Week 2 in St Helena, hard to beat those views!

A Madeiran storm petrel from St Helena.

On the hunt for endemic plants

Almost 1 month in to my post on St Helena, and I'm starting to get a real sense of appreciation for the unique landscapes and biodiversity of this island. Some amazing conservation work being done, with limited resources, but equally a huge amount of potential for new projects.

St Helena is a mega hiking destination, many of valley walks go from sea level to 500m+. If nothing else I'm gonna be a lot fitter by the end of this job!

We’ve launched a Storymap for the #StHelenaCloudForestProject, just in time for the enhanced broadband packages on island! Thanks to everyone who contributed content toward it 💚 Happy scrolling 😊 👉 rb.gy/d5uti #SHCFP #WednesdayWisdom

Do you have experience and/or knowledge in habitat ecology and restoration? The RSPB is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of ecological and restoration support and advice for the #StHelenaCloudForestProject Deadline is 20 November, check out the details below ⬇️

This represents an industrial scale, opportunistic plundering of a glorious and precious species that is on the brink of a comeback from near oblivion. Oceanic animals know no barriers, something we as global citizens must surely try to understand if there’s to be any hope Marine Conservation Society

The year is almost over, and NYE fireworks are just around the corner. So it's time to talk birds and fireworks! Thread 🧵👇 We have now published new work in ESA Frontiers looking at the effects of fireworks on birds, using weather radar and bird counts: doi.org/10.1002/fee.26…

After a month or so back in the UK, St Helena seems almost like a distant memory. It's good to back in blighty but I do miss weekends hiking across the otherworldly volcanic landscape in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

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2 months ago I was living on the second most remote inhabited island in the world working on critically endangered species. This week I'm connecting through london on a 4 hour train journey to supervise people trimming a hedge in Kent. Ecology is a strange career.

Starmer predicted a vote share of 36%. Corbyn had 40% in 2017.

Applications are flying in! British Ecological Society Make sure not to miss this unique event working at the interface of human-nature interactions e.g. wildlife trade, behaviour change, mental health benefits of nature !!! RT Please!!! britishecologicalsociety.org/event/next-gen…

Great day out with Vincent Wildlife checking in on their 30+ year monitoring project of bechstein's bats. These bats are the subjects of multiple PhDs and scientific publications, and still bearing fruit with researchers from Bat Conservation Trust and an MSc project along with us today.

We are lucky to have two national nature reserves on our doorstep. Today's adventure was a circular hike round Craig Y Cilau, a botanical gem with abundant bird life - ravens and peregrines stealing the show today. Also great for fungi later in the year.

Finally some decent weather and this meadow near my site work today is genuinely noisy with grasshoppers, and there is abundant butterfly life. Fingers crossed we get a few weeks of this...

One of several boxes being used as a maternity roost by natterer's bats during woodland bat monitoring 🦇🦇🦇

Managed to see adders and greater horseshoe bats whilst walking the dog today. Moving to rural Wales has it's perks!

Dragon's breath (cloud inversion) over Abergavenny and Gilwern Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park