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Bill Sutherland

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Academic committed to identifying future environmental threats and finding solutions to conservation problems. https://t.co/FwolnBE8p4

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Once spent a summer with other undergraduates counting migrant raptors in Turkey. A few of us wanted to read my Kreb’s Ecology: I tore it in half and bound it in cardboard. This book, brimming with interesting questions and exciting science, kick-started my life as an ecologist

Once spent a summer with other undergraduates counting migrant raptors in Turkey. A few of us wanted to read my Kreb’s Ecology: I tore it in half and bound it in cardboard. This book, brimming with interesting questions and exciting science, kick-started my life as an ecologist

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Discussing shifting baselines, the idea that in each generation we accept lower biodiversity considering it as the norm, and its relevance to restoration. Heckled by a crane! For all videos see

Discussing shifting baselines, the idea that in each generation we accept lower biodiversity considering it as the norm, and its relevance to restoration. Heckled by a crane! For all videos see

Bill Sutherland

51,589 views • 2 years ago

Knepp has sparrowhawk, goshawk, 5 species of owl (4 breeding), does not control foxes, magpies, carrion crows etc yet has high densities of songbirds. Could this be a result of the dense structure of bushes caused by grazing? More conservation videos at

Knepp has sparrowhawk, goshawk, 5 species of owl (4 breeding), does not control foxes, magpies, carrion crows etc yet has high densities of songbirds. Could this be a result of the dense structure of bushes caused by grazing? More conservation videos at

Bill Sutherland

29,034 views • 1 year ago

How does yellow rattle damage its host so much? What determines if it increases or decreases the diversity of the grassland? For 15 videos on the science underpinning conservation see

How does yellow rattle damage its host so much? What determines if it increases or decreases the diversity of the grassland? For 15 videos on the science underpinning conservation see

Bill Sutherland

19,593 views • 2 years ago

Norman churches are easy to identify but how do you recognise Norman hedges? Full video here:

Norman churches are easy to identify but how do you recognise Norman hedges? Full video here:

Bill Sutherland

15,312 views • 1 year ago

What are wood pastures? Why are trees pollarded? How can abandoned pollards be recognised? Why are wood pastures so rich in insects, lichens, fungi and bats? More videos

What are wood pastures? Why are trees pollarded? How can abandoned pollards be recognised? Why are wood pastures so rich in insects, lichens, fungi and bats? More videos

Bill Sutherland

17,569 views • 1 year ago

How I became inspired as an undergraduate and hopes for making a difference through the YouTube channel. Also thanks to all who have subscribed. For all videos see

How I became inspired as an undergraduate and hopes for making a difference through the YouTube channel. Also thanks to all who have subscribed. For all videos see

Bill Sutherland

14,094 views • 2 years ago

One interesting aspect of the Knepp wilding project is how species, such as purple emperor and turtle dove, haven’t read the ecology textbook and thrive in the wrong habitat. Here I wind up the visionary ⁦Charlie Burrell⁩ More Knepp videos at

One interesting aspect of the Knepp wilding project is how species, such as purple emperor and turtle dove, haven’t read the ecology textbook and thrive in the wrong habitat. Here I wind up the visionary ⁦Charlie Burrell⁩ More Knepp videos at

Bill Sutherland

12,536 views • 1 year ago

Using a decaying signal crayfish to describe the role of diseases in the decline of white-clawed crayfish, red squirrel and moose with the spread in signal crayfish, grey squirrel and white-tailed deer; also three ecological lessons. Further videos

Using a decaying signal crayfish to describe the role of diseases in the decline of white-clawed crayfish, red squirrel and moose with the spread in signal crayfish, grey squirrel and white-tailed deer; also three ecological lessons. Further videos

Bill Sutherland

12,832 views • 2 years ago

The most remarkable story I have covered: the origin of oak mildews is astonishing. Also fascinated by how they make mature trees more susceptible to drought and hinder woodland regeneration. More videos:

The most remarkable story I have covered: the origin of oak mildews is astonishing. Also fascinated by how they make mature trees more susceptible to drought and hinder woodland regeneration. More videos:

Bill Sutherland

10,249 views • 1 year ago

How do we conserve species in a matrix of patches? Here I briefly try and explain the Lawton principles whilst at a titchy nature reserve in the middle of Brandon Industrial Estate. Also here:

How do we conserve species in a matrix of patches? Here I briefly try and explain the Lawton principles whilst at a titchy nature reserve in the middle of Brandon Industrial Estate. Also here:

Bill Sutherland

11,027 views • 2 years ago

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