Dr Ross Barnett
@deepfrieddna
Invernessian palaeogeneticist and stay-at-home dad. Knows a thing or two about the aDNA of extinct lions, sabretooths and megafauna. Author of The Missing Lynx.
Beautiful swallow-tailed moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) I spotted today. Never seen one before and had no idea they existed. Unsure if they officially range this far north!
The two sides of Brexit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
In a rare piece of personal good news I recently won a palaeoquiz and received a lovely book as prize! @davehone.bsky.social
Has someone stolen our local Victorian postbox or is this official royal mail business?
This week I've been lucky to see a pair of goldeneyes, a little grebe, and a cormorant, as well as the usual mallards and goosanders on my walks to work.
I always thought the extinct NZ laughing owl (Ninox albifacies) was a #SuperbOwl
This seems like a terrible business model. Surely the prospective audience for such a publication would already know what was going to be in it?
Great seeing the @treesforlife.bsky.social @scotlandtbp.bsky.social posters on Lynx to Scotland at the busy Charleston consultation today.
Every year, for over a decade, I've made stollen at Xmas to a tried and true recipe. I'm a fackin' domestic goddess.
It's Nig*l Far*ge and I claim my five pounds. Explains why he's always in the states.
Some other good ones from arch/palanth. I worked in an arch dept. with a Dr Graves and a Dr Church.
One of my favourite birds, a grey wagtail (Motocilla cinerea) on the river this morning.