PhD | Ecologist | Birder | Bird ringer
Chippenham, England
Joined February 2014
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Adam Cross retweeted
A new study reveals that developing new climbing routes is the biggest threat to cliff plants, cutting species richness by nearly 40% 🧗♀️
As a result, this study proposes a conservation protocol that regulates climbing and preserve pristine cliffs ⛰️
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14…
Adam Cross retweeted
A lot of farmers & conservationists' concerns about public access to the countryside boil down to one issue - dogs.
That's why @Right_2Roam has just published a set of new policy proposals on dogs.
We're serious about a right of *responsible* access 1/
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
Adam Cross retweeted
🦈New Paper Alert🦈
Melissa's first phd chapter has just been published in @RSECJournal - well done @explorer_mel !
"Using water-landing, fixed-wing UAVs and computer vision to assess seabird nutrient subsidy effects on sharks and rays"
zslpublications.onlinelibrar…
#OpenAccess
Adam Cross retweeted
This weekend we lost a legend of seabird research and conservation with the passing of Mike Harris. We are indebted to his extraordinary vision setting up the Isle of May work and dedication in maintaining one of the finest studies of seabird ecology over more than 50 years. 1/2
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Quality morning on patch at Aust with some vismig and ringing. Best bird a woodlark NE at 0932, plus first brambling of the year. 3 stunning redpoll ringed among decent numbers of birds @Severnsidebirds @Southglosbirds
Quick spin around Chipping Sodbury Common this afternoon with single whinchat and wheatear the highlights @Southglosbirds @bristolbirding
Good variety of birds ringed this morning at Aust, mostly chiffchaff and blackcap, with another garden warbler. Seen on site: 5 spotted flycatcher (inc. one juv), 1 redstart, 1 red kite @Southglosbirds @bristolbirding
Steady morning ringing at Aust, including garden warbler. 3 yellowhammer overhead vismig highlights @bristolbirding @Southglosbirds
Great to find ornate tailed digger wasps on a coastal walk near Tenby. Only the second recorded site for this species in Pembrokeshire! @wwbic1
A long and productive day yesterday ringing gulls on Steep Holm with @JamieDunning @matthewjhall95 Thanks to Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust for permission.
My first morning of mostly juvenile birds: chiffchaff, blue tit, blackcap and robin. Lesser redpoll singing was new for the site. @bristolbirding @Southglosbirds
Adam Cross retweeted
NEW PAPER on four decades of research on Isle of May guillemots by Sarah Wanless, Mike Harris and @UKCEHSeabirds
Guillemots can't compensate for variation in environmental conditions through behavioural flexibility, with consequences on demography:
doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13…
Nice variety of birds ringed this morning near Aust. The highlight being a grasshopper warbler. My first lesser whitethroat of the year singing but not caught. @Southglosbirds @bristolbirding
