Provides insight for locations needing protection, habitat restoration or species reintroductions. Example: the White Peak, Derbyshire UK
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Comparisons of species connectivity value land with the National Character Area Framework.

Species connectivity pathways reducing, becoming diffuse, a north/south divide opening up, as species disperse to favoured climes.

Addresses nationally important vulnerable species: butterflies, moths, curlew, dipper, marsh tit, willow tit, hazel dormouse, otter, water vole – and more!

New paper!
Possibly (one of) the first ever portrayals of circuit theory species connectivity, stacked for multi-species, over three climate change scenarios.
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Written by moi with some amazing friends @chrissuthy.bsky.social

hare whisperin, Scottish Borders

Peak District UK ~1,000 mountain hares hares = viable..?? Causes of mortality unknown. If decline not arrested, soon extinct?

Mountain hares persisting on Bleaklow, disappearing on Margery Hill.

Mountain hare abundance - 58% drop

Compelling distance sampling results. If you need help interpreting survey protocols & analysis, as always, be welcome to reach out to me

Daytime surveys = highly effective = 1 in 5 of population white hares visible against brown vegetation, to range >500 metres.

Surveys 2017 to 2024 covered 960km, recording 2,589 mountain hares.

2025 surveys mountain hares, Peak District, England - finished. Lowest counts since started 2017....

From 2025 survey day #6 Peak District UK. #mountainhare white pelage camo mismatch, predator vulnerable, is a noon snooze worth the risk...?

Survey day #10. Systematic repeat transects. Brutal waist deep heather. Since 9 years, lowest mountain hare count ever

Happy National #mountainhare Day !!!
yes we still care about these things... don't we ... ?

Survey day #2 effort=11km, mountain hare observations = 11

Welcome Blue Sky
Resuming business
16/1/2025 scorchio weather
Peak District UK
Commencing 9th yr
systematic surveys mountain hares. 15km later, sightings = 0

Data Science folk !
Pls seek advice computer processing
Using 16GB RAM AMD Ryzen 7 5700u 1801 Mhz 8 Cores 16 Logic Proc
Processing 2 x 300mb files RStudio & Julia - 5-8hrs
Often insufficient memory, crashes.....
Please recommendations? Thank you. :-)
It's my own £ for new one, please not too ££