Undergraduate student of palaeontology at the University of Portsmouth and researcher in fossil avifauna evolution.https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3m6pixmiru22uOur abstract for #PalAss25! If you are a delegate, come by and say hello. Full abstract booklet: https://palass.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/69th%20Annual%20Meeting%20of%20the%20Palaeontological%20Association%20Abstract%20Booklet.pdf28 Nov 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6pixmiru22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3m3kdrxrugc2oPleased to share that I’ll be presenting some research at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association. See you at @thepalass.bsky.social!19 Oct 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kdrxrugc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3m2yrdfcnmc2xThis is a Gary Kaiser’s ‘The Inner Bird’ appreciation post. If you’re interested in avian anatomy and evolution, this book is a beginner’s bible.12 Oct 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2yrdfcnmc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lyvcgd7gx22sWalking with dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight, southern England.15 Sep 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvcgd7gx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lypncqifhc26That’s one big ammonite! The keel section of a giant ammonite, with enormous ammonitic sutures clearly visible, from the Grey Chalk of Yaverland Beach, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, southern England.13 Sep 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lypncqifhc26https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lynyku2zn22dSublime views of the Weald rocks and chalk today at Yaverland Beach, Isle of Wight, southern England.12 Sep 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynyku2zn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lynyfyvqxk2dThe visually-beautiful Wessex Formation of the Wealden Sub-basin, Wealden Group, Isle of Wight, southern England.12 Sep 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynyfyvqxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lvy2yn2wos26Support a New Dinosaur Museum and Science Park on the Isle of Wight - Sign the Petition! chng.it/GCNX2rwKnt via @UKChange https://chng.it/GCNX2rwKnt09 Aug 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvy2yn2wos26https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lvh337ktis2zSome more urban palaeontology.02 Aug 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvh337ktis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lse3fjdpdc2pCommon British #birds as seen along The River Cam; grey heron (Ardea cinerea) and mute swan (Cygnus olor).24 Jun 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lse3fjdpdc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lri6xwhym22iMy time in Cambridge, doing work on the stilt-legged pan-anseriform Presbyornis.13 Jun 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lri6xwhym22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lqulvxjr6k2eThe old Cavendish Laboratory, @cam.ac.uk, where the electron and the neutron were discovered, the structure of DNA revealed, and the atom was split.05 Jun 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqulvxjr6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lqfk4hyytk27☺️30 May 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfk4hyytk27https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lqdlizjvs226Ouch.29 May 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdlizjvs226https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lqdlhz5qks26Ouch.29 May 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdlhz5qks26https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lowfwece5c2yHappy to announce a short reference handbook I’ve been authoring for well over a year! It’s currently in the proofreading/copyediting stage, and should be available somewhat soon.11 May 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowfwece5c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lonx2syink22Many thanks for today’s excellent seminar given by the wonderfully witty @tetzoo.bsky.social!08 May 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonx2syink22https://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3loerof6sic2lSome urban palaeontology.04 May 2025 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3loerof6sic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lnqkiyxjbs2kAnd the coolest birthday present award goes to: (The red-throated loon, Gavia stellata, in its winter plumage).26 Apr 2025 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqkiyxjbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lnplubehjk2yThe feathers of living birds; an eerie parody of those that came 150-million-years-prior. This is a significant must-read: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02372-026 Apr 2025 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnplubehjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lnnkq5v5ck2lA new addition; I foresee this will be my personal bible.25 Apr 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnnkq5v5ck2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lmzjb7xups2yThe Whitby Mudstone Formation and Ravenscar Group between Whitby Beach and Saltwick Bay, North Yorkshire.17 Apr 2025 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzjb7xups2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lmzfswttjk2yDinosaur footprint of the Ravenscar Group, between Whitby beach and Saltwick Bay, probably made by a small theropod. There were more in the surrounding blocks, so they likely represent a trackway. Unsure of the exact horizon, could be the Saltwick Formation.17 Apr 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzfswttjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lmwwzy5ya22gAlways nice to make a new friend during fieldwork.16 Apr 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwwzy5ya22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lmv2zfb2b22zThe impressively massive lower jaws of a bowhead whale, standing tall over Whitby.15 Apr 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmv2zfb2b22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lmrsdbldu22pThe patchy marine fossil assemblages of north Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorkshire. Lower Jurassic, ~195-million-years-old.14 Apr 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrsdbldu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ethanoclinford.bsky.social/post/3lmpanx5lyc2uThe beautiful Middle Jurassic fossil Ginkgo leaves of the Ravenscar Group, Scalby Ness North Bay, Yorkshire.13 Apr 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:uitziecbxl3vj47gw4tkdtvk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmpanx5lyc2u