Harry Bridger
@harrybridger.bsky.social
He/him; University of Birmingham; undergraduate of palaeontology and geology; museum assistant; amateur palaeoartist; occasional science writer; enthusiast of past and present life
Autumn fieldwork 🍁
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Autumn fieldwork 🍁
Freshwater sandstones from the Tonbridge Wells Sand Formation exposed in an old quarry near Fairlight, Sussex.
#wealdenwednesday
#wealdenwednesday
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Freshwater sandstones from the Tonbridge Wells Sand Formation exposed in an old quarry near Fairlight, Sussex.
#wealdenwednesday
#wealdenwednesday
I did a Plateosaurus this afternoon.
I think I’m increasingly getting to grips with depicting dinosaur anatomy, though admittedly I still find drawing scales this way to be a little tedious.
I think I’m increasingly getting to grips with depicting dinosaur anatomy, though admittedly I still find drawing scales this way to be a little tedious.
July 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I did a Plateosaurus this afternoon.
I think I’m increasingly getting to grips with depicting dinosaur anatomy, though admittedly I still find drawing scales this way to be a little tedious.
I think I’m increasingly getting to grips with depicting dinosaur anatomy, though admittedly I still find drawing scales this way to be a little tedious.
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The first speed talk session covered jellyfish lightning, wild dog visitor effects (with Bayesian stats!), baboon contraception and cassowary calls. A great showcase of the variety of research that goes on in BIAZA Zoos #BIAZARC2025
July 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The first speed talk session covered jellyfish lightning, wild dog visitor effects (with Bayesian stats!), baboon contraception and cassowary calls. A great showcase of the variety of research that goes on in BIAZA Zoos #BIAZARC2025
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Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!
June 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!
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Conspiracy believers tend to overrate their cognitive abilities and think most others agree with them www.psypost.org/conspiracy-b...
Conspiracy believers tend to overrate their cognitive abilities and think most others agree with them
People who believe in conspiracy theories tend to overestimate their own abilities and wrongly assume that others share their views, according to a new study. The findings highlight overconfidence as ...
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June 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Conspiracy believers tend to overrate their cognitive abilities and think most others agree with them www.psypost.org/conspiracy-b...
What a wonderful weekend at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!
June 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What a wonderful weekend at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!
After a lot of work, I’ve finally finished my shield! I’ll be using it for medieval battle reenactment, though most of the action it’ll see will be during training.
It’s an Angevin-style flat-topped kite shield. The design comes from the personal heraldry of Sir John de Radynden (1274-1350).
It’s an Angevin-style flat-topped kite shield. The design comes from the personal heraldry of Sir John de Radynden (1274-1350).
June 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
After a lot of work, I’ve finally finished my shield! I’ll be using it for medieval battle reenactment, though most of the action it’ll see will be during training.
It’s an Angevin-style flat-topped kite shield. The design comes from the personal heraldry of Sir John de Radynden (1274-1350).
It’s an Angevin-style flat-topped kite shield. The design comes from the personal heraldry of Sir John de Radynden (1274-1350).
It was lovely getting to see the painted dogs again at Chester Zoo with @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social now that they’re back on display in the Heart of Africa area.
#wilddogwednesday
#wilddogwednesday
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It was lovely getting to see the painted dogs again at Chester Zoo with @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social now that they’re back on display in the Heart of Africa area.
#wilddogwednesday
#wilddogwednesday
For #fossilfriday, here’s an older piece I did a couple of years back, a speculative study of the head of Pendraig milnerae, alongside some sketches of it’s described material.
May 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For #fossilfriday, here’s an older piece I did a couple of years back, a speculative study of the head of Pendraig milnerae, alongside some sketches of it’s described material.
A little late to #fossilfriday, but this week I finally managed to get up to the Manchester Museum, and what a museum it is! The fossil galleries were, of course, a highlight, but the other areas on living species, Asian cultures and the ‘Wild’ temporary exhibition were all incredible as well.
May 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A little late to #fossilfriday, but this week I finally managed to get up to the Manchester Museum, and what a museum it is! The fossil galleries were, of course, a highlight, but the other areas on living species, Asian cultures and the ‘Wild’ temporary exhibition were all incredible as well.
Can Colossal get any more shameful? Trying to shed doubt on one of the world’s most well-respected science communicators when he correctly points out that switching a handful of genes doesn’t resurrect an extinct species is, quite frankly, embarrassing.
April 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Can Colossal get any more shameful? Trying to shed doubt on one of the world’s most well-respected science communicators when he correctly points out that switching a handful of genes doesn’t resurrect an extinct species is, quite frankly, embarrassing.
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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)
I always try and do a spot of fossil hunting in the Hastings Beds (lower Wealden Group) down at Rock-A-Nore, Hastings, whenever I’m back down south. Not much from this trip, and I’m not yet sure exactly what I’ve found, but lovely nonetheless.
