If you're interested in what I had to say in my public lecture at @uniofreading.bsky.social last Wednesday, you can now view it on YouTube - link below #ecologistlife #academiclife #publiclecture #earthday 🌏🌿🐝🐦🎓 www.youtube.com/live/O1V-9BG...

Ocean surface temperature back at 21 degrees according to @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Climate Pulse. Record high temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be interesting to watch over the coming months 🌊🌡️🧪⚒️

I'm in that sweet spot in my life, where a UK-India journey regardless of the direction of travel, always makes me "homeward" bound! #traveltales #ecologistlife #grateful 🌏🌿🐝

If you are interested in #biodiversity #monitoring & use emerging technology like #imagerecognition, #droneLiDAR, #acousticmonitoring or #cameratraps, please fill in the survey(s) in this thread. It helps us understand incentives & barriers to use of new tech in #species & #habitat monitoring

A bit more #biodiversity encountered over the last week. From abandoned wasp nests to buzzing wild bee hives to butterflies & dragonflies, our road trip across Tamilnadu & Pondicherry was an entomologist's dream & an ecologist's paradise 🌏🐝🌿 #ecologistlife #allinadayswork @uniofreading.bsky.social

A free hospital serving India's rural community. The 93 year old doctor featured here is my aunt - my inspiration, my guiding light, my North Star youtu.be/qwgFf4D5q5Y?... #thiswomancan #ageisnobarrier #NorthStar ✨️🩺👩‍⚕️🌏

Biodiversity highlights of the week include getting good shots of the white-cheeked barbet and the swift moving carpenter bee on my phone camera #whitecheekedbarbet #carpenterbee #ecologistlife #workperks 🌏🌿🐦🐝 @uniofreading.bsky.social

Mike & the Moringas!!! Field visits this week have been a veritable feast of fruit & veg harvested directly from the plants & trees in the fields & orchards. This is just an example of a happy colleague in a Moringa orchard with his own personal harvest! #ecologistlife #workperks #traveltales 🌏🐝🌿

Farmer workshop key msg: while 50% practice #EcologicalIntensification (EI) without any incentives, 100% would be willing to adopt EI if given the right training & support. How do we get #policy & #business to incentivise EI to boost #biodiversity & #livelihoods? 🌏 @uniofreading.bsky.social

A week of non-stop work travel incl cancellations & delays, meant an exhausted arrival in India this morning. All it took to find my second wind was this baby squirrel that needed some TLC. Hoping to foster for a few days until it can learn to manage on its own #ecologistlife #indianpalmsquirrel

It's lovely being in Chennai for Pongal - the harvest festival in Tamil Nadu celebrating our farmers & produce with gratitude for the seasonal sun & rain that ensure a good harvest! Happy Pongal everyone!🌽🌾🍯 அனைவருக்கும் இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் 🎋🌾🫜 #Pongal #harvest #farmersday #பொங்கல் #உழவர்திருநாள்

Two funded PhDs wt me @uniofreading.bsky.social, Oct 2026 start, via AI-INTERVENE (research.reading.ac.uk/ai-intervene/) 🌏🐦🌿🐝 UK Wild Bird phenology wt Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social Computer Vision & Plant-Pollinator Networks wt @tomaugust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social Deadline 12 Jan2026

Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍 Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...

A lovely weekend with @piedflynet.bsky.social on Dartmoor. Walks in nature & talks with friends. Food for the soul❣️ #timewithfriends #ecologistlife #naturetrails 🌿🌏🐦😊

Fully funded PhD for UK students working wt me at @uniofreading.bsky.social, Prof Ken Norris @nhm-london.bsky.social & @btobirds.bsky.social Application deadline 12 Jan 2026 & further details in link below www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #birds 🐦 #phenology🌿🌏 #museumcollections #AI #LLM

Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Funded 4-year PhD available 🎓. Project titled “AI in the Museum” working with historic bird data 🐦 from Madagascar & supervisors at @uniofreading.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social Deadline 9th Nov 2025. Apply at www.mfccdt.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ #AIinResearch #Ecology #Climate 🌏🌿

Wild honey bee hive in my aunt's garden. I'm not sure if it's Apis indica or Apis cerana (too big & too many tiers for it to be A. florea, me thinks). Abandoned since the monsoon started but isn't she a beauty? 🌏🐝🌿❣️ #beehive #wildhoneybees #gardensurprises #indianhoneybees #simplejoys

My colleagues @uniofreading.bsky.social asked me what I thought of the "Impact" that our research generates. Here's me talking about my experience in this area🌿🌻🐝🦋🌾🌟 youtu.be/9epi_JI1ohw #science ➡️ #evidence ➡️ #stakeholders ➡️ #codevelopment ➡️ #implementation ➡️ #impact

Two months away from my office, I came back to a combination of congratulatory messages on my promotion & condolences for my Dad passing away... and a change on the door. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the love & empathy from my colleagues. THANK YOU @uniofreading.bsky.social #lovewhereyouwork

Can Nature & People Thrive Together? 🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍 An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌡changes in the city of my birth vs. the town where I now live. Mid summers day🌿 not just the longest but might be the hottest day of the year so far, in England ☀️ Days >30°C, avg for tropical Chennai, are becoming more common in temperate Reading, too! 🌏 #showyourstripes #midsummer #climatechange

🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿 We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025! Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges. Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... 👀 🫵 🔜

Am interested in new nerdy ideas for YouTube videos. These either explain a concept in conservation or ecology or explain a conservation project. These have something to show. Please say if at #ICCB2025 and would like to discuss an idea. youtube.com/@bill_suther...

