Joshua Wilson
@oshuwilson.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Southampton and the British Antarctic Survey studying the movement ecology of Southern Ocean predators.
All things tracking, stats, coding, and most importantly, penguins 🐧
All things tracking, stats, coding, and most importantly, penguins 🐧
An optimistic overview of the past 10 years - good to remind ourselves that progress can and is being made on climate change. Really clean infographics and this one sums everything up best for me
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
An optimistic overview of the past 10 years - good to remind ourselves that progress can and is being made on climate change. Really clean infographics and this one sums everything up best for me
Fascinating couple of days at the Royal Society for the conference on Global Impacts of Climate Extremes in the Polar Regions. Great to meet some world leading experts across the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere. A range of truly eye opening talks on how climate change threatens Antarctica
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fascinating couple of days at the Royal Society for the conference on Global Impacts of Climate Extremes in the Polar Regions. Great to meet some world leading experts across the atmosphere, oceans, and cryosphere. A range of truly eye opening talks on how climate change threatens Antarctica
I was lucky enough to see one of these beautiful penguins in 2022 in Oamaru, and it was a really special experience to see something so rare and incredible. I hope this guy is still going strong. The tireless work of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust no doubt gives this species a fighting chance.
September 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I was lucky enough to see one of these beautiful penguins in 2022 in Oamaru, and it was a really special experience to see something so rare and incredible. I hope this guy is still going strong. The tireless work of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust no doubt gives this species a fighting chance.
A great week spent at #EOU2025 presenting my work on penguins and eddies, and meeting hundreds of talented bird experts. So much cool research from land and sea.
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social for organising and @bou.org.uk for giving me a conference attendance grant to go!
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social for organising and @bou.org.uk for giving me a conference attendance grant to go!
August 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A great week spent at #EOU2025 presenting my work on penguins and eddies, and meeting hundreds of talented bird experts. So much cool research from land and sea.
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social for organising and @bou.org.uk for giving me a conference attendance grant to go!
Thanks to @eounion.bsky.social for organising and @bou.org.uk for giving me a conference attendance grant to go!
The impacts we've already seen on Emperor Penguins are also highlighted here:
"Of the 60+ known colonies, 30 have experienced increased or complete breeding failure events since 2016 due to early fast-ice loss, and 16 colonies have suffered two or more such events"
"Of the 60+ known colonies, 30 have experienced increased or complete breeding failure events since 2016 due to early fast-ice loss, and 16 colonies have suffered two or more such events"
August 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The impacts we've already seen on Emperor Penguins are also highlighted here:
"Of the 60+ known colonies, 30 have experienced increased or complete breeding failure events since 2016 due to early fast-ice loss, and 16 colonies have suffered two or more such events"
"Of the 60+ known colonies, 30 have experienced increased or complete breeding failure events since 2016 due to early fast-ice loss, and 16 colonies have suffered two or more such events"
On my way from Scotland to EOU in Bangor I saw these tiny little ducklings in Windermere - is it just me that’s noticed lots of little ones this late in the season? @hannahecoburn.bsky.social would you have any ideas why? (Or whether I’ve just not noticed before)
August 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On my way from Scotland to EOU in Bangor I saw these tiny little ducklings in Windermere - is it just me that’s noticed lots of little ones this late in the season? @hannahecoburn.bsky.social would you have any ideas why? (Or whether I’ve just not noticed before)
bluecorridors.org is live!
Watch whales doing their thing as they mooch and migrate throughout the year.
It is an honour to be involved in processing the data for this amazing living initiative. Looking forward to expanding it further!
Watch whales doing their thing as they mooch and migrate throughout the year.
It is an honour to be involved in processing the data for this amazing living initiative. Looking forward to expanding it further!
June 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
bluecorridors.org is live!
Watch whales doing their thing as they mooch and migrate throughout the year.
It is an honour to be involved in processing the data for this amazing living initiative. Looking forward to expanding it further!
Watch whales doing their thing as they mooch and migrate throughout the year.
It is an honour to be involved in processing the data for this amazing living initiative. Looking forward to expanding it further!
Yesterday I was reunited with the book my aunty gave me when I was 4 that made me want to be a marine biologist. Multiple sections on penguins so clearly great authors
April 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yesterday I was reunited with the book my aunty gave me when I was 4 that made me want to be a marine biologist. Multiple sections on penguins so clearly great authors
Happy Word Penguin Day to those who celebrate (which should be everyone)!
Enjoy this young Magellanic penguin napping in the sun dreaming of some yummy regurgitated seafood
Enjoy this young Magellanic penguin napping in the sun dreaming of some yummy regurgitated seafood
April 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Happy Word Penguin Day to those who celebrate (which should be everyone)!
Enjoy this young Magellanic penguin napping in the sun dreaming of some yummy regurgitated seafood
Enjoy this young Magellanic penguin napping in the sun dreaming of some yummy regurgitated seafood
These maps of extinction probability show just how bad it is - so many colonies could be lost in our lifetimes. There's still time to save them though!
👇 The paper 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👇 The paper 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
These maps of extinction probability show just how bad it is - so many colonies could be lost in our lifetimes. There's still time to save them though!
👇 The paper 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👇 The paper 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excellent but scary research from Stephanie Jenouvrier and team - Emperor Penguins predicted to undergo massive declines over the next few decades in multiple different models. A unique species threatened almost entirely by climate change alone, there's only one way to save them.
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excellent but scary research from Stephanie Jenouvrier and team - Emperor Penguins predicted to undergo massive declines over the next few decades in multiple different models. A unique species threatened almost entirely by climate change alone, there's only one way to save them.
