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Prof Tom Cameron

3 years

What do you know about the productivity and harvest of wild waterfowl? The biology of it is in some ways poorly known in Europe - but we can look at the USA first to see what they have found #ducks #conservation #utilitarian #thread (Credit: I.Acarpentier) /1

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Isn't she brilliant @Dr_PhilippaW with a crystal ball telling everyone the predictable - but no one was listening 😔

Brexitshambles

@brexit_sham

3 years

@BylineTV Watch Byline TV's excellent video above ⬆️⬆️⬆️and then direct your anger at those who conned people in our fishing communities along with millions of others as they systematically stole our rights, freedoms and protections through lies, cheating and illegality.

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

10 months

One has to celebrate little wins... not an ounce of this is gained alone - from family sacrifices to dearest colleagues, amazing students and vital collaboration with communities 😇🙂 #ecology

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

This is the most common wildlife crime in the UK - its also something nobody speaks of, nobody campaigns on, no celebrity social media films - whether its deer or hares - its not "hunting" or "shooting" folk - but people chasing animals with cars and dogs 🤬🤬

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@Gamekeeper10

4 years

On a neighbouring farm #poachers 🤬🤬🤬 #lawsneedchanging #OpGalileo

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

WOW! I had never seen this before and it puts wild and/or permanent grassland #carbon storage potential in perspective

Lu Hersey 📚🌾

@LuWrites

3 years

The difference between root systems of natural prairie grass and farmed cereal crops graphically explains how we created the dustbowl...

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

6 months

Saving nightingale/dormouse one muntjac at a time - served as a fillet and Stornoway with salad & fries, with a balsamic dressing 🤤 #venison

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

For all the reasonable concern about dogs and wildlife I find it completely bonkers that UK legislation protects free roaming #cats on others peoples property - especially in #conservation scenarios as per below /1

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

6 months

Massive over reaction and stirring from Simon - this a very well managed and studied pilot scheme to support small vessels and coastal communities - it's a teeny harvest quota - it will have zero effect on the numbers seen by tourists - move along

Bluefin tuna commercial trial fishery 2023

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Simon Harding

@SimonOntheverge

6 months

Tens of thousands of people up and down the country have been thrilled to see the huge Tuna feeding often a stones throw from the shore in British waters after an absence of 70 years. Now on a plate for the wealthy @RickSteinRest this iconic symbol of hope will be flushed away 🤯

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

@GeorgeFreemanMP George you were a candlelight of reason and fairness before BoJo took office - now you are walking to heel - its sad - lets be very clear - you know No Deal is a car crash and it has nothing to do with the EU being poor negotiators and everything to do with Unicorns

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

9 months

The problem here is that if I find an NGO scientist out birding, fishing or even privately talking to me about their opinions and biases - say RSPB scientists whom many are friends - do we then consider all their work shoddy - no we don't and of course shouldn't. Petty. Childish.

Chris Packham

@ChrisGPackham

9 months

And here is the scientist who undertook the Countryside Alliances 'science' . . . you couldn't make it up . . . and you don't have to . . . Top work Timmy !

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

This is insane - more foxes were killed on roads than by hunting - the idea that fox hunting with hounds controlled foxes to the point of helping reduce lamb kills is unevidenced and widely known to be untrue. @1GarethWynJones knows this. Legal control exists - use it.

Jeremy Vine On 5

@JeremyVineOn5

1 year

"There's nothing as cunning as a fox - overpopulation of anything causes problems" @1GarethWynJones says a neighbouring farm lost 50 lambs to foxes - he's supporting bringing back fox hunting. He adds that hounds are bred to be 'instant killers'. @StormHuntley | #StormHuntley

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

Experimental #marine restoration in #Essex has been a long time coming - huge thanks to so many - especially the local @SecretMersea community, @EssexWildlife and @OfficialZSL staff for getting @EssexOyster started and @KentEssexIFCA @Bluemarinef and @nature_org too #oysters 🥂

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

🤣 risk assessment for this 🤣😂🤣😂

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Seventeen years married today - another 5 before that since the first snog - love you so much @MrsJCameron

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 months

Reindeer, like many other deer, are hunted for their meat. If you visit Norway you will have no doubt eaten it, or seen other parts on sale from herders. 10M Turkeys will be sold this Christmas - what is the point of this stirring pot from @benglaze - an attack on Sami culture?

