Conor Ryan
@whalenerd.bsky.social
Here for whale/fungi/sea kayaking/queer 🏳️🌈/marine science chat. 🇮🇪living in🏴
Bubble-trail encounters from #krill #fishing vessels show that #Antarctic Voluntary Restriction Zones for the #krillfishing industry has displaced fishing into areas where the penguin encounter rate is higher/the same #CCAMLR
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Bubble-trail encounters from #krill #fishing vessels show that #Antarctic Voluntary Restriction Zones for the #krillfishing industry has displaced fishing into areas where the penguin encounter rate is higher/the same #CCAMLR
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Some critters found while gardening today: European common frog, palmate newt, wood mouse
June 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Some critters found while gardening today: European common frog, palmate newt, wood mouse
Based on interviews and archive work (Bergen/Oslo, April 2024), Peter Wilson, @sbenjamins.bsky.social and I reviewed minke #whaling around Ireland in @injournal.bsky.social Vol 41.
Funded by Percey Sladen Memorial Fund & Society for Nautical Research
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Funded by Percey Sladen Memorial Fund & Society for Nautical Research
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Based on interviews and archive work (Bergen/Oslo, April 2024), Peter Wilson, @sbenjamins.bsky.social and I reviewed minke #whaling around Ireland in @injournal.bsky.social Vol 41.
Funded by Percey Sladen Memorial Fund & Society for Nautical Research
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Funded by Percey Sladen Memorial Fund & Society for Nautical Research
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
In the latest Irish Naturalists Journal issue, @andyfoote.bsky.social and I reported that "#DopeyDick" the killer whale that swam into #Derry City (Nov 1977) was a West Coast Community whale; probably "Comet". Minimum age 53y, but last documented 10y ago.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In the latest Irish Naturalists Journal issue, @andyfoote.bsky.social and I reported that "#DopeyDick" the killer whale that swam into #Derry City (Nov 1977) was a West Coast Community whale; probably "Comet". Minimum age 53y, but last documented 10y ago.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Departing Aberdeen Harbour is always fun for the bottlenose dolphin action. This afternoon we saw them eating salmon. A grey seal also had a fine lunch of salmon!
May 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Departing Aberdeen Harbour is always fun for the bottlenose dolphin action. This afternoon we saw them eating salmon. A grey seal also had a fine lunch of salmon!
It has been such an honour to sail around Ireland with U.N. Elder, Mary Robinson. Quoting Archbishop Desmund Tutu, she said she is "Not an optimist, but a prisoner of hope" #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCrisis
May 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It has been such an honour to sail around Ireland with U.N. Elder, Mary Robinson. Quoting Archbishop Desmund Tutu, she said she is "Not an optimist, but a prisoner of hope" #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCrisis
Here are some macaroni penguins (and a lone gentoo) with a humpback whale bearing down on them off Cooper Island, South Georgia... for #SuperSeabirdSunday
April 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Here are some macaroni penguins (and a lone gentoo) with a humpback whale bearing down on them off Cooper Island, South Georgia... for #SuperSeabirdSunday
I had no idea that we have water shrews in #Mull. Neighbour's cat killed two in under an hour. #shrew #watershrew
April 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had no idea that we have water shrews in #Mull. Neighbour's cat killed two in under an hour. #shrew #watershrew
10 years ago today, my work was cited by an expert IWC panel to demonstrate that Japan's proposed new scientific whaling program was not scientifically justified because non-lethal alternatives had been proven to work. Proud moment (which I'd forgotten about until FB reminded me) #whaling
April 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
10 years ago today, my work was cited by an expert IWC panel to demonstrate that Japan's proposed new scientific whaling program was not scientifically justified because non-lethal alternatives had been proven to work. Proud moment (which I'd forgotten about until FB reminded me) #whaling
Finally found a reference for the population control attempts on killer whales by the US military, at the request of the Icelandic Government in the 1950s (Naval Aviation News, 1956). #whaling
April 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Finally found a reference for the population control attempts on killer whales by the US military, at the request of the Icelandic Government in the 1950s (Naval Aviation News, 1956). #whaling
These beautiful and honest essay was published recently by my dear friend Rose Skelton. #queerfamily #spermdonation #mushrooms #love & #friendship.
newohioreview.org/2025/03/04/f...
newohioreview.org/2025/03/04/f...
