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Natasha Gillies @tashgillies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New paper in @animalecology.bsky.social!📝http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70350 Coordination is thought to be key to the success of biparental care, but we don’t know how this varies with species’ ecology 🍃 We explore: how important is partner coordination & does this depend on environment? 🏞️

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Marie-Morgane Rouyer @mariemrouyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨 New paper in @consletters.bsky.social, one of the main outputs of my #PhD ! 🥳 You can read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... Summary below

Paper presentation - Highly mobile seabirds reveal areas of conservation importance across the Atlantic Ocean

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Patrick Lewin @plewin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Excited to share my second published PhD chapter out now in Current Biology! @cellpress.bsky.social 🧵 below but tldr: birds are known to use the magnetic field to navigate. But is magnetism the whole story? We find that an amazing avian navigator doesn’t seem to rely on magnetic cues at all.

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Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just out: Supplementary feeding of wild birds on farmland can be an important transmission risk for severe avian parasites such as Trichomonas gallinae, suggesting a rethink is needed on how this conservation practice is managed 🪱🧪🌍🐦 doi.org/10.1111/mec.... @molecology.bsky.social

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Multiple Strains of <fi>Trichomonas gallinae</fi> are Widespread in Reservoir Hosts and Environmental Resources in <fc>UK</fc> Farmland

Understanding transmission routes of parasites and pathogens is critical for the development of control measures and mitigation of impacts on host populations. Trichomonas gallinae is a widespread pa...

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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bursary opportunity! The aims of the Eric Hosking Trust are to sponsor natural history and ornithological research through the media of writing, photography, painting or illustration. erichoskingtrust.com/apply/ Deadline 30 September - please apply!

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Peter Santema @petersantema.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New #ornithology paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org! We show that female dotterels can move across large distances within a single breeding season in search of mating opportunities, visiting up to five different sites (median: 3) and travelling up to 1000 km between sites (median: 71 km). 1/n

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Corinna Langebrake @co-la.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

To the birding community: one of our GPS-tagged redshanks was predated during its migration in France. We would be very greatful if we could have the GPS tag back and get as much information as possible from the bird! This is the last position: maps.app.goo.gl/jCWDXDfhnJPT... @genmig.bsky.social

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Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Always great to help with a colour-ringing project! We ringed an extra 3 LBBG in Liverpool today (!), likely the last ones we'll catch here this summer. Keep an eye out for green colour-ringed gulls & report any sightings at nwgulls.org.uk 💍 #seabirds #ornithology @joewynnbirds.bsky.social

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North West England Gull Project - Home

Information on large gull colour ringing projects undertaken in North-west England

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Big new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper - we show for the first time that plastics affects seabirds at the POPULATION level. Plastic ingested as a chick reduces recruitment of birds to the breeding population. And the story is pretty grim. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Dr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Excited to publish the last paper from my PhD which explores how light can constrain chick provisioning behaviour in Manx shearwaters Thanks so much to all my co-authors and to everyone who helped support this manuscript! #seabird #science #research royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

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Day length may impose an ecological constraint on chick provisioning behaviour in a high-latitude seabird

Abstract. Variation in daylight hours may shape light-dependent behaviours both across seasons and among latitudinally distinct breeding colonies. We inves

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Are you interested in #gulls, diet metabarcoding, or both? Of course you are! Check out our new preprint where we use molecular methods to decode the (animal-based) diet of lesser black-backed gulls - arguably a species with one of the most diverse diets out there. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🐦 A new paper out! GPS tracking of 85 Common Redshanks revealed how breeding phenology and habitat use vary across the species' breeding range, highlighting the value of protected grasslands, AES and tailored conservation. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #ornithology #waders #shorebirds #HABITRACK

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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Most scientists learn peer review by trial and error. Check out this practical guide for both first-time and experienced reviewers. It covers the entire review process, with useful tips and common pitfalls. 👉 doi.org/10.25225/jvb... #JVertBiol #PeerReview #PhDChat @fishecoevo.bsky.social

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📖 Published📖 Magnetic geolocation is a viable complementary tool for tracking small avian species, particularly in contexts where pressure-based methods cannot be used🐦️ 🌏️ 🧪 buff.ly/qjJvgZt

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KateSearle @odocokate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Foraging hierarchies - lovely new evidence from @tonyauk.bsky.social: memory picks the general area, and social information helps refine and maintain it #seabirds

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🐦🌙 Happy to see this big collaborative paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We address a seemingly simple question using geolocator data collected across many species and individuals: how much of bird migration actually happens at night? www.cell.com/current-biol... A short🧵

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🐦️ Passerine birds in temperate Europe can fill a role as pollinators, and this may be most functional when the availability of insects, as both pollinators and food, is least reliable 👉️ buff.ly/bIrvaGY

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🚨 Exciting news! The Swiss Ornithological Institute is starting a collaborative program that offers multi-sensor geolocators and analytical support for bird migration research, focusing on underrepresented species & regions. Interested? geopressure.org/GeoCollabForm/ Please share!