Jens Ulrik Høgh

@ulrik_gh

5 months

AT XMAS.. SICK KILLING TRADE I am confused. Does the headline refer to the dead turkey or the dead reindeer?

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

It's been quite a week - finishing on two highs - an excellent and productive MCZ management workshop followed by PROMOTION to Senior Lecturer #rejectionisthenorm but this is nice ☺️

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

As soon as you value human lives less that the wildlife those people live with - you have just created the conditions for intense conflict and wildlife loss - this is why on-site applied conservation is different to keyboard conservation #sermon

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

I hate this - poison is the most despicable abuse and risk to both wildlife, people and our pets - whether in keepering or farming the use of poisoned baits to target predators must stop!!

Raptor Persecution UK

@RaptorPersUK

1 year

RAVEN POISONED with banned chemicals: @policescotland withhold information from public. Why is that ? It's a serious wildlife crime & a massive public safety issue, surely? @MairiMcAllan @lornaslater @MairiGougeon @PaulMcLennan7 New blog ⬇️

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Cracking day yesterday - up at 0530 for field trip with #essexstudents then home and change for celebrating annual promotions - us two are new Senior Lecturers - then home for a social and B'day party - bonus hanging out with Prof Sheldon Leader - #Essexfamily

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

@berniespofforth @HanbyAndrew This is a poor interpretation - this is an EU minimum - each member state sets own standards - Sweden, Denmark and Netherlands have many benefits that are much better than UK - this is a false comparison #strawwoman

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Paper Accepted!!! The association between native oysters and species richness in the contemporary Southern North sea - huge piece of work from @AliceLown @KentEssexIFCA @leannehepburn 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

How can anyone be so utterly ignorant and selfish to be illegally killing hen harriers - is it any wonder pressures on recreational hunting are so bad when it is associated with this depravity 😡😡

Raptor Persecution UK

@RaptorPersUK

1 year

New scientific paper confirms ongoing & widespread hen harrier persecution on UK grouse moors. Study found on average young birds survive only 4 months before being killed. New blog ⬇️⬇️

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Its taken until now to recover our finances following job losses re 2008 crash - no small thanks to our family, friends and colleagues along the way - we have just picked up the keys for what should our family home for some time 😁

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Had to help a wee chapette back to the sea tonight #flatshark #Essex

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Fascinating example of dangers of rogue rewilders and their financiers - non authorised beaver reintroduction heading for cull in Italy - if this was community sponsored and authorised it wouldn't be happening - rogue rewilding is a crime however you dress it.

Ben Goldsmith

@BenGoldsmith

1 year

Italy plans on eradicating its tiny population of beavers. The cruelty and the stupidity of people seems to know no limits. Beavers are native to Italy, hunted to extinction by humans several centuries ago, and now back in small but growing pockets. The worst part of it is that…

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

@LopaLeach @DrJoGrady @paulmasonnews The bit where our union is pissing about pretending to be politicians and making claims against NATO, and against Ukraine instead of sorting out our current industrial action - that bit.

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

So some news - I am starting a research leave/ sabbatical in Sept and as part of that I have promised myself, family and friends to stop fighting the good fight, or as other see it a distraction 🤣 - and have a long twitter break - starting soon /1

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

6 years

Most #estuaries seem grey and muddy - but some areas are much clearer - on a new #Tollesbury #Mersea #oyster project - we have these clear waters - working with Jim Pullen check out the delightful river Blackwater from our video sled - @EssexOyster @ResearchEssex #marine #fishsci

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Trophy Hunting is not a major threat to any species - what is driving species to extinction is habitat loss - and TH income helps prevent that - and hereth endeth the sermon👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Amy Dickman 🦁 @amydickman.bsky.social

@AmyDickman4

1 year

Leaving this @GMB clip up here, as it sums up many of the key points I've been raising recently about #TrophyHunting . It was striking how baffled the PETA person seemed when it was suggested they could pay for #conservation in hunting areas instead....

