Rachel Lennon
@rachlenn.bsky.social
PhD Researcher @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social || Working with @strandings.bsky.social to explore approaches to monitoring marine mammal health 🐳🔪
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Rachel Lennon
@rachlenn.bsky.social
· Dec 13
🐾Turn your beach walk into a conservation tool with Beachtrack!
Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊
📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together!
www.beachtrack.org
Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊
📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together!
www.beachtrack.org
Download the new @strandings.bsky.social app, Beachtrack! 📲
By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊
By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊
🚨New Paper🚨
Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
September 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚨New Paper🚨
Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Excited to share my latest @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD research with @strandings.bsky.social which used machine learning to reveal patterns in harbour porpoise pathology, showing how necropsy data can provide population level insights into cetacean health
👉 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Did you catch our recent radio interviews with @drheatherferg.bsky.social , @rachlenn.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Brownlow (both @strandings.bsky.social. Catch them while you can 👂
Heather
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45)
Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)
Heather
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45)
Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)
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September 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Did you catch our recent radio interviews with @drheatherferg.bsky.social , @rachlenn.bsky.social and Dr Andrew Brownlow (both @strandings.bsky.social. Catch them while you can 👂
Heather
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45)
Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)
Heather
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (18:45)
Rachel 33 mins/Andrew 1hr47mins
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (17:47)
📢 New paper out!
Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @strandings.bsky.social
Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @strandings.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📢 New paper out!
Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @strandings.bsky.social
Cetacean strandings in Scotland have risen 125% over the past 30 years. Our study gives the first comprehensive picture of when, where, and which species strand, providing a baseline to guide conservation.
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @strandings.bsky.social
Still buzzing from an inspiring weekend at the Marine Forum
@strandings.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social
🌊
So great to meet so many brilliant people – and put faces to names! Huge thanks to everyone who shared their work & time and @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social for such a beautiful setting! 🐬
@strandings.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social
🌊
So great to meet so many brilliant people – and put faces to names! Huge thanks to everyone who shared their work & time and @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social for such a beautiful setting! 🐬
March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Still buzzing from an inspiring weekend at the Marine Forum
@strandings.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social
🌊
So great to meet so many brilliant people – and put faces to names! Huge thanks to everyone who shared their work & time and @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social for such a beautiful setting! 🐬
@strandings.bsky.social @whalesorg.bsky.social
🌊
So great to meet so many brilliant people – and put faces to names! Huge thanks to everyone who shared their work & time and @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social for such a beautiful setting! 🐬
Reposted by Rachel Lennon
Ever wondered what hoverfly sperm look like? 🪰💡… Well, me neither!
But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏
Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).
But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏
Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).
February 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ever wondered what hoverfly sperm look like? 🪰💡… Well, me neither!
But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏
Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).
But as you might imagine, they are really tiny: around 15 microns. 🔬 That’s approximately 100 times smaller than a 1mm measurement you’d find on a ruler. 📏
Female marmalade hoverflies store sperm (left pic) in spermathecae (right).
Reposted by Rachel Lennon
New paper out today from our lab. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
We unpick the morphological 🧑🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽
@uniexecec.bsky.social
We unpick the morphological 🧑🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽
@uniexecec.bsky.social
Multiple factors contribute to female dominance in migratory bioflows | Open Biology
Migration is a widely observed phenomenon supported by morphological, physiological and behavioural traits that vary with season and sex in many species. Recently, the genetic components underpinning migration in the marmalade hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)...
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New paper out today from our lab. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...
We unpick the morphological 🧑🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽
@uniexecec.bsky.social
We unpick the morphological 🧑🧒, physiological 🔬, behavioural 📟 and transcriptomic 🧬 differences contributing to female sex bias in migrating #hoverflies. See my work on flight performance in this paper 🪰💪🪽
@uniexecec.bsky.social
Reposted by Rachel Lennon
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
February 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵
🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊
#WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
A great PhD with a great team at a great University - what more could you want?! Highly recommend applying to this if you are interested in #viruses and/or #marinemammal health 🦠🐬
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
Three weeks to go if you are interested in applying for a www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... fully funded PhD looking to answer vital questions about the prevalence and epidemiology of viral pathogens in Scotland’s marine mammal populations: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate.... Get in touch if interested!
December 18, 2024 at 9:06 AM
A great PhD with a great team at a great University - what more could you want?! Highly recommend applying to this if you are interested in #viruses and/or #marinemammal health 🦠🐬
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
Download the new @strandings.bsky.social app, Beachtrack! 📲
By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊
By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊
🐾Turn your beach walk into a conservation tool with Beachtrack!
Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊
📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together!
www.beachtrack.org
Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊
📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together!
www.beachtrack.org
December 13, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Download the new @strandings.bsky.social app, Beachtrack! 📲
By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊
By recording beach walks you can easily & effectively help monitor Scottish coastlines. Knowing where people are and aren't walking gives us a clearer picture of what’s happening along the shore🦭🌊
Reposted by Rachel Lennon
🌊The Marine Forum is back!🌊
We’re excited to announce that this year we will be at NMS, Edinburgh, on 1st March 2025! Organized by WDC and SMASS, this year’s theme, "Sea Change” will focus on the evidence and action we need to drive meaningful progress.
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...
We’re excited to announce that this year we will be at NMS, Edinburgh, on 1st March 2025! Organized by WDC and SMASS, this year’s theme, "Sea Change” will focus on the evidence and action we need to drive meaningful progress.
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...
WDC & SMASS Marine Forum 2025
A day of talks & workshops focusing on citizen science data collected from across Scotland to aid the protection of the marine environment.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 2:54 PM
🌊The Marine Forum is back!🌊
We’re excited to announce that this year we will be at NMS, Edinburgh, on 1st March 2025! Organized by WDC and SMASS, this year’s theme, "Sea Change” will focus on the evidence and action we need to drive meaningful progress.
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...
We’re excited to announce that this year we will be at NMS, Edinburgh, on 1st March 2025! Organized by WDC and SMASS, this year’s theme, "Sea Change” will focus on the evidence and action we need to drive meaningful progress.
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-...
Reposted by Rachel Lennon
Reposted by Rachel Lennon
✨ New Research! ✨ Efficacy of artificial nest shading as a #climatechange adaptation measure for marine #turtles at Ascension Island from postgraduate researcher Jack Wiggins & team 🐢
Read #openaccess here: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑
Read #openaccess here: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑
November 17, 2023 at 4:12 PM
✨ New Research! ✨ Efficacy of artificial nest shading as a #climatechange adaptation measure for marine #turtles at Ascension Island from postgraduate researcher Jack Wiggins & team 🐢
Read #openaccess here: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑
Read #openaccess here: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