Researcher interested in upland wader conservation, generalist predators, native woodland regeneration, bioacoustics. Account not active.
Scotland
Joined September 2012
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Can remote sound recorders help with surveys of breeding waders?
Blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/202…
Paper:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
#ornithology #waders #shorebirds
David Jarrett retweeted
"It’s likely that public opinion is quietly, calmly against the idea of a National Park in Galloway – but it’ll be interesting to watch the debate unfold if the current battleline of “retired people vs furious farmers” is allowed to deepen & heat up" gallowayfarm.blog/2024/07/30…
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Reducing predation is crucial for Curlew recovery. Learning how nest survival and predator identity varies between areas is important for getting interventions right. The images show a stoat predating a Curlew nest monitored this season by @_BTO for the CST project
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Check this out - an excellent #WorkingforWaders blog from David summarising the many issues facing waders in Scotland today. @ScotGamekeepers @CurlewAction
Tipping Points: is it time for new approach to wader conservation? “We need to communicate honestly and openly about the scale of the challenges and what the realistic endpoints might be” - Guest blog by @DavidJarrett4 workingforwaders.com/blog/20…
David Jarrett retweeted
Tipping Points: is it time for new approach to wader conservation? “We need to communicate honestly and openly about the scale of the challenges and what the realistic endpoints might be” - Guest blog by @DavidJarrett4 workingforwaders.com/blog/20…
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Another good blog on the challenges & nuanced debate required around protecting in particular ground nesting birds. We need to put aside our differences if we are going to solve this dilemma. I would like to see private & NGO working together to agreed priorities in an area.
At the recent @CurlewAction conference there was much consensus about the importance of communicating openly about predation, so here's a blog post discussing Badgers and ground-nesting birds:
davidjarrett.info/post/the-b…
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2 seasonal roles - we're looking for passionate, personable, practical fieldworkers - may suit early career/trainees. Apply by 20 Feb. Competitive day rate. Full details from [email protected]
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The spring-fed peat bogs between Codroipo & Palmanova (Udine) are a jewel in the biodiversity crown of @regioneFVGit but threatened by invasive scrub, esp. Alder Buckthorn. This weekend, (as in 2022 & 2023), with no wind & dry conditions, the Region's Biodiversity Service, 1/x – at Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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I feel so conflicted as a grassland ecologist abt the latest Crowther antics; namely, this piece about his supposed "remorse" over his trillion trees paper. On the one hand: great, you're combating your own misinfo. On the other: maybe retract the paper instead of doing PR?
Ecologist Thomas Crowther’s research inspired countless tree-planting campaigns, greenwashing, and attacks from scientists. Now he’s back with a new plan for nature restoration. wired.trib.al/TG1Y4n4
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A thought-provoking, thoughtful thread on an immensely difficult and emotional subject - predator control for conservation.
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Totally agree David. I read this & decided to ignore it but seeing as you’ve done such a good thread…..
I’m all in favour of looking at better ways of doing things to be more humane but lots of well researched positives are ignored here as you say, and that doesn’t help anyone
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Looking for a PhD? Interested in bird migration? Come and join my new lab @DurBiol! I’m currently advertising for two PhD students - see below. If you're interested, please get in touch (preferably before the 15ht December). #PhDposition #PhD #Birds #Migration @CEGDurham
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A welcome counter to broad claims that herbivory is bad for biodiversity - “cessation of grazing leads to strongly decreased α-diversity of most groups of soil microbes and fauna, particularly of relatively rare taxa” royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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Capercaillie numbers are declining rapidly in Scotland, out of the many threats linked to their decline, predation is often the most polarising. The recovery of Pine marten numbers in Scotland may present conflict, where conservation of one rare species could impact another.(1/6)
ALT A Capercaillie hen watches over two mature poults as they dust bathe.
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For the sake of posterity, here is the Dec 2002 press release by the charity Animal Aid condemning the massively successful rodent eradication campaign which subsequently restored Lundy's seabird populations. The press release is textbook science denial animalaid.org.uk/lundy-rate-…
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I was rather disappointed to see this feature on Marsh Fritillary reintroduction published by @inkcapjournal yesterday. Decisions on whether or not to use reintroduction as part of a restoration effort are complex. Reductive framing like this only serves to feed science denialism
NEW FEATURE! By @CSLyons.
Conservationists at @INCCymru despaired when an application to translocate marsh fritillary caterpillars was denied – while another to kill them for genetic testing was approved.
Yet, against the odds, the butterfly is back.
inkcapjournal.co.uk/on-llant…
David Jarrett retweeted
More evidence that we really do have large effects on #wildlife by "harmless" tourism
A collapse in Antarctic ecotourism in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic revealed the impact of recreational disturbance on Gentoo Penguin colonies sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #ornithology
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The @DataColada team has been sued by Francesca Gino for exposing the fraudulent data underlying four of her papers (she claims defamation). The legal defense could get expensive. Please join us in providing financial support for their defense.
gofundme.com/f/uhbka-support…
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As @Rebirding1's thoughtful Eagle Owl thread has resurfaced, worth highlighting that there is now no evidence for a UK Holocene presence; the species is therefore not a reintroduction candidate onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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This is just about the best thread I’ve read on the complex and nuanced issues around predation and ground nesting birds in the uplands. If we could only get agreement and buy in from all sides we’d make huge steps forward in reversing declines.