Rosaleen Duffy
@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social
Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy
This morning’s dog walk, another autumn stunner in the #PeakDistrict despite the grey clouds and drizzle
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This morning’s dog walk, another autumn stunner in the #PeakDistrict despite the grey clouds and drizzle
I think I might have become a dedicated lister 😆 friends, I need some help with #My200 bird challenge. Yesterday I reached 180 species since 1 Jan, looking at choughs in Great Orme. But will I get 20 more species by 31 Dec?
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I think I might have become a dedicated lister 😆 friends, I need some help with #My200 bird challenge. Yesterday I reached 180 species since 1 Jan, looking at choughs in Great Orme. But will I get 20 more species by 31 Dec?
Arrived in Bangor Uni, and genuinely wondering why I have never been here before. Jaw.Officially.Dropped. The views!!! Looking forward to the talk later
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Arrived in Bangor Uni, and genuinely wondering why I have never been here before. Jaw.Officially.Dropped. The views!!! Looking forward to the talk later
This morning in the Peak District: absolutely crushing the Autumn 2025 collection 🔥
September 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This morning in the Peak District: absolutely crushing the Autumn 2025 collection 🔥
Just before leaving Bristol I had a chance to visit the excellent M-Shed, which includes the Colston statue and a reminder of the strong links between trades in #ivory #sugar & #slaves that built cities like Bristol. Ivory was a significant economic underpinning for the British Empire #WildlifeTrade
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just before leaving Bristol I had a chance to visit the excellent M-Shed, which includes the Colston statue and a reminder of the strong links between trades in #ivory #sugar & #slaves that built cities like Bristol. Ivory was a significant economic underpinning for the British Empire #WildlifeTrade
It was very engaging discussion in SPAIS in Bristol Uni today. My thanks to Ashley Dodsworth for the invite. I’ve also enjoyed the massive range of public art in Bristol ⬇️
September 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It was very engaging discussion in SPAIS in Bristol Uni today. My thanks to Ashley Dodsworth for the invite. I’ve also enjoyed the massive range of public art in Bristol ⬇️
Just spent a terrific day @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Slimbridge, meeting some of the team in the morning and taking a look around the reserve in the afternoon. Saw common cranes for the first time ❤️ I am very grateful for the hospitality.
September 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just spent a terrific day @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Slimbridge, meeting some of the team in the morning and taking a look around the reserve in the afternoon. Saw common cranes for the first time ❤️ I am very grateful for the hospitality.
On the train. For the 80s kids out there: Repo Man vibes 😀
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
On the train. For the 80s kids out there: Repo Man vibes 😀
We completed our exchange visit btwn UCT & Sheffield with, what else, but a trip around the Peak District National Park 😀 A perfect landscape to discuss land ownership patterns & models of National Parks - thanks so much to @ahubschle.bsky.social & Maano Ramutsindela for great conversations
September 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We completed our exchange visit btwn UCT & Sheffield with, what else, but a trip around the Peak District National Park 😀 A perfect landscape to discuss land ownership patterns & models of National Parks - thanks so much to @ahubschle.bsky.social & Maano Ramutsindela for great conversations
This week we had a wonderful workshop with Maano Ramutsindela & @ahubschle.bsky.social this week; they respected their new research on transfrontier parks and harmscapes. It was a great way to meet old friends & new ⬇️
September 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This week we had a wonderful workshop with Maano Ramutsindela & @ahubschle.bsky.social this week; they respected their new research on transfrontier parks and harmscapes. It was a great way to meet old friends & new ⬇️
And a other pic of the later flowering plants - smells amazing in the evenings
September 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
And a other pic of the later flowering plants - smells amazing in the evenings
We got loads of great advice from @joelashton.bsky.social. But yes, you’ve guessed it, the moles still pop up - not in the flowers, oh no - but in the last remaining patch of mown grass that serves as the path 🤣
September 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We got loads of great advice from @joelashton.bsky.social. But yes, you’ve guessed it, the moles still pop up - not in the flowers, oh no - but in the last remaining patch of mown grass that serves as the path 🤣
Then plant the wildflower seeds & plugs- but as if was the hottest & driest spring /summer on record, it needed constant attention /watering- which added to the work. It took several weeks for them to grow to full height.
September 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Then plant the wildflower seeds & plugs- but as if was the hottest & driest spring /summer on record, it needed constant attention /watering- which added to the work. It took several weeks for them to grow to full height.
