{"id":547,"date":"2021-06-15T21:45:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/?p=547"},"modified":"2021-06-15T21:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T20:45:14","slug":"bioblitz-in-the-drummond-courtyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/2021\/06\/15\/bioblitz-in-the-drummond-courtyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioblitz in the Drummond courtyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hands up who knew there was a courtyard behind the Drummond building. One person claimed to have worked at the Uni for 20 years and never knew it was there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first Uni bioblitz with staff from the Uni and from EricNorthEast (environmental records). So for Covid we kept it contained in the courtyard &#8211; turned out it was a great place &#8211; despite some dubious &#8220;wild flower&#8221; species<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-2048x995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210603_130705-500x243.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gordon and Melissa checking the pond &#8211; for mosquito larvae as it turned otu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-2048x995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_141808-500x243.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Roy sweepnetting in the no-mow vegetation <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-2048x995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_161538-500x243.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Alana, Ling and Sam learning from Janet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-1024x498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-1024x498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-2048x995.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2021\/06\/20210604_163911-500x243.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Recording our species, looking for insects enjoying the day. Thanks so much to Katy and Melissa for organising a wonderful afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hands up who knew there was a courtyard behind the Drummond building. One person claimed to have worked at the Uni for 20 years and never knew it was there Our first Uni bioblitz with staff from the Uni and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/2021\/06\/15\/bioblitz-in-the-drummond-courtyard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7536,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}