Dr. Mhairi Reid
@mhairireid.bsky.social
Palaeontologist | PhD in early bird evolution @Oxford Earth Sciences
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Let's go Mars LightShip!
🧪🔭 #planetsci
🧪🔭 #planetsci
Oxford’s BEBOP thermal camera has been selected for ESA's 2032 Mars mission! It'll provide critical weather data to boost the safety of future robotic and human explorers. Read the full article: Link in bio or visit https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-instrument-lined-esa-mars-mission
October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Let's go Mars LightShip!
🧪🔭 #planetsci
🧪🔭 #planetsci
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Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey.
Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey
Four new species of aquatic birds related to modern penguins have been described from fossils found in New Zealand, showing how these creatures flourished around 60 million years ago
www.newscientist.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey.
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Huge congratulations to Dr Mhairi Reid @mhairireid.bsky.social for passing her viva! Monumental achievement!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr Mhairi Reid @mhairireid.bsky.social for passing her viva! Monumental achievement!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
Special thanks to her examiners Luke Parry and Daniel Ksepka!
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The African penguin.
There are a couple colonies along the south western Cape coast in protected areas. 🪶🦉
There are a couple colonies along the south western Cape coast in protected areas. 🪶🦉
March 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The African penguin.
There are a couple colonies along the south western Cape coast in protected areas. 🪶🦉
There are a couple colonies along the south western Cape coast in protected areas. 🪶🦉
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Where are my Plover-lovers!?
This is the adorable little white-fronted plover found around the storylines of the Western Cape.
(Charadrius marginatus)
🪶🦉🐦⬛🦆🦅
This is the adorable little white-fronted plover found around the storylines of the Western Cape.
(Charadrius marginatus)
🪶🦉🐦⬛🦆🦅
March 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Where are my Plover-lovers!?
This is the adorable little white-fronted plover found around the storylines of the Western Cape.
(Charadrius marginatus)
🪶🦉🐦⬛🦆🦅
This is the adorable little white-fronted plover found around the storylines of the Western Cape.
(Charadrius marginatus)
🪶🦉🐦⬛🦆🦅
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January 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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I wanna talk about minigames/metagames - the games within a game world. Been playing #Cyberpunk lately and oh man:
Why is Roach Race so much better than #Gwent !?
#gaming 🎮
Why is Roach Race so much better than #Gwent !?
#gaming 🎮
December 29, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I wanna talk about minigames/metagames - the games within a game world. Been playing #Cyberpunk lately and oh man:
Why is Roach Race so much better than #Gwent !?
#gaming 🎮
Why is Roach Race so much better than #Gwent !?
#gaming 🎮
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Back to #birds!
A Lincoln Sparrow posing outside Whitehorse, Yukon.
I enjoyed the yellows coming from the branches in this one! 🦉🪶🐦🐤🪿🐦⬛🦅
A Lincoln Sparrow posing outside Whitehorse, Yukon.
I enjoyed the yellows coming from the branches in this one! 🦉🪶🐦🐤🪿🐦⬛🦅
November 23, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Back to #birds!
A Lincoln Sparrow posing outside Whitehorse, Yukon.
I enjoyed the yellows coming from the branches in this one! 🦉🪶🐦🐤🪿🐦⬛🦅
A Lincoln Sparrow posing outside Whitehorse, Yukon.
I enjoyed the yellows coming from the branches in this one! 🦉🪶🐦🐤🪿🐦⬛🦅
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Any loonatics out there? Our local loon off the dock at Pigeon in the summer. 🪿🐦⬛🦅🦆🐤🐦🪶
November 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Any loonatics out there? Our local loon off the dock at Pigeon in the summer. 🪿🐦⬛🦅🦆🐤🐦🪶