Flies have seriously bad marketing. Just LOOK at this gorgeous hover 🤩

We @wildislands.bsky.social did a thing! This weekend we're premiering our next film #IslandPollinators aka Pollinators Great and Small. PLUS we're welcoming Dr Erica McAlister from @nhm-london.bsky.social to learn about often forgotten pollinators; flies! Tickets available ⬇️ prcpa.gg/event/109376

This is 100% a first world problem, but I was so chuffed with my business core values "Include, Communicate, Educate." Smart little acronym ICE that was a nod to my time as an Antarctic researcher. However, *gestures broadly at everything * 🤬 ICE. I am updating them

I am thoroughly enjoying #AlienEarth However, as a scientist well versed in Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) protocols, I have literally spent the last hour of my life screaming at the TV during episode 6. Not even gonna talk about episode 5 🤦🏻‍♀️

Happy World Dolphin Day everyone. Here's your fun dolphin fact: All dolphins are odontoceti, they're toothed whales So all dolphins are whales, but not all whales are dolphins 🐬🐳 #WorldDolphinDay

🎉 New #Scicomm opportunity! 🎉 📅 Places now open for 4-week online course on science communication through poetry with @edinburghnapier.bsky.social. 🎁 Full bursaries available. 🔗 Register here: napier.ac.uk/study-with-u... #SciArt #CPD #PoetryInScience 🧪 #HigherEd #Poetry

I have been eaten alive, literally, by horseflies. The bite reaction on my knee hinge is bigger than my hand and I can't bend my leg properly. Genuinely would like to cut off my leg 😖 Why do horsefly bites produce such a horrific reaction?

Can a dipterist explain to me why at high latitudes, there is an increase in abundance of flies, both in terms of individuals and, to my untrained eye, species too? I'm currently in Orkney and I am seeing fly species I don't even vaguely recognise? #flies #highLatitude 🧪

Thanks so much for chatting with me @askjordon.bsky.social I thoroughly enjoyed it. Our conversation was also a great opportunity for me to review where I am and what I want to do in the future. #SittingDownWithScholars #SciComm

Didn’t think we’d have to say this in 2025, but please don’t kick seals. 🫠

Just been for a much needed snorkel at Finstown in #Orkney. Gorgeous bay. The seagrass is stunning and the Green Shore Crabs were huge! Especially compared to Guernsey's.

Today is World Orca Day and I had the best start to this week b/c I spent yesterday following Hulk & Nott - 2 visiting bulls from Iceland. They swam right in at the bottom of the cliffs 🤩 #Orkney #WorldOrcaDay

Why does writing lectures take me so loooonnnnng 😭 Any science people got any tips to speed up the process? I find I write as I create slides but if I try and sketch my lectures out in advance before creating slides it takes much, much longer 🦑

No dolphins but I was treated to a Great Skua soaring round. Skuas engage in a behaviour called "kleptoparasitism" They'll harass Gannets, interfering with their flight by grabbing their tail or wing until the Gannet regurgitates its food providing the Skua with a low-effort meal 🦑 #skua

Excitedly waiting for the ferry to Orkney. It's beautifully wild Scottish weather this morning and I am hopeful we might see some dolphins on the crossing 🐬

Amazing footage of a bowhead whale cracking open thick ice to breath www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Just a reminder that "The Shark Whisperer" isn't science 🙄 or a documentary and we should not harass marine, or indeed, any other wildlife.

Agreed. We have these beautiful, fragile cold water corals in #Guernsey waters and no protection for them here either

I am beyond excited about this research. Not only is this the first evidence of tool-making by marine mammals, they're using the tool for social bonding rather than foraging 🦑

Daniel Pauly ( @seaaroundus.org ) called this “shifting baseline syndrome,” where everyone thinks of the “normal” baseline as whatever they grew up with www.kildare-nationalist.ie/life/living-...

Really looking forward to this morning. I'm heading off to Beaucamps Highschool School to show our Pollinator film. I can't wait for the questions #scicomm #nature #education

How's everyone else doing in the heatwave? For all my Guernsey followers, this is for Jersey b/c there's no option to generate the climate stripes for #Guernsey #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info/s/europe/uni...

Excited to share our study on sailing siphonophores, AKA bluebottles or man-o'-war! 🌊 we received hundreds of samples from scientists around the world, part of a huge effort to sequence genomes and test for multiple species 🧬 out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦑🧪📌

Busy writing lectures, just made a figure of Sperm Whales using the Rosette/Marguerite Formation defensive strategy to protect vulnerable herd members. As a last resort they do something called "defense defecation" Can I get away with calling this a Poopnado? 🤔 🦑 www.researchgate.net/figure/Defen...

