Hugh Venables

@deepseahugh.bsky.social

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Birds/dragonflies (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk), Oceanography/cetaceans (Southern Ocean, Antarctica)

Northstowe swans, three adults (male and two females) with three broods amalgamated, one each from the females, and now four cygnets from the pair on the next lake as well. The Black-headed Gull chick that had jumped from the raft to cool down was rejected, so they have their limits.
Slimbridge 2010. Cranes were established back in East Anglia well before this
Reintroduction take over the narrative of natural recolonisation, Cranes and Ospreys especially
Mute Swan brood 1, Northstowe
The original ship naming vote, won overwhelmingly by Boaty McBoatface
RRS Sir David Attenborough
Not a crane...
Slimbridge Crane messaging
Slimbridge 2010, when Cranes were very much not extinct in the UK
The Lake District pair were from natural recolonisation (and actually first bred in 2000)
Small boat sampling, roles are Ocean Scientist (CTD time series, lab work, diving projects) amd Marine Biologist (large diving project). Plus Boating and Diving Officers and marine Operator to support them and other base needs for boating
Eastern Black Redstart at Sheringham
Bittern at Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, from the main busway viewpoint at Elney lake
Ship searchlights on a glacier front while ITV News go live
Common Darter, Eddington
Pectoral Sandpiper on Arnold' Marsh
Goshawk diet in East Anglia, https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/publications/jbsvol12017_pp20to28.pdf
Winterton dunes and sea wall
GP location
GP opening times
Info screen for the RRS Sir David Attenborough
Flares at the wharc
Approaching Rothera in early dawn light
Sheldon Glacier near Rothera Research Station, West Antarctic Peninsula
Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula
Leaving Punta Arenas
Northstowe swan family 2025
Bearded Reedling in Northstowe
Small boat sampling at Rothera. Normally someone from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social on board
Gentoo Penguin, South Georgia
Bus/bike spine road in Phase 2, Northstowe (still a construction haul road for now)
Southern Migrant Hawker
Ocean glider prepped for deployment. Great to have the small boats at Rothera for easy launch
AI image trying to be an Emperor Penguin, but looking more like a King Penguin
Grey-headed Swamphen
Good water levels on the Ouse Washes, but likely to go up over the weekend
Old river bed in aerial images near Littleport
Juvenile Common Tern, Northstowe, Cambs
Great White Egret on the access track (human waist deep before this point)
Black Darter
Little Gull
Old chart of bay, with a lot of ice that isn't there any more
Southern Migrant Hawker