Birds, science, climate, hills. RSPB Conservation Scientist. The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the RSPB.
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6 Nov 2024
Logging in to remind you that Bluesky š¦š„ļøexists, is free to join, and has some #ornithology and #climate science š§Ŗš
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2 Sep 2024
Summer 2024 was the coolest in a decade.
40 years ago it would have been anomalously warm for many areas.
Shifting perceptions in a rapidly warming climate.
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Tom Finch retweeted
27 Aug 2024
Always nice to have a letter in @FarmersWeekly
No oneās pretending that reducing emissions from farming and land use is easy, but itās much better than the alternative
And done well (and early), there are lots of opportunities for win-wins
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27 Aug 2024
ICYMI, we mapped opportunities for onshore renewables across the UK, and found that there's easily enough space to meet net zero energy targets without compromising other objectives from land: cell.com/cell-reports-sustaiā¦ Eagerly awaiting the government's Strategic Spatial Energy Plan
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23 Aug 2024
Great to Josh's hard work pay off with a publication. We reckon there is ample space for onshore renewables to be deployed without meaningfully impact food or nature. So, no excuse for development in silly places. As with all land-use decisions, we need to be strategic.
23 Aug 2024
Iām pleased to share our newest paper: āAmbitious onshore renewable energy deployment does not exacerbate future UK land-use challengesā. cell.com/cell-reports-sustaiā¦ 1/8
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23 Aug 2024
Iām pleased to share our newest paper: āAmbitious onshore renewable energy deployment does not exacerbate future UK land-use challengesā. cell.com/cell-reports-sustaiā¦ 1/8
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Tom Finch retweeted
19 Aug 2024
Delighted to see our new @RSPBScience paper out. In a declining upland population #Whinchat are more likely to persist further from enclosed farmland in mid altitude valleys that contain a v low density of trees & a mixed bracken & ericaceous field layer doi.org/10.1080/00063657.202ā¦
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Tom Finch retweeted
25 Jul 2024
The UK is getting hotter and wetter.
50 years ago 28Ā°C happened 4-6 times a year in England - now 12-20
Number of very wet days almost doubled in some counties
rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.coā¦
If only weād been warned decades ago we could have been more prepared.
Oh, we were.
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Tom Finch retweeted
19 Jul 2024
National Farmers Union boss Tom Bradshaw backs UK solar farms, and warns MPs against making "sensationalist" claims about food security.
"Itās a small amount of land which is being taken out of production," he told @POLITICOEurope
pro.politico.eu/news/183361
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Tom Finch retweeted
18 Jul 2024
"The truth is that we, as a country, have not thought about the role of our land enough in recent years. We hope that will be driven by the land use framework"
- more from @Ed_Miliband in the Commons today on crucial importance of land to reaching net zero hansard.parliament.uk/Commonā¦
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8 Jul 2024
Before agroforestry: 9 Skylark territories.
After* agroforestry: 2 Skylark territories 19 territories of 10 other bird species.
So is agroforestry good or bad for birds?
(*Reesults representative of 18ha of arable land in Lower Saxony) link.springer.com/article/10ā¦
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Tom Finch retweeted
4 Jul 2024
What are wood pastures? Why are trees pollarded? How can abandoned pollards be recognised? Why are wood pastures so rich in insects, lichens, fungi and bats? More videos youtube.com/@Bill_Sutherlaā¦
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3 Jul 2024
Tomorrow!
2 Jul 2024
šæ How can we balance local values with national tree cover targets? Find out on 4th July at our next webinar! Hear insight from experts @melissa__minter & @alixzelly from the STAND on stakeholder-led land-use scenarios. #Conservation #SustainableLandUse ticketsource.co.uk/future-ofā¦
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2 Jul 2024
šæ How can we balance local values with national tree cover targets? Find out on 4th July at our next webinar! Hear insight from experts @melissa__minter & @alixzelly from the STAND on stakeholder-led land-use scenarios. #Conservation #SustainableLandUse ticketsource.co.uk/future-ofā¦
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Tom Finch retweeted
14 Nov 2023
This indicates that diversionary feeding is a useful tool to intervene when unwanted nest predation is occurring, without needing to compromise wider conservation goals. Find the pre-print @ biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shorā¦ (6/6)
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Tom Finch retweeted
17 Jun 2024
A great time at #treescapes24, fantastic work being done by teams across the UK and beyond. Proud of the STAND team's work on reconciling national #tree expansion targets with local realities with an interdisciplinary approach #forests #nature #landscape #skills #research
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18 Jun 2024
Jason Mamoa is reading Tiddler on CBeebies right now, FYI š
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Tom Finch retweeted
18 Jun 2024
š§µ 1/8 Iām seeing lots of concerns about solar panels on farms and the risk to our food security. Letās clear the air: if we do it right, solar energy presents a huge opportunityānot just for farmers, but for entire communities. š±š
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Tom Finch retweeted
17 Jun 2024
Has the seemingly inexorable decline of European Turtle-dove turned the corner? Latest data suggests maybe in the western flyway, likely as a result of the hunting moratorium in several countries, but not in the central-eastern flyway pecbms.info/pecbmss-contribuā¦
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