Rob Larter

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Spoonbills, shelduck, hundreds of black tailed godwits and an avocet having an identity crisis at the RSPB Snettisham reserve yesterday.

14 views Spoonbills, shelduck, hundreds of black tailed godwits and an avocet having an identity crisis at the RSPB Snettisham reserve yesterday.

10 views Another proud parent day. It's now official that all three of my kids are smarter then me. #Graduation #Cardiff

An Internet search suggests the locality known for #dinosaur footprints in the #Triassic outcrops along the coast near Barry, South Wales is The Bendricks, to the east of the town. However, I was told some had also been found on the rocks along the west side of Whitmore Bay, so went to have a look. The best candidates I found are circled in this photo. £1 coin for scale. I'd be interested to know

8 views An Internet search suggests the locality known for #dinosaur footprints in the #Triassic outcrops along the coast near Barry, South Wales is The Bendricks, to the east of the town. However, I was told some had also been found on the rocks along the west side of Whitmore Bay, so went to have a look. The best candidates I found are circled in this photo. £1 coin for scale. I'd be interested to know

7 views 'Recycle or the fish get it' I love the way of getting public information across. #Monmouth

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.9%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: The “Eternity Glaciers” Are Almost Gone The equatorial glaciers · 45 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

4.8 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 7 text · 5 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

3.5×

Follows 340 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post The “Eternity Glaciers” Are Almost Gone The equatorial glaciers atop Puncak Jaya, Oceania’s tallest peak, have shrunk by about 95% since 2002, according to a new photogrammetry mapping effort. https://eos.org/articles/the-eternity-glaciers-are-almost-gone ★ 45

Follow the money. Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/29/george-cottrell-transferred-2m-mother-beforer-reform-uk-donations ★ 4 Received a penalty charge notice for 'entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited'. At the top of the notice in capital letters - 'THIS ALLEGATION IS SUPPORTED BY VIDEO EVIDENCE'. Bang to rights? Maybe, except that the vehicle … ★ 23 RE: https://respublicae.eu/@CarolineLucas/116997313293581063 Good coverage by Channel4 News, but did I miss it or did BBC News tonight just do a long piece on the wildfires in Spain and France without any mention of how emissions have cont… ★ 4 Keen-eyed observers may notice that even higher water levels than that recorded during the 1953 storm surge were recorded during later storm surges in 1978 and 2013. These did not result in the same widespread damage and loss of life as th… ★ 3

I believe this is the post at the mouth of the Great Ouse showing heights above the dock sill from which the King's Lynn Conservancy Board have recorded tidal heights over many decades. Their records are very useful for showing how a relat… ★ 5

Spoonbills, shelduck, hundreds of black tailed godwits and an avocet having an identity crisis at the RSPB Snettisham reserve yesterday. ★ 14 Expert reaction to study modelling impact of sea-level rise on UK coastal flood exposure to 2300. https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-modelling-impact-of-sea-level-rise-on-uk-coastal-flood-exposure-to-2300/ The pape… ★ 6 I really want Burnham's government to succeed, but day 1 hasn't filled me with optimism. Their first action was to announce a tax giveaway gimmick which won't make a significant difference to anyone, will actually benefit people with big h… ★ 4

An Internet search suggests the locality known for #dinosaur footprints in the #Triassic outcrops along the coast near Barry, South Wales is The Bendricks, to the east of the town. However, I was told some had also been found on the rocks… ★ 8

Another proud parent day. It's now official that all three of my kids are smarter then me. #Graduation #Cardiff ★ 10

'Recycle or the fish get it' I love the way of getting public information across. #Monmouth ★ 7

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Home server

fediscience.org

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On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 11 views per post.

📤Posts about 4.8× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.9% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

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About

Polar marine scientist. Made in Wolverhampton. Enhanced at universities of Durham, Aberdeen and Birmingham. UK science lead in Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. Views are my own.