Andy Vowles
@dravowles.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Ecohydraulics Research (University of Southampton, UK) | River restoration | Animal behaviour | Fish passage | Ecology | Light pollution | Fish welfare
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📣Fully Funded PhD Opportunity at the University of Portsmouth💧
Explore how early childhood routines shape lifelong water habits, and how that understanding can help tackle water scarcity and protect ecologically sensitive and globally unique freshwater environments 🌍
Explore how early childhood routines shape lifelong water habits, and how that understanding can help tackle water scarcity and protect ecologically sensitive and globally unique freshwater environments 🌍
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
📣Fully Funded PhD Opportunity at the University of Portsmouth💧
Explore how early childhood routines shape lifelong water habits, and how that understanding can help tackle water scarcity and protect ecologically sensitive and globally unique freshwater environments 🌍
Explore how early childhood routines shape lifelong water habits, and how that understanding can help tackle water scarcity and protect ecologically sensitive and globally unique freshwater environments 🌍
Reposted by Andy Vowles
🎧 #PhDOpportunity🌿🐟
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
Listening to Life: Acoustic and AI Technologies for Tracking Freshwater Biodiversity Recovery | TREES DLA
Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened habitats on Earth due to multiple anthropogenic pressures. Protecting them requires novel monitoring solutions that are both low-cost and highly sen...
www.trees-dla.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🎧 #PhDOpportunity🌿🐟
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
Fully funded PhD using AI and acoustic technologies to track freshwater biodiversity recovery — from chalk stream restoration in Hampshire to ghost pond resurrection in Norfolk. 💧
Apply now 👉 www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/lis...
📅 Deadline: 5pm (UK time), 17th December 2025
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Wessex Rivers Trust is seeking a passionate & experienced Chair to guide their Board in their mission to restore & protect the amazing rivers of Wessex
See WRT website lnkd.in/ej3vdmEy
Nurole lnkd.in/eUhwjpEu
#CharityLeadership #charitygovernance #Trustees #EnvironmentalLeadership #Loveyourrivers
See WRT website lnkd.in/ej3vdmEy
Nurole lnkd.in/eUhwjpEu
#CharityLeadership #charitygovernance #Trustees #EnvironmentalLeadership #Loveyourrivers
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Wessex Rivers Trust is seeking a passionate & experienced Chair to guide their Board in their mission to restore & protect the amazing rivers of Wessex
See WRT website lnkd.in/ej3vdmEy
Nurole lnkd.in/eUhwjpEu
#CharityLeadership #charitygovernance #Trustees #EnvironmentalLeadership #Loveyourrivers
See WRT website lnkd.in/ej3vdmEy
Nurole lnkd.in/eUhwjpEu
#CharityLeadership #charitygovernance #Trustees #EnvironmentalLeadership #Loveyourrivers
✅Home tanks setup for simulating light pollution
✅Fish settled in
✅Model predator (kingfisher) constructed
✅Experimental tanks setup
My @asab.org funded project investigating the impact of #lightpollution on collective anti-predator response in fish is finally in full swing 😁🌆🐟
✅Fish settled in
✅Model predator (kingfisher) constructed
✅Experimental tanks setup
My @asab.org funded project investigating the impact of #lightpollution on collective anti-predator response in fish is finally in full swing 😁🌆🐟
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
✅Home tanks setup for simulating light pollution
✅Fish settled in
✅Model predator (kingfisher) constructed
✅Experimental tanks setup
My @asab.org funded project investigating the impact of #lightpollution on collective anti-predator response in fish is finally in full swing 😁🌆🐟
✅Fish settled in
✅Model predator (kingfisher) constructed
✅Experimental tanks setup
My @asab.org funded project investigating the impact of #lightpollution on collective anti-predator response in fish is finally in full swing 😁🌆🐟
Interesting first day of talks at the #FSBI2025 conference. Great talk by Ben (Bluck) from our research group on European eel response to light within a "passage" context.
July 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Interesting first day of talks at the #FSBI2025 conference. Great talk by Ben (Bluck) from our research group on European eel response to light within a "passage" context.
Really enjoyed day 2 of the #UFAW2025 conference, especially presenting my (@ufaw.bsky.social funded) work on how environmental enrichment in husbandry tanks can influence fish passage performance at river infrastructure (in the lab) #AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Really enjoyed day 2 of the #UFAW2025 conference, especially presenting my (@ufaw.bsky.social funded) work on how environmental enrichment in husbandry tanks can influence fish passage performance at river infrastructure (in the lab) #AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience
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🐟 At the #UFAW2025 conference today, Andrew Vowles @unisouthampton.bsky.social shared a fascinating fish study revealing that being housed with enrichment (shelters, substrate) affected their later exploration of novel objects and willingness to swim upstream and cross barriers. #animalwelfare
June 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🐟 At the #UFAW2025 conference today, Andrew Vowles @unisouthampton.bsky.social shared a fascinating fish study revealing that being housed with enrichment (shelters, substrate) affected their later exploration of novel objects and willingness to swim upstream and cross barriers. #animalwelfare
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Can you help? Could you spare time to take part in this survey, which aims to investigate perceptions on human-generated noise and light pollution in marine and freshwater environments. Take part here: aquaplan-project.eu/aquaplan-sur...
Consultation: Perceptions of human-generated noise and light in marine and freshwater environments - AquaPLAN
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...
aquaplan-project.eu
March 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Can you help? Could you spare time to take part in this survey, which aims to investigate perceptions on human-generated noise and light pollution in marine and freshwater environments. Take part here: aquaplan-project.eu/aquaplan-sur...
Back in the warm office after measuring water velocities for a student project at a cylindrical bristle cluster (CBC) #fishpass - a fish passage solution for sloped weirs. We've tested mostly in the lab (see link in 🧵) so nice to get some field data 🙂🐟
February 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Back in the warm office after measuring water velocities for a student project at a cylindrical bristle cluster (CBC) #fishpass - a fish passage solution for sloped weirs. We've tested mostly in the lab (see link in 🧵) so nice to get some field data 🙂🐟
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The impact of reintroduced Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dams on the upstream movement of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in upland areas of Great Britain
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The impact of reintroduced Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dams on the upstream movement of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in upland areas of Great Britain
The return of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) to large areas of Europe represents a conservation success with the current population estimated to be around 1.2 million individuals. Their reintroduction...
journals.plos.org
February 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The impact of reintroduced Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) dams on the upstream movement of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in upland areas of Great Britain
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reposted by Andy Vowles
Reposted by Andy Vowles
24% of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction !
👉 By Sayer et al. Jan 2025 in Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 Multi-taxon global IUCN red list freshwater fauna (23,496 species) assessment shows that pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture and invasion are the main threats.
🌐🌍
👉 By Sayer et al. Jan 2025 in Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 Multi-taxon global IUCN red list freshwater fauna (23,496 species) assessment shows that pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture and invasion are the main threats.
🌐🌍
January 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
24% of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction !
👉 By Sayer et al. Jan 2025 in Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 Multi-taxon global IUCN red list freshwater fauna (23,496 species) assessment shows that pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture and invasion are the main threats.
🌐🌍
👉 By Sayer et al. Jan 2025 in Nature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔑 Multi-taxon global IUCN red list freshwater fauna (23,496 species) assessment shows that pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture and invasion are the main threats.
🌐🌍
Right, back to it! Things to get stuck into this week: #dataanalysis, #fieldwork, #bidwriting... Let's see how long this new year motivation lasts 😉
January 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Right, back to it! Things to get stuck into this week: #dataanalysis, #fieldwork, #bidwriting... Let's see how long this new year motivation lasts 😉
Reposted by Andy Vowles
Major new research finds “shockingly” fast changes to flows of Earth’s c. 3 million rivers, mapped across 35 years.
“Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke)
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
“Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke)
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes | CNN
The flow of water through the planet’s nearly 3 million rivers is changing rapidly, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood risks, according to a new...
www.cnn.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Major new research finds “shockingly” fast changes to flows of Earth’s c. 3 million rivers, mapped across 35 years.
“Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke)
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
“Rivers are dynamic and beautiful beasts & humans should never take them for granted or squander the resources they provide us with.” (Hannah Cloke)
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
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Long-term data is critical for understanding how ecosystems work and how they might look in the future. But it's getting harder and harder to do due to funding limitations. We need to prioritise this sort of research and to stop cutting funding for it.
Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology
Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Long-term data is critical for understanding how ecosystems work and how they might look in the future. But it's getting harder and harder to do due to funding limitations. We need to prioritise this sort of research and to stop cutting funding for it.
Reposted by Andy Vowles
🚨Fully-Funded PhD Alert! 🚨 Want to join the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Leverhulme Resilience Centre? This project, supervised by me, @profjulianleyland.bsky.social and Dr Nick Dorward, explores links between sand mining, urbanisation and river-related risks: www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...
November 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM
🚨Fully-Funded PhD Alert! 🚨 Want to join the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Leverhulme Resilience Centre? This project, supervised by me, @profjulianleyland.bsky.social and Dr Nick Dorward, explores links between sand mining, urbanisation and river-related risks: www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Two unique opportunities for fully funded interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity #conservation
@Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...
@Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...
November 25, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Two unique opportunities for fully funded interdisciplinary PhD research on #biodiversity #conservation
@Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...
@Uni_of_Essex, blending #ecology with #sociology and #business as part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Sustainable Transitions programme
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT611/p...
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKT503/p...
Data analysis day - trout response to novel object (🐖). Some fish not bothered. Others really don't like the pig. Is this related to the different husbandry / enrichment environment the fish were held under 🤔. Time will tell. #fishwelfare
@animalta.bsky.social working well for the tracking 🙂
@animalta.bsky.social working well for the tracking 🙂
November 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Data analysis day - trout response to novel object (🐖). Some fish not bothered. Others really don't like the pig. Is this related to the different husbandry / enrichment environment the fish were held under 🤔. Time will tell. #fishwelfare
@animalta.bsky.social working well for the tracking 🙂
@animalta.bsky.social working well for the tracking 🙂
Was hoping for a blue sky for my first post, but alas, it's fieldwork in November, in England. So grey sky and rain it is. Scouting potential salmon spawning sites for a project this winter with @helenalcurrie.bsky.social 🐟
November 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Was hoping for a blue sky for my first post, but alas, it's fieldwork in November, in England. So grey sky and rain it is. Scouting potential salmon spawning sites for a project this winter with @helenalcurrie.bsky.social 🐟