Dr Danni Hinchcliffe

Quest for Small Red-eyed continues but six Red-eyed on the St Helens canal in Sankey Valley this evening

Awesome to be at The Greatest Gathering event in Derby today to celebrate 200 years of the railway. The event was so well organised, with so much to do in a day (16K+ steps & that was just running around after the toddler!) #trains #trainphotography #railway200 #railadvent #flyingscotsman #deltic 🚂🚆

Komodo dragon

African wild dog

White-lipped island pit viper

Orangutan handprints vs toddler handprints

An excellent day at @chesterzoo.bsky.social as always! #zoo #conservation #familydayout

I nicked a pot plant from an All Bar One when drunk. Watered it for 2 years before discovering it was made of plastic. I have a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology.

When you unexpectedly notice a crap load of Jersey cudweed on the drive to nursery, having failed to see it on actual Jersey #cheshire #botany 🌱

Surprise 2nd award from our Faculty ProVice Chancellor to recognise my efforts supporting our postgrad researchers. I wish I'd had more support all those years ago so the best I can do is make sure our PGRs have all they need to realise their potential @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social

No tips or advice. Jeez, maybe it's time to leave academia?

bart simpson is reading a piece of paper with the words who am i kidding i really am a failure written below him ALT: bart simpson is reading a piece of paper with the words who am i kidding i really am a failure written below him

Today I got a harsh paper rejection after waiting several months to hear back from the journal. Any tips for bouncing back from these things? It's hard having no research group & building a project from scratch. Just need to get this pilot data out there! #academia #despair #earlycareer #ornithology

Diet-based changes, & finally ditching the car for public transport to work!

A great day completing the @carbonliteracy.bsky.social project training at my university @ljmuofficial.bsky.social & making individual and group wide pledges to positive climate action. This @wwf.org.uk quiz helped me to identify where I could make cuts to my carbon footprint: footprint.wwf.org.uk

Not one for posting pics of myself first thing in the morning but this birthday present from the hubby was spot on! #academic #birthday

Great to be at the launch of the Infertility at Work Research Network @sheffielduni.bsky.social bringing together researchers & practitioners from ranging areas, expertise & lived experience of #infertility #ivf with a common goal of providing better support in the workplace. @ljmu-ris.bsky.social

Lovely to be nominated, even lovelier to have won - especially when there were some fantastic nominations across several schools in our Faculty. Well done all, research-led teaching is the dream job 🙌 @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #ljmu #wildlife #conservation #ecology #lecturer #earlycareer #researcher

Great to sit on a careers advice panel for our Biodiversity & Conservation research group PGRs today. Sharing lived experiences & lessons learned is important as is making it clear failure happens way more than success & the failures are what shape you @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social

That's a wrap on @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #SATH2025 conference! I enjoyed giving TWO talks today to 540 registered delegates: (1) research informed teaching on our Wildlife Conservation programmes using translocations as a case study, & (2) use of VR simulations to teach species ID skills 🐦 #impact

Another fab talk from our BES Diversity & Inclusion team led by Prof Nic Koyama on how increasing awareness, implementing a clear response to report policy & visible Inclusion Ambassadors has significantly reduced student reports of harassment in the last 3 years. @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #SATH2025

Great to be on our School (BES) Diversity & Inclusion committee & see our Lead's work presented by Dr Alex Wilshaw at the @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Students at the Heart Conference #SATH2025 sharing our students' perspectives on gender diversity & its implications for student recruitment #AthenaSwan

Ending day 1 of the @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Students at the Heart Conference with a workshop from the T&L Academy on Driving Student Success through Equity: Applying the #LJMU evaluation framework using personal tutoring as a case study. Preparation, evaluation methods & survey tools! #SATH2025

Stories from the heart: the value of storytelling to teach complex concepts from a lecturer's perspective. Great talk Heather Kirby @ljmuofficial.bsky.social School of Nursing & Adv. Practice - duality of identity, lecturing skills & empathy/emotions help communicate hard to reach concepts #SATH2025

Especially enjoyed this session from @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Teaching & Learning Academy's Dr Phil Carey about the "hidden curriculum". We must better support students by linking curriculum + assessment design to wellbeing & acknowledge Uni power dynamics (students being least powerful). #SATH2025

The @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Students at the Heart Conference #SATH2025 is underway with a keynote from James Coe, Counterculture Partnership LLP "the end of the student experience as we know it". Community is key to student experience if abundant, allows students control of own lives & to succeed.

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🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
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Deadline: 15 September 2025

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52322 leaving Irwell Vale this afternoon on its final run of the day along the East Lancs Railway. @railadvent.bsky.social #steamtrain #steamloco #heritagerailway #steamrailway #trainphotography

Pied flycatcher research at Longshaw The clue is in the poo! Secrets to boosting the recovery of at risk pied flycatcher could be revealed in new research into bird droppings and nest location.

Should I stay, or should I go? That’s what LJMU’s @dannihinchy.bsky.social is trying to answer with the help of bird poo, nestboxes and PIT tags! A brilliant example of collaborative conservation and impactful ecological research.
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Droppings of Springwatch bird being analysed Researchers are examining droppings of pied flycatchers from the Peak District's Longshaw Estate.

🎥 As seen on #Springwatch: @dannihinchy.bsky.social from @LJMU is leading vital conservation research into pied flycatchers at Longshaw Estate, Peak District. A huge step for woodland biodiversity 🌿🐦
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60007 Sir Nigel Gresley powers towards Warrington Bank Quay this morning. @railadvent.bsky.social #steamrailway #steamtrain #trains #trainphotography

Reflecting on the last few weeks working with BBC #Springwatch filming from my field site - Longshaw Estate. Proud to see our pied flycatcher nest boxes (& birds!) in several episodes and I even braved being on camera too 🫣 @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk #peakdistrict #ornithology

Couldn't resist seconds before work today... Woodchat shrike, Daresbury - ca. 8am today. @birdguides.bsky.social

Normandy! Where are you from? ☺️

Woodchat shrike

Woodchat shrike

Southern marsh-orchid

Common spotted orchid

Shrike and orchids. What a wonderful quick venture out close to home this evening. #cheshire #birding #orchids #birds #botany