Day in the life of a zoology PhD during fieldwork season | UK Wildlife Research
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- I'm in the second year of my PhD as a zoologist (and apparently coming closer each year to being referred to as an ecologist). At the moment, it's fieldwork season, so I'm out collecting data on UK mammals each week. I use camera traps and feeder systems with the hopes of collecting data from animals in forest / woodland habitats, such as red squirrels and pine martens. Come along with me on a typical day to find out what PhD life is like!
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Great to see you back. Pine Martens are on my bucket list as I've never seen one yet. Likely to be a holiday thing as I don't think they are around in the south.
Great to be back! Scotland or the west of Northern Ireland are probably your best bets to see a pine marten. I've only ever caught them on camera rather than seen them in person, but some people get them coming to their gardens.
Fascinating insight into the PhD life. 🙂 A couple of quick questions: what's in the big white box above the trail camera; and are those trailcam batteries Lithium Ion rechargeables? Keep up the good work Emily and all the best with your PhD. 👍👍👍
Thanks! The PhD keeps me busy but I'm going to try making some more time for filming videos too. The big white box is protective casing for the speaker system electronics that I've created. And yes, I use rechargeable batteries so that I'm not buying hundreds. They lose charge quicker but hold it for just about the length of time I need, and I prefer not having to constantly throw batteries away ☺
Great channel. Really deserves way more views ;-)
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Great to see you back Emily. A great video. I hope your camera is able to capture a Pine Martin 🤞. Hope you are having a good week. 🙂
Good to be back, I've missed making videos. I actually managed to capture a pine marten on camera the week after filming this, so I chose a good spot!
@@FeraForus How are your house renovations going? Also how is your wildlife pond doing? 🙂
@@galaxywhispers1787 Both going okay! House renovations are about half done and the pond is surviving. The plants are growing well but I haven't managed to attract any frogs yet
Whereabouts are you? I’d love to see pine martens here in Wales. Is it true that they deal with grey squirrels?
The work I'm doing is in Northern Ireland right now. There are some pine martens in the north of Wales but they're few and far between. Lots of work being done to try and get them back though, so maybe one day you'll see one! It does seem to be true that they deal with greys. When pine martens come back, greys seem to disappear and reds are able to reestablish themselves (anecdotally, I'm not sure if in depth studies have been done on it). It seems as though greys are less likely to run from martens and can't escape as high in the trees due to being heavier than reds, which puts them at risks of predation rather than coexistence.
A great video mam. I also wanna do my masters in zoology but my undergrad in agriculture. Will I be eligible for it?
Possibly. I'd check with the unis that you're interested in applying to