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Just had first student pull out as Brexit has changed their legal status at UK Universities and same degree now costs an extra £13000 /year - such sadness 😢

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

We had #venison sausage for dinner last night - harvested by my own hands, homemade, #fieldtofork - sure its not on video but it is no different to #PhilSpencer @PhilSpencerTV experience of harvesting wild food #doone

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

6 months

For a chap that mocks belief and champions science - he doesn't half pull the soft wool over his face when the science dosn't support his beliefs - sorry Ricky - you are fundamentally wrong on TH #nohardfeelings

Protect All Wildlife

@ProtectWldlife

6 months

. @RickyGervais speaks from the heart as he gives his views on trophy hunting and poaching. "It's critical now. Poaching and Trophy Hunting are causing extinction. Don't believe anything different. They kill for fun & money!"

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

2 years

I am here to tell you about the first UK wide assessment of the sustainability of recreational harvest of waterbirds - #ducks #geese #waders - blogs and press release to follow but for now a short thread 👀🦆🦆/1

Journal of Applied Ecology

@JAppliedEcology

2 years

New #OpenAccess paper: An initial assessment of the sustainability of #waterbird harvest in the United Kingdom @BASCnews @UniofExeter . Read more 👇

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Dominic - by stating "there is no real evidence for that at all" you are deliberately lying. LIAR - just a liar. A lobbying ideological liar. I would state it less clearly if there was evidence that you were not deliberately lying #sciencedenial

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

9 months

Just been hearing of another East Anglia wetland/reedbed mosaic site that thought they had tens of #deer (CWD) - but thermal drone survey put it at many hundreds - this is somewhere I think #Lynx #reintroduction could help #ecology

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Uber excited as Life sciences just bought us a new research education boat - and it's going in for refit tomorrow for launch in May2020 #excitedmuch #marine #biology @Uni_of_Essex

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

8 months

The most confusing bit about #RishiSunak speech was the bleeding obvious straw man - passengers in cars, seven different bins, taxes on meat, taxes to discourage flying. “I’ve scrapped it”. He says.. IT WASNT EVEN POLICY!!!! Ah - you dropped the North Sea oil and gas bomb👀

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

I am Quote retweeting this because it needs to be recognised - as Tony points out - as much as I hold genuine high regard for Chris and other natural historian celebrities - he is using his privilege to polarise the tricky world of #conservation where others do the frontline work

Tony Juniper

@TonyJuniper

1 year

@ChrisGPackham @RaptorPersUK @RSPBbirders @ReviveCoalition @LeagueACS Unlike you Chris, who with a massive @bbc profile can sound off without any accountability at all. We are trying to find ways to recover these wonderful birds, & progress being made, despite setbacks. It’s easy to polarise this space, making progress is more difficult.

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Other than fieldwork - the Cameron's are at home - took kids out of school to minimise social contact for me as I take immunosupressing meds for Crohns - my research group and boss has been amazing - at least Mia is happy #labrador @Uni_of_Essex #Corvid19uk #AcademicTwitter

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

@AmyDickman4 @alexxxandria23 Amy - don't come here with your facts and reason - @alexxxandria23 got to her likes regardless of how incorrect ignorant or dangerous the message is!

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Friday morning paper accepted with @AliceLown - well done!!!! @leannehepburn and @KentEssexIFCA - with many more to thank- watch this space for models of @EssexOyster population dynamics @ResearchEssex

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

#Shellfish and #Fish and #seafood producers have been saying this for weeks - most have said to MrEuctice pls just admit a mistake was made - then fix it

Mike Galsworthy

@mikegalsworthy

3 years

George Eustice wrote to the EU expressing surprise over shellfish. The EU wrote back to Eustice two days later, reminding him of the letter he'd written to stakeholders on Dec 10 detailing the position - the one he was claiming to have been surprised by.

