Adam F. Smith 🇺🇦🇮🇪
@adamfsmith.bsky.social
PhD Nature Conservation / Wildlife biologist 🐺🦌 working in EU and Ukraine 🇺🇦🇪🇺 / Sometimes volunteer 🇺🇦 / Irish 🇮🇪 / All thoughts personal, not professional
Pinned
On Friday they put a hat on my head, and called me "Dr. Smith" #phDONE
Looking forward to continuing to work with wildlife and nature into the future!
And I'll be on Bluesky for it too!!!
Looking forward to continuing to work with wildlife and nature into the future!
And I'll be on Bluesky for it too!!!
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Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure?
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure?
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
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In 2025, Russia brought horses back to the battlefield. Why?
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October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In 2025, Russia brought horses back to the battlefield. Why?
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Over a hundred Russian drones over Ukraine right now. Our night starts with Russian terrorism. Again.
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Over a hundred Russian drones over Ukraine right now. Our night starts with Russian terrorism. Again.
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Happy to see this first PhD chapter out in the big wild world.
Our new article shows: The 'big bad wolf' fears us. Would you have thought? authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt5E3QW8S...
Photo by Rafał Kowalczyk. @currentbiology.bsky.social
@kathikasper.bsky.social
Photo by Rafał Kowalczyk. @currentbiology.bsky.social
@kathikasper.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy to see this first PhD chapter out in the big wild world.
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I’m at a #NatureRestoration event where the dinner menu has wild venison to create a discussion about invasive species and the reintroduction of predators. A tasty way to stimulate debate. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @thinkorswim.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’m at a #NatureRestoration event where the dinner menu has wild venison to create a discussion about invasive species and the reintroduction of predators. A tasty way to stimulate debate. @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @thinkorswim.bsky.social
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Very cool to learn that everyone is non-binary in Hungary
September 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Very cool to learn that everyone is non-binary in Hungary
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My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
Conceptualizing and measuring ecological spillover effects from protected areas
Protected areas influence their surroundings in a variety of ways. These “spillover effects” can change an area's conservation value and affect its social license. Advanced statistical tools for quan...
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
doi.org/10.1002/fee....
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Zelensky got the tape didn’t he
President Trump:
After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military&Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia,❗️I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union,is in a position to fight& WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.
After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military&Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia,❗️I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union,is in a position to fight& WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form.
September 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Zelensky got the tape didn’t he
- Science-based herd monitoring
- Science-based, sustainable cull plan
- Vension goes into the food chain
- Public safety a priority, hiring very experienced vets and hunters (not snipers, the headline is misleading)
A good example of urban wildlife management 🦌
www.thejournal.ie/opw-has-paid...
- Science-based, sustainable cull plan
- Vension goes into the food chain
- Public safety a priority, hiring very experienced vets and hunters (not snipers, the headline is misleading)
A good example of urban wildlife management 🦌
www.thejournal.ie/opw-has-paid...
OPW has paid snipers €17,000 to kill 118 deer in Phoenix Park since last year - including fawns
Four culls took place at the park last year, resulting in 93 wild deer being fatally shot.
www.thejournal.ie
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
- Science-based herd monitoring
- Science-based, sustainable cull plan
- Vension goes into the food chain
- Public safety a priority, hiring very experienced vets and hunters (not snipers, the headline is misleading)
A good example of urban wildlife management 🦌
www.thejournal.ie/opw-has-paid...
- Science-based, sustainable cull plan
- Vension goes into the food chain
- Public safety a priority, hiring very experienced vets and hunters (not snipers, the headline is misleading)
A good example of urban wildlife management 🦌
www.thejournal.ie/opw-has-paid...
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A new #EUROLYNX paper out on variability in the movement and foraging behaviour of female Eurasian #lynx during the denning season across Europe! 🐈
🐾Movement metrics and kill-to-den distances were evaluated using GPS data from two climatic regions.
📄Read more here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
🐾Movement metrics and kill-to-den distances were evaluated using GPS data from two climatic regions.
📄Read more here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A new #EUROLYNX paper out on variability in the movement and foraging behaviour of female Eurasian #lynx during the denning season across Europe! 🐈
🐾Movement metrics and kill-to-den distances were evaluated using GPS data from two climatic regions.
📄Read more here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
🐾Movement metrics and kill-to-den distances were evaluated using GPS data from two climatic regions.
📄Read more here: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
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We could have been providing military aid to Ukraine. We could have been building our partnerships in the Pacific. We could have strengthened Europe’s defense industrial base. We could have helped build state capacity in South America.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We could have been providing military aid to Ukraine. We could have been building our partnerships in the Pacific. We could have strengthened Europe’s defense industrial base. We could have helped build state capacity in South America.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
What a fucking disaster this has all been.
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They just hit a university
September 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
They just hit a university
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North Cork Creameries is a member of Bord Bia's 'Origin Green' greenwashing programme despite 125 non-compliance notices since 2020 and listing on the EPA's top polluter watchlist 🙈
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
EPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
North Cork Creameries is a member of Bord Bia's 'Origin Green' greenwashing programme despite 125 non-compliance notices since 2020 and listing on the EPA's top polluter watchlist 🙈
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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A brilliant piece by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com this morning highlights the lack
of enforcement of environmental legislation.
North Cork Creameries (a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme) has been issued with 125 non-compliance notices since 2020.
of enforcement of environmental legislation.
North Cork Creameries (a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme) has been issued with 125 non-compliance notices since 2020.
EPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A brilliant piece by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com this morning highlights the lack
of enforcement of environmental legislation.
