@eshilland.bsky.social
London NERC DTP PhD student @NHM/QMUL/UCL. Aquatic botany. Biological recorder. Live on a farm. He/him.
Lol. Straight to FR24 to check.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Lol. Straight to FR24 to check.
Reposted
We've known for a long time fireworks are a major source of sudden disturbance for birds, and published earlier work in Behavioral Ecology documenting this for the first time using the Dutch weather radars operated by @knmi.bsky.social.
Read the earlier study here: doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Read the earlier study here: doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Birds flee en mass from New Year’s Eve fireworks
Abstract. Anthropogenic disturbances of wildlife, such as noise, human presence, hunting activity, and motor vehicles, are becoming an increasing concern i
doi.org
December 30, 2024 at 10:57 AM
We've known for a long time fireworks are a major source of sudden disturbance for birds, and published earlier work in Behavioral Ecology documenting this for the first time using the Dutch weather radars operated by @knmi.bsky.social.
Read the earlier study here: doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Read the earlier study here: doi.org/10.1093/behe...
Ah. Was just reporting recent finds. Nothing too unusual and no Hoopoes!!
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Ah. Was just reporting recent finds. Nothing too unusual and no Hoopoes!!
Sounds like a good afternoon out.
October 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sounds like a good afternoon out.
Been a pair on the fence posts near the cottages. Check out the sunflowers for mixed finches🙂
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Been a pair on the fence posts near the cottages. Check out the sunflowers for mixed finches🙂
Try Matthew Shepherd from NE. Don’t think he’s on here but does admin a FB group called Soil Biodiversity UK and is a soil mite expert.
www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-s...
www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-s...
www.linkedin.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Try Matthew Shepherd from NE. Don’t think he’s on here but does admin a FB group called Soil Biodiversity UK and is a soil mite expert.
www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-s...
www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-s...
Did it come in on your boots🙂?
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Did it come in on your boots🙂?
All power to your elbow Astrid!
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
All power to your elbow Astrid!
I’m guessing they might not need _all_ of it..
October 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’m guessing they might not need _all_ of it..
If you can bear to part with it, arc trust can use sloughs for genetic studies - see here:
www.arc-trust.org/genebank
www.arc-trust.org/genebank
Reptile Genebank
Send in snake sloughs (shed skins) and help to build up a ‘Reptile Genebank'
www.arc-trust.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you can bear to part with it, arc trust can use sloughs for genetic studies - see here:
www.arc-trust.org/genebank
www.arc-trust.org/genebank