Nick Harvey Sky
@nickcharvey.bsky.social
Postdoc studying labour dynamics in conservation at CMI in Bergen, Norway | Conservation scientist and doctor of rhino dung 🦏 | Big fan of nature, cricket, plant-based cooking and gardening
I had to miss #ICCB2025 this year, but attendees may be interested in our survey of global conservation labour. We need respondents who work in conservation in any capacity, anywhere in the world 🌍
The QR code on the poster or the link in the reply will take you to a page with full information
The QR code on the poster or the link in the reply will take you to a page with full information
June 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I had to miss #ICCB2025 this year, but attendees may be interested in our survey of global conservation labour. We need respondents who work in conservation in any capacity, anywhere in the world 🌍
The QR code on the poster or the link in the reply will take you to a page with full information
The QR code on the poster or the link in the reply will take you to a page with full information
It was wonderful to spend a few hours through Christmas and the new year with this! I can heartily recommend it to anyone
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
January 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It was wonderful to spend a few hours through Christmas and the new year with this! I can heartily recommend it to anyone
#naturewriting
#naturewriting
I can confirm that it is difficult, but not impossible, to wade through snow with a camera and not wake up the baby strapped to your chest.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I can confirm that it is difficult, but not impossible, to wade through snow with a camera and not wake up the baby strapped to your chest.
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) A group of greenfinch strip the last of the berries from thin branches, bowing low like courtiers to pluck them from their perch🌿
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) A group of greenfinch strip the last of the berries from thin branches, bowing low like courtiers to pluck them from their perch🌿
A red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaps stops to nibble on the cones of a bare larch. It turns one over in its dextrous paws, extracts the seeds, drops it almost absently then moves on to the next. A magpie (Pica pica), not dextrous enough or too lazy to open cones itself, waits for an opening 🌿
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaps stops to nibble on the cones of a bare larch. It turns one over in its dextrous paws, extracts the seeds, drops it almost absently then moves on to the next. A magpie (Pica pica), not dextrous enough or too lazy to open cones itself, waits for an opening 🌿
Sunlight smearing itself through trees from just above the horizon.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Sunlight smearing itself through trees from just above the horizon.
A wisp of cloud across a watery moon.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A wisp of cloud across a watery moon.
Silhouettes appears as frozen spikes of dead vegetation against snow and bare twigs across grey skies.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Silhouettes appears as frozen spikes of dead vegetation against snow and bare twigs across grey skies.
The air is so cold that the river steams like it is boiling. Steel grey water, grey concrete bridge, grey snow. People bring colour, with their painted wooden houses and the waterproof houses of those who brave the cold for a walk or a run.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The air is so cold that the river steams like it is boiling. Steel grey water, grey concrete bridge, grey snow. People bring colour, with their painted wooden houses and the waterproof houses of those who brave the cold for a walk or a run.
The snow textures the world, it crunches, squelches, rasps, cracks, thuds and rustles. It reveals the rhythms of the city, as it reveals the habits of animals. SCars are privileged over people as piles block paths and cut-throughs that are open the rest of the year, sacrificed for clear car parks.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The snow textures the world, it crunches, squelches, rasps, cracks, thuds and rustles. It reveals the rhythms of the city, as it reveals the habits of animals. SCars are privileged over people as piles block paths and cut-throughs that are open the rest of the year, sacrificed for clear car parks.
Week 2 - January 6th-12th.
It is a week of textures and silhouettes rather than movement. Nature presents itself in monotones
#naturephotography
It is a week of textures and silhouettes rather than movement. Nature presents itself in monotones
#naturephotography
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Week 2 - January 6th-12th.
It is a week of textures and silhouettes rather than movement. Nature presents itself in monotones
#naturephotography
It is a week of textures and silhouettes rather than movement. Nature presents itself in monotones
#naturephotography
Fieldfare pluck berries from those street trees that have held on to them through the months since the long-forgotten autumn. The world seems to wait for the thaw, it will be a while yet.
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Fieldfare pluck berries from those street trees that have held on to them through the months since the long-forgotten autumn. The world seems to wait for the thaw, it will be a while yet.
In the marina, a raft of eider float around searching for something unknown to me.
Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In the marina, a raft of eider float around searching for something unknown to me.
Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
Common eider (Somateria mollissima)
Nature is generally muffled and in waiting. The trees bare, the grass covered. The only immediately apparent sign of life is the birds. Hooded crows hoarsely croak in the trees and groups of sparrows and tits flock to those gardens with feeders hanging in the freezing air.
Hood crow (Corvus cornix)
Hood crow (Corvus cornix)
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Nature is generally muffled and in waiting. The trees bare, the grass covered. The only immediately apparent sign of life is the birds. Hooded crows hoarsely croak in the trees and groups of sparrows and tits flock to those gardens with feeders hanging in the freezing air.
Hood crow (Corvus cornix)
Hood crow (Corvus cornix)
The signs of summer that are not packed away for the winter sit idle, waiting for the return of the warmth.
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The signs of summer that are not packed away for the winter sit idle, waiting for the return of the warmth.
On a cold but sunny Sunday young and old flocked to forest tracks and trails, with only toddlers and foreigners such as myself seeming to be anything less than an expert.