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@ecoevoenviro

9 months

Unlike many others - given the behaviour of the whippet that will be known to the owner - this is as close to allowing or setting a dog on shorebirds for recreation as you will see - that shifts it from disturbance to a possible #wildlife crime - certainly if it was mammals.

Keith Ross

@ramsgatebirds

9 months

Seems like this disturbance is happening every day in the restricted area. It would be good if @BirdWiseEK could setup at the Pegwell hoverport one day as lots of dog walkers use that area and they certainly need educated. #PegwellBayDisturbance @KentWildlife

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Happy #WorldOysterDay - from #nativeoyster restoration and ecology with all our @EssexOyster collaborators to rock #oyster #aquaculture with producers and all the challenges that brings - we study #marine shellfish responses to global change @Uni_of_Essex

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

6 months

If true then bye bye @ITV - that will be me deliberately tuning it out of our channel list - xenophobes should never be given a voice - never be normalised

Politics UK

@PolitlcsUK

6 months

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has just landed in Australia after signing a £1.5 MILLION deal to appear on I'm A Celeb - the highest fee ever paid

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 months

Have a merry and blessed Christmas and a happy New Year - we will see you in 2024 - until then I'm locking the door, opening the choco tin for family sofa time, enjoying our North Essex village and signing off x❤️ (tip: Mallards whistle if you listen)

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

So excited!! Topping off the gravel and stone with shell before live native oysters go in - experimental Marine restoration is doable - hoping this helps inform upscaling in Essex and beyond @EssexOyster #partnership #biodiversity #EMFF

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

8 months

An outstanding day across two new projects - both on Mallard 🦆 - 84 caught and ringed today 😁😇 with @chas_holt @KimRWallis in #Essex - all under licence - Inc two 1st year wild broods #ecology #ducks #movement #hunting #climate

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

9 months

UK #Wildlife Twitter in mid August is depressing - entirely reasonable space for discussion - but instead the holy masses throw insults and populist tropes at people they don't know - on complex issues they don't understand #justbaneverything - night 🙂

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 months

First catch in a new trap/location this morning - bird ringing under licence and now prepping roast muntjac hanuch for Sunday lunch - both thanks to local landowners who allow access - very thankful for them🦆🦌

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

You cannot go around calling scientists corrupt just because you don't like the results. Its childish at best, at least unprofessional, its doesn't help your colleagues and it certainly adds to conflict that will be levelled back at you soon enough for the same no good reason 🤬

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Can we have a huge @EssexPostgrads congratulations for the legend that is @LucyMarineBio for putting up with her supervisors and passing her MSD/Masters viva today - oysters and ecosystem function - a real hard slog through mud and microbes

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Snigger 😅🤣🤣😂🤣😅😇

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Thanks Natalie - I am more angry about wasted public money on a Brexit not delivering on irresponsible promises, millions given to conservative donors without tender, tax avoiding companies and MPs, and £££ and time wasted by gov on useless PPE and killing our elderly #diversion

Natalie Elphicke MP

@NatalieElphicke

4 years

People are rightly angry about the number of people breaking into Britain in small boats. This is completely unacceptable.

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

@GeorgeMonbiot @AllanRSavory We will host it @Uni_of_Essex - direct train to London (1hr) - if useful get in touch - loads of space - no charge and you can stream it too :0)

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

can be done - and we absolutely should be reintroducing Lynx to England and Scotland and pos Wales. But we should not expect or promise fast results on deer control and we do need to invest in professional and recreational hunting/culls /1

Ian Parsons

@Birder_Griffon

1 year

The Iberian Lynx reintroduction program continues apace. First 2 of 10 animals to be released in #Caceres in #Extremadura has now happened. I look forward to bumping into them. #conservation projects like this have to be long term & require commitment from all sides. #Rewilding

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

This isn't controversial - and there is no point pointing fingers at farmers - but look to policy and our collective behaviours that "wanted" this - likewise we can choose to reverse it! #birds

Richard D Gregory

@RichDGregory3

1 year

Intensive farming is biggest cause of bird decline in Europe, study says @RSPBScience

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Big movements of Pintail being reported moving through Yorks and the #Humber to westward passage - anyone seeing them - including high juvenile numbers - given low winter resident numbers it must be hit and miss that these turn up in WeBS - gorgeous bird - anyone verify this?

