Amy Gresham (she/her)
@amygresham48.bsky.social
Ecologist interested in how animals respond an ever-changing environment 🌍
Research & Development fellow | DEFRA 🌳
Postdoc | iDeer project (2023-2025) 🦌
PhD | Bangor University (2023) 🏔️
Views are my own
Research & Development fellow | DEFRA 🌳
Postdoc | iDeer project (2023-2025) 🦌
PhD | Bangor University (2023) 🏔️
Views are my own
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What deer poo can tell us about the future of Britain’s woodlands
Research reveals that fallow deer have an unexpected appetite for brambles, a plant often seen as a woodland nuisance.
theconversation.com
Hot off the press: a Conservation article on our recent work exploring patterns in the seasonal diet of fallow #deer in North Wales @graemeshannon.bsky.social @markuseichhorn.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
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theconversation.com/what-deer-po...
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theconversation.com/what-deer-po...
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In honour of "Postdoc Appreciation Week", a plug for a paper I was involved in 5 years ago (w/ @bjmjarrett.bsky.social, @muriellealund.bsky.social and others) in which we highlighted how academia could better support postdocs. There is much here that remains relevant! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Academic ecosystems must evolve to support a sustainable postdoc workforce - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The postdoctoral experience is in need of reform. Here the authors outline concrete steps that institutions, postdocs and mentors can take to improve the landscape.
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In honour of "Postdoc Appreciation Week", a plug for a paper I was involved in 5 years ago (w/ @bjmjarrett.bsky.social, @muriellealund.bsky.social and others) in which we highlighted how academia could better support postdocs. There is much here that remains relevant! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab
We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de
June 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
Rat-tailed maggots at a garden centre! These are aquatic larvae of hover flies 🐝 They breath through their tail snorkels 🤿 They break down organic waste 🌿 Their adult forms are important pollinating insects 🍎 They're so mesmerizing to watch! Info from @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Rat-tailed maggots at a garden centre! These are aquatic larvae of hover flies 🐝 They breath through their tail snorkels 🤿 They break down organic waste 🌿 Their adult forms are important pollinating insects 🍎 They're so mesmerizing to watch! Info from @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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Here's a link to the full review, published open access.
A scoping review of evidence for the effects of seven global deer species on woody vegetation
This scoping review summarises the current evidence for ecological effects of seven global deer species on woody vegetation, with a focus on the evenness of study across deer species, global distribu....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Here's a link to the full review, published open access.
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High deer densities are one of the main challenges in temperate forest restoration and management. But not all deer are the same! In this review we consider the evidence for their impacts on woody vegetation ->
May 26, 2025 at 8:08 AM
High deer densities are one of the main challenges in temperate forest restoration and management. But not all deer are the same! In this review we consider the evidence for their impacts on woody vegetation ->
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We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the inevitable defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy.
The Survival of Democracy Depends on Our Willingness to Fight The Survival of Democracy Depends on Our Willingness to Fight
Justice Riggs is right. We should not have to fight for democracy. But the reality is that we must.
www.democracydocket.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We will not win the battle for democracy if those in the pro-democracy movement prize caution over taking risks. We cannot permit ourselves to be deterred by the inevitable defeats and public criticism that are inevitable along the long path of restoring democracy.
I would be very interested to see the feasibility studies behind this, particularly habitat suitability assessments. You can't tell me the UK is a more suitable place for elk now than it was 3000 years ago..?! www.countryfile.com/wildlife/elk...
Enormous elk are recolonising Europe – and soon they could be heading for the UK | Countryfile.com
These large mammals could return to the UK 3,000 years after going extinct as the first stages of new rewilding project get underway.
www.countryfile.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I would be very interested to see the feasibility studies behind this, particularly habitat suitability assessments. You can't tell me the UK is a more suitable place for elk now than it was 3000 years ago..?! www.countryfile.com/wildlife/elk...
Are you a female deer stalker based in the UK? The British Deer Society want to hear from you 🦌🎯 www.surveymonkey.com/r/NK77K3S?fb...
