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Richard Ostler

@rostler.bsky.social
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Agriculture data at Rothamsted Research, Elixir-UK data fellow, FAIR advocate and RDM culture change. Views my own.

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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@cambsbirdclub.bsky.social Peregrine with a red ring on its left leg from Dudney hide, Grafham Water around 8am
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We're recruiting for a Research Farms Data Manager to support digital data recording and reporting across @rothamsted.bsky.social field trials, helping ensure farm research data is captured securely and accurately for research and reporting. Apply here: jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/86...
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Research Farms Data Manager in AL5 2JQ, Herts, UK | Rothamsted Research
View details and apply for this Research Farms Data Manager vacancy in AL5 2JQ, Herts, UK. Role Title Research Farms Data Manager Salary C = £31,165 D = £37,191 Location ...
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We're running a survey on #data management and data pain points in #plantsciences, and would love to hear from people creating, managing and/or using data from field, glasshouse and controlled environment experiments @biofair.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social forms.office.com/e/BJixZjBh9G #FAIR
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Microsoft Forms
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Fantastic views of EIGHT great northern divers off Dudney hide Grafham. Personal record. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Good day around Grafham, first time all the way round with the scope. Only saw one of the Great Northern Divers, other highlights 3 Bewicks still around, 6 Siskin, Raven, 1 common and 3 green sands, and a Nuthatch. 62 species in total, a record for me! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Quick lunch time walk at Grafham rewarded me with a lot of ducks, a couple of Great White egrets and good views of two Black Tailed Godwits from Valley Creek...but they were the only waders seen @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Cancelled my OpenAI subscription, and taken out a subscription to the @theguardian.com instead. #feelgoodfriday
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Not sure it's the best way, but I guess it's one way to top up #Grafham water @anglianwater.bsky.social (leak has been reported!)
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We had a cracking weekend for the first @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Great entries from the teams and somethings for us to think about on how we present our data! The winning team developed a data explorer for the long-term experiments, with potential to customise for different stakeholders.
Hackathon participantsWinning hackathon team photo
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
The teams are knuckling down for the final 5 hours of the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data hack. Emerging themes around data visualisations to illustrate complex long-term data combing yields, weather and insect data.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
In all the excitement I neglected to post anything yesterday about the @rothamsted.bsky.social #data #hackathon at the Royal Agricultural University! I ledt one team working past midnight, and now they're all tucking into breakfast ready for a few more hours coding. Lokking forward to the results!
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Cracking wader morning at #Grafham, 2 curlew sandpiper, 2 little ringed plover, common sandpiper, ruff and dunlin from Mander/valley creek. 2 spotted sandpiper, 4 greenshank, 1 common sandpiper plus a couple of pintail from Littleless Creek. But Dudney was empty! Scope video of the Green and Spotted
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Forget AI, one massive productivity gain would be people using #MSWord headings correctly. Reviewing an 84 page doc without simple navigation is a sod.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Any ideas what this is. I'm guessing sone sort of sensor? Screwed in to an oak, the top has a metal pin enclosed by a spring. @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I'm now timing my runs to end when the heatpump comes on for some outside aircon 🥵
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Dr Helen Metcalfe | she/her @hmetcalfe1.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
What's the true value of a hedgerow? Or a diverse landscape when it comes to mitigating field edge yield declines? Our new paper out today might have some of the answers doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
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Redirecting
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I think a lot of science has a lot of #data management debt
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Interested in #agdata? Then join us at the @rothamsted.bsky.social data hackathon using the rich long-term data from our Long-term experiments, North Wyke Farm Platform and Insect Survey @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social, @thefarmplatform.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/rotha...
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Brown tufted duck? With a red bill? Grafham Water @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Smew at #Grafham water lagoons, Northeast corner pool @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social (crap phone pic through scope)
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Patience paid off and saw the spotted sandpiper at #grafham water this morning. A lovely bank holiday first
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Walk around Grafham marred this morning by 6 "wild campers" or ignorant twats who decided to chuck two bin bags of rubbish into the reservoir. On the plus side, great views of a common sandpiper and Reed warbler by the fishing lodge harbour
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Lovely evening around #Grafhamwater lagoons, topped by a couple of bursts of song from a Cetti's warbler near the hide. #cambsbirds
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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.ac.uk · 15/04/2025
Recognition at last! Our Park Grass experiment a question on last night's BBC 2 University Challenge 📺👏👏 At 5' 53"...we have no words @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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University Challenge - 2024/25: 34. Queen's, Belfast v Bristol
It's the last of the quarter-finals. Who will take the final place in the semis? Amol Rajan asks the questions.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Great to see the new @ukri.org draft Data Policy published with commitments to making research #open and #FAIR. Hopefully they don't get watered down🤞!
