Today's #birdoftheday theme is birds #StandingInWater. Here’s black tailed godwits on Meols beach, Wirral, UK on 21 Jan 26. #birds #wirral
Possibly the best photo of a frog that I have ever taken
Fabulous day visiting villages along the Amazon to act as human bait for mosquitoes and midges. Now covered in bites from head to foot. Midge density surpassed even Scotland.
V pleased with myself as got screwed by an Ireland-based cheap airline which cancelled a return flight from Italy and then refused to pay the extra costs we incurred. I took it to the Small Claims Court and - today - won!
On the river, and visit to an animal sanctuary
Iquitos market - enormous grubs of the palm weevil for a quick snack; roast caiman; and the a Peruvian hairless dog
SLO-mo dragonflies on the Amazon
with @bronwenmanby.bsky.social
39 years ago, after the Inca Trail, I went to the Princeton Uni field station. 2 days by truck over the Andes, 2 on boats up the Madre de Dios river to get there; a day by boat and a plane to get out. The Madre de Dios is a tributary of the Amazon - but today, we get to see the Amazon proper!
Machu Picchu a few days ago - views so stunning that we could only sit down and watch. No photo can do true justice, given the high mountains surrounding the site and the constant flutter of butterflies
Thirty-nine years ago I did the Inca trail but fell ill at the end and missed Machu Picchu. Had fabulous visit today when torrential rain stopped, clouds cleared and the sun shone giving awesome views. Here’s start and end of the trail - and MP in all its glory
Our new paper is now out on "Temperature-sensitive incubation, transmissibility and risk of Aedes albopictus-borne chikungunya virus in Europe". Chikungunya has a lower thermal threshold for transmission than previously thought, carrying a higher risk of outbreaks across Europe.
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Me: como te llamas?
It: Llamas
Me: si, como te llamas
It: ??
Great day in the Sacred Valley yesterday visiting Moray, where Incas did agricultural experiments, Maras with some 3000 salt pools, and the amazing Ollantaytambo with its incredible stone masonry
Final two weeks to submit your abstract to present at this year’s UK VBD Conference in Liverpool. Don’t miss out! Submission deadline is 28th February 2026. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/j9hjJbCnRS
And a few more pics
Lovely houses in our village
And more from the fete
Then up to 12000 ft and the sacred valley where there happened to be a village fete by our pousada, with kids spraying everyone with foam and water. Lots of grilled pork and guinea pigs to enjoy
Great choice of potatoes in the supermarket
Lovely Lima - misty this time of year but excellent and extraordinary Museum Larco (especially the erotica room) and wonderful Pisco sours
Sunshine in Lima. I w feel like shoots that have just appeared above ground and seen the sun
Godwits on Meols beach
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"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
Over the moon with my improving DIY skills - here repairing water damage to a friend’s ceiling.
Adolf Hitler “unacceptable for Poland to not be part of Germany”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Dunlin at Hoylake this morning