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On a cold but sunny Sunday young and old flocked to forest tracks and trails, with only toddlers and foreigners such as myself seeming to be anything less than an expert.
The inconvenience and extra work of shovelling and slipping is offset by the chance to partake in that favourite of Norwegian past times, skiing. Not the kind with lifts (although they do have that) but cross country skiing with thin skis, uphills and sweaty brows.
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The inconvenience and extra work of shovelling and slipping is offset by the chance to partake in that favourite of Norwegian past times, skiing. Not the kind with lifts (although they do have that) but cross country skiing with thin skis, uphills and sweaty brows.
JCBs with huge ploughs work frantically during the nights to clear the roads, and pile the snow into huge, dirty drifts on street corners and in parking spaces. Thick coats, spiked tyres and snow shovels allow life to go on (almost) as normal.
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
JCBs with huge ploughs work frantically during the nights to clear the roads, and pile the snow into huge, dirty drifts on street corners and in parking spaces. Thick coats, spiked tyres and snow shovels allow life to go on (almost) as normal.
It seems as if whatever force held back the freeze tried to stumble on until the end of 2024 but collapsed under the weight of winter a few days before the new year bells. Snow sticks to vertical tree trunks and street lights and cars slowly disappear under great soft mounds.
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It seems as if whatever force held back the freeze tried to stumble on until the end of 2024 but collapsed under the weight of winter a few days before the new year bells. Snow sticks to vertical tree trunks and street lights and cars slowly disappear under great soft mounds.
Week 1 - January 1st-5th
2025 arrived girdled in cold, stilled by ice and quietened by snow. The cold can be absolutely brutal, with temperatures regularly dropping below -10, finding gaps in even the best fitting clothes.
#naturephotography
2025 arrived girdled in cold, stilled by ice and quietened by snow. The cold can be absolutely brutal, with temperatures regularly dropping below -10, finding gaps in even the best fitting clothes.
#naturephotography
January 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Week 1 - January 1st-5th
2025 arrived girdled in cold, stilled by ice and quietened by snow. The cold can be absolutely brutal, with temperatures regularly dropping below -10, finding gaps in even the best fitting clothes.
#naturephotography
2025 arrived girdled in cold, stilled by ice and quietened by snow. The cold can be absolutely brutal, with temperatures regularly dropping below -10, finding gaps in even the best fitting clothes.
#naturephotography
November nights in Trondheim
November 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
November nights in Trondheim
The Conservation Social Science Conference is coming up this week!
My talk 'Towards a political ecology of zoo-led in situ conservation' develops the case for dedicated critical evaluation including why zoos are different from other conservation orgs
16:30 US EST / 22:30 CET Thursday 21st November
My talk 'Towards a political ecology of zoo-led in situ conservation' develops the case for dedicated critical evaluation including why zoos are different from other conservation orgs
16:30 US EST / 22:30 CET Thursday 21st November
November 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
The Conservation Social Science Conference is coming up this week!
My talk 'Towards a political ecology of zoo-led in situ conservation' develops the case for dedicated critical evaluation including why zoos are different from other conservation orgs
16:30 US EST / 22:30 CET Thursday 21st November
My talk 'Towards a political ecology of zoo-led in situ conservation' develops the case for dedicated critical evaluation including why zoos are different from other conservation orgs
16:30 US EST / 22:30 CET Thursday 21st November
A day late as always, but happy World Rhino Day!
Of the 5 rhino species, 3 are Critically Endangered, 1 is Vulnerable and 1 is Near Threatened. The African white and black get a lot of the attention but the Javan and Sumatran are both right on the brink with just 50 or fewer of each left 🌍
Of the 5 rhino species, 3 are Critically Endangered, 1 is Vulnerable and 1 is Near Threatened. The African white and black get a lot of the attention but the Javan and Sumatran are both right on the brink with just 50 or fewer of each left 🌍
September 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
A day late as always, but happy World Rhino Day!
Of the 5 rhino species, 3 are Critically Endangered, 1 is Vulnerable and 1 is Near Threatened. The African white and black get a lot of the attention but the Javan and Sumatran are both right on the brink with just 50 or fewer of each left 🌍
Of the 5 rhino species, 3 are Critically Endangered, 1 is Vulnerable and 1 is Near Threatened. The African white and black get a lot of the attention but the Javan and Sumatran are both right on the brink with just 50 or fewer of each left 🌍
This work demonstrates how important it is to interrogate our understanding of what habitat species need, especially when they have undergone severe range declines. Rapid environmental change means we need research on diets to conserve even our most iconic species
June 16, 2024 at 1:49 PM
This work demonstrates how important it is to interrogate our understanding of what habitat species need, especially when they have undergone severe range declines. Rapid environmental change means we need research on diets to conserve even our most iconic species
Black rhino are strongly tied to local resource abundance. Strong seasonal dietary shifts may indicate marginal habitat and other plants alongside acacia should be included in assessments of habitat suitability
June 16, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Black rhino are strongly tied to local resource abundance. Strong seasonal dietary shifts may indicate marginal habitat and other plants alongside acacia should be included in assessments of habitat suitability