Ocean surface temperature back at 21 degrees according to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Climate Pulse. Record high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be interesting to watch over the coming months 🌊🌡️🧪⚒️
I'm in that sweet spot in my life, where a UK-India journey regardless of the direction of travel, always makes me "homeward" bound! #traveltales #ecologistlife #grateful 🌏🌿🐝
If you are interested in #biodiversity #monitoring & use emerging technology like #imagerecognition, #droneLiDAR, #acousticmonitoring or #cameratraps, please fill in the survey(s) in this thread. It helps us understand incentives & barriers to use of new tech in #species & #habitat monitoring
A bit more #biodiversity encountered over the last week. From abandoned wasp nests to buzzing wild bee hives to butterflies & dragonflies, our road trip across Tamilnadu & Pondicherry was an entomologist's dream & an ecologist's paradise 🌏🐝🌿
#ecologistlife #allinadayswork @uniofreading.bsky.social
A free hospital serving India's rural community. The 93 year old doctor featured here is my aunt - my inspiration, my guiding light, my North Star
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#thiswomancan #ageisnobarrier
#NorthStar ✨️🩺👩⚕️🌏
Biodiversity highlights of the week include getting good shots of the white-cheeked barbet and the swift moving carpenter bee on my phone camera
#whitecheekedbarbet #carpenterbee #ecologistlife #workperks 🌏🌿🐦🐝 @uniofreading.bsky.social
Mike & the Moringas!!!
Field visits this week have been a veritable feast of fruit & veg harvested directly from the plants & trees in the fields & orchards. This is just an example of a happy colleague in a Moringa orchard with his own personal harvest!
#ecologistlife #workperks #traveltales 🌏🐝🌿
Farmer workshop key msg: while 50% practice #EcologicalIntensification (EI) without any incentives, 100% would be willing to adopt EI if given the right training & support. How do we get #policy & #business to incentivise EI to boost #biodiversity & #livelihoods? 🌏 @uniofreading.bsky.social
@cmbeale.bsky.social that would be quite apt, but I think it has more to do with the fact that they are often found on palm treees in this region.
A week of non-stop work travel incl cancellations & delays, meant an exhausted arrival in India this morning. All it took to find my second wind was this baby squirrel that needed some TLC. Hoping to foster for a few days until it can learn to manage on its own #ecologistlife #indianpalmsquirrel
Sugarcane stacked outside shop on Pongal Day
Turmeric as a full plants with rhizome & leaves
It's lovely being in Chennai for Pongal - the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu celebrating our farmers & produce with gratitude for the seasonal sun & rain that ensure a good harvest!
Happy Pongal everyone!🌽🌾🍯
அனைவருக்கும் இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் 🎋🌾
#Pongal #harvest #farmersday #பொங்கல் #உழவர்திருநாள்
Two funded PhDs wt me @uniofreading.bsky.social, Oct 2026 start, via AI-INTERVENE (research.reading.ac.uk/ai-intervene/) 🌏🐦🌿🐝
UK Wild Bird phenology wt Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social
Computer Vision & Plant-Pollinator Networks wt @tomaugust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Deadline 12 Jan2026
Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
A lovely weekend with @piedflynet.bsky.social on Dartmoor. Walks in nature & talks with friends. Food for the soul❣️
#timewithfriends #ecologistlife #naturetrails 🌿🌏🐦😊
Fully funded PhD for UK students working wt me at @uniofreading.bsky.social, Prof Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social & @btobirds.bsky.social
Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM
Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
AI generated image showing various birds flying in the interior of a museum with virtual reality elements interspersed throughout
Funded 4-year PhD available 🎓.
Project titled “AI in the Museum” working with historic bird data 🐦 from Madagascar & supervisors at @uniofreading.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social
Deadline 9th Nov 2025. Apply at www.mfccdt.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
#AIinResearch #Ecology #Climate 🌏🌿
Multi-tiered wild honey bee hive hanging from the top of a tree in an urban garden
Wild honey bee hive in my aunt's garden. I'm not sure if it's Apis indica or Apis cerana (too big & too many tiers for it to be A. florea, me thinks). Abandoned since the monsoon started but isn't she a beauty? 🌏🐝🌿❣️
#beehive #wildhoneybees #gardensurprises #indianhoneybees #simplejoys
My colleagues @uniofreading.bsky.social asked me what I thought of the "Impact" that our research generates. Here's me talking about my experience in this area🌿🌻🐝🦋🌾🌟
youtu.be/9epi_JI1ohw
#science ➡️ #evidence ➡️ #stakeholders ➡️ #codevelopment ➡️ #implementation ➡️ #impact
Thank you, Pilar!
Two months away from my office, I came back to a combination of congratulatory messages on my promotion & condolences for my Dad passing away... and a change on the door. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the love & empathy from my colleagues. THANK YOU @uniofreading.bsky.social #lovewhereyouwork
Can Nature & People Thrive Together?
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌡changes in the city of my birth vs. the town where I now live. Mid summers day🌿 not just the longest but might be the hottest day of the year so far, in England ☀️ Days >30°C, avg for tropical Chennai, are becoming more common in temperate Reading, too! 🌏
#showyourstripes #midsummer #climatechange
🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿
We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025!
Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges.
Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch...
👀 🫵 🔜
Am interested in new nerdy ideas for YouTube videos. These either explain a concept in conservation or ecology or explain a conservation project. These have something to show. Please say if at #ICCB2025 and would like to discuss an idea.
youtube.com/@bill_suther...
House Martins nest building outside my bedroom. Despite the mess, the window cleaning will now have to wait until the chicks have fledged & flown! Hope it's a good year for their home & family 🌍🐦 #birdsoutsidemybedroom #housemartins #nesting #springtime #simplepleasures
Lovely spring day in Wiltshire helping my PhD student calibrate her radio tracking equipment whilst listening to skylarks, watching corn buntings, meadow pipits & yellow wagtails & soaking up the sunshine. 🌍🐤🌞 It was a day that was very good for the soul! #ecologistlife #dayout #fieldwork 😊
A short but significant report on emerging threats & opportunities for pollinator conservation, we've worked on @uniofreading.bsky.social with Bee:wild is out today in time for #WorldBeeDay 🌍🐝
It's been picked up by @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The weather is a bit mixed this weekend but #pollinator FIT Counts might be possible in sheltered, sunny spots. Here's a Green-veined White butterfly enjoying a rather wind-swept dandelion. This is a target flower for FIT Counts - read more on the PoMS blog ukpoms.org.uk/delightful-d...
