Simon Pinder
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Very pleased to share my first PhD paper, out now in @consbiog.bsky.social:
Backstrom, L. J., Drake, R. L., Worthington, H., & Johnston, A. (2025). Detections of Rare Species Lead Citizen Scientists to Initiate Data Recording. Diversity and Distributions, 31(10), e70103. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... ⤵️
Backstrom, L. J., Drake, R. L., Worthington, H., & Johnston, A. (2025). Detections of Rare Species Lead Citizen Scientists to Initiate Data Recording. Diversity and Distributions, 31(10), e70103. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... ⤵️
Detections of Rare Species Lead Citizen Scientists to Initiate Data Recording
Aim Citizen science data are increasingly used to monitor biodiversity but come with several challenges that can impair accurate ecological conclusions. We explore how observers' preferences for cer...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Very pleased to share my first PhD paper, out now in @consbiog.bsky.social:
Backstrom, L. J., Drake, R. L., Worthington, H., & Johnston, A. (2025). Detections of Rare Species Lead Citizen Scientists to Initiate Data Recording. Diversity and Distributions, 31(10), e70103. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... ⤵️
Backstrom, L. J., Drake, R. L., Worthington, H., & Johnston, A. (2025). Detections of Rare Species Lead Citizen Scientists to Initiate Data Recording. Diversity and Distributions, 31(10), e70103. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... ⤵️
Quite pleased to find this 1 cy Caspian Gull at Angle Park this evening. Not many records for Fife. Fewer than 5 I think accepted.
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Quite pleased to find this 1 cy Caspian Gull at Angle Park this evening. Not many records for Fife. Fewer than 5 I think accepted.
Male and female gang-gang cockatoos from Victoria, Australia earlier in the year.
May 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Male and female gang-gang cockatoos from Victoria, Australia earlier in the year.
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This is terrible. Discarded by-catch resulting from near shore bottom trawling in Scotland. Destructive, wasteful, and should be banned outright...
March 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This is terrible. Discarded by-catch resulting from near shore bottom trawling in Scotland. Destructive, wasteful, and should be banned outright...
Purple hairstreak egg on a wind thrown oak crown at Lindores, Fife this afternoon. Easy to find when the top of the tree is eye level.
February 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Purple hairstreak egg on a wind thrown oak crown at Lindores, Fife this afternoon. Easy to find when the top of the tree is eye level.
Otter hunting at Wilderness this afternoon.
December 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Otter hunting at Wilderness this afternoon.
Freshly dead and partially predated little auk this afternoon at Ruddon’s Point. Turns out they do a bit of a neck.
December 13, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Freshly dead and partially predated little auk this afternoon at Ruddon’s Point. Turns out they do a bit of a neck.
Caught the last of the light at Angle Park after work. Smew, two great white egrets, merlin and whooper swan, but the sunset over the Lomond hills the best.
November 11, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Caught the last of the light at Angle Park after work. Smew, two great white egrets, merlin and whooper swan, but the sunset over the Lomond hills the best.