Martin Collinson
@docmartin2mc.bsky.social
Britain's Top Vicarious Birder.
Aberdeen Wildife DNA lab. Aniridia research.
Likes birds, stamps, ghosts, art, and wasps.
Leeds United #lufc because I was bad in a previous life.
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Aberdeen Wildife DNA lab. Aniridia research.
Likes birds, stamps, ghosts, art, and wasps.
Leeds United #lufc because I was bad in a previous life.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/aberdeendnalab
Ring-necked Duck still at Loirston Loch. Very handsome. And an arty pic of Slav Grebe at Inchgarth
February 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Ring-necked Duck still at Loirston Loch. Very handsome. And an arty pic of Slav Grebe at Inchgarth
Tanks on @inchgarthbirding.bsky.social 's lawn! Slavonian Grebe - pretty certain this is a 10K radius patch tick.
February 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Tanks on @inchgarthbirding.bsky.social 's lawn! Slavonian Grebe - pretty certain this is a 10K radius patch tick.
A dead Redpoll in the garden. Much sadness. Breast bone was like a knife.
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A dead Redpoll in the garden. Much sadness. Breast bone was like a knife.
The weather remains bleak but views of Ring-necked Duck get better at Loirston Loch. A Shag too.
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The weather remains bleak but views of Ring-necked Duck get better at Loirston Loch. A Shag too.
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the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock
January 26, 2026 at 3:53 PM
the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock
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Not much better but weather not really conducive to photography! 3rd for Loirston (last in 2005). Different bird to the one at Forfar which was still being reported today #birdingscotland
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Not much better but weather not really conducive to photography! 3rd for Loirston (last in 2005). Different bird to the one at Forfar which was still being reported today #birdingscotland
Prepare for Bird Photograph of the Year - found this male Ring-necked Duck having a kip at Loirston Loch. #patchbirding
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Prepare for Bird Photograph of the Year - found this male Ring-necked Duck having a kip at Loirston Loch. #patchbirding
Patches birding. Looking for Jack Snipes. Turns out John Millais had beaten me to it.
January 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Patches birding. Looking for Jack Snipes. Turns out John Millais had beaten me to it.
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Regular as clockwork, a few days of snow cover and Bramblings start turning up in the garden 🤍🖤🧡
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Regular as clockwork, a few days of snow cover and Bramblings start turning up in the garden 🤍🖤🧡
Christmas Robin, 21st century birding style.
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Christmas Robin, 21st century birding style.
The fragment of ND2 DNA that @tessaroo.bsky.social got from Calshot GT Grackle doesn't tell exactly where it came from but it excludes a USA west coast (nelsoni) origin and puts it in the Panama-Central-USA populations. Orange shape overlaid on map from DaCosta et al., 2008 doi.org/10.1525/cond...
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The fragment of ND2 DNA that @tessaroo.bsky.social got from Calshot GT Grackle doesn't tell exactly where it came from but it excludes a USA west coast (nelsoni) origin and puts it in the Panama-Central-USA populations. Orange shape overlaid on map from DaCosta et al., 2008 doi.org/10.1525/cond...
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Short news piece on the Challenger expedition and the Band-rumped fiesta: britishbirds.co.uk/news/band-ru...
#RareBirdsUK
#RareBirdsUK
Band-rumped Storm-petrels in UK waters | British Birds
The taxonomy and identification of the Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro/monteiroi/jabejabe complex is very, well, complex, as are their previous occurrences in Britain.
britishbirds.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Short news piece on the Challenger expedition and the Band-rumped fiesta: britishbirds.co.uk/news/band-ru...
#RareBirdsUK
#RareBirdsUK
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The latest report from the RBBP, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023, is out now in British Birds. It reports on the 104 species and races of rare breeding birds recording breeding, or showing signs of breeding, in 2023. Read the summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #ornithology #ukbirds 🧵[1/15]
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The latest report from the RBBP, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2023, is out now in British Birds. It reports on the 104 species and races of rare breeding birds recording breeding, or showing signs of breeding, in 2023. Read the summary at rbbp.org.uk/2023-report-... #ornithology #ukbirds 🧵[1/15]
Ooh, poop sample from the grackle from Calshot, Hampshire, Nov 25, shows it was Great-tailed, not Boat-tailed as thought. Analysis by @tessaroo.bsky.social poop by @wjrpb.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
Analysis.by
December 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ooh, poop sample from the grackle from Calshot, Hampshire, Nov 25, shows it was Great-tailed, not Boat-tailed as thought. Analysis by @tessaroo.bsky.social poop by @wjrpb.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
@birdguides.bsky.social
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Some policy analysis about VAT on private school fees, why it is set to raise more than originally forecast, and why this matters.
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Policy Analysis: Why VAT on private school fees will raise more than planned, and why it matters
Policy analysis of a debate I was privileged enough to be involved in last year
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December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some policy analysis about VAT on private school fees, why it is set to raise more than originally forecast, and why this matters.
Please read, share, and subscribe for more!
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Please read, share, and subscribe for more!
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The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.
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First preprint from my PhD is out!
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
Gene editing without a genome: generation and validation of F0 CRISPR mutants in gastropod mollusc Crepidula fornicata https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.26.690768v1
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
First preprint from my PhD is out!
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
If molluscan developmental biology and genetics, gene-editing methodology in non-traditional model systems, or the function and conservation of pax6 interests you, please give it a read! 🐚🎉
Must be my latest Sooth Shearwater ever, south at Newtonhill this afternoon.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Must be my latest Sooth Shearwater ever, south at Newtonhill this afternoon.
Magnificent fully funded PhD position available with me, Rastko Sknepnek (Dundee) and Silke Henkes (Leiden) on epithelial cell migration. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @bscb-official.bsky.social @epimechfc.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Magnificent fully funded PhD position available with me, Rastko Sknepnek (Dundee) and Silke Henkes (Leiden) on epithelial cell migration. @physicsoflifeuk.bsky.social @bscb-official.bsky.social @epimechfc.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Fully funded EASTBIO PhD. Everyone should apply.
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EastBio: Spiral eyes! Modelling epithelial cell migration in vivo and for tissue engineering. at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: Spiral eyes! Modelling epithelial cell migration in vivo and for tissue engineering. at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fully funded EASTBIO PhD. Everyone should apply.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Lovely and sunny
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Lovely and sunny
Haha I'm in World's Top 2% Scientists. In your face, top 3%
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November 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Haha I'm in World's Top 2% Scientists. In your face, top 3%
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Labbie Tess @tessaroo.bsky.social is on a poop collecting mission. For science.
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Labbie Tess @tessaroo.bsky.social is on a poop collecting mission. For science.
Orange Peel Fungus Aleuria aurantia.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Orange Peel Fungus Aleuria aurantia.