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Broghan Mareighd Erland

@broghanmerland

PhD student at Newcastle University Drone Pilot 🌍 | Remote Sensing 🌳| Plant BiodiversityπŸͺ»| Foraging Ecology🐞| GHG Quantification ✈️ | πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ in πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

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What a buzzing time at #EcoNet2025! Was thrilled to get to share some of my PhD work and to meet so many lovely researchers! Thanks so much to all the organizers.

@foragingecology.bsky.social with a strong showing and a prize winning talk by @beatricedale.bsky.social 🐝🌳

05.09.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was such a great chance to see scanners that I hadn’t before! And to ask the questions about walking patterns that haunted me during post-processing….
#Connectedbytrees

10.08.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last drone flights of my PhD! ✨

The weather at the Hepple Estate was absolutely perfect until the last four lines when a thunderstorm started to roll in… can’t beat the British weather 🀣.

Thanks so much to @jordancuff.bsky.social for bringing himself and his positive attitude to uplift the day!

30.07.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Had to stop to say hi to the Highland Coos at Hepple Whitefield Hall. What a gorgeous place to get to do fieldwork!

29.07.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Panoramic image of flooding and sinking associated with permafrost thaw.

Panoramic image of flooding and sinking associated with permafrost thaw.

I just briefed an international group of military officials on the importance of permafrost thaw to national and international security. We cannot talk about resilience of climate, food, infrastructure, energy, or governance without thinking about permafrost. Thaw is often rapid and irreversible.

29.04.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Not my first Rebel Media rodeo.

17.04.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 523 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 8

Thank you! ☺️ A big goal is developing a portable method for ecologists who don’t have access to such expensive equipment. Stay tuned for updates 🀣

15.04.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s all we can hope for. People to try!

11.04.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We grew up learning about the house hippo! We should be able to see through such a web of blatant lies?!

I rather enjoy being able to do research and would appreciate if we could collectively keep it that way! #womeninSTEM #CanadaStrong

10.04.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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VoteWell A strategic voting tool for the 2025 Canadian federal election

Vote strategically against the CPC (votewell.ca), so I can come home from doing my PhD to a country that believes in science and women’s rights (amongst other key issues!) #NeverPoilievre

I’m so scared to see how quickly women’s independence is dismantled.

10.04.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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This next Canadian election will be the most pivotal in our lifetime.

Please critically compare the behaviour of politicians before and after the election in the US and consider how the same story is playing out in Canada. #CanadaElection2025

10.04.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The woodpasture at Hepple Wilds really was showing off its early spring best for laser scanning! Can’t wait to return with @jordancuff.bsky.social in the summer for a final set of πŸŒ³πŸ•·οΈπŸͺ»data for my PhD. So excited for the collaboration as part of my work with @foragingecology.bsky.social

09.04.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Thanks @envirosyment.bsky.social for your help carrying equipment and being a Hepple pony whisperer!

08.04.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Classic selfie with the Zeb Horizon scanner! My arms still hurt from the number of scans I did across the area, but the lidar data should be great to compare with my previous iPhone scans and UAV mapping!

08.04.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The woodpasture looked stunning and I even spotted a few cowslips amongst the cow tracks whilst scanning!

08.04.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Could not have asked for better weather to laser scan the trees at the Hepple Estate yesterday!

08.04.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So thrilled to have your help! Should be a gorgeous day for us and the data.

06.04.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prepping for fieldwork tomorrow at Hepple Estate’s woodpasture! Here’s hoping it’s not as late of work days as last year, but it did make for a stunning photo!
#Northumberland

06.04.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Still the cutest little miniature book!

03.04.2025 07:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pigtails βœ”οΈ
PhD requirement βœ”οΈ
Purple pants and Taylor Swift Hatβœ”οΈ
Perfectly executing your practical exam βœ”οΈ

So proud to be in the ~5% of women who got their GVC industry #uav license in the UK last year!

02.04.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Many fun fieldwork and drone videos to come ☺️

02.04.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introduction time!
Hi, I’m Broghan a PhD student at @newcastleuni.bsky.social πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦inπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
I study 🌳 #carbon and πŸͺ» #biodiversity in UK #agroforestry systems. A particular focus is on remote sensing of structural and multispectral diversity of vegetation as they relate to foraging ecology.

02.04.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hello all ☺️
I start new accounts with a quote that’s meaningful to me:
β€œLoyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.” - Elizabeth Gaskell
#ethics

02.04.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0