Fieldwork days 1-7 🇫🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦫

🌱 🐟🦫 No.1 Freshwater Detective Agency from the University of Stirling take on Finland’s beaver ponds 🇫🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Day1: 16/72 audiomoths installed so far… and as many bug bites… 🪵 #beaverlogbook @dralanlaw.bsky.social @nigelwillby.bsky.social + myself, Alex Adams, and Alice Turner

Despite crossed arms, I had such a lovely time at the BES Rewilding SIG trip to Northumberland, and hearing all about the exciting ongoing projects and the technology that is pushing them forward!

finally made it to Knepp to track down some storks

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What's the collective noun for a group of ditch scientists?

HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!✨ Yesterday at Scotland's Nature Student Conference, we heard many fantastic talks on nature restoration, and many included... beavers! 🦫 ✨ Well done to Emily Simpson, a PhD student at the University of Stirling. She is studying wild beaver in Scotland. #SNSC2025

A dam good talk from Emily Simpson @emofthewoods.bsky.social on the role of beaver ponds in sediment trapping and recognising beaver ponds for carbon accreditation 🦫 #SNSC2025

So excited to hear all the good results coming out of Denmarkfield, I’m so lucky to have worked there, and definitely need a return visit to do some volunteering www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bum...

Still trying to get gas and water chem from beaver ponds in the winter. A lot of ice smashing today.