RENEW Research paper provides a flexible approach for nature recovery in landscapes with multiple choices for habitat creation. Read more about the Ebrel model: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #naturerecovery #biodiversityrenewal @exeter.ac.uk @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social

Nice to see my former PhD student, Brit Trew, get a bit of press coverage of her final PhD chapter. An important consideration: news.mongabay.com/2025/06/to-s.... @alexanderlees.bsky.social @reganearly.bsky.social

No photo, but bumped into a Quail on my @btobirds.bsky.social Heathland Bird Survey on the Lizard—last visit it was a Hoopoe. Here's a Dartford Warbler from the same square as consolation

Cornwall in May: the sea’s still freezing, but at least the cliffs look nice

I see Shell has unveiled its new #rewilding policy

Not very often I take selfies, but couldn't resist taking one with this Shoebill

Green-breasted Pitta! Just 27 years of searching forest in Uganda to finally see one of these, and then like buses two pop along

New article. In this piece, we highlight the importance of designing agri-environment schemes (AES) with clear and measurable targets and aligning those with an understanding of how land managers interact with nature. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Researchers from @universityofexeter.bsky.social are collaborating with @naturalengland.bsky.social to save the endangered Willow Tit from extinction via strategic local action. Read the BBC article below. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My final PhD chapter published in FEE (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment): re-mapping Köppen-Geiger climate zones, but now using microclimate! Very excited to have this one out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

"Next Monday, I’ll take on the #esiChallengeOfTheMonth: “The Art and Science of Prediction.” How can we predict environmental impacts when a butterfly’s wing flap alters its body temperature by more than 500 years of climate change? Find out this and more here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

@richgreg3.bsky.social explains how Georgina's science prompted this special issue which contains 16 papers building on her work. I am forever grateful to have known and worked with Georgina, a special person who had a profound impact on conservation science community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/sc...

A great write-up, albeit with worrying conclusions, of Joe's recent paper which forms part of a special issue in Phil Trans B commemorating the life and work of the brilliant Georgina Mace. Link to full paper in post👇

🚨New paper 🚨We argue that abrupt biodiversity losses can be driven by populations sharing similar tolerances to warming 🦋🌎🥵. Out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Summary thread below 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

Every year, I do a bit of a round-up of the the birds seen on my local patch - the Lizard Peninsula. 2024 was quite a good year, but then actually most are: www.lizardbirds.net/post/2024-ye.... What will 2025 bring?

Really great to see this large and important dataset being made publicly available

Starting out doing microclimate research? Then worth a read of our new OA paper

It's been ages since I last saw a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the UK. When I lived in Norfolk, they used to be a bird you’d just bump into from time to time. Sobering to see how quickly they're vanishing from our landscapes though. Really should look for one sometime while I have the chance

Half way to 100, but who's counting:-)

I'm happy to use my first #Bluesky post to announce that there's now a shiny app for the endotherm model of the #NicheMapR package bioforecasts.science.unimelb.edu.au/app_direct/e...

Come do a PhD with Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social , Dan Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social and me on Gulls! GPS- and Bluetooth-tracking! Microbiomes & AMR acquisition & transmission! Human-wildlife conflict & mitigation! should be fun :-)

I'm thrilled to have had the opportunity to champion Silver-studded Blues in this wonderful new film celebrating the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. Cornwall's former mining sites provide an important refuge for several of our most threatened butterfly species. youtu.be/V8OWVhl3Fv8?...

There is still space left in the #biodiversity #redistribution starter pack ⬇️ If you are working on or interested in biodiversity responses, aka #species #range #shifts & #community #composition #changes, to global change drivers, I'd be happy to add you in the list 😀 go.bsky.app/6KqEpb9

Our OA paper in led by former PhD student James Stewart, with @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social et al shows how varying phenology can influence range shifts via effects on population dynamics and mediated by biotic interactions, #BrownArgus (not Sparrow:-) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Great fun to watch our @uniexecec.bsky.social xecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social MSc students give a brilliant set of talks today on topics ranging from artificial bridges though to the role of paleoecology, genomics and fungi and more in conservation.

PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs Contact me for more details ([email protected]). Please Share @britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Another great PhD opp at CEC!

A nice piece of research showing practical interventions that could benefit one of the UK's rarest butterflies. Great work by PhD student Rachel Jones supported by Butterfly Conservation. #NatureRecovery