Fiona Mathews
@fionamathews.bsky.social
Professor Environmental Biology. #wildlife #conservation. Red List British Mammals; State of Nature UK; Black Ops & Beaver Bombing. Loves bats. Project on Andean bears (Paddington!). Chair Mammal Conservation Europe. Sussex Uni @MathewsFiona (X). 🦇🐻🌍🐾
Meet the harlequin frogs that sued a state! In Ecuador, the Rights of Nature are recognised so a case in their name succesfully argued the government had failed in its duty of care by granting permission for a copper mine. Mining has stopped. #RightsofNature #frogs #nature #wildlife
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Meet the harlequin frogs that sued a state! In Ecuador, the Rights of Nature are recognised so a case in their name succesfully argued the government had failed in its duty of care by granting permission for a copper mine. Mining has stopped. #RightsofNature #frogs #nature #wildlife
Just a few of the microplastics we've been finding in the beetles and bugs eaten by hedgehogs. Great to be joined by almost 200 people for this morning's webinar about our research @emilyzoologist1.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk 🦔🌍 #plasticpollution #hedgehogs
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just a few of the microplastics we've been finding in the beetles and bugs eaten by hedgehogs. Great to be joined by almost 200 people for this morning's webinar about our research @emilyzoologist1.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk 🦔🌍 #plasticpollution #hedgehogs
Look at this beautiful bat! Delighted to be welcoming Fred Touzalin to talk to us about his amazing work on Greater Mouse-eared bats, from conservation to molecular biology and disease dynamics. Look at the photo too! 🦇🦇🦤
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Look at this beautiful bat! Delighted to be welcoming Fred Touzalin to talk to us about his amazing work on Greater Mouse-eared bats, from conservation to molecular biology and disease dynamics. Look at the photo too! 🦇🦇🦤
Estoy muy preocupado sobre el referendum en Ecuador mañana. No tires tu constitución única! El futuro de tu país precioso, y las vidas de tus hijos dependen de ti! #Ecuador #referendum #rightsofnature 🇪🇨🌎
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Estoy muy preocupado sobre el referendum en Ecuador mañana. No tires tu constitución única! El futuro de tu país precioso, y las vidas de tus hijos dependen de ti! #Ecuador #referendum #rightsofnature 🇪🇨🌎
The eyes of the world should be on Ecuador tomorrow. The Trump-backed government is holding a referendum to permit US military bases in the Galapagos, and allow changes to the country's unique constitution to facilitate mining, threatening the rights of nature and indigenous people. Disastrous! 🦤🐢🌎
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The eyes of the world should be on Ecuador tomorrow. The Trump-backed government is holding a referendum to permit US military bases in the Galapagos, and allow changes to the country's unique constitution to facilitate mining, threatening the rights of nature and indigenous people. Disastrous! 🦤🐢🌎
Bats face a dizzying array of threats, ranging from climate change to being entombed by housing insulation. Spent a busy few days in Bonn with the Eurobats Advisory Committee highlighting issues and identifying solutions. 🦇🌍🦤
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bats face a dizzying array of threats, ranging from climate change to being entombed by housing insulation. Spent a busy few days in Bonn with the Eurobats Advisory Committee highlighting issues and identifying solutions. 🦇🌍🦤
Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Don't buy 'curiosities' made of dead bats!
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Online stores including Amazon and Google shop are still openly selling these items, a year after we highlighted the problem. Trade in Endangered species needs to stop. #wildlife #bats #nature 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mega-mushroom. That's supper sorted! #mushrooms
September 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Mega-mushroom. That's supper sorted! #mushrooms
Was very happy ro catch this lovely barbastelle bat last night. The species is rare across Europe and is usually found in ancient woodland. This one's roost is in a tiny remnant patch that clings on next to a conifer plantation. She was nice and fat ready for winter!
September 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Was very happy ro catch this lovely barbastelle bat last night. The species is rare across Europe and is usually found in ancient woodland. This one's roost is in a tiny remnant patch that clings on next to a conifer plantation. She was nice and fat ready for winter!
Sewage isn't the only problem for water pollution! Farming practice is a huge contributor. Who thinks it's a good plan to spray slurry here (an old canal draining straight into a wetland) during heavy rain? I keep my mouth shut when I swim! @eea.europa.eu @theriverstrust.bsky.social #waterpollution
September 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Sewage isn't the only problem for water pollution! Farming practice is a huge contributor. Who thinks it's a good plan to spray slurry here (an old canal draining straight into a wetland) during heavy rain? I keep my mouth shut when I swim! @eea.europa.eu @theriverstrust.bsky.social #waterpollution
What a difference a week makes! This bat came in covered in glue, dust and cobwebs. The fluffball has just been released back to her colony. 🦇🦇 @batcon.org #bats #wildlife #nature
August 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What a difference a week makes! This bat came in covered in glue, dust and cobwebs. The fluffball has just been released back to her colony. 🦇🦇 @batcon.org #bats #wildlife #nature
August 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Volume on! (Sound is straight from bat, no detector or amp!).
