Sue Quick
@sequick.bsky.social
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#Ecohydrology #PhD #science, retired railway #engineer, phenologist, lepidoptera @BIForUoB(X) #observatree @DerbysWildlife(X) environment green energy ++
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🚨#JobAlert
Are you currently a #student living in Germany and looking for a part-time & remote job?
This opportunity is waiting for you!
#EGU are looking for a Community Development Assistant work-student to join their communications team!
📅Apply by 24 October 2025.
Learn more here: egu.eu/9Y1PZ8
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Apply  by 24 October 2025
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Be living in Germany for full-time education
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Look out for the dramatic Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra) on the wing from September to October 👀

The adult moths come to light and sugar but can also be seen feeding on the flowers of Ivy and even overripe Blackberries.

📷: Iain H Leach
#MothsMatter #MothMonday
A dark grey, almost completely black moth, resting on a branch against a green background.
Could someone ( maybe Matt as I don't know which other #observatree staff are on Bluesky) suggest we include the link to the podcast on healthy forests to the next newsletter? Thanks #Branchingout
The definition of a healthy forest depends on objectives, says Tod Ramsfield (IUFRO Div 7 #ForestHealth). For wood, disease is negative. For biodiversity, decay could be beneficial.
Learn about climate change & invasive species on #BranchingOut: the forest #podcast
www.iufro.org/podcast
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Autumn reminds us to slow down, take a step back and enjoy the changing seasons - this includes in the garden 🧡🍂

The Secret Gardener shares their gardening jobs for October 👉 https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/the-secret-gardener-jobs-to-do-in-your-garden-in-october

📷: Paul Henson
A tiny Small Copper butterfly basking in a ray of sunshine on an autumn leaf
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❗Students of tropical forestry: interested in going for an MSc?

🍀There is a fully funded DAAD EPOS #scholarship to study #TropicalForestry at TU Dresden/Germany, during the academic intake 2026-28!

Apply by 30 October!

tropicalforestry.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/c...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch
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A key publication from the Wardlow Hay Cop #LongTermExperiment #LTE registered with us showed that grasslands can recover from nitrogen pollution.

See the publication here: bit.ly/4fPyUpb 🌏
Landscape photo of Wardlow Hay Cop with a large stone to the right. Screenshot of publication: O'Sullivan et al 2011. Recovery of soil nitrogen pools in species-rich grasslands after 12 years of simulated pollutant nitrogen deposition: a 6 year experimental analysis. Global Change Biology: Volume 17, Issue 8, pages 2615-2628.
Anyone #ForestResearch or other research organisations able to confirm? #Observatree would like be to know also...🧪
Yesterday, I was told that the presence of this gall helps distinguish a native from a hybrid black poplar …

Please tell me that it’s true

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This is a really welcome development - IPPR called for land to be included in the government's plans for a Community Right to Buy, to facilitate more community ownership of environmental assets at a time when nature is in managed decline

See our full report here: www.ippr.org/articles/dri...
Time all( big enough) hotels had multiple usb outlets ( at the two commonest sizes), it's the way I survived a flight to S.America via states this way (airport facilities) also some international stations in Europe have them...
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Calling botanical researchers, the School of Natural Science at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Plant Biodiversity and Conservation.

I know this is someone's dream job, so let me know if that is you and you want to chat!

my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
Trinity College Dublin Herbarium
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❓Working in Carbon storage and capturing in #forests?

⚡Check out this 3-week Uni Freiburg hybrid / online course in Carbon Forestry, teaching ecological, social, economic & technical aspects of #CarbonForestry in theory and practice.

👉🏽 www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/news_events/...

#ForestScience
Any lacebug evidence?
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Maartje Klapwijk (IUFRO Div 7) stresses that climate change makes certain areas more susceptible to the establishment of invasive species, e.g., warmer winters in Northern Europe.

🔗 Listen to #BranchingOut now!
www.iufro.org/podcast
#Podcast #ForestScience #ForestHealth
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In #drylands, plants don’t grow randomly — they self-organize into disordered hyperuniform patterns that help them use water wisely & endure extreme aridity. A beautiful hidden logic of nature, revealed in a new @pnas.org study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... including #Maestrelab alumni
Today I repotted my four Spindle saplings. The largest one has a stem about 10cm. My first experiment in this species (after stratification etc last winter) so fingers crossed 🤞🌳🍒
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Let's hear it for Ivy!

An often misunderstood plant, but one which has incredible benefits for wildlife. 🦋🐝🐦
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⚡️The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre of SLU is recruiting a PhD Student in climate change adaptation of forest ecosystems.

🕒 4-year full-time PhD position
📅 Application deadline: 8 October 2025

🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #AssistedMigration #ClimateChange
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❗Students of tropical forestry: interested in going for an MSc?

🍀You are in luck: there is a fully funded DAAD EPOS #scholarship to study #TropicalForestry at TU Dresden, Germany, during the academic intake 2026-28!

Apply by 30 October!

tropicalforestry.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/c...
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❓How can new and existing digital technologies enhance the silviculture value chain activities?

🧑‍💻The Webinar: Digitalisation in Modern Silviculture will explore these questions and more!

🗓️15 October 2025, 🕤9:45 – 1:30 CAT (UTC+02)

🔗 www.iufro.org/events/webin...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch
It was on X under @Forestry. Does @fao.com cover that on Bluesky?
Can't find this on Bluesky @fao, looks interesting. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/631c00...