May 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Are you a female deer stalker based in the UK? The British Deer Society want to hear from you 🦌🎯 www.surveymonkey.com/r/NK77K3S?fb...
Quercus robur flowers ~ tiny pink female flowers nestled next to the pendulous male catkins 🩷
April 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Quercus robur flowers ~ tiny pink female flowers nestled next to the pendulous male catkins 🩷
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Online map of non-woodland trees in England published by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
England’s non-woodland trees mapped and available freely for the first time - Forest Research
www.forestresearch.gov.uk
April 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Online map of non-woodland trees in England published by @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
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2025. Healthy forests require combined deer and invasive shrub control [USA data] phys.org/news/2025-04...
Healthy forests require combined deer and invasive shrub control
If left unchecked, both overabundant white-tailed deer populations and invasive shrubs like Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) can devastate deciduous native tree regeneration. Yet, a management stra...
phys.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
2025. Healthy forests require combined deer and invasive shrub control [USA data] phys.org/news/2025-04...
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"Plastics recycling" is essentially a con.
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows
Global research reveals most of 400m tonnes produced using fossil fuels, predominantly coal or oil
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"Plastics recycling" is essentially a con.
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Instead we are choking the planet (and our own bodies) with #PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It is truly an honour to be shortlisted for the Elton Prize! Reflecting on this paper for the blog was really nice - we had such a great time writing it and it's driving so much of what we're doing in @foragingecology.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
March 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It is truly an honour to be shortlisted for the Elton Prize! Reflecting on this paper for the blog was really nice - we had such a great time writing it and it's driving so much of what we're doing in @foragingecology.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Had a blast this weekend at my first @mammalsociety.bsky.social conference with this lovely lot 🦌 🐿️ the talks were all superb, and it was great to be back in Bangor 🏴
March 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Had a blast this weekend at my first @mammalsociety.bsky.social conference with this lovely lot 🦌 🐿️ the talks were all superb, and it was great to be back in Bangor 🏴
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Our @ukceh.bsky.social Kestrels lost their nest site at UKCEH Wallingford when it blew down in winter storms, so we've just provided them with a new nestbox on the office buildings. Kestrels are UK amber-listed after a 40% decline since the 1990s, so we didn't want to lose this pair.
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our @ukceh.bsky.social Kestrels lost their nest site at UKCEH Wallingford when it blew down in winter storms, so we've just provided them with a new nestbox on the office buildings. Kestrels are UK amber-listed after a 40% decline since the 1990s, so we didn't want to lose this pair.
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
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Very nice commentary on our study - "Ecological novelty is the new norm on our planet" ♨️🌍🍃🦌🌐
Also check out linked commentary by Anna Walentowitz www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecological novelty is the new norm on our planet - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global analysis of altered species compositions and climate change reveals the extent to which ecosystems, including in protected areas and biodiversity hotspots, are exposed to novel conditions due...
www.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Very nice commentary on our study - "Ecological novelty is the new norm on our planet" ♨️🌍🍃🦌🌐
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Large wild fauna are a natural part of, and crucial to, most ecosystems, performing all sorts of key roles.
Early humans killed off most planetary megafauna, and that artificial absence has many enduring negative effects. Follow @jcsvenning.bsky.social for more on this. (3)
bsky.app/profile/jcsv...
Early humans killed off most planetary megafauna, and that artificial absence has many enduring negative effects. Follow @jcsvenning.bsky.social for more on this. (3)
bsky.app/profile/jcsv...
The evidence for Homo sapiens playing the dominant role in the global #megafauna #extinctions constitutes one of the clearest, well-supported patterns in #ecology. See our 2024 review www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #paleobiology #archeology #hunting #ecosystem #Pleistocene #defaunation #rewilding
The late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions: Patterns, causes, ecological consequences and implications for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene | Cambridge Prisms: Extinction | Cambridge Core
The late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions: Patterns, causes, ecological consequences and implications for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene - Volume 2
www.cambridge.org
March 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Large wild fauna are a natural part of, and crucial to, most ecosystems, performing all sorts of key roles.
