Postdoc ecologist and conservation biologist at Cambridge. Lifelong birder, nature, travel and cricket lover, reluctant Twitter-er!
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Jack Shutt retweeted
Mar 11
Conservationists have confirmed that Large Tortoiseshell is no longer extinct in Britain, with the species set to become the 60th resident British butterfly amid a bumper early spring for the species: bit.ly/4rnAbJY
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Jack Shutt retweeted
Feb 13
The RSPB has reported a significant increase in Western Capercaillie numbers at its Abernethy Forest reserve, providing a rare piece of positive news for a species facing extinction in the UK: bit.ly/4tsyzAQ
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Jack Shutt retweeted
13 Nov 2025
Ancient woodlands aren’t a blocker. Wildlife isn’t a hindrance. Chalk streams aren’t anti-growth.
Our wildlife is on the brink - one in six species faces extinction.
These species help define who we are as a nation - we won’t get a second chance to save them.
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11 Nov 2025
I counted 30 dead Whooper Swans at lunch today at Welney due to avian flu, and yet still the WWT decide to feed them to entertain visitors - on a pool with 6 floating corpses and 2 visibly ill swans. NOT good conservation. @WWTworldwide @DefraGovUK
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11 Nov 2025
Attracting the swans into human food will surely increase disease transmission, particularly given the food is being offered right next to dead bodies and actively diseased birds! Wardens I raised my concerns to were deeply unhelpful and passed the buck.
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Jack Shutt retweeted
23 Jun 2025
2025 was a record breeding season for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests monitored by our volunteers. None failed & where we were able to check the nest contents the number of chicks fledged was the highest since we started the project in 2015. Full story woodpecker-network.org.uk
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29 May 2025
Clip I took yesterday of my favourite bird - wood warbler. They’re not flashy but so charming and the sound of spring and home to me. Enormous recent UK decline so just a wee reminder to enjoy your favourite bits of nature when you can, you never know when you’ll see them again!
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Jack Shutt retweeted
25 Mar 2024
I'm excited to share that the first PhD paper on biodiversity in #Englishvineyard is now available #OpenAccess in Agriculture, Ecosystems & The Environment @ElsevierConnect
Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.…
1/7 ⬇️🧵#ornithology #entomology #viticulture #biodiversity
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Jack Shutt retweeted
31 Jan 2024
I am very pleased to share this @SUFICA_Caatinga farm paper that was published today in @IBIS_journal, where we describe the ‘Distinct bird communities in forests and fruit farms of Caatinga landscapes’
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
🧵below | #ornithology
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Jack Shutt retweeted
30 Jan 2024
Looks useful
NEW! We've created the most comprehensive map of England's #hedgerows to date!
💡 390,000km of hedgerow on field boundaries
📏 Depicts hedgerow length & height (for 1st time!)
🔎 Reveals areas with highest & lowest hedgerow densities
Read more: ceh.ac.uk/press/high-tech-ae… 1/🧵
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Jack Shutt retweeted
23 Jan 2024
It’s done! Thank you so much to @_SimonButler and @LynnDicks for supervision, @JackShutt8 for all round thesis support and to @DuncanWestbury and @DaviesRich2 for an enjoyable viva and such enthusiasm for my thesis! 🍷🕊️🍇🪲
23 Jan 2024
Congratulations to @Nat_B_Zielonka who passed her PhD viva today! Well done on a great thesis and check out the amazing 'birdsong in vineyards' cake from @ueaceec colleagues.
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Jack Shutt retweeted
5 Jan 2024
Extremely high mesopredator densities suppressing ground-nesting bird populations likely maintained by food subsidy...
gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2024/…
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Jack Shutt retweeted
5 Jan 2024
This from @CSkidmoreUK . Honest , true , bold and credible . It’s tragic that a minister with such passion for positive change is forced to demonstrate their integrity by resigning - just when we need them most . I met with him recently - I was impressed and now more so . Please RT
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Jack Shutt retweeted
4 Jan 2024
Job opportunity for spring in the Scottish Highlands!
We are hiring two field assistants for the @Phenoweb_Scot project monitoring blue tits, invertebrates and tree phenology 🐣🐛🌳
Looking forward to hearing from you! Find more information at phenoweb.org/opportunities/
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Jack Shutt retweeted
19 Dec 2023
I am done!! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped along the way and particularly to @LynnDicks @_SimonButler & @JackShutt8 for supervision, enthusiasm and support; @biouea @ueaceec for being a great place to work, and @NRPBIODTP for funding. Now to rest 🍷🎄💤
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Jack Shutt retweeted
17 Dec 2023
Ecology job! You could join the pioneers of rewilding, as the assistant ecologist at @KneppWilding. knepp.co.uk/knepps-people/wo… deadline 15 Jan 2024. Please RT @jobconservation @BritishEcolSoc @RoyEntSoc
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3 Dec 2023
Future generations have no hope of a liveable planet if this is the kind of “leadership” we have. Each passenger’s emissions to attend a climate event was almost equal to the average Britons entire annual carbon footprint. Shameful.
1 Dec 2023
Rishi Sunak took a 200 seater private jet to Cop28, he could have taken more than half the Conservative Party, but he didn't even take Cameron who had his own jet, as did King Charles.
Even worse he then spent longer on his plane than at the summit.
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Jack Shutt retweeted
2 Dec 2023
🚨 BREAKING: Rishi Sunak tells world leaders at global climate talks that “the UK is leading the charge” on climate action.
But his government is currently IGNORING THE SCIENCE and licensing new climate wrecking North Sea oil & gas.
What on earth is so world leading about that?
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Jack Shutt retweeted
30 Nov 2023
Still plenty of time to apply to the PhD opportunity in my lab - locust behaviour, nature vs nurture, and potential for real-world impact; what more could you ask for!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DEM526/phd-st…
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