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SEEN 6.10 Species of the week

Minna Ots says ā€œI stumbled upon this exciting study done by researchers from Germany, Japan and Sweden with the Japanese Great Tit (Parus minor). They have evidence that the birds can use different types of calls to form “sentences”, meaning that they have evolved syntax and can communicate more efficiently. Amazing! http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160308/ncomms10986/full/ncomms10986.htmlā€ Thank you Minna! […]

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SEEN 6.10 Website of the week

Owen Middleton says ā€œThe Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has a project called ‘The Field Book Project’ which aims to digitize and make fieldĀ notes accessible to the public to increase the use of this vital information. I thought that this could be interesting for those of us on the New Forest Field Course or just […]

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SEEN 6.10

There are 3 upcoming summer schools that you can apply for:   British Ecological Society – The second BES Summer School is taking place on 18-22 July 2016 at Malham tarn FSC.Ā  We’ve confirmed sessions on cave ecology, upland ecology, freshwater ecology, microbial and molecular ecology, plant taxonomy, birds, bats, moths, entomology, conservation and consultancy.Ā  […]

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SEEN 6.10 Southampton News

The BioBlitz team won 2nd prize at the Sustainability action awards last Thursday Ā  Also last Thursday, our team, ā€œStumpedā€, were also 2nd at the first Botanical University Challenge. Well done to team members Ollie White, Rachael Graham, Rowland Sadler and Minna Ots. Ā   

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SEEN 6.10 Placements

There are several summer placements with the Wildlife Trust and the City Council currently being advertised, some to collect the 7th summer of biodiversity data. Have a look!  

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SEEN 6.9 Website of the week

Actually a facebook group – Storm petrels in Portugal https://www.facebook.com/Storm-Petrels-in-Portugal-150043782913/  

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SEEN 6.9 Species of the week

The quoll http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-02/eastern-quolls-introduced-to-canberra-sanctuary/7211990  

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SEEN 6.9

Georgia Harper says ā€œI found this, it’s pretty cool –Ā  http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/520-million-year-old-fossilised-nervous-system-is-most-detailed-example-yet-foundā€ Thank you Georgia! Ā  Sonny Folliot days ā€œHere’s an article from the US regarding the protection of captive big cats; a new law just passed in where it is illegal to now privately own any big cat species. http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/big-cat-public-safety-act-introduced-us-senateā€ Thank you Sonny! Ā  The […]

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SEEN 6.9 Southampton News

On Thursday 10th March the first Botanical University Challenge competition is taking place at Kew Gardens http://drmgoeswild.com/botanical-university-challenge/. Our team is: Rachael Graham, Ollie White, Rowland Sadler, Minna Ots. With reserves: Alice Pincock, Joe Mattocks and Owen Middleton. If you would like to attend student tickets cost Ā£3. We currently have 4 seats left on the […]

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SEEN 6.9 Employability

Next week is SUSU’s ā€œChange your world weekā€. https://blogs.susu.org/blog/2016/02/29/change-your-world-week/. On Wednesday 9th March there will be a bird and bat box hunt, meeting at 2:20pm on the concourse of B42. This will be followed by a talk from John Poland about a career in ecology in meeting room 2 of B42. There will also be […]

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