Early humans killed off most planetary megafauna, and that artificial absence has many enduring negative effects. Follow @jcsvenning.bsky.social for more on this. (3)
bsky.app/profile/jcsv...
Early humans killed off most planetary megafauna, and that artificial absence has many enduring negative effects. Follow @jcsvenning.bsky.social for more on this. (3)
bsky.app/profile/jcsv...
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New from us: Lantau, Hong Kong, water buffalo ⬇️⬇️🐃🐃🐃 #Preprint ⬇️
Adaptive behavioural strategies to seasonal challenges by a semi-urban feral ungulate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.12.642745v1
March 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
New from us: Lantau, Hong Kong, water buffalo ⬇️⬇️🐃🐃🐃 #Preprint ⬇️
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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
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PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.
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Brilliant case study of #CitizenScience
“The thing with gulls is, because they’re very smart these behaviours spread culturally"
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
“The thing with gulls is, because they’re very smart these behaviours spread culturally"
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From profiteroles to moles: project uncovers gulls’ surprising diet
Salford University findings show gulls are predators – not just opportunists snatching people’s snacks
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Brilliant case study of #CitizenScience
“The thing with gulls is, because they’re very smart these behaviours spread culturally"
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
“The thing with gulls is, because they’re very smart these behaviours spread culturally"
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Hot off the press: a Conservation article on our recent work exploring patterns in the seasonal diet of fallow #deer in North Wales @graemeshannon.bsky.social @markuseichhorn.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
🌳🦌💩
theconversation.com/what-deer-po...
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theconversation.com/what-deer-po...
What deer poo can tell us about the future of Britain’s woodlands
Research reveals that fallow deer have an unexpected appetite for brambles, a plant often seen as a woodland nuisance.
theconversation.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hot off the press: a Conservation article on our recent work exploring patterns in the seasonal diet of fallow #deer in North Wales @graemeshannon.bsky.social @markuseichhorn.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social
🌳🦌💩
theconversation.com/what-deer-po...
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theconversation.com/what-deer-po...
NEW PhD OPPORTUNITY 🌳🌲
"Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity"
www.envision-dtp.org/2025/biodive...
Closing date 17:00 on Wednesday 12th March 2025.
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
"Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity"
www.envision-dtp.org/2025/biodive...
Closing date 17:00 on Wednesday 12th March 2025.
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity
The benefits of biodiversity for forest resilience and delivery of many ecosystem services underpin “nature-based solutions”. However, there are major gaps in knowledge of the ecological mechanisms, l...
www.envision-dtp.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW PhD OPPORTUNITY 🌳🌲
"Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity"
www.envision-dtp.org/2025/biodive...
Closing date 17:00 on Wednesday 12th March 2025.
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
"Biodiversity for woodland resilience: the long-term functional ecology of tree diversity"
www.envision-dtp.org/2025/biodive...
Closing date 17:00 on Wednesday 12th March 2025.
@bangoruniversity.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
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1 week left to apply to do a PhD with me & APHA on the Virome of British #bats 🦇🧬🦠 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ #OneHealth
PhD Alert! ⚠️⚠️
Come to do a PhD with me @universityofexeter.bsky.social and Animal and Plant Health Agency on 'Virome of British bats: A One Health approach to understanding disease emergence and environmental health'.
Application deadline 28 Feb. #bats #zoonoses 🦇🦠
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
Come to do a PhD with me @universityofexeter.bsky.social and Animal and Plant Health Agency on 'Virome of British bats: A One Health approach to understanding disease emergence and environmental health'.
Application deadline 28 Feb. #bats #zoonoses 🦇🦠
www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex...
BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Award | University of Surrey
17 PhD studentships for October 2025 start: Interdisciplinary approaches to Infection Biosciences to combat disease threats to human and animal health.
www.surrey.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
1 week left to apply to do a PhD with me & APHA on the Virome of British #bats 🦇🧬🦠 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ #OneHealth
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Fallow deer diet in North Wales is dominated by bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.) across seasons 🦌
Learn more here 👇
Learn more here 👇
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fallow deer diet in North Wales is dominated by bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.) across seasons 🦌
Learn more here 👇
Learn more here 👇