Bronwen Scott
@snailseyeview.bsky.social
Invertebrate zoologist; writer; artist; museum fan; bird watcher; living in the tropics; she/her. Sometimes in Guardian Australia. Otherwise https://snailseyeview.medium.com/
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Shoebill + bonus African Lungfish
Diademed Sandpiper-plover
Notozomus bronwenae
King Bird of Paradise
Green Tree Python
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Shoebill + bonus African Lungfish
Diademed Sandpiper-plover
Notozomus bronwenae
King Bird of Paradise
Green Tree Python
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Black Wallaroo
Blue Mockingbird
Green Anaconda
Grey Falcon
White Bellbird
Black Wallaroo
Blue Mockingbird
Green Anaconda
Grey Falcon
White Bellbird
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Swinhoe's pheasant
American ermine
Lesser frigatebird
Eurasian nightjar
Greater roadrunner
Swinhoe's pheasant
American ermine
Lesser frigatebird
Eurasian nightjar
Greater roadrunner
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
To go back to the first version...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Shoebill + bonus African Lungfish
Diademed Sandpiper-plover
Notozomus bronwenae
King Bird of Paradise
Green Tree Python
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Shoebill + bonus African Lungfish
Diademed Sandpiper-plover
Notozomus bronwenae
King Bird of Paradise
Green Tree Python
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in [the wild] your backyard:
Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo
Green Ringtail Possum
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
an onychophoran, sp 🤷♀️
Ulysses butterfly
(not my current backyard, which is mostly Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Honeyeater & Spectacled Flying Fox)
Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo
Green Ringtail Possum
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
an onychophoran, sp 🤷♀️
Ulysses butterfly
(not my current backyard, which is mostly Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Honeyeater & Spectacled Flying Fox)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in [the wild] your backyard:
Virginia opossum
Whitetail deer
North American raccoon
Striped skunk
Pacific giant salamander*
* okay, different backyard, but still notable
Virginia opossum
Whitetail deer
North American raccoon
Striped skunk
Pacific giant salamander*
* okay, different backyard, but still notable
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in [the wild] your backyard:
Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo
Green Ringtail Possum
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
an onychophoran, sp 🤷♀️
Ulysses butterfly
(not my current backyard, which is mostly Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Honeyeater & Spectacled Flying Fox)
Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo
Green Ringtail Possum
Tooth-billed Bowerbird
an onychophoran, sp 🤷♀️
Ulysses butterfly
(not my current backyard, which is mostly Buff-banded Rail, Dusky Honeyeater & Spectacled Flying Fox)
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This is so good. Look at that parrot hop! I had no idea that’s how they got around! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Martu rangers capture rare night parrot in WA's Pilbara region.
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is so good. Look at that parrot hop! I had no idea that’s how they got around! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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It's always exciting to do the final #coverreveal of a new #book, but this one is a real corker. I think it really captures the essence of the book, and #echidnas. With many thanks to WA #wildlife artist #CatherineScartaccini for permission to use her beautiful #drawing.#wildlifeart #naturewriting
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's always exciting to do the final #coverreveal of a new #book, but this one is a real corker. I think it really captures the essence of the book, and #echidnas. With many thanks to WA #wildlife artist #CatherineScartaccini for permission to use her beautiful #drawing.#wildlifeart #naturewriting
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Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.
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I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
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Canberras superb parrots are SO cute 💚💚💚
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Canberras superb parrots are SO cute 💚💚💚
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Cute day of superb parrot babies 😍
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Cute day of superb parrot babies 😍
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Now joined by Carrona Jewelry, cast in silver from real (and mostly Chilean) insects
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Now joined by Carrona Jewelry, cast in silver from real (and mostly Chilean) insects
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we're snailposting, post your snails
Do you ever just stop and take a moment to think just how weird it is that we live on the same planet as snails?
