5 December 2012
Much contention round campus about the visibility or otherwise of a dusky warbler and Siberian chiffchaff. Back at the water park, regular sightings coming in of a variety of waterfowl.
Much contention round campus about the visibility or otherwise of a dusky warbler and Siberian chiffchaff. Back at the water park, regular sightings coming in of a variety of waterfowl.
Come autumn 2013 and the Cornish peninsula will be buzzing with evolutionary scientists for the 19th European Meeting of PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology. The website’s just gone live and […]
This year has seen a lot of rain. I have been fortunate enough to experience a lot of it first hand, since summer fieldwork in England means wellingtons. At the […]
Generally, people aren’t that fond of Canada geese; when I’m resighting geese and I’m approached by walkers or birdwatchers they are visibly disappointed that I’m ignoring pochards, teal and grebes […]
Though I find food itself a pleasure, even during my everyday life I often find it a hassle to feed myself. All too often it’s 11pm and all I’ve eaten […]
Happy times! Today the project received its 1600th resighting (of NH, as it goes, the only bird known to have a reversed collar – it was supposed to be HN). […]
It’s ON! I’ve been back, roaming the water park with scope and notebook. I’m using the daylight hours to resight and the dusky hours to catch up on the work […]
Maps! I’ve made a new map that allows me to plot where and when geese have been seen. It’s clunky at the moment because I’m still figuring out how to […]
Unexpectedly, there seem to be a number of geese that do either hang around by themselves. Loners? Lost? Ostracised because of infection? Survivor of flock mortality? It’s something to work […]
Nature photography and ecology go hand in hand: both document the beauty and craziness of nature. I was particularly struck by these photos by Hannah Williams, another of the postgrad […]