Paul Dolman

Working with this amazing Farmer-led Landscape Recovery collaboration of so many individual farmers with a vision to deliver evidence-based habitats at landscape-scale has been uplifting & gives me optimism for a better future 🌍 #Biodiversity

Scary shit. As a clarion alarm of really even scarier shit to come if we flip all the tipping points. But we still have time to change track. Believe in hope, commit to action

Fascinating story of how this aspect of Nightjar ecology was unraveled : warmer ashpalt rather than gravel roads help in digesting prey, especially important on a full moon! #ornithology

temperature anomalies 1982-2026. We are now in unprecedented scary shit territory - bottom right of the chart

Great thread and debate. land sparing/sharing, rewilding must be balanced with farming production while reducing food import dependency to support national resilience. Dietary shift has to be a big part of this

A fantastic PhD research opportunity to work with the community-led Bridestones Rewilded and the University of Leeds to explore the dynamics of peatland restoration.

Rethinking Bar-tailed Godwits in Europe/Africa. Genetics study rewrites a migration story and sets new conservation priorities. 🎂1️⃣ wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/r... #ornithology

Research opportunity at Leeds Uni for someone interested in exploring how quickly rewilded peatland recovers to become a climate resilient landscape yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/yes...

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a substantial, growing and largely unregulated threat to biodiversity worldwide. A Review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity examines the state of knowledge regarding the measurement, impacts and mitigation of ALAN. go.nature.com/4yglFr2 🌎🧪

Exciting PhD opportunity with a great supervisor

A contested (re)introduction conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#Rewilding www.endangeredlandscapes.org/news/meet-bi...

Please can we finally stop using artificial nests in studies of #nest #predation A meta-analysis again confirms artificial nest studies inflate nest loss rates & bias understanding of which predators are responsible- corvids over-represented -again. #ornithology

Brilliant innovation particularly for duck & wildfowl species that nest in deep herbaceous vegetation where nest finding and monitoring are both tricky and can compromise the outcome.

Upper Teesdale #Curlew - high density but also high breeding productivity thanks to landscape wide predator control. Population self-sustaining unlike most of UK. Main nest predators Badger & Stoat. www.gwct.org.uk/wildlife/res...

Brilliant innovation particularly for duck & wildfowl species that nest in deep herbaceous vegetation where nest finding and monitoring are both tricky and can compromise the outcome.

Job Alert! 🔉 We're looking for two part-time Field Surveyors for the Winter survey season from November - March to conduct wintering bird surveys. To discover more and apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📍 Survey areas: Yorkshire Dales & the Fens. 📝 Deadline for applications: Sunday 18 October 2026.

Exciting update from @saveourwildcats.bsky.social 🐾 The project is celebrating 50 wildcats released in the Scottish Highlands! Releases have taken place across the @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social landscape since 2023 and results are promising, with births in the wild for three consecutive years.

Brilliant thread from @philipamies.eurosky.social on the historical class element of exclusion from hunting. Still relevant today and part of why UK deer numbers continue to grow.

Great news - Coastal golf course restored to biodiverse Dunes and slacks - would be fantastic to see this happen at other courses, there are many candidates ! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great news - Coastal golf course restored to biodiverse Dunes and slacks - would be fantastic to see this happen at other courses, there are many candidates ! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New job alert 🪶🧪 We are hiring a Conservation Scientist to work on links between hydrological restoration and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker conservation Deadline: 7/10/26 Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... #SpeciesRecoveryProgramme @naturalengland.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew

Total of 9 wild-born White-tailed Eagle have now fledged, from 5 established pairs after 56 released. Successful reintroduction needs long-term commitment: hats off to Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation & @ForestryEngland.bsky.social Notably diet mainly fish! #ornithology roydennis.org/three-wild-w...

A spring 'trip' of Dotterel is a highlight for any European birder, but where are the birds going and what do they get up to? Fascinating paper by Bart Kempenaers and colleagues is summarised in WaderTales blog #159: wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/b... #UKbirding

The Curlew’s haunting call is becoming rarer across Britain’s uplands. On 14 Sep, Prof Ian Newton shares research into why Curlews are declining, where they still breed successfully and the role of grouse moor management. FREE webinar www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987186150... @curlewaction.bsky.social

Trouble brewing on Google Maps

Fascinating study of this nomadic owl species

New job alert🪶 2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science Deadline: 23 Sept Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... 📷Ben Andrew

“All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.” Found for this week’s #WildflowerHour: snake’s head fritillary, wild carrot, selfheal, common knapweed, yellow rattle, oxeye daisy, and cock’s-foot. #Seedheads

We're now on day 83 of record breaking daily global sea-surface temperatures. There's still an outside chance that this year could break the all-time daily record set back on April 24, 2024. The Climate Casino is taking the Over.

What do you think @alexanderlees.bsky.social @stevedudley.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Kazakhstan & Russia reintroduce Caspian Tiger populations, meanwhile even reintroduction of European Lynx is stalled in the UK. #Rewilding www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did you miss the deadline for submitting a poster or Bluesky abstract for #BOU2027? You still have a chance...we've extended the poster and Bluesky abstract submission deadline to 17 August Get that abstract in now! Avian disease ecology | 6-8 April 2027 bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

Studys of bat use of restored farm ponds in Norfolk, eastern England led by the brilliant @davidjd.bsky.social of our partner @uclgeography.bsky.social. Overgown ponds restored by scrub & mud removal are massive hot spots for bats in the farmed landscape. Water = life 🦇

Facts confirmed this week: ▶️Top driver of deforestation globally: beef ▶️Top driver of biodiversity loss globally: beef and dairy ourworldindata.org/what-has-dri... and www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

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Really cool paper from Niall Burton @bto.bsky.social in @bou.org.uk Ibis Validating acoustic monitoring for male annual survival, but colour-ringing and resighting gave higher detectability over the breeding season. #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Really cool paper from Niall Burton @bto.bsky.social in @bou.org.uk Ibis Validating acoustic monitoring for male annual survival, but colour-ringing and resighting gave higher detectability over the breeding season. #ornithology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Naturally colonised Night Heron, Little Egret, Great Egret and Crane alongside resident Grey Heron are not enough, apparently, and cultural connections mean we should introduce another generalist predator into the last fragile refuges for Amphibians & reptiles. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I cannot bring myself to treat Small Scabious and lavender as weeds, no matter if they make the steps hazardous

Terrible this illegal persecution continues, but encouraging that the conservation release org. is chaired by a farmer, and the eagle was saved by gamekeepers.

Nest protection an emergency room conservation intervention that is unlikely to be scalable to reverse declines, but may prevent local extinction and thus warranted. Ultimately we need to stop giving generalists like Great-spotted Woodpeckers a leg up by feeding them #Ornithology

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Landscape-scale predator control,with sympathetic habitat management, sustain #Curlew #Ornithology

A conservation-public win/win. But those kits are going to need places to disperse to - is Greater London ready for a regional network of #Beaver wetlands ?