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It's been four amazing years researching the impacts of farming systems on #moths and #bats. Now looking forwards to starting a new chapter in my career ๐๐ฅณ
A male Ghost Moth among green stems and leaves
๐พ Big congratulations to @bats-n-bugs.bsky.social for her first PhD paper, in ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด & ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, about moths on mixed and arable farms.
Shows some moth benefits from woodland features in farmed landscape, but mixed picture. See: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
@srucnews.bsky.social
Great start to National Bat Conference last night with a bat walk led by Durham bat group and @batconservation.bsky.social
Looking forwards to speaking about some of my PhD research today on bats and mixed farming!
Presenter with microphone next to screen showing Wood Mice with speech bubbles.
Presenter with microphone next to screen showing a drawing of a bat
Presenter with microphone in front of screen showing a "hanks for attending" message
Brilliant night talking about all things #bioacoustics for the @pintofscience.uk festival in Aberdeen, along with amazing PhD researchers, Vicky and @bats-n-bugs.bsky.social and @srucnews.bsky.social colleague, Colin, our highly talented MC.
#pint2025
pintofscience.co.uk/event/awesom...
Still some tickets left for tomorrow evening's @pintofscience.uk event in Aberdeen! Come learn about #bats and other small mammals in our awesome acoustics session!
Hi James. Yes reared from larvae, I only fed them on Bearberry as I'm lucky enough that it grows not too far away!
28.04.2025 17:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Nice little trip up the road this week to release a few of these beautiful Netted Mountain #moths back to their natural habitat after overwintering as pupae in my shed.
28.04.2025 14:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
It's been a great couple of days at the #futureforbutterflies conference in Wageningen! I am very grateful for the opportunity to present my research on the potential benefits of regenerative grazing on #moths
04.04.2025 20:06 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Fantastic day of #moth and #butterfly talks at the Scottish recorders gathering. Thanks so much for inviting me to talk!
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#Beavers are good for #bats - statistically significant results for multiple bat species from @jackhooker.bsky.social research ๐ฆโค๏ธ๐ฆซ #ScotBatConf
01.03.2025 16:53 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
Wrapping up a busy day with a snow run up Glenshee! Not that there was much snow ๐คฃ
01.03.2025 22:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Looking forwards to speaking at the Scottish Bat Worker's conference this morning on how farming strategies impact #bats and their #insect prey!
@batconservation.bsky.social
Having a great time at #BES2024! Come see my poster later to chat about how regenerative grazing can benefit #moths! (poster board 1.6)
12.12.2024 09:38 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Great workshop by @rbgkew.bsky.social at #BES2024 yesterday on increasing crop diversity on Etheopian farms! What a great project!
11.12.2024 19:22 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #5,619,216, bats-n-bugs.bsky.social โช@bats-n-bugs.bsky.socialโฌ, joined on May 20, 2024"
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,619,216!
12.10.2024 06:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Today I collected in the last bat detectors for the very last chapter of my #PhD thesis: looking at how #bats use agricultural landscapes prior to hibernation?
#LandscapeEcology
#ecology
