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Dave Goulson
@davegoulson.bsky.social
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Scientist, specializing in bumblebees. Author of various books about insects. Trying to save the planet one bee at a time.
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Watch my most recent talk at your leisure here:
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Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides with Dave Goulson
wsrt.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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brightonwildlife.bsky.social
📗 *Eat The Planet Well* being published soon!
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #brightonwildlife
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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dad-climate.bsky.social
This is worrying. Recently moved into a new build development. Scuffed up a patch of grass to sow a mini meadow- only to find plastic netting embedded in the newly laid turf. Apparently rife in new builds as easier to lay & cheaper to produce.
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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Last night attended a talk by @davegoulson.bsky.social on insect declines, organised by Western Sussex rivers trust. Super talk highlighting the impact of neonicotinoids/insecticides use not only in farming but surprisingly on our pets. #Pesticides #Pets. #Pollinator #Insects #Moths #Butterflies
Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides with Dave Goulson
wsrt.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
davegoulson.bsky.social
Coming soon, my new book; Eat The Planet Well
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Eat the Planet Well: my new book, coming soon.
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
davegoulson.bsky.social
New "Bugs Matter" survey update seems to show ongoing and rapid insect decline, based on bug splats on cars.
@KentWildlife
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social
Insect Declines and the role of pesticides with @davegoulson.bsky.social online talk...

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WSRT Wet Wednesday Webinars: Insect Declines with Dave Goulson
Join Dave Goulson for a deep dive into the role of pesticides in driving insect declines in our next WSRT Wet Wednesday Webinar!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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I'm giving a talk on
"Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides", online, FREE to join, 7pm-8pm Wed 26th November
Organised by Western Sussex Rivers Trust.
Book your free ticket! lnkd.in/e4y8v5Fn
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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We are delighted to have @davegoulson.bsky.social give a zoom presentation (joint with #BCSurreySWLondon) on 3rd December. Booking is free but essential www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saving-our... @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth www.hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/winter-zoom.... Correct date 3rd!
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
davegoulson.bsky.social
Honoured to be named a "Highly Cited Researcher" for the 8th year running, though I'm not sure what it really means :)
Explore the full list below.
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...
clarivate.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Campaign group Restore Nature with @davegoulson.bsky.social are fighting to protect Todrig from turning into an ecological desert in the form of a spruce plantation– Scot Forestry didn’t even think it deemed an environmental impact assessment . Beggars belief .
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Choosing an apple tree for your garden; which apple variety is best? Here I show you some of my favourites. Why not plant an apple tree today! youtu.be/pLkThVoCuwg
Choosing an apple tree for your garden
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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November 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The Christmas Island shrew, Crocidura trichura, declared extinct 19 October 2025.
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Still a few tickets left for this evening actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Dave Goulson: Saving Our Insects
About the Event Insects are fascinating, beautiful, and essential — without them, ecosystems grind to a halt. Yet their numbers are in alarming decline. In this urgent and inspiring talk, ...
actionnetwork.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
davegoulson.bsky.social
It has been a fabulous year for sloes, why not make your own sloe gin for Christmas, also perfect as a Christmas gift for alcoholic friends and family! It is incredibly easy, but get picking before the birds eat them!
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How to make sloe gin - very quick and easy!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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October 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Friday Flyday! A mating pair of big-headed flies, Pipunculidae, photographed in Texas.
Macro photograph of two mating flies in side view, the smaller one underneath and perched on a brown twig, against a smooth dark green background. The flys' heads are large, rounded, and made almost entirely out of giant, encompassing rusty red compound eyes.
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Let's hear it for ivy! The last flower of the year is one of the best for pollinators, vital for a last feed for butterflies such as the red admiral. Learn a little more...
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Best Plants for Bees: Ivy!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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For all ages: Poster book and children's activity book versions of Insectarium now available! Long live the little creatures...
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Crop yields in England 2nd lowest on record as climate chaos kicks in - exactly as scientists have been predicting for years
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.
www.independent.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Officially extinct yesterday, RIP slender-billed curlew
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
www.latimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Crazy but well worth 4 minutes of your day.
irishrainforest.bsky.social Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Oct 9
This video on trees and forests by the brilliant @thewildgees.bsky.social isn't only great craic, it's jam packed with truth bombs.

Give it a watch!
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Any Oaks? The Wild Geeze
YouTube video by The Wild Geeze
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October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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normalisland.co.uk
BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x
October 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
davegoulson.bsky.social
A quick bee hotel tip, to keep your young bees safe for the winter :) youtu.be/nP4S1Gmqjxg
Don't let your baby bees get eaten!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
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October 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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hamptonheath.bsky.social
Great to meet @davegoulson.bsky.social and hear him speak at a really well attended event at the wonderful Hanworth Air Parks Biodiversity Project yesterday.

The work of HABP and @cambeauty.bsky.social is clearly hugely valued in the community, and I look forward to reading Silent Earth.
Prof. Dave Goulson's book, Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse. Wool Carder Bee feeds from Birds Foot Trefoil at Hampton Heath.
September 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM