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Francesca
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Biologist, animal lover 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺
A great day out!
#MartensOnTheMove had a fantastic time in the Tweed Valley training vols in pine marten den box installation. The vols gained hands-on experience picking the right tree for a den box, the safety procedures required and the roles needed for a successful installation. #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Love this 🤣 see also academic project meetings
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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New blog! Den Box Host, Dr Karen Blackport, shares her story of making space for nature and becoming a pine marten den box host for the #MartensOnTheMove project. Read the full blog here bit.ly/3Wi6mgV #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Protect the Wild says there is no justification for sacrificing nature to “get Britain building”.

protectthewild.substack.com/p/labours-pl...
Labour's Planning Bill: pro-growth changes disastrous for wildlife
Protect the Wild says there is no justification for sacrificing nature to “get Britain building”.
protectthewild.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Sign our petition to call on the Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres and to issue strict standards for energy efficiency and water use.

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Call on Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres
Sign our petition to call on the Scottish Government to demand Environmental Impact Assessments on Data Centres. Data centres use huge amounts of energy and water – a recent proposal for a data centr...
actionnetwork.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
ffs we continue to learn absolutely nothing.
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Announcement!
We're organising the next European Mustelid Colloquium in partnership with @mripas.bsky.social and the Białowieża Ecology Conference

Join the mailing list: eepurl.com/ga-5z9
#36EMC
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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New blog! #MartensOnTheMove Project Manager, Dr Stephanie Johnstone, discusses what a ‘Pine Marten Haven’ is, the recent Haven launches and how these sites will benefit pine martens and people. Read the full blog here bit.ly/3Wg4mWi #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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More ill thought out 'conservation' translocations 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵
‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities
Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Jeez, we're taking a bit of a pummelling wind-wise.
October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Operation Turtle Dove has issued an official statement expressing their disapproval over the captive breeding and releasing of European Turtle Dove in the UK:
Operation Turtle Dove issues statement over captive releases
Operation Turtle Dove has issued an official statement over the captive breeding and releasing of European Turtle Dove in the UK. The statement confirms that the partnership does not currently support captive releases and cites habitat creation and restoration as the most important conservation measure at present.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Noakes concentrating fiercely.
There is a...magnificence...to this
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Nice afternoon at Musselburgh Lagoons yesterday- not sure why I've not been before but will be back #ScottishBirding
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Wildlife photographer Dylan Coundley-Hughes captured breathtaking drone footage of a fin whale, the world’s second-largest animal, surfacing off the coast of Cornwall. Spotted in Falmouth Bay, the whale appeared alongside dolphins, tuna, and seabirds.
September 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another who's '10 year old me' would have lost her mind seeing this. Raised on Jacques Cousteau, Wade Doak, the 20 volume set of the International Encyclopaedia of Wildlife books and of course every BBC documentary on wildlife going- this is very cool.
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Eels. To paraphrase “Cotton Eyed Joe”: Where do they come from? What do they go?

We’re still working in on it! Or.. well…not me. I just do the history bits. But the good folks at @whoi.edu are!
September 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
So this little guy is hanging around the house today- much to the delight of the dogs.. although I have a few trees we are pretty much on the edge of a moor.
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nearly time for Fat Bear Week! Not saying bears are my spirit animal or anything..
Fat Bear Week 2025
Fat Bear Week 2025
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September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Fed up of the news? Watch Freddie Flintoff Field of Dreams S3 (and watch S1 and S2 obviously if you've not already).
September 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Restoration work on Exmoor's peatlands is helping the national park to remain a vital refuge for bird species in decline elsewhere in the UK, according to a new report:
Peatland restoration boosts bird populations on Exmoor
A new report shows peatland restoration on Exmoor is reversing national declines in several bird species, with Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Bunting, Whinchat and Common Snipe all recording increases. The Moorland Bird Report from Exmoor National Park Authority, based on surveys of 17,000 ha in 2024, suggests peatland recovery has created vital habitats for breeding birds. More than 35,000 individuals were recorded, confirming Exmoor's role as a stronghold for vulnerable species.
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September 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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A sea turtle surfacing by a MASSIVE school of rays near Clearwater, Florida a couple days ago. Another post into the BluSky void. Maybe 2 or 3 people will see this one and my time won't have been wasted. I'll keep trying a little longer. #nature #animals #amazing #wildlife #awesome #ocean
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM