Fiona Bell

Beyond happy to publish our findings (and my first paper!!) on the Grizzled Skipper 🦋 @savebutterflies

@Jordanelouise_ Thanks Jordan!! 🥂

Congratulations Dr Bell! @BellFionaA 🦋🍾

@RamaBhatia17 @Jordanelouise_ Thank you!! So glad to have it done 😊

@Jordanelouise_ @BellFionaA Many Congratulations Dr Bell!!!!!

@Louise_A_R @Jordanelouise_ Thanks!! 😊

@pongthprm @Jordanelouise_ Thank you!! 😊

@Jordanelouise_ @BellFionaA Congrats Dr. @BellFionaA 🥳🥳🥳

Great start to the second day of #ACCEconf2021 with so many inspiring talks- including growing food in cities from @jilledmondson25 and choosing sites for the Chequered Skipper from @Ghalford6 🥕🦋

@bc_cambs_essex Looking forward to talking about skippers and hearing about everyone's work!

@BellFionaA 'Is the Grizzled Skipper pickier in the north? An exploration of a specialist butterfly’s habitat requirements across its UK range.'

The branch online AGM is coming up: 7pm on Tuesday 16th November. Members should have already received and email with the details for joining. In addition to regular updates from the committee and our recorders we have three talks: @savebutterflies

Very interesting study, definitely worth a read!

I suppose it maybe could be, but can never tell without a pic!

@hollycoombes @b6mup @pheromoneEvo @StuartWigby Congratulations Holly!! 🎉🎉

We wrote a paper!! Want to know about anti-fungal immune responses (starring white-nose disease!), and how hibernation comes into it? Free access for 48 days, so get it while it’s hot! 🦇🦇🦇

@ChrisCorrigan3 @BCSussex @RichardFoxBC @martinswarren @savebutterflies @sdnpa Hoping that they wake up soon!! 🌞🦋

Grizzled Skippers are a #SouthDowns Mill Hill speciality. The reserve looks lovely in the sun but no more than the odd skipper. A bit worrying? Cold and parched combo? Lets hope it picks up soon! @BCSussex @RichardFoxBC @BellFionaA @martinswarren @savebutterflies @sdnpa

@BellFionaA @ChrisCorrigan3 @hartshill18hay1 @TempleBalsall @savebutterflies I would also add that a meta=population occupying 70% of the sites in a landscape is also very important. Range has declined in range but number of colonies has increased because of landscape connectivity through management & habitat creation

@ChrisCorrigan3 @hartshill18hay1 @TempleBalsall @savebutterflies Yes, definitely- I would say getting the habitat right is crucial!

@hartshill18hay1 @TempleBalsall @BellFionaA @savebutterflies Based on the research, @BellFionaA would agree with you

The Grizzled Skipper has declined substantially but theoretically should benefit from #ClimateChange. Find out more about what might be going on, based on work by @BellFionaA 👇 @savebutterflies butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/…

@ChrisCorrigan3 @savebutterflies Very exciting to see this up😊Short piece I wrote discussing our recent paper on the Grizzled Skipper 🦋 (you can read the full article here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…)

@hollycoombes Congratulations Holly!! 🎉

@MikeSlater5 @savebutterflies @LivUni @UKSVN @StudentVolWeek Thank you Mike! Looking forward to stopping back in Cov to see the skippers (without my cones this time!!) 🦋

@savebutterflies @LivUni @UKSVN @StudentVolWeek And a fantastic job she is doing

#BLOG: Introducing Fiona Bell, PhD student at the University of Liverpool (@LivUni), who is currently researching the Grizzled Skipper butterfly and its response to a changing climate. butrfli.es/StudentFionaBe… #SVW2021 @UKSVN @StudentVolWeek #SVW #StudentVolunteeringWeek

@MelanieMosaics @savebutterflies @LivUni @UKSVN @StudentVolWeek Thanks Melanie! Will try to keep my twitter up to date with our findings 🙂

@savebutterflies @LivUni @UKSVN @StudentVolWeek look forward to results - thank you Fiona 🦋🦋🌼

@ChrisCorrigan3 Thanks for the kind words! Hope our findings will be helpful for the hardworking folks on the ground planning/managing conservation efforts 🦋

Fascinating! Vital #butterfly research which will guide conservation in the face of #ClimateChange. Well done @BellFionaA!

@martinswarren @BellFionaA @savebutterflies At our site Hutchinsons Bank, the GS have benefitted from work on scrapes for Small Blues, and their population has increased due to the bare ground and foodplant increase. There have been increases in f. taras too. about 40% of population sometimes.