Category Archives: News

Welcome Entry

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Thomas Whitlock

I’m Tom and I am currently undertaking my dissertation studying Zoology. I have a wide interest in biodiversity, and would much like to incorporate that into a future career, so I see this blog as a major stepping stone in … Continue reading →

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A New Face

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Justin Anthony Groves

Over the next couple of months a great deal of data will be added to the Whiteknights Biodiversity blog. This is a result of funding provided via Reading University UROP (University Research Opportunities Placement -http://www.reading.ac.uk/internal/UROP/) to hire a student (myself), to … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday – Whiteknights Biodiversity!

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Alastair Culham

It seems hardly possible that this blog has already run for a year. What started as an experiment to try to communicate the amazing biodiversity of our University campus has developed in to an fun interactive teaching tool to which … Continue reading →

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Clearing the grotto

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Alastair Culham

The Wilderness on Whiteknights campus has a management plan to help improve its biodiversity.  One of the most recent actions I have noticed is the much needed clearing of the banks of the upper section of Whiteknights Lake as it … Continue reading →

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Chewed leaves on the rosemary bushes outside the potting shed were the sign of damage from the alien Rosemary Beetle, Chrysolina americana. This species is spreading rapidly through the UK after introduction around 1990.  The RHS are surveying it’s distribution And … Continue reading →

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Alastair Culham | Leave a comment

Can you help develop the Whiteknights Biodiversity Blog? UROP provides £1200 to give one student a chance to make a difference.

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Alastair Culham

Delivering Diversity: Whiteknights’ biodiversity on the web An exciting opportunity to help make publicly available, knowledge of the biodiversity on Whiteknights Campus through development of a web site and enhancement of Whiteknights Biodiversity blog. Supervised by: Alastair Culham The Placement Project … Continue reading →

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Biodiversity Records Collection

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Justin Anthony Groves

A question for many of the other authors of the blog! For students and other members. Where are many of the species records on campus from plants-mammals-insects including natives and planted individuals kept on campus ? Is this information all fragmented … Continue reading →

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The BIG Garden Bird Watch … On campus

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Justin Anthony Groves

Hi fellow naturalists I carried out the big garden bird watch at the weekend next to the lake. There were an interesting variety of species, on what was a cold and dull day The birds seen at any one time … Continue reading →

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Monday sees the launch of Green Week on campus.  While a big element of the University strategy is energy saving this is also a good opportunity to talk about the environmental stewardship shown in the management of campus green spaces.  … Continue reading →

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Alastair Culham | Leave a comment

Biodiversity surrounds us and makes life richer

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Alastair Culham

Whiteknights campus is surrounded by housing but has green corridors through to Maiden Erleigh Lake and Leighton Park School making this area rich in wild plant and animal life.  This blog is a means of recording the seasonal variation on … Continue reading →

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