At #ToscaUK in Grenoble representing the @nhm-london.bsky.social and learning about cool new CT scanning tricks! #ctscanning #museumscience

It is clearly the case that asylum protests were smaller this weekend than the small over-hyped protests on August 8th, and smaller than in the second half of July. No broadcast outlet has accurately conveyed that + asked why: they have explicitly stated and inferred growing protests

Yesterday I discovered that ChatGPT's PhD-level expertise didn't extend to bird anatomy. This morning I thought, perhaps I was being too hard on the half-trillion-dollar company. Birds are a little weird, anatomically speaking. Let's try something more familiar. A mammal. Behold.

“Fierce”, my 2026 calendar is available to pre-order now.* Find it here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1050... *Due to the current uncertainty regarding imports to the US, this pre-order is not currently available to US customers. I am truly sorry, and hope this can be resolved soon.

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New bird blog posted about our recent adventures with Iolo Williams here in North Wales. Please have a read here... birdwatchingtrips.co.uk/bird-blog Come & join us for great birds & wildlife.

trip out to @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Slimbridge - green sandpiper, wood sandpiper and spoonbill - distant views of a UK lifer Caspian tern to add in as well @waderquest.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #birdsseenin2025 #glosbirds

Like books? Like dinosaurs? Like books full of dinosaurs? 👇 dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1689...

A little reminder that if you prefer your books in digital format, or would just like to get my books a little cheaper, downloadable versions can be found here: ko-fi.com/dragonsofwal...

Come & join us in Morocco 13 - 29 March 2026 for fantastic birds, beautiful scenery from the mountains, through the desert, to the Atlantic coast. We stay in wonderful hotels and enjoy delicious food. Small group, 6 guests, with three guides. Email [email protected]

Hello #PortfolioDay I’m Andy. I draw dead stuff for money. www.andyfrazer.com

All my dragon books are available in a big bundle for a special price. dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1517...

Thanks for such a positive reaction to this one. The book full of these weird creatures can be found here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1520...

Fun fact: if you buy something from my Etsy shop between now and July 23rd using the link below (and only that link) then I pay zero fees. This means you get lots of lovely dragons and dinosaurs, and I get a few more pennies meaning I can keep doing this stuff. Sound good? dragonsofwales.etsy.com

swallowtails, painted lady and red admiral from today at NWT Hickling Broad @savebutterflies.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

hobby at @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025

“Extinct” is a 220 PAGE (!) hardback compendium of all 3 of my Ex|Terra palaeoart books. It also features several new & previously unpublished illustrations that aren’t available elsewhere. It will cost around £30 and will be available first at @dinoconuk.bsky.social this August. So, who wants one?🙂

Come & join us for amazing birds! Two new blogs posted - upcoming tours including Thailand, Norfolk, Morocco, Georgia, Finland & Arctic Norway, limited availability on all these, second blog covers recent 4 day tour North Wales please have a read birdwatchingtrips.co.uk/bird-blog

I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it...

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a wonderful wader, charismatic & critically endangered. Like to see one? Of course you would. Join us in Thailand January 2026. Email [email protected] for details. Small group, lots of birds some 400 species! Join us.

Explore the lost world of Project:Tepui. dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1206...

some snaps from Sunday at the Midlands Air Festival

Come & join us for a fantastic Birdwatching Trips Tour in Thailand January 2026 - two spaces due to a cancellation. Spectacualr birds, just 6 guests, 3 guides, lovely hotels, superb food. Email us for details.. [email protected] An amazing tour awaits...

With fifteen books to choose from, you’ll find the perfect gift for fans of dragons and dinosaurs here (or just treat yourself!) dragonsofwales.etsy.com

“Project:Tepui” is 3 years old (time flies). This art book is my own personal re-imagining of The Lost World, set in the 1930’s. The dinosaurs were inspired by the toys of my childhood in the 1980’s but incorporating the bright colours and other adornments prevalent in modern palaeoart. (1/2)

a short game of hide and seek with the Grafham Water spotted sandpiper (UK tick), with ringed plover, little ringed plover and dunlin being a bit easier @waderquest.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

An interesting change from reconstructing dinosaurs and other terrestrial animals... My digital restoration and reconstruction of the cyathaspid heterostracan Anglaspis heintzi from our new paper (see below). #FossilFish #DigitalReconstruction #Palaeontology

brief stop off at @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social Ouse Fen for a lifer in the shape of a great reed warbler @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

new paper out as part of our @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social funded Feeding without Jaws project with @lisaschnetz.bsky.social @agneselanzetti.bsky.social @gilespalaeo.bsky.social @euphanerops.bsky.social @palaeostephan.bsky.social and others www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Old One is small, colourful, jam-packed with dinosaurs and you can get yours here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1144... #SciArt

a day of contrasts - stone curlews at Weeting Heath #UKbirding #UKwildlife #Norfolkbirds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @britishnatureguide.bsky.social 1/2

Not exactly Easter chicks, but they come from eggs and they’re going “cheap” (sorry, not sorry) ☺️ dragonsofwales.etsy.com

The Friedman Lab in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan seeks a technician to generate, curate, segment, and archive micro-CT data for extinct and extant cichlid fishes. www.indeed.com/viewjob?from...

Call for a postdoc position at Vilnius University. If you are interested in doing innovative macroevolutionary, macroecological, geobiological research in my group please write me: [email protected] or PM. Duration of the project 2 years, budget up to 130K euro. 1/2 #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology

Help protect Little Terns near #Prestatyn with @denbighshirecc.bsky.social and survey Dartford Warblers and Nightjars in #NorthWales with @btocymru.bsky.social. And prompted by the wandering White Stork, work by @evopaa.bsky.social et al. on how Iberian breeders are losing their migration habit.

willow warbler, wheatear, shelducks and a stonechat from a brief dash to #NorthWales #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2025

Reposting this because there is way too much misinformation out there. US customers: purchases from UK Etsy sellers under $800 value, are NOT subject to the new tariffs. Nothing has changed. The price you paid last week is the same this week. Please pass this around. Livelihoods depend on facts.

Our Cemlyn Nature Reserve on Anglesey is the most amazing site for wildlife, and particularly important for its summer tern colony. 💚 You don’t need to be an experienced birder or naturalist to #volunteer, training and equipment will be provided. contact [email protected]

‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’

A familar image to anyone who has ever given an academic or public talk: 'This is more a comment than a question...' (From Private Eye, April 2025)

Quick questions, do you love wildlife? Do you like cake? If yes to both come & join Iolo Williams in North Wales - 5 day tours in August & October 2025. Lots of laughs, lovely hotel, delicious food, amazing wildlife. Small group. Email [email protected] for details.

Like fossil #sharks? Check out our new preprint from work @naturalis.bsky.social where we combine digital/hands on approaches with fossil/extant taxa to describe the 3D skeletal anatomy of Cretaceous collared carpet sharks from the English Chalk. Paper out soon, thanks to all collaborators! 🦈

hawfinches, mandarin ducks and short eared owls from today #GlosBirds @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

So it’s over then, works for me

Short trip out to #UptonWarren @worcswt.bsky.social with the number of avocets now approaching 50, a common snipe blending in and the roosting tawny owl catching some rays in the sunshine @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025

I've been a bit quiet recently for a number of reasons. One of them is that I've rewritten my website in Kadence rather than Elementor to make it quicker (and tweaked a few bits too). donotgogentlytravel.com

Last day klaxon!!!! After today it’s… extinct. igg.me/at/exterra3