🍄 spending #INNSweek swabbing non-native alpine newts for #Bd in Canterbury 🍄

Thanks to the great team DICE Kent for looking after us!

It's #InvasiveSpeciesWeek so here's Carpobrotus edulis (Sour Fig) for #wildflowerhour . Guernsey Conservation Volunteers remove a variety of #invasiveplants every year including tonnes of Sour Fig. Seeing native plants return after #invasivespeciesremoval is amazing! 🤩
#INNSweek

This week is #INNSweek ! Invasive plants and animals harm the environment and wildlife, and block waterways making paddling difficult. They can be small and hard to spot, so are easily spread on damp equipment and clothing. Keep kit clean and do your bit to help #StopTheSpread 😎

Invasive Species Week #INNSweek Day #4

Hotels - once places for R&R, travelling businessmen, weddings, honeymoons, room service and mini-bars.
Now 500 are occupied by 50,000 economic chancers at the cost of £7 million a day and rising.

Turn of the tide?! In recent years, grey squirrels have been on the decline in counties Tyrone and Fermanagh, with pine marten recovery believed to be the main factor. With grey squirrels now absent, red squirrels can now be seen in Enniskillen gardens! #INNSweek 1/3

Our team presented the #Megapredator project during the fish gastronomic event in Santarém. We showed that the #europeancatfish is predating on economically important species such European eel & sea lamprey.
#INNSweek #SEI2023 #WorldEelDay23 #Megapredator @MARE_centre #silurus

Students from Newcastle University Sciences at Newcastle NCL Marine and Ecology Group, Newcastle University took part in monitoring to detect marine non-natives across Lindisfarne NNR as part of the LIFE WADER project LIFE Programme #INNSweek Natural England NE

It’s #INNSWeek ! Can you guess what these #InvasiveSpecies are? 🕵
Find out more about them & how we can help stop the spread here: ow.ly/LWUF50Omfuo

🧬Our science colleagues monitor for the presence of invasive species using eDNA techniques.

🔬This is important world class work which forms the core basis of our monitoring of marine INNS in Scotland.

Find out more in the video below: ⬇️

#INNSweek #getINNSvolved

For #InvasiveSpeciesWeek , here is Pirri-pirri-bur. This species, along with its relation the Two-spined Acaena, are spreading in Scotland and can form large patches excluding other species. The fruits have barbs that catch clothing and fur, helping it spread along paths #INNSweek

Ready for the 1st #lifepredator workshop @ #vilavelhaderodao (Portugal). Moving towards the creation of the Local Alliance Groups & increasing awareness. @FC_UL @MARE_centre CE3C IDL - Instituto Dom Luiz LIFE Programme #SEI2023 #INNSweek #silurus #catfish Stay tuned! More to come... 😉

This week's #WednesdayBloom is an invasive species. Humans have introduced many species to parts of the world where they wouldn’t naturally be found

Some of these spread into the wild, negatively impacting the environment, economy and health
Can you guess the species? #INNSweek

It is illegal to transport or release a Grey Squirrel once captured - this is because the release of Invasive Species is banned by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 on the grounds that they cause 'severe problems for native animals and the environment'. #INNSweek

This is New Zealand Pigmyweed, an #InvasivePlant that can carpet the edges of lochs, reservoirs and canals at the expense of other aquatic plants. The map shows its spread from 1970 to 2020 - making it up to Shetland and Orkney! #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #wildflowerhour #INNSweek

Day 4 of Invasive Non-Native Species Week ( #INNSweek ) and today we will provide an overview on how best to control and manage #Rhododendron ponticum, as well as some of the works being undertaken in #WildNephinNationalPark

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Thank you all for a fantastic #INNSweek 2023!

Look out for an invasive non-native plant themed #WildflowerHour at 8pm.

Stay tuned for highlights next week, in the meantime find out how you can help protect the environment 👇nonnativespecies.org/invasivespecie…

Red squirrels have survived in remote areas or sub-par habitats that Grey squirrels cannot live in, or have been protected by hard working volunteer red squirrel groups. #INNSweek 1/3

Please report your sightings of red squirrels, grey squirrels and pine martens to further our understanding of pine marten impacts on squirrels. #INNSweek 1/2 experience.arcgis.com/experience/6c3…

A huge thank you to everyone involved in Invasive Species Week 2023!

View the highlights and catch up with everything you missed at nonnativespecies.org/invasivespecie… #INNSweek

Continuing #InvasiveSpeciesWeek - American Skunk Cabbage! This stinky plant was introduced in the early 1900s, but now dominates large areas of swampy woodland. Since 2000 it has been found at c.1000 new sites! Map shows range change from 1970 to 2020. #INNSweek #wildflowerhour