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Ciarán Dolan
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MRes student @uniexecec.bsky.social looking at the foraging ecology of minke whales using stable isotope analysis.
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This week I attended the @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social conference to present some of the work from my MRes on minke whale foraging ecology - a first in poster format. Congratulations to the award winners and a huge thank you to the committee for the organisation that went into it.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I turned my attention inland over the weekend - to birds 🐦. After storm Eowyn had passed, I took part in the #RSPB #BigGardenBirdwatch. After a very exciting hour, we had 15 different species recorded, including three species of tit, the humble wood pigeon, and a treecreeper!
A great tit hangs onto a bird seed feeder with a piece of pink feed in its mouth. It has a black head with white cheeks, and a yellow body with a black strip down its front. A blue tit perches on a branch whilst flitting between feeding stations. It is small, with a blue scalp, white face, and a black line running from the back of its head, over its eye to its beak. It has a yellow body, with a black strip running down its front. A wood pigeon, sits on a garden wall. It is mostly grey with a white patch on its neck. It also has a bulbous head and an orange beak. A long-tailed tit takes off from a suet ball cage. Looking a bit like a cake pop, it has a small plump body with a long tail. They are pale-pinkish colour with black eyebrows and a white strip down the centre of their head.
January 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM