Adrian Pinchbeck
@adrianpinchbeck.bsky.social
Builder and landscaper with interests in boating, angling, tagging sharks, benthic mapping and aerial surveying, BRUVs, searching for shipwrecks, technical builds, conservation, climate change...
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AI is now capable of designing a record-breaking deep sea submersible on its own. This marks a new age of exploration and I encourage all my fellow AI champions to build one and get in it so they can celebrate this achievement from the bottom of the sea.
August 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
AI is now capable of designing a record-breaking deep sea submersible on its own. This marks a new age of exploration and I encourage all my fellow AI champions to build one and get in it so they can celebrate this achievement from the bottom of the sea.
Wondering whether this small UK spider I observed subduing a wasp can be identified? No obvious web could be seen on the rose, but it seemed quite adept at avoiding the sharp end!
July 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Wondering whether this small UK spider I observed subduing a wasp can be identified? No obvious web could be seen on the rose, but it seemed quite adept at avoiding the sharp end!
BREAKING NEWS: Garage blue tit cam reveals hatchlings this week! 🐣🐣🐣 😁
May 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Garage blue tit cam reveals hatchlings this week! 🐣🐣🐣 😁
Just thought I'd catch up with the Blue Tit box this morning, as there's been quite a bit of nest building activity recently. I was surprised to see what might be a couple of eggs below feathers in the centre, and if so it would be about a week and a half earlier than last year. 🐣🐣
April 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Just thought I'd catch up with the Blue Tit box this morning, as there's been quite a bit of nest building activity recently. I was surprised to see what might be a couple of eggs below feathers in the centre, and if so it would be about a week and a half earlier than last year. 🐣🐣
Ooo, think I got it there! 😁
March 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ooo, think I got it there! 😁
Lovely to return the boat in some spring sunshine, ready for the new season. Hardly any breeze too, so sent a drone up for a few shots before heading home.
There's Yorkshire stripes from above the surf, the dark ones containing Jet on this tide.
#dronephotography
There's Yorkshire stripes from above the surf, the dark ones containing Jet on this tide.
#dronephotography
March 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Lovely to return the boat in some spring sunshine, ready for the new season. Hardly any breeze too, so sent a drone up for a few shots before heading home.
There's Yorkshire stripes from above the surf, the dark ones containing Jet on this tide.
#dronephotography
There's Yorkshire stripes from above the surf, the dark ones containing Jet on this tide.
#dronephotography
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We're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis.
Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r...
#MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs
Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r...
#MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs
February 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis.
Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r...
#MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs
Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r...
#MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs
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Are you a small boat operator or fisherman who wants to save ~15% on fuel costs without spending a fortune? myboatsdata.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Are you a small boat operator or fisherman who wants to save ~15% on fuel costs without spending a fortune? myboatsdata.com
A three-faced four-eyed gargoyle perched on a 12th century church buttress, it was something the local clergy hadn't noticed from the ground!
#dronephotography
#dronephotography
January 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A three-faced four-eyed gargoyle perched on a 12th century church buttress, it was something the local clergy hadn't noticed from the ground!
#dronephotography
#dronephotography
Church bellcot requiring prior to paint timber repairs, modelled with drone data captured just before the wind arrived.
#dronephotography #droneroofinspection #buildingsurvey
#dronephotography #droneroofinspection #buildingsurvey
January 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Church bellcot requiring prior to paint timber repairs, modelled with drone data captured just before the wind arrived.
#dronephotography #droneroofinspection #buildingsurvey
#dronephotography #droneroofinspection #buildingsurvey
January 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
At minus six celsius it was a tad nippy for mapping some woodland, so I sent the little one up for some overheads and grabbed an opportune silhouette on the way. 🥶
#dronephotography
#brassknobs
#dronephotography
#brassknobs
January 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
At minus six celsius it was a tad nippy for mapping some woodland, so I sent the little one up for some overheads and grabbed an opportune silhouette on the way. 🥶
#dronephotography
#brassknobs
#dronephotography
#brassknobs
Secluded woodland grotto flown just below the canopy. 😬
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#dronephotography
December 31, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Secluded woodland grotto flown just below the canopy. 😬
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#dronephotography
Early morning tracks.
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Finally out to record some habitat restoration projects as the fog has lifted, but couldn't resist pressing the shutter button on my way up. 🌞
#dronephotography
Finally out to record some habitat restoration projects as the fog has lifted, but couldn't resist pressing the shutter button on my way up. 🌞
December 29, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Early morning tracks.
#dronephotography
Finally out to record some habitat restoration projects as the fog has lifted, but couldn't resist pressing the shutter button on my way up. 🌞
#dronephotography
Finally out to record some habitat restoration projects as the fog has lifted, but couldn't resist pressing the shutter button on my way up. 🌞
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AI, windfarms and fishing’s future podcast with Jim Cowie interviewing me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Ep 47. Magnus Johnson - AI, Wind Farms, and Fishing's Future
Podcast Episode · Seafood Matters Podcast · 19/12/2024 · 57m
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December 21, 2024 at 12:49 PM
AI, windfarms and fishing’s future podcast with Jim Cowie interviewing me. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Conger eels are something of a rarity off East Yorkshire, with only a handful of official recordings between the Wash and Middlesbrough (about 200km of coastline). Luck would have it then, when one photo-bombed a BRUV recording over an inshore wreck earlier this year. 🦑🌍 #ukunderwater
December 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Conger eels are something of a rarity off East Yorkshire, with only a handful of official recordings between the Wash and Middlesbrough (about 200km of coastline). Luck would have it then, when one photo-bombed a BRUV recording over an inshore wreck earlier this year. 🦑🌍 #ukunderwater
I live surrounded by tidal freshwater, if water conditions are favourable I'm occasionally tempted to drop a camera and attempt to record anything lurking. This day a fearsome looking pike scattered small fry to inspect my equipment.