First kill the grass by placing a tarp over it - this revealed all the little tunnels dug by the resident moles. Then scarify to remove all remaining grass and topsoil
September 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
First kill the grass by placing a tarp over it - this revealed all the little tunnels dug by the resident moles. Then scarify to remove all remaining grass and topsoil
Do #moles love your garden? I love moles, but they don’t mix well with lawns. So my (very understanding) other half @feargalc.bsky.social created a mole friendly ‘wild garden’ where molehills don’t matter- and I can tell you an absolute tonne of work went in to this stunner ⬇️
September 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Do #moles love your garden? I love moles, but they don’t mix well with lawns. So my (very understanding) other half @feargalc.bsky.social created a mole friendly ‘wild garden’ where molehills don’t matter- and I can tell you an absolute tonne of work went in to this stunner ⬇️
4/ The article encourages us to fully address harms to non-human animals. It builds on #justice perspectives within #GreenCriminology that emphasise #anthropocentric, #biocentric, & #ecocentric concepts of justice to expand concepts of #victimhood and #harm.
July 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
4/ The article encourages us to fully address harms to non-human animals. It builds on #justice perspectives within #GreenCriminology that emphasise #anthropocentric, #biocentric, & #ecocentric concepts of justice to expand concepts of #victimhood and #harm.
3/ We focus on the wildlife trade in Europe, especially #BrownBears, #EuropeanEels and #Songbirds. We analyse how harms are produced in the context of global #capitalism, unequal power relations and interconnected global crises.
July 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
3/ We focus on the wildlife trade in Europe, especially #BrownBears, #EuropeanEels and #Songbirds. We analyse how harms are produced in the context of global #capitalism, unequal power relations and interconnected global crises.
2/ We examine how #PoliticalEcology can benefit from greater engagement with the focus on #harms in #GreenCriminology. We need to understand how harms are produced and sustained, and what impacts they have on people and wildlife.
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
2/ We examine how #PoliticalEcology can benefit from greater engagement with the focus on #harms in #GreenCriminology. We need to understand how harms are produced and sustained, and what impacts they have on people and wildlife.
It’s Monday - so I ringfenced today to make a start on reading up ready for the Multispecies Mutualisms project in September. But, arrrgh, how should I begin ?! Just start I thought: Bird Therapy by @joeharkness.bsky.social while sitting in the Bird Cafe surrounded by fledgling siskins 😀
July 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s Monday - so I ringfenced today to make a start on reading up ready for the Multispecies Mutualisms project in September. But, arrrgh, how should I begin ?! Just start I thought: Bird Therapy by @joeharkness.bsky.social while sitting in the Bird Cafe surrounded by fledgling siskins 😀
Mine have arrived! They are perfect 🤩 i love them #DrWho #Pride fantastic designs by @jamiebgall.co.uk & Stevie’s Safe Spaces
July 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Mine have arrived! They are perfect 🤩 i love them #DrWho #Pride fantastic designs by @jamiebgall.co.uk & Stevie’s Safe Spaces
Very fortunate to spot a pair of #RingOuzel out in the peaks today. They were foraging to feed some very demanding chicks. The moorland is so dry right now it must be extra hard for them all to
July 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Very fortunate to spot a pair of #RingOuzel out in the peaks today. They were foraging to feed some very demanding chicks. The moorland is so dry right now it must be extra hard for them all to
Just finished this excellent book, Vanished, by @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social that shows how histories of #extinction are connected to ‘deeply disturbing ideas about race, being human, life’s worth, and imperial politics’ 🔥 Highly recommend it - it’s packed with examples that make these links clear
July 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just finished this excellent book, Vanished, by @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social that shows how histories of #extinction are connected to ‘deeply disturbing ideas about race, being human, life’s worth, and imperial politics’ 🔥 Highly recommend it - it’s packed with examples that make these links clear
This is so infuriating- something I did not ask for & do not want (for so many reasons). Academia.edu - which I don’t use, has generated an AI podcast of one of my (really old!!) papers with a fake voice. The equivalent of reading the abstract & assuming it gives you all you need to know.
June 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is so infuriating- something I did not ask for & do not want (for so many reasons). Academia.edu - which I don’t use, has generated an AI podcast of one of my (really old!!) papers with a fake voice. The equivalent of reading the abstract & assuming it gives you all you need to know.
TFW (if you are a fan) your University becomes even more W1A than W1A #DirectorOfBetter 🤣
June 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
TFW (if you are a fan) your University becomes even more W1A than W1A #DirectorOfBetter 🤣
1/ For #WorldOceanDay what could be better than reading up about the enigmatic #EuropeanEel? Check out the work of our Beastly Business research team, #IWT, drivers of #demand and #harms plus eel-y art work beastlybusiness.org ⬇️
June 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
1/ For #WorldOceanDay what could be better than reading up about the enigmatic #EuropeanEel? Check out the work of our Beastly Business research team, #IWT, drivers of #demand and #harms plus eel-y art work beastlybusiness.org ⬇️