#fossilfriday
#fossilfriday
April 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I always try and do a spot of fossil hunting in the Hastings Beds (lower Wealden Group) down at Rock-A-Nore, Hastings, whenever I’m back down south. Not much from this trip, and I’m not yet sure exactly what I’ve found, but lovely nonetheless.
#fossilfriday
#fossilfriday
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Looks like all 6 episodes of Walking With Dinosaurs will air 7- 9 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 16-18, on PBS in the US as 2 episodes a night so buckle up for a 3 day dino marathon. Betting our Utah episode is on June 16! issuu.com/nine_magazin... @paleontologizing.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Looks like all 6 episodes of Walking With Dinosaurs will air 7- 9 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 16-18, on PBS in the US as 2 episodes a night so buckle up for a 3 day dino marathon. Betting our Utah episode is on June 16! issuu.com/nine_magazin... @paleontologizing.bsky.social
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Close-up of an outcrop.
Nothing particularly notable.
Except this outcrop is on another planet.
Nothing particularly notable.
Except this outcrop is on another planet.
April 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Close-up of an outcrop.
Nothing particularly notable.
Except this outcrop is on another planet.
Nothing particularly notable.
Except this outcrop is on another planet.
For this #fossilfriday, here is a partial humerus of a crocodyliform, collected from the Lulworth Formation of Dorset. It probably belongs to the small-bodied Theriosuchus, first described by Prof. Richard Owen in 1879.
March 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For this #fossilfriday, here is a partial humerus of a crocodyliform, collected from the Lulworth Formation of Dorset. It probably belongs to the small-bodied Theriosuchus, first described by Prof. Richard Owen in 1879.
For this #fossilfriday, well…
my undergraduate dissertation has been submitted!
After a year of working on this project, it’s such a relief to see it finished, and hopefully it adds a little something to our understanding of palaeoenvironmental change in southern England.
my undergraduate dissertation has been submitted!
After a year of working on this project, it’s such a relief to see it finished, and hopefully it adds a little something to our understanding of palaeoenvironmental change in southern England.
March 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
For this #fossilfriday, well…
my undergraduate dissertation has been submitted!
After a year of working on this project, it’s such a relief to see it finished, and hopefully it adds a little something to our understanding of palaeoenvironmental change in southern England.
my undergraduate dissertation has been submitted!
After a year of working on this project, it’s such a relief to see it finished, and hopefully it adds a little something to our understanding of palaeoenvironmental change in southern England.
A very exciting discovery this is, and surprising to think pterosaurs simply weren’t known from the Portland limestones until now.
Roy E. Smith & David M. Martill (2025)
A ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Portland Limestone Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) of southern England
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101100
doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.pg...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Portland Limestone Formation (Late Jurassic, Tithonian) of southern England
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101100
doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.pg...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Redirecting
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March 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A very exciting discovery this is, and surprising to think pterosaurs simply weren’t known from the Portland limestones until now.
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This project has started a long time ago, but in a galaxy not too far away… Happy to share this new study with @taphonomist.bsky.social looking at the functional morphology and biomechanics of the Rancor. Warning! Nerdy sci fi, palaeo & biomechanics thread following! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
Is a bone a viable weapon when combating a Rancor? Estimating the bite force of an intergalactic mega-predator
Stephan Lautenschlager1,2 & Thomas Clements3 1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. 2The Lapworth Museum of Geology, Birmingham, UK. 3…
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March 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This project has started a long time ago, but in a galaxy not too far away… Happy to share this new study with @taphonomist.bsky.social looking at the functional morphology and biomechanics of the Rancor. Warning! Nerdy sci fi, palaeo & biomechanics thread following! jgeekstudies.org/2025/03/08/i...
Some shots from a visit to West Midlands Safari Park yesterday. I’d like to think that, despite my camera getting on a bit, I’m starting to take some better photographs.
March 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some shots from a visit to West Midlands Safari Park yesterday. I’d like to think that, despite my camera getting on a bit, I’m starting to take some better photographs.
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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.
For my own sanity, I feel like I need to watch #prehistoricplanet again.
March 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
For my own sanity, I feel like I need to watch #prehistoricplanet again.
Many insect microfossils are known from the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset - here’s what appears to be the carapace of one of them, collected on my most recent trip to Dorset and soon to be written-up into my dissertation.
Happy #fossilfriday!
Happy #fossilfriday!
February 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Many insect microfossils are known from the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset - here’s what appears to be the carapace of one of them, collected on my most recent trip to Dorset and soon to be written-up into my dissertation.
Happy #fossilfriday!
Happy #fossilfriday!
I’ve finally got my own hand axe!
(And behind it, a shield that should be getting painted soon)
(And behind it, a shield that should be getting painted soon)
February 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’ve finally got my own hand axe!
(And behind it, a shield that should be getting painted soon)
(And behind it, a shield that should be getting painted soon)