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Fiona Beckman

@fionabeckman.bsky.social
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Camera-wielder, obsessive walker, ocean enthusiast. Manxie living in Plymouth. Ocean Science Communicator for @pogo-ocean.bsky.social & @obon-ocean.bsky.social (views all my own) #photography #marinescience #ocean #Plymouth #IsleOfMan #Dartmoor #CoastPath

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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It has been a(nother) busy year!! #lovemyjob
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Saw the @nebriefing.bsky.social at @plymuni.bsky.social last night - and highly recommend that everyone attends a viewing, signs the petitions, lobbies their MP (mine - @lukepollard.bsky.social will attend a screening this month). And - if nothing else - switches if their bank is on this Red List ⤵️
Slide shared by National Emergency Briefing, showing the tons of CO2 output per £10k in accounts for 16 UK banks. The worst offenders are Barclays, HSBC, First Direct, Chase and Santander. The greenest options are Tridos, Coop Bank and Nationwide.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nice!! I also had coffee in a CafeThatsNotAFranchise today - and the barista candled my cake 🎂 (Rhubarb & Mustard - Plymouth 🥰).
Espresso cup and slice of cake with a lit birthday candle, placed on a wooden board - on window table, looking out towards the street.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No - YOU were on fire 🔥 Absolutely brilliant night! Thank you so much 🤩 🪩
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
😱
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Looking forward to checking out this ocean-themed art installation when I get home from #CommOCEAN2026. Looks amazing! Artist creates cars filled with water to show tide www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Artist creates cars filled with water to show tide in Plymouth
David Cotterrell's installation has the water level in the cars change in tune with the tides.
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POGO @pogo-ocean.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
POGO’s August newsletter went live on Friday - with updates from POGO projects, working groups, & training initiatives, news from members, reports from capacity development activities, and lots more. Take a look here: mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/p...
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Stove-top griddle joy for dinner tonight. Mmmm halloumi & mushrooms 😋
Slices of halloumi cheese on a stove-top griddle, with chargrilled stripes. Button mushrooms on a stove-top griddle.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It’s been another busy quarter in Team OBON☺️ If you are interested in #eDNA - particularly for #oceanobs - have a read ⤵️ 🌊 🧬
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Day trip to beautiful #Lundy in the Bristol Channel last week. It was a pretty hot day, with calm seas, but low cloud for a certain misty mystery. ☺️ Also deer 🦌
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
For sure!! But just a broom cupboard please - don’t think our Plymouth dwelling will fetch £500k…
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
*Shudders at salt and vinegar crisps*
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hard disagree 🤬. Give me a human over AI anytime - with bonus points if they can diverge from the script… www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed
CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
😞
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Love this initiative by my colleagues at @samsocean.bsky.social Director, Nick Owens, says he knew the decision was coming alive when, listening to conversations at executive meetings and during coffee breaks, he began to hear the question: “What would the ocean think about this?” 🌊
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Skeet Cheat Ride Repeat?
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
So many red & black moths flying around Ford Park Cemetery this week. They appear to be 6-spot #burnet moths - but I know that these #ragwort plants will be covered with striped Cinnabar moth caterpillars in the coming weeks. It’s weird - I *never* see the (similar) #cinnabar adults flying about 🤷‍♀️
Black-winged day-flying moth with red spots - probably a 6-spot burnet - sitting on the yellow flowers of the common ragwort plant (also known as Cushag)
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Plymouth’s newly refurbed Armada Way looking colourful in the evening 🥰 #plymouth
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Saw quite a few of these (blue?) jellies washing up on Porthtowan beach (also North Cornwall) on Sunday - but nothing on that scale!
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Look II watching the GigRower championships taking place in Plymouth Sound this weekend 🚣‍♀️🌊 #plymouth #gormley
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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 29/06/2026
Widespread declines in #plankton across the North East Atlantic ⚠️ A new study has used more than six decades of data to show that plankton abundance is declining across vast swathes of the #NorthEastAtlantic. 🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/decline...
pml.ac.uk
Decline in plankton across North East Atlantic sends stark warning for ocean health
A new study, involving scientists from PML, found there were no habitats assessed as being of ‘Good Environmental Status’ in a region stretching from Portugal to Norway.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Not a tennis fan myself, but I do love to see #Plymouth city centre set up for watching #wimbledon on a summer’s day 🥰🎾
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Still too light to really appreciate the mad lighting we’ve just had in Mutley. But the ice rocks were something else! Never seen such chunky hail 😱
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Some of us from some of the smaller British Isles never cross the water without a passport. Rarely required, but I always play safe 😉🇮🇲
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Diving in northern waters is definitely a better choice than trying to function in the south this week. Well played! Heck - even Plymouth is hot, but at least we have a sea breeze 🌬️
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
These assholes back down when we push back. We should push back more often. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Third day of fog on #PlymouthHoe, and my phone camera thinks it’s a dirty lens issue 😂
