Cardiff WildSoc

Iolo Williams explores how nature is flourishing within Wales' old industrial communities. 🌳 Iolo's Valleys 📺 Friday at 7pm on BBC One Wales and #iPlayer

TWO funded PhD projects starting this October. 1. Green Planet: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1972-g… 2. Alternative Earths: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1973-a… Part of a project to understand the evolution of Earth's surface environment, and planetary surface environments in general. Please apply!

Job opportunity! Pls RT! 3 year post doc position in #biogeochemistry, using field + lab methods to constrain the temperature sensitivity of oxidative #weathering during deglaciation of landscapes #CO2 @OxUniEarthSci @NERCscience Get in touch if Qs! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

I've got a 4-year fully-funded PhD studentship (including home fees) opportunity in my lab! Come study morphological evolution of bird heads, jaw muscles, and Darwin's finches. Plus learn some human anatomy along the way! apply now at: findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

📢JOB ALERT 📢Would you like to work with one of the UK's most important natural history collections? We're seeking an Assistant Conservator to join our friendly team, providing practical, specialist conservation advice & treatment. ow.ly/22u650RGLWu @CamUnivMuseums

We have a range of grants to support ornithological activity. The next deadline is June 30th. More details below Mae gennym ystod o grantiau i gefnogi gweithgaredd adarydda. Y dyddiad cau nesaf yw Mehefin 30ain. Mwy o fanylion isod Pob lwc! birdsin.wales/grants-awards/

Are you an undergraduate looking for paid research experience this summer??😎 @denrisch and I have an opportunity for you to gain experience helping us to continue to develop a deep learning detector for minke whale vocalisations 🐳🔊 ➡️Find out more tinyurl.com/3vxmsn89

Come along on Monday 29th in room 3B at 7pm, to learn about Dr. Hefin Jones' (@THJ1961) career and his research!

Think you forgot to add the choughs😉 Thank you so much for coming, what a good weekend!

Looking forward to giving this talk tonight for @CUWildsoc - all welcome! [@CUBiosciences @CUBirds]

Thanks everyone at @CUBirds and @CUWildsoc for spotting colour rings, BUT special thanks to Simon, the warden, for enduring my craziness running across the island. Of course many thanks to the ringing team! You are all awesome! @fisherandbirder @utterleyoutdoor @AnnieBookerArt

Come along on Monday 22nd in room 3B at 7pm, to see Dr. Frank Hailers (@O_o_Frank) talk about Eurasian otters!

If you are interested in being on the committee for 2024-25, please do nominate yourself for one of the five roles we have advertised. Nominations are open now and close on Friday 5th April. See our student union page (link in bio) to nominate yourself!

Student opportunity: Hedgehog Friendly Campus Auditing! 🦔 SOS-UK are looking for students to conduct the 2024 audits for their Hedgehog Friendly Campus programme. See the link in our bio for more details!

Come along to see Dr. Rob Thomas (@RobThomas14) talk about Storm Petrels on Monday 19th, in room 3B of the SU, at 7pm.

We will be doing a talk on Red Panda ecology and a Mollusc id session on Monday 12th, in room 3B in the SU at 7pm!

Great day at Coed Nant Bran with @RobThomas14 and @CUWildsoc doing bird ringing and camera traps. The group ringed 3 Nuthatches and 2 Coal Tits and lots of Blue tits. A great day of birding too with 24 species seen! (Counts below) #glambirds #birding

Lovely nature trip to Lisvane & Llanishen reservoirs this afternoon thanks to @CUWildsoc and @RobThomas14 ! Got to see two Common Pochard for the first time! Also great to see a Kingfisher, a couple of Grey Wagtails and a healthy colony of Little Grebes.

Great (but cold) afternoon at @LisvaneLlanRes with @CUWildsoc last week! Grateful for @RobThomas14 for the scope views. And then a lovely walk home with the sunset past @RoathParkTweets and all of it's roosting cormorants 🌅🐦