Ambroise Baker
Senior lecturer in ecology and botanist, interested in accelerating nature recovery.
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- It was great to see you at the workshop on Tuesday @jmbecologist.bsky.social , I wish there had been more time to catch up in full. It was pleasure to help shape this work and looking forward the report
- Forestry England and Forest Research workshop about measuring herbivore impacts on nature recovery, held 20th January 2026, Worcester College, Oxford This was an extremely productive and refreshing workshop, a true opportunity to brainstorm with a range of practitioners. Organised by Forestry…
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- Saltburn on Jan 2nd anyone? @colintheconroy.bsky.social @botanicalmartin.bsky.social @wonkyeggs.bsky.social @botanyman.bsky.social
- Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt! From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom. Resources to help us: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.
- Plant and habitat identification skills, 3-day plant identification course, June 24-26 2026, Middlesbrough, Northeast England. I am thrilled to offer a new 3‑day botany course from Teesside University. The Plant and Habitat Identification CPD Masterclass is an in‑person course taking place in the…
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- Thanks to all my plant friends, old and new, for making time at the #BIBConf25 so much fun! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicountries.bsky.social
- British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025 Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
- British & Irish Botanical Conference 2025 organised by the BSBI: Edge Hill University, November 29 2025 Fantastic time at #BIBConf25, catching up in person with BSBI friends, making new botany friends, hearing from early career people, listing to interesting talks and debates, ... 150% BSBI fun…
- Botanical training offered in 2026 In 2026 I am offering an even greater range of opportunities to skyrocket your botanical skills: Plant and Habitat Identification Skills short course at Teesside University: Three-day Course / 24th-26th June 2026. Sharpen your botanical expertise with our CPD…
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- 😍 Hang on a minute... is this Japanese Anemone (Anemone × hybrida Paxton) growing on top of the wall? 🙋 Is it not a sterile hybrid? 🤔how did it make it up there over 2 meter up this wall? 🤯The magic of rare alien dispersal! 🤯 #UrbanPlants #WallPlants @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
- A fantastic initiative to be part of - Read the Forestry England's Beaver Trial report!
- Reposted by Ambroise BakerOur annual membership special offer opens today! Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12. Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi... Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us
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- 2025 Poaceae walk on the North Yorkshire Coast – as close to 50 species as ever! While in 2023 and 2024, we came very close to observing 50 species of grasses during the walk, this year, we came even one inch closer to 50 mark! Here is a link to the species that have been observed this year and in…
- Full CIEEM Membership Awarded Very proud to report that my application for full membership of CIEEM, the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, has been accepted. Full membership is awarded to "senior professionals with a high degree of knowledge, experience, skills and…
- FSC 2-day Courses Delivered: Botany Skills for Ecologist (2x) and Priority Open Lowland Habitats (1x). Over the summer 2025, I was fortunate to meet and train about 30 professional ecologists during Field Studies Council courses. We focussed on plant and habitat identification as well as discussed…
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- Thanks Alex for coming to the workshop and for posting these pictures - There are other double and triple hybrids that have not been found in Britain and Ireland to date, so the mint quest continues....
- Thank you Astrid for coming along the workshop, this was a tremendous weekend. Fair to say that we have all learnt a lot! And still so much to learn!
- Above ground biomass sampling at Wild Saltholme This drone footage shows PhD student Austine Otabor and supervisor Dr Ambroise Baker collecting a Above Ground Biomass sample from rewilding site Wild Saltholme, managed by RSPB Saltholme, Northeast of England. This field work is part of a research…
- Exploring the Science of Rewilding workshop – 10-11 July 2025, Hauxley Nature Reserve and West Chevington – BES Rewilding SIG I attended this excellent workshop led by Rebecca Senior from Durham University, the local Wildlife Trust and the British Ecological Society's Rewilding SIG . Excellent…
- Thanks for a bril workshop - truly enjoyed listing from and speaking to a range of practitioners and academics
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- to pull or not to pull? one plant of Yellow Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia last week in @rspb.bsky.social's Wild Saltholme, in the Tees Valley. Dilemma for #rewilding and #invasives management @bes-rewildinggroup.bsky.social typical habitat on CFGM - Coastal floodplain and grazing marsh
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- Article in CIEEM’s In Practice: Brownfields in the Tees Valley are golden assets for nature recovery Baker, A. (2025). Brownfield in the Tees Valley are golden assets for nature recovery. In practice : bulletin of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. Issue 128, pp…
- Still working on list but pictures of the day here photos.app.goo.gl/HeEp452m1Fn3... And now thinking of 2026 Poaceae Walk for @bsbibotany.bsky.social
- Fantastic day looking at grasses, @bsbibotany.bsky.social Poaceae Walk on the coastal slopes btw Marske and Saltburn, vc 62. Now sorting specimens and lists... Did we get to 50 sp.? Thanks all for a great day out
- Fantastic day looking at grasses, @bsbibotany.bsky.social Poaceae Walk on the coastal slopes btw Marske and Saltburn, vc 62. Now sorting specimens and lists... Did we get to 50 sp.? Thanks all for a great day out
