Post-doc opportunity in raptor conservation at The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology in Cape Town, South Africa - with @megmurg.bsky.social and me.
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Miw the museum cat. #Scottish #cat poem of the day number 5. Text in the thread, along with the inspiration. It turns out that MIW is the Ancient Egyptian word for cat. What a joy! Poem in the thread, along with the inspiration from Islam Issa's Alexandria.
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Very grand. Have one for me too...
Can confirm, this is how he sounds...
Yes indeed! In the glorious sunshine.
A long-eared owl in the hand for ringing. It is down from tummy upwards starting over its shoulder at the camera with piercing orange eyes. This is a powerful floofball that is perfectly camouflaged as a tree trunk with browns, and gets everywhere.
Quite the highlight at Filey Bird Obs this morning, when we caught & ringed this stunning Long-eared Owl! Otherwise quiet, with a few goldcrests and a single chiffchaff in the bushes shoeing spring is so on the way up here! Great to see these birds though & it won't be long before they all arriving!
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I assume they're called palm squirrels because they fit so nicely?
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So I guess we do have the same names in mind here, but when I'm talking to NE, Defra, etc., I'm not usually seeing all that much policy influence from them - except as regards the broad public agenda. The names I hear in those circles are, in general, the more evidence-focussed academics.
Yes, that seems a well balanced review, and it was certainly in the space of rewilding that I had found it easiest to imagine who @jmbecologist.bsky.social might be thinking of. Also, I think, in the world of conservaiton law enforcement...
We clearly need to get together over a beer and discuss names! I do suspect that as the biodiversity crisis has risen in prominence a larger community has grown, & within that wider community there some who have only a very superficial understanding who have gained quite a following.
Is it not ever the case that academic thought, analysis & evidence is (mis)translated & popularised by a different set of public faces who rely on narrative & personal anecdote to sell things? Accuracy & nuance matter, but narratives do too. Are you seeing this differently today than previosuly?
I'm intrigued. I can think of people who popularise public discussion in specific areas like rewilding for whom this is true, but the people I'd view as conservation gurus (those who lead thought in multiple areas) are all evidence people. & I see NE & Defra taking those views seriously.
Pen and watercolour illustrations of waders/shorebirds from the Hartlepool/Teesmouth area of northeast England
A not-completely-exhaustive illustration of our winter shorebirds, but these are the species that you’re most likely to see during winter around Teesmouth (northeast England).
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Love these pictures. Is the elephant set backwards? The images seem sequences from right to left, unlike the bird and horse. Unless I'm being dim?
That does look like a 1st year bird as the tertials are really sharp too. Check www.researchgate.net/publication/... for the latest info including some confusing tails! Good luck!
They're often hard to age, so maybe? But if you're confident of age then not ours. Hope you can complete the photo set and work it out!
There's a chance this is one of ours: we ring most passerines with rings this way up (easier to read in the hand & photos easier to turn around!) & have used rings beginning BKA. The second pic might show a number ending 6? If so, we have 2 possibles, but both ringed 2023 & Uni of York or nearby.
And, no, I have no idea why I look so startled in that pic!
Some fantastic reflections on attending #IPBES12 from ECRs at @anthropocenebio.bsky.social here, including thanks to the @ipbes.net experts & exec for taking timeto explain the details of the process. I'd love to hear other reflections from folk who came to the @cascade-hei.bsky.social pre-briefing!
Some very productive times at #IPBES12 for the @cascade-hei.bsky.social team! There are so many needs identified by IPBES experts & members that #UKHEI can support. It's also been great to help so many ECRs navigate their way through these events - the future of science-policy engagement looks good!
Great to have some fanstastic @york.ac.uk colleagues along for discussions at #IPBES12 at the moment. @charlielem.bsky.social @proflinds.bsky.social and loads more! Also fun to catch up with colleagues from across the world to discuss these important topics.
This was a great workshop, and I'm also excited about what comes from the work of CASCADE over the past 2 years. Watch this space!
Ouch. Just hoping that same individual isn't also one of my applications I'm shortlisting this week! Quite baffling.
