Benjamin Birch

MRes in Ecology and Environment. Protecting biodiversity is protecting our future 🌴🌳☮️

[Benjamin Birch @bjdbirch1]

Our study in the Colombian Amazon reveals that land sparing—intensive farming coupled with preserving large contiguous forest areas—supports higher bird species richness than land sharing, regardless of surrounding landscape context.

https://t.co/JwMtgEpyYV

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

We need more wild spaces where marine life like these grey seals can rest undisturbed in @PembsCoast Nat Park. There arent enough. Seals need these spaces all year round. It means areas where people and their dogs, boats, coasteerers and kayakers respect and stay away from.

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

So happy to watch our grey seal pup playing in cove it was born today in Pembrokeshire Coast Nat Park. Weaned pups spend a lot of time exploring their environment on beaches they're born. They need undisturbed spaces. We need to ensure they have these spaces. There arent enough.

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

Astonished to be able to drink water directly from #river Bedalder in Cornish temperate rainforest. Our ancestors would have thought it's quite normal! In 2025 it's impossible across most of Britain's #rivers - they're so polluted. Change badly needed in way we treat our #rivers!

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

Just put up #NoMow sign on #verge outside Scleddau on A40 in #Pembrokeshire We have #naturecrisis with #insects in huge decline. This incredible display of threatened #Cuckoo flowers must NOT get mown by local @Pembrokeshire county council or @WelshGovernment highways department

[Ismael Soto (I²) @ismasoto]

Awesome paper about the human impact on biodiversity: https://t.co/u7ITAT7kfP

[Abdi Samune @SamuneAbdi]

This week at the sanetti rain and heavy foggy. The #EWCP team that was there for the wolves there was heavy rain and foggy. EWCP team, we don't think for this rain and foggy. Only our team to focus on the #EthiopianWolves.
@KyKebero
@ClaudioSillero
@Arctic_paws
@WildCRU_Ox

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

Assessing the priorities of stakeholders regarding forest ecosystem services in Japan 🌲

Calls for holistic approaches to recognise the interdependence of different forest functions & the importance of valuing forests as natural capital in all dimensions

https://t.co/n75wUmMJBA

[Julia Jones @juliapgjones]

Two fully-funded PhD scholarships @BangorUni in conservation social science. Deadline 5th May.
If you have conservation scientists, geographers, economists, sociologists in your network do share. Details in thread below (1/?)
https://t.co/YJHkyDc5LF

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

Unbelievable that burning allowed on these moors now. Its nesting season for upland birds many of which are in serious decline. @NaturalEngland have you anything to say about this ? @ChrisGPackham @Natures_Voice @DefraGovUK @Alexander_Lees @peakdistrict

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

Incredible turn out in #Fishguard tonight for #swift event I organised with colleague from Welsh Ornithological Society. 148 people showed up who want to help #swifts We want to make #Fishguard in #Pembrokeshire a swift friendly town and bring them back to our summer skies.

[Tom Lansley @TomLansley]

I am delighted to share my first PhD paper! We found that Key Biodiversity Areas cover the distributions of the world’s terrestrial birds excellently, representing 99.7%. KBAs are incredibly useful for conservation planning and policy. https://t.co/4wSWW3UBDT
#birds #conservation

[WildCRU, Oxford @WildCRU_Ox]

During Zimbabwe's dry season, animals in Hwange National Park rely on artificial waterholes. @‌ElisaSeres and @Zimparks hosted a Water Management Policy workshop with key stakeholders to devise a science-based water management plan that benefits wildlife and local communities.

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

Hopefully we we will see #beavers released back into the wild in Wales very soon. England have stepped up for #beavers Its time to bring them back home to Wales. @huw4ogmore @NatResWales @WTWales @CThomasMS @JoyceWatsonmsas @AberconwyMS @DelythJewellAM @TirNatur @IoloWilliams2

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

This is what bioabundance looks like! An incredible video of #starlings switching roosts on #SomersetLevels @WTWales @Natures_Voice @NaturalEngland @IoloWilliams2 @huw4ogmore @JoyceWatsonmsas @ChrisGPackham @WildlifeTrusts @CThomasMS

[British Ecological Society @BritishEcolSoc]

Looking to fund your next exciting ecological project? 

Take a look at our BES grants! Every year we invest half a million in impactful research projects around the globe to support ecologists with innovative ideas.

The current round closes on 10 March, so don't wait, apply now!👇
https://t.co/o2jzJKKHSG

[WildCRU, Oxford @WildCRU_Ox]

Do interactions between hyaenas and lions impact how they select habitat?

GPS-collar data reveals hyaenas don't avoid areas used by lions and may be attracted to lions because of scavenging opportunities.

Study by Andrew Loveridge and @macdonalddw 👉 https://t.co/JP26F09zo3

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

Great to see this sign on coast of @PembsCoast National Park telling visitors they're entering a wild zone so don't disturb #wildlife. We need MORE #wildlife zones if we want to help #nature recover @IoloWilliams2 @WTSWW @huw4ogmore @AberconwyMS @LlyrGruffydd @WTWales @CThomasMS

[Benjamin Birch @bjdbirch1]

Amazing jackdaw roost just up from my parents place near Fishguard 👌

[Benjamin Birch @bjdbirch1]

@wwf_uk @ChrisGPackham @WWF Could you please explain how this isn’t negatively impacting polar bears given the CUMULATIVE effects? This makes no sense.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

I’ve sent a letter to the UK ambassador’s for @wwf_uk asking them to use their influence to make the world a safer & more secure place for polar bears . The letter is in the following post with live links to all the supporting information . @WWF Please make your views known too