That ominous face shows little mercy! 👀 😬
That ominous face shows little mercy! 👀 😬
December 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I live surrounded by tidal freshwater, if water conditions are favourable I'm occasionally tempted to drop a camera and attempt to record anything lurking. This day a fearsome looking pike scattered small fry to inspect my equipment.
That ominous face shows little mercy! 👀 😬
That ominous face shows little mercy! 👀 😬
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🦈 Unfortunately this 4m long #threshershark washed in recently at Clovelly Beach, North Devon 🏴
It had been entangled in a ghost net and beached alive, despite it being returned to the water it later washed ashore dead.
#marinelife #ukwildlife #shark #nature
It had been entangled in a ghost net and beached alive, despite it being returned to the water it later washed ashore dead.
#marinelife #ukwildlife #shark #nature
December 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
🦈 Unfortunately this 4m long #threshershark washed in recently at Clovelly Beach, North Devon 🏴
It had been entangled in a ghost net and beached alive, despite it being returned to the water it later washed ashore dead.
#marinelife #ukwildlife #shark #nature
It had been entangled in a ghost net and beached alive, despite it being returned to the water it later washed ashore dead.
#marinelife #ukwildlife #shark #nature
Deep winter shadows on a glorious Yorkshire morning.
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December 14, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Deep winter shadows on a glorious Yorkshire morning.
#dronephotography
#dronephotography
The combined use of high frequency sidescan sonar with ROV to locate and identify ghost fishing gear (ALDFG - Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear).
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Scientists Trial Innovative Method to Tackle 'Ghost Fishing' Gear in Scottish Seas
A new pilot project by the Scottish Association for Marine Science has successfully demonstrated a method to tackle ghost fishing gear
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December 13, 2024 at 9:56 AM
The combined use of high frequency sidescan sonar with ROV to locate and identify ghost fishing gear (ALDFG - Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear).
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🔥 🔥 🔥 New Version🔥 🔥 🔥
#PINGMapper is now compatible with Lowrance fishfinders!
github.com/CameronBodin...
#CSHEL #sidescan #fishfinders4good #benthicmapping
#PINGMapper is now compatible with Lowrance fishfinders!
github.com/CameronBodin...
#CSHEL #sidescan #fishfinders4good #benthicmapping
GitHub - CameronBodine/PINGMapper: Open-source interface for processing recreation-grade side scan sonar datasets and reproducibly mapping benthic habitat
Open-source interface for processing recreation-grade side scan sonar datasets and reproducibly mapping benthic habitat - CameronBodine/PINGMapper
github.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:16 PM
🔥 🔥 🔥 New Version🔥 🔥 🔥
#PINGMapper is now compatible with Lowrance fishfinders!
github.com/CameronBodin...
#CSHEL #sidescan #fishfinders4good #benthicmapping
#PINGMapper is now compatible with Lowrance fishfinders!
github.com/CameronBodin...
#CSHEL #sidescan #fishfinders4good #benthicmapping
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We're wrapping up Year 1 of our UK Blue Shark Tagging Project (www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...), and here are some highlights!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
December 11, 2024 at 8:04 PM
We're wrapping up Year 1 of our UK Blue Shark Tagging Project (www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...), and here are some highlights!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
-2200 M tags deployed, all by recreational anglers
-1750 tag cards returned
-17 recaptures reported to date, maps below.
-Longest distance: 617 nm in 21 days!
My first elasmobranch recorded on a towed camera this year - I almost missed it while searching for archaeology in Bridlington Bay! 🧐 Thornback Ray, a skate (Raja clavata) by the looks, resting on substrate but demonstrating excellent camouflage among the cobbles, shells and gravel. 🦑
#UKunderwater
#UKunderwater
December 11, 2024 at 1:58 PM
My first elasmobranch recorded on a towed camera this year - I almost missed it while searching for archaeology in Bridlington Bay! 🧐 Thornback Ray, a skate (Raja clavata) by the looks, resting on substrate but demonstrating excellent camouflage among the cobbles, shells and gravel. 🦑
#UKunderwater
#UKunderwater
Starting to push towards the limit of the Humminbird 1.1MHz down-scan over an inshore wreck here, as I'm flying the transducer at an altitude of up to 27 metres. However teaming the data with PINGMapper, it manages to illustrate a variety of shoaling fish over the area to full depth really well.
December 8, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Starting to push towards the limit of the Humminbird 1.1MHz down-scan over an inshore wreck here, as I'm flying the transducer at an altitude of up to 27 metres. However teaming the data with PINGMapper, it manages to illustrate a variety of shoaling fish over the area to full depth really well.
While mapping a small estate wood during 2023, I was very surprised to find captured and rendered an invasive Muntjac deer when post processing - and also a surprise to estate staff.
Apparently a secretive deer, this one seemed comfortable with me remaining on the opposite side!
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Apparently a secretive deer, this one seemed comfortable with me remaining on the opposite side!
#dronephotography
December 6, 2024 at 9:07 AM
While mapping a small estate wood during 2023, I was very surprised to find captured and rendered an invasive Muntjac deer when post processing - and also a surprise to estate staff.
Apparently a secretive deer, this one seemed comfortable with me remaining on the opposite side!
#dronephotography
Apparently a secretive deer, this one seemed comfortable with me remaining on the opposite side!
#dronephotography