Chris
@fife-chris.bsky.social
Ecology, nature, science, mountains…. In any combination!
A post #StormAmy site visit showed that our precipitation collection funnel (for chemical analysis of rainfall) had been toppled by the 108 mph winds, but otherwise most equipment survived unscathed. First time this has happened since @ukecn.bsky.social long-term monitoring began here 25 years ago.
October 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A post #StormAmy site visit showed that our precipitation collection funnel (for chemical analysis of rainfall) had been toppled by the 108 mph winds, but otherwise most equipment survived unscathed. First time this has happened since @ukecn.bsky.social long-term monitoring began here 25 years ago.
A windy night in the #Cairngorms with our @ukecn.bsky.social weather station located at 700 m recording a gust of 106 mph and sustained winds of 75 mph as #StormAmy rolled through. That’s our highest recorded gust since Dec 2011, 14 years ago!
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A windy night in the #Cairngorms with our @ukecn.bsky.social weather station located at 700 m recording a gust of 106 mph and sustained winds of 75 mph as #StormAmy rolled through. That’s our highest recorded gust since Dec 2011, 14 years ago!
A second remote Birdweather PUC set up at our @ukecn.bsky.social long term monitoring site in the Cairngorms.
I like the #BWPUC as it provides realtime #bioacoustic data whilst reducing data storage and post-processing requirements. It also makes outreach and stakeholder engagement easy!
I like the #BWPUC as it provides realtime #bioacoustic data whilst reducing data storage and post-processing requirements. It also makes outreach and stakeholder engagement easy!
August 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A second remote Birdweather PUC set up at our @ukecn.bsky.social long term monitoring site in the Cairngorms.
I like the #BWPUC as it provides realtime #bioacoustic data whilst reducing data storage and post-processing requirements. It also makes outreach and stakeholder engagement easy!
I like the #BWPUC as it provides realtime #bioacoustic data whilst reducing data storage and post-processing requirements. It also makes outreach and stakeholder engagement easy!
Reposted by Chris
As @royentsoc.bsky.social #InsectWeek begins, we’re excited to share the latest @pomscheme.bsky.social annual report 🐝🪰🪲
Explore this year’s findings and help us welcome The RHS as a new PoMS partner! 👏🏼
Planting a variety of flowers and creating diverse habitats is key for pollinators 🌼
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Explore this year’s findings and help us welcome The RHS as a new PoMS partner! 👏🏼
Planting a variety of flowers and creating diverse habitats is key for pollinators 🌼
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June 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As @royentsoc.bsky.social #InsectWeek begins, we’re excited to share the latest @pomscheme.bsky.social annual report 🐝🪰🪲
Explore this year’s findings and help us welcome The RHS as a new PoMS partner! 👏🏼
Planting a variety of flowers and creating diverse habitats is key for pollinators 🌼
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Explore this year’s findings and help us welcome The RHS as a new PoMS partner! 👏🏼
Planting a variety of flowers and creating diverse habitats is key for pollinators 🌼
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Phenomenal last day of the spring holiday in #Aberdeenshire, with incredible views of a pod of 6 Orca (inc a juvenile) hunting seals a few hundred meters off the coast at Peterhead. At one point the unfortunate seal was launched about 7m skyward!
#Orca #Peterhead #Bririshwildlife
#Orca #Peterhead #Bririshwildlife
April 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Phenomenal last day of the spring holiday in #Aberdeenshire, with incredible views of a pod of 6 Orca (inc a juvenile) hunting seals a few hundred meters off the coast at Peterhead. At one point the unfortunate seal was launched about 7m skyward!
#Orca #Peterhead #Bririshwildlife
#Orca #Peterhead #Bririshwildlife
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The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
I love fieldwork at this time of year. Another day in the #Cairngorns for @ukecn.bsky.social and the light was again a delight.
This time calm clear air allowed exceptional views to Ben Nevis some 50 miles to the West, whilst ice/frost covered #lochinsh and the trees down in #strathspey
This time calm clear air allowed exceptional views to Ben Nevis some 50 miles to the West, whilst ice/frost covered #lochinsh and the trees down in #strathspey
December 12, 2024 at 7:03 PM
I love fieldwork at this time of year. Another day in the #Cairngorns for @ukecn.bsky.social and the light was again a delight.
This time calm clear air allowed exceptional views to Ben Nevis some 50 miles to the West, whilst ice/frost covered #lochinsh and the trees down in #strathspey
This time calm clear air allowed exceptional views to Ben Nevis some 50 miles to the West, whilst ice/frost covered #lochinsh and the trees down in #strathspey
Islands and #seabirds instead of mountains were the focus of today’s #ecology surveys. Same fantastic winter light though!
Amazing what uninhabited places exist just a short boat ride #Edinburgh
Amazing what uninhabited places exist just a short boat ride #Edinburgh
December 10, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Islands and #seabirds instead of mountains were the focus of today’s #ecology surveys. Same fantastic winter light though!
Amazing what uninhabited places exist just a short boat ride #Edinburgh
Amazing what uninhabited places exist just a short boat ride #Edinburgh
More fantastic light over a soggy looking #inshmarshes in the #Cairngorms whilst coming off the hill again today.
It would all be so much more enjoyable without nearly 20 kg of tools and weather station on my back though! All for the love of #science 😅
It would all be so much more enjoyable without nearly 20 kg of tools and weather station on my back though! All for the love of #science 😅
November 26, 2024 at 7:35 PM
More fantastic light over a soggy looking #inshmarshes in the #Cairngorms whilst coming off the hill again today.
It would all be so much more enjoyable without nearly 20 kg of tools and weather station on my back though! All for the love of #science 😅
It would all be so much more enjoyable without nearly 20 kg of tools and weather station on my back though! All for the love of #science 😅
For all my years working in the #Cairngorms, I haven’t often come off the hill in the gloaming. I must say the light this evening was beautiful. A lovely November day collecting long-term environmental data.
November 12, 2024 at 9:35 PM
For all my years working in the #Cairngorms, I haven’t often come off the hill in the gloaming. I must say the light this evening was beautiful. A lovely November day collecting long-term environmental data.
Yesterday I saw my first wild UK #beaver. 🤩
The joy of that encounter for me, just 10 mins from home, with added whoops of joy from my daughter, was pure magic. That’s 1 of my 2 wild UK must sees completed. Just an orca to go!
#britishwildlife #Fife #nature #lifegoals
The joy of that encounter for me, just 10 mins from home, with added whoops of joy from my daughter, was pure magic. That’s 1 of my 2 wild UK must sees completed. Just an orca to go!
#britishwildlife #Fife #nature #lifegoals
October 6, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Yesterday I saw my first wild UK #beaver. 🤩
The joy of that encounter for me, just 10 mins from home, with added whoops of joy from my daughter, was pure magic. That’s 1 of my 2 wild UK must sees completed. Just an orca to go!
#britishwildlife #Fife #nature #lifegoals
The joy of that encounter for me, just 10 mins from home, with added whoops of joy from my daughter, was pure magic. That’s 1 of my 2 wild UK must sees completed. Just an orca to go!
#britishwildlife #Fife #nature #lifegoals