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@ecoevoenviro

8 months

By aligning with CBT Natalie is really damaging her credentials here - as are any other Lords and MPs - their disinformation campaign has been robustly demonstrated - worse the decision will more likely hamper conservation 😞 - listen to the experts - not celebrities

Natalie Bennett

@natalieben

8 months

The fight goes on. Government could still act to make #TrophyHunting import ban law. If you know a Tory, or have a atory MP, please let them know you expect it

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@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Western but more importantly #African #conservation biologists and #communities have clearly evidenced the well managed hunting - inc trophy hunting - is a valid utilitarian conservation tool that is need to protect land from converting to agriculture or development /1

EFRA Committee

@CommonsEFRA

3 years

The Government has promised to ban the import of hunting trophies of endangered species. But how will it work and will it be effective? We’ve launched an inquiry. Find out more and how to give us your views 👇

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Some days suck - on other days you get four papers from your lab in a Special Issue on the same day - everything you wanted to know and what we don't yet know about Native #Oysters and their restoration - mostly #openaccess - this paper also from @leannehepburn @KentEssexIFCA

NORA_Europe

@NORA_Europe

4 years

New research from @AliceLown and @ecoevoenviro modeling the native oyster population around the @EssexOyster restoration project. Forecasts population recovery- keep up the great news and the great work!

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 months

From 40 year studies on the #Essex Colne estuary, understanding seagrass, saltmarsh, mudflat, oyster beds and coastal seas to the #wildlife that uses and connects them - @EssexLifeSci #research & #education supports #WorldWetlandsDay2024

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Its not even a Friday and we have grant success - another @ResearchEssex #Oyster #aquaculture #innovation project led by @oxyrrhis - well done Michael 👏 🦪🦪🦪🦪 cool partners involved too - more to follow #UK #Thailand

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@ecoevoenviro

3 years

NEW PAPER Density dependent Biodiversity associations with seabed free living Native #oysters in the Southern North sea - modifying effects of non-native slipper limpets #marine #ecology #restoration @ResearchEssex @KentEssexIFCA #onlineearly #openaccess

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@ecoevoenviro

5 years

I have been blocked by @horton_official - I havnt said a single rude thing - might be because amongst several other biologists who study and work with wildlife we have called out the sensationalist animal rights article she wrote for the @Telegraph on Icelandic puffin hunting

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 months

Amazing morning @ESWH2O @EssexWildlife Abberton Reservoir with @EssexLifeSci #ecologists - distance sampling waterbirds (WeBS) and demography (Ringing under licence) - thankyou so much for having us 🦆🦆💍💍🐦🐦🔭 Full report to follow

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

My son has asked for pocket money work - as he is close at age 12 to being more computer literate than me he is currently making his way through sheets and sheets of oyster spawning assessments and typing the measures and results into excel - so far I wish I had done this before

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Huge Congratulations @SeaBassBase on passing your PhD viva 🎉🍾🐟🍻 "What makes a bass habitat a home" - thanks to @benciotti & @otolithgirl for examination and the whole team for support @leannehepburn @pleuronect @mtaylor_lab @KieranHyder Alex Dumbrell @CefasGovUK @ARIES_DTP

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

I've been having a mindfulness session in the woods this morning. It helped me realise that I want to switch to a vegan diet to help save all the animals. If anyone wants the tonne of venison in my freezer - roll up.

