I just love chironomid pupal exuviae! So much fun to find new species to add to the Faroese checklist. #Tjóðsavnið #Biodiversity #Monitoring #Chironomidae

I've been playing around with old photos (not by me) and taking new ones from the same exact location. #landscapephotography #monochrome #history #faroes

I've been playing around with old photos (not by me) and taking new ones from the same exact location. #landscapephotography #monochrome #history #faroes

Today we submitted paleo paper with 6 UA co-authors. Its -10 to -30Cº in Kyiv in the last week. Most of my colleagues does not have heating or electricity due to russian attempts to freeze Ukraine into surrender. Most of the don't sleep that well due to air raids. Still... we finished the paper 🦖⚒️

#LiteratureNotice Hansen. On the Etymological Origin of “Rove Beetles” (Coleoptera: #Staphylinidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Etymological #rovebeetles

The shiny metallic blue beetle Necrobia rufipes was one of the many new insect records for the Faroes in 2025. #BlueBugs #Tjóðsavnið #Coleoptera

Going through old photos. Here's the rainbow over Syðradalur on a dramatic winter day. 01.02.2011 Nikon D7000 1/200 s ISO 400 Nikkor 10-24mm @ 10mm f/8 #photography #colour #landscape #landscapephotography #faroes #winter

The christmas weather in Schwarzwald was beautiful. No snow but all the trees covered in hoarfrost. 26.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/2000 s ISO 200 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 100mm #photography #colour #birdphotography #bird #germany #winter

On our walk to see a beaver in Haslach (Falkau, Schwarzwald) two Goldcrests were flittering around us. We saw two beavers later in the day!! 25.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/200 s ISO 1250 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 100mm #photography #colour #birdphotography #bird #germany #winter

Frosty fog in Schwarzwald 25.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/800 s ISO 200 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 50mm #photography #colour #landscapephotography #fog #landscape #germany #winter

Feldberg, Schwarzwald 23.12.2025 OM E-M1MarkII 1/4000 s ISO 200 M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO @ 100mm #photography #colour #landscapephotography #fog #landscape #germany

Karlsruhe schlossgarten 20.12.2025 #photography #colour #landscapephotography #fog #landscape #germany

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.