Eleanor
@eleanorpinkney.bsky.social
She/Her; MSci Biological Sciences at the University of Birmingham; Creator of the blog “Devilled Toads”; Interested in animals, extant and extinct
Had a wonderful first time at #lymeregis #fossilfestival. It had everything you could possibly want - interesting talks, book signings, palaeoart workshops, stalls full of merch, stunning weather, fossil hunting, good company, and best of all, a seal. I’ll be sure to return next year!
June 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Had a wonderful first time at #lymeregis #fossilfestival. It had everything you could possibly want - interesting talks, book signings, palaeoart workshops, stalls full of merch, stunning weather, fossil hunting, good company, and best of all, a seal. I’ll be sure to return next year!
Join me on the Chester Zoo Youth Board! Applications close Sunday 8th June.
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
June 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Join me on the Chester Zoo Youth Board! Applications close Sunday 8th June.
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
As a very late entry for #invertefest - a contest between two beadlet anemones filmed as part of the Uob Biosciences’ Adaptations to Aquatic Environments field course @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social’s Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire
April 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
As a very late entry for #invertefest - a contest between two beadlet anemones filmed as part of the Uob Biosciences’ Adaptations to Aquatic Environments field course @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social’s Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire
Happy Easter - please enjoy this selection of reptile photos from some recent visits to Dudley Zoo (the link with Easter was meant to be that they lay eggs, but it turns out that prehensile tailed skinks are viviparous)
April 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy Easter - please enjoy this selection of reptile photos from some recent visits to Dudley Zoo (the link with Easter was meant to be that they lay eggs, but it turns out that prehensile tailed skinks are viviparous)
For this #wilddogwednesday we have the pack at West Midlands Safari Park enjoying some enrichment.
March 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For this #wilddogwednesday we have the pack at West Midlands Safari Park enjoying some enrichment.
Happy (somewhat late) #wilddogwednesday!
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Happy (somewhat late) #wilddogwednesday!
I need to take more photos for #wilddogwednesday, but the fact that they keep coming out blurry isn’t helping!
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I need to take more photos for #wilddogwednesday, but the fact that they keep coming out blurry isn’t helping!
A few of my own photos from a very enjoyable trip to West Midlands Safari Park. It was a nice change getting to be a visitor rather than being there for data collection.
March 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A few of my own photos from a very enjoyable trip to West Midlands Safari Park. It was a nice change getting to be a visitor rather than being there for data collection.
Looking for photos for #WildDogWednesday I came across some I took at West Midlands Safari Park back in 2020. Even though they’re not great photos, I was excited to see the distinctive markings that I now use to identify these individuals for my data collection.
March 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Looking for photos for #WildDogWednesday I came across some I took at West Midlands Safari Park back in 2020. Even though they’re not great photos, I was excited to see the distinctive markings that I now use to identify these individuals for my data collection.
Happy #worldwildlifeday. To quote Sir David Attenborough, “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest”. I hope today you get to go out and experience the magic of nature and, in return, act to protect it.
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy #worldwildlifeday. To quote Sir David Attenborough, “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest”. I hope today you get to go out and experience the magic of nature and, in return, act to protect it.
Happy #DarwinDay - here we have the Huxley Room @morethanadodo.bsky.social which I was lucky enough to see on a trip for Lapworth Museum volunteers. This is where the famous Great Debate was held in 1860 - the first public debate on Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy #DarwinDay - here we have the Huxley Room @morethanadodo.bsky.social which I was lucky enough to see on a trip for Lapworth Museum volunteers. This is where the famous Great Debate was held in 1860 - the first public debate on Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
This #wilddogwednesday comes to you from Chester Zoo, with photos taken by @harrybridger.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This #wilddogwednesday comes to you from Chester Zoo, with photos taken by @harrybridger.bsky.social
Another week, another #wilddogwednesday. These photos were taken during the snow we had in November.
February 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Another week, another #wilddogwednesday. These photos were taken during the snow we had in November.
I’ve decided that #wilddogwednesday needs to become a thing. I’m kicking things off this week with a video of the pack in the drive through enclosure at West Midlands Safari Park.
January 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’ve decided that #wilddogwednesday needs to become a thing. I’m kicking things off this week with a video of the pack in the drive through enclosure at West Midlands Safari Park.
For this #caturday we have the snow leopards @twycrosszoo.bsky.social - and a reminder to check out my review of Twycross on @devilledtoads.bsky.social (just follow this link sites.google.com/view/deville...)
January 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
For this #caturday we have the snow leopards @twycrosszoo.bsky.social - and a reminder to check out my review of Twycross on @devilledtoads.bsky.social (just follow this link sites.google.com/view/deville...)
In case anyone else stumbles on this, I’ve found an image of sea pork by Ryan Hodnett for comparison (commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...)
January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In case anyone else stumbles on this, I’ve found an image of sea pork by Ryan Hodnett for comparison (commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...)
For #WhatsItWednesday we have ‘sea pork’ - the common name for a tunicate. Tunicates are marine invertebrates, and many live as a colony of zooids. The thing I found is the goopy protective ‘tunic’ they live in. I visited Rhyl just after bad weather, which probably ripped them off the sea floor.
January 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
For #WhatsItWednesday we have ‘sea pork’ - the common name for a tunicate. Tunicates are marine invertebrates, and many live as a colony of zooids. The thing I found is the goopy protective ‘tunic’ they live in. I visited Rhyl just after bad weather, which probably ripped them off the sea floor.
Cinnabar moth photographed by Ben Sale (2022) (commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...)
and cinnabar mineral by James St John (2008) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
and cinnabar mineral by James St John (2008) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
January 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cinnabar moth photographed by Ben Sale (2022) (commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...)
and cinnabar mineral by James St John (2008) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
and cinnabar mineral by James St John (2008) (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...)
I might be studying African wild dogs, but that doesn’t stop me taking part in #caturday. Daseep and Joao on a recent visit to Dudley Zoo.
January 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I might be studying African wild dogs, but that doesn’t stop me taking part in #caturday. Daseep and Joao on a recent visit to Dudley Zoo.
It might feel like I’m the only student at the University of Birmingham who hasn’t seen the Oxfordshire trackways (check out Digging for Britain if you somehow missed it). However I can still join the Megalosaurus fun this #fossilfriday with the original jaw @morethanadodo.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It might feel like I’m the only student at the University of Birmingham who hasn’t seen the Oxfordshire trackways (check out Digging for Britain if you somehow missed it). However I can still join the Megalosaurus fun this #fossilfriday with the original jaw @morethanadodo.bsky.social
I’m slightly obsessed with the Blaschka models, if you ever go to @nhm-london.bsky.social you must make sure you go and see them in the Treasures Gallery. It’s on my bucket list to see the Harvard glass flowers.
January 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I’m slightly obsessed with the Blaschka models, if you ever go to @nhm-london.bsky.social you must make sure you go and see them in the Treasures Gallery. It’s on my bucket list to see the Harvard glass flowers.
A selection of concerned looking primates from my recent visit to Dudley Zoo
January 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A selection of concerned looking primates from my recent visit to Dudley Zoo