People and large mammals are known to coppice hazel etc, but they're not essential to the process. Hazel can self-coppice in 2 ways: first, the big old stems simply fall over, and new growth emerges to replace them. 1/2
The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org
The video you see here is confirmatory proof:
Wolves. Love. Blueberries.
As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.
6) Britain (and Ireland) is an island, we have unique species and unique species interactions, continentalising our biota could lead to net unique biodiversity loss. Yes there are lots of alien species here already, no that is not a justification to add some more 20/
Aspens, glacial erratics, and lateral moraines at Green Creek #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada
"the BiaΕowieΕΌa Forest becomes more than just a conservation object. It's a point of reference that allows us to think about the future of European forests. This isn't a nostalgic look back."
Where the warbler still sings. Professor Maziarz on the limits of change: academia.pan.pl/tam-gdzie-sw...
How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base ππ§ͺππ³π² 1/9
Now available on youtube!
#FungiFriends #WildPlantDisease
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marsh tit, www.garthpeacock.co.uk
Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social
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1/4 Photos from El Pijeral - 'The Enchanted Forest', Tenerife. Laurisilva forests in Canary Islands are ancient subtropical cloud forests formed in the Tertiary period. Sustained by trade-wind moisture they host many endemic species and relic biodiversity lost elsewhere in Europe
Big day
First Iveragh Woodlands EIP operational group meeting.
Farmer- hunter - forester - ecologist dream team!!
New site record of Hymenophyllum tunbrigense for Co. Louth (H31) growing in a rocky woodland on a minor hill. Happy to find this one today. A very scarce species in the county.
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
#ferns #botany #filmyferns
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Calling all #woodant researchers and stakeholders in Ireland !
π Join the All Ireland Wood Ant Network
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Patrick Gleeson @patrickgleeson.bsky.social with poster 'The Future of Wood Ants in Ireland' at the Irish Entomologist's Meeting
Looking up into the crown of a much-loved ancient Small-leaved Lime coppice stool in Old Sulehay Forest on a gloomy grey day, the remaining leaves gradually changing from green to clear-yellow.
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
I am really looking forward to the new radio documentary being aired at 3.00pm today, Monday 27th Oct, on RTΓ Radio1. The βSilent Valley - the last Irish Ring Ouzelsβ, it examines the plight of our Ring Ouzels (down to just one known pair in 2024) and asks if they can be saved?
Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
##WildflowerHour
I have so much respect for Greta Thunberg because she easily could have coasted on speaking gigs and Davos appearances for the rest of her life
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Our group of rewilders and river runners from the U.S., Mexico, and Argentina traveled away from the international border and into the #wild ahead.
An insatiable thirst for cheap, ready-to-build furniture has been linked to illegal logging of protected areas and assassinations of forest defenders.
atmos.earth/political-la...
Aspen, restricted to just two islands on the lough. Haven't recorded it on any other lough islands but occurs very sparingly on some mainland coastal cliff sites.
Yew berry.
Rock Whitebeam with Derryclare conifer plantation and hill in the background. The species seems to favour the western, more exposed sides of islands. Probably doesn't tolerate too much shading from bigger trees but as a result is often quite wind-burnt and stunted.
Mature Yew tree. Red Deer are starting to have a negative effect on vegetation structure and tree regeneration. They happily swim out to these little oasises for shelter and productive feeding.
Nice day out on the islands of Derryclare Lough on Tuesday. We were out to collect Yew berries & cuttings for propagation for further planting locally. We were also hoping to collect some Rock Whitebeam berries as well but didn't find any unfortunately. Quite a rare species away from Killarney.
Sequoia sempervirens (Coast redwood) resprouting epicormically after a high-intensity fire
Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) with a fire scar in the base from a surface fire
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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UK is well on course for losing Willow Tit, Spotted Flycatcher & Wood Warbler as breeding species in our lifetime. Wood Warbler already virtually gone from England. I think Willow Tit would be first extinction of a resident bird since Capercaillie in 1700s or White-tailed Eagle in 1918. #ornithology
Fitzgerald Ecology is hiring a Consultant Ecologist and Graduate Ecologists! www.greenjobs.ie/jobs/1134654...
What would Orwell think about a huge face on a gigantic screen telling a crowd of people they should wage war on foreigners and dissidents? No way of knowing, I guess.
Leaves from three species of endemic whitebeam, all from Arran. Top left is Arran Whitebeam, top right is Arran Service-tree, bottom is Catacol Whitebeam, arguably one of the rarest trees on the planet with only a single mature individual left in the wild. Plant Atlas: share.google/1KLV7i0QyxC7...
Shining Guest Ant. This one has lost part of its right hind leg. It measures 2.85mm long excluding antennae.
Shining Guest Ant top left, with Wood Ant bottom right, not happy about me crouching over its nest!
Shining Guest Ant, Formicoxenus nitidulus, a tiny (less than 3mm) ant which lives in Wood Ant nests. Another top find by @lancefly.bsky.social from our trip to the Wyre on Tuesday. The 2nd pic shows one top left with a Wood Ant btm right. @exmoormothman.bsky.social @pilning.bsky.social
