I’ve spent the last couple of months in the Taita Hills in SE Kenya where I am studying the impacts of anthropogenic habitat degradation on bird functional diversity and composition. Specifically, I’m working in a sky island complex of massifs topped with remnant montane forests that form the northernmost extent of the Eastern Arc Mountains.… Read More The Hills are (still) alive
Last Summer I got to revisit an old haunt in South London where I used to volunteer with the London Wildlife Trust. I was very excited about returning to Hutchinson’s Bank Nature Reserve (it is in the suburb of New Addington and easily reached by tram from Croydon). I left the restoration project when I… Read More From Thorn to Orchid
I have been a card-carrying member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds for about 15 years. In that time I have seen some great successes and a variety of challenges faced by the society. The RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in the UK (with over 1 million members) and also the oldest.… Read More Marshland meander: A visit to RSPB Rainham Marshes
A workingmumscholar's journey through her PhD and beyond
Evolutionary Ecology in Extreme Environments
A travel blog about my adventures (mostly) camping in Kenya.
Posts of plants, insects, birds and their interactions + other random ecological or biological thoughts
Thermoregulatory, Evolutionary, Metabolic Physiology
DAAD-Quality Network Biodiversity Kenya (2016-2019)
Revisiting old papers in ecology and evolution through interviews with their authors
A blog for sharing information, updates and tips relating to the Kenya Bird Map project
Bird Watching in Magical Kenya
British Ecological Society - Tropical Ecology Group Special Interest Group
A unified voice for biology
Special Interest Group of the British Ecological Society
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Bridging the gap between researchers, practitioners and policymakers
