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Ruth Mitchell
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Ecologist, working at the James Hutton Institute. Interested in woodland ecology, biodiversity, habitat restoration. All view expressed are my own.
Delighted to be able share with others Nature's own fabulous Christmas decorations
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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With a great programme including talks by:

🌲Chris Quine (Forest Research) @chrisquine.bsky.social
🌲 Ruth Mitchell (James Hutton Institute) @ruth-j-mitchell.bsky.social
🌲John Mackay (University of Oxford)
🌲 Amory Ngan (University of Toronto)

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🧳Travel grants available!
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Check out this digital artwork revealing nature's hidden worlds, all about the wonders of oak. Inspired by my work showing that 2300 species use oak trees www.kew.org/kew-gardens/... @actionoak.bsky.social @uktreescapes.bsky.social @wtscotsocial.bsky.social
Of the Oak
A digital artwork revealing nature's hidden worlds.
www.kew.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by Ruth Mitchell
Our end of programme report is coming soon!

In the meantime, here is an infographic revealing the top ten outcomes across all the research projects 🎉🌳.

#forests #woodlands #treescapes
April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our last DiversiTree project team meeting. Thanks everyone who has been involved in this project, I've really enjoyed it and learnt a lot @hutton.ac.uk @woodln.bsky.social @seumasbates.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social lookout for the outputs as they are published: www.hutton.ac.uk/project/dive...
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our DiversiTree videos showing the results from this project are out today!:
• Summary video youtu.be/tsU6IkOzewM
• Scots pine video youtu.be/WV5aIzdE4sY
• Sitka spruce video youtu.be/B7KADuOsrxY
• Management for tree species diversification video youtu.be/DSRDBKVLvVU
@hutton.ac.uk
Diversifying UK woodlands to increase resilience: Summary of research findings from DiversiTree
YouTube video by DiversiTree
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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*New DiversiTree project findings*

🌲 A whopping 1,589 species depend on Scots pine trees in the UK, including 215 species only found on Scots pine.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM