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Dr Neil James

@drneiljames.bsky.social

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Plastics & oil pollution, birds, citizen science, Arctic. www.birdsanddebris.com & creators.spotify.com/pod/show/under…

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Dr Neil James @drneiljames.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

📢 New PhD opportunity 📢 Interested in a PhD on birds, plastics & other pollutants in the Scottish Highlands? Come and work with @masden.bsky.social, Dr Lydia Niemi, @rspb.bsky.social, @ukceh.bsky.social, & myself 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands at University of the Highlands and Islands on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands at University of the Highlands and Islands, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Elizabeth Masden @masden.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Great to be involved with @tystiedan.bsky.social on this link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Combining temperature-depth recorder and GPS data improves identification of foraging habitat in diving seabirds - Marine Biology

Marine Biology - Effective designation and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for the conservation of seabirds at sea requires a detailed understanding of where they forage. GPS tracking...

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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🌊Not only do we advertise jobs, we advertise open #PhD opportunities! Currently, we have over 15 PhDs listed on our website: masts.ac.uk/news-events-... Check them out ⬅️

Dr Neil James @drneiljames.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🚨New paper🚨: Patterns and trends in marine microplastics density distributions using a long-term, global, field database. Proud of this paper, led by Dr Lonneke Lonneke Goddijn-Murphy, with Dr David Woolf www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #microplastics #plasticpollution @thinkuhi.bsky.social

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Patterns and trends in marine microplastics density distributions using a long-term, global, field database

We evaluate global microplastics particle density distribution using field data from 1972 to 2022, made available by the NOAA (National Oceanic and At…

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Dr Neil James @drneiljames.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Yes please!

Dr Neil James @drneiljames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This would make a great December, if you ever did a calendar!

Dr Neil James @drneiljames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Fantastic picture Sam (as always)!

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Snow Bunting on snow. A rather appropriate scene for a cold day like today ❄️ #birds

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

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Elizabeth Masden @masden.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Want to learn about avian collision risk modelling? Read this new paper led by @aonghaisc.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/c/1k5DiiZ5tG...

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hello Bluesky 💙 I am a seabird scientist and part time artist. I love creating #wildlife themed #ceramics, clothes, prints, notebooks and more🐧

A woman sitting on a pottery wheel with a dog sitting next to her

Two hands holding a large handmade ceramic plate with two sgraffito puffins

A tiny ceramic puffin sitting on the tip of an index finger

Hand holding a white handmade mug with a blackbird and a strawberry painted on