Matt Grainger
@drmattg.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary scientist specialising in modelling the complexities of conservation & sustainability, as well as evidence synthesis; with a sideline in pheasants. Researcher at NINA(Norwegian Institute for Nature Research), Trondheim.
This years open, reproducible & transparent science course is underway. There is always one «student» who falls asleep in the back!
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This years open, reproducible & transparent science course is underway. There is always one «student» who falls asleep in the back!
We said goodbye to summer last night and hello to winter this morning. This is our last winter in our “cabin in the woods” - it is going to be hard to say goodbye
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
We said goodbye to summer last night and hello to winter this morning. This is our last winter in our “cabin in the woods” - it is going to be hard to say goodbye
I’m at the stage of the holiday when my mind turns back to research. Does anyone know of a high quality systematic review on the effectiveness of bird scaring devices? These ones don’t seem to work well. (If you have pictures of them failing that would be interesting too!)
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I’m at the stage of the holiday when my mind turns back to research. Does anyone know of a high quality systematic review on the effectiveness of bird scaring devices? These ones don’t seem to work well. (If you have pictures of them failing that would be interesting too!)
New balcony bird…It’s been a windy and wet day today so I think he was looking to come inside and warm up by the fire.
August 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New balcony bird…It’s been a windy and wet day today so I think he was looking to come inside and warm up by the fire.
The face of someone who doesn’t have to go to work today after she knocked all the artwork off the side by “making her bed” at 01:30 this morning.
August 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The face of someone who doesn’t have to go to work today after she knocked all the artwork off the side by “making her bed” at 01:30 this morning.
Flikk meeting new friends this morning
August 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Flikk meeting new friends this morning
Trying to have a meeting with this going on in the background.
July 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Trying to have a meeting with this going on in the background.
Flikk and I had to take some evasive action and hide in the neighbours garden this morning as this fella took a dislike to Flikk.
July 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Flikk and I had to take some evasive action and hide in the neighbours garden this morning as this fella took a dislike to Flikk.
Bumped in to this little fox on my way back from the gym. He had caught a blackbird (svarttrost) and was heading back to his home along the road (one of the neighbours has the den in their garden)
July 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bumped in to this little fox on my way back from the gym. He had caught a blackbird (svarttrost) and was heading back to his home along the road (one of the neighbours has the den in their garden)
Going in to the office in July in Norway is what I imagine boarding the Marie Celeste must have been like (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ce...).
July 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Going in to the office in July in Norway is what I imagine boarding the Marie Celeste must have been like (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ce...).
How effective are perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for forest regeneration? New publication brilliantly led by Jelaine! doi.org/10.1186/s137... "We recommend...natural perches be preserved... but in areas lacking these...explore the use of artificial or semi-natural perches"
June 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
How effective are perches in promoting bird-mediated seed dispersal for forest regeneration? New publication brilliantly led by Jelaine! doi.org/10.1186/s137... "We recommend...natural perches be preserved... but in areas lacking these...explore the use of artificial or semi-natural perches"
Flikk and I had a long ride back up the hill from town. We had a pitstop halfway up and then both of us collapsed on the lawn when we reached the finish.
May 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Flikk and I had a long ride back up the hill from town. We had a pitstop halfway up and then both of us collapsed on the lawn when we reached the finish.
First moose of the spring. A yearling who looked to be in great condition.
May 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
First moose of the spring. A yearling who looked to be in great condition.
Leaving a rainy/snowy cold Trondheim for the bright lights of London. And by «bright lights» I of course mean all the participants of this years first ESHackathon event! I’m looking forward to developing existing and new tools to support #evidencesynthesis across disciplines.
May 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Leaving a rainy/snowy cold Trondheim for the bright lights of London. And by «bright lights» I of course mean all the participants of this years first ESHackathon event! I’m looking forward to developing existing and new tools to support #evidencesynthesis across disciplines.
This Roe deer has been hanging around the house for the last few days despite Flikk’s best efforts to defend her garden.
April 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This Roe deer has been hanging around the house for the last few days despite Flikk’s best efforts to defend her garden.
Really nice talk about common Greenshank breeding ecology by @bksandercock.bsky.social from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social. Taking data from 40-90 years ago to estimate demographics using modern methods. Females could be individually identified from egg patterns! #NOF2025
April 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Really nice talk about common Greenshank breeding ecology by @bksandercock.bsky.social from @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social. Taking data from 40-90 years ago to estimate demographics using modern methods. Females could be individually identified from egg patterns! #NOF2025
Not much snow is left now (too much rain and too warm) so we got the bike out for the first run out in spring
April 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not much snow is left now (too much rain and too warm) so we got the bike out for the first run out in spring
Nordlys over Bymarka
March 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nordlys over Bymarka
Flikk getting into the VM (skiing world championships) spirit by competing in the standing snow shovel catch event today in Trondheim.
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Flikk getting into the VM (skiing world championships) spirit by competing in the standing snow shovel catch event today in Trondheim.
How it started…. How it ended.
February 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How it started…. How it ended.
Only 47 of the papers found in ProQuest are also found in WoS. If you were to search only on WoS you would potentially miss 59 papers that could be relevant to your study. (3/3)
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Only 47 of the papers found in ProQuest are also found in WoS. If you were to search only on WoS you would potentially miss 59 papers that could be relevant to your study. (3/3)
i dag fikk jeg permanent opphold i norge!!!! Neste trinn - statsborgerskap.
Today I got permanent residency in Norway. Next step - citizenship
Today I got permanent residency in Norway. Next step - citizenship
January 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
i dag fikk jeg permanent opphold i norge!!!! Neste trinn - statsborgerskap.
Today I got permanent residency in Norway. Next step - citizenship
Today I got permanent residency in Norway. Next step - citizenship
Flikk taking us back down the hill in to Røros over the weekend.
January 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Flikk taking us back down the hill in to Røros over the weekend.
This was a great collaboration with Maximus, Gav and @elinatakola.bsky.social. We show how network meta-analysis, a method common in medicine, could be applied in ecology. Preprint (prior to peer-review) is here: doi.org/10.32942/X2J... #evidenceSynthesis #metaanalysis
January 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This was a great collaboration with Maximus, Gav and @elinatakola.bsky.social. We show how network meta-analysis, a method common in medicine, could be applied in ecology. Preprint (prior to peer-review) is here: doi.org/10.32942/X2J... #evidenceSynthesis #metaanalysis
Great skiing conditions today. Flikk is ready for her second lunch now - she did a lot of hard pulling coming back down the mountain.
January 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great skiing conditions today. Flikk is ready for her second lunch now - she did a lot of hard pulling coming back down the mountain.