Richard Ostler
@rostler.bsky.social
Agriculture data at Rothamsted Research, Elixir-UK data fellow, FAIR advocate and RDM culture change. Views my own.
Quick lunch time walk at Grafham rewarded me with a lot of ducks, a couple of Great White egrets and good views of two Black Tailed Godwits from Valley Creek...but they were the only waders seen @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Quick lunch time walk at Grafham rewarded me with a lot of ducks, a couple of Great White egrets and good views of two Black Tailed Godwits from Valley Creek...but they were the only waders seen @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Cancelled my OpenAI subscription, and taken out a subscription to the @theguardian.com instead. #feelgoodfriday
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cancelled my OpenAI subscription, and taken out a subscription to the @theguardian.com instead. #feelgoodfriday
Not sure it's the best way, but I guess it's one way to top up #Grafham water @anglianwater.bsky.social (leak has been reported!)
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Not sure it's the best way, but I guess it's one way to top up #Grafham water @anglianwater.bsky.social (leak has been reported!)
We had a cracking weekend for the first @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Great entries from the teams and somethings for us to think about on how we present our data! The winning team developed a data explorer for the long-term experiments, with potential to customise for different stakeholders.
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We had a cracking weekend for the first @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Great entries from the teams and somethings for us to think about on how we present our data! The winning team developed a data explorer for the long-term experiments, with potential to customise for different stakeholders.
The teams are knuckling down for the final 5 hours of the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Emerging themes around data visualisations to illustrate complex long-term data combing yields, weather and insect data.
September 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The teams are knuckling down for the final 5 hours of the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Emerging themes around data visualisations to illustrate complex long-term data combing yields, weather and insect data.
In all the excitement I neglected to post anything yesterday about the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data #hackathon at the Royal Agricultural University! I ledt one team working past midnight, and now they're all tucking into breakfast ready for a few more hours coding. Lokking forward to the results!
September 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In all the excitement I neglected to post anything yesterday about the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data #hackathon at the Royal Agricultural University! I ledt one team working past midnight, and now they're all tucking into breakfast ready for a few more hours coding. Lokking forward to the results!
Cracking wader morning at #Grafham, 2 curlew sandpiper, 2 little ringed plover, common sandpiper, ruff and dunlin from Mander/valley creek. 2 spotted sandpiper, 4 greenshank, 1 common sandpiper plus a couple of pintail from Littleless Creek. But Dudney was empty! Scope video of the Green and Spotted
September 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Cracking wader morning at #Grafham, 2 curlew sandpiper, 2 little ringed plover, common sandpiper, ruff and dunlin from Mander/valley creek. 2 spotted sandpiper, 4 greenshank, 1 common sandpiper plus a couple of pintail from Littleless Creek. But Dudney was empty! Scope video of the Green and Spotted
Forget AI, one massive productivity gain would be people using #MSWord headings correctly. Reviewing an 84 page doc without simple navigation is a sod.
September 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Forget AI, one massive productivity gain would be people using #MSWord headings correctly. Reviewing an 84 page doc without simple navigation is a sod.
Any ideas what this is. I'm guessing sone sort of sensor? Screwed in to an oak, the top has a metal pin enclosed by a spring. @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Any ideas what this is. I'm guessing sone sort of sensor? Screwed in to an oak, the top has a metal pin enclosed by a spring. @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
I'm now timing my runs to end when the heatpump comes on for some outside aircon 🥵
August 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I'm now timing my runs to end when the heatpump comes on for some outside aircon 🥵
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What's the true value of a hedgerow? Or a diverse landscape when it comes to mitigating field edge yield declines? Our new paper out today might have some of the answers doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What's the true value of a hedgerow? Or a diverse landscape when it comes to mitigating field edge yield declines? Our new paper out today might have some of the answers doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Interested in #agdata? Then join us at the @rothamsted.bsky.social data hackathon using the rich long-term data from our Long-term experiments, North Wyke Farm Platform and Insect Survey @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social, @thefarmplatform.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/rotha...
July 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interested in #agdata? Then join us at the @rothamsted.bsky.social data hackathon using the rich long-term data from our Long-term experiments, North Wyke Farm Platform and Insect Survey @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social, @thefarmplatform.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/rotha...
Brown tufted duck? With a red bill? Grafham Water @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Brown tufted duck? With a red bill? Grafham Water @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Smew at #Grafham water lagoons, Northeast corner pool @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social (crap phone pic through scope)
May 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Smew at #Grafham water lagoons, Northeast corner pool @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social (crap phone pic through scope)
Walk around Grafham marred this morning by 6 "wild campers" or ignorant twats who decided to chuck two bin bags of rubbish into the reservoir. On the plus side, great views of a common sandpiper and Reed warbler by the fishing lodge harbour
May 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Walk around Grafham marred this morning by 6 "wild campers" or ignorant twats who decided to chuck two bin bags of rubbish into the reservoir. On the plus side, great views of a common sandpiper and Reed warbler by the fishing lodge harbour
Lovely evening around #Grafhamwater lagoons, topped by a couple of bursts of song from a Cetti's warbler near the hide. #cambsbirds
April 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Lovely evening around #Grafhamwater lagoons, topped by a couple of bursts of song from a Cetti's warbler near the hide. #cambsbirds
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Recognition at last! Our Park Grass experiment a question on last night's BBC 2 University Challenge 📺👏👏
At 5' 53"...we have no words @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
At 5' 53"...we have no words @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
University Challenge - 2024/25: 34. Queen's, Belfast v Bristol
It's the last of the quarter-finals. Who will take the final place in the semis? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Recognition at last! Our Park Grass experiment a question on last night's BBC 2 University Challenge 📺👏👏
At 5' 53"...we have no words @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
At 5' 53"...we have no words @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
I'll be running our first online training session for electronic research notebooks tomorrow using #MSTeams polls to keep up engagement and limit passive attendance. Testing the functionality and it looks ok... #researchculture
March 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'll be running our first online training session for electronic research notebooks tomorrow using #MSTeams polls to keep up engagement and limit passive attendance. Testing the functionality and it looks ok... #researchculture
Terrible photo, but is this some sort of greylag/canada goose hybrid? #ukbirding. It was with a few Canada geese.
March 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Terrible photo, but is this some sort of greylag/canada goose hybrid? #ukbirding. It was with a few Canada geese.
Surely it's not April 1st already?
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Surely it's not April 1st already?
Reposted by Richard Ostler
Great Opportunity to join the fantastic team at Rothamsted Research, North Wyke.
jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/80...
jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/80...
Farm Technician in EX20 2SB, Devon, UK | Rothamsted Research
View details and apply for this Farm Technician vacancy in EX20 2SB, Devon, UK.
Are you passionate about farming and looking for a hands-on role where you can make a real impact?
Do you like le...
jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Great Opportunity to join the fantastic team at Rothamsted Research, North Wyke.
jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/80...
jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/80...
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Two NEW @rothamsted.bsky.social #Broadbalk datasets now available - #potato yields 1968-1996 and #oats yields 1996-2022. doi.org/10.23637/rbk..., doi.org/10.23637/rbk... #opendata #agsky
eRA Dataset: 01-POTYIELD - Broadbalk potato tuber yields 1968-1996
Annual potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i>) tuber yields for each treatment plot of the Broadbalk Experiment, with details of all fertilizer and manure applications. Also other agronomic information, inc...
doi.org
March 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Two NEW @rothamsted.bsky.social #Broadbalk datasets now available - #potato yields 1968-1996 and #oats yields 1996-2022. doi.org/10.23637/rbk..., doi.org/10.23637/rbk... #opendata #agsky