This little Whiskered bat was found roosting on Holland & Barrett's door, Honiton. The species is always full of rage! (Maybe he wanted a calming herbal tea?). Safely released. #bats #wildlife #nature @batconservation.bsky.social
This little Whiskered bat was found roosting on Holland & Barrett's door, Honiton. The species is always full of rage! (Maybe he wanted a calming herbal tea?). Safely released. #bats #wildlife #nature @batconservation.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Volume on! (Sound is straight from bat, no detector or amp!).
This little Whiskered bat was found roosting on Holland & Barrett's door, Honiton. The species is always full of rage! (Maybe he wanted a calming herbal tea?). Safely released. #bats #wildlife #nature @batconservation.bsky.social
This little Whiskered bat was found roosting on Holland & Barrett's door, Honiton. The species is always full of rage! (Maybe he wanted a calming herbal tea?). Safely released. #bats #wildlife #nature @batconservation.bsky.social
Just had a call from guy who's lost the bat he was trying to rescue! 😢.
Golden rules👇 🦇
1. Use gloves or thick cloth to get it in a box (even if you think it's a baby).
2. Ensure no gaps in box except tiny air holes. If your little finger fits through, #bat does too!
@batconservation.bsky.social
Golden rules👇 🦇
1. Use gloves or thick cloth to get it in a box (even if you think it's a baby).
2. Ensure no gaps in box except tiny air holes. If your little finger fits through, #bat does too!
@batconservation.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just had a call from guy who's lost the bat he was trying to rescue! 😢.
Golden rules👇 🦇
1. Use gloves or thick cloth to get it in a box (even if you think it's a baby).
2. Ensure no gaps in box except tiny air holes. If your little finger fits through, #bat does too!
@batconservation.bsky.social
Golden rules👇 🦇
1. Use gloves or thick cloth to get it in a box (even if you think it's a baby).
2. Ensure no gaps in box except tiny air holes. If your little finger fits through, #bat does too!
@batconservation.bsky.social
Gorgeous @parkrunuk.bsky.social at Seaton. Thanks to all the lovely volunteers!
August 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Gorgeous @parkrunuk.bsky.social at Seaton. Thanks to all the lovely volunteers!
Just a few of our very many Ahlberg books. From our first baby book, through to starting school and growing up, Alhberg has been part of our family for such a long time. Beautiful, funny, and clever. RIP.
August 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just a few of our very many Ahlberg books. From our first baby book, through to starting school and growing up, Alhberg has been part of our family for such a long time. Beautiful, funny, and clever. RIP.
Hippo statue. 2,000BC. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. One of its legs has recently been repaired. Snapping off the legs before putting hippo statues in tombs was common in ancient Egypt, potentially to stop the hippo (signifying chaos) from escaping or from eating the soul of the dead.
July 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hippo statue. 2,000BC. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. One of its legs has recently been repaired. Snapping off the legs before putting hippo statues in tombs was common in ancient Egypt, potentially to stop the hippo (signifying chaos) from escaping or from eating the soul of the dead.
Nom nom! Baby long-eared bat has lost her mother, but is taking well to eating mealworms. #bats @batconservation.bsky.social @azbatrescue.bsky.social @wiltsbatgroup.bsky.social #wildlife #nature
July 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Nom nom! Baby long-eared bat has lost her mother, but is taking well to eating mealworms. #bats @batconservation.bsky.social @azbatrescue.bsky.social @wiltsbatgroup.bsky.social #wildlife #nature
Love finding glow-worms!
July 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Love finding glow-worms!
Where would you go to spot a Critically Endangered species? Possibly not to a city cemetery? But here in Vienna, European Hamsters Critecus critecus are thriving. @mammalconeurope.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @habitatfoundation.bsky.social 🐹📸 #wildlife #photography #nature #conservation
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Where would you go to spot a Critically Endangered species? Possibly not to a city cemetery? But here in Vienna, European Hamsters Critecus critecus are thriving. @mammalconeurope.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @habitatfoundation.bsky.social 🐹📸 #wildlife #photography #nature #conservation
Listen! Rare Grey long-eared bat found in Kent, 40 years after last one seen. Only 9 known maternity colonies in UK. 👏 Mountfield Ecology & @ecotypegenetics.bsky.social. Here's one I found a few weeks ago 🦇 @batconservation.bsky.social @mammalconeurope.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Listen! Rare Grey long-eared bat found in Kent, 40 years after last one seen. Only 9 known maternity colonies in UK. 👏 Mountfield Ecology & @ecotypegenetics.bsky.social. Here's one I found a few weeks ago 🦇 @batconservation.bsky.social @mammalconeurope.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social