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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 6d

Quick lunch time walk at Grafham rewarded me with a lot of ducks, a couple of Great White egrets and good views of two Black Tailed Godwits from Valley Creek...but they were the only waders seen @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 11d

Argh, went the other way - 2 ringed plover and 9 great egrets from Mander and a greenshank from Dudney. Quite a few wigeon and pintail around

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 17d

It certainly was! They used yield and weatther data from the Rothamsted Broadbalk long-term wheat experiment

Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 19d

Cancelled my OpenAI subscription, and taken out a subscription to the @theguardian.com instead. #feelgoodfriday

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 21d

Not sure it's the best way, but I guess it's one way to top up #Grafham water @anglianwater.bsky.social (leak has been reported!)

Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 23d

We had a cracking weekend for the first @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Great entries from the teams and somethings for us to think about on how we present our data! The winning team developed a data explorer for the long-term experiments, with potential to customise for different stakeholders.

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 24d

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 24d

The teams are knuckling down for the final 5 hours of the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Emerging themes around data visualisations to illustrate complex long-term data combing yields, weather and insect data.

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 24d

In all the excitement I neglected to post anything yesterday about the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data #hackathon at the Royal Agricultural University! I ledt one team working past midnight, and now they're all tucking into breakfast ready for a few more hours coding. Lokking forward to the results!

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 29d

I think i may have seen it on my run yesterday evening. About 5.30pm, shore at south end of dam. Very squat looking bird then flew off towards Gaynes - white wings and dusky body

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cracking wader morning at #Grafham, 2 curlew sandpiper, 2 little ringed plover, common sandpiper, ruff and dunlin from Mander/valley creek. 2 spotted sandpiper, 4 greenshank, 1 common sandpiper plus a couple of pintail from Littleless Creek. But Dudney was empty! Scope video of the Green and Spotted

Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Sep 1

Forget AI, one massive productivity gain would be people using #MSWord headings correctly. Reviewing an 84 page doc without simple navigation is a sod.

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Aug 20

Makes sense

Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Aug 20

Any ideas what this is. I'm guessing sone sort of sensor? Screwed in to an oak, the top has a metal pin enclosed by a spring. @richardkbroughton.bsky.social

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Aug 17

Saw one of the black-wits yesterday morning plus the pink foot, was trying to find the wood sandpiper but no luck

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm now timing my runs to end when the heatpump comes on for some outside aircon 🥵

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Dr Helen Metcalfe | she/her @hmetcalfe1.bsky.social · Aug 6

What's the true value of a hedgerow? Or a diverse landscape when it comes to mitigating field edge yield declines? Our new paper out today might have some of the answers doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jul 11

I think a lot of science has a lot of #data management debt

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jul 3

Interested in #agdata? Then join us at the @rothamsted.bsky.social data hackathon using the rich long-term data from our Long-term experiments, North Wyke Farm Platform and Insect Survey @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social, @thefarmplatform.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/rotha...

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jun 20

Here are a couple more pics of the same bird, all taken on my phone through my scope. If I remember right it didn't have tuft like the one in pic. I think the pics bear that out but the quality isn't great

Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hi Mark, yep, checked my notebook and 4th May was when I saw it.

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jun 17

Lad's done his background research!

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thanks both, guessed as much, and certainly a striking combination of features!

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · Jun 14

Brown tufted duck? With a red bill? Grafham Water @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · May 4

Cheek

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