Merops Field Studies @MeropsField
Mediterranean Ecology Research Observatory for Practical Skills Created by Dr Sophie Mowles and Dr Fabrizio Manco merops.eu Ardèche, France Joined February 2022-
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We’d like to wish all of our followers and guests a happy new year for 2025. Even in the winter, nature is still thriving here in the south of France. We enjoy watching these seasonal changes, and look forward welcoming our first field courses of the year in the coming spring.
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Re-visiting some of the fantastic #orchids we saw on our field trips this year. With our groups, we saw 24 species, including Woodcock, Burnt-tip and Violet Bird’s Nest Orchids, plus the very localised 𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘪, which is endemic to the Grands Causses.
We’ve been very lucky with our camera trapping this year, and students have got some great footage of a family of Eurasian Otters while on their field courses with us. We’ve seen foraging and sprainting, plus this female with two cubs. @StirUni @sheffielduni @univofstandrews
While here for their autumn field course, students from @CumbriaUni carried out some fascinating projects, studying the diversity of aquatic invertebrates, fungi in different woodlands, and the effects of ephemeral waterfalls on wall communities to name but a few @ScanningScience
We’d like to say a big thank you to our guests from @CumbriaUni for a wonderful field course. We enjoyed hosting you and showing you the natural history of the area, and were excited to see the real diversity of projects. Good luck with the rest of your studies! @ScanningScience
We're glad you enjoyed your field trip with us - and we had a great time hosting you here too. Really happy to work with you all and to show you the fantastic natural history of the area.
We're glad you enjoyed your field trip with us - and we had a great time hosting you here too. Really happy to work with you all and to show you the fantastic natural history of the area.
Yesterday we took our guests from @CumbriaUni for a trip along the Ardèche Gorge. We visited the famous Pont d’Arc natural bridge and took a hike through the garrigue. Highlights were some Red Cage Fungi, plus the resident feral goats that frequent the gorge. @ScanningScience
We spent a fantastic day exploring the Camargue with @CumbriaUni. Very atmospheric skies in the morning, with lots of wildlife spotted. Highlights were migratory birds passing through, including this Wryneck, Common Cranes and the ever-present Greater Flamingos. @ScanningScience
We had really good fortune with our thermal imaging evening with @CumbriaUni. We spotted 3 Beavers, plus a bonus Coypu. The Beavers are very well insulated, so we tend to just see their eyes and ears glowing whereas the Coypu lose a lot more heat from their heads @ScanningScience
Our guests from @CumbriaUni have been getting stuck in to survey techniques. We’ve used our drone to map meadow vegetation, then carried out plant and invertebrate surveys. Invertebrate highlights were this beautiful Tortoise Beetle and Buffalo Leaf Hopper. @ScanningScience
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GIS treasure hunt, drone flights, equipment training and independent project preparation @CumbriaUni with @MeropsField #GoTeam #GPS !!
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Introductions complete for @CumbriaUni by @MeropsField Praying mantis joined us for lunch. Drones, camera and sampling design tomorrow... Not a bad view...
A really great first day welcoming staff and students from @CumbriaUni to the south of France. We kicked off with habitat tours and a demonstration of our kit before project planning. Highlights of our walks were this Spiny Toad and recent evidence of Beavers. @ScanningScience
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