Today, at the Changing Currents conference organised by Granskingarráðið, @agneskreiling.bsky.social presented three projects which were centered around Koltur Research Station: the Baseline Project (www.tjodsavnid.fo/natturan-i-k...) the terrestrial ecosystem monitoring project and #LIFEPLAN).

Spot of fieldwork with @bardseyben.bsky.social and @trevormaclaurin.bsky.social

Stalagmite in the cave of aven d'Orgnac. I'm not sure of the official name but it definitely should be: The Snail.

Mont Ventoux #photography #colour #landscapephotography #mountain #landscape #france

The nightlife here in France is quite something! #entomology (since there is a Lepidoptera flying by?) #trailcam #cameratrap #wildboar @agneskreiling.bsky.social

Bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa). So-called because they exude droplets of so-called nosebleed (but which is their bright red-orange hemolymph coming out of their mouth). #beetle #entomology #omsystem #chrysomelidae #coleoptera

Polyommatus bellargus (Adonis Blue) Southern France 02.09.2025 www.inaturalist.org/observations... #butterfly #lepidoptera #france #entomology #omsystem

Stream in winter #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #island #landscape #snow #winter #faroe

Syðradalur #photography #colour #landscapephotography #island #landscape #faroe #winter #storm #sunset

Lake Sørvágsvatn #photography #colour #landscapephotography #island #landscape #hdr #faroe #winter #snow

Dunnesdrangar #photography #colour #landscapephotography #island #landscape #hdr #faroe #winter #snow

Trøllkonufingur (The Witch's Finger) A 313 m. high seastack #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #island #landscape #snow #winter #hdr #faroe

(another) Koltur from Kellingardalur #photography #colour #landscapephotography #island #landscape #hdr #faroe

Sheep and Tindhólmur #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #island #landscape #animals #sheep #snow #winter #hdr #faroe

Koltur from Kellingardalur #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #island #landscape #stream

Koltur & Hestur #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #mountain #landscape

New Coleoptera record for Europe. Sthereus ptinoides found on Faroese beaches. Origin: Far-east Siberia!?

First (but hopefully not last) scientific publication on our species inventory on #Koltur came out today. Big thanks to all our collaborators! Publicly available under: ojs.setur.fo/index.php/fr... #Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social

Always an adventure visiting our more inaccessible monitoring plots on the Northern side of #Koltur. #TodaysOffice #Tjóðsavnið @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

Elodes pseudominuta is one of the species which is more common on #Koltur than expected. We find it during July among mosses in the vicinity of small streams. #Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera

Me and my colleagues at #Tjóðsavnið have studied the island #Koltur since 2019. Our species checklist is now publicly available on @gbif.org. And the first publication is on the way... www.gbif.org/dataset/a6fa... @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social @kolbrunih.bsky.social

Cutest field assistant we ever had. #Tjóðsavnið #monitoring #EcologistFamily @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

Me and @agneskreiling.bsky.social have seen a lot of cool species while on vacation in #Spain: #chamalaeon, #flamingo, #octopus and a huge #robberfly. It has been a treat visiting @Theresahenke.bsky.social and hear about her work on #bioinvasions.

Seabirds are our compass!🌊 Did you know the largest High Seas Marine Protected Area (MPA) outside Antarctica was identified from seabird tracking data?🌍 The NACES MPA is used by up to five million birds, such as Arctic Tern and Atlantic Puffin. Learn more👉 www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies...

Be my new colleague! 3 jobs at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Apply or share! Postdoc: macroplankton and ecosystem acoustics 🦑 Environmental Advisor: terrestrial biology 🌍 Researcher: GIS & Remote Sensing 🌱🌾 natur.gl/about-us/ava...

Finally checked off "rove beetle wing folding" from my need to film list. New video up now: youtu.be/uvXxiUjw-xY

Flower visitation observations in sunny weather! Lots of #Diptera on Caltha palustris outside my office. #Tjóðsavnið #monitoring

Yesterday morning was frosty, but with a clear sky. So a long walk with the dog was in order. Brought the camera and got some good #insect photos. Here is a #tipulidae.

It's #GlobalBigDay today. Tens of thousands of people have been out recording birds. I did not put in a lot of effort, but managed 28 species.

I joined @agneskreiling.bsky.social in some freshwater fieldwork today. Well, I took care of the kid and dog, while she and a colleague did the fieldwork. It was way colder than expected (3°C) and snowing a bit. But seeing a mallard with ducklings definitely brought some feelings of spring.

Here in the #Faroes we see small flocks of Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) on rocky shores and sandy beaches. This one, however, I encountered in a stream a bit more inland. #bird #photography

The New Zealand flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus) has decimated #Earthworm populations in the #Faroes. It probably was introduced by people who were importing non-native trees in the 1980'ies. This one I found in our garden, close to our compost heap where there are no Earthworms. #ias

A great egret (Ardea alba) in the #Faroes today. Only recorded a handful of times here. #birding #birdphotography #wildlife

A very early Common Swift in the Faroes these last couple of days. #bird #birdphotography #nature #faroes #photography

Exciting #entomology news from the #Faroes.

New Chironomidae record for the Faroes: Metriocnemus carmencitabertarum. Found as pupal exuviae in a rainwater-filled bassin in the garden of my in-laws. www.tjodsavnid.fo/news-in-engl...

Sheep don't only devastate ecosystems by eating all tree seedlings and other diverse wild flora, they trample and consume the eggs of ground-nesting birds like curlew. Time to give farmers the option of being paid for NOT farming, ie rewilding. youtu.be/6NMHMpuREaw?...

revolutionary speedy sorting of bulk Insect samples.

🎉 Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa in the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset! To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍 www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918

iNat's Carrie Seltzer unveiled this data set during her talk at Esri today!

🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project 🧵1/5

Skælingsfjall #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #mountain #landscape

Was hoping for some good light today and mother nature did provide. #landscapephotography #landscape #OMsystem

It's always cool to visit the #Aquarium in #Tórshavn. Here, for example, is the Grey Gurnard. A #fish which walks on the seabed and proruces sounds such as 'grunts' and 'knocks'.

Setting up this year's #LIFEPLAN site, on #Koltur.

Just thought I'd post something from @inaturalist.bsky.social for #BlueMonday. Who knows it may even get a species ID!

This Carabus hispanus was the entomological highlight during our trip to southern France in 2024 - perfect for #BlueMonday! #BlueBugs @leivurjanushansen.bsky.social

Went for a nice walk above Vestmanna yesterday, and had some nice northern lights in the evening.

The excellent island of #Koltur