House Martins nest building outside my bedroom. Despite the mess, the window cleaning will now have to wait until the chicks have fledged & flown! Hope it's a good year for their home & family 🌍🐦 #birdsoutsidemybedroom #housemartins #nesting #springtime #simplepleasures

Lovely spring day in Wiltshire helping my PhD student calibrate her radio tracking equipment whilst listening to skylarks, watching corn buntings, meadow pipits & yellow wagtails & soaking up the sunshine. 🌍🐤🌞 It was a day that was very good for the soul! #ecologistlife #dayout #fieldwork 😊

A short but significant report on emerging threats & opportunities for pollinator conservation, we've worked on @uniofreading.bsky.social with Bee:wild is out today in time for #WorldBeeDay 🌍🐝 It's been picked up by @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The weather is a bit mixed this weekend but #pollinator FIT Counts might be possible in sheltered, sunny spots. Here's a Green-veined White butterfly enjoying a rather wind-swept dandelion. This is a target flower for FIT Counts - read more on the PoMS blog ukpoms.org.uk/delightful-d...

My constant companion since the summer of '09. Road trips wt friends & field trips wt colleagues, this little car has taken me across the length & breadth of Great Britain. I'll miss you, my friend. Safe travels wt new friends on your future adventures! #goodbyesarenevereasy #endofanera

Exciting news! We're launching the Tyler Prize to support early career researchers. #ECRs Four awards of £10,000 each will be given annually across our Research Themes, accelerating the development of research leadership, collaboration and innovation. More info: rdg.ac/3FF89Yk

🥇#1 - The QS World University Rankings 2025 has put us @uor-research.bsky.social in the world's Top20 & UK 1️⃣ for Agriculture & Forestry 🌍 Fantastic news & great recognition of our efforts within the School and University 🍾🥂🥳 www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Un... #lovewhereyouwork 🌟

🌱The new #HorizonEurope project, #AGRI4POL, aims to assist the transition of #agriculture from being a pressure on #pollinators to becoming a positive force for #biodiversity, crop pollination services, #ecosystems and people. 💻Read the full press release: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @forestplots.bsky.social

Study documents significant decline in butterflies in the US over the last two decades #butterflies #insect #decline 🌎🦋⬇️〽️❗️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Calling citizen scientists in Britain to contribute once more to data on Fruit tree flowering phenology ⚘️🪻🌸🌍 at fruitwatch.org. Fruitwatch is back!

How long after boarding the #Eurostar do you think this photo was taken? Less than 5 minutes!!! Classic shot of a bunch of academics on a work trip #ecologistlife 🌍 #academiclife From @valor-project.eu to @agri4pol.eu

Excited to be at the kick-off of this new Horizon Europe VALOR project. Follow our progress over the next few years on @valor-project.eu

Another opportunity for a PhD. with me & @drunkennorris.bsky.social at Reading University & @nhm-london.bsky.social on combining AI & museum specimens to contribute to biodiversity conservation. Check link below & apply if interested www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #AI #Biodiversity

My first experience of a PhD. defence in Sweden as an "opponent" was hugely interesting & intellectually stimulating. I met very cool scientists; reunited with a friend after more than 10 years & celebrated the new Dr's success in a lovely winter wonderland location. I even survived -9 degrees!!! 🥶

#PhD alert! 📢 Interested in combining natural history data with AI techniques to assess species distribution & ranges under past, present & future conditions? Apply to work with Prof. Ken Norris & I. Details below www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #biodiversity #AI #naturalhistory #birds #Madagascar

First time since 2019 that I haven't attended a #UNFCCC #COP in person. Virtual participation great to reduce emissions, but lacked opportunities for impromptu conversations & unplanned meetings with people from all over the world #climate #nature #biodiversity #food #COP29 youtu.be/CQoV0H-Ckyk?...

How can the social sciences best contribute to the challenge of nature recovery? Panel discussion this Friday with a stellar cast. All welcome in person or online.

Senior figures suggest steps to COP reform in open letter to the United Nations clubofrome.org/cop-reform-202…#COP292#UNFCCCC#ClimateEmergencyc#TimeForChangege

First paper from fruitwatch.org project published today. Good example of #PhD research using #citizenscience data on fruit tree flowering #phenology supported by Oracle for Research academic.oup.com/hr/advance-a... @herbarium.bsky.social

I love this time of year when my apple & cherry trees start to blossom. If you have fruit trees please take a few minutes to upload your blossom records to fruitwatch.org. It helps us track climate change impacts on life history events like flowering phenology #Fruitwatch #climatechange #phenology

A fantastic week visiting field sites, partners, & local communities in the Nilgiris & Erode districts. Thank you, Keystone Foundation, for being marvellous hosts. We hope our inputs were useful & look forward to our collaboration flourishing!

Office for this week. Enjoying the opportunity to step away from city life & be able to pause, breathe, reflect & enjoy nature. #workperks of visiting a partner organisation on a GCRF UKPACT project. The 10 hour road trip to get here was also fun!