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

On one of several recent UK coastal fieldwork trips where I collected #hunting ammunition waste from the tidelines (with witnesses) - I found these - soon plaswads will be gone but for now they help us look at hunter behaviour in coastal wetlands 🧵/1

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Big move to announce...... moving from Scout assistant to Cub Scout leader with @MrsJCameron - we have just planned autumn 2020 inc both online and outdoor events with lots of navigation and nature .....trees, bark, wood properties, dead wood, bugs, moth traps, torches and a map

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@ecoevoenviro

10 months

Yikes - if I read this correctly - 4000 Pacific pink salmon in one seine net hawl in European river #fish

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@vaha_ville

10 months

Vestre Jakobselv Pohjois-Norja, joki on mustanaan kyttyrälohta. Yhdellä nuotan "heitolla" tuli 4000 kpl kyttyrälohia.

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@ecoevoenviro

3 months

Confirmation bias here because I have been preaching this for some time - issuing caution to the dangerous optimistic promises of fast over delivery - apex predators are welcome but they wont deliver solutions fast

Apex predators not a quick fix for restoring ecosystems, 20-year study finds

A Colorado State University experiment spanning more than two decades has found that removal of apex predators from an ecosystem can create lasting changes that are not reversed after they return—at...

phys.org

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Quite the morning harvesting our #oyster coupelles with @EssexOyster own @matt_uttley from @Bluemarinef @ZSLMarine - back tomorrow to check the rest - both rocks and natives on these #restoration #aquculture

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

1200 native flat #oyster relaid this morning for @NaturalEngland @EssexOyster experiment on #restoration densities - early start but gorgeous morning with Marsh harriers, Med gulls, Whimbrel, Curlew, godwits, GCGrebe, Shellies and Pochard - thx to @jake_smallbone for support

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

This is a GEM of a read - The hunting trophy ban should make us think a bit more about our dining habits

The hunting trophy ban should make us think a bit more about our dining habits

Why do we think killing animals for sport is worse than slaughtering them for meat?

www.ft.com

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@ecoevoenviro

7 months

It goes with saying - this is nonsense

Conservatives

@Conservatives

7 months

NEW: Conservatives are safeguarding scientific research from the denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness. @michelledonelan announces plans to depoliticise science at #CPC23

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Imagine if rich men didn’t avoid taxes, didn't profiteer from war and supported the country they profit from. We might reduce asylum needs and not be so dependent on talented migrants.

Nick Buckley MBE

@NickBuckleyMBE

1 year

Imagine if men stopped running away from their homelands and stayed to make them a better place to live? We in the West need to stop encouraging and rewarding cowardice.

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@ecoevoenviro

5 years

Paper submitted, two under review, one published last week and one accepted today - hold on while I pinch myself #AcademicChatter still .... plenty more stuck on the to-do list

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Secretly is the right word here - rogue #reintroductions is a wildlife crime - principles matter and there are examples where well meaning introductions are unevidenced and dangerous - the team behind this must stop! Their financiers too.

cbec eco-engineering Ltd UK

@cbecUK

1 year

50 beavers living secretly on the #BristolAvon , stunned researchers discover. Surveyors discovered what they think are not one, but 13 different established beaver family territories that appear to have been well-established for a few years. #beavers

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Well done @Uni_of_Essex #marine #biology researcher and now Dr @rmealla passing her #covidviva today - coral reef responses to extremes project with @leannehepburn @Dr_MTaylor BoydMcKew #worldreefawarenessday thanx to @nick_kamenos for outstanding examination - Well done Reem!

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Excellent morning with @bassangleruk members speaking on bass nursery habitat research past & present @EssexLifeSci with @SeaBassBase - and a pitch for our new @DefraGovUK #FISP on nursery connectivity and contribution rates 🐟🐟 #supper4science

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 years

🙄 another day another professional ecologist having to step in to caution against over simplified, hyperbolic and frankly unjustified claims that surround celebrity nature huggers - evidence led restoration please

Richard Broughton 🇺🇦

@woodlandbirder

4 years

A nice story, but some dodgy science here. I've been studying 3 of these species for 5-20 yrs in British woods & Bialowieza forest. Lynx are great, but they don't & won't have the simple simplistic 'silver bullet' effect that @Rebirding1 outlines here. Here's why... 1/x

