Sam Thompson
@smthmpsn.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Oxford studying bird flight, vision and collisions | Freelance Tutor for the Field Studies Council
First publication! 🥳 Very excited that my Master’s research project from @royalholloway.bsky.social is out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social this week. Big thank you to @sjportugal.bsky.social for all the support from start to finish.
Please don’t come for me Britney…
Please don’t come for me Britney…
New paper out today in Ecology and Evolution! Link below. Congrats PhD student @smthmpsn.bsky.social, on your first paper. All about how wild birds learn to avoid a novel aposematic warning signal. And a nice nod to Britney Spears in the paper title.
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
First publication! 🥳 Very excited that my Master’s research project from @royalholloway.bsky.social is out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social this week. Big thank you to @sjportugal.bsky.social for all the support from start to finish.
Please don’t come for me Britney…
Please don’t come for me Britney…
Reposted by Sam Thompson
Nice to welcome my new DPhil students with an evening at St Hugh’s College. Welcome Gayatri Kumar, @smthmpsn.bsky.social and @ghtrabin.bsky.social. The White Stork was not part of the formal evening, but I was pleased to see it and grab a photo earlier in the week.
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Nice to welcome my new DPhil students with an evening at St Hugh’s College. Welcome Gayatri Kumar, @smthmpsn.bsky.social and @ghtrabin.bsky.social. The White Stork was not part of the formal evening, but I was pleased to see it and grab a photo earlier in the week.
My first go at a pigeon release. Just 10 mins and they’ll be back home.
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My first go at a pigeon release. Just 10 mins and they’ll be back home.
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
Reposted by Sam Thompson
Welcome @smthmpsn.bsky.social, both to BlueSky and to starting your PhD at Oxford! Sam will be studying how birds in flocks respond to objects in their flight paths.
October 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Welcome @smthmpsn.bsky.social, both to BlueSky and to starting your PhD at Oxford! Sam will be studying how birds in flocks respond to objects in their flight paths.