Sam Thompson
@smthmpsn.bsky.social
PhD Student at the University of Oxford studying bird flight, vision and collisions | Freelance Tutor for the Field Studies Council
Reposted by Sam Thompson
Nice to welcome my new DPhil students with an evening at St Hugh’s College. Welcome Gayatri Kumar, @smthmpsn.bsky.social and @ghtrabin.bsky.social. The White Stork was not part of the formal evening, but I was pleased to see it and grab a photo earlier in the week.
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Nice to welcome my new DPhil students with an evening at St Hugh’s College. Welcome Gayatri Kumar, @smthmpsn.bsky.social and @ghtrabin.bsky.social. The White Stork was not part of the formal evening, but I was pleased to see it and grab a photo earlier in the week.
My first go at a pigeon release. Just 10 mins and they’ll be back home.
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My first go at a pigeon release. Just 10 mins and they’ll be back home.
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
I like to tell myself they won’t take off unless I give them a verbal instruction. The jury’s still out on whether or not that’s true…
Thanks @ghtrabin.bsky.social for showing me the ropes!
Reposted by Sam Thompson
Welcome @smthmpsn.bsky.social, both to BlueSky and to starting your PhD at Oxford! Sam will be studying how birds in flocks respond to objects in their flight paths.
October 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Welcome @smthmpsn.bsky.social, both to BlueSky and to starting your PhD at Oxford! Sam will be studying how birds in flocks respond to objects in their flight paths.