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I'll be running our first online training session for electronic research notebooks tomorrow using #MSTeams polls to keep up engagement and limit passive attendance. Testing the functionality and it looks ok... #researchculture
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Terrible photo, but is this some sort of greylag/canada goose hybrid? #ukbirding. It was with a few Canada geese.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Surely it's not April 1st already?
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The North Wyke Farm Platform @thefarmplatform.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Great Opportunity to join the fantastic team at Rothamsted Research, North Wyke. jobs.rothamsted.ac.uk/vacancies/80...
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Farm Technician in EX20 2SB, Devon, UK | Rothamsted Research
View details and apply for this Farm Technician vacancy in EX20 2SB, Devon, UK. Are you passionate about farming and looking for a hands-on role where you can make a real impact? Do you like le...
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Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Two NEW @rothamsted.bsky.social #Broadbalk datasets now available - #potato yields 1968-1996 and #oats yields 1996-2022. doi.org/10.23637/rbk..., doi.org/10.23637/rbk... #opendata #agsky
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eRA Dataset: 01-POTYIELD - Broadbalk potato tuber yields 1968-1996
Annual potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i>) tuber yields for each treatment plot of the Broadbalk Experiment, with details of all fertilizer and manure applications. Also other agronomic information, inc...
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The #UKgovernment has got to respond in kind to #trumps steel #tariffs, not go begging for an exemption. It won't happen, it'll just be seen as a sign of weakness then he'll be emboldened to go after our NHS and farmers.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Is #trump finally realising who the bad guys are? www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Trump ‘strongly considering’ Russia sanctions until Ukraine peace agreed – Europe live
US president says he could implement ‘large scale banking sanctions and tariffs’ in post on social media
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is wat a lack of integrity looks like.
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Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEW DATASET! Exhaustion Land Experiment #soil chemical properties 2012 doi.org/10.23637/rex... #agdata
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eRA Dataset: 01-SOIL2012 - Exhaustion Land Experiment soil chemical properties 2012
Soil chemical properties of six plots of the Exhaustion Land Experiment, May 2012. Including soil C, N, pH, extractable cations and total elements. These plots were subsequently used for the datasets ...
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
WTF? 🇺🇸 is not ok. At least 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇯🇵 provide equivalent resources and aren't going through a Cultural Revolution.
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Newtown Ghosts @newtownghosts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Petition: Rescind Donald Trumps invitation for a second state visit immediately.
The Government and HRH King Charles should withdraw immediately the invitation to the POTUS for a state visit.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I hope the shameful state visit to #trump is taken back. Its humiliating and toadying to a pariah president. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Slava Ukraini. 💙💛Zelensky. Go fuck yourself Trumpy.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
After a day delivering research #data training with North Wyke colleagues, is there a better way to recharge than a short hike on the moors and pint of Jail Ale
9 ladies stone circle, Dartmoor
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Sometimes I don't know if sales emails are just dumb, lazy, or something else. The latest one started "I've been helping law firms like yours...". 10s of research time is all it needed. #salesspam
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Crikey, three research #data steward job adverts dropped on the RESEARCH-DATAMAN mail list this morning 💥
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I've been giving this a bit of thought overnight, and this a positive policy shift.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is an excellent move!
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Catching up on the news and I see #trump doesn't seem to grasp the concepts of either an ICBM or a dictator.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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Nature @nature.com · 15/02/2025
Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage go.nature.com/4aYn9Me
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Vice Prick JD Vance would do well to learn a bit about German history in the 20th century. As for UK values, my grandparents fought against Nazism, so no drift there.
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
As if I needed another reason not to drink Brewdog piss
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Richard Ostler @rostler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Wow! That's a first. Opened the hide flaps at #Grafhamwater and saw this chap sat in the reeds. Managed to snap a terrible pic before they disappeared
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