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Beautiful and incredible scenes from the centre of the Netherlands, a country with 1.5 times the density of people in the UK. A pack of 11 wolves roaming through the snow!

Which words have given you happiness this year? I’d love to hear them. (And if you fancy some distraction over the holidays, do give my word game Two Words a try. twowords2.page.link/play)

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "we have a govt that is always talking about tough choices. Why are they always tough choices for working class people, for unemployed people, for disabled people? It's time to make tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires. It is time to tax the rich"

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

🦔📉Habitat and predator heterogeneity influence density of a declining mammal 📷 © 1 Emily Clark 2 Hongli Yu vist.ly/4c62s #ErinaceusEuropaeus #LandscapesOfFear #MelesMeles #PopulationEcology #SpatialCaptureRecapture #SpatiotemporalCovariateHeterogeneity

During my BSc at NTU, I participated in these surveys, collecting hedgehog capture history data in 2010 (and maybe 2009 or 2011, who knows it's that long ago! 🧓🏼). So it's pretty cool to go from collecting these data to assisting with the analyses all these years later! 😊

Our results showed that density declined over time & was spatially structured. As badger presence changed during the study, with a new badger sett appearing halfway through the study, we observed a density-weighted shift away from this badger sett, providing evidence for the landscape of fear.

Congratulations to Hongli Yu for leading this huge effort investigating hedgehog density over an 11-year period from Brackenhurst Campus, Nottinghamshire nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We estimated 🦔 density between 2009-2022, accounting for habitat features & 🦡 presence

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here

What a splendid looking wee British beastie. A male smooth newt.

We are hiring x3! As well as 2 seasonal fiekd technicians we are looking for a postdoc to join our Cornwall Badger Project team! Please share widely! careers.zsl.org/vacancies/41...

Hot off the press🚨🚨!! Our study looks at densities and distribution of #hedgehogs & #badgers in England & Wales, exploring how food, habitat, & badger density shape hedgehog distributions. @britishecolsoc.bsky.social @richardyarnell.bsky.social @robdavis1104.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

The MammalWeb project is not yet on Bluesky, so I'm posting their Winter Newsletter. It highlights some fantastic achievements over the last few months, project updates, and information on a festive competition with £100s of Field Studies Council vouchers to be won. Enjoy! 👉 tinyurl.com/MWDec24

Female leopard (Motsamai) Pilanesberg National Park. You can follow the parks leopards and add to their sightings via www.facebook.com/groups/Pilan...

NTU wildlife Conservation students had a memorable day in Pilanesberg National Park today. 12 year old male leopard called Gahiji caught wildebeest calf. Thanks to Rachael Leeman for ID info.

Drought conditions continue in NW Province SA, and as such rodent densities very low. This years annual trapping did however catch a few of my favourite pouched mice, Saccostomus campestris

Same python

Spotted bush snake, NTU Africa Field Course, 2024

African Rick python, Mankwe Wildlife Reserve