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SEEN 5.11 Southampton news

Southampton Feedback Champions Yesterday the Southampton Feedback Champions conference was on, where CfBS’ feedback champion Rebecca Wainwright (well done Rebecca, you were excellent at presenting, very engaging and good pace – my feedback to you), definitely championed on your behalf. You can find out more about the project by following them on Twitter (@feedbackchamps) and […]

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SEEN 5.11 Employability

Work experience with ecological consultancy A recent Environmental Science graduate, Ross Baird, works for the ecological consultancy ENIMS, based in Winchester. He says “My company is looking for any budding ecologists to take part in some bat surveys in the Southampton/Winchester area between now and September. Not only is it paid, but it is excellent […]

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SEEN 5.10 species of the week

Atlantic mudskipper http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/17/fish-that-walks-on-land-swallows-with-tongue-made-of-water/

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SEEN 5.10 website of the week

http://www.scienceifl.com/animalsandinsects/index.htm

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SEEN 5.10

Fhionna Redfern found this article about the noise that peacocks’ tails make http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150303-peacocks-make-din-you-cant-hear (thank you Fhionna!)   How does artificial light at night alter ecological communities? http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1667/20140131   Poll to find first national bird for Britain http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31904842   Every single animal that became extinct in the last 100 years http://www.pixable.com/article/heres-every-single-animal-that-became-extinct-in-the-last-100-years-photos-67674?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_434455   Watch the birth of […]

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SEEN 5.10 Southampton news

New Forest walk and talk – invitation from Zoe Harris Please join us for a 2-day residential conference in the New Forest from 27th-29th April! The conference consists of a day of walks in the New Forest learning all about the historic landscape and current work being undertaken there. Day 2 is a day of […]

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SEEN 5.10 Employability

Voluntary placements at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – from Debbie Dawkins at the wildlife trust We have just advertised 2 long term voluntary placements on our website at http://www.hiwwt.org.uk/work-experience.  One is for a Volunteer Ecology Placement working with our ecology team undertaking surveys and associated  activities.  The other is  for  a Volunteer […]

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SEEN 5.8 species of the week

The snowdrop http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/25/specieswatch-snowdrop-endangered  

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SEEN 5.9 website of the week

Society of Biology – you can join for just £15 and then sign-up for lots of interesting events, such as this one https://www.societyofbiology.org/events/event_writingforanonspecialistaudience

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SEEN 5.9

Owen Middleton found this story, he says “I just read a story about chimps modifying their social communication when presented to ‘foreign’ chimps – in this case Dutch and Scottish chimps. After a while, as the two groups began to bond, the foreign chimps change the frequency of their grunts to fit with the locals […]

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