Latest posts tagged with #INNSWeek on Bluesky
💡 Applying stakeholder engagement techniques and defining different tools and methods to tackle #IAS.
In May, as part of #INNSweek, @coventrycawr.bsky.social gathered experts from various fields to conceptualise ways of collecting data on #Bioinvasions 👽
📣 The OneSTOP UK Living Lab launched last month during #InvasiveSpeciesWeek2025 at @coventrycawr.bsky.social uniting local partners to address invasive species. 🐿️
🟢 Find out more about the event: onestop-project.eu/news/onestop...
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2020: Before Rhododendron Clearance
2024: After Rhododendron Clearance
🌱 As #InvasiveSpeciesWeek draws to a close, we wanted to share pictures taken from the same spot, the first in 2020 before rhododendron clearance, the second in 2024 afterwards. See how the complex topography of the land is revealed, plus native trees which had disappeared from view.
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Female volunteer stacking rhododendron branches in a woodland. Credit WTML
No apologies for banging on about the problem of invasive Rhododendron ponticum this #INNSWeek. It's a serious threat to our native flora. Here's how you can help:
1. Talk to your local garden centre about it
2. Inform others &/or share our posts
3. Volunteer to remove it from your community 1/2
🌿 Wakame threatens marine ecosystems, and its unclear spread in GB and NW Europe makes mapping essential. Wakame Watch urges divers, snorkelers, boaters, and fishermen to report sightings.
👉 Report sightings here: www.dassh.ac.uk/citizen-scie...
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🦀 Mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) damage freshwater ecosystems by burrowing into riverbanks and threatening native species.
Report sightings to help track and manage their spread!
👉 Learn more and report your sightings here: www.dassh.ac.uk/citizen-scie...
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A fantastic end to #INNSWeek with two days of removing non-native species from one of our precious chalk streams! 🌱💦💪
Two truckloads of Himalayan Balsam, Cotoneaster, Leylandii, Cherry laurel, Crocosmia, Spanish bluebells, & Box-leaved honeysuckle removed from the Lewes Winterbourne!
Top effort 👏
Invasive Species Week (this week) is an annual event in the UK to raise awareness of invasive non-native species and how everyone can help prevent their spread @inadehn.bsky.social @onestop-project.eu #INNSWeek
A tiny Brush Clawed Shore Crab photographed in a human hand
Our Shoresearch volunteers recorded the Brush Clawed Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus takanoi, at Pett Level in April.
Originating from Eastern Asia, this species has previously been recorded around the Thames Estuary and Kent coast; we believe this may be the first record in Sussex.
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New on the blog! Fran Giaquinto and @phoebeobrien.bsky.social talk to us about their new book 🌿
Read the full interview ➡️ loom.ly/Dsds9E0
#InvasiveSpeciesWeek #INNSweek #nonnativeplants #invasivespecies #invasiveplants #invasivealienspecies #botany
As part of #InvasiveSpeciesWeek, our Project Spotlight this week is @guardias.bsky.social. Launched in January 2025, it's a 3-year EU-funded project aiming to protect freshwater and marine habitats against the threat of Invasive Alien Species (IAS). Learn more on their website: guardias.eu
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Its #INNSWeek & we've been removing the Non Native Invasive Species #INNS American Skunk Cabbage from a watercourse with #volunteers from @yorkshirewater.bsky.social
We can all prevent the spread of INNS by ensuring we #Clean #Check #Dry shoes & equipment after spending time in a stream or #river.
An adult wearing a Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels jacket smiles as a young child looks through a pair of binoculars. The two people are in a woodland next to a gravel path with trees around them.
Day 5 of #INNSweek 2025!
How can you help red squirrels?
🔎Record sightings of grey and red squirrels on our website: bit.ly/3pVpyEk
🥜Feed squirrels responsibly and clean feeders in areas with greys and reds: bit.ly/42LxK8E
📦Send any red squirrel carcasses found for post-mortem: bit.ly/3UUSwzP
Invasive species don’t just affect woodlands, they can damage peatlands too.
Our Peatland Initiative focuses on restoring balance, protecting biodiversity, and helping nature do what it does best 🌱
🔗 buff.ly/4qt2VDf
📷 Angharad Ward/ACT
#INNSWeek #NatureRecovery #PeatlandACTION
Did you know invasive non-native species (INNS) are a major driver of #biodiversityloss & cost the EU >€12 billion annually?
