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Matthew Mitchell

@m-j-mitchell.bsky.social
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PhD researcher at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social & @zslofficial.bsky.social with London NERC DTP, studying impacts of long-term captivity on #ExtinctInTheWild species. UCL MResBec & University of Exeter, Penryn alumni.

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Matthew Mitchell @m-j-mitchell.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
So happy to share that after years of hard work our paper on low hatching success in the #ExtinctInTheWild #Sihek has now been published in Animal Conservation! Read more here: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Ornithology #ConservationScience 🌍 🦤 🧪
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Parental Age, Inbreeding and Incubation Method Influence Extremely Low Hatching Success in the Ex‐Situ Population of the Extinct in the Wild Sihek
Reproductive success rates are a key parameter determining the recovery potential of ex-situ managed threatened species, with high rates often being required to produce offspring for wild releases wh...
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Matthew Mitchell @m-j-mitchell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
So exciting to see #sihek eggs confirmed in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years! www.zsl.org/news-and-eve... #ConservationScience 🌍 🦤 🧪 #Ornithology
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Bird species lost from wild lays first eggs on new island home | The Zoological Society of London
Endangered bird recently returned to the wild have laid first eggs on their new Pacific island home, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years.
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Andrew Christopher Knapp @knapprew.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A very successful Adder Day 2025! The weather was almost too nice this year, the scaly fellas didn't hang around for long.
Participants of Adder Day 2025 pose under a metal sculpture of a dragonfly on Hounslow Heath
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Matthew Mitchell @m-j-mitchell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#ExtinctInTheWild (EW) species are some of the most at risk in the world, existing only in human care. I’m a PhD student at @zslofficial.bsky.social and @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social studying how time spent in human care may affect EW bird recovery #BOU2025 #Ornithology #ConservationScience 🌍 🦤 🧪 1/6
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