Lucy Unwin

PhD student at the University of Sussex, studying the genomics and ecology of floral nectar 🌸🌺 passionate about plants! 🌿

[Plant Genetic Group, SERIDA @JJFerreira3]

Welcome to Lucy Unwin to our lab #SeridaGV
Lucy, PhD student from @SussexUni, is working on bean flower phenotyping
#biodiversity
#legumegeneration
#phenotyping

[MammalWeb @MammalWeb]

#Festive Competition Time! In recognition that this is a time of year for giving, we are #givingaway 2 #cameratraps as belated Christmas presents!! Every classification you submit between 25 Dec and 25 Jan will count as one entry. Good luck everyone! #Competition #Giveaway

[Ellen Rotheray @EllenRotheray]

Very proud of our @SussexLifeSci masters students presenting their @SussexBiology research project work today! Including collaborations with @KewScience @wakehurst_kew @KneppWilding @Nature_Based @mikarpeck @MathewsFiona @valefortheocean @SussexUni well done all!

[Megan McCubbin @MeganMcCubbin]

It’s not comfortable to watch but it’s vital we open our eyes. If we never look, we will never know and nothing will ever change. And it has to change.
This horrific cruelty needs to be shared. How these people sleep at night, I’ll never know. #BBCPanorama @animal_equality

[Brigit Strawbridge @B_Strawbridge]

'Winter Glow' - by Sussex based artist and printmaker, Annie Soudain

More of this artist's gorgeous artwork here: https://t.co/0DcTEinJjm

[Devon Wildlife Trust @DevonWildlife]

A pond is one of the best things you can do for wildlife in your garden. Even a container pond can attract a whole host of wonderful wildlife, supporting insects like damselflies and whirligig beetles. Top tips here 👉 https://t.co/iqogYxrYxi

#NaturalSolutions #ActionForInsects

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Mimosa pudica folds up like this when touched

It does this to appear thorny and wilted, or even to show off some thorns it has which are normally hidden by the open foliage

presenting less green deliciousness to grazing animals that may want to eat it

[Lucy Unwin @Lu45Unwin]

A slice of good conservation news, what a treat!

[Greta Thunberg News @great_thunberg]

Plans to mine Ecuador forest violate rights of nature, court rules
https://t.co/p9AcvoCRy0

[Michael Grant @MichaelcGrant99]

Fascinating (& depressing) behavioural impact of climate change... Monogamous albatross pairs more likely to divorce in unusually warm years, due to reduced food availability.
P.S. I don't think your partner will accept "its too hot" as an excuse for cheating #2021EBE #Divorce

[Isabel Milligan @iz_milligan]

💔🦉Nothing short of tragic. Britain’s bird life is iconic. No amount of recorded #birdsong from a #meditation app will relieve the level of #EcoAnxiety this triggers.

https://t.co/4K8WasUYdo

@Natures_Voice @IUCNRedList @UNBiodiversity #ClimateChange #BiodiversityLoss

[Wild Moors @wildmoorsuk]

Scientists have given their backing to stronger legal protections for weasels following new evidence showing the iconic species is under threat.

Under proposals the casual killing of the mammal would end on grouse moors to ensure populations can recover.
https://t.co/zyj6H73V2M

[Steve "Whistling Joe" Everett @whistling_joe]

The @RSPBMinsmere Konik ponies on the scrape. Most ponies would not be able to spend time in the water and marshy ground like this without serious feet issues. Koniks cope well however, which is why you see them a lot, conservation grazing at watery nature reserves

[Jake Fiennes @jake_fiennes]

Pesticides 'cost double the amount they yield', study finds

The penny has already dropped for many farmers questioning their agronomic advice. https://t.co/8JS9vCMhHf

[Lucy Unwin @Lu45Unwin]

Super exciting to see seagrass regeneration happening in #Plymouth Sound! #Seagrass has so many benefits for ecosystem function, whilst improving water quality, protecting against erosion and sequestering carbon! #SaveOurSeabeds #2021EBE
https://t.co/8P8307p0eG

[LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES @EULIFERemedies]

Those seagrass seed bags from our volunteer packing sessions are now being sent down to Plymouth Sound seabed to grow 🌱.

@OceanCTrust @NaturalEngland @plymouthcc @RYA @mcsuk @TheGreenBlue @LIFEprogramme 🙏

#SaveOurSeabed

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

I’ve just learned that piglet squids exist and it’s made me significantly happier. These rare cephalopods live in deep seas and are approx. the size of an orange.

[Lucy Unwin @Lu45Unwin]

So important to encourage #naturalsolutions to preventing sluggies and other 'pests' from getting to your plants. #Pesticides can be so damaging to ecosystems and they have also been linked to many detrimental diseases in humans in multiple studies. #2021EBE

[Devon Local Nature Partnership @DevonLNP]

If your winter veggies are started to get nibbled by slugs and snails, here are a few wildlife friendly slug repellent ideas:
Create protective barriers with bottles or snail tape. Think about planting some wildlife friendly native species to encourage slug predators!🐌

[Lucy Unwin @Lu45Unwin]

Getting #botanical at @kewgardens. These are my favourite species from a recent visit.
The first is a Chenille plant (meaning hairy caterpillar) A. hispida.
The second is an Angel's trumpet B. sauveolons, native to southern Brazil & thought #extinct in the wild. #2021EBE

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

Celebrating #BlackFriday with this superb photo of a Black Hairstreak butterfly. One of the UK's most elusive butterflies, this species is found only in thickets of Blackthorn in woodlands on heavy clay soils between Oxford and Peterborough. Have you ever been lucky and seen one?

[Lucy Unwin @Lu45Unwin]

Absolutely appalling news this! It seems that years of work improving the #waterquality of rivers and marine sites has been undermined, cheers government :) #2021EBE #sewage

[Surfers Against Sewage @sascampaigns]

OUT NOW: Our 2021 Water Quality Report reveals:
⚠️ coastal #Sewage discharges up 88% in a year
⚠️ 6/8 rivers tested pose continuous serious risk to human health

We’re disgusted. We're furious. We’re not surprised.

READ. SHARE. #EndSewagePollution.
https://t.co/3M2CqNqW0I

[Lucy Unwin @Lu45Unwin]

@wells_wells17 Love these !