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

Seven down, four to go - and then two new ones - getting safe nest tubes serviced for #ducks and moorhens #conservation

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

Third #PhD student - almost finished but 3rd of 3 who has just been offered a job - this time a #postdoc in freshwater drinking water management - well done @oceangirlri @bps_algae #algae

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@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Shattered - first bit of #oyster lab (re)set up today with ColchesterAquatics - this is part of stage 1 where we move to this temporary lab until our new #marine lab is ready for our next native oyster study @EssexLifeSci @ResearchEssex

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

Back in the lab today - bit quiet and air con/temp control has me exhausted already - so dry - dentrification assays from @EssexOyster habitats #mud #shellfish

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@ecoevoenviro

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Three year old @HunterBoots #wellingtons going in bin today - second time unimpressed with these, Chammys are now not much better and only our Aigles, Dunlop and muckboot types withstand hard use 👎

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@ecoevoenviro

4 years

That's it - it got too much - clippers out for a #lockdown selfie #haircut haircut - I've had worse

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Not sharing link 'cos ..you know..its the Sun ..but Oh My days this could have been a serious incident and wild animals like this are not from Farthing wood !!! #fairytales

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@ecoevoenviro

5 years

Well done @mbond_esq - first PhD out of ecoevoenviro lab @Uni_of_Essex - loving that Guppy cake (thx @MrsJCameron ) and thank you @mtaylor_lab for scrutiny #proudsupervisor #fishsci

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

1 year

"saying you are happy to eat a deer cleanly killed by a hunter who took satisfaction in doing so is considered stranger than munching on a hamburger from an animal slaughtered by an unhappy worker in an industrial abattoir"

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@ecoevoenviro

5 years

Say hello to Helga our new Viking joining the lab - she will be working on a number of @ResearchEssex projects on the Essex estuaries #marine #ecology

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

@domdyer70 @BedsATH @EnglishHeritage Dom - genuine question - why is this cruel? What makes it cruel? These deer will have been killed cleanly, ethically, they provide the best quality and low carbon venison (I do get the nuance re travelled hunter) - but I struggle other than lobbying bias why you say cruel?

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

For the record - at t'weekend when I served seared fillet of muntjac, thinly sliced on warmed horseradish blinis, topped with a sliver of port and orange duck liver pate, lingonberry and a sprig of thyme - I think I held a satisfied proud smile 😲

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

2 years

Well done @Amysw13 with external examiner Dr Sarah Martin (right) and supervisor @Dr_MTaylor (left) - great work on understanding human dependency on coral reefs @EssexLifeSci #PhD

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@ecoevoenviro

1 year

The recipe said to be generous with butter 🧈😋 - wild venison liver pate - homemade from field to fridge

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

Charities' watchdog starts inquiry into Carrie Symonds' employer - Meanwhile they are working together to raise £1M for vanity project of sending 13 domesticated elphants to "rewild" Kenya- who dosnt need them 🙄

Charities' watchdog starts inquiry into Carrie Symonds' employer

Wildlife charity Aspinall Foundation investigated over possible financial mismanagement

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

5 years

And she does it again @AliceLown wins early career researcher Impact awards @Uni_of_Essex - thankyou so much @KentEssexIFCA for the opportunity to work on this marvellous project @EssexOyster @BD_Stew @leannehepburn

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

3 years

In other news - what a stunner 😍 #labrador #gundog #duckdog

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Prof Tom Cameron

@ecoevoenviro

4 months

Lots of firsts yesterday, first Wigeon catch, first Brent, first cannon net and first project Penelope catch - great day out with lovely people - Hannah's adult female Brent will be heading back to Siberia soon enough #wildfowl #ecology (caught under licence) 🦆💍 @EssexPostgrads

Hannah Coburn

@HannahECoburn

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Had an amazing day ringing wigeon and brent geese with the North Thames ringing group

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