@KateAshbrook

Senior Lecturer in Biology @worcester_uni | Behavioural ecologist @UoW_SERG | Wildlife & data analysis | she/her

 Malvern Hills, UK
worcester.ac.uk/discover/dr-kate-ashbrook.html
Joined May 2012
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Scientists go airborne to understand soil erosion bbc.in/4flEFf6

Worcester scientists use drones to understand soil erosion

Scientists use drone photography to put a financial cost on farmland erosion.

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Our latest paper demonstrating the benefits of wildflower strips for cherry production in the UK! #SustainableAgriculture #IPM Free download: frontiersin.org/journals/sus…
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Campus camera traps captured images of some of the more elusive university residents. 🦊🦡 #FoxOfTheDay What incredible wildlife we share our space with. Find out more about how we have been recognised for work on the environment and sustainability. 👉bit.ly/4cUX6W9
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Are you seeing very few bumblebees this month? 🧵 We're in a gap between 'peak queen' bumblebee (spring when lots of overwintered queens are looking for nest sites) & 'peak worker' bumblebee (mid summer). This year the gap seems to be deeper & more pronounced than normal. 1/7
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Congratulations Andrea Tapia Arenas for winning third prize in the prestigious Research Pitches Contest @CompostelaGroup. Andrea's research explores bumblebee habitat quality in grasslands using remote sensing @KateAshbrook @visser_worcs @worcester_uni youtu.be/-MfipNnckGA?si=ffxJ…
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🐝 Interested in learning more about bees? 🐝 Come along to our free bee workshop at the University of Worcester on Wednesday 5th June. All welcome! More info at bit.ly/3JCSsiT #UoWBioSci #wildlife #bees #WorcestershireHour
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Mark Brown@sphaerularia30 May 2024
PhD studentship: if you’re interested in parasites 🦠 and bees 🐝 check out this PhD position with me, @fisher_mat and @RhysFarrer1 Application deadline 13 June. Please read ad carefully for eligibility findaphd.com/phds/project/la… @RoyalHolloway @RHULBioSci

Landscape phylogenomics and epidemiology of parasites in pollinators at Royal Holloway, University...

PhD Project - Landscape phylogenomics and epidemiology of parasites in pollinators at Royal Holloway, University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Using UAV images and deep learning in investigating potential breeding sites of #Aedes albopictus dlvr.it/T7Rk59 #ActaTropica
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🌳 Biological recording at Lakeside Campus 🌳 On a foggy morning last week, we gathered at @uwlakeside to explore and record the rich biodiversity around us. Take a look at the reel to see some of our finds! 🦎🐞🪲🐝🦋 #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #outside #sustainability
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Happy #WorldBeeDay! Enjoying a few moments in our fabulous wildflower meadows surrounding the buildings at work @UK_CEH Wallingford. In just 3-4 years, packed with yellow rattle, buttercup, red clover, oxeye daisy and more. Mown paths providing bare soil for nesting solitary bees
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We're waving goodbye to our final-year Biological Sciences students, as they finished the final part of their degree, presenting research projects at our mini conference. We wish them the best as they embark on exciting new adventures! 👨‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬 #UoWBioSci #WorcesterUni #Biology
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What has happened to all the Isle of May guillemots? The first egg was the latest ever but adjusting for that we should still be peak laying now and the cliffs are terrifyingly empty. Even those that have laid don't seem committed and are losing their eggs at an alarming rate.1/2
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Three days left to apply for PhD on seabirds and contaminants at @LIENSsCNRSULR @UnivLaRochelle co-supervised by @Jerome_Fort_ and @wojczulanis13 sfecologie.org/offre/3-year-…
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Rich Hatfield@rghatfield8 May 2024
In case you're wondering, the bees are not saved, but you've been focusing on the wrong ones and doing the wrong things: "America does have an insect-biodiversity crisis. It is old and big—much older and much bigger than colony collapse disorder... 1/2 theatlantic.com/culture/arch…

The Great Honeybee Fallacy

For years, people have understood them to be at imminent risk of extinction, despite evidence to the contrary. Why?

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Mahmut Tör@MahmutTor10 May 2024
We are committed to Plant Health and Sustainability @worcester_uni We’re out of the lab and in front of the public on Sunday. Come and join us at The Hive #PlantDiseases #microbes #biodiversity
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Pick up a free plant! 🌱🌵🍀🌿🌺🌻🌷 Join us on Sunday 12th May 10:30-15:30 at the Hive. There will also be fascinating activities, informative talks, hands-on demonstrations and a plant health diagnosis clinic. #UoWBioSci #Microbes #PlantHealthWeek #Gardening #Sustainability
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Check out this blog by @banerjee_beas on how drones can support #anticipatoryaction for disaster management in #Nepal. @worcester_uni @naxanp worcester.ac.uk/about/news/a…
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Interested in conservation? We'll be putting a moth trap out on St John's campus. You can join us @worcester_uni 9am Tuesday 7th May to see what species we find. 🦋 Book your free place at bit.ly/3JCWgR9 #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #zoology #moth
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Friday Fun. 🕺 We are finishing our celebration of #BritishScienceWeek with an excellent demonstration of heart rhythms through the medium of dance by our own @Dr_Di_Miceli 📉🫀 #UoWBioSci #Heart #Science #Biomedicalscience #rhythm #MedicalScience
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🐝 Nurturing Nature's Pollinators: 🌼 Our Sustainable Environments Research Group @UoW_SERG is working with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust developing guides to identify habitat for pollinators. #UoWBioSci #pollinator #drone #britishscienceweek #sustainability
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