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we're snailposting, post your snails
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Me (no byline) with one of my favourite, albeit saddest Queensland stories. Would really love an extra few thousand words to do full justice to it while the main players are still around to tell the tale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The premier, the poet and the fight to save an extraordinary Australian frog
As amphibian enthusiasts get ready to hop into FrogID Week, hope persists that one of Australia’s most bizarre creatures may survive
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Me (no byline) with one of my favourite, albeit saddest Queensland stories. Would really love an extra few thousand words to do full justice to it while the main players are still around to tell the tale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
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Saw a dead yellow jacket on oak bark this evening, noticed movement and looked closer, and there were little Paratemnoides pseudoscorpions grabby hands poking out of the shadows. Seems they brought home a Big Snack to share with the community (Paratemnoides are social pseudoscorpions 🤎) 🧪
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Saw a dead yellow jacket on oak bark this evening, noticed movement and looked closer, and there were little Paratemnoides pseudoscorpions grabby hands poking out of the shadows. Seems they brought home a Big Snack to share with the community (Paratemnoides are social pseudoscorpions 🤎) 🧪
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Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are Australia's only bat species that feeds on large vertebrates. On a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary, we visited one of their feeding caves where we found remains of owlet nightjars and rainbow bee-eaters caught by bats 😮. #WildOz
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are Australia's only bat species that feeds on large vertebrates. On a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary, we visited one of their feeding caves where we found remains of owlet nightjars and rainbow bee-eaters caught by bats 😮. #WildOz
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Look at this adorable regent parrot fuzzball 😭😭😭💚💚💚
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Look at this adorable regent parrot fuzzball 😭😭😭💚💚💚
Shire Pres: "That would be good training for the navy or whoever. That would be an instant way of disposing of a whale."
See also: Mr Murray said there was not enough signage warning would-be swimmers not to get in the water. "They could jump in the oil slick, then we’ll see some problems."
🤷♀️
See also: Mr Murray said there was not enough signage warning would-be swimmers not to get in the water. "They could jump in the oil slick, then we’ll see some problems."
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Lol it is clear that no one on Waroona Shire council is on the internet. I so hope they do this.
“Waroona Shire suggests blowing up rotting whale carcass to save money” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
“Waroona Shire suggests blowing up rotting whale carcass to save money” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Shire suggests blowing up dead whale as alternative to expensive disposal
A coastal shire in WA suggests towing a rotting whale carcass out to sea and blowing it up, saying it cannot afford to dispose of the whale itself.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Shire Pres: "That would be good training for the navy or whoever. That would be an instant way of disposing of a whale."
See also: Mr Murray said there was not enough signage warning would-be swimmers not to get in the water. "They could jump in the oil slick, then we’ll see some problems."
🤷♀️
See also: Mr Murray said there was not enough signage warning would-be swimmers not to get in the water. "They could jump in the oil slick, then we’ll see some problems."
🤷♀️
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Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa
ABC Radio National news is ridiculous.
That's the whole tweet.
That's the whole tweet.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
ABC Radio National news is ridiculous.
That's the whole tweet.
That's the whole tweet.
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It's polar bear season in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and I'm a guide. My polar bear photos always engender a lot of questions, so I thought I'd take a moment to answer some of the most common ones so you can better understand these amazing animals and our relationship with them in Churchill. 🐻❄️ 1/
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It's polar bear season in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada and I'm a guide. My polar bear photos always engender a lot of questions, so I thought I'd take a moment to answer some of the most common ones so you can better understand these amazing animals and our relationship with them in Churchill. 🐻❄️ 1/
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Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):
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First flying duck (Caleana major - large duck orchid) of the spring near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC. Only a few scattered plants out in flower here but quite a few more of these very distinctive orchids in bud nearby - despite the recent dry conditions. #orchids #inthefield #ozplants
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
First flying duck (Caleana major - large duck orchid) of the spring near Genoa, East Gippsland, VIC. Only a few scattered plants out in flower here but quite a few more of these very distinctive orchids in bud nearby - despite the recent dry conditions. #orchids #inthefield #ozplants
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Have you ever seen gold on a flower before?
This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight.
#ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight.
#ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Have you ever seen gold on a flower before?
This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight.
#ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
This is the flower of the carnivorous plant Drosera calycina, which has striking deep red petals and sepals that glitter like gold in the afternoon sunlight.
#ozflora #fierceflora #Droseraceae #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature
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thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
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Regent parrot chicks getting weighed are just so absurdly adorable and undignified 😂😭😇
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Regent parrot chicks getting weighed are just so absurdly adorable and undignified 😂😭😇
Hard agree with Doctor Dave--this is one of Australia's best birds. It's worth your time to try find them, especially the blingy males.
Time for another #AwesomeBirds #WildOz edition. This distinctive jobbie is found throughout mainland Australia, but rarely sits still. Often in pairs, these dim sim sized champions can be tricky to spot, but once you key in on their sharp notes, you’ll notice them all over.
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hard agree with Doctor Dave--this is one of Australia's best birds. It's worth your time to try find them, especially the blingy males.