Alice Mutimer

Your kindness can kill a bumblebee 💔 📢 Please share! Bumblebee queens are starting to emerge from hibernation. British weather isn’t always ideal and people with the best intentions can cause more harm good. Let’s change that. 🧵1/5

🌳 It's #NationalTreeWeek! 🌳 and the BSPP and @Forest_Research are joining forces to celebrate! 🤝 Test your tree pathology knowledge with this month's Plant Doctor Quiz 🌿🔍 👉 Challenge yourself: buff.ly/3uwVeSG #PlantDoctorQuiz

Politicians are failing us abysmally on the #ClimateCrisis. Can comedians step up and save the day? Watch the heroic Jo Brand give it a proper shot with scientist @ProfMarkMaslin 🔥 If this doesn't prompt revolution, what will? Please share far and wide! #NoNewOil #COP28

@APHAgovuk Can you also share the Plant Health and Seeds inspector imports vacancies please 🙂

Want to find out more info about our Field Vet vacancies? Have some questions about the role & the recruitment process? Then join our virtual drop in session on 25 November at 10am. teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/… #RCVS #BVA #Vets #Careers

Latest Asian yellow-legged hornet update 20.10.2023 The total is 70 nests so far in 2023

Have you heard the one where the pigeon walks into a Peregrine nest...😀

A useful image showing both European (left) and Asian hornet (right) at a wick bait station on Jersey Photo courtesy Rebecca Davis

BBKA Asian hornet posters on buses in Devon. Should be popping up in other areas along the south coast. Please share some photos if you see one. Photos courtesy Colin Lodge, Torbay BKA

We have a number of exciting opportunities to work for APHA in various locations. Details about all the posts, including closing dates and how to apply are available on Civil Service Jobs (please search APHA for our full list of vacancies): civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

I went out with the Asian hornet hunters last week and watched as they found and destroyed a nest on the south coast. Whether we can repel this beastie is in the balance… one nest found last year, 42 so far this year. Our bees are depending on us… thetimes.co.uk/article/edccc8…

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed. For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others. Read more: buff.ly/45Ps1QG

Please help us lookout for Colorado potato beetles gov.uk/government/new… @DefraGovUK @APHAgovuk

It’s a new week, vacation time 🏖️✈️for many people around the🌍. What remains unchanged though, is that pests🪲🐜 know no borders. ⚠️Due to international travel and trade, they’re moving faster and farther. You can help prevent pest spread by travelling with care. #PlantHealth

Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed at a premises near Elham, Folkestone & Hythe, Kent. All bird keepers should remain vigilant and follow stringent biosecurity measures. More info is available on GOV.UK at: gov.uk/bird-flu #BirdFlu

Colorado potato beetle larvae has been identified on a farm in Kent. This destructive pest can strip potato plants of their leaves and we are working with the affected grower to eradicate the pest and survey the area. Read more: gov.uk/government/new… 📷 Fera Science Limited

Colorado beetle larvae found in potato crop in Kent gov.uk/government/new…

Great work Eammon and Feargal, we will succeed.

Published today: A draft Border Target Operating Model proposing a new approach to Sanitary and Phytosanitary controls (applying to imports of live animals, germinal products, animal products, plants and plant products). gov.uk/government/pub…

#DYK 🤔 ✈️ Carrying plants and plant products while traveling to other countries can have serious consequences on the local environment and #PlantHealth 🎥In this video, @FAO Goodwill Ambassador @TheMontyDon tells us why we shouldn't bring plants back from our travels.

Reporting dead wild birds: Let Defra know if you find: • 1 or more dead birds of prey (such as an owl, hawk or buzzard) • 3 or more dead birds that include at least 1 gull, swan, goose or duck • 5 or more dead wild birds of any species Online gov.uk/guidance/repor…