Isla Graham

A new paper in the Environmental Impact Assessment Review journal investigates how vessel noise prior to pile driving at #OffshoreWind farm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones. Read the study here 👉 loom.ly/nxY2QtE

It's been a year since 'Mar'verick, a satellite-tagged white-tailed eagle chick left Mar Lodge. We thought it would be interesting to share his movements. He's travelled far and wide visiting Arran, Ullapool, Mallaig and Fife but has concentrated his time in the north Cairngorms

Fantastic to get a golden #eagle on our trailcam. These birds are large, with a wingspan of 204-220cm and with females weighing in at 3.8-6.6kg. Eagles feed on live prey and carrion with typical prey species being rabbits, hares, grouse and seabirds (at coast). @CNPnature

📢New paper out in @Oikos_Journal - Long-lasting effects of harsh early-life conditions on adult survival of a long-lived vertebrate 🐤A collaboration between @UoABioSci @IMEDEA_UIB_CSIC @UIBuniversitat @ceabcsic @escateret onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

📢NEW PAPER📰 Delighted to share our latest #openaccess #LHSciencePaper #harbourporpoise🐬respond not only to piling 🔨🔊but also to vessel activities🚢during #offshorewindfarm construction & with a change↘️in foraging activity🐟 👉doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

📢NEW #LHSciencePaper in @FrontMarineSci! #HarbourPorpoises ✅ are attracted to offshore structures ✅ forage around structures, especially at night 🌜🐟 ✅ modify their ☀️🌜 behaviour when structures are present frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @CromartyLH @UoABioSci @aberdeenuni

Today, I successfully defended my #PhD viva! ✅🎓📖🥳🥂🍾🌊🔊🚢🐬🐟 Thank you to my examiners @DrMJWitt and @anapayopayo for making this viva such a great experience, and to my supervisors @pt98765 and @isla_graham for their amazing support throughout this journey! #PhDone

Officially a PUBLISHED author!! First PhD paper in @RSocPublishing Showing that #harbourseal 🦭 use spatial memory and prey encounters🐟in their movement decisions!!! #HMM #biologging #accelerometer #LHSciencePaper #phdchat 👉doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2… Thanks to my co-authors!👏

#LHScienceWomen We hope you’ve enjoyed our year long celebration of #WomenInScience & reconnecting with a few of the women who have come through the Lighthouse doors. If you've missed any, you can read about their successful careers & helpful advice here➡️abdn.ac.uk/sbs/outreach/l…

#LHScienceWomen Rebecca Hewitt is our last but definitely not least #womeninscience celebration. @rebecca_hewitt ensured our fledgling harbour seal 🦭study at Loch Fleet is in it's 17th year & counting. We're very glad Becky stuck around for > 4 months ➡️abdn.ac.uk/sbs/outreach/l…

NEW PAPER! Spy in the sky: a method to identify pregnant small cetaceans. Cheney et al. @CromartyLH @NicolaJQuick Read the full #openaccess paper here: …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

@RobbieAMcDonald @CromartyLH @UoABioSci @aberdeenuni @STEMWomen @WomeninOceanSci @womeninmmsci @marinescotland @CrownEstateScot Definitely not! I never forget the weasels, just that porpoises are a bit more common offshore 😆

@CromartyLH @isla_graham @UoABioSci @aberdeenuni @STEMWomen @WomeninOceanSci @womeninmmsci @marinescotland @CrownEstateScot and weasels! Dont forget the weasels. (But not so many of them offshore)

#LHScienceWomen Dr Isla Graham's varied career includes chemistry, cheetahs, hen harriers & hyenas to name a few. Now @isla_graham is looking forward to a new collaborative project, PrePARED, studying predator & prey behaviour around offshore windfarms ➡️ abdn.ac.uk/sbs/outreach/l…

The climate emergency and impending biodiversity collapse give added reason to expand woodland across Scotland. Read here why now is the time for pine @MarLodgeNTS. nts.org.uk/stories/now-is… @CNPnature @ReforestingScot #cairgorms #woodland @ScotlandTBP #rewilding #climate

#LHScienceWomen Dr Sofie Van Parijs has spent her career studying underwater sounds🐳🐬🐟🔊👂 Starting with a PhD @CromartyLH she is now the Passive Acoustic Program Lead @NOAAFish_NEFSC Find out about Sofie’s #WomenInScience role here➡️ abdn.ac.uk/lighthouse/sta… #IWD2021 #IWDABDN

#LHScienceWomen Dr Kate Brookes carried out her PhD @CromartyLH and is now lead marine mammal advisor to the Scottish Government @marinescotland. If you’d like to follow in Kate’s footsteps read about her advice here➡️ abdn.ac.uk/lighthouse/sta… #WomenInScience #IWD2021 #IWDabdn

It's always inspiring to see positive change in a landscape. @JohnMuirTrust dug out this fascinating photo. By reducing grazing pressure from sheep & increasing deer management, native woodland along one of Scotland's best known glens is regenerating to a more natural state.

1/ As part of their #WomenInScience celebration, @CromartyLH are profiling Dr Karen Gardiner this week who carried out the first honours project at the University’s Lighthouse Field Station in 1989 – before the Field Station itself really existed! [continued]

@CromartyLH are celebrating #WomenInScience Day with a virtual screening spotlighting many of the inspiring #LHScienceWomen who have been integral to our science, research and teaching over the last 30+ years - Join us here abdn.ac.uk/lighthouse/sta… #IWDABDN #IWD2021 #WomenInSTEM

The original beast from the east was pretty devastating for shags. Currently a 4 metre swell in the outer Forth which will prevent them feeding. As @Cramondbirder says please report any ringed birds #ornithology @_BTO @nature_scot

Celebrating #WomenInScience Day the #LighthouseCrew are excited to announce the launch of #LHScienceWomen. In 2021 we’ll be highlighting women that are a key part of the past-present-future research and teaching @CromartyLH - Watch this space!