This Non-Native Species week, CAWR prepares its 1st @onestop-project.eu workshop to minimise the introduction, establishment, spread & impact of terrestrial INNS
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Side by side images of Yellow-legged (Asian) hornet and European hornet with differences listed
Be alert, but remember: Yellow-legged hornets are often confused with other species, particularly native European hornets.
The Asian Hornet Watch app contains ID help, or check out our quick guides
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI7c...
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An insightful new blog post for #INNSWeek from the National Bee Unit discusses their crucial spring monitoring efforts to locate yellow-legged hornet nests: aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/15/y...
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Yellow-legged hornet
⚠️ The yellow-legged (Asian) hornet is one of the highest-risk invasive species for Great Britain. It preys on native insects and spreads quickly.
It’s not established here yet, but sightings do happen.
📲 Report via the Asian Hornet Watch app or at risc.brc.ac.uk/alert.php?sp...
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🚨 Free Biosecurity Training 🚨
Help protect your environment from invasive species with free online training on biosecurity, identification, and recording for your team or workplace!
👉 Get started: elearning.nonnativespecies.org/login/index....
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This #EndangeredSpeciesDay we celebrate the UK's remaining #redsquirrels. Competition & #disease from #invasive grey squirrels result in local extinctions of #reds. Greys also bark strip & kill young #trees, damaging #woodland health. Help raise awareness during this #INNSWeek.
Izzie Mullin, Invasive Species Officer for WCRT holding New Zealand Pigmyweed
🚨 Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) are threatening the Lake District’s lakes.
We’re teaming up with @edenriverstrust + South Cumbria Rivers Trust on a gov-backed project to build a 5-year biosecurity strategy for Cumbria.
Together, we’re protecting what we love. 🌊
#INNSWeek #INNSActionCumbria
Spotted something strange imagery of weed in a pond
🌿 See a suspicious species? Log it!
📲 Report alerts through INNS Mapper:
🔗 innsmapper.org/home
💪 Want to do more? Join our Balsam Bashing Army and help clear Himalayan balsam from West Cumbria!
#INNSWeek #BalsamBash #iRecord #VolunteerPower #StopTheSpread
Rhododendron ponticum under Scots pines in Torridon
Sad but appropriate to be finding Rhododendron ponticum during Invasive Species Week 2025 :-(
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Off site today planting 1100 wetland plants on a neighbouring habitat from our @tophilllow.bsky.social plant nursery. As it’s a crassula site we wanted to ensure we don’t bring anything back so best biosecurity practice for #INNSweek
It isn't just big organisations who are helping to restore #ScotlandsRainforest and remove Rhododendron ponticum! Communities and individuals are making a huge difference as well! Here's the story of Ferry Wood #INNSWeek buff.ly/6ZYTLqA
@ferrywood.bsky.social
🐜 Ants as pets? Some people keep them. But what if they escape?
~60% of invasive non-native species in Britain are animals—many from escapes or releases, including pets. On our podcast, Prof Helen Roy shares why ants are a concern.
🔎 Search Counting the Earth on your podcast app!
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This photo from Carsaig shows what rhododendron does to rainforest. But removing it is only the beginning.
Our Rainforest Restoration Package is a research project investigating why recovery is so slow, and what we can do to help.
🌱 buff.ly/0y5Md9H
📷 Ian Dow / ACT
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A close-up image of multiple pink rhododendron ponticum flower heads. Each flower head has multiple flowers and each flower has 5 petals. The leaves appear as a spiral at the end of the stem below the flower head. Credit WTML
Rhododendron ponticum is the ONLY species of invasive rhododendron outside parks/gardens. Introduced in the 1700s, it is not naturally occurring in #ScotlandsRainforest. It's as much a man-made problem as climate change. We have a responsibility to remove &/or report it 👉 buff.ly/sim1mCt #INNSWeek
A map showing grey squirrel sightings in Aberdeen in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Each sighting is represented by a grey dot with the number of sightings reducing each year.
It’s day 4 of #INNSWeek 2025! Today, we take a look at just some of the hard work that goes into tackling invasive non-native species. 🐿
Head over to our website to hear from James, our Eradication Operations Lead in the North East of Scotland. 👇
bit.ly/4j7GAVA
📷 © Scottish Wildlife Trust
Three Puffins standing on a cliff edge looking out to sea.
What links sniffer dogs, chocolate wax, boat rope guards and seabirds?
Tessa Coledale explains all this Invasive Species Week… community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/ac...
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