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We study causes and consequences of variation in life-history traits, their underlying genomic mechanisms, and the variation in time and space. @ NIOO-KNAW

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interested in #ecological #research? Visit our #OpenDay on 3 October. Our theme 'Nature's networks' not only applies to ecological connections, but also to the opportunity of visitors to connect with our researchers. Come #network with us! More info: nioo.knaw.nl/en/events/bi...
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Big NIOO Open Day 2026: Nature's networks
Save the date: on Saturday 3 October 2026, NIOO will open its doors again to visitors for our Big Open Day. From 11:00 to 17:00, everyone will be welcome. Seize your chance to take a look in our labs ...
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kom je ook netwerken in de natuur? Tijdens de Open Dag van het NIOO laten de medewerkers graag zien wat ecologie is, waarom ecologie van belang is en aan welke thema’s en onderwerpen de onderzoekers van het NIOO werken. Kom ook op 3 oktober: nioo.knaw.nl/opendag
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Xinrui Wang 王心蕊 @xinruiwang1014.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#ISBE2026 Had a great experience presenting my PhD project, supervised by Prof. Kees van Oers (@keesvanoers.bsky.social) and Dr Eva Serrano-Davies. Thank you to everyone who attended my talk and the inspiring chats afterwards :D @isbe2026.bsky.social
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
On the last day (24th of July) we have @melissahrowe.bsky.social chairing the session on sexual selection at 11:45 in room 500. To all attending enjoy your conference @isbe2026.bsky.social (4/4)
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Also tomorrow the 21st in the poster session you can find PhD candidate @xiaomeichi.bsky.social with her poster on the effects of environmental and genetic differences on breath rate in great tits. (3/4) @isbe2026.bsky.social
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Also today we have @melissahrowe.bsky.social chairing a session on physiology and behaviour at 14:45 in room Istanbul. Then tomorrow 21st of July Mellisah will give a talk at 14:45 in room Rome discussing the results of a meta analyses of the effect of temperature on gamete quality (2/4). #ISBE2026
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
What's AnE up too at @isbe2026.bsky.social . Today you can find our PhD candidate Xinrui Wang giving a talk on the relation between habitat quality and personality in great tits at 12 in the room londra. (1/4)
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Second week of July signals time for catching moulting barnacle geese. With a large group of volunteers geese from the Dutch breeding population have been measured, colour ringed and sampled for avian influenza since 2004. If you see a colour marked barnie please report it on submit.cr-birding.org
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PhD position open 🚨 We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild bird populations. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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PhD position: Indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild birds
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demograph...
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Heb jij kennis van Microsoft SQL‑Server databases, ervaring met programmeren en lijkt het je leuk om in een klein dynamisch team te werken met een nationale impact op het gebied van vogeltrek? Dan zijn we op zoek naar jou! #vacature #wageningen nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures...
Huismus mannetje met kleurringen zit op een tak
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Leo Ballering @drbal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Ons #NESTKAST jaarverslag over broedseizoen 2025 is uit met prachtige resultaten en verhalen! Alle (vrijwillige) controleurs bedankt, (en nu snel het veld in!) www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu... @sovonvogels.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
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Nature Today | Onthullingen uit nestkasten
Het broedseizoen van 2025 begon warm, droog en zonnig. Dit deed onverwachte dingen met het gedrag van vogels. In duizenden nestkasten van broedvogels, verspreid over Nederland en Vlaanderen, speelde z...
