Dr Danni Hinchcliffe
@dannihinchy.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Conservation Biology & Ecology. BOU & BES Associate Editor. SFHEA. Proud IVF Mum, Birder, & Metalhead. Parkrun & Steam locos 🖤 She/Her. Views are mine 🤘
Our baby's first @rspb.bsky.social reserve visit today at Burton Mere & the toddler finally grasped how to use binoculars! Egrets, kingfisher, cettis warbler & pink footed geese highlights. @zachinch92.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Our baby's first @rspb.bsky.social reserve visit today at Burton Mere & the toddler finally grasped how to use binoculars! Egrets, kingfisher, cettis warbler & pink footed geese highlights. @zachinch92.bsky.social
Great-tailed grackle just now on Estuary Blvd, west of Speke Hall. Good to know I can still spot birds without my glasses 😅 Wife points gained! @birdguides.bsky.social @zachinch92.bsky.social #birds #birdwatching
January 31, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Great-tailed grackle just now on Estuary Blvd, west of Speke Hall. Good to know I can still spot birds without my glasses 😅 Wife points gained! @birdguides.bsky.social @zachinch92.bsky.social #birds #birdwatching
It's a special day when you pass on your first pair of binoculars to your son & take him #birdwatching for the first time. I got them at University so he has definitely got a headstart on me!
@opticron.bsky.social @zachinch92.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ornithology #birds 🐦
@opticron.bsky.social @zachinch92.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ornithology #birds 🐦
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
It's a special day when you pass on your first pair of binoculars to your son & take him #birdwatching for the first time. I got them at University so he has definitely got a headstart on me!
@opticron.bsky.social @zachinch92.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ornithology #birds 🐦
@opticron.bsky.social @zachinch92.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #ornithology #birds 🐦
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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#AI is transforming #ecology — but at what cost? A new #Nature piece warns that as models, drones & remote sensing boom, many scientists are spending less time outdoors (“I rarely get outside”). Are we losing essential natural-history insight? 🌿🤖
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
#AI is transforming #ecology — but at what cost? A new #Nature piece warns that as models, drones & remote sensing boom, many scientists are spending less time outdoors (“I rarely get outside”). Are we losing essential natural-history insight? 🌿🤖
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
January 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
🦋🌿Hiring 12 x Botanists or Entomologists for 2026 field surveys in England!
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
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🚨 job klaxon 🚨
Avian Ecologist, Edinburgh. Joining the long-term study of seabird populations on the Isle of May
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQA317/a...
Avian Ecologist, Edinburgh. Joining the long-term study of seabird populations on the Isle of May
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQA317/a...
Avian Ecologist at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
An academic position as a Avian Ecologist is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
🚨 job klaxon 🚨
Avian Ecologist, Edinburgh. Joining the long-term study of seabird populations on the Isle of May
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQA317/a...
Avian Ecologist, Edinburgh. Joining the long-term study of seabird populations on the Isle of May
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQA317/a...
It's becoming a Xmas tradition for @zachinch92.bsky.social & I to sneak off to Bury Bolton St on Xmas Eve day @eastlancsrailway.bsky.social for a #steamtrain fix & tasty 🍺 at the Trackside. Gotta make the most of nursery fees! Ivatt 46441 & 80097 were the festive locos this year 🚂 #trainphotography
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's becoming a Xmas tradition for @zachinch92.bsky.social & I to sneak off to Bury Bolton St on Xmas Eve day @eastlancsrailway.bsky.social for a #steamtrain fix & tasty 🍺 at the Trackside. Gotta make the most of nursery fees! Ivatt 46441 & 80097 were the festive locos this year 🚂 #trainphotography
I mean, he's on 97 but at least he will have the right attire for #100 next month! Whereas I'm on 105 so will give my Xmas pressie a whirl tomorrow 🎉 Big thanks to #parkrun for another great year #running & I've enjoyed #volunteering the last 9 months at wonderful #widnes 🏃♀️ @zachinch92.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I mean, he's on 97 but at least he will have the right attire for #100 next month! Whereas I'm on 105 so will give my Xmas pressie a whirl tomorrow 🎉 Big thanks to #parkrun for another great year #running & I've enjoyed #volunteering the last 9 months at wonderful #widnes 🏃♀️ @zachinch92.bsky.social
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You should be able to respond to reviewer comments with memes to liven up the peer review process.
December 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You should be able to respond to reviewer comments with memes to liven up the peer review process.
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No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues...
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues...
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
Gutted I cannot attend this in person but hoping to receive the materials & be able to contribute remotely to this really important topic. If you're at #BES2025 & work with long-term population monitoring data, I'd consider this workshop 👍
If you are attending #BES2025 and are interested in #biodiversity monitoring in the UK, come to our lunchtime workshop on creating a UK Biodiversity Observation Network.
