Steve Thackeray

@thackers.bsky.social

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Freshwater ecologist, wildlife lover, likes a bit of art 💦🦠🔬

Painting of a wolf in negative, on a black background
A metal sculpture of a leaping salmon
A mating pair of demoiselles perched on a leaf. The curled abdomens of the male and female make a shape like a love heart. The male is metallic blue/green and the female metallic bronze.
A very triangular shaped moth, with whitish wings surrounded by a dark brown border. The white areas show pink and purple hues, having a pearl like quality.
A glossy black beetle with broad orange stripes on its abdomen
The moth has glossy black wings with vivid red spots. It's sat on a purple knapweed flower
The dragonfly is perched on bright green iris leaves. The sunlight is showing up the vein pattern in its wings.
A male beetle - metallic green, perched on a buttercup. The swollen thighs are clearly visible.
A female adder nestled in the grass
A male blue tailed damselfly on an iris leaf, showing its blue thorax markings and tail light.
A golden brown mayfly perched on a wooden fence
A small blue marquee for the Lune Rivers Trust
A black ink drawing of a recently fledged Blackbird
The early thorn is sitting on a fence with its wings folded back over its furry body. They are intricately marked with creams, browns, and oranges.
A dragonfly drawn in black ink, with intricate patterns across its body and wings
An infographic showing chemical mixtures in different waste types
A view along Windermere, with a rainbow in the distance. In the foreground are jetties with lots of perching black-headed gulls.
A clear, bright view of the lake with golden coloured trees.
A row of trees reflected in still water. The reflection is sharp and clear. I rotated the image 90 degrees, so the real and reflected trees reach out to the left and right.
A glossy grey toadstool in vivid green grass
Boxplots showing reductions in modelled, seasonal water temperatures with increasing floating solar panel coverage, under four climate scenarios
An angle shades moth on a wooden fence. It is coloured shades of brown and has the appearance of a curled autumn leaf.
Black ink drawing of a dragonfly in a cartoon, rather than realistic, style.
A dragonfly perched on some vegetation. It has a black abdomen with paired blue markings, and a yellow marking like a golf tee at its leading end.
A vivid green cricket with long antenna, orange eyes and a long curved ovipositor
A robust hoverfly with narrow yellow bands on its black abdomen
An orange- red dragonfly perched on a wooden plank
Black ink drawing centred on the eyes and nose of a human face.
The male caddisfly. It is mottled brown with long antennae.
Side view of the dragonfly on a mossy tree trunk. You can see the dark abdomen, with pale blue patches and pale yellow marks all along its length.
Ink drawing of an octopus with a menacing look
A group of people collecting water samples from a riverbank
A microscope set up alongside illuminated algal cultures
A tan coloured moth hovering in front of buddleja flowers as it feeds with its extra long proboscis. The wings have bright orange patches and are a blur of motion.
A male azure damselfly, perched on a leaf. It has a bright blue body, with black stripes.
An eyed ladybird - it has orangey wing cases with black spots, each surrounded by a pale halo.
Climate stripes for Windermere north basin, showing long term warming. The stripes go from blue to red (cooler to warmer) from the 1940s to present.
A small hoverfly perched on a leaf, covered on raindrops. The hoverfly has deep red eyes and a metallic thorax, with dark striped orange-yellow abdomen.
A common wave perched on a brick wall. The moth is a pale whiteish colour with thin orange brown stripes on its wings.
Two soft toys (an orange copepod and a blue tardigrade) on the BES magazine, by the advert for the annual aquatic ecology group conference.
Plots showing smooth relationships between the diversity of freshwater organism species groups and environmental variables
A tiny baby toad on a gravel path - it is pale brown, with bumpy skin
A drawing of a bright red damselfly in black ink and with colour added with soft pencil crayons.
A slim, blood red damselfly with red eyes and black legs.
A male azure damselfly perched on a leaf. He is bright blue, with black stripes on his thorax and abdomen.
A banner introducing our annual ECR award - submissions must be by the 4th August 2025, and include both a 1 page CV and a nomination letter (also 1 page)
A banner showing wildlife artist Olivier Leger, who will talk about "Reimagining research - the art of amplifying scientific impact"
A banner introducing our workshop. Dr Paul Medley will lead a session on "Data limited approaches to fish stock assessment using Bayesian statistics"
A banner showing our keynote speakers: Dr Sara Benelli, Prof Yin Chen, Dr Iestyn Woolway, Dr Emma Cavan and Dr Joe Taylor
A banner for our conference, which is on the 15th-16th September 2025 at ZSL London
A blood red damselfly with bronze stripes on its thorax and near the end of the abdomen. It has bright red eyes too. Sitting on a wooden fence.
A schematic diagram showing an idealised pattern of phytoplankton community succession, with and without a storm disturbance. The storm temporarily reverses the typical seasonal phytoplankton succession pattern.
A male damselfly curling and flexing its abdomen. The blue tail patch and thorax stripes are visible.