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Kevin Wood
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Principal Research Officer at WWT @wwtworldwide.bsky.social - Working to conserve wetland ecosystems.

ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin-Wood-11
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Our new open access study on human-nature connectedness is now online.

We show that engaging in outdoor environmental activities increases human-nature connectedness, with mindfulness and encounters with wildlife showing the largest increases.

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

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An infographic showing six images of people engaged in outdoor activities, which serves as the graphical abstract for our newly published paper on human-nature connection. The first image, showing a man and girl looking at an otter, represents encounters with captive animals. The second image, representing educational activities, shows a woman and two children pond dipping and identifying the animals that they find. The third image shows a group of people on a 'Landrover safari' looking at waterbirds, which represents encounters with wildlife. The fourth image represents gardening, and shows a group of adults and children creating a new garden. The fifth image shows two people in the distance walking alongside an estuary, representing recreation. The final image represents mindfulness and shows a person meditating in nature. For each activity, the mean value for the change in human-nature connectedness is reported, based on the analyses undertaken in our paper.
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Delighted to share our new open access paper published in @wildlifebiology.bsky.social, which assesses the behavioural responses of waterbirds to swans:

nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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#ornithology 🪶
A photograph showing a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), a large waterbird with white feathers, a long neck, and an orange and black beak. The bird shown in the photograph is asleep, with its neck curled back over its body and its beak tucked under its left wing.
August 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Delighted that people are reading our recent paper on the blue carbon potential of salt marsh restoration!

Our paper is a #TopViewedArticle in @globalchangebio.bsky.social @wiley.com

It's open access, so you can read the full paper here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

#wetlands #carbon #ClimateChange
An image showing a certificate issued by the publisher Wiley, confirming that our paper on the blue carbon benefits of salt marsh restoration was among the top 10% of articles published in Global Change Biology in 2023, based on the number of views it has received.
April 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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ICYMI - our recent synthesis of the cultural ecosystem services provided by #wetlands

doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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An infographic illustrating the findings of our new paper on the cultural ecosystem services provided by wetlands. The infographic features, at its centre, a stylized drawing of a wetland (featuring reeds, water, a small wading bird, and emerging insects). Arranged around this central image are bubbles that state the percentage of papers that we reviewed that reported information on different types of cultural ecosystem services associated with wetlands. These include categories such as recreation and tourism, inspiration, sense of place, aesthetic value, and bequest. The infographic is titled "Cultural ecosystem services (CES)", and a subtitle mentions that we found evidence of CES provided by wetlands in 175 countries and territories worldwide.
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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** Extended call for abstracts **

17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants, 15-19 Sept 2025

New deadline for abstracts = 1st March

For more information see the website: congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/pagina...

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#PlantScience #Macrophytes
An infographic for the forthcoming 17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants. The background of the infographic shows white and yellow flowers of water crowfoot emerging from the surface of a waterbody. The Infographic shows information on the conference title, dates, location and key dates such as the abstract submission deadline (now extended to March 2025). A banner on the right-hand side presents a list of topics relevant to the conference, including monitoring, global change, ecophysiology, pollutants, biotic interactions, invasive species, and others. A banner at the bottom of the infographic lists the key sponsors and associated bodies, such as the International Aquatic Plants Group and TERRA.
February 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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** Call for abstracts **

17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants, 15-19 Sept 2025

For more information see the website: congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/pagina...

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#PlantScience #Macrophytes
An infographic for the forthcoming 17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants. The background of the infographic shows white and yellow flowers of water crowfoot emerging from the surface of a waterbody. The Infographic shows information on the conference title, dates, location and key dates such as the abstract submission window (7th January to 17th February 2025). A banner on the right-hand side presents a list of topics relevant to the conference, including monitoring, global change, ecophysiology, pollutants, biotic interactions, invasive species, and others. A banner at the bottom of the infographic lists the key sponsors and associated bodies, such as the International Aquatic Plants Group and TERRA.
January 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Attending #BES2024 next week? I'm giving a talk on our work on #wetlands and cultural ecosystem services.

In the meantime, you can access the paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1k0257szSJ...

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A slide generated by WHOVA advertising the title and timing of my upcoming talk at the British Ecological Society's 2024 conference. At the top of the image is the BES conference name and logo in white lettering on a blue background, along with the time of my talk (Friday 13th December at 10:30 AM, if you're interested). The talk title "The benefits of blue spaces: a global systematic review of cultural ecosystem services provided by wetlands" is displayed in the middle of the image. Except that the final few words have been cut off, as I always make my talk titles far too long and WHOVA doesn't let you edit these images. Next year I'll remember to submit a talk with a shorter title. Next year.
December 4, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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Aquatic Botany is inviting submissions for an upcoming Special Issue, "Aquatic Plant Genetic Diversity, Adaptation Mechanisms, and Evolutionary Processes"

Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025

More information: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

#PlantScience #PlantGenetics #MacrophyteMonday 🌍
An image showing the front cover of a recent issue of the journal "Aquatic Botany". The cover features the journal name and publication date at the top. The centre of the image is a photograph showing the white and yellow flowers of Water Crowfoot emerging from water.
December 2, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Fun visualising my Google Scholar word cloud, via @scholargoggler.bsky.social - clearly a big focus on conservation of swan populations! scholar.google.com/citations?us...
A word cloud (a collection of key words arranged in different sizes and colours according to their frequency) based on my Google Scholar page, showing the main topics that I have published on, such as "swan", "population", and "conservation".
November 26, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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ICYMI - our new paper reports a systematic review of the cultural ecosystem services provided by wetlands:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1k0257szSJ...

