Iona Cunningham-Eurich
@ionace.bsky.social
PhD student at Natural History Museum and University College London working on parasitoids.
Birds, books, insects (although not necessarily in that order)
Birds, books, insects (although not necessarily in that order)
I really rate this!!! Give us more nature now
July 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I really rate this!!! Give us more nature now
As part of a UKRI Policy Internship at POST (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) that I completed earlier this year, I'm proud to share our recently published POSTnote on Regenerative Agriculture: post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Big thanks to all the collaborators!
@ukri.org
Big thanks to all the collaborators!
@ukri.org
Regenerative agriculture
This POSTnote describes regenerative agriculture, the evidence for beneficial outcomes, and outlines the challenges and opportunities for its wider adoption.
post.parliament.uk
July 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
As part of a UKRI Policy Internship at POST (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) that I completed earlier this year, I'm proud to share our recently published POSTnote on Regenerative Agriculture: post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Big thanks to all the collaborators!
@ukri.org
Big thanks to all the collaborators!
@ukri.org
I have never seen such neatly piled bin bags.
Still can’t get over the fact that people in London have to put their bins in the street for them to get collected, what a joke
Still can’t get over the fact that people in London have to put their bins in the street for them to get collected, what a joke
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I have never seen such neatly piled bin bags.
Still can’t get over the fact that people in London have to put their bins in the street for them to get collected, what a joke
Still can’t get over the fact that people in London have to put their bins in the street for them to get collected, what a joke
New birding essential unlocked… 🍓
April 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New birding essential unlocked… 🍓
Train and bicycle to Sandwich Bay/Worth Marshes this Easter weekend for some peace and calm and birds away from the London hustle and bustle. 🐣
As I don’t own a car, I often feel stuck but then I remember that public transport *exists* 🚆 and for that, I am grateful (as long as I have a railcard)
As I don’t own a car, I often feel stuck but then I remember that public transport *exists* 🚆 and for that, I am grateful (as long as I have a railcard)
April 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Train and bicycle to Sandwich Bay/Worth Marshes this Easter weekend for some peace and calm and birds away from the London hustle and bustle. 🐣
As I don’t own a car, I often feel stuck but then I remember that public transport *exists* 🚆 and for that, I am grateful (as long as I have a railcard)
As I don’t own a car, I often feel stuck but then I remember that public transport *exists* 🚆 and for that, I am grateful (as long as I have a railcard)
Well that’s nice 🐝 🧬 @waspwoman.bsky.social @adamhartscience.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Well that’s nice 🐝 🧬 @waspwoman.bsky.social @adamhartscience.bsky.social
The Soil exhibition at Somerset House was truly beautiful. More like this! 🌱
April 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Soil exhibition at Somerset House was truly beautiful. More like this! 🌱
Came across a Wheatear in Hyde Park yesterday on a lawn that is being restored after Winter Wonderland. A few weeks ago, it hosted Fieldfare and Redwing.
These less disturbed areas can be great for migrating species, even in the middle of central London. Something to adopt across more parks?
These less disturbed areas can be great for migrating species, even in the middle of central London. Something to adopt across more parks?
April 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Came across a Wheatear in Hyde Park yesterday on a lawn that is being restored after Winter Wonderland. A few weeks ago, it hosted Fieldfare and Redwing.
These less disturbed areas can be great for migrating species, even in the middle of central London. Something to adopt across more parks?
These less disturbed areas can be great for migrating species, even in the middle of central London. Something to adopt across more parks?
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Early start with @ionace.bsky.social and Sam L. and we hoped for migrants but we didn't expect to have 100+ Mediterranean Gulls mee-ow'ing over Rainham Marshes today. The largest flock was 35 (at least). Also a Barn Owl in a barney (😱!) with a Carrion Crow. #LondonBirds 😎
April 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Early start with @ionace.bsky.social and Sam L. and we hoped for migrants but we didn't expect to have 100+ Mediterranean Gulls mee-ow'ing over Rainham Marshes today. The largest flock was 35 (at least). Also a Barn Owl in a barney (😱!) with a Carrion Crow. #LondonBirds 😎
Just got to give things a chance… once again
European Turtle Dove has shown signs of an extraordinary population recovery in western Europe, with a 40% increase reported in breeding pairs between 2021 and 2024:
European Turtle Dove shows signs of rapid recovery
European Turtle Dove has shown signs of an extraordinary population recovery in Western Europe, with a 40% increase in breeding pairs between 2021 and 2024. The rise follows three consecutive years of a hunting moratorium across France, Spain and Portugal, where, prior to 2019, some one million Euro...
