FruitWatch

My apple & cherry trees are starting to #blossom. If you have fruit trees, please take a few minutes to upload records to @Fruit_Watch. It helps us @UniofReading & @OracleResearch track #climatechange impacts on flowering #phenology @UniRdg_Research @UniRdg_SAPD @ReadingBioSci

Apple buds are starting to waken from dormancy, so I thought it might be a good time to re-post my photo-series showing the growth and development of a single 'Herefordshire Russet': 'Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to Fruit' orchardnotes.com/2023/03/28/lif…

We've been hard at work improving FruitWatch for 2024: New fruits 🍐, new maps 🗺️ and an improved recording form 📋! More details coming soon, so watch this space!! 👀 Get invovled at fruitwatch.org #blossom #nature

Around the world in 20 pears. We have 30 varieties of pears, the collage only allowed for 20 but how amazingly diverse! I love this!!

People seemed to like the pear collage. So thought I'd add these. These are 31 of our 153 varieties of apples. I had plans to take a photo of every single one, but it's hard to keep on top of thst in the height of the season. I'll try again next year.

Rising temperatures are causing #bees to emerge earlier, but what about blossom of the fruit trees they pollinate? Thats what we are hoping to find out thanks to your blossom submissions at fruitwatch.org! Stay tuned to see what we find! 🐝🌸🍏🍐

Do you monitor species or habitats? If so, get involved in this cool research and have your say on how technology can help or hinder!!

So, @Fruit_Watch, @ChrisWyver33 my apples 🍎 seem ahead on the flowering 🌸than my edible cherry🍒 Though cherry tree has had more leaves than flowers this year. Wonder what's going on with their #phenology 🤔 #citizenscientists please add your records to fruitwatch.org

Got very excited about 1st flowers open on my apple tree so entered it in @Fruit_Watch (PhD Project of @ChrisWyver33) Looking at results seems to be only apple flowering in eastern England! Come on, that surely can't be true. Join in if you can! Here: fruitwatch.org

Despite the winds its all kicking off with blossom time 🥰@Fruit_Watch my Plum tree recorded this morning - please see fruitwatch.org/ords/r/livefw/… to add your trees @OracleDatabase #techology powering #citizenscience @OracleResearch supporting @ChrisWyver33 @UniofReading

Calling all nature lovers. Have you heard of citizen science projects? It’s where members of the public help conservation organisations collect data to help monitor and protect wildlife.

@Fruit_Watch wants to track flowering dates of fruit trees across the UK. If you see an apple, pear, cherry or plum tree in bloom, upload a record to fruitwatch.org to help understand how climate impacts blossom.

@UniofReading @UniRdg_SAPD @OracleResearch

🎉We're Back!! 🎉After working hard to ensure FruitWatch.org runs smoothly, we are now ready to accept submissions! If you see an apple, pear, cherry or plum tree in blossom, upload a record to fruitwatch.org and help us understand how climate impacts blossom 🌸

This is what bee research looks like - amazing field work review day with #Jorisbee @UniRdg_SAPD @UniofReading @deepa_sena @worldbeeproject @Fruit_Watch @ChrisWyver33 - @OracleResearch so proud to be a partner in 4 really interesting projects. #ClimateCrisis #pollinators

@Suz_Waller Hi Suz! Thanks for sharing this - we will definitely be running the project again next year as we've had such a great response. Will also look into keeping the submission page open longer to capture trees like yours!

@HeldinEU @Oracle_UKI @UniofReading @guardian Most have around us too as well. Fingers crossed for a good crop!

@Fruit_Watch @Oracle_UKI @UniofReading @guardian Mine have been an gone. Not a lot seem to have been pollinated

@HeldinEU @Oracle_UKI @UniofReading @guardian We started accepting blossom records from Feb this year, and plan on doing the same next year! You can take a look at the records so far at fruitwatch.org.🍎

@Oracle_UKI @UniofReading @Fruit_Watch @guardian Bit late for this year, pity

The area occupied by fruit trees has fallen by 97 per cent in London and by half UK-wide since 1900. But @ProjectOrchard is on a mission to bring nature's food banks back to our cities: thetimes.co.uk/article/the-or…