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Research Ecologist working on birds, mammals, forests, farms, hedgerows, woodland natural colonisation. Marsh Tit, Willow Tit & Wood Warbler research. Editor-in-Chief of the journal Bird Study: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbis20 Views are mine.
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When religion and state power merge, religion is transformed from a matter of personal conscience and conviction into an instrument of control. We are deeply concerned about the growing evangelism within the White House, and the flow of funding reaching the UK. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Adventures of the Monks Wood Bottle, a beer bottle from the Huntingdon Brewery (closed 1954) that was probably tossed into the wood during World War 2 and has been there ever since. It hasn't moved in the 25 yrs I've know it. But it gets a lot of visitors: first, up, a Red Fox at night. 1/x

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Nothing sadder than a barn in April that’s lost its Swallows. There was a big collapse in numbers around local farms several years ago, and they’ve never come back. Probably the first time in thousands of years, since the Iron Age, that English farms around here never had breeding Swallows.

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I was delighted to the visit the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, recently acquired by the Wildlife Trusts and now a focal point for Nature recovery at scale. While there I had a chat with the FT’s Madeleine Speed. Her write up here ⬇️ www.ft.com/content/17a3...

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Nice reviews of the recent Poyser books by @robthomasbirds.bsky.social & myself in this month's @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. Storm-Petrels and The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit. #ornithology #naturewriting #birds #ukbirding www.britishwildlife.com/article/arti....

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The Loddon Lillies are out along the Thames, also a hell of a lot of Hemlock Water Dropwort. Many Sedge Warblers and Common Whitethroats, with several Reed and a couple of singing Cetti’s for good measure.

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Hoop-oh!

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The sound of a happy Rookery, after some welcome rain improved foraging conditions for the adults. Lots of large, hungry nestlings calling. The first ones will be fledging very soon. #ukbirding

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🎉 New paper out in Forest Ecology and Management. Effect of bark beetle outbreak and salvage logging on tree-related microhabitats in Białowieża Forest www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Based on the internship report of MSc student Flora van Eupen. A wonderful achievement for her!

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First time I’ve seen Crested Tit as roadkill! #highlandbirds

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Great thread on what Greta Thunberg would call 'small dick energy'.

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The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.

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Natural colonisation of woodland/shrubland at 4, 10 & 29 yrs. Same spot, looking towards ancient woodland seed source 90 m away at Monks Wood Chronosequence. Still in dynamic change, dense hawthorn & blackthorn thickets are nursery for emerging oaks. Teeming with warblers, soil carbon increasing.

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Excellent, clear thread cutting through the hyperbolic headlines.

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Wild crab apples also having an amazing blossom year. The scent is permeating this ancient woodland. Reminds me of old ladies’ perfume from the 1970s.

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Park sensibly.

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