Southampton News

University Birdwatch Challenge 2014 (sent in by Rachel Nichols, thank you Rachel!)– all you need to do is record the birds you spot on Highfield campus, then record them on the BirdTrack website  http://blx1.bto.org/birdtrack/main/data-home.jsp If you are unsure about bird identification, or to find out more about registering for BirdTrack (so that you can start […]

Biodiversity seminar You are invited to attend the 5th annual Biodiversity monitoring projects seminar on Wednesday 12th February at 2pm in 35/1001. In Summer 2013 recent graduates from the University of Southampton’s Biological Sciences, Ocean & earth sciences and Environmental Sciences programmes worked as ecological researchers, collecting data for collaborative projects with two local partners: […]

In July I met Simon Watt from “Inside Nature’s giants” at the Winchester science festival. I approached him, on BioSoc’s behalf, to give a talk and he agreed! Here is some more information from BioSoc’s Biology/Zoology education rep, Sophie Watts: “BioSoc is very proud to announce that Simon Watt from ‘Inside Nature’s Giants’ will be […]

2nd year Biologist Kristin Vestermark is one of the University’s student bloggers, congratulations Kristin http://www.lifeatsouthampton.co.uk/2013/11/getting-you-up-to-speed.html   A study published today by a collaboration between several universities, including Southampton, has found that the number of pests and diseases in tree and forests is increasing http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2013/nov/13_203.shtml – review http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6160/1235773.full?sid=50bf2808-6998-4236-bc05-3533e89b9aae – article   Operation Wallacea – Tim Coles […]

Biology reading group – it’s never too late to join! We are discussing chapters 3 and 4 of “Almost like a whale” tomorrow 1-2pm in 4/3045.   For those of you who missed it, my guest blog for “Dr M goes wild” last week about our Spanish field course (lots of 2nd years are featured!) […]

Tomorrow (Wed 23rd Oct) the Biosoc seminar will be given by David Barlow, an Emmy award winning wildlife film maker on ‘Faking sciences for TV’. It’s on in 85/2207, 2-3pm.   1st year PhD student Richard Sands’ project is discussed in this BBC article, featuring his Forest Research supervisor Nigel Straw http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24297553 The project is […]

Biology Reading group 2013-14 – our first meeting will be tomorrow (Wed 9th October) 1-2pm in 4/3045. At this first meeting we will be deciding which book to read this semester, please bring along your suggestions. We read a chapter each week and meet to discuss it. Previous books include: On the origin of species; […]

Reading group Although numbers dwindled those of us who made it to the end of “The greatest show on earth” greatly enjoyed in. We hope to have another evolution reading group next semester.   RSPB Wallasea Island Project – World environment day seminar The RSPB project will receive 4.5million tonnes of material excavated during the […]

MRes Wildlife Conservation – the website is finally live! We still have important information to add, such as fees and research project details, but these will be added on next week. Third years, we are hoping to invite you along to an event to find out more. As alumni, you will receive a 10% discount […]

Photo call The marketing team would like to take some photos of Biology and Zoology students next Tuesday afternoon, are you interested? If you would like to appear in promotional material please email me asap.