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Depressing read about the environmental impact of pet flea treatments 😢. We only treat our cat with spot-on when humans get a flea bite, but I’ll now be looking at just using an isoxazoline pill instead - no matter how hard he fights me 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Vets advise ban on over the counter flea treatment for pets
Pet owners have historically been advised they should treat cats and dogs as a preventative measure every month.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Nooo! Not Giles! 72 is far too young 😭 💔 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... #buffy
theguardian.com
Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72
British actor starred on the West End before finding international fame in the 90s on Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I got drenched in Mutley this morning!! But it has definitely brightened up now 🌤️
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Is that the one on Mutley plain? I walk past it all the time, but have never been inside :)
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
😂 @manxmannin.bsky.social
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
All my walking routes seem to involve at least a few #bluebells at the moment 🥰. Love this time of year. Happy May Day ☺️
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🥰🦊
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POGO @pogo-ocean.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Are you a scientist at a POGO Member institution with an idea for a POGO working group or training initiative? 🌊 ➡️ Speak to your POGO Scientific PoC about how to apply for this year's Microgrants. 📆 Expression of Intent deadline: 30 April 2026 ➡️ Find out more: pogo-ocean.org/call-for-pro...
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POGO @pogo-ocean.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The 2026 POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme is now open for applications! 🚀 This fellowship provides funding for early-career scientists, technicians & postgraduate students from developing countries to spend 1–3 months at a leading oceanographic institute abroad 🌎 More at: mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/p...
Graphical text about the POGO-SCOR Fellowship programme. For full details visit: https://mailchi.mp/pogo-ocean/pogo-scor26
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POGO @pogo-ocean.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Meet Abasiofon Essien Timothy, POGO's newest shipboard trainee! As the 2026 Ocean Decade NF-POGO-SeaNetwork-GEOMAR Fellow, Ofon will join the WASCAL Floating University aboard the #RVPolarstern from Cabo Verde to Germany. Congratulations, Ofon! @unoceandecade.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Been watching the #bigwheel construction on #PlymouthHoe as I walked to-and-from work this week. At lunchtime today, it looked rather like a giant #PacMan 😁 #Plymouth
White Big Wheel ride under construction, with left side segment still missing.
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AuthentiSci @authentisci.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🌲 Are you an environmental scientist? 🔍 We have new articles ready for expert review! "Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton" authentisci.com/article/c21c... "Synthetic chemicals are widespread in marine ecosystems, study finds" authentisci.com/article/5d7c...
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Definitely not about me…
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In contrast with yesterday’s glorious sunshine, today’s morning mist thickened and persisted all day - the red and white stripes of #smeatonstower were barely visible! #plymouth #plymouthhoe
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David Firn @davidfirn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What's even the point of driving if you have to obey the speed limit?
The enforced slow pace of traffic has made motoring less sexy. I may as well take the bus, says Helen Rumbelow
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Good morning #Plymouth ☺️ There may be a risk of #aprilshowers today, but these glorious sunshine views of Plymouth Hoe and the Sound as I walked to work have set my happy mood for the week ahead. I don’t think even heavy rain could dampen my spirits 🌧️🥰🌊
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds. See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w
A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
South Cornish coast yesterday, and north Cornwall coast today. Both stunning, as ever, but we were particularly lucky with amazing weather for early April 🥰 #southwestcoastpath #RameHead #StIves
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Unfortunately, our gutters are insanely high & pretty inaccessible for us (big old Victorian terrace on a steep hill 😬) - but others in and near #Plymouth might want to join this #citizenscience project ⬇️ 📢 Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Call for citizen scientists to collect space dust
Resident are urged to join a cosmic quest for micrometeorites from space landing in their gutters.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Mmm. Tasty.
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It was really beautiful walking home along the Hoe this evening 🥰
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POGO @pogo-ocean.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📆 SAVE THE DATE for the IQOE Passive Acoustics workshop - bringing together the ocean acoustics & bioacoustics communities: 22-24 Sept 2026 at @vliz.be in Oostende, Belgium.🌊👂 Find out more at www.iqoe.org/workshops/ch... @iqoe.bsky.social @scor-int.bsky.social @pogo-ocean.bsky.social
IQOE, POGO and SCOR logos, with text that says:
SAVE THE DATE
Charting the Future of Ocean Passive Acoustics: From observations to science and management

22-24 September 2026
InnovOcean Campus of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Oostende, Belgium
In Person and Online
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Fiona Beckman @fionabeckman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My first visit - an after-lunch stomp while visiting family in a nearby village. It was moodily impressive on a misty day - but I definitely want to come back when there are proper views to wales and north Devon 🤞☀️
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