An orange and black backpack lying down on rocky grey ground with stainless steel till sampling bowl & sieve beside a lake surrounded by evergreen trees in late summer.

No news today, so a quick tip:

Batteries die, GPS can glitch in canyons & thick woods, and even old pros get lost in heavy cloud cover.
A good map and compass mean fewer detours and a better shot at getting back to camp in time for dinner.

#Prospecting #GeoLife #FieldworkFails #ExplorationTips

Go on share your #EcoOopsies or #FieldworkFails!

Want to know what gear survives the Bornean rainforest? 🌧
Charlie Ryan spills all in our Aug 29 webinar—and yes, there will be field fails.
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Got a question for him? Drop it here ⬇️

#WildlifeBTS #AskCharlie #FieldworkFails

White pages flying around above a stack of dark brown books with the text, 'Write the background of your report before planning your fieldwork.'

No news today, so here is a quick tip:

Don’t dive into the field without a game plan!
Start by writing your report’s background first, and avoid re-discovering Dave’s trench from 1983.

Embrace the paperwork - your boots will thank you!

#Prospecting #GeoLife #FieldworkFails #ExplorationTips

Reminds me of my all time fave #fieldworkfails 🥲

1/6) Ajstrup Bay, a shallow fjord with a tiny entrance to the sea🇩🇰
Almost got the mobile home stuck on a tiny road!🚐🏠😅!
Hiked through a 🌲🌳and found 🐚tenebrosa ecotype in 17 ppm salinity🧂. Success! Worth the struggle!
#FieldworkFails #SnailHunting

No news today, so here is a quick tip:

Drop a pin/GPS mark where you parked the truck. Future You, tired, sunburnt, and slightly lost, will thank Past You for not turning the walk back into an episode of #Alone.

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#Prospecting #GeoLife #FieldworkFails #ExplorationTips

Have to dig #fieldworkfails back up because I needed to laugh

A western pond turtle is seen just under the surface of a creek, heading into some rocky crevices to hide.

A slow biologist is seen hanging off the edge of the creek bank, attempting to feel underwater for the hidden turtle. Her arm is wet to the shoulder, and still no turtle.

How it started/ How it’s going.

Opportunistic encounters of unmarked turts are always a Hail Mary.

#herps #herpetology #fieldwork #fieldworkfails #fieldbiologist #iliketurtles #turtles #biologist

I love that my job enables me to experience incredible #wildlife. Like this leopard seal in #Antarctica, who checked us out whilst we were deploying seabed cameras.

Later, this same seal punctured another boat and we had to rescue the occupants!

#ExeterMarine #MarineMammals #Polar #FieldworkFails

Falls du auch mal wissenschaftlich versagen willst: #FieldworkFails leicht gemacht

In others, I came back to no boyfriend (dumped while away in the field yay!), no housing, no vehicle, and most importantly, no kitten! So things are looking pretty good! 😄😸

#fieldworkfails #fieldwork

Today in #FieldworkFails - accidentally parked over a hornets nest. Moved pretty darn quickly to a new location.

Owl surveys in the middle of the night, dark middle-of-nowhere road, go to leave and car won't start, oh and no cell service #fieldworkfails

Rough seas tip the crews at a flat water paddling course? ;) #fieldworkfails Photo: Caitlin Willier

When it looks like a puddle but it's actually a mud pit ;) #fieldworkfails That's what field partners are for!

A concise collection of aquatic #fieldworkfails. Because boats.
thefisheriesblog.com/2015/08/03/biologists-ta...

#fieldworkfails has made it outside of science...

#fieldworkfails illuminates why we science https://x.com/challengeher/status/626891474978799616

I love Alaska #Fieldworkfails https://x.com/GB_foodwebs/status/626912301430493184

The time the Landrover shredded 2 fan belts before 6:30 am so @denzminja271 and I couldn't get into the field
#fieldworkfails