Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬

Amateur naturalist and biological recorder, lecturer in Zoology and MSc student in Bio Rec at MMU

[Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬 @CassFBarrett]

Start of the FWAG landscapes conference, intriguing set up with headphones, but working well so far. Some great talks lined up! Feel free to say hi, and question some of my students if you see them 😀 @NorfolkFWAG #landscapes #conference #research

[Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬 @CassFBarrett]

@andymus1 It would be amazing to have an East Anglian version of this 🐝🕷🪳

[Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬 @CassFBarrett]

We tried to look for Freshwater inverts at the new @NorfolkWT Sweet Briar marsh but didn't get very far! Not expected at all.

[UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @PoMScheme]

Are you a Farmer Cluster group looking to monitor flower-visiting insects? The new @PoMScheme Projects feature allows data from the #FITcount app to be linked to your project to track local change alongside national trends https://t.co/rrhZpmf6tA

[Gaywood River Revival @GaywoodRiver]

It’s that time of year. @GaywoodRiver would like to hear from anyone interested in taking part in a HUGE #bioblitz around the #Gaywood catchment. Pls RT @NorfolkNats @N_Rivers_Trust @TwyfordRising @Jo_the_botanist @frogsatuea @RiversandPeople @EcologyRivers @jonahtosney

[Dave Appleton @applewildlife]

Moth-trappers: here’s a chance to put your by-catch to good use. I’m doing this and already have a few ichneumons ready to send off. There are loads of moth-trappers in East Norfolk among my followers - who’s going to help fill that glaring gap on the map?

[Sci Comms East @SciCommsEast]

🚨TICKETS AVAILABLE 🚨

Sci Comms East returns with its annual training conference on Sat 20 April 2024! Perfect for anyone looking to develop their communication and engagement skills for @NorwichSciFest

Tickets can be booked here: https://t.co/R2WkPHlYSI

[Andy Musgrove @andymus1]

Important job here and a superb opportunity for someone

[British Ecological Society @BritishEcolSoc]

📢🌱We are seeking opinions from both members of the public and landowners on expanding #AccessToNature in England.

Please help us by sharing this ~10min survey with family, friends, or contacts who are landowners &/ work for landowning organizations

https://t.co/AWgdTYtXSk

[Stop the Wensum Link 🍃💚🍃 @StopWensumLink]

📣Attention.

@NorfolkCC @NorfolkTories

It's important to clarify some misinformation regarding the rare barbastelle bats and other wildlife.

The fact is, there are NO known mitigation measures that can guarantee their survival.

Let's not be misled by false claims.

Let's stay informed and ensure we protect our precious wildlife

🦇🌱 #FactsMatter #WildlifeProtection #StayInformed

[UKCEH @UK_CEH]

Landscape-scale species monitoring of agri-environment schemes: LandSpAES baseline report now published, testing agri-env management at local and landscape scales

1358 species of butterflies, moths, pollinators, birds & bats recorded over 4 years at 54 survey squares 🦋🦇🐦‍⬛🐝

[Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬 @CassFBarrett]

@themarshtit I've got one to plant in the garden, looking forward to seeing it grow and bloom!

[Bento Lab 🧬 @theBentoLab]

For anyone interested in field DNA sequencing with Bento Lab and Oxford @nanopore MinION, this excellent and extremely detailed review of in-situ sequencing with portable equipment is a very good place to start:

Pomerantz et al. (2022). Rapid in situ identification of biological specimens via DNA amplicon sequencing using miniaturized laboratory equipment. Nature Protocols, 17(6), 1415-1443.

https://t.co/YQlLXm4wqA

And if you want even more insights into the possibilities and practicalities of Bento Lab and MinION field sequencing workflows, check out our Stories pages to find out what leading researchers have been doing with portable field labs around the world:

https://t.co/4P1YBlFf7k

[All-Ireland Pollinator Plan @PollinatorPlan]

@FionaMK8 @ReWild_Belfast @SaveOurLagan @QUBelfast @StevenFalk1 @Haggewoods @_JoelAshton @BeesOfIreland @bigmeadowsearch @GrasslandsIrl Thanks @FionaMK8! This guide has details on pollinator-friendly mowing, including 6 week 'short-flowering' meadows & cut and lift once a year 'long-flowering' meadows: https://t.co/CZr526j2Iw

[Martin A. Nuñez @Martin_A_Nunez]

Invasive Species have HUGE impacts #ipbes10

✨60% of recorded extinctions are due at least in part to invasive species
✨Known costs are annually in the U$D billions, but likely in the trillions
✨Costs are increasing 4X per decade
✨Invasions have deep impact on quality of life

[Helen Roy @UKLadybirds]

I am so excited to be sharing the findings of this assessment with you all - such an incredible 4 years working with such an amazing team - thank you all @UK_CEH

[Dr. Corrie Moreau @CorrieMoreau]

Do you know a kid interested in nature, science, or natural history museums? @meganbarkdull_ @ColleenEcology @MoniquePipkin and I wrote a fun paper for @FrontiersIn Young Minds titled "Natural History Collections: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them?"
https://t.co/ukV8ngXWrP

[Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬 @CassFBarrett]

Shout out to researchers/the scientific community in ecology, Conservation, Zoology that have worked with people outside of science. I'm running a sci comms module and want to arrange a speaker to workshop for how you conduct research with non-academics 😀🦊🐬🦑🐅🐐🦎🐝🪻🌾🌲🪺🕷

[Insect Conservation and Diversity @InsectDiversity]

A new meta-analysis by @MaximumInsect et al. shows that non-native ants drive severe diversity declines in animal communities around the world: https://t.co/yIbd3lgBC2
#OpenAccess #Biodiversity #Formicidae @JordanCuff

[Cass Barrett 🐝🪲🌸🧬 @CassFBarrett]

And so it begins... 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜 #ants #queen #flying #swarm