That’s a wrap for Trex Ecology’s efishing 2025. Kit disinfected and drying in the Hebridean sunshine. I’m looking forward to not seeing a net for a while!

“Wild salmon can rally public support for ecosystem protection and link place-based conservation efforts to global biodiversity and climate benefits..” True of our salmonids too! academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...

'The findings add weight to a growing body of evidence that beavers may be acting as ecosystem engineers, reshaping waterways in ways that benefit not just their own survival, but that of entire landscapes.'

New contribution to the #JFB Special Issue on telemetry: Advances in telemetry approaches and technologies applied to fish ecology and management #AcousticTelemetry #FishTracking #MarineResearch doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15790

We’re looking to hire a seasonal field assistant at Trex Ecology. Job description is attached and get in touch if you have any questions! Please share too!

Researchers identify five steps to successful nature restoration - the need for policy coherence & adequate financial support to make Nature Restoration happen is clear yet the Commission have proposed an MFF/CAP that seem to deliver neither www.google.com/amp/s/phys.o...

Is it hot right now in the UK? New interactive website allowing anyone to explore live temperatures hour-by-hour across the UK, and whether they are cool, warm or hot relative to normal. istheukhotrightnow.com Built by @roostweather.bsky.social.

NFU says Land Use Framework “needs to give food production same priority as delivering environmental targets” Great - so instead of devoting 70% of English land to intensive agriculture & just 3% for nature, can we now make it 50-50? Or, y’know, just meet 30x30 www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...

Since we’re in a golden age of new Star Wars tv shows, I’ll again pitch “David Attenborough style nature documentaries but of fictional Star Wars creatures.” No empire. No Jedi. Like, what the Jedi would watch on tv to relax after a stressful mission.

The size of this beast!!🤯

"Beavers are truly an agent of disturbance: they are in that river corridor...disturbing it + making a whole variety of...habitat...they're really building that complex food web from the bottom up." @emilyfairfax.bsky.social on beavers, biodiversity, wildfire & drought: westgov.org/news/article...

It’s not only rivers that flow!! Amazing day in the Angus Munros.

Spring is coming and wild shopping trolleys are returning upriver to spawn before dying. 🎶It's the circle of life🎶

Well that was a “tyring” day…. Mapping fish habitats on the Western Isles. I love working on these rivers!

What this guy says…

Global declines in ocean primary production underestimated by climate models communities.springernature.com/posts/global... 🌊

This is definitely one of the best parts of my job - marking up potential restorations options at scale. That joyous bit before all the barriers (pun intended) to fixing our rivers are forced onto such programmes

We figured out how to measure streamflow from timelapse images taken by an inexpensive, off-the-shelf trail camera, thus making hydrologic monitoring something pretty much any one can do, any where. usgs.gov/apps/ecoshed...

Our last paper on the behavioural ecology of the Arctic charr is out in Animal Behaviour. Here, we led an investigation on the development of a behavioural trait (boldness) in relation to environmental complexity, in five Arctic charr ecotypes. doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

This is a good read

Go work with Ross doing cool fish things!

A really interesting read .. Modelled marine migrations of Atlantic salmon post-smolts from Irish and Scottish rivers vary interannually with local currents and salinity, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2024;, fsae185, doi.org/10.1093/ices...

UK Gov has announced intention to bring forward "complete ban on bee-killing pesticides". This is great news & requires a big thank you to our campaigners! But as @craigbennett3.bsky.social says"it must not be undermined by granting emergency use of neoicotinoids" wildlifetrusts.org/news/deadly-...

In ecological theory this assumption dates back to the ecologist Clements who proposed that there is a 'climax' state that the vegetation in any particular location will reach. Most ecologists now reject this simplification but it nevertheless persists. 2/6 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi...

Lawyers for DR Congo announced that the central African country is suing the French and Belgian subsidiaries of US tech giant Apple, accusing them of using minerals pillaged from Congo and laundered through international supply chains.

The last field surveys of 2024 are bringing all the winter vibes - spawning fish, cold and epic sunsets

@mikeduncan.bsky.social is here! History of Rome pod may be the most epic feat of history comms in recent years. Very much feels like my Twitter feed now.

super cool study! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Today we downloaded and serviced the acoustic receivers in the last (and smallest) of the three Danish Straits, completing the 2024 downloads. If you have acoustic tagged fish in the Baltic or North Sea and think they could have been detected, check the ETN database. @fishybiologistkim.bsky.social

Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social is here! His book The Missing Lynx is my joint top science read (the other being Lucy by Donald Johanson).

This is cool

Are you curious how the climate policies of political party manifestos stack up ahead of 🇮🇪 #ge24 next week? ❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment ✅ the Labour Party came out on top www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...

Off to @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social! Four days of awesome outdoor chat and film, ceilidh and swag!! And a major dump of snow 🤞

PhDs galore! We currently have a suite of prospective Environmental Science PhD projects that would be supervised by academics in the Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW) at the University of Exeter. Please see thread below for full details and how to apply.

Resilience of Juvenile Freshwater Pearl Mussels to Thermal Stress. Ecol Evol, 14: e70456. doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Skywalker’s here!!

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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "... increased conservation risks... could be partially mitigated by using stock‐recruitment analyses based on total egg mass... or via precautionary management where target escapements were higher than S MSY:

Drone surveys from #beaver wetlands in England. At both sites beavers have created wetland habitat and reduced stormflow. However, one site is in the middle of a city and the other a forest, illustrating the breadth of landscapes where we can seek to implement nature-recovery and provide #NbS.

Out looking for redds. First wee trout redds showing up and plenty beaver activity! Going to be some nice pools formed when these trees drop in.

Without gravels we have no spawning for many iconic species. Our river beds are in a dire state though, with climate-change driven rainfall patterns making things worse.

Another great pack, this one pulled together by @wagnermarkus.bsky.social

Fully-funded 3.5-year #PhD available at EdinburghNapier University to advance understanding of wild #mammal community responses to #rewilding. Start date 1 Mar 2025. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Please circulate if you know anyone who may be interested. 🌱🦌🐾

Deserves to be shared on Bluesky too. The funniest video of all time.

Not all about the fish (apparently). Great to see some great comics turning up here

Loving all the new action on Blue sky? Then I have a great job for you: At Welsh Dee trust we are looking for a communications and events officer. The role will help engage a wide range of audiences in the conservation of the Dee. www.welshdeetrust.com/we-are-hirin...

@kernowconservation.bsky.social are embarking on a long-term project to help reintroduce #Beavers to #Cornwall Every penny donated (up to £250) will be DOUBLED in match funding! 🦫 Please help by donating and/or liking/reposting/following/commenting 🙏 www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con...