Zoologist, Naturalist, Writer. Loves: Animals, especially the overlooked & underfoot. Hates: Abuse of living things. Can't do without: Rugby, The Office.
West Sussex
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Dr Rob Atkinson retweeted
Are Moles the Cinderella of ecosystem engineers? Creators of seedbeds, opportunity and variation? Subterranean micro-Boar? Maybe they’re just Moles. (There is no Mole emoji 😞)
#FLTlove Will miss you! Thankyou for all you do keep folklore current. And pleased to have been able to make a small contribution myself!#FolkloreThursdayContributors
Dr Rob Atkinson retweeted
Good evening! We'd very much like you to sign this petition please. petition.parliament.uk/petit… We're hoping it will get to 10,000 signatures tonight. And it might if you sign it and ask others to sign too. Fingers crossed! Thanks!
Not long now... xitter.gq/rugbyworldcup/status/9…
#MoleFacts @Countryfilelive Countryfile Autumn Diaries featuring moles, Paul Martin and me now on iPlayer at bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0… xitter.gq/DrRobAtkinson/status/9…
#MoleFacts I'm on Countryfile Autumn diaries tomorrow (Thurs 2nd Nov) morning BBC1 at 9.15am. @BBCCountryfile with Paul Martin
#MoleFacts I'm on Countryfile Autumn diaries tomorrow (Thurs 2nd Nov) morning BBC1 at 9.15am. @BBCCountryfile with Paul Martin
Great day filming with Paul Martin, Emma-Louise Phillips @elp_media & the team on Countryfile Autumn Diaries @BBCCountryfile #MoleFacts
#ShakespeareSunday #MoleFacts "Pray you tread softly, that the blind mole may not Hear a foot fall" (Act 4 Scene 1, The Tempest)
#WorldSnakeDay bronze grass snake in th little stream by my house a few days ago, searching the margins with a flicking tongue. Mesmerising
#MoleFacts food can be so scarce in dry soil that moles are forced to forage on the surface. They are vulnerable to predation & dehydration
#MoleFacts dry soils force worms downwards. From forming the majority of moles' diet they drop to half, the rest being other invertebrates.
#MoleFacts but other youngsters will have to dig their own. That's 1000m of tunnel, 2000kg of soil to be shifted, & will take 1000 hours. 😣 xitter.gq/DrRobAtkinson/status/8…
#MoleFacts young dispersing moles will get a good #FridayFeeling if they're lucky enough to take over an empty tunnel system.
#MoleFacts young dispersing moles will get a good #FridayFeeling if they're lucky enough to take over an empty tunnel system.
Best program on TV. Thanks to @KattyKayBBC & @ChristianFraser for the way you get the best out of your guests - robust but courteous. xitter.gq/KattyKayBBC/status/885…
How the traditional folklore tales are benefiting from modern culture independent.co.uk/news/long_…
Is there a single independent and respected scientist who thinks culling badgers is a good idea? xitter.gq/RosieWoodroffe/status/…
The #badgercull is almost certain to increase fox numbers; they doubled in RBCT proactive areas. Here's the paper rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.… xitter.gq/guardianeco/status/883…
More useful than animals named after glues and 80s icons? I think not. xitter.gq/RosieWoodroffe/status/…