Glorious weather for vole surveys! ☀️ Today I'm out and about throwing quadrats and looking for vole signs (grass clippings and droppings) to track the vole population cycle and measure prey availability around my study site.

Much nicer in the sunshine than the usual downpours.

Some recent snowy fieldwork pictures ❄️. I've done fieldwork at all times of the year but winter is my absolute favourite. The landscape looks magical, and snow tracking is a lot of fun.

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Winter fieldwork can be a bit crazy with the weather, but it has its perks! Carnivore tracks in the snow make it much easier to decide where to site my camera traps to detect carnivores. Plus it makes for some gorgeous scenery 🌨️🌲🌏

Oodles of cool mushrooms out on my lunchtime walk 🍄. Most of these blooming on trees that have fallen in the recent storms.

Any IDs welcome! I only know jelly ears (3rd picture), still learning to ID.

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Lovely boxing day walk around Loch Morlich 🌨️. I'm head over heels in love with the Cairngorms, I can't believe I get to work here!

First time presenting my research at Aberdeen's Biological Sciences research day! Great to see the broad range of projects and can't wait to see all the cool science everyone gets up to. #PhDsky #Ecology 🌿🐾🐝