A friend at Cambridge University is doing a Master's research project on the dynamics & strategies of climate social movements in the UK.
She's looking for climate activists who would be happy to be interviewed (anonymously) for ~30 mins. Anyone willing, please comment 😊🙏

Storm-petrel eagle.

Job opportunity: Wildlife Crime Intelligence Analyst.

Full time, permanent role, primarily home based. £32-35K. Applications considered on rolling basis.

Job details ⬇️⬇️

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/04/28/job…

Mother Carey’s chickens pop up everywhere… Cardiff University Team Stormies

I wrote a book. It’s a mammoth journey through the natural history, cultural heritage and artistic legacy of the UK’s 15 national parks, with my words paired with wonderful photography. It’s a beautiful thing and I’m very proud.

A few broader thoughts on national parks. 🧵

A wrecking ball is swinging through UK higher education.

This is utterly devastating news for friends & colleagues at my old place.
When there are 3, 4, 5 rounds of redundancy in the same number of years how can we not talk of gross mismanagement?
Huddersfield UCU UCU #huddersfield

Tracked migratory birds are documenting their own deaths along the African-Eurasian flyway.

Energy infrastructure, illegal killing & poisoning to blame, outstripping natural mortality causes in tracked raptors, storks & cranes. #Ornithology
doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

Great opportunity to join the RSPB Cymru Policy Team to work on securing sustainable land management and nature friendly farming ⬇️
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Caree…

Wonderful day today down at the wildlife garden with volunteers. We were planting out hundreds of wildflowers in the meadow and wetland areas around the pond. Thank you to all the volunteers for helping and for all the people who stopped by to say hello.

⚠️ Only a few days left to submit an abstract for #CoimbraSeabirds !! ⚠️

Good heavens Conservatives -maybe you need to start interviewing your prospective MPs, or even just check their GCSE results and whether they are suitable to go out in public.

Does conservation work? Our paper by Re:wild shows that it does: a global analysis of 665 trials (incl. several by RSPB Science) found that conservation improved the state of biodiversity or slowed declines in two-thirds of cases BirdLife Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Important Survey if you have any interest in Wildcats and live in the South West!

I like nightjars, but I couldn’t eat a whole one.

Magor illegal disturbance of nesting birds by coasteering. Again. Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police
There were mating pairs earlier today. This colony all fled at this disturbance. You can see head bobbing. Flying off.
Allowed access via National Trust Cymru land 1/2

We're committed to improving access and have introduced accessible boat trips round Skomer and Skokholm Island this season - designed for disabled people and carers/companions, these trips are totally FREE. To book, please call 07534 451871.
More info: tinyurl.com/mryx6x6c

Testing out audiomoths for an upcoming urban ecology project that will contribute with data to our Biodiversity Action Plan. Field work day at the lovely Coed Ty Llwyd 💚

Here is some unsolicited advice for people currently in open-ended jobs in UK HE, with quite a few years under their belts. My qualification is not that I lived through the process, but that I have been a UCU caseworker for 11 years. 1/

Birds of prey get shot so frequently in Yorkshire that reports of new incidents have to qualify that they aren’t the same incidents that happened the previous week. The absolute shame of it 😧.

Truly shocking statistics from Buglife's 2023 citizen science survey - a huge 78% reduction in insects sampled on number plates in the UK since 2004. Read their thread below to learn how you can get involved in their Bugs Matter survey🦋🪰
#InsectDeclines #CitizenScience