Stu Bearhop
@stubearhop.bsky.social
Academic at the University of Exeter. Animal ecologist 📊
Researching: animal migration 🦅, foraging behaviour🦆
Will likely post about: research🔬, teaching🎓, wildlife🦋, birds🐦⬛, ornithology 🪶, landscapes🏔️, coast🏝️, kayaking🚣, cycling🚲
Researching: animal migration 🦅, foraging behaviour🦆
Will likely post about: research🔬, teaching🎓, wildlife🦋, birds🐦⬛, ornithology 🪶, landscapes🏔️, coast🏝️, kayaking🚣, cycling🚲
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Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom!
#EndlessFishMostBeautiful
#EndlessFishMostBeautiful
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom!
#EndlessFishMostBeautiful
#EndlessFishMostBeautiful
Only a few days to go… please share!!!
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Only a few days to go… please share!!!
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Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Get in touch if you want to know more
Get in touch if you want to know more
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Get in touch if you want to know more
Get in touch if you want to know more
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Polymorphism with individuals differing e.g. in colour is common. Here with Hanna Kokko discussing why this occurs, the consequences for conservation and that polymorphism could be hidden. youtu.be/rfVBmmaOwuE?...
Polymorphism in nature
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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June 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Polymorphism with individuals differing e.g. in colour is common. Here with Hanna Kokko discussing why this occurs, the consequences for conservation and that polymorphism could be hidden. youtu.be/rfVBmmaOwuE?...
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Both posts are part of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project 'Developmental control of neural cell number and type’, which builds on our work on mushroom body expansion in #Heliconius butterflies (e.g. see www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
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Rapid expansion and visual specialisation of learning and memory centres in the brains of Heliconiini butterflies - Nature Communications
Changes in the abundance and diversity of neural cell types provide the substrate for behavioral evolution. This study provides evidence of extensive, mosaic expansion of an integration brain center, ...
www.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Both posts are part of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project 'Developmental control of neural cell number and type’, which builds on our work on mushroom body expansion in #Heliconius butterflies (e.g. see www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
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Could you ever tire of seeing these beautiful animals up close. @exetermarine.bsky.social team over on the Isles of Scilly tagging shags for foraging and habitat studies… the colour of that eye!! @marineorno.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @bou.org.uk @eounion.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Could you ever tire of seeing these beautiful animals up close. @exetermarine.bsky.social team over on the Isles of Scilly tagging shags for foraging and habitat studies… the colour of that eye!! @marineorno.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @bou.org.uk @eounion.bsky.social
Very rarely get a chance to do any sight seeing on these work trips but today was an exception. Deffo bucket list tick!
April 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Very rarely get a chance to do any sight seeing on these work trips but today was an exception. Deffo bucket list tick!
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Emile Michels' first PhD paper published today. Amplification of Borrelia in ticks at pheasant-release sites – an intriguing example how non-native species can increase zoonotic disease risk through spillback. @uniexecec.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk
Spillback is potentially an important mechanism by which non-natives contribute to zoonotic disease emergence. We capitalise on quasi-experimental releases of non-native pheasants (Phasianus colchicu...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Emile Michels' first PhD paper published today. Amplification of Borrelia in ticks at pheasant-release sites – an intriguing example how non-native species can increase zoonotic disease risk through spillback. @uniexecec.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Last week at #BOU2025, we were delighted to award the Godman Salvin Prize to Prof Robert Furness for his contributions to #ornithology 👏
Please read about Prof Furness' impressive career here, as summarised by Keith Hamer
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶#seabirds
Please read about Prof Furness' impressive career here, as summarised by Keith Hamer
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶#seabirds
April 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last week at #BOU2025, we were delighted to award the Godman Salvin Prize to Prof Robert Furness for his contributions to #ornithology 👏
Please read about Prof Furness' impressive career here, as summarised by Keith Hamer
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶#seabirds
Please read about Prof Furness' impressive career here, as summarised by Keith Hamer
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley....
#ornithology 🪶#seabirds
We watched this wonderful little female otter for about half an hour on Islay this morning.. several ballan wrasse and swimming crabs brought ashore to eat on the rocks. Only a few of our Rewilding Field Course students were up but they were treated to some fantasist views and behaviour..
March 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We watched this wonderful little female otter for about half an hour on Islay this morning.. several ballan wrasse and swimming crabs brought ashore to eat on the rocks. Only a few of our Rewilding Field Course students were up but they were treated to some fantasist views and behaviour..
Faint aurora in North Donegal as we were setting nets this evening
February 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Faint aurora in North Donegal as we were setting nets this evening
Critically endangered white-headed vulture in Buffalo Springs NR, Kenya. This male was hanging around a lion kill. @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Critically endangered white-headed vulture in Buffalo Springs NR, Kenya. This male was hanging around a lion kill. @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
Bateleur in the evening light at Samburu. These snake specialists are masters of the air but tend only to fly/glide in the heat of the day. @ibisjournal.bsky.social @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Bateleur in the evening light at Samburu. These snake specialists are masters of the air but tend only to fly/glide in the heat of the day. @ibisjournal.bsky.social @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social
Fortunate to have the black and white casqued hornbill pose very nicely for us. Out on the edge of Kagamega Forest collecting mud. Presumably to help his partner seal herself into their nest hole. #ornithology #birding #kenya @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social 🦜🦅🪶🌍🇿🇦
January 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Fortunate to have the black and white casqued hornbill pose very nicely for us. Out on the edge of Kagamega Forest collecting mud. Presumably to help his partner seal herself into their nest hole. #ornithology #birding #kenya @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social 🦜🦅🪶🌍🇿🇦
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Interested in seal diet, population size and haul out behaviour in Ireland? Funded PhD position at University College Cork. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Application deadline 31st Jan.
Application deadline 31st Jan.
January 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Interested in seal diet, population size and haul out behaviour in Ireland? Funded PhD position at University College Cork. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Application deadline 31st Jan.
Application deadline 31st Jan.
Good morning from Kenya. Day 3 begins as University of Exeter MSc Conservation and Biodiversity students up at sunrise to strike camp in Naivasha. @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social
@kjhockings.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social
@kjhockings.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Good morning from Kenya. Day 3 begins as University of Exeter MSc Conservation and Biodiversity students up at sunrise to strike camp in Naivasha. @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social
@kjhockings.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social
@kjhockings.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social
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It's officially HUMPBACK season in Cornwall 🐋 which means countless hours scanning the horizon, battling the 🥶 & straining my eyes!! The whales are thought to stop here to ‘refuel’ on their way ⬇️ to ❄️ breeding grounds. So get out, keep your 👀 peeled, & you might just get lucky!!
Photo: Jason Prince
Photo: Jason Prince
January 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It's officially HUMPBACK season in Cornwall 🐋 which means countless hours scanning the horizon, battling the 🥶 & straining my eyes!! The whales are thought to stop here to ‘refuel’ on their way ⬇️ to ❄️ breeding grounds. So get out, keep your 👀 peeled, & you might just get lucky!!
Photo: Jason Prince
Photo: Jason Prince
Lots of bleached by the wind sailors (Velella velella) on the beaches over the last few weeks.
January 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lots of bleached by the wind sailors (Velella velella) on the beaches over the last few weeks.
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Welcome to the last Super Seabird Sunday of the year where we ask you to share seabird photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines like these Gannets of the Bass rock. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
December 29, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Welcome to the last Super Seabird Sunday of the year where we ask you to share seabird photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines like these Gannets of the Bass rock. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
Can you spot Nel the dog waiting hopefully for some Christmas dinner? @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social
Clue in the second picture
Clue in the second picture
December 26, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Can you spot Nel the dog waiting hopefully for some Christmas dinner? @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social
Clue in the second picture
Clue in the second picture
3 wise men? Wild Santa ride to Portreath this morning. Rest of the team made it for the Xmas banquet at Twelveheads (fantastic spread from the Buon Appetit!
December 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
3 wise men? Wild Santa ride to Portreath this morning. Rest of the team made it for the Xmas banquet at Twelveheads (fantastic spread from the Buon Appetit!