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An infographic illustrating the findings of our new paper on the cultural ecosystem services of wetlands. The infographic features, as the centre, a drawing of a wetland (featuring reeds, water, a small wading bird, and some insects). Arranged around this central image are bubbles that list the percentage of papers that we reviewed that reported information on different types of cultural ecosystem services associated with wetlands. These include categories such as recreation and tourism, inspiration, sense of place, aesthetic value, and bequest.
November 21, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Interested in #wetlands and human culture? In our new paper we report a systematic review of the cultural ecosystem services provided by wetlands. Clear evidence of how much people need wetlands!

Delighted to see this huge collaborative effort online:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1k0257szSJ...

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An infographic illustrating the findings of our new paper on the cultural ecosystem services of wetlands. The infographic features, as the centre, a drawing of a wetland (featuring reeds, water, a small wading bird, and some insects). Arranged around this centre are bubbles that list the percentage of papers that we reviewed that reported information on different types of cultural ecosystem services associated with wetlands. These include categories such as recreation and tourism, inspiration, sense of place, aesthetic value, and bequest.
November 5, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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New PhD available with Bournemouth University and WWT:
'Predators and lowland wading birds: from models to management'.

Applications by 31st May.

More details on this exciting project: www.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/course...

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#ornithology
An adult Eurasian Curlew in flight over a field. Image credit: WWT.
May 2, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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We're into the final week to submit your abstracts for
#BOUsci24

Avian conservation translocations | 12-13 Nov 2024 | Zoom & X (Twitter)

Deadline for abstracts: 28 April 2024 (0900 BST)

More info: bou.org.uk/event/avian-...

#ornithology
An infographic for the call for abstracts for the #BOUsci24 conference on Avian Conservation Translocations. The infographic features a pair of Common Cranes standing in shallow water, as well as the conference hashtag and the BOU's Ibis logo.
April 22, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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The latest issue of the journal 'Wildfowl' is now online. All of the papers are open access:

wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wi...

#waterfowl 🌍 🧪 #ornithology
An image of the front cover of the latest issue of the journal 'Wildfowl'. The cover features an image of a male Pintail duck, which has a chestnut brown head, a grey back and wings, and a white underside. The duck is on a lake, rising up from the water, creating ripples that disrupt the reflection of the duck in the water. The image also features the name of the journal and the name of the publisher (Wildfowl Press).
December 19, 2023 at 12:28 PM
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Hi, I'm Kevin, a researcher in wetland ecology and conservation based in the UK. I investigate the demographic & environmental causes of population declines in threated species. I also investigate the benefits of wetlands for nature and people, from carbon storage to socio-cultural services. 🌍
A photograph of me, standing on a rocky beach on the coast of Estonia. I'm wearing a dark-blue waterproof jacket, with a pair of binoculars around my neck. A photograph of me during fieldwork at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's reserve at Slimbridge (Gloucester, south-west England). I am dressed in a dark blue waterproof jacket and dark blue beanie hat. I am moving a Mute Swan (a large waterbird white white feathers, and a black and orange bill) off of a low table where it was measured as part of a long running research programme into the ecology and demography of waterbirds. A photograph of me showing a clump of aquatic plants (in this case, water crowfoot) to a group of students during a field course. The long stems and trailing leaves are clearly visible. The photograph was taken on the banks of the River Frome in Dorset southern England. A photograph of me giving a talk on the recovery of the Mute Swan population in Great Britain following the introduction of a ban on lead fishing weights. Lead poisoning due to these weights had previously been a major source or mortality among swans. This presentation was given at the 6th International Swan Symposium in 2018 in Tartu, Estonia. The photograph shows me stood at a lectern in front of a large screen showing one of my conclusion slides.
October 3, 2023 at 12:26 PM
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Delighted that our new open access paper on wetland carbon sequestration is now online. Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration:
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
A screenshot showing the first page of our new paper "Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration", which has just been published in the journal 'Global Change Biology'. The screenshot shows the title, author names and affiliations, as well as the abstract.
September 28, 2023 at 1:32 PM
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A nice tool (by Ryan Morin) that allows you to visualise your Google Scholar page as a word cloud. Swans featuring very heavily in mine! shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...
A word cloud (a collection of key words arranged in different sizes and colours according to their frequency) based on my Google Scholar page, showing the main topics that I have published on, such as "swan" and "conservation".
September 26, 2023 at 2:58 PM