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Nicholas Per Huffeldt @nphuffeldt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

What a strange migratory divide. Do the populations even mix? 🪶 Many red-necked phalaropes breed on small ponds in West Greenland. Had no idea that they probably go to the western side of Central America. #Ornithology 🌍 www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

Migration routes of the red-necked phalarope. Image from https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00086/full

Red-necked phalarope female. Photo (c) N. Huffeldt

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Two of the world’s largest Gannet colonies may not recover from the impact of bird flu until 2041 at the earliest, study finds Read a summary: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887 #seabirds #hpai 🪶 🧪

Caption: A pair of Gannets

Credit: RSPB / Chelsie Jones

Alt text: Two Gannets with pale yellow heads and blue eyes touching beak tips and arching necks in a courtship display against a blurred grey sea background.

Figure 3 from the paper: (A): Estimated impact of reduced adult survival in 2022 on colony growth trajectories for the Bass Rock and Grassholm gannet colonies (orange line) compared to a theoretical baseline scenario without an outbreak (grey line) until the year 2045. Blue dots represent drone-based count data; Bass Rock 2023 and 2024 (Harris et al., 2023, Burton et al., 2024), Grassholm 2023 and 2024 (Morgan et al., 2023; Morgan and Stephens, 2024). (B) The residual between the baseline and HPAI scenarios highlights the scale of the impact and the long recovery times for both colonies. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)

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Annette Fayet @annettefayet.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We built a hotel for roof-breeding kittiwakes on Røst and share our first experiences in a paper now published in SEABIRD, with recommendations for those attempting a similar project. High attendance but few breeding attempts in the first year. doi.org/10.61350/sbj... 📷 T Anker-Nilssen

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

How do fulmars respond to drones: #seabirds 🌍🧪

Figure showing observational distance and behavioural observations

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 28/06/2026

How does highly pathogenic avian influenza affect wild seabirds? This #ProcB study found the 2023 outbreak caused near-total chick mortality and earlier migration in Baltic black-headed gulls, while survivors developed lasting immunity.https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.0128 | #Ecology #Evolution

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Joe Morford @morfjoe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The WISDOM OF CROWDS emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds! Excited to share our work published by @aaas.org in Science Advances! doi.org/10.1126/scia...

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The wisdom of crowds emerges in flocks of thousands of migrating songbirds

Larger flocks of migrating songbirds orient more accurately toward their population’s migratory direction than smaller flocks.

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Great to see this one published! Worth a read if you’re into the role of collective behaviour in migration 🦅🌍 Very pleased how it came out, glad to be a (very) small part of it.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The big news is our next International Conference will be held in Gdańsk, Poland in Sept 2027! With the lovely @kasiawojczulanis.bsky.social and team as the local hosts. It's going to be amazing! Watch for further news after the (northern) field season... #seabirds #ornithology #Seabirds2027

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Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Earlier this year @n-t-s.bsky.social hosted a "Focus on Fulmars" workshop, looking at how to improve monitoring & research efforts to understand Northern fulmar population change. A short report is now available for those interested! ⬇️ www.researchgate.net/publication/... #seabirds #ornithology

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(PDF) Focus on Fulmars Workshop: Report

PDF | On Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th February 2026, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) hosted a Focus on Fulmars workshop at Edinburgh Zoo, which... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Northern Fulmar is continuing to highlight the extent of marine plastic pollution, with a new study revealing that more than four in five birds examined across the North Atlantic had plastic in their stomachs:

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Study reveals alarming levels of plastic ingestion in Northern Fulmars

New research finds 81% of Northern Fulmars across the North Atlantic have plastic in their stomachs, highlighting the continuing impact of marine pollution on seabirds and ocean ecosystems.

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Great bird science starts with great methods 🐦🔬 We are pleased to announce the launch of a new article type: Methods and Tools Read more here: vist.ly/58ckm To help launch our new article type, we have put together a Virtual Issue: vist.ly/58cki #ornithology #methods #tools

Close-up of a red kite with text: 'Methods and Tools: expanding the avian research toolkit'.

Person holding a small bird with tagging equipment.

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Mistimed surveys lead to underestimated migratory bird impacts from wind farms🐦‍⬛ 🌬️ 🔎 Read more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🐣📊Inferring breeding phenology and reproductive success from the emergence of juveniles in population monitoring vist.ly/57eiu #PhenologicalShift #Breeding #Fledging #EmergenceTime #Sampling #CitizenScience

Comparative graphs depicting laydate probability density and juvenile fledging timing with variable parameters, showing the effects of different standard deviations and max egg numbers on outcomes.

A series of graphs analyzing phenological data over different capture sessions. Displays various statistical measures with color-coded standard deviations.