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April 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Just got to give things a chance… once again
2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird and a Green Woodpecker in the small unmown area next to the sports field in Regent’s Park this evening. Something tasty to eat in there? After all, it’s all about giving things a chance. 🌸
March 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
2 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird and a Green Woodpecker in the small unmown area next to the sports field in Regent’s Park this evening. Something tasty to eat in there? After all, it’s all about giving things a chance. 🌸
The worst thing about the beginning of spring means that it’s also closer to ending 🌸
March 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The worst thing about the beginning of spring means that it’s also closer to ending 🌸
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Yeah Clench that’s more like it, get ‘em with the species epithets
March 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yeah Clench that’s more like it, get ‘em with the species epithets
There is nothing more satisfying in London commuter cycling world than overtaking men on their electric bicycles and making it look effortless (it’s not)
March 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
There is nothing more satisfying in London commuter cycling world than overtaking men on their electric bicycles and making it look effortless (it’s not)
Some recent updates… I’ve been taking a break from my PhD to work on some other projects: I’ve just finished the first, a UKRI-Innovate UK grant learning about biocontrol, mostly with parasitoids, in Brazil 🇧🇷 and Ghana 🇬🇭. Lots of knowledge gained and exchanged 🐝 @waspwoman.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some recent updates… I’ve been taking a break from my PhD to work on some other projects: I’ve just finished the first, a UKRI-Innovate UK grant learning about biocontrol, mostly with parasitoids, in Brazil 🇧🇷 and Ghana 🇬🇭. Lots of knowledge gained and exchanged 🐝 @waspwoman.bsky.social
My sheep phase. 🐑
February 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My sheep phase. 🐑
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Our new paper led by @manusaunders.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... takes stock of the evidence-base for global insect declines 🦋🐝🪳🪰🦗 and how uncertainty is being leveraged by science denialists to undermine efforts to reverse biodiversity loss 🌍🧪.
February 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our new paper led by @manusaunders.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... takes stock of the evidence-base for global insect declines 🦋🐝🪳🪰🦗 and how uncertainty is being leveraged by science denialists to undermine efforts to reverse biodiversity loss 🌍🧪.
I was looking for wasp nests this morning and came across this absolutely massive moth.
I thought it was dead so *obviously* I poked it but it was very much alive and flew straight at my face.
I love moths. 🇧🇷 🦋 🌙
I thought it was dead so *obviously* I poked it but it was very much alive and flew straight at my face.
I love moths. 🇧🇷 🦋 🌙
January 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I was looking for wasp nests this morning and came across this absolutely massive moth.
I thought it was dead so *obviously* I poked it but it was very much alive and flew straight at my face.
I love moths. 🇧🇷 🦋 🌙
I thought it was dead so *obviously* I poked it but it was very much alive and flew straight at my face.
I love moths. 🇧🇷 🦋 🌙
* Gavin Broad ID’d most of these. Amazing effort, looking forward to analysing these data! And thanks to all who sent in samples.
@ionace.bsky.social and I identified and databased 6,600 UK ichneumonoids light-trapped by an amazing crew of moth trappers in 2024. Wonderful dataset. Recent highlights: first Rogas luteus for over 100 years and Enicospilus myricae, haven’t seen since I described it in 2016.
January 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
* Gavin Broad ID’d most of these. Amazing effort, looking forward to analysing these data! And thanks to all who sent in samples.
Reposted by Iona Cunningham-Eurich
@ionace.bsky.social and I identified and databased 6,600 UK ichneumonoids light-trapped by an amazing crew of moth trappers in 2024. Wonderful dataset. Recent highlights: first Rogas luteus for over 100 years and Enicospilus myricae, haven’t seen since I described it in 2016.
January 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
@ionace.bsky.social and I identified and databased 6,600 UK ichneumonoids light-trapped by an amazing crew of moth trappers in 2024. Wonderful dataset. Recent highlights: first Rogas luteus for over 100 years and Enicospilus myricae, haven’t seen since I described it in 2016.
I think I’ve won Christmas this year. Black-winged Kite (aka top tier bird) portrait painted by my very own mother. 🦅🎄
December 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
I think I’ve won Christmas this year. Black-winged Kite (aka top tier bird) portrait painted by my very own mother. 🦅🎄
Salt and Pepper frogs legs anyone…? 🇫🇷 (Yes, I’m in France. No, I didn’t try them. It might come as a surprise (!) but no, this isn’t that common)
December 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Salt and Pepper frogs legs anyone…? 🇫🇷 (Yes, I’m in France. No, I didn’t try them. It might come as a surprise (!) but no, this isn’t that common)
First science talk since opening this BlueSky account — so here is my inaugural wasp-related post! Online #Hymathon2024 organised by the fabulous International Society of Hymenopterists team 🐝
Iona Cunningham-Eurich @ionace.bsky.social is untangling complex questions in parasitoid-host associations, with a case study from the braconid genus Aleiodes. Reliable rearing data and new analytical tools are crucial for understanding host specialization, coevolution, and biocontrol! #Hymathon2024
December 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM
First science talk since opening this BlueSky account — so here is my inaugural wasp-related post! Online #Hymathon2024 organised by the fabulous International Society of Hymenopterists team 🐝
Double Jay’s near Warren Street is hands down the best breakfast in London.
November 28, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Double Jay’s near Warren Street is hands down the best breakfast in London.