Rob Thomas

Lluniau gwych, Cenric - diolch am rhannu!

Parental Provisioning in an Urban Apex Predator We combine high-definition webcams and citizen science to explore parental care in urban peregrine falcons from 30 locations across England between 2020 and 2023. By analysing detailed webcam footage...

Congratulations to Ed Drewitt on this latest publication from his PhD; this one is on parental provisioning of urban-breeding Peregrine Falcons :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

If you're a journalist who wants to help us save Wildlife in Wales, then this is the role for you. More info can be found on our website www.natureconservation.wales/job-opportun...

Petition for all research programmes to have a normal, informative name that is not some horrendously contrived acronym.

P.S. I'm thinking of naming my petition "PRePNoInNa". Please sign it. #PRePNoInNa

Very sorry to hear that, Steve.

Tracking bird flu – how you can help Sadly, across parts of the UK, there has been a spike in the number of reports of birds affected by High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) – bird flu – this winter, raising concerns that we may …

Sadly, it looks like it’s going to be another bad winter for #birdflu. It may already be at Roath Park Lake, Cardiff. I counted five dead Mute Swans there today.

You can help inform decision-making on how best to respond by reporting affected birds. More info here: shorturl.at/X7Tiv

A very exciting opportunity for an environmental investigative journalist to join our team at the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru.

Woodland proximity limits benefits of conservation land management for farmland breeding waders Where grassland breeding wader assemblages may be put at risk by tree planting, buffer zones >500 m should be implemented to mitigate the negative effect on wader species, with further distances havi...

Trees or breeding waders?
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There's little point paying farmers to leave space for breeding waders if their neighbours are going to plant trees.
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New review paper by Emma Sheard et al suggests that forests create ...

#ornithology

Data Analysis for Scientists using R Statistical Software — Eco-Explore R is a very powerful statistical software package that is free to download and use on your own computer. Our 150-page guidebook is designed to help you quickly to become familiar with R and to ex...

The perfect Christmas gift for the stats-nerd in your life. www.ecoexplore.co.uk/products/p/d...

The Storm-petrels (New) | Rob Thomas | 9781472985828 | Awesome Books The Storm-petrels by Rob Thomas. Buy new & second-hand books online with Free UK Delivery at Awesome Books.

The perfect Christmas gift for the seabird-nerd in your life. www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781472...

Green threat is growing. 50 seats where the green party can win.

50 seats...

Time to grow the Green Party even more.

Let's go.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Fantastic job: Specialist Advisor in Peatland Habitat Monitoring.
Join the dynamic Wales peatland team to lead ecological survey & monitoring elements.
£41K-£44K+ p/a. Closing 14/12/2025. Go for it!
swyddi.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/VacancyInfor...
@natreswales.bsky.social #GreenJobs #environment #Wales

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is looking for a manager for their seabird recovery programme. www.wildlifetrusts.org/jobs/project...

Two people wearing coloured coats, sitting on a cliff overlooking the sea. They are using binoculars to watch birds in the distance. [Photo: Danni Thompson]

Coming to the end of your studies and thinking about career options? We've got another exciting ECR talk lined up, this time on #Seabird Careers 🦢💼

📆 Fri 12 December
🕥 9.30 - 11 am (UK)
📍 Online

Sign up HERE to attend ⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And stay tuned for who's on our panel! 👀

Sign the petition to end peat sales! No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

If you are sick and tired of Governments failing to implement a peat compost ban again and again - to save all of the habitat it destroys each year and bring security to jobs and businesses in horticulture - please sign this petition actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal... I’ve signed

Photos needed of gulls eating stuff #gulls #stuff

Ever wondered what it would be like to be a rat dropping on an island waiting to be discovered by Jinx the Conservation Detection Dog? Wonder no more!

We delivered some biosecurity equipment to Flat holm earlier this month and Greg and Jinx performed their routine check of the island #dogswithjobs

Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...

Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.

So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Contents page of the 2024 Welsh Bird Report, above a photo taken by Andy Davis of a Buzzard plucking a carcass, one of the breast feathers floating off to the right of the image.

Screenshot of the contents page of the 2025 Bird Report

The day that the @birdsinwales.bsky.social 2024 Welsh Bird Report goes to the printers, and work starts on the 2025 edition...

I’m finding it difficult to decide whether I prefer the Bathmand uniform or the Bathimand uniform…

Cross-system transfer of fatty acids from aquatic insects supports terrestrial insectivore condition and reproductive success - Oecologia Cross-system fluxes of aquatic insects rich in omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 LC-PUFAs), specifically eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may subsidise ins...

Super excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🎉

We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟

Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The role of AI in ecology’s computational carbon footprint Click on the article title to read more.

Should ecologists be worried about the carbon footprint of their own use of “AI” and LLMs?

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"You seem happier"

Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

I wonder if Republicans dread spending Thanksgiving with their tolerant and accepting family members.

Hard hitting words from Chris Packham to politicians and leaders at the National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature:

"You MUST listen to the science. We didn't just elect you. We've given you our trust. You are about to hear from leading scientists. I beseach you to hear their truth"

Powerful morning of gut-punching presentations on true gravity of #climate & nature emergency from leading scientists speaking at packed #nationalemergencybriefing. Overwhelmingly clear we can only make the necessary green transition if social justice & equity are at its heart

🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...