An exciting study led by one of our SBS PGRs, Jack Bamber, read more bit.ly/3XuSO3i #capercaillie

Two litters of wildcat kittens have been born in the Cairngorms 🎉 Following the release of 19 wildcats last summer, two females have successfully given birth in the wild, marking a huge milestone in our efforts to restore wildcats in Scotland ➡ savingwildcats.org.uk/kittensborninw…

The presence of diversionary feeding substantially reduces depredation of artificial nests 📉 This translates to an 83% increase in predicted nest survival over 28 days of incubation by reducing the chance that Pine marten or badgers would eat nests🪺 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

The wonderfully talented Amber Cowans (Amber Cowans) and Albert Bonet Bigatà (Albert Bonet Bigatà) just submitted work from their time here as Statistical Ecology MSc students. I am so impressed with the researchers they are becoming! #StatisticalEcology doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

We are delighted that Jack Bamber is going to present his pioneering pine marten research for us. To book your place for the October 29th Webinar simply click the link! redsquirrels.info/jack-bamber-pi…

The success of a partnership research project which saw diversionary feeding trialed as a way to increase artificial nest survival has seen the technique included in new five year emergency plan to boost capercaillie numbers in Scotland. abdn.io/Zx

Stoked this is published! Collect feathers > chop into tiny pieces > set them on fire > measure the gasses*. Differences in adults. Now just a small task of learning geographic assignment using multi-isotope isoscapes paired with geolocator data & larger sample size! Let’s gooo!

Now accepting applicants for 25-26 intake of our #StatisticalEcology MSc: bit.ly/3ooHNyc. A unique opportunity to develop skills at the interface of #statistics and #ecology (some partial scholarships available too). Please help me share!

Guerilla rewilding undermines evidence-based conservation nature.com/articles/d4158…

🚨 New publication: shorturl.at/QRb76 📝 Out today in the The Royal Society proceedings B. We find that diversionary feeding boosts productivity of cappercaille from 0.82 to 1.90. Indicating that this impact based method can effectively reduce the influence of predation.

My first The Conversation article with Jack Bamber and Xavier Lambin: "A surprisingly effective way to save the capercaillie: keep its predators well-fed – new research” theconversation.com/a-surprisingly…

We are delighted to announce the winners of the #BMCEcolEvol and #BMCZool image competition, celebrating the creativity of researchers worldwide: youtube.com/watch?v=ftdBs8… Congratulations to Sritam Kumar Sethy, Nick Royle, Natalia Jagielska, Jack Bamber, and all our winners!

Bridging the implementation gap: From predator control to non-lethal impact-based intervention 💭 Utilises a co-designed experiment with practitioner & community engagement to evaluate effects 📑 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

If you are looking to do a PhD, and are interested in solving interesting conservation challenges, then check this PhD opportunity out. #woodland #waders #rewilding #restoration #conservation #phd