
Robert Ian Collier
@robertiancolli2
PhD researcher in Freshwater Ecology @NottmTrentUni
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05-01-2023 11:09:27
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๐จ This is not a drill! The first peregrine falcon egg has arrived in the nest on our Newton building ๐ฆ ๐ฅ Do you think weโll see another egg soon? ๐ You can watch the live camera here ๐ bit.ly/40nTLci ๐ Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

Giulio Biondi Tim Sykes @riversandpeople.bsky.social ventured deep into nooks and crannies across the South Downs to bother aquatic invertebrates lurking in our hidden headwaters, then @jamalk_wildlife Dr Kieran Gething found the story in the data: specialist species galore! Great to see this out ๐๐ป

For the first time in 140 years, the Hamble Brook has a new wetland thanks to @Chilternstreams.ย โWe hope this will pave the way for similar restoration projects throughout the wider Chilterns landscape,โ said Elaine King. Read more โฌ๏ธ chilterns.org.uk/news/revitalisโฆ ๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐



freshwaterflows kieran khamis Stefan Krause @IainAMalcolm Faye Jackson Our study was picked up widely in the media too ๐some examples birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/drouโฆ sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/โฆ enn.com/articles/73496โฆ

@DrEllie_Mackay Action for the River Kennet (ARK) Riverfly Partnership #Podcast: We promised a photo of a cased caddisfly from the river Kennet. This larva has used little bits of gravel to make its case. There are ~200 species of cased caddis. If water quality goes down, numbers of caddis and other riverflies will plummet. Riverfly Partnership Action for the River Kennet (ARK)




Very happy to contribute to Robert Ian Collier Tim Sykes @riversandpeople.bsky.social research documenting aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate community responses to this wonderful example of winterbourne restoration The RRC. Nice work Action for the River Kennet (ARK)!

Amazing news!๐ฅณ We've secured ยฃ350k from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to develop Not Bourne Yesterday; aย project that will restore Chilterns chalk streams & connect with communities through art, archaeology, citizen science & habitat restoration.๐ซถ bit.ly/4g5S9wj #NationalLottery



SAVE THE DATE: The 10th (yes, 10th!) Temporary Rivers & Streams Meeting #TStreamsNTU is in person NTUScienceTechnology + on Teams on ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ 2 stellar keynotes: Thibault Datry @tdatry.bsky.social & Prof. Angela Gurnell ๐๐ฅ๐๐ event! ๐๐ฅ๐๐ science! ๐๐ฅ๐๐ lunch! tinyurl.com/pen6k9th

How does human activity interact with drought in chalk streams? New paper by me, Rachel Stubbington, Judy England et al. out in Journal of Applied Ecology โก๏ธ Poorer water quality and abstraction exacerbate drought impacts on invertebrate communities ๐๐ชณ๐ชฑ

The Small Streams Network dry-phase plant survey fieldwork is done! Despite following Englandโs wettest 18 months on record ๐ง, we found 36 dry sites ๐. Huge respect Oliver Longstaffe GeorgeA Simon & Billy. Dept of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University NTUScienceTechnology Environment Agency collaborative research ๐ฟ


Billy Kane's๐คโ last day. Thanks Billy, George Amisi & other Dept of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University CIEEM-accredited BSc Environmental Biology students & graduates who contributed to our research over summer. Time to release these skilled early-career freshwater ecologists ๐ฌ๐๐งinto the wild!๐ช


PLS SHARE - Want to study for a CENTA PhD on #macrophytes and #river #temperature that informs #riparianplanting #management actions? Join us at Geography Birmingham (freshwaterflows), teaming up with Environment Agency (Judy England) and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Email with any qu's- centa.ac.uk/studentship/20โฆ.