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NinaDehnhard.bsky.social @ninadehnhard.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New article out on #plastics in #fulmars. Thanks to my wonderful Master student & great colleagues in Norway & Iceland, as well as fishers in both countries, we now sit with a lot more knowledge about plastics in #seabirds in the North Atlantic. www.nina.no/english/Abou...

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Eight out of ten northern fulmars have plastic in their stomachs

Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Photo: Nina Dehnhard/NINA. The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is a seabird found across the North Atlantic and Arctic marine regions, including along the N...

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🪶 Even small levels of seabird bycatch can have big impacts. A JNCC-supported study shows bycatch could reverse positive trends for species like Cory’s Shearwater & Common Guillemots. We're helping deliver the @ospar.bsky.social B5 Indicator to track & reduce impacts. 📘 bit.ly/4uJ6s0u

A brown and beige seabird glides effortlessly just above the ocean line. The backdrop is a pure blue sea

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

New in #BirdStudy When surveying birds, older people detect fewer birds and species than younger people. Middle-aged observers have least bias in long-term recording: Age-dependent observer effects in Austrian long-term monitoring data of common breeding birds doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The 2026 SMP Newsletter is here! Read it (and sign up to receive future editions) here: www.bto.org/our-work/sci... to find out about the SMP's 40th anniversary, latest developments, the science of seabird poo, and more! #birds #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The SMP is lacking breeding success data. In 2025, colony count data were submitted for 861 sites, but breeding success data were submitted for just 133 sites. If you can monitor seabird breeding success, email us at smp@bto.org! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Image of two Arctic Tern chicks, with the text: Breeding success data helps us understand short-term changes in populations.

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Some migration info from 7 Whinchats (Saxicola rubetra) tagged with multi-sensor loggers: kind of loop migration, spring Sahara crossing up to ~5,000 m despite their tiny size (~16g), and unusually prolonged flights both at autumn and spring. 🪶🏔️ Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s10336-026-02409-1

migration tracks and info of seven Whinchats tagged in the Alps

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New in #BirdStudy Using trail cameras to monitor Corncrakes: Use of passive infrared-triggered trail cameras to study timing of breeding and habitat use of Corncrakes Crex crex in Scotland doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology @rspbscience.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 19/05/2026

Little auks are small Arctic #seabirds that need to find enough food to raise their chicks in a rapidly changing ocean. This #RSOS paper studied their feeding behaviour over seven breeding seasons in Svalbard using GPS tracking, ocean data, and diet samples: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Antonia Klöcker @cakloecker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

📢 New IMR study on movement patterns of #BaskingSharks shows that sharks tagged above the #ArcticCircle in #Norway perform repeated large-scale movements to subtropical waters and actively use the water column across habitats.🧵 1/5 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps... @whoi.edu @thembauk.bsky.social

Map of the showing seasonal shark migration routes in the Northeast Atlantic. Sharks move to the Norwegian and Barents Seas in summer (May–July), the Icelandic Basin in autumn (September–December), and the Western European Basin in winter (January–March). Colored arrows indicate migration paths of the sharks illustrated as black silhouettes.

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Freddie Mckendrick @freddiemckendrick.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Amazing photos by @northronbirdobs.bsky.social of one of our tracked knots, Arenicola with Tellina also skulking around on the island somewhere. So cool to see the knots a lot fatter now than when we deployed the loggers in February and photos like this help so much with the tagging efforts!

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Liam U. Taylor @liamtaylor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Colony managers know it The literature ignores it! Many seabirds are young - juvenile, immature, subadult, prebreeder - and we know v little about them! Here's our paper on why you should care about young seabirds for conservation! W/ @ejgnam2.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/fee....

PHOTO CREDIT FRANCESCO VENTURA. (One of the best seabird researchers working now -- check out Francesco's work!). In front center left, a prebreeding Black-Browed Albatross visits the breeding colony on Steeple Jason.

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Please don’t put out hair for bird nests. Chicks get entangled in hair balls. Just had to cut hair strands that were tying 3 blue tit chicks together, and wrapped round the throat of one skinny chick that couldn’t swallow food. Hopefully saved in time 🤞

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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Non-breeding birds form a large proportion of #seabird populations, yet they are often overlooked in research & difficult to account for in environmental assessments. A new #OWSMRF report highlights why this matters & how we can close evidence gaps 👇 jncc.gov.uk/news/new-rep... 🧵

Mixed flock of seabirds on the water, Kennacraig to ToIslay copyright Danni Thompson

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Jude Lane @heyjooode.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Our new research shows that HPAI increased Northern Gannet mortality by a factor of ~6 and ~4 at two of the world’s largest colonies. We predict this impact will take almost two decades to recover from. #biologicalconservation #seabirds #hpai Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887

Adult gannet (left) with colour ring on it's leg left inscribed with a unique code, and it's fully grown chick (right)

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Concerning news from Mousa, Shetland! 🐀 Follow @biosecuritylife.bsky.social for tips on keeping our seabird islands safe from invasive species 🏝️

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