Last swim of 2024 before the wind and waves picked up. All the better with friends.

#BlueSea #SeaSwim #NYE #Falmouth #SheSwims

Winter sea swims are the best

#BlueSea #SeaSwim #ColdWaterSwim

Absolute beauty on one of our camera traps. Great to think these guys are out there again!
#CameraTrap #TrailCam #BiodiversityMonitoring #PineMarten #NatureRecovery #ForestEcology

Read The World Book 24:
Moldova
Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu

Super enjoyable historical fiction based on Balkan folklore. Pretty much read in one sitting.

#ReadTheWorld #BookSky

Read The World Book 23:
Oman
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi

The first book translated from Arabic to win the International Booker Prize!

Intimate insight into the culture of Oman from which I learnt a lot

#ReadTheWorld #BookSky

Not a bad day in the office.
Carrying out thermal UAV flights to detect woodland dwelling mammals.
🦌 🐿️

#Mammal #WoodlandMammal #ThermalSurvey #UAV #BiodiversityMonitoring #MammalEcology

Read The World Book 22:
Philippines
When Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe

Learnt a lot from this book, not an easy read but a good read

#BookSky #ReadTheWorld

Classic Exmoor! Red deer & high cliffs 🙂

#Deer #Mammals #Cliffs #SWCoastPath

Rivers looking good after all of the rain. Nuthatch and grey wagtail enjoying it too.

#Exmoor #WoodlandWalks

Discussing all things squirrel for the UK Squirrel Accord Annual Meeting at Yorkshire Arboretum

#Squirrels #MammalEcology

Gotta love a penguin on a lunch break

#ZSL #LondonZoo #WorkTrip #Penguins

Read The World Book 21:
Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga from Rwanda

Superb blend of history, folklore and religion

#ReadTheWorld #BookSky

Monday mornings

#seaswim #winterswims #bluewater

Read The World Book 20:
“The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” by Shehan Karunatilaka

Magical realism x murder mystery x dark comedy

Totally brilliant

#booksky #readtheworld #bookworm