scotland – Neil Banas

“to see sandeel the way kittiwakes do”

Kittiwakes and many other UK seabirds have declined rapidly over several decades, alongside declines in the energy available in the ocean food chain that supports them. Agnes Olin’s PhD project (2018-2020) focused on sandeels as a link in this chain, looking upward to their spatial association with trends in kittiwake numbers, and downward to changes … Read more

I’m trying to write a book about plankton and fish

My first science zine. Covid-19 lockdown project, month 3. In retrospect I think it’s let down by the lettering, especially because I missed the opportunity to distinguish the two voices in it (it’s a collab with a then-4-year-old). But in true Prof. Dr. Style I’m leaving it on my website anyway. It’s folded from one … Read more

Gannets of Unst

Also, selected non-gannets of Unst.