Devonian tetrapod | Former autonomous human jukebox | FirstGen | DICE Kent alum. | Lecturer in Biodiversity @ UCL | wrote a book about frogs | Opinions recycled | He/him UCL profile: https://tinyurl.com/42h4vj66 Mixcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2khcwp5a
I used to sit up on Dunwich Heath, surveying bitterns in the reedbeds of Minsmere below It's a beautiful area, and one of the most important in the country for birds and other wildlife This is so sad
Holiday park evacuated as 90 firefighters tackle Suffolk heath wildfireMajor incident declared, Sizewell B power station closely monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve closed to visitorswww.theguardian.com
I started a new part-time role @nhm-london.bsky.social today providing curatorial cover in the Fossil Echinoderm collection. Job #1 was putting away some specimens which were scanned by a visiting researcher, giving me a chance to see some of these amazing Paleozoic #crinoids (sea lilies)!
Thames Rivers Trust are a partner in ZSL's eel project www.zsl.org/what-we-do/p... and likely do their own press. See also @zslofficial.bsky.social bluesky feed (and the TRT page www.thamesriverstrust.org.uk/news/bring-b...)
European eel conservation | ZSLEuropean eels once thrived in London’s rivers but the number of young joining the adult populations has dropped dramatically since the 1980s.www.zsl.org
