This week it's #NationalMammalWeek2022 and this year’s theme is ‘recording mammals around you’. You can help record mammals by reporting dead otters to the relevant organisation (see graphic) and they will organise for it to be sent to us. Check out Mammal Society for more info!

We must #StopOceanPoison now by banning #PFAS from all non-essential uses and for GOV.UK to publish their Chemicals Strategy that prioritises the protection of the environment.🦭🐋

You can help by signing our petition and writing to your MP here:mcsuk.org/what-you-can-d…

Do you have experience as an #otter surveyor?

Volunteers are needed to help conduct surveys for the 6th National Otter Survey of England.

To find out more and get involved, head over to Mammal Society's website: bit.ly/3x6yFD7

#otter survey #conservation #mammals

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Please help @ProjectSplatter placement student, Amy, with her research project on people's experiences with #UKWildlife . Short survey below 👇

#roadecology #conservation #survey #sciencecommunication

Great seeing all the cool otter work going on with the Otter Project in Cardiff! So much being covered, from population/distribution trends, pollution to genomics! Thanks to the Mammal Society for hosting! #WorldOtterDay Dr Eleanor Kean Frank H

Thanks Mammal Society for hosting us to chat all things otter! 🦦 Was great to share the work and research of Otter Project. Big thanks if you joined us, happy to answer any further Qs.

#WorldOtterDay #ScienceCommunication #Research #Conservation

Happy #WorldOtterDay !

Did you know there are 13 species of otter across the world? Our #research on the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Britain is part of a much broader picture in #otter #conservation .

We hope you appreciate these magnificent #mammals as much as we do.

Today is #WorldOtterDay 🦦

The UK is home to the Eurasian Otter! Fun fact, although otters are very good swimmers they can't hold their breath for very long. Their average dive is about 30 seconds ⏱

📸 Sophie Hall

#otter s #otter #otter day #ukwildlife #eurasianotter #ukmammals

Very kind of you Dr Eleanor Kean! Right back at ya! Follow Eleanor too for all things otter, from scent communication to diet, from contaminants to otter surveys 🦦

Happy #WorldOtterDay 2022! Maybe see you later! 🦦

#otters #research #conservation #sciencecommunication #webinar

#WorldOtterDay tomorrow! Looking forward to sharing the work of Otter Project and my PhD during the Mammal Society's otterly great webinar, along with Sarah du Plessis, Dr Eleanor Kean and Elizabeth Chadwick!🦦

#otters #webinar #conservation #research

🦦 #WorldOtterDay announcement🦦

We've teamed up with the Otter Project to bring you an otterly awesome webinar on World Otter Day itself!

Don't miss out, get your tickets now 👉 bit.ly/3l2fW4G

Emily O'Rourke Sarah du Plessis #otter #otter s #webinar #expert #mammals #share

Senedd report on storm overflows in Wales published today: 'the frequency of sewage spills is at
an unacceptable level. With more frequent extreme weather events, it is likely that the number
of spills will rise if urgent action is not taken.' 10 recommendations follow

Here are some of our favourite photos from Cardiff Science Festival with @ProjectSplatter

Thanks to South Riverside Community Development Centre and Bute Park for having us.

Cardiff Science Festival

#youngscientists #otters #engagement #sciencefestival #conservation

Alan Seymour's #otter photo, accompanying Dr Lorna Drake's paper on best practice filtering of #metabarcoding data, is the cover of British Ecological Society's Methods in Ecology & Evolution.

Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…
Or the full volume here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/2041210x/2…

It's #WorldWildlifeDay2022 !
The theme this year is recovering key species. Have a look below at how UK otters have recovered since their population crashed in the 1970s.

#otters #worldwildlifeday #speciesrecovery #ecosystemrestoration

It's #WorldWildlifeDay today 🐾

Did you know 1 in 4 of Britain's native mammals are threatened with extinction 😰

Thanks to your support we're helping change this 💚

#britishwildlife #britishnature #nature #conservation

Great couple of days attending the Environment Agency PhD Knowledge Exchange Conference. Enjoyed having the opportunity to discuss our paper on #PFAS (tinyurl.com/mrxtty2k), and my #collaboration with the Environment Agency who have enabled the funding to further this research

This is the last paper from Steffen Schellenberger's PhD thesis, 'An Outdoor Aging Study to Investigate the Release of Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Functional Textiles'. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Otters can tell us what chemicals are in our waterways... our drinking water supply.
Great to write this piece for Mammal Society and Mammal Society Students about my PhD and #PFAS pollution.

#otter #freshwater #conservation #pollution