Journal
Longer writing: residencies, films, books, conversations and the politics of watching birds.
Kvarken Log app
Kvarken Log test scan. June 2026. I've been building a field tool for the Godzilla expedition. A GoPro placed on the bow takes a photograph every 60 seconds through the…
Memory without landmarks part1
A slender-billed nutcracker working a cone in the stone pines, Teg, 2025. Over the last five years I have spent time photographing the slender-billed nutcrackers in…
Imagining Godzilla residency trip
The catamaran Godzilla. Photo: Tivon Rice / I magining Godzilla . I've been selected to join Imagining Godzilla for a four-day leg this summer. The residency is run by…
Inget annat än blommor
Foto: Simon Gran Danielsson Granskog faller ljudlöst ned från himlen. — Jan Wolf-Watz Colin Egglestons Long Weekend (1978) följer ett australiskt par som behandlar ett…
SEPALE Bird Sanctuary
Recently I’ve had the pleasure of spending some time with the artist Ana Kun , who is based in Timișoara. In her own words: “My practice takes me to both art shows and…
“Speak, Bird, Speak: Seeds, Birds, and Memory”
When artist Areej Huniti visited Umeå as part of the IASPIS residency, I attended her talk at the artist-run gallery Verkligheten and spent time in conversation with her…
Birders of Palestine
A heartfelt initiative supporting Palestinian birdwatchers — especially in Gaza and the West Bank — who continue to document wildlife despite the toughest of…
EuroBirdPortal.org
This interactive map from EuroBirdPortal.org shows the migration and distribution of Bohemian Waxwings ( BOMGAR ) over the last 52 weeks. Counts: The map displays…
The White (leucistic) Reindeer
Our encounter with a white reindeer on Ratan Island in Västerbotten County is a poignant reminder of the deep connection between the Sámi people and their land. The…
The open vertebrate project
The openVertebrate project, oVert for short, is an initiative to provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students, and the…
Earth species
Our work to decode communication of other species builds on the extraordinary advances we are seeing in AI being applied to human language, which we are extending to the…
Icarus & Move Bank
ICARUS stands for International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space . Scientists taking part in the ICARUS initiative are working together to study the behavior…
Spillkråka (Black woodpecker) Haga Umeå
Whilst walking in our local cemetery, I came across a black woodpecker’s nest. Its head was poking out, as if on lookout. The nest itself was a deep hole inside a large…
