.

A beautiful winter day on Windermere (UK) today. If you are ever there, look out for our research boat, the John Lund. The crew will be collecting vital data on the lake ecosystem. #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social

Very glad you did 😊

Well, this is exciting! I thought I'd lost you when I left that other place!

Never gets old - a Herring gull doing its "worm charming" dance #ukwildlife

BES Aquatic Ecology Annual Meeting Help us design our next BES Aquatic Group Annual Meeting in 2026

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We'll be there too!

Come find us at the Meet the SIGs session! 🌊
📍Mezzanine
🕰️ 6-7pm

We'll then head to the pub for drinks and food for a joint social with Teaching and Learning & Quantitative @bes-quantitative.bsky.social SIGs! 🍻
📍Fox & Faun
🕰️ 7.30pm

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New study led by @ellie-mackay.bsky.social shows how organic nutrient fractions can stimulate the growth of algae in rivers, and explores the predictability of this effect across the UK.

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A row of trees reflected in still water. The reflection is sharp and clear. I rotated the image 90 degrees, so the real and reflected trees reach out to the left and right.

Beautiful reflections on Lancaster canal today. Love the effect when rotating the image 😍

Cumbrian Lakes Long-Term Monitoring - YouTube From 1945 to today: UKCEH and predecessors have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes for 80 years, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping o...

Learn more about our Cumbrian lakes monitoring with this YouTube playlist!

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#freshwater

Collage of 9 images from a conference featuring speakers presenting on environmental DNA surveys and lake protection. Presentations include slides on eDNA monitoring, fish detection, and the FutureLakes initiative.

Group of people standing outside with Windermere in the background

Cake with two fondant figures and a boat labeled "John Lund," surrounded by green sponge hills and water. Iced text reads, "80 years Cumbrian Lakes monitoring."

🌊 This year we marked 80 years of monitoring the Cumbrian lakes and held the 10th Cumbrian Lakes Research Forum.
With so much focus on Windermere, the event highlighted the vital role of independent, long-term science in understanding change & guiding restoration.

www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

Lovely to see your work again!

The beautiful, vibrant wildlife art of @bernoid.bsky.social 😍

The 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit – an international collaboration success story From 30 September-3 October, UKCEH co-convened the 8th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit in Accra, Ghana

Check out this new blog from my amazing #UKCEH_AquaEco colleagues! A summary of a recent, innovate and highly impactful sustainable phosphorus summit, in Ghana: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

@ukceh.bsky.social #phosphorus #waterquality #collaboration #sustainability

Four speaker photos and a graphic of mountains and a lake, with the headlines Session I: Sustainable Management of Lake Ecosystems, Session II: Modeling Aquatic Systems to Support Lake Resilience

Four speaker photos and names

Two logos and the text Joint Webinar on Science and Governance of Lakes: Perspectives from the Philippines and the United Kingdom

🌊 This Fri (7 Nov) 4:30 pm PST / 8:30 am GMT, DOST-PCAARRD & UKCEH host a joint webinar: Science and Governance of Lakes – Perspectives from the Philippines and UK.

Hear experts discuss sustainable lake management & modelling for resilience.

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Long-term monitoring tells a story of change. For 80 years scientists have monitored Windermere and nearby lakes in Cumbria, tracking how climate change and pollution are reshaping our freshwater ecosystems.

It’s one of the longest lake datasets anywhere in the world! 🌎

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It was a privilege to talk to Tristan Gooley when he was researching his latest book; The Hidden Seasons. We talked about life underwater! #freshwater #ecology #NatureWriting

A spooky scarecrow sketch for Halloween 🎃 #drawing

A glossy grey toadstool in vivid green grass

A patterned mid grey moth on varnished wood

A pale mottled moth on warmly lit brickwork

A bit of autumn #wildlife. Not sure at all, but maybe stubble rosegill and autumnal/November moths #ukwildlife

Boxplots showing reductions in modelled, seasonal water temperatures with increasing floating solar panel coverage, under four climate scenarios

New paper uses 1D lake modelling to explore the extent to which floating solar panels could offset warming-related impacts of climate change: www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kma...

#FloatingSolar #FPV #ClimateChange 🧪🌊☀️

Beautiful work 🤩

An angle shades moth on a wooden fence. It is coloured shades of brown and has the appearance of a curled autumn leaf.

I love an angle shades. Always worth pausing to give them consideration 👌 #ukwildlife #moth #insect

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