Prof. Jeff Ollerton – ecological scientist and author

Recently, I made a comment over on Steve Heard’s

One of the few positive things to come out of the COVID lockdowns was the unexpected opportunity to look much more closely at the nature right outside our doors. In 2020 I coordinated the

This year – 2026 – marks the 40th anniversary of my first publication. Forty years. Imagine that – I certainly can’t! It feels like a long time ago, a distant memory, another life. I was 21 and I hadn’t even begun my undergra...

I’d like to tell you about a dream that I had last night. As far as I can recall this is the first time I’ve mentioned my dreams in about 14 years of regular blogging. I dream almost every night: vivid, highly immersive, realis...

When most people think about pollinators, they picture bees visiting flowers. But for many species, a large part of life happens elsewhere: in the soil. Many pollinators do not just feed above ground, they also nest, shelter or develop belo...