My apple & cherry trees are starting to #blossom. If you have fruit trees, please take a few minutes to upload records to FruitWatch. It helps us Uni of Reading & Oracle for Research track #climatechange impacts on flowering #phenology Connecting Research SAPD at Reading Uni UoR BioSci

First paper from FruitWatch published today. Good example of the use of #citizenscience data on fruit tree flowering #phenology by Chris Wyver; thanks to Rich Pitts 🇺🇦🐈‍⬛🏴‍☠️🔬 & Oracle for Research for supporting this initiative! SAPD at Reading Uni Connecting Research academic.oup.com/hr/advance-art…

Professor Robert Van de Noort appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire We are delighted to share a photograph from Windsor Castle of Robert Van de Noort collecting his CBE from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal last week. Find out more rdg.ac/3wbGHNs

Today was the opening of the International Symposium in Quebec “Agriculture, biodiversity and food security: from commitment to action” jointly organised with Food and Agriculture Organization, UN Biodiversity and École supérieure d'études internationales! 🌍🌱 More info in the link 👇

A team from SAPD at Reading Uni incl John Hammond Dr Alice Haughan, Chris Wyver & I, had our 1st day of formal GVC training to learn to fly drones. Looking fwd to all the ways we can use this in our research & teaching especially in Env Man @ Rdg. Watch this space Connecting Research

Please contribute to the Climate Change Risk Assessment for the UK! I'm co-authoring the chapter on land, nature and food so particularly want to hear from people working in the area! Link to the submission form in the post. Uni of Reading

Nice one Dr Alice Haughan & Dr. Louise Hutchinson - look fwd to the #bioblitz - ing on Uni of Reading campus.

Three day *free* workshop in ecological statistics in Lancaster: 1-3 July lancaster.ac.uk/maths/research…

Good day with some members of Horizon Europe🇪🇺's fabulous MAMBO Project project team, getting together for our first periodic review. Thanks Colombe Warin 🇪🇺 for the very constructive feedback & for hosting us. Connecting Research

Trimming reeds at this time of year can be fatal. This reed warbler nest was mid-reedbed last week, now abandoned & the chicks died (tiny corpses removed for pic). Amazing how they attach nests to reeds with spider silk. Found by Jack Shutt Centre for Landscape Regeneration Dept of Zoology

Rahul Dravid - gentleman cricketer & my hero over the years. So pleased your stint as a coach had the best fairytale ending we could have hoped for #T20WorldCup2024 🇮🇳🏆🍾🥂

It may be the end of an era, but what a finish! #BleedBlue #RahulDravid #T20WorldCup2024Final facebook.com/share/r/GjjJGW…

Fantastic day Henley Business School #RegattaConference2024, discussing #ethical & #sustainable #leadership wt inspiring individuals. Also a trip down the river along the #henleyregatta course, on the day the UK votes for its next leader Connecting Research SAPD at Reading Uni #UKElection2024

Congrats Dr Tree Robinson & Chris Wyver on your #PhD graduation & Dr Alice Haughan on your #teaching #excellence award. Proud #academicparent moments SAPD at Reading Uni Uni of Reading graduation today! Doctoral and Researcher College, Uni of Reading Connecting Research