North Cork Creameries (a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme) has been issued with 125 non-compliance notices since 2020.
of enforcement of environmental legislation.
North Cork Creameries (a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme) has been issued with 125 non-compliance notices since 2020.
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#BirdStudy welcomes submissions on all aspects of #ornithology, eg. distribution/abundance patterns; movements/dispersal; habitat effects; census, marking & tracking, behaviour; conservation. Main focus Europe, Atlantic, Afro-Palearctic Flyway, N Africa, but useful papers considered from any region.
September 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#BirdStudy welcomes submissions on all aspects of #ornithology, eg. distribution/abundance patterns; movements/dispersal; habitat effects; census, marking & tracking, behaviour; conservation. Main focus Europe, Atlantic, Afro-Palearctic Flyway, N Africa, but useful papers considered from any region.
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Russian drones violated Polish airspace on the night of Sept 9/10 in what NATO & European officials have suggested was an intentional Russian incursion.The large number of Russian drones that violated Polish airspace suggests that this was likely an intentional Russian effort.
understandingwar.org
understandingwar.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Russian drones violated Polish airspace on the night of Sept 9/10 in what NATO & European officials have suggested was an intentional Russian incursion.The large number of Russian drones that violated Polish airspace suggests that this was likely an intentional Russian effort.
understandingwar.org
understandingwar.org
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I respect Anil so I want to talk seriously about harm reduction and public health messaging.
First let me acknowledge that yes, many regular, not-super-online people are trying out AI tools. Of course they are! It's been aggressively pushed into everything and given heavy institutional support.
First let me acknowledge that yes, many regular, not-super-online people are trying out AI tools. Of course they are! It's been aggressively pushed into everything and given heavy institutional support.
this is the really ineffective head-in-the-sand reaction a lot of folks on Bluesky tend to have if you talk about any harm reduction-based approach to the reality that millions of people are using AI tools today. The current approach to critiquing AI is obviously not working, but they don't care.
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I respect Anil so I want to talk seriously about harm reduction and public health messaging.
First let me acknowledge that yes, many regular, not-super-online people are trying out AI tools. Of course they are! It's been aggressively pushed into everything and given heavy institutional support.
First let me acknowledge that yes, many regular, not-super-online people are trying out AI tools. Of course they are! It's been aggressively pushed into everything and given heavy institutional support.
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2025. Does hunting benefit wildlife conservation? "animal welfare theorists might raise ethical questions about the legitimacy of some or all forms of hunting, even if it benefits conservation" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Does hunting benefit wildlife conservation?
Click on the article title to read more.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
2025. Does hunting benefit wildlife conservation? "animal welfare theorists might raise ethical questions about the legitimacy of some or all forms of hunting, even if it benefits conservation" esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.
August 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.
I'm terrible at updating you all on conservation and ecology work, but I can promise you this:
It is the biggest year for Irish camera trapping since records began, and it's not even close.
Why is this important? With this data, we can guide management and learn more about Irish nature.
It is the biggest year for Irish camera trapping since records began, and it's not even close.
Why is this important? With this data, we can guide management and learn more about Irish nature.
August 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm terrible at updating you all on conservation and ecology work, but I can promise you this:
It is the biggest year for Irish camera trapping since records began, and it's not even close.
Why is this important? With this data, we can guide management and learn more about Irish nature.
It is the biggest year for Irish camera trapping since records began, and it's not even close.
Why is this important? With this data, we can guide management and learn more about Irish nature.
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Travelling outside the EU this summer? You can count on the EU for help!
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Travelling outside the EU this summer? You can count on the EU for help!
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
If something goes wrong, and your country does not have an embassy or consulate in the country that you are travelling to, you can get help from another EU country that does - your right as an EU citizen.
🔗 europa.eu/!7nGx9R
Deer, seals, the whole bunch... People will willfully ignore signage and instructions for a photo.
This is also wildlife crime.
The only thing for it is wardens, fines, and a culture of shaming those who believe they should be allowed to approach, feed, or pick up wildlife for fun.
This is also wildlife crime.
The only thing for it is wardens, fines, and a culture of shaming those who believe they should be allowed to approach, feed, or pick up wildlife for fun.
Tourists are disturbing Ireland’s largest grey seal colony by flying drones and picking up pups for selfies. The latest in our series looking at threats to the protected species by @trishdevlin.bsky.social
http://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-drones-selfies-seals-6787750-Aug2025/
http://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-drones-selfies-seals-6787750-Aug2025/
Snap happy tourists harming seals by picking up pups for selfies and flying drones
Tourists visiting the Great Blasket Island are causing ‘almost daily’ incidents’ leading to seals abandoning young, The Journal Investigates can reveal.
www.thejournal.ie
August 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Deer, seals, the whole bunch... People will willfully ignore signage and instructions for a photo.
This is also wildlife crime.
The only thing for it is wardens, fines, and a culture of shaming those who believe they should be allowed to approach, feed, or pick up wildlife for fun.
This is also wildlife crime.
The only thing for it is wardens, fines, and a culture of shaming those who believe they should be allowed to approach, feed, or pick up wildlife for fun.
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Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds
Release of 20 lynx over several years into Kielder Forest area would create population of about 50 animals
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yes trophy hunting is weird and unpleasant, but money from hunting funds the conservation of more land in Sub-Saharan Africa than is conserved in national parks. It is not as simple as most keyboard-jockeys from Europe or the USA think.
August 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yes trophy hunting is weird and unpleasant, but money from hunting funds the conservation of more land in Sub-Saharan Africa than is conserved in national parks. It is not as simple as most keyboard-jockeys from Europe or the USA think.
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