Tysties are the latest in a series of very cool ringing experiences I’ve had this spring, by virtue of training on the beautiful coast of North Wales with some awesome ringers. Including Chough, Little Tern, Barn and Tawny Owls and a *lot* of Pied Flycatchers! #lucky

An interesting first year Coal Tit movement from Shropshire border from August to the great orme in Nov. First migrant of the autumn too. @BTO_Cymru @cofnod @Macgregor_Cal #ringing #migration

We need your help to monitor raptors and Ravens in Wales! 📢 A brand-new BTO citizen science project launches today, which asks volunteers to choose a survey patch and one or more of the key target species to record. 🦅Sign up to take part ➡️ https://t.co/ElRyRwBzye

Delighted to have had the chance to contribute to this year's BBS Report, writing about our 2022 paper on brownfield site biodiversity which drew on fantastic data provided by @BBS_birds, @WCBSLive and @theNPMS. Flick to p30 to learn more! @DavidRoyBRC @NigelBournBC @DrMJBunting

Another exciting opportunity to join the @BTO_Cymru team. We are looking for someone with the raptor expertise and communication skills needed to run our new raptor monitoring project. Please share!

Exciting PhD opportunity to announce. A fully funded studentship is on offer, starting in October 2024, for a project focusing on the relationships between human well-being and avian biodiversity. Co-supervised by BTO Cymru. https://t.co/NSGGFsVg6n

Some significant news to share this morning! A report we are releasing today concludes that it's very unlikely that the Red Kite population in Wales will decline from future onshore wind farm developments. See the link below for the full picture👉 https://t.co/V487QFPVe5

A very exciting PhD opportunity available here at Bangor @BangorSNS with @BTO_Cymru on soundscapes of birdsong and human wellbeing! The deadline to apply is Sunday, 21 April. Learn more about this project and apply here: https://t.co/eMSCRTPfeL @BESConservation

Looking for a PhD? Study the link between human well-being and avian biodiversity within natural and urban soundscapes. Hosted by @BangorSNS, funded by @ESRC and co-supervised by me @BTO_Cymru! Apply by Sunday, 21 April. Learn more and apply here:  https://t.co/iDLhjk2lzC

The biggest grant win of my career to date announced yesterday! If you’re interested in improving the way we record raptors in Wales - particularly the common/widespread species that current surveys struggle to capture - we look forward to working with you! @BTO_Cymru

We are incredibly grateful for this support, which will enable us to design and grow a new citizen science monitoring programme to help all Welsh stakeholders to better understand & conserve Welsh raptors - including the iconic Red Kite. @HeritageFundCYM #NatureNetworksFund

Striking that none of these palettes is remotely contrived, yet the majority are colourblind-friendly. Did the great artists understand that certain colour combinations impeded people's interpretation of their work [in a way that many academics don't, ahem]?

#digTheMountain [NEW ALBUM OUT THIS FRIDAY] has provided us the opportunity to evolve the way our physical records are manufactured and supplied. Polyvinyl chloride doesn’t have to be fresh for the sound quality to be just as good; you can make it from recycled other plastics.

Hard to think of any other individual tree whose felling would make me feel so sad. These photos from our visit in April 2017, just two days after submitting my PhD thesis at @UniofNewcastle

Fantastic opportunity for a Cymraeg speaker to join our friendly team @BTO_Cymru as Development and Engagement Coordinator. Come and work with us in beautiful North Wales to engage, nurture and grow our supporter base! https://t.co/n8nXPLDVlm

For many of us, our life satisfaction will come from the work we choose rather than how much we get paid for it. Teaching, charity work, making art, building our communities, so many more. Fulfilling lives which may not lead to massive paychecks, but that’s not the point. /2

Tonight there are #kakapo in the forest of the North Island of Aotearoa for the first time in over a century. We released four into Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain today. #conservation #returnofthekakapo

Anyone able to recommend what the must-have bird and mammal field guides for Southern Africa/Botswana are? (And any other essential reading!) @TZBirder @DaniRabaiotti

Finally booked mine and @lynseyrharper's honeymoon - 10 months after the wedding, but never too late, right? Looking forward to two weeks in Botswana next June, and very excited to (hopefully) see some of these iconic species outside of captivity for the first time!

Hemlock is only poisonous when ingested, something a child is v unlikely to do as it tastes awful. Hemlock is a beaut plant & food source for insects. Imagine if instead of killing nature this was used as an opportunity to *teach* kids about wild plants. https://t.co/b9Ukm623Is