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Polychaete Bob

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Kate Mortimer - A marine biologist specialising in marine bristleworms (Polychaeta, especially magelonids), who loves hockey 🏑, running and the great outdoors Works for @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social Postgraduate student @sosbangor.bsky.social

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · 19h

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Come and work with us at National Museum Cardiff. Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales seeks a new Head of Zoology to lead an experienced curatorial team driving forward innovative research and public engagement programmes.

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · 26d

A few of the visitors to the garden. Lucky to have so many woodpeckers visit

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Aug 16

Absolutely loving my new T shirt from @sillytees.bsky.social. If you know you know! 😆🤣

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 28

Great game of cricket yesterday against Cowbridge. Went right down to the wire, with only 5 runs in it. So glad to come away with the win.

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 28

Finishing off the deep clean in the natural history galleries for another year. Today was dusting dinosaurs 🦕 🦖🧽
Great to get up close with these amazing specimens and models. Can officially report that they are all sparkling now and ready to welcome dino fans in the morning.

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 16

Lovely visit to Castell Coch this afternoon. Lots of conservation work going on but still lots to see and the ceilings are just beautiful.

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 10

I am so pleased that we were able to get to the Tower of London whilst the Poppies to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of WWII were there. So moving and poignant to see.

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 10

Day 2 in the big smoke and 28,000 steps later we had visited Trafalgar Square, Marble Arch, Horse Guards, Westminster, Whitehall, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Greenwhich, Buckingham Palace, Leicester Square, China Town, Covent Garden and to finished off with Phantom of the Opera.

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 10

Really enjoyed visiting @sciencemuseum.org.uk, loads of great exhibitions. My daughter particularly enjoyed the history of medicine exhibit. Shame the space exhibit is currently closed but the flight exhibits were excellent.

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 10

They are amazing, the whole building is

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 10

Some of the fab exhibits @nhm.org. We spent hours looking around even though it’s a bit of a busman’s holiday for me. Even managed to find some polychaetes in the Darwin Centre and bumped into the fab Emma Sherlock for a catch up.

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jul 10

What an amazing building the @nhm.org is! I am just as fascinated by the architecture as the exhibits. There’s so much to look at, every column and ceiling is amazing!

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jun 26

I had the great pleasure of attending Salvage Training this week at work. A fantastic course aimed at familiarising staff to procedures in the event of an emergency or incident. Pictured below is our attempt at building a wind tunnel to dry out damp books @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jun 19

Had a great time photographing the Home Nations Masters Hockey Tournament in Swansea this weekend. Thanks to Dawn for this brilliant photo of me poised to take photos, excellent 🙌. Very excited to use my new gadget ☂️

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jun 17

This horse fly was keeping me company on the way to work!

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Jun 17

Another day doing a deep clean of the natural history galleries @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social. Working on the shore and woodlands making them sparkle for the visitors

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Bridgend Ladies HC @bridgendladieshc.bsky.social · Jun 7

Many thanks to Katherine Jones and @polychaetebob.bsky.social for these snaps from Summer Mixed Training between Bridgend Hockey Club and Bridgend Ladies Hockey Club. There’s loads more over on our Facebook page.

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Apr 30

Imaging the Holotype of Magelona anuheone Magalhães, Bailey-Brock & Watling, 2018 on #WormWednesday

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Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Apr 24

Gardens done, time to kick back with a cuppa in the sunshine ☀️

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · Apr 23

A good day in the image suite taking photos of worms from the Gulf of Mexico.

Amazing to see how good Jones was at dissecting and mounting specimens. No wonder his drawings were so good #wormWednesday