April 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These beautiful and honest essay was published recently by my dear friend Rose Skelton. #queerfamily #spermdonation #mushrooms #love & #friendship.
newohioreview.org/2025/03/04/f...
newohioreview.org/2025/03/04/f...
Barnacle geese or pink-footed? I am leaning towards the former, as i think pink footed have more of a flutes or whistling call? Migrating north over Mull today with a nice tail wind #migration
April 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Barnacle geese or pink-footed? I am leaning towards the former, as i think pink footed have more of a flutes or whistling call? Migrating north over Mull today with a nice tail wind #migration
Antarctic minke whale drive-by in Lazarev Bay
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Antarctic minke whale drive-by in Lazarev Bay
Commerson's dolphins: contender for the smallest marine dolphin in the world. These spent hours swimming into our prop-wash while the ship held position off Saunders Island, Falkland
March 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Commerson's dolphins: contender for the smallest marine dolphin in the world. These spent hours swimming into our prop-wash while the ship held position off Saunders Island, Falkland
I found the beautiful yellow specklebelly in Mull today (Pseudocyphellaria citrina). Like a sheet of hammered copper, studded with golden stars. A rare treasure. #fungifriends #lichen #temperaterainforest
March 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I found the beautiful yellow specklebelly in Mull today (Pseudocyphellaria citrina). Like a sheet of hammered copper, studded with golden stars. A rare treasure. #fungifriends #lichen #temperaterainforest
Excited to report that @andrewfoote.bsky.social and I have a new note in the next issue of Irish Naturalists Journal irishnaturalistsjournal.org (please subscribe!). We believe that Dopey Dick (Derry 1977) was Comet (Hebrides & Ireland 1992-2014), now presumed dead #WestCoastCommunity #killerwhale.
March 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Excited to report that @andrewfoote.bsky.social and I have a new note in the next issue of Irish Naturalists Journal irishnaturalistsjournal.org (please subscribe!). We believe that Dopey Dick (Derry 1977) was Comet (Hebrides & Ireland 1992-2014), now presumed dead #WestCoastCommunity #killerwhale.
Colleagues have told me that cloudy eyes is a suspected symptom of HPAI in Antarctic fur seals. I saw several adults and pups with both or single cloudy eyes in South Georgia last week. This one was at Maiviken @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Colleagues have told me that cloudy eyes is a suspected symptom of HPAI in Antarctic fur seals. I saw several adults and pups with both or single cloudy eyes in South Georgia last week. This one was at Maiviken @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
West Point Island. Always a warm welcome from Tees and Kiki who have devoted so much time to making this island a haven for wildlife. #Falklands #rainbows
March 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
West Point Island. Always a warm welcome from Tees and Kiki who have devoted so much time to making this island a haven for wildlife. #Falklands #rainbows
Here's the closest thing to a top-down shot that I could get. Aside from morphlogy, given the small size and the fact that it was well fused, I think minke would make sense. Thanks for your help!
March 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here's the closest thing to a top-down shot that I could get. Aside from morphlogy, given the small size and the fact that it was well fused, I think minke would make sense. Thanks for your help!
So many whale bones on Barren Island in #FalklandIslands🇫🇰. Highlights were a beaked whale vertebra and a sei or minke whale skull (help with species id would be great! @paoloviscardi.bsky.social)
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
So many whale bones on Barren Island in #FalklandIslands🇫🇰. Highlights were a beaked whale vertebra and a sei or minke whale skull (help with species id would be great! @paoloviscardi.bsky.social)
Wilson's storm petrels, feeding in shallow waters (on amphipods, I think). Watch closely to see some fully submerging. This is the second time I've seen them diving. At Melchior Islands. #seabirds
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Wilson's storm petrels, feeding in shallow waters (on amphipods, I think). Watch closely to see some fully submerging. This is the second time I've seen them diving. At Melchior Islands. #seabirds
Some whale pictures from an incredible week around the Antarctic Peninsula: pack-ice killer whale, humpback whale blow, long-finned pilot whale and humpback whale dorsal fin
February 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Some whale pictures from an incredible week around the Antarctic Peninsula: pack-ice killer whale, humpback whale blow, long-finned pilot whale and humpback whale dorsal fin