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Gutted I cannot attend this in person but hoping to receive the materials & be able to contribute remotely to this really important topic. If you're at #BES2025 & work with long-term population monitoring data, I'd consider this workshop 👍
"Let's replace our carbon footprints with the tracks of animals" powerful final slide from Joe Roman - conservation biologist, marine ecologist 🐋 & award winning book writer (+ fellow 💩 researcher!). A great choice for the day 2 BES Lecture of the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference! #BES2025
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Let's replace our carbon footprints with the tracks of animals" powerful final slide from Joe Roman - conservation biologist, marine ecologist 🐋 & award winning book writer (+ fellow 💩 researcher!). A great choice for the day 2 BES Lecture of the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference! #BES2025
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Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
Workshop currently underway! It is centred on the paper below, as we discuss potential barriers and solutions to help address them ➡️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
December 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Workshop currently underway! It is centred on the paper below, as we discuss potential barriers and solutions to help address them ➡️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Great morning (virtually) attending the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference #BES2025 with internationally recognised functional diversity ecologist Prof Sandra Díaz presenting the Georgina Mace lecture. Big fan of giving plants the spotlight 🙌 #ecology #botany 🌿🌼🌱 #biodiversity #climatechange 🌍
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Great morning (virtually) attending the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference #BES2025 with internationally recognised functional diversity ecologist Prof Sandra Díaz presenting the Georgina Mace lecture. Big fan of giving plants the spotlight 🙌 #ecology #botany 🌿🌼🌱 #biodiversity #climatechange 🌍
Less than 2-weeks post partum & about to attempt attending the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference virtually... wish me luck 😅 #BES #BES2025 #maternityleave
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Less than 2-weeks post partum & about to attempt attending the @britishecologicalsociety.org conference virtually... wish me luck 😅 #BES #BES2025 #maternityleave
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
Fantastic penultimate day of work before maternity leave - teaching our @ljmuofficial.bsky.social foundation #wildlife #conservation students at @chesterzoo.bsky.social 🙌
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Fantastic penultimate day of work before maternity leave - teaching our @ljmuofficial.bsky.social foundation #wildlife #conservation students at @chesterzoo.bsky.social 🙌
Superb inaugural lecture from friend & past @salforduni.bsky.social colleague Prof Arijit Mukhopadhyay: Rear-View Mirror on My Successful Failures. I especially liked the advice "you can nurture self esteem but the seed needs external stimulation" aka let your friends be your research cheerleaders 🙌
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Superb inaugural lecture from friend & past @salforduni.bsky.social colleague Prof Arijit Mukhopadhyay: Rear-View Mirror on My Successful Failures. I especially liked the advice "you can nurture self esteem but the seed needs external stimulation" aka let your friends be your research cheerleaders 🙌
Deadline is tomorrow 5PM.
Full funding, great bird study system with flexibility for you to pursue the elements you enjoy gets (whether that be #genetics #physiology #ecology or a preference for #fieldwork #labwork).
Fab supervisory team & great training/teaching opportunities! #ornithology #phd
Full funding, great bird study system with flexibility for you to pursue the elements you enjoy gets (whether that be #genetics #physiology #ecology or a preference for #fieldwork #labwork).
Fab supervisory team & great training/teaching opportunities! #ornithology #phd
One week left to apply for this fully funded PhD studying pied flycatchers in the Peak District at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in collaboration with @nationaltrust.org.uk
A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat impacts. at L...
PhD Project - Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat...
www.findaphd.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Deadline is tomorrow 5PM.
Full funding, great bird study system with flexibility for you to pursue the elements you enjoy gets (whether that be #genetics #physiology #ecology or a preference for #fieldwork #labwork).
Fab supervisory team & great training/teaching opportunities! #ornithology #phd
Full funding, great bird study system with flexibility for you to pursue the elements you enjoy gets (whether that be #genetics #physiology #ecology or a preference for #fieldwork #labwork).
Fab supervisory team & great training/teaching opportunities! #ornithology #phd
One week left to apply for this fully funded PhD studying pied flycatchers in the Peak District at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in collaboration with @nationaltrust.org.uk
A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat impacts. at L...
PhD Project - Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat...
www.findaphd.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One week left to apply for this fully funded PhD studying pied flycatchers in the Peak District at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in collaboration with @nationaltrust.org.uk
A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Yesterday was national #reptile day so the pet #snakes enjoyed some 🎃 enrichment! @zachinch92.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yesterday was national #reptile day so the pet #snakes enjoyed some 🎃 enrichment! @zachinch92.bsky.social
Did I mention this is fully funded for 3 years starting in 2026? The deadline to apply is 31st October 5pm. Excellent multidisciplinary supervisory team, great balance of fieldwork, lab work & conservation technology - and opportunity to build up bird ringing/monitoring experience #ornithology.
Should I stay or should I go?🐦 Fancy a #PhD studying Pied flycatchers in the Peak District to help better understand what drives individual & population performance? Think #habitat #movement #ecology #genetics 🌍 Make use of this nestbox PIT tag study system and join us! Email me #LJMU #NationalTrust
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Did I mention this is fully funded for 3 years starting in 2026? The deadline to apply is 31st October 5pm. Excellent multidisciplinary supervisory team, great balance of fieldwork, lab work & conservation technology - and opportunity to build up bird ringing/monitoring experience #ornithology.