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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I have been experimenting with new glazes. Very pleased with how these have come out 🐧 I will be at Aberdeen Ceramics Studio this weekend for our annual Christmas market 🎄

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I have been trying to make time for pottery alongside my PhD. I did my first official market last weekend at the Bowhouse. I was very nervous before but it was so lovely to speak to so many people about my work! I have added a few leftover pieces to my new website the-puffins-burrow.sumupstore.com 🐧

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

We are delighted to announce that Alex Penn is our new Head of Ornithology and Jonnie Fisk is the new Hospitality Manager. Both Alex and Jonnie will take up their posts in early spring and we look forward to working with them as the Observatory reopens.

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 03/01/2025

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Stable isotope evidence for suspended moult and age-related differences in moult location in the trans-Saharan migratory Alpine Swift | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Alexandra L. Brighten et al | #ornithology 🪶

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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Thank you to the amazingly talented @ellalillyy.bsky.social for the wee ceramic house sparrow (my favourite bird, no word of a lie, truly!) 💙 Obsessed is an understatement, and I’ll cherish it forever

A small ceramic house sparrow bird statue on a book surrounded by leaves

A small ceramic bird statue on a hand, showing it is no bigger than a pinky

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 06/12/2024

🔈 ANNOUNCING! BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements Applications open Jan 2025 More details: bou.org.uk/funding/s... 🪶

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We humbly interrupt your scroll to bring you the news that Wisdom—the world's oldest known wild bird—is breeding again, age 74. Go on girl. 😍

A screenshot of a social media post from USFWSPacific that reads:

"SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male."

This tweet is paired with an image of two Laysan Albatrosses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird, is shown alongside her new partner, demonstrating her enduring legacy as a remarkable seabird.

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I have been trying a range of techniques to make my mugs, plates, and ornaments recently: marbling, bubble glaze, sgraffito and hand-building. Always featuring marine wildlife 🐧🐟

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Grants Hat @grantshat.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

!!! WAHEEEYYY!!! Unbelievable news!! #SeabirdSessions is returning!! These are one-hour online events where we interview the authors of the latest #Seabird science (and sometimes listen to a bit of music). More news coming @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social #Seabirders

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

My pawttery assistant Smoky is keeping me company at this weekends ceramics Christmas Market 🎄🐕

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Excited to be selling my art at the Aberdeen Ceramics Studio winter Market this weekend. If you are in Aberdeen, come see us 🐧 My pieces are of course all wildlife focused

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

UKCEH Seabirds has made the migration here. You're one stop shop for all things about seabird research & news, the Isle of May and all things related to our work.

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Someone enjoyed the snow today

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

First snow of the winter in Aberdeen ❄️

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A sunfish (Mola mola) bowl 🐟 one of my first sgraffito designs, but still one of my favourites #ceramics #wildlifeart

Two hands holding a handmade ceramic bowl with a sgraffito sunfish in navy blue

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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

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Out in Aberdeenshire last night looking for owls, and we managed to ring (under BTO license) this lovely Long-eared Owl. Check out those piercing orange eyes.

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