Aggie Thompson
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Nature-Based Solutions Officer at @HantsIWWildlife 🦇🦋 | Rewilding monitoring 🌸 🐝 | Hants & IoW Rewilding Network Lead 🦡 🌳
Southampton, England
Joined October 2016
RT @HIWWTEcology: We are recruiting! Apply here to work across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight's amazing and varie….
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RT @AliDriverUK: #RewildingFutures conference underway in #Cambridge. 450 packed in to the lecture theatre. Multiple international speakers….
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Incredible day at Ewhurst Park for Hants & IoW Rewilding Network’s 3rd event. Lunch in the woods, visit to the beaver enclosure & of course the pigs! Many interesting discussions, building enthusiasm & momentum for rewilding. @HantsIWWildlife @RewildingB
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RT @susanjsimmonds: We can’t continue to allow this to happen! Sewage discharge straight into the River Test at Fullerton, an international….
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RT @HantsIWWildlife: Check out these amazing fixed point photography images comparing Wilder Nunwell from May 2022 and May 2023. They show….
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Incredible bird survey at our #rewilding sites yesterday! Goshawk, woodcock & merlin all new records at #WilderLittleDuxmore & SE owl at #WilderNunwell. Great to see new species using the sites, nature is returning! Snaps of other species seen & an Exmoor pony of course!
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Beautiful sunny day doing winter bird surveys at our #rewilding sites #WilderLittleDuxmore & #WilderNunwell, plenty of raptors about with several buzzards & kestrels plus sparrowhawk & marsh harrier. Also fieldfare, redwing, chaffinch & Dartford warbler! 🐦 🦅 🌳 @HantsIWWildlife
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6/6 In combination with soil assessments & earthworm surveys, dung beetle surveys will help us understand how healthy the soils are as they transition from nutrient-rich post-arable fields to natural, functional ecosystems.
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5/6 We will be regularly surveying dung beetle populations at our rewilding sites, which will inform us about changes to species assemblages as the sites evolve.
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4/6 The belted Galloways were particularly interested in the survey method!…
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3/6 Surveys involve adding the dung to a bucket of water & gently breaking it up with a spade, allowing dung beetles to float to the surface. They can then be scooped up with a sieve. Specimens are collected & taken back to the lab to identify to identify under a microscope…
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2/6 In a #rewilding context, an assessment of #dungbeetle species diversity over time helps inform us about how the site is changing & responding to land use change/management. They play an important role in nutrient cycling, improvement of soil structure & parasite regulation…
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Dung beetles! 🧵 1/6.This week we carried out the first ever dung beetle survey at #WilderLittleDuxmore, and second survey at #WilderNunwell. Dung beetles are fantastic indicators of #ecosystemhealth and #biodiversity, responding quickly to environmental changes…
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RT @ChristophLycett: The other week I finished a project at Farlington Marshes, creating four shingle islands for breeding seabirds. The di….
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RT @HantsIWWildlife: Once again during the past week, we have seen untreated sewage pouring into our local waters. These discharges have a….
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust statement on the damaging impact of sewage discharges into our precious rivers and seas.
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RT @HantsIWWildlife: Check our ecologist, Aggie, surveying these beautiful dormice. Once common across the UK, the hazel dormouse is now co….
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RT @WildlifeTrusts: Peers today voted to reject @GOVUK’s deplorable attempt to weaken environmental protections. This is a win for nature –….
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RT @WildlifeTrusts: Some politicians are turning their backs on the environment, at a time when action is most needed. We’re calling on pol….
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RT @HantsIWWildlife: The Trust is dismayed at the government’s decision to scrap vital legislation which protects the region’s waterways fr….
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Government plans announced this week would see the removal of crucial protections – placing further pressures on our already severely damaged rivers, chalk streams and the Solent.
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RT @CraigBennett3: A little bit of reflection from me at the end of this mad, frustrating week. #NutrientNeutrality .
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