Interesting presentation by @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social about large scale arthropod trait data extraction.

@flograttarola.bsky.social giving her presentation on our project #RegRed

Watching Francois Leroy give a presentation on "Neural Dynamic N-mixture model: a deep learning framework to infer demographic rates from abundance data" At #LivingData2025 github.com/FrsLry

Next is my turn to present our #RegRed project at #LivingData2025. If you are interested in regional, national l, and subnational red list data get in touch! 🚨🐆🌴🐠🪲 Also, make sure to check @ulicny.bsky.social’s poster too!

I'm currently at the #LivingData2025 conference in Bogotá with @flograttarola.bsky.social I am presenting EcoParse - a species-level data extraction app. Flo is presenting our project #RegRed focused on collecting regional redlist data from all over the world!

Met some hoopoes in december

A slightly pointless video of (wild) oyster mushrooms

European robin Erithacus rubecula

Yesterday, people of botanical bluesky seemed to enjoy my photo of hydrophobic trichomes, today I'm sharing a picture of the sticky glandular trichomes of a drosera.

A drop of water balancing on top of hydrophobic trichomes of the invasive water fern Salvinia molesta. I split the leaf with a razor in order to get the full detail of the trichome structure.

This is a slime mold. Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides. The Coral slime. The looks and name might hint it's a fungus, but no. Most slime molds belong to amoeboza. This one can be found all over the world. I took this picture at the tri-border area between Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine.

The buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia) is an invasive species here in Europe. It is pretty hard to spot as it is less than a centimeter long. More pictures in the replies.

A Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis. This one was caught in a mist net for banding. Otherwise I'd never get that close to it. Most commonly you can spot a kingfisher as a blue/orange blur flying past the river bank thanks to it's sharp high-pitched whistle call.

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

This is a female Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) seconds after laying eggs in a clump of algae. In the lower right corner you can spot another female coming over to cannibalize her eggs. Not sure if this behavior is common.

Here's a couple pictures of a Sacoglossan, close relative of nudibranchs. Thuridilla hopei. It was about 1 cm in length and I caught it in Croatia near Zadar.

An angry Common firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla). Firecrests are tiny birds with a very high pitched song. Once you learn it you cannot miss it. And if you play their song back to them, they will surely come have a look at the intruder.

A closeup photo of a European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) I got to see on a fieldtrip in southern Moravia. One of my favorite birds, only their South American cousins (Potoos and Oilbirds) are cooler.