Did my first ever bird ringing today - so cool to contribute to this massive study and to see these beautiful creatures up close. Hopefully will help me with a future of tagging one day too!
March 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Did my first ever bird ringing today - so cool to contribute to this massive study and to see these beautiful creatures up close. Hopefully will help me with a future of tagging one day too!
Happy Penguin Awareness Day. To make you more aware of the best animals on earth, did you know that Chinstrap Penguins sleep on the nest using 10,000 4 second naps a day? (doi.org/10.1126/scie...) My New Year’s resolution is to try the same.
January 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Happy Penguin Awareness Day. To make you more aware of the best animals on earth, did you know that Chinstrap Penguins sleep on the nest using 10,000 4 second naps a day? (doi.org/10.1126/scie...) My New Year’s resolution is to try the same.
A great week in my PhD life! Spent the week helping run #UKIRSC2025 in St Andrews with the rest of the amazing committee and won the runner-up poster prize (we didn't rig it I swear). And in the same week sent off my first PhD paper for publication 🤞
January 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A great week in my PhD life! Spent the week helping run #UKIRSC2025 in St Andrews with the rest of the amazing committee and won the runner-up poster prize (we didn't rig it I swear). And in the same week sent off my first PhD paper for publication 🤞
On my way to #BES2024 for a great week of hearing what lots of scientists are up to. Managed to sprain my ankle last night playing football so if you see someone hobbling around come say hi!
December 10, 2024 at 12:14 PM
On my way to #BES2024 for a great week of hearing what lots of scientists are up to. Managed to sprain my ankle last night playing football so if you see someone hobbling around come say hi!
This is my favourite whale - a true trailblazer. Looks like a great paper can’t wait to give it a proper read tomorrow!
December 3, 2024 at 5:47 PM
This is my favourite whale - a true trailblazer. Looks like a great paper can’t wait to give it a proper read tomorrow!
Great side effect of Christmas is the widespread penguin love - my highlight of the Longleat light display
December 2, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Great side effect of Christmas is the widespread penguin love - my highlight of the Longleat light display
Happy #AntarcticaDay - easy to forget that I am so lucky to study this amazing ecosystem (and even luckier to have gotten to go!)
December 1, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Happy #AntarcticaDay - easy to forget that I am so lucky to study this amazing ecosystem (and even luckier to have gotten to go!)
UK PhD stipends have not been increasing in line with the national minimum wage, and since the generous COVID increase haven’t even bothered to be anchored against an inflation metric. I’m lucky enough to have a spouse to support me but in what world is this not a barrier to entry for others?
December 1, 2024 at 7:56 AM
UK PhD stipends have not been increasing in line with the national minimum wage, and since the generous COVID increase haven’t even bothered to be anchored against an inflation metric. I’m lucky enough to have a spouse to support me but in what world is this not a barrier to entry for others?
Playing around with front mapping this week and found these King Penguins at Heard Island to really love fronts! Look at this little guy beeline to the front and back for some feeding. Must be worth the long journey
November 29, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Playing around with front mapping this week and found these King Penguins at Heard Island to really love fronts! Look at this little guy beeline to the front and back for some feeding. Must be worth the long journey
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨
Since Ryan’s not on Bluesky yet I thought I’d share this for all those no longer on X. Funded PhD using predator tracking data in our lab at the University of Southampton. Message me if you have any questions about the lab or what it’s like here!
bit.ly/48msLP8
Since Ryan’s not on Bluesky yet I thought I’d share this for all those no longer on X. Funded PhD using predator tracking data in our lab at the University of Southampton. Message me if you have any questions about the lab or what it’s like here!
bit.ly/48msLP8
November 18, 2024 at 7:21 AM
🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨
Since Ryan’s not on Bluesky yet I thought I’d share this for all those no longer on X. Funded PhD using predator tracking data in our lab at the University of Southampton. Message me if you have any questions about the lab or what it’s like here!
bit.ly/48msLP8
Since Ryan’s not on Bluesky yet I thought I’d share this for all those no longer on X. Funded PhD using predator tracking data in our lab at the University of Southampton. Message me if you have any questions about the lab or what it’s like here!
bit.ly/48msLP8
November 17, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Rounding off my first posts on BlueSky with a penguin selection from our fieldwork in March. I love these little guys so much and keep posted to see what I’ve been up to in the penguin tracking world.
November 13, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Rounding off my first posts on BlueSky with a penguin selection from our fieldwork in March. I love these little guys so much and keep posted to see what I’ve been up to in the penguin tracking world.
We're currently studying these whales in Antarctica to learn more about the return of these whale populations. People have seen aggregations of hundreds of fin whales in recent years. Maybe one day they'll return to their pre-whaling numbers. 6/6 (Pic: Bertie Gregory/Disney+)
November 13, 2024 at 7:38 AM
We're currently studying these whales in Antarctica to learn more about the return of these whale populations. People have seen aggregations of hundreds of fin whales in recent years. Maybe one day they'll return to their pre-whaling numbers. 6/6 (Pic: Bertie Gregory/Disney+)
Fin Whales are amazing animals. Almost as big as a blue whale, I saw my first one in Cornwall back in 2021. It was a magical moment and I was left in awe from interacting with one. These animals can change people's perspectives on the environment, especially with more around. 5/n
November 13, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Fin Whales are amazing animals. Almost as big as a blue whale, I saw my first one in Cornwall back in 2021. It was a magical moment and I was left in awe from interacting with one. These animals can change people's perspectives on the environment, especially with more around. 5/n