@leelachanner.bsky.social
PhD student in mongoose behavioural ecology | fan of moths, butterflies & reptiles | photographer | science comms
Living in the bush often means finding weird solutions to problems faced by animals living near humans.
Huge thanks to aquaphor for a truly multipurpose balm that helped us grease this Nile monitor out of the grate he was trapped in!
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Two new sightings for me in Mweya, QENP; glossy ibis and a lovely pair of white-faced whistling ducks.
19.05.2025 16:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Out in the field again with all the highs and lows that brings, from having to cook 22 tiny omelettes every other night to elephants sparring with a lion.
13.05.2025 11:56 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
#conferencegoals #ASABSpring2025
What an amazing bunch π¦€
Great to have had the opportunity to present my research into individual variation in interspecific cooperative behaviour at #ASAB2025 in Liverpool today. Very lucky to be in the company of so many fantastic talks!
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Day 2 of #ASABSpring2025 has begun! π¦€
24.04.2025 13:55 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
Our #ASABSpring2025 conference kicked off with a blast (from the past) todayπ₯
We had an incredible talk by Dr. Tom Fletcher and Tom Land from Silverback Films π¦, accompanied by Camilla Affleck from Liverpool Screen School π½οΈ and Prof. Peter Falkingham from LJMU π¦
Woodcock orchid
Orange-tip butterfly
Painted lady butterfly
Baton blue butterfly
Lots of butterflies out despite the overcast skies! Orange-tip, green hairstreak, green-veined white, southern festoon, small heath, grizzled skipper, wall brown, baton blue and >15 painted ladies. Plus yellow and woodcock orchids.
16.04.2025 11:38 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Some nice birds from the train through Occitanie, on my way to visit my family for Easter β egrets and grey herons, black kite and black-winged stilt. Looking forward to seeing what insects are about.
10.04.2025 17:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A grass snake resting in the grass
A male adder sunning itself
A male and a female adder making the most of a warming patch of sun in the gorse
A friend and I approaching the adder in image 2
I've recently moved to Bristol and have been trying to explore the surrounding area. A trip to Ubley Warren on Saturday in search of reptiles didn't disappoint with adder, grass snake, and plenty of common lizards seen! @leelachanner.bsky.social
07.04.2025 19:25 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Tregonning Hill, Cornwall
Adder in bracken
Adder in bracken
Super exciting to stumble across 4 early adders basking on Tregonning Hill in the weekend's lovely weather
25.02.2025 09:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back in Cornwall and good to get out birding quickly! Lifer in the form of a ring-billed gull, and nice to see the glaucous gull and goosanders.
15.02.2025 19:42 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A couple of days in Samburu to round off the EBE field trip, with white-rumped shrike, secretary bird, white-headed buffalo weaver, and red-and-yellow barbet. @uniexecec.bsky.social
10.02.2025 13:26 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
From Nakuru NP β great white pelicans and grey hooded gulls, ruff, little stint, and augur buzzard.
09.02.2025 07:12 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Continuing with the @uniexecec.bsky.social MSc EBE field course sightings, here are some from Ol Pejeta: crowned hornbill, red-cheeked cordon bleu, golden-breasted bunting, and black-headed oriole. The bunting is my favourite of the trip, one I've wanted to see for ages and which didn't disappoint!
09.02.2025 06:58 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Some of the bird species on the @uniexecec.bsky.social
MSc EBE Kenya field course. White eye, purple grenadier, Eastern grey woodpecker and African paradise flycatcher.
A first for the year! Found this silly hummingbird hawk-moth awake and flying around the house last night. Released it once the temperature had warmed up today, hopefully it finds somewhere more suitable to overwinter.
02.01.2025 12:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One at the top would be a roller, maybe lilac-breasted. A hummingbird of some sort underneath it perhaps? Bottom left agreed on kingfisher. Bird on the left maybe a scarlet tanager, though the wings are green rather than black.
29.12.2024 16:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Didn't expect to spot a hawfinch from the kitchen window!
28.12.2024 17:27 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cirl and reed buntings on our Boxing Day walk, on the edge of the garrigue
26.12.2024 16:29 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Science Storytelling for Change audience
Rada Pandeva speaking on panel
Gillian Burke speaking on panel
Anna Roberts speaking on panel
A great turn-out for our Science Storytelling for Change event! Lovely to see so many engaged people in the audience. Thanks so much to everyone at @another-way.bsky.social who helped organise, and to our fantastic panelists, @radapandeva.bsky.social, Anna Roberts and Gillian Burke.
10.12.2024 10:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Rainbow over Falmouth harbour
Exbase audience
Some fascinating talks at Exbase yesterday, from termite conflict to dolphin communication via squirrel caching! Nerves aside, I was also happy to present some background to my own research on terrestrial cleaning symbioses.
26.11.2024 18:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Banded mongoose pup and adult.
Hello! A quick intro as I begin on this new platform. I'm Leela, interests include behavioural and sensory ecology, conservation and environmental change. Keen on insects and herps, cat person, photographer, currently researching mongoose behaviour.
24.11.2024 22:17 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
