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University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

In 2025, the Environment and Sustainability Institute advanced vital research on environmental change, helped conserve and regenerate nature, informed sustainability policy, and developed cleaner ways to power the future. This is our year in review. vimeo.com/1147279648/e...

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Xav Harrison @xavh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds* Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Hello #fish 🐟 🐠 researchers and PIs of tomorrow! We would be excited to sponsor you for an Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (EEB) Presidential #Postdoc Fellowship application @michiganstateu.bsky.social. Application deadline is Nov 10, so get in touch soom! #EndlessFishMostBeautiful

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Only a few days to go… please share!!!

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Get in touch if you want to know more

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Polymorphism with individuals differing e.g. in colour is common. Here with Hanna Kokko discussing why this occurs, the consequences for conservation and that polymorphism could be hidden. youtu.be/rfVBmmaOwuE?...

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Polymorphism in nature

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Could you ever tire of seeing these beautiful animals up close. @exetermarine.bsky.social team over on the Isles of Scilly tagging shags for foraging and habitat studies… the colour of that eye!! @marineorno.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @bou.org.uk @eounion.bsky.social

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Very rarely get a chance to do any sight seeing on these work trips but today was an exception. Deffo bucket list tick!

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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Emile Michels' first PhD paper published today. Amplification of Borrelia in ticks at pheasant-release sites – an intriguing example how non-native species can increase zoonotic disease risk through spillback. @uniexecec.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The Release of Non‐Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk

Spillback is potentially an important mechanism by which non-natives contribute to zoonotic disease emergence. We capitalise on quasi-experimental releases of non-native pheasants (Phasianus colchicu...

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 08/04/2025

Last week at #BOU2025, we were delighted to award the Godman Salvin Prize to Prof Robert Furness for his contributions to #ornithology 👏 Please read about Prof Furness' impressive career here, as summarised by Keith Hamer 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.... #ornithology 🪶#seabirds

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We watched this wonderful little female otter for about half an hour on Islay this morning.. several ballan wrasse and swimming crabs brought ashore to eat on the rocks. Only a few of our Rewilding Field Course students were up but they were treated to some fantasist views and behaviour..

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Faint aurora in North Donegal as we were setting nets this evening

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Critically endangered white-headed vulture in Buffalo Springs NR, Kenya. This male was hanging around a lion kill. @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Bateleur in the evening light at Samburu. These snake specialists are masters of the air but tend only to fly/glide in the heat of the day. @ibisjournal.bsky.social @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Fortunate to have the black and white casqued hornbill pose very nicely for us. Out on the edge of Kagamega Forest collecting mud. Presumably to help his partner seal herself into their nest hole. #ornithology #birding #kenya @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social 🦜🦅🪶🌍🇿🇦

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Mark Jessopp @gannetguy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Interested in seal diet, population size and haul out behaviour in Ireland? Funded PhD position at University College Cork. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc... Application deadline 31st Jan.

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Good morning from Kenya. Day 3 begins as University of Exeter MSc Conservation and Biodiversity students up at sunrise to strike camp in Naivasha. @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social @kjhockings.bsky.social @aimee-mcintosh.bsky.social

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Lots of bleached by the wind sailors (Velella velella) on the beaches over the last few weeks.

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Welcome to the last Super Seabird Sunday of the year where we ask you to share seabird photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines like these Gannets of the Bass rock. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Can you spot Nel the dog waiting hopefully for some Christmas dinner? @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social Clue in the second picture

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

3 wise men? Wild Santa ride to Portreath this morning. Rest of the team made it for the Xmas banquet at Twelveheads (fantastic spread from the Buon Appetit!

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Helloooooo @bsky.app finally deleted my twitter account! Looking forward to a much healthier level of engagement and feed on here…

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

European winter walkers keep 👀 out. A dead Kemp's Ridley turtle was reported on 13th December at Talacre, North Wales, UK. There will be more. Reporting guidelines here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🦤 #seaturte #marineturtle @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

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Neeltje Boogert @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Come do a PhD with Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social , Dan Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social and me on Gulls! GPS- and Bluetooth-tracking! Microbiomes & AMR acquisition & transmission! Human-wildlife conflict & mitigation! should be fun :-)

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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Yay! @bsky.app now counted in @altmetric.com! Now we just have to get the academic publishers to add Bluesky share buttons (looking at you, @royalsociety.org, @science.org, @pnas.org, Wiley, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social, @cellpress.bsky.social, Frontiers, @plos.bsky.social ...)

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Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I am happy to talk about why we have to tag animals but it’s not OK to attack our research or our commitment towards the animals we worked with so closely.

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Common dolphin washed up nr Trefusis Head. Beak has a fresh wound that looks suspiciously like net entanglement (has MSN tags so been there for a day or two at least) @exetermarine.bsky.social

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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

New paper alert! Really excited to see this work from a postdoc with Steve Votier @heriotwattuni.bsky.social published in Ecology & Evolution! In it, we use existing bio-logging data to study competition and facilitation in foraging gannets. Link to paper here: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Competition and Facilitation Influence Central Place Foraging Ecology in a Colonial Marine Predator

Analysis of combined deployments of GPS loggers with cameras or temperature–depth recorders reveals that despite experiencing intraspecific competition for food, northern gannets engage in dynamic, c...

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

PhD Opportunity!! Come work with us (University of Exeter, RSPB & BTO) Diagnosing population decline in insectivorous birds. Inkd.in/eG58dQxs Contact me for more details (s.bearhop@exeter.ac.uk). Please Share @britishbirds.bsky.social @ibisjournal.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

@padpadpadpad.bsky.social sorry I just checked and I am already there… more haste less speed. Ta S

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

@padpadpadpad.bsky.social hi Dan, can you add me to the CEC starter pack

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Amazing day amongst the Saguaros

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Vance Mak @vancemak.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

So grateful to be given the opportunity to present some work from the first chapter of my PhD at the @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social #coimbraseabirds conference today!! @cathorswill.bsky.social @alicetrevail.bsky.social @rsherley.bsky.social @stubearhop.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

Responsibility for the conservation of kittiwake in the North Atlantic

Sankey diagram depicting origin designation linkages of kittiwake populations. Work is still in progress and has since been updated with new data.

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Large shearwaters like these greats have been numerous in the southwest this year (and recent years). Wondering if it is linked to the increase in Atlantic bluefin as they often associate with one another in feeding frenzies. #ukbirding #ornithology #seabirds

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

The classic Shanghai skyline from the Bund… it really is a pretty awesome by day and night..

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Downtown Haikou and cannot decide which of these museums to visit first?

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Goosebarnacle (Lepas spp I think) colony on a piece of polystyrene washed up on Polyjoke beach Cornwall.

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

It was a delight to supervise @euantheyoung.bsky.social‘s Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology MSc thesis @exetercec.bsky.social, which is now published in Ecology & Evolution! #ExeterCEC

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Territoriality in Green Sandpipers. Research by Ken Smith, Mike Reed and Barry Trevis shows that territories are set up in October and maintained through winter: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/w... #waders #shorebirds #ornithology #UKBirding #birds

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Delighted to say that University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation based in Penryn, Cornwall (SW tip of England) is now here @exetercec.bsky.social Sharing: Behaviour, Conservation, Disease, Ecology, Evolution, Marine and Microbes. 🌏🦑🧪🐧🦆🦢🦏🦛🐒🐌🦟🐝🦇

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Faculty Job: Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology - UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01824 Candidates w/ broad expertise in mycology including host-pathogen interactions, symbiosis biology, metabolism and biotechnology, development/morphology, ecology/climate change, and evolution. 🍄

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Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology

University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Stunning day in North Dublin filming the final bits for Where the Wild Geese Go with EZ Films… lots and lots families looks like it was a good breeding year

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Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Boom! 🙅🏻‍♂️ that’ll do! Pallid Swift on my #WestrayBirding Noup Head patch late afternoon and @PatchBirding #PWC2023 #PatchGold. Second for Orkney and first for the isle. Makes up for the distant swift I couldn’t nail during last autumns Pallid influx x.com/stevedudley_...

Juvenile Pallid Swift, Noup Head, Westray, Orkney, 3 November 2023

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