Conker Tree Science

Our horse-chestnut trees are under attack. Get involved with citizen science to discover more. Tweets by @mjopocock and @DarrenMarkEvans.

[Conker Tree Science @conkerscience]

Introducing ‘Mission: pest controllers 2020’! Conker trees are under attack by ‘alien’ invaders - a small leaf-mining moth. Infected trees are weakened and produce smaller conkers. Take part in our new #CitizenScience at https://t.co/r0Bkud4YRo and see how you can help [thread]

[NCL Network Ecology @NCLNEG]

The group welcomes Tom Howell who has started a PhD examining the impacts of wildfire on ecological network assembly, supervised by ⁦@EcologicalKrc⁩ ⁦@kellylad⁩ ⁦@MJWhittingham1⁩ ⁦@DarrenMarkEvans⁩

[Conker Tree Science @conkerscience]

Spotted in Alnmouth. Leafminer influenced?

[Alastair Humphreys @Al_Humphreys]

A poster of British leaves to download for free: https://t.co/3PcySTrMuL

[Stenton Primary @StentonPrimary]

What an exciting “fiery” last forest schools session for P4-6 - searching for hanging wood, making mini fires with flint and steel, making a big campfire together, cooking baked apple crumble snack and making sustainable conker soap on the fire! #outdoorlearning

[Leigh St John's @LeighSTJOHNSsch]

We love the conker season for an autumnal vibe in Mathematics learning - check out these Y1 children investigating the whole/part/part method 🤎🍂🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Sinnington Community Primary School @SinnRLT]

This week's Conker competition has been full of skill, determination & fair play. All the children taking part were fantastic, ably supported by our Yr 6 Sports Leaders. Finals will be on Mon with finalists competing to be the champion of their respective classes, Dahl & Rowling.

[Forest School ACE @ForestSchoolACE]

EYFS went conker hunting today! 🍁🍂🐿

[Rachel Summers @curiouswilds]

Conker soapy bubble fun.

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

Serious contender for world’s cutest conker 👇

[BBC Northamptonshire @BBCNorthampton]

It’s where legends are made ✅💪🌳

The World Conker Championships 2021 has crowned its winners!

Ady Hurrell won the men’s title; Jasmine Tetley the women’s. Hear from them with @AmosAnnabel at Breakfast tomorrow, from 0600.

[Georgina Jane Petty @orangina17]

It's conker collecting season...

[Nic J @tismenic70]

51 and still can't resist a conker! 🙈 🤣

[Toby Wood @TobyWoody]

The annual Wood/Dogsthorpe conker championships. No human were (seriously) hurt during proceedings.

[#KeepRiverLawnGreen @KeepRiverLawn]

Congratulations to our 2021 #keepriverlawngreen Conker Championship winners! Thank you to all who came along for some good old fashioned fun, it was great to see all generations enjoying games together
#community #conkersnotconcrete

[The Children's Wood @childrens_wood]

Do people still play conkers? We love this game, It’s free and provides hours of fun. We’re curious to know if people still play? If you do please share your pictures - we’d love to see your conker battles 🧡🌰

[Juniors | Crosfields School @CrosfieldsJS]

3B had a fun morning at Forest School yesterday. They learnt to put up a simple shelter using their knot skills, dug in the new mud pit and used palm drills to make conker necklaces.

[BSCSPrimary @BSCSprimary]

Conker season is keeping us busy at lunchtimes this week….

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

Autumn roadside treasures 👌 Hope you’ve managed to make time for conker collecting, it’s incredibly therapeutic (and the perfect excuse to stop halfway up a hill 🚴🏻‍♂️)

[Julie Sanders @ProfJSanders]

My childish joy at collecting conkers is undimmable …. 🌰🌰🌰

[Forest Research @Forest_Research]

We are delighted to welcome ecologist Professor Darren Evans to the Expert Committee on Forest Science https://t.co/fwOKi8iSk7