Denise Lamsdell
@deniseringer.bsky.social
Bird ringer, Iceni Bird Monitoring Group, photographer & reluctant artist
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Monitoring at Salthouse yesterday produced 69 birds, 3 Blackbird, 17 Blue Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Dunnock, 15 Goldcrest, 7 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Redwing, 3 Redpoll, 5 Robin and 2 Wren. @btoengland.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Monitoring at Salthouse yesterday produced 69 birds, 3 Blackbird, 17 Blue Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Dunnock, 15 Goldcrest, 7 Great Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Redwing, 3 Redpoll, 5 Robin and 2 Wren. @btoengland.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
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Ingoldisthorpe monitoring today brought a quiet 31 birds with summer migrants much depleted:
3 Reed warbler
9 Blackcap
8 Chiff-chaff
But the surprise of the day was a Water Rail
@btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
3 Reed warbler
9 Blackcap
8 Chiff-chaff
But the surprise of the day was a Water Rail
@btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ingoldisthorpe monitoring today brought a quiet 31 birds with summer migrants much depleted:
3 Reed warbler
9 Blackcap
8 Chiff-chaff
But the surprise of the day was a Water Rail
@btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
3 Reed warbler
9 Blackcap
8 Chiff-chaff
But the surprise of the day was a Water Rail
@btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
As the Nightjar season draws to a close, very proud to have completed the first year of a collaboration with Natural England facilitating the study of feeding areas away from the breeding site. 20 birds ringed of which 14 were pulli, 6 GPS tags fitted with 5 retrieved.
September 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As the Nightjar season draws to a close, very proud to have completed the first year of a collaboration with Natural England facilitating the study of feeding areas away from the breeding site. 20 birds ringed of which 14 were pulli, 6 GPS tags fitted with 5 retrieved.
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For decades, the biomedical industry has relied on a compound in horseshoe crab blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold human lives.
But conservationists say modern medicine’s dependence on this bloodletting is upending a globe-spanning ecosystem.
But conservationists say modern medicine’s dependence on this bloodletting is upending a globe-spanning ecosystem.
These crabs probably saved your life. Can we save theirs?
The medical world relies on horseshoe crab blood in the production of vaccines and equipment. A synthetic is available, but companies have been slow to adopt it.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For decades, the biomedical industry has relied on a compound in horseshoe crab blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold human lives.
But conservationists say modern medicine’s dependence on this bloodletting is upending a globe-spanning ecosystem.
But conservationists say modern medicine’s dependence on this bloodletting is upending a globe-spanning ecosystem.
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Scolt Head Sandwich Terns - up date on birds ringed in June 2025 can be found lamsdell.blogspot.com/2025/07/scol...
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Scolt Head Sandwich Terns - up date on birds ringed in June 2025
Bird ringing, bird banding, bird watching, butterflies
lamsdell.blogspot.com
July 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Scolt Head Sandwich Terns - up date on birds ringed in June 2025 can be found lamsdell.blogspot.com/2025/07/scol...
@norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
@norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
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Scolt Head yesterday: 128 Sandwich Terns, 83 Mediterranean Gull and 112 Black-headed Gulls were fitted with colour coded darvics. Report sightings via iceni.shinyapps.io/sightings/ @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Scolt Head yesterday: 128 Sandwich Terns, 83 Mediterranean Gull and 112 Black-headed Gulls were fitted with colour coded darvics. Report sightings via iceni.shinyapps.io/sightings/ @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Two of our 2023 hatchlings are in the breeding colony at Beacon Ponds. Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Report and images courtesy of Tate Lloyd.
June 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Two of our 2023 hatchlings are in the breeding colony at Beacon Ponds. Kilnsea, East Yorkshire. Report and images courtesy of Tate Lloyd.
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It's finally out! 200 years since the description of Eurypterus remipes, the first eurypterid named in the scientific literature, I present a summary of the history of eurypterid research and an updated taxonomy of every known species.🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1206/0003...
doi.org/10.1206/0003...
Codex Eurypterida: A Revised Taxonomy Based on Concordant Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analyses
Eurypterids, also known as sea scorpions, were aquatic chelicerate arthropods that were important components of Paleozoic marine and freshwater ecosystems from the Ordovician to the Permian. The group...
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's finally out! 200 years since the description of Eurypterus remipes, the first eurypterid named in the scientific literature, I present a summary of the history of eurypterid research and an updated taxonomy of every known species.🧪⚒️
doi.org/10.1206/0003...
doi.org/10.1206/0003...
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Monitoring Stonechats on Dersingham Bog today resulted in a recapture of a bird ringed in June 2018, now the oldest known UK bird - 6 years, 8 months, 16 days up from a 2020 record of 6 yrs 1 month 30days. @btobirds.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Monitoring Stonechats on Dersingham Bog today resulted in a recapture of a bird ringed in June 2018, now the oldest known UK bird - 6 years, 8 months, 16 days up from a 2020 record of 6 yrs 1 month 30days. @btobirds.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
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Just heard the news that Richard Fortey has passed away.
As well as his science he did a lot for popukarising arthropod research in his books. Reading his autobiography (A Curious Boy) really made me reflect on my own pathway into science and highlighted the different opportunities people get.
As well as his science he did a lot for popukarising arthropod research in his books. Reading his autobiography (A Curious Boy) really made me reflect on my own pathway into science and highlighted the different opportunities people get.
March 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just heard the news that Richard Fortey has passed away.
As well as his science he did a lot for popukarising arthropod research in his books. Reading his autobiography (A Curious Boy) really made me reflect on my own pathway into science and highlighted the different opportunities people get.
As well as his science he did a lot for popukarising arthropod research in his books. Reading his autobiography (A Curious Boy) really made me reflect on my own pathway into science and highlighted the different opportunities people get.
Important stuff happening regarding Europe's support of Ukraine.
March 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Important stuff happening regarding Europe's support of Ukraine.
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PT60454 a Dunnock ringed at Little Snoring on 23.7.23 as a juvenile was re-trapped at Pebbles Scottish borders on 16, 19 & 22.11.24 409 km north. An unexpected northly movement from north of a UK bird. @norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
PT60454 a Dunnock ringed at Little Snoring on 23.7.23 as a juvenile was re-trapped at Pebbles Scottish borders on 16, 19 & 22.11.24 409 km north. An unexpected northly movement from north of a UK bird. @norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
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NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
February 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
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Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.
February 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.
The latest addition to my like list. Sudan Golden Sparrow, a long stay vagrant on Gran Canaria.
February 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The latest addition to my like list. Sudan Golden Sparrow, a long stay vagrant on Gran Canaria.
The new edition of LifeCycle arrived this morning with a double page spread about the Water Pipit project and collaborative working to achieve more data!
January 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The new edition of LifeCycle arrived this morning with a double page spread about the Water Pipit project and collaborative working to achieve more data!
Skipped over from the social media platform formerly known as twitter.
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Skipped over from the social media platform formerly known as twitter.