Dr Natasha Mannion
natashamannion.bsky.social
Dr Natasha Mannion
@natashamannion.bsky.social
Final year PhD student investigating the impact of roads on tropical forest mammals in Brunei. Newcastle University @newcastleuni.bsky.social & Universiti Brunei Darussalam🌳 she/her

https://naturetasha.wixsite.com/natashamannion
It furthers understanding of hunting behaviours and motivations in the Temburong district of Brunei Darussalam, how hunting trends may change over time, & how hunting may interact with infrastructure expansion.

Plain language summary: tinyurl.com/ykfp87en

#hunting #borneo #wildmeat #conservation
June 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Forgot to post here but I passed my viva on 4th June and am #phdone! From navigating international travel during the pandemic, to hiking through tropical rainforests, to data analysis back at my desk in Newcastle it's been a huge adventure. Thanks to my supervisors and everyone who supported me!
June 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our textbook chapter is out! I collaborated with an amazing team to pull this together - Prof Marion Pfeifer, Dr Rebekah Puttick and Dr @ldbraunholtz.bsky.social. Look out for our work on #biodiversity, function and change of the tropical rainforests of #Borneo in Terrestrial Biomes, out now 🌳
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Great public talk by @mattywin.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social tonight. Climate change with a side of early 2000s pop and Peppa Pig having fracking energy #scicomm #climatechange
February 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Bornean ground cuckoo has a cool association with bearded pigs. The birds follow the pigs which upturn earth allowing the birds to better forage for invertebrates (image: Ulmar Grafe).

Fun fact: these birds have also been described as "unpalatable and smelly" 😅
January 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
✨Rare bird sighting✨ Finally talking about a cool finding from my fieldwork back in 2022! While I was aiming to record mammals in Brunei, I also captured some images of the very rare and elusive Bornean ground cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus).

#wildlife #birds #nature
January 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ain't no party like an ecology party cos an ecology party has a really chaotic ceilidh? #bes2024
December 12, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Here's the full version for anyone who wants a look! Find out more about my PhD research camera trapping in Brunei, Borneo #phdchat #ecology #tropicalforest #cameratraps
December 12, 2024 at 9:39 AM
Poster presentation at my first BES Annual Meeting done! #phdlife
December 12, 2024 at 9:35 AM
December 11, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Amazing walk-shop around Liverpool today at the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Annual Meeting exploring ecology's roots in enslavement. So many places across the city with connections to slavery, and so many connections with natural history #liverpool #ecology #decolonisation
December 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
December 9, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Hi, just moved over here from the other place (🐦) I'm in the final year of my PhD "Biodiversity responses to infrastructure expansion and hunting in Brunei Darussalam". This has been mainly working with camera trap data I collected in Brunei's rainforests in 2022.
December 7, 2024 at 5:29 PM