24| 🏳️🌈 | PhD student at Glasgow University| Mostly post about birds, Lepidoptera, and other animals I find when out and about
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined January 2020
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New research suggests that environmental constraints could limit the number of eggs that urban female birds lay. 🐦⬛ @Mark__Pitt
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/3B92WW9
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Another butterfly first for @ClaypitsLnr a lovely wee Holly Blue. @Mark__Pitt @StablesDean
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Nothing to see here, just the self appointed head of Twitching, followed diligently by 1000s of birders sharing dates for far right marches.
But birding definitely doesn't have any issue with racism or inclusion...
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My first PhD paper out now in @RSocPublishing ! Our meta-analysis shows that the impact of urbanization on avian health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanization. Thanks to everyone who was involved in this study.
royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Nest design in birds has been assumed to be an innate ability, but they can use their experience to be more flexible than previously thought. 🪺 Usually, these studies occur in the lab, but this work is being done in the field by @libby_chaps! #ASABSpring2024
ALT Libby standing by an illustration showing a hypothesis with first breeding season in blue tits either being successful or unsuccessful and incorporating more insulation if they were unsuccessful.
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A fantastic job opportunity for the role as a full time technician at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural environment, at a beautiful location on the banks of Loch Lomond! @sceneUofG
my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit…
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Welcome to the new PGRs joining @UofG_SBOHVM today. Their v.busy induction indcluded a few tours, meeting their buddy, PGR Reps, PGR Convenors & PGR Admin. This afternoon we have the PGR Seminar followed by our Friday Social in the Zoology Museum! We hope you've had a great day😊
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Made it to Lund for the EOU conference! I will be discussing my research on the impacts of urbanisation on bird health at 15:30 this Friday! 🦅🦆🐥🦢
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As a strong supporter of public service broadcasting, I want to be able to defend the BBC. But the decision to take @GaryLineker off air is indefensible. It is undermining free speech in the face of political pressure - & it does always seem to be rightwing pressure it caves to
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The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of the destruction of nature would risk a backlash from Tory politicians and the rightwing press theguardian.com/media/2023/m…
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Absolutely hideous behaviour demonstrated by the students of @RoyalAgUni. I hope this incident of cruelty and mockery is taken seriously. Lost for words.
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Not what you expect to see on a bird feeder! George Walthew posted this fantastic Water Rail photo to the @CambsBirdClub photo gallery today cambsbirdclub.blogspot.com/
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Thanks to @_BTO for asking me to present their last #NatureNatters event.
Great Q’s incl, preventing pea eating slugs 🐌 influencing school to consider building a wildlife garden and randomly, what my fav ‘nature walk’ snack is 🌱 (it’s home-made rocky rd btw)😉
Thanks folks 🐸
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@birdinglothian Musselburgh 5 Avocet, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Wheatear, White Wagtail and all the high tide roost - totally flushed by dog for some 20 minutes. Then another dog came up on the bird reserve chasing a deer.
@MussTrail @musslinks
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This cannot go on. In every corner of our society, women burden the substantiated weight of being unsafe. Even in nature, a perceived safe place, this burden still holds. We are proud of women and other marginalised groups that are bravely coming out and empowering change.
My pockets are *always* full of nature treasures. Acorns, feathers & even owl pellets (ha). Recently there's been another item my fingers find in there. 3 weeks ago, whilst birdwatching on my local patch, something horrible happened to me. I'm fine & won't go (1/6) #SarahEverard
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My pockets are *always* full of nature treasures. Acorns, feathers & even owl pellets (ha). Recently there's been another item my fingers find in there. 3 weeks ago, whilst birdwatching on my local patch, something horrible happened to me. I'm fine & won't go (1/6) #SarahEverard
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@birdinglothian Musselburgh- so just to emphasise disturbance, this is what happened during my count this afternnoon. 628 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1114 Oystercatcher, 198 Redshank, 16 Snipe, 1 male Shoveler, 6 Grey Plover and everything else I never got a chance to count,
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Fleeces have arrived!! A dark grey gaggle of birdy students coming to an Edinburgh park near you (...post-Covid of course)
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Now open for booking! @BTO_Scotland /SOC's 2021 Scottish Birdwatchers' Virtual Conference, 27 March & 3 April. We have some excellent speakers already confirmed and it costs just £5 to join both sessions! For more information and to book your place, visit tinyurl.com/5eu9kyfe
