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Paul Dolman

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Collaborative interdisciplinary biodiversity conservation. Professor of Conservation Ecology at University of East Anglia. Father, survivor of grief, optimist. Pronouns: he/him

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · Jan 20

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

Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network @brecksfarmerswn.bsky.social · Jan 20

The Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network is a farmer-led group. We came together 12 years ago to collaborate on creating a landscape scale wildlife network in the Brecks. We're very proud to now have 58 members and cover over 50,000ha.

Visit brecklandfarmlerswildlifenetwork.org.uk to find out more

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 12h

Seems possible. Intriguing. For such low probability events, we need multiple field scale reversions to strike lucky here and there. Which is the vision of the @bfwn.bsky.social , would be fantastic to see it happen

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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 15h

The messages from conservation orgs are finally getting more urgent and more realistic in their language.

Climate change is rapidly outpacing conservation.

Grim reading.

BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 1d

The Wildlife Trusts have published a new assessment of the effects of climate change on UK nature reserves:

New report highlights effect of climate change on UK nature reserves

The Wildlife Trusts have published a new assessment of the effects of climate change on UK natue reserves. The report, Resilient Nature, shows how much-loved species and habitats are faring across 2,600 reserves in response to the changing climate and extreme weather over the past year. Extreme changes in weather patterns have been the most damaging overall, reports BirdGuides.

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 13h

Fantastic plant. I thought it was an ancient/ long-established grassland species, was it included in the seed applied or could it be from the soil seed bank?

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 15h

Polarised public attitudes in Denmark
to return of Wolves, young and left-wing mostly positive, older and right wing mostly negative.
#Rewilding

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 19h

As wolves reappear, Danes are divided – a new poll shows just how much.

Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it

As wolves reappear, Danes are divided – a new poll shows just how much.

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 15h

Polarised public attitudes in Denmark
to return of Wolves, young and left-wing mostly positive, older and right wing mostly negative.
#Rewilding

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 19h

As wolves reappear, Danes are divided – a new poll shows just how much.

Wolves have returned to Denmark, and not everyone is happy about it

As wolves reappear, Danes are divided – a new poll shows just how much.

tcnv.link

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 1d

@morstonpond.bsky.social @norfolkponds.bsky.social 👆

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Jim Labisko💚🐸🦎🐍🐢🦇🐆🧪💙😷4/4 @jimlabisko.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in

Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t know who made this but it’s pretty great!

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 3d

Small birds need big trees in the forest: The key to protecting cavity-nesters | www.sciencedirect.co... | Forest Ecology and Management | #ornithology 🪶

Small birds need big trees in the forest: The key to protecting cavity-nesters

Due to their specific nesting requirements, cavity nesters are associated with a set of distinct habitat features. These characteristics can be shaped…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 2d

Common Calamint newly appeared in this eutrophic verge after ground disturbance (building new wall). Seedbank echo of a softer semi-natural past history.

The soft lilac flowers and opposite pairs of rounded leaves of Common Calamint

Close up showing sparse lilac dotting on the petals

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 2d

Common Calamint newly appeared in this eutrophic verge after ground disturbance (building new wall). Seedbank echo of a softer semi-natural past history.

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 3d

Astonishing active hunting and arial predation of small migrating birds! #ornithology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

www.science.org

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 3d

Astonishing active hunting and arial predation of small migrating birds! #ornithology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

www.science.org

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 3d

Yes

Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly this 👆

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 15d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · 4d

Megafauna bones discovered in South America suggest that humans regularly ate giant sloths and armadillos. Archaeologists now think smaller animals only became dietary staples after the megafauna were hunted to extinction.

archaeology.org/news/2025/10/06/what-happened-to-south-americas-megafauna/

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 5d

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Government were advised Palestine Action are non-violent, criminal damage generally minor & do not meet threshold of proscription. But they did it anyway (after lobbying from Elbit Systems).

MI6 insiders slam Palestine Action ban as 'distraction' from real counter-terrorism

It seems everyone with any expertise on terrorism, including MI6, was against the Palestine Action ban - yet Labour proceeded anyway

www.thecanary.co

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 5d

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 5d

MI6 insiders slam Palestine Action ban as 'distraction' from real counter-terrorism

It seems everyone with any expertise on terrorism, including MI6, was against the Palestine Action ban - yet Labour proceeded anyway

www.thecanary.co

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 9d

A great thread dismantling the latest 'conservation populism' to be floated in Britain. With funding available for species recovery, this is business for some. We'll see more of this pitching for commercial projects that scientists & species experts think is useless. #ornithology #ukbirding

Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 9d

More ill thought out 'conservation' translocations 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵

‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities

Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 6d

@ueaceec.bsky.social 👆

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 6d

📢 We're hiring! Are you ready to make a national impact?

Join us as Senior Project Manager on the UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure – a major initiative transforming how we monitor and respond to extreme hydrological events across the UK.

🔗🧪 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 8d

Studying breeding waders sometimes involves catching chicks multiple times.
Do these intensive studies have negative effects on chick growth?
Blog about reassuring paper by Camilo Carneiro et al from 5 Oct 2024 🎂
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/10/05/h...

How do wader chicks respond to being handled?

Every wader researcher knows that their actions can have negative consequences for the birds they are studying. Given that most shorebird species are in trouble or causing concern, conservation sci…

wadertales.wordpress.com

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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 6d

@ueaceec.bsky.social 👆exciting opportunity

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bes-quantitativegroup @bes-quantitative.bsky.social · 6d

🍄 Opportunity alert!

Natural England are looking for a UK-based collaborator to support analytics for a Fungal Red List for Great Britain.

Tasks include bias assessment, Frescalo modelling, AOO/EOO, and data presentation (Shiny or Excel).

📩 Get in touch: [email protected]

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