Well next week should be good for marine life spotting in #Guernsey With any luck we'll get dolphin sightings, definitely jellyfish and hopefully some sunfish too

Spotted: Tiny translucent treasure 😍💎⁠ ⁠ Amphipods are crustaceans often mistaken for tiny shrimp. They resemble shrimp in some ways, but they are laterally compressed and have no carapace. From icy polar zones to the deep ocean, they can thrive in habitats where few other animals can survive.

I'm done! I've voted! It's been a lot of work reading manifestos, hustings, listening to all the @guernseypress.com podcasts - super helpful so thank you GP. 25 votes in the end #election2025 #guernsey 🇬🇬 #voting

Today is going to be a great day. A chapter of strife and uncertainty is over and I'm ready to embrace a new start

Off to Sark to show our latest film to the school: Pollinators Great and Small Pollinators are more than just bees... they're bumblebees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, wasps & more. Each with a vital role helping keep nature in balance and us alive! 🦋🪲🪰🐝🇨🇶 #pollinators #scicomm #sark

I've finally noticed that I can add videos to Bluesky! 🥳 So do I start posting videos as most of my educational content is video these days, or do I YouTube link? 🤔

Busy, busy, busy so counting down the days until I go on holiday! 🥳

Happy World Oceans Day! To celebrate we've released The Blue on YouTube all about Guernsey's marine life #WorldOceansDay #WildIslands #TheGuernseyScientist #Guernsey youtu.be/tGmQJ9jK76Q?...

The brief shutdown of TikTok in the US allowed many of us to start connecting under the hashtag #WorldTok and having calmer conversations about our lives. We're now starting to explore BlueSky as an alternative platform. Here's a Starter Pack to help us find each other: go.bsky.app/MasFBbc

Can anyone point me towards Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) research? I was in Madeira last year & these prehistoric looking, toothy cetaceans with their mottled pink & grey bellies, beautiful stripes & toothy underbites are absolutely captivating 🦑 blog.lobosonda.com/wp-content/u...

I just dropped my phone down a rabbit hole hole while I was flailing to take a photo of the buzzard taking off from a tree 10 metres away. The funny bit was my dog getting uber excited and chasing the buzzard from the ground. Don't think she's quite worked out the height difference 😂

I can't believe I've just had a video chat with my best friend who is currently working in #Antarctica. It's a glorious day at Neumeyer III. I'd forgotten how blue the sky is there 🤩

I encourage everyone to read this article "2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in the whole of human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the period before widespread industralisation." #climate

Quick question for #Guernsey folk. Do you want a dedicated Guernsey feed? E.g. I'm a Marine Science feed member. I pin the feed & can see everything happening in marine science. As a member if I use the dedicated hashtag &/or emoji to auto-post any relevant topics.

If you care about the future of Guernsey, you could stand for election as a Deputy in June 2025. We keen to support you. Book your free place at our 1 February 'Train to Campaign' event here: traintocampaigngsy.eventbrite.co.uk. #TrainToCampaign #WomenStandGsy

I'm really pleased the #Guernsey government is doing more to help prospective deputies prepare. Did you know there's a free Course for Prospective Election Candidates running until the end of February that gives an overview of government? www.ticketsource.co.uk/govgg/t-jzya...

This is absolutely fascinating. 9 stomachs? We still know so little about most beaked whales. I can't wait for the paper 🦑 news.mongabay.com/2024/12/scie...

I hope everyone is relaxing and enjoying their holiday break.

Ever get the urge to inflict violence on technology? My laptop has decided, for some unfathomable reason, that every time I type "cetacean" I mean "citation" and I only just caught it while preparing a talk 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🦑🐋

I just realised I hate one of my friends because the utter *beep dedacted* saw a dugong and I not.

Christmas is approaching and I really, really want a replica dolphin skull, but at nearly $500 a skull or more than a grand for an orca I think I'll ask for a butterfly pinning kit instead

OMG this is such a cool PhD! If I was 20 years younger 🦑

I'm disproportionately stoked to hear that Orcas are wearing salmon hats again. Now we have the capability of drone surveying it'll be interesting to see what the orca do once they've finished with the salmon. Discard them? Eat them? 🦑

Another one to add to the list 🐬 go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS - Marine Mammal - Researchers and Labs

A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊 go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II

Great to have a global analysis, and for 4 large whale species. Even more importantly the authors have identified that full coverage of hotspots could be achieved by expanding management over only 2.6% of the ocean’s surface. That's definitely achievable