I really enjoyed talking with the Shoothub team about our work on rearing better gamebirds, the economics & ecology of game release, and my progression from bowerbirds to pheasants. Well worth a listen if you want to understand more about game rearing open.spotify.com/episode/6ktj4z…

The value of ecologically irrelevant animal cognition research Opinion by Scarlett Howard tinyurl.com/37aedmfx

**New Research Paper Alert** What do pheasants tell us about the land? We’re using satellite data to better understand how wildlife and ag can thrive together—because healthy land supports us all. ✅ First article from our pheasant project—more to come!

Led by Pheasants@Exeter with Mathew B. Ellis and myself - new #evidence review for JNCC of availability of #data and reliability of #models to asses #sustainability of #waterbird harvest by recreational #hunting in the United Kingdom #policy #wildlife #people

How robust is current hunting bag data, and can we rely on it to manage sustainable harvest of UK waterbirds? For most species, it's pretty good, but released mallard🦆🦆can confuse the picture Recent collaboration with Prof Tom Cameron and Matt Ellis of BASC