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Debbie Alston

@debbie1alston

Experienced educator & ecologist with a passion for botany, birds, butterflies, mammals & poo. Retired ecology lecturer & freelancer. Now mostly on Bluesky

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Sussex Mammal Group (@sussexmammals) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our amazing committee member Emily (Emily Thrift) is giving a talk on protecting hedgehogs in Lewes this Saturday. Grab your ticket whilst you can! ๐Ÿฆ”๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/east-โ€ฆ

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Our first visit to High woods near Bexhill today with the Twiglets. An ancient woodland with an old Sessile oak coppice area - identifying trees by twigs ( Rowan), veteran oak coppice stools, Butchers broom and my second only Firecrest. Sussex Botanical Recording Society

Our first visit to High woods near Bexhill today with the Twiglets. An ancient woodland with an old  Sessile oak coppice area - identifying trees by twigs ( Rowan), veteran oak coppice stools, Butchers broom and my second only Firecrest. <a href="/Sussex_Botany/">Sussex Botanical Recording Society</a>
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I may not have been there in person, but it was still important to me to watch the University of Derby graduation online today for students I taught. Congratulations everyone #derbygrad ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“

I may not have been there in person, but it was still important to me to watch the <a href="/DerbyUni/">University of Derby</a> graduation online today for students I taught. Congratulations everyone #derbygrad ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“
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So wonderful to hear the fabulous Vote of thanks speech by MSc Conservation Biology student Leigh Peters at the University of Derby graduation today ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“

So wonderful to hear the fabulous Vote of thanks speech by MSc Conservation Biology student Leigh Peters at the <a href="/DerbyUni/">University of Derby</a> graduation today ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“
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Great day out with the South Downs National Park volunteers today - scrub clearing on Lullington Heath NNR. Who knew that a leaf blower makes a fantastic flame fanner to get it going! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”ฅ Natural England - Sussex and Kent Team

Great day out with the <a href="/sdnpa/">South Downs National Park</a> volunteers today - scrub clearing on Lullington Heath NNR. Who knew that a leaf blower makes a fantastic flame fanner to get it going! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”ฅ <a href="/NESussexandKent/">Natural England - Sussex and Kent Team</a>
Sussex Dolphin Project ๐Ÿฌ (@sussexdolphin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Humpback sightings continue in Sussex ๐Ÿ‹ Thank you to all those who have been reporting humpback sightings over the last week. This footage, recorded by Stan Coddles on Sunday at Birling Gap shows the Humpback whale pectoral fin slapping, a form of non-verbal communication. ๐Ÿงต

Skokholm Island (@skokholmisland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This evening's Puffin count was bonkers! Good conditions and a minimum of 13,174 rafting birds logged; this was the highest count since 1934 and the earliest five-figure count ever.

This evening's Puffin count was bonkers! Good conditions and a minimum of 13,174 rafting birds logged; this was the highest count since 1934 and the earliest five-figure count ever.