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Alex Figueiredo @alexfig.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026
Looking for MSc student(s) to be involved in some really cool germ-free experiments with house sparrows at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ! 🐣🦠Get in touch if you're interested and please share :) nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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Early-life microbiome assembly and its effects on bird phenotypes
We are looking for a motivated Masters/HBO/internship student to partake in upcoming microbiome manipulation experiments, investigating how this fascinating community impacts phenotypes in birds. Star...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We congratulate DR @hanslinssen.bsky.social ! Hans successfully defended his PhD thesis on the migration of bewick swans in a changing Arctic climate. Looking at the individual processes shaping the development and future migration of the bewick swans 🦢
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We have a new record 🚨 the warm month of march in the Netherlands had its effect on the first laying date of the Great tits! Breaking the record by two days the first egg date this year is 21st March. One blue tit went even beyond that and noted a first egg date on 19th of march! #breedingseason2026
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Beatriz Taboada @bibi-tabs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Looking for a student to develop a project on house sparrow behaviour and badge size! This project would include field work on the lovely Lundy Island in the Uk. For more information: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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Investigating behaviour and badge size in House sparrows (International fieldwork internship/thesis)
I am looking for a motivated Masters or HBO student to take part in the upcoming field season in the United Kingdom. Fieldwork will take place between April and May 2026 for 1.5 months on Lundy Island...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
And finally on Wednesday afternoon @bartnolet.bsky.social will host the session on animal movement ecology. At the same time Geerten Hengeveld will host workshop 5 on co designing digital twins with LTER-LIFE. #NAEM26 4/4
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Also tomorrow afternoon in session 3c we have @bartnolet.bsky.social and @hanslinssen.bsky.social on the migration and wintering of juvenile swans. As well as Jan Geisler on the migration of brent geese in milder winters. #NAEM26 3/4
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Tomorrow Maaike van der Zanden will chair session 3d AI in ecology. With talks from Gabriel Charvalakis and Sander Buddendorf on modeling insect activity and detection of feeding buzzes in bats #NAEM26 2/4
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hey #NAEM26 here a short overview of all our animal ecology colleagues giving a talk. Today workshop 2 will be chaired by @M_E_visser on biodiversity research infrastructures. In parralell 2a we have a talk by Henk van der jeugd in bird ringing and citizen science. 1/3
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Congratulations to our newest doctor @jurrianvanirsel.bsky.social 🥳 . Yesterday Jurrian successfully defended his thesis on unraveling the role of avian hosts in vector borne pathogen dynamics. Using the blackbird and usury virus as case study🐦‍⬛ 🦟🧪
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Marcel E. Visser @mevisser.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Excellent project led by @disnatalie.bsky.social Come and work with us at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social!
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🚨 new PhD position available!!
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Natalie E. van Dis @disnatalie.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
📢4-year fully funded #PhD on seasonal timing of egg overwintering insects 🦋🦗🪳 🔬Identify universal mechanisms underlying #insect egg developmental time under #ClimateChange 📌@niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ℹ️ vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite/2... ❗Application deadline: 7 December 2025
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PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
PhD Seasonal Timing of Egg Overwintering Insects under Climate Change - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Last week we did our annual beechnut sampling. A special year because it was the 50th year in which we did this! Enough reason for Dutch radio show Vroege vogels to join us and learn all about the role of the beechnut in the ecosystem of the Hoge Veluwe. share.google/64chnRK0oVV7...
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Vijftig jaar beukennootjes tellen op de Hoge Veluwe - Vroege Vogels - BNNVARA
Op de Hoge Veluwe volgen wetenschappers van het NIOO al 50 jaar de beukennootjes van 35 specifieke beukenbomen. Deze zogenaamde beukennotenindex bevat belangrijke informatie want beukennootjes zijn ee...
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Leo Ballering @drbal.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Zaterdag een zeer leuke #NESTKAST lezingendag gehad op het @niooknaw.bsky.social Met 65 deelnemers uit heel NL Thema: 100 jaar nestkastenonderzoek! Met eerste resultaten al uit 1908-1912! Uniek in de wereld! @mevisser.bsky.social We zoeken nog oude data, liefst per legsel, tussen 1950 en 2010!
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
New publication: Long-distance dispersal is asymmetrical with respect to age, sex and breeding latitude in a long-lived monogamous bird. #barnaclegoose #avianmigration #flywaypopulation #longdistancedispersal doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Figure 1 in de Vries et al. (2025): "Locations of the main study colonies for the three subpopulations (a), development of the barnacle goose Russia/Germany and Netherlands flyway population and North Sea and Baltic Sea subpopulations (b) based on population counts, and an overview of the density in ringing effort in the three subpopulations (c). The Barents Sea subpopulation is represented here in red, the Baltic Sea subpopulation in yellow, while the North Sea subpopulation is represented in blue. Data on population sizes were collected from van der Jeugd et al. (2009), Koffijberg et al. (2020), Isaksen (2020), Nagy et al. (2021) and Jensen et al. (2022). Since flyway and subpopulation counts are unavailable after 2006 and incomplete for the Baltic Sea after 2002, these have been supplemented with sizes