Scicomm

I really enjoy science communication. To me, it is so important for scientists to publish and share their work in ways that isn’t only for other scientists. Through interviews, talks and videos, I try to explain my research in accessible ways, in the hope of engaging people with science and increasing the reach and impact of my findings.

Interviews/talks (a sample)

Communicate Conference. 2025. “How can environmental funders and fundraisers understand each other better?”

Evolution Education Trust Seminar. 2021. “Advancing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in a Vulnerable Archipelago”.

BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science show. 2019 & 2020. I was interviewed twice on my PhD research on roads and British bird populations. (My parts start around 20 and 7 minutes in.)

Galápagos Conservation Trust’s Galápagos Day. 2019. “An archipelago invaded: a tale of ticks, traps and tenacity” (invited speaker). A review of this talk is published here.

King’s College Cambridge 50th Anniversary Reunion Dinner. 2019. “Assessing the contribution of road traffic to declines in British bird populations” (invited speaker).

Zoology Department Alumni Festival, University of Cambridge, UK. 2016. “The impacts of roads on British bird populations” (part of the Future of Zoology symposium).

Articles / blogs

Environmental Funders Network. 2024. A call to action: Why funders should join the UK Overseas Territories Fund.

Funders Collaborative Hub. 2024. If funders want more punch for their pound, collaboration is key.

Environmental Funders Network. 2024. How can we improve funder-fundraiser relationships in the environment sector?

Environmental Funders Network. 2024. How gender-based violence affects environmental action.

Galapagos Conservation Trust Blog. 2022. Catalysing community action for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

King’s College Newsletter. 2021. King’s CRA helps launch new Sustainability Hub in Galápagos.

University of Cambridge’s Women in STEM series. 2019. You can find my feature here.

The Guardian. 2020. ‘We’ve covered huge swathes of the UK in tarmac’: how roads affect birds

The Conversation. 2020. How bird life may be affected by roads – and what to do about it.

BTO News. 2020. Road Testing

Transport Ecology Blog. 2020. Could roads be simplifying bird communities?

British Ornithologists’ Union Blog. 2019. Road-related complications of bird surveys

Galapagos Conservation Trust Blog. 2018. The introduced smooth-billed ani

Scottish Ornithologists’ Club’s The Hoot. 2020. Email Feature

Research in a nutshell

I produced a 5-minute video to explain the main findings of one of my Ph.D. papers, published in Nature Communications.

Academic presentations

British Trust for Ornithology, UK. 2020. “Assessing the contributions of road traffic on British bird populations” (seminar).

Island Biology Conference, La Reunion. 2019. “The introduced Smooth-billed Ani in Galápagos” (poster).

European Ornithological Union’s European Meeting of Young Ornithologists, Turin, Italy. 2018. “Assessing the contribution of road traffic to declines in British bird populations” (full talk).

Departmental Talk, University of Cambridge, UK. 2018. “The introduced Smooth-billed Ani in Galápagos” (full talk).

Infra Eco Network Europe, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 2018. “Assessing the contribution of road traffic to declines in British bird populations” (full talk).

International Ornithological Congress, Vancouver, Canada. 2018. “Assessing the contribution of road traffic to declines in British bird populations” (full talk, part of the Impact of Anthropogenic Noise on Birds symposium).

Departmental Talk, University of Cambridge, UK. 2018. “Assessing the contribution of road traffic to declines in British bird populations” (full talk).

Zoology Department Graduate Symposium, University of Cambridge, UK. 2018. “Assessing the contribution of road traffic to declines in British bird populations” (full talk).

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Hawaiian Islands, USA. 2017. “The introduced Smooth-billed Ani in Galápagos” (full talk, part of the Galápagos and Hawaii symposium).

RSPB Centre of Conservation Science Annual Science Meeting, Grantham, UK. 2014. “A study of the diet of Western Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus breeding on lowland wet grassland nature reserves” (short talk).

Other

I am also an editor of TransportEcology.info, a website providing research summaries and information on the impacts of roads, railways and other types of linear infrastructure.

As a bit of fun, I also produced this chart, to help people ID corvid species in the UK. Perhaps I’ll make more one day!