I'm crushed. Had the pleasure of visiting the #CubbingtonPearTree a number of times, including with friends somewhere-nowhere. Humbled by its size and majesty, I simply had no idea wild fruit trees could grow this big. Shameless #HS2 destruction at its finest.

Today I saw this very chunky dormouse weighing in at 40g (previously the heaviest I had seen was 32g) having got home and checked it turns out only 20 dormice have ever been found since the 80s that are this heavy. I want to know what he's been eating 🌰 Ellie Scopes

Happy #Caturday

Our new cat paper is now online! Providing high-meat content food and object play reduce predation of wildlife. These novel strategies reduce cat hunting motivation, bringing benefits to cats and wildlife and might appeal to owners more!🐱 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

...and we're live! My first 'first-author' paper on greylag goose field selection in agricultural landscapes is now available online on the @OrnisF website. Big thanks to my lovely co-authors for their invaluable advice and support! ornisfennica.org/pdf/latest/21S…

Do devils with DFTD change their diet? Using Tasmanian devil whiskers, we apply stable isotope analysis to explore this question in our new paper, out in Ecology and Evolution! Full paper: bit.ly/34Rb2Qb Break down below... (1/5) Pic: Seb Comte

New cat paper!😺we applied stable isotope analysis to estimate contributions of wild and pet foods to diet of domestic cats.We also tested whether treatments aimed at reducing killing affect the relative importance of prey in cats' diet: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… 📸Vittoria Roatti

I can't stop thinking about this Greenland shark, recovered dead from the sea this evening. Even if she was "only" just over 100 years old, she has shared the Earth with thylacines and passenger pigeons. She swam calmly in the deep ocean as wars raged above her.

How many stoats can you spot 😉😂

📢 Check out the latest ConScience Exeter blog by Charlotte Armitage on why we need to give a monkey's about monkeys! 🐒An eye-opener to the trade of monkeys right on our doorstep and the hard work and dedication at Wild Futures consciexeter.org/post/why-we-sh…

The first paper from my PhD is out today! 🥳For anyone interested in conservation status and hazel dormice 🐭 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/26…

I try to stay off politics but.... the world is literally on fire, people are dying and wildlife face extinction, and the UK government just announced "At least 100 new North Sea oil and gas drilling licences". I despair. I actually despair.

Why do hazel dormice enter torpor (mini hibernations for a couple of hours during the day) when they should be active looking for food and mates? Lots of reasons and potential consequences presented this morning by Charlotte Armitage, thanks for sharing your PhD research with us!

A highlight for me and many others at the Mammal Society Annual Conference - a demonstration of the use of detection dogs in conservation with Louise Wilson of K9 Consultancy and this GOOD BOY Rex. #FutureofConservation #FutureofMammalConservation #dogs #conservation

@dogwooddays_nic Mary Colwell There's so much love for nature on the internet, and happy helpful guides to the uninitiated. Here's a fabulous comparison of Chiffchaff with Willow Warbler by Charlotte Armitage & @WoodlandTrust: woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2018/03/c…

🌍 Check the newly published paper ‘Species that require long day conditions to flower are not advancing their flowering phenology as fast as species without photoperiod requirements’ in Annals of Botany by Karen Zeng and co-authors. (1/7) 👉 botany.fyi/srd58p #AoBpapers

Very excited to visit Eden Project this afternoon for a guest lecture to MSc Land and Ecological Restoration students on systematic conservation planning and the new Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly!