Really great paper by Sophie Common and colleagues in Chiang Mai including Ayona Silva-Fletcher and others not on twitter on non-invasive methods to detect #EEHV in #elephant #faeces, crucial to monitor free-living populations. Contact Sophie Common for pdf! tinyurl.com/p6t37uvf

Excellent day with Natural England colleagues to learn about ZSL work on Disease Risk Analysis for Conservation Translocations. Reminder of danger of diseases being moved about, & need to avoid that. Much data being gathered, including via this Red Kite post-mortem.

Definitely fascinating to see hands on the work behind Disease Risk Assessment. I can only see our relationship with ZSL getting stronger as we work together on reintroduction, conservation translocation, species recovery and much more. Thank you ZSL

Q. Isn’t the idea to have more trees, not fewer? A: Yes, but the work of Beavers will create dynamic & diverse environments which will have trees of different sizes & regrowth around wetlands full of wildlife & carbon. Rivers will run cleaner & in some places reduce flood risk.

Beavers are amazing at... 🦫 Transforming wetlands 🦋Boosting wildlife 💧Reducing the risk of flooding 🌎Helping store carbon Join the call for beavers to return safely to the wild. Show your support today! ⬇️❤️ wtru.st/love-wild-beav…

In honour of #February11 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science - we are dedicating this channel to our #WomenInScience at ZSL, with the aim of increasing visibility, promoting #EqualityInScience, & highlighting their incredible work... ZSL Science ZSL Conservation

Wildlife vet Dr Sophie Common (DRAHS) undertaking a post mortem examination of a Eurasian beaver as part of disease surveillance studies in England! Find out more at: zsl.org/science/wildli… #February11 #EqualityInScience #WomenInScience

The new Soapbox Science issue and podcast are out now! 📣👩‍🔬🔬🧬 📱💻 womanthology.co.uk 🎧 womanthology.co.uk/womanthology-p… 📲 plinkhq.com/i/1523676207 Featuring Sophie Common Soapbox Science Sorcha Daly Soapbox Science Ireland @SoapboxscienceB Chenying Liu Pooja Shree, PhD. 🇮🇳🇨🇦 @soapboxott

Going wild and proving that science isn’t just for men womanthology.co.uk/going-wild-and… Sophie Common Soapbox Science #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEMM #WomenInScience #Vets #Veterinary #Wildlife #Zoology #Rewilding #GenderBalance #Education #RoleModels

Red kite chicks sent from England to Spain to boost ailing numbers theguardian.com/environment/20…

Such a great project and brilliant to see some positive environmental news

Spanish populations of Red Kites have declined substantially, but together with our partners we are re-establishing populations by leading health checks on reintroduced birds: ow.ly/Mcch50JKvKL #WildlifeHealth #BackFromTheBrink

So sad to read this bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Pollinator garden coming on nicely… and the courgettes aren’t bad either! #savethebees

We finally celebrated graduating our MSc… and we’re pretty happy about it! #wildanimalhealth ZSL ZSL Science Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

Well done ZSL Science colleagues incl. @jenny_jaffe & Georgie Gerard for getting this out! Plastic isn’t only a problem for seabirds- as scavengers red kites are prone to ingestion of harmful agents like plastic, anticoagulant rodenticides and lead #conservation #wildlifehealth

Amazing few days at the #9thinternationalbeaversymposium in Brasov, Transylvania. Spectacular location, international collaboration, new friends & a snood with ‘beaver’ written in 20 languages. What more could one ask for? 🦫 #science #conservation #nature #romania

Thanks to all the participants for such a positive and engaging day of discussions on the risk of disease to #wildlifetranslocations ZSL Science ZSL Conservation

Conservation professionals from BIAZA, Natural England, Vincent Wildlife, @BristolZooGdns, SEA LIFE UK and other organisations as far afield as Costa Rica attended the #diseaseriskanalysis workshop run by members of the #DRAHS team yesterday - a great success! ZSL Science