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Dr Anna Sturrock @otolithgirl.bsky.social · 6d

So lovely to meet our new cohort of marine biology and ecology undergraduates @universityofessex.bsky.social. What a lovely bunch! And deff winning the highest jump there Michael Steinke!!

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 8d

Response on the captive Turtle Dove releases from Operation Turtle Dove #conservation operationturtledove.org/captive-rele...

Operation Turtle Dove’s view on the release of captive-bred Turtle Doves as a conservation measure - Operation Turtle Dove

Operation Turtle Dove is a science-led conservation partnership working to reverse the decline of Turtle Doves in the UK by restoring habitat and addressing key threats. Learn why captive-bred release...

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 10d

UK rice fields - I aired this idea for diversification a decade ago - with alternative motives 🦆https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wgeq702dyo.amp

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 14d

Agreed on the early vs established, but also what's gone before,.we know we lost 50-70% of European wetlands before bird counts began, and harvests were larger, so contemporary increases in wetland birds hide what must have much higher historical declines

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 15d

Great article in Harvard Business Review on the emergence of 'AI-generated workslop'. Marking student work, reviewing grants, papers etc now takes much longer as I can no longer assume that cited references a) exist or b) are relevant to a potentially spurious case study
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Text reads: Here’s how this happens. As AI tools become more accessible, workers are increasingly able to quickly produce polished output: well-formatted slides, long, structured reports, seemingly articulate summaries of academic papers by non-experts, and usable code. But while some employees are using this ability to polish good work, others use it to create content that is actually unhelpful, incomplete, or missing crucial context about the project at hand. The insidious effect of workslop is that it shifts the burden of the work downstream, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work. In other words, it transfers the effort from creator to receiver.

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 15d

1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️

Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology

Image of two Turtle Doves perching on branches over water, one leans down to take a drink. Wording to the left reads: Wild Bird Indicators. For populations in the UK and England, 1970 to 2024. Out now!

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15d

It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 15d

New issue of #BirdStudy out today!
Birds on solar farms
Numbers of released Pheasants & Partridges
Woodlarks & Meadow Pipits in Central Europe
Hawfinch supplementary feeding
Black-billed Cuckoo diet
Serengeti Secretarybirds
Tracking Lesser Flamingos
www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbis20/c...
#ornithology

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Neelam Porwal @neelamporwal.bsky.social · 15d

Is male aggression good or bad for populations under heatwaves? Find out in our recently published article onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 15d

@neelamporwal.bsky.social has just published this work on interacting eco-evo feedbacks between heatwaves and sensual selection on population dynamics - first output from an exciting project with a team inc @jacek-radwan.bsky.social @robknell.bsky.social #ecology #evolution

Evolutionary Biology Group, Adam Mickiewicz University @evobiolab.bsky.social · Aug 21

We are having fantastic time presenting and discussing our work at #ESEB2025

- Neelam Porwal answered a question "How sexual selection shapes small populations demography under recurrent heatwaves"

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 15d

A tad early to not be out in the field, but I have #book company, off to @anglianwater.bsky.social #partnerships day #water #wildlife #people #wetlands

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Daryl Rhymes @darylrhymes.bsky.social · 16d

Today was my last Abberton visit until 10th October & it wasn't bad despite a bit of a clear-out. Glossy Ibis, albeit distant, in Wigborough bay was new and also on site today 8 Curlew Sands, 13 Spot Reds, 3 Dunlin, 31 Spoonbill, 26 Ruff, 3 Hobby, 2 LR Plover & all the usual wildfowl #essexbirding

A Great White Egret reflecting in the early morning light

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 16d

Calling all nature enthusiasts! 🐦 Sign up to our newsletter for #Birds in Greenspaces, our exciting new project that launches next Spring and focuses on publicly accessible greenspaces! 😀

Sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates and resources ➡️ www.bto.org/get-involved... #Ornithology

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 16d

Yes Annie, but islands are considered less of a challenge to stay both grey squirrel and therefore pox free - what's unique here is this is a key northern urban stronghold of Greys close to the habitats with the structure and marten predators that can give reds an advantage

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 16d

How freakosystems are becoming the norm #ecology #nature theweek.com/environment/...

How 'freakosystems' are becoming the norm

Ecosystems are changing permanently

theweek.com

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 17d

Aberdeen Becomes UK’s First City to Welcome Back Red Squirrels — Conservation Efforts Pay Off thescottishfeed.substack.com/p/aberdeen-b...

Aberdeen Becomes UK’s First City to Welcome Back Red Squirrels — Conservation Efforts Pay Off

Aberdeen is seeing red — the red squirrel, that is. After decades of absence, the native species is now returning to city parks, gardens, and even inner‑city areas once overrun by grey squirrels.

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Arnav Das @arnav7.bsky.social · 17d

Started this a few weeks back, loved the way concepts and examples are outlined, will post some excerpts as I tread along 🤗🤗

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 20d

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...

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Evolutionary Biology Group, Adam Mickiewicz University @evobiolab.bsky.social · 26d

@neelamporwal.bsky.social ‘s talk about estimating extinction risks under sexual selection using simulations, at PEC2025 won the first prize for the best student talk. So, should animals swipe right for survival?🐧

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 20d

Good point - at present the law absolutely considers biodiversity, and often a particular set of biodiversity more important than wildness and naturalness (if the later means to be natural state) - but some other law (planning law for example) might consider naturalness (if green/pleasant) more

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Daryl Rhymes @darylrhymes.bsky.social · 21d

There wasn't much new at Abberton today, but still plenty to see. Wigborough Church had 2 Spot Flies and at the reservoir 35 Curlew Sand, 5 Little Stint, 45 Ruff, 26 Spoonbill, LR Plover, 400 Sand Martin, Hobby, Peregrine & all the expected wildfowl #essexbirding

Hide bay waders, mostly Black-tailed Godwits but a juv Curlew Sandpiper centre of shot

Spoonbills, Black-tailed Godwits, Grey Heron & 2 Curlew Sandpipers

Distant waders & wildfowl in Wigborough bay. Teal, Pintail, Curlew Sandpiper & a Little Stint

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 20d

The @conservatives.bsky.social have a new #Nature and #Environment #policy strategy - "Paradise Regained" - all-party support is required for Nature recovery so this is welcome - the title might play to nationalism trends - but paragraph 5 of the intro is not helpful www.cen.uk.com/paradise-reg...

Paradise Regained | Conservative Environment Network

Drawing on the conservative philosophies of Edmund Burke and Sir Roger Scruton, this paper is the first step towards embarking on a new and distinctly conservative mission to restore English nature.

www.cen.uk.com

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 21d

Totes Steve - conservation is always value driven so "it depends" and "context matters" and "which baseline" very much, as ever, apply.

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 21d

Well its a study so I doubt they will per se, but I am also not yet convinced the authors have made the strongest case. In the end conservation is always value based, and therefore nobody is ever entirely wrong 😇

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Tom Cameron @ecoevoenviro.bsky.social · 21d

Unexplained pivot from INNS to rewilding but ... Introduced large herbivores more negative than positive on native biodiversity #ecology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity - Nature Communications

Using impact assessment frameworks, this study shows that the introduction of large mammalian herbivores outside their native range has predominantly caused negative impacts on native biodiversity glo...

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