Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS
@sally-annspence.bsky.social
I do #SciComm #STEM, a Presenter & a Researcher. My subjects include #Entomology, #Agriculture, #NaturalHistory & #Archaeology. Passionate about #DungBeetles! Founder of Berrycroft Hub & Dung Beetles For Farmers.
Had a great time running another #DungBeetle & sustainable parasite management workshop today - superbly hosted by the fantastic FarmEd. Everyone learnt a lot, found dung beetles & took an important message back to their farms…
#soilhealth #biodiversity #livestock
#soilhealth #biodiversity #livestock
September 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Had a great time running another #DungBeetle & sustainable parasite management workshop today - superbly hosted by the fantastic FarmEd. Everyone learnt a lot, found dung beetles & took an important message back to their farms…
#soilhealth #biodiversity #livestock
#soilhealth #biodiversity #livestock
Join me at @realfarmed.bsky.social for a day of #DungBeetles - what they do for us & what we can do for them 💩
From carbon sequestration to sustainable parasite management, this is a workshop you can’t miss!
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
From carbon sequestration to sustainable parasite management, this is a workshop you can’t miss!
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
September 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Join me at @realfarmed.bsky.social for a day of #DungBeetles - what they do for us & what we can do for them 💩
From carbon sequestration to sustainable parasite management, this is a workshop you can’t miss!
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
From carbon sequestration to sustainable parasite management, this is a workshop you can’t miss!
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
Yet again livestock are increasing the biodiversity by supporting food chains both above & below ground…
🐄💩🪲🪱🐦⬛🦇👍
Want to learn more about the benefits of #DungBeetles & sustainable parasite management?
Book a workshop &/or a dung beetle survey:
www.berrycrofthub.com/contact-form...
🐄💩🪲🪱🐦⬛🦇👍
Want to learn more about the benefits of #DungBeetles & sustainable parasite management?
Book a workshop &/or a dung beetle survey:
www.berrycrofthub.com/contact-form...
September 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Yet again livestock are increasing the biodiversity by supporting food chains both above & below ground…
🐄💩🪲🪱🐦⬛🦇👍
Want to learn more about the benefits of #DungBeetles & sustainable parasite management?
Book a workshop &/or a dung beetle survey:
www.berrycrofthub.com/contact-form...
🐄💩🪲🪱🐦⬛🦇👍
Want to learn more about the benefits of #DungBeetles & sustainable parasite management?
Book a workshop &/or a dung beetle survey:
www.berrycrofthub.com/contact-form...
Looking forward to Groundswell again this yr where I’ll be running #DungBeetle safari’s, chairing a panel, joining a panel & presenting
Particularly proud of my team for this session presenting the case for how ecologically important livestock are in our countryside
groundswellag.com/sessions/the...
Particularly proud of my team for this session presenting the case for how ecologically important livestock are in our countryside
groundswellag.com/sessions/the...
The ecological importance of livestock with a case study - Groundswell
Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture Festival. Lannock Farm, Weston, Herts. The ecological importance of livestock with a case study
groundswellag.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Looking forward to Groundswell again this yr where I’ll be running #DungBeetle safari’s, chairing a panel, joining a panel & presenting
Particularly proud of my team for this session presenting the case for how ecologically important livestock are in our countryside
groundswellag.com/sessions/the...
Particularly proud of my team for this session presenting the case for how ecologically important livestock are in our countryside
groundswellag.com/sessions/the...
Sad to leave Switzerland with all their beautiful cows & fantastic #DungBeetles. Am hitting the ground (so to speak rather than litterally) running from the minute I land.
Next stop is Wales…
Next stop is Wales…
June 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sad to leave Switzerland with all their beautiful cows & fantastic #DungBeetles. Am hitting the ground (so to speak rather than litterally) running from the minute I land.
Next stop is Wales…
Next stop is Wales…
Proud to be the key note speaker at the RASE Livestock, AD & Soils Demonstration Day hosted by Wilts College & Uni Centre. This is going to be an incredibly interesting & informative event!
📆Thursday 12th June
🕙 10:00–15:00
📍 Lackham Campus, Wiltshire SN15 2NY
www.rase.org.uk/event-inform...
📆Thursday 12th June
🕙 10:00–15:00
📍 Lackham Campus, Wiltshire SN15 2NY
www.rase.org.uk/event-inform...
Lackham Demo Day
Lackham Demo Day
www.rase.org.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Proud to be the key note speaker at the RASE Livestock, AD & Soils Demonstration Day hosted by Wilts College & Uni Centre. This is going to be an incredibly interesting & informative event!
📆Thursday 12th June
🕙 10:00–15:00
📍 Lackham Campus, Wiltshire SN15 2NY
www.rase.org.uk/event-inform...
📆Thursday 12th June
🕙 10:00–15:00
📍 Lackham Campus, Wiltshire SN15 2NY
www.rase.org.uk/event-inform...
Today I will mostly be floating beetles out of pig poo…
With survey season in full swing it’s time to get practical, put the gloves on & head out into the fields. Already collecting some interesting data 👍
#DungBeetles #SoilHealth #biodiversity #farming #livestock #science #entomology #carbon
With survey season in full swing it’s time to get practical, put the gloves on & head out into the fields. Already collecting some interesting data 👍
#DungBeetles #SoilHealth #biodiversity #farming #livestock #science #entomology #carbon
May 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today I will mostly be floating beetles out of pig poo…
With survey season in full swing it’s time to get practical, put the gloves on & head out into the fields. Already collecting some interesting data 👍
#DungBeetles #SoilHealth #biodiversity #farming #livestock #science #entomology #carbon
With survey season in full swing it’s time to get practical, put the gloves on & head out into the fields. Already collecting some interesting data 👍
#DungBeetles #SoilHealth #biodiversity #farming #livestock #science #entomology #carbon
Join me at @realfarmed.bsky.social for a #DungBeetle & Integrated Parasite Management training workshop - Wednesday 23rd July 2025
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
#soilhealth #farming #livestock #biodiversity
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
#soilhealth #farming #livestock #biodiversity
April 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join me at @realfarmed.bsky.social for a #DungBeetle & Integrated Parasite Management training workshop - Wednesday 23rd July 2025
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
#soilhealth #farming #livestock #biodiversity
www.farm-ed.co.uk/events/162/d...
#soilhealth #farming #livestock #biodiversity
Something brilliant is happening in Stroud - the incredibly talented @ATMstreetart is immortalising a curlew just in time for #worldcurlewday 21st April!
Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻♀️
atmstreetart.com
Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻♀️
atmstreetart.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Something brilliant is happening in Stroud - the incredibly talented @ATMstreetart is immortalising a curlew just in time for #worldcurlewday 21st April!
Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻♀️
atmstreetart.com
Highlighting endangered species is something ATM is really good at - who else wants to see him paint a giant #DungBeetle next? 🙋🏻♀️
atmstreetart.com
Spectacular views from the office window this week whilst surveying grasslands with my pilot Tim.
I’m focusing on permanent unimproved calcareous grassland as it is an incredibly rare & rapidly declining habitat, particularly special due to its high biodiversity & carbon sequestrating abilities.
I’m focusing on permanent unimproved calcareous grassland as it is an incredibly rare & rapidly declining habitat, particularly special due to its high biodiversity & carbon sequestrating abilities.
April 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Spectacular views from the office window this week whilst surveying grasslands with my pilot Tim.
I’m focusing on permanent unimproved calcareous grassland as it is an incredibly rare & rapidly declining habitat, particularly special due to its high biodiversity & carbon sequestrating abilities.
I’m focusing on permanent unimproved calcareous grassland as it is an incredibly rare & rapidly declining habitat, particularly special due to its high biodiversity & carbon sequestrating abilities.
Am greatly saddened that DEFRA is stopping SFI & they have now closed the scheme to new applications.
SFI supported nature, our environment & food production. It was one of the best agricultural policies going promising a fairer future for farmers & a greener future for our country.
SFI supported nature, our environment & food production. It was one of the best agricultural policies going promising a fairer future for farmers & a greener future for our country.
March 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Am greatly saddened that DEFRA is stopping SFI & they have now closed the scheme to new applications.
SFI supported nature, our environment & food production. It was one of the best agricultural policies going promising a fairer future for farmers & a greener future for our country.
SFI supported nature, our environment & food production. It was one of the best agricultural policies going promising a fairer future for farmers & a greener future for our country.
It’s been another incredible dung beetle year!
The highlight was being awarded the British Entomological & Natural History Society’s gold medal.
Working together with farmers & landowners there many positive changes at grassroots & beyond. #DungBeetles are now very much part of the conversation 👍
The highlight was being awarded the British Entomological & Natural History Society’s gold medal.
Working together with farmers & landowners there many positive changes at grassroots & beyond. #DungBeetles are now very much part of the conversation 👍
December 16, 2024 at 7:26 PM
It’s been another incredible dung beetle year!
The highlight was being awarded the British Entomological & Natural History Society’s gold medal.
Working together with farmers & landowners there many positive changes at grassroots & beyond. #DungBeetles are now very much part of the conversation 👍
The highlight was being awarded the British Entomological & Natural History Society’s gold medal.
Working together with farmers & landowners there many positive changes at grassroots & beyond. #DungBeetles are now very much part of the conversation 👍
Grey seal pups are born in Scotland & along the east coast during the autumn/winter.
They can’t swim for several weeks from birth until they moult their white coat which is not waterproof.
Common seal pups are born in June/July & able to swim from birth as moult their coat whilst still in the uterus
They can’t swim for several weeks from birth until they moult their white coat which is not waterproof.
Common seal pups are born in June/July & able to swim from birth as moult their coat whilst still in the uterus
December 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Grey seal pups are born in Scotland & along the east coast during the autumn/winter.
They can’t swim for several weeks from birth until they moult their white coat which is not waterproof.
Common seal pups are born in June/July & able to swim from birth as moult their coat whilst still in the uterus
They can’t swim for several weeks from birth until they moult their white coat which is not waterproof.
Common seal pups are born in June/July & able to swim from birth as moult their coat whilst still in the uterus
Hello 👋 my name is Sally-Ann Spence. I am an entomologist who specialises in #DungBeetles & the habitat they live in.
November 14, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Hello 👋 my name is Sally-Ann Spence. I am an entomologist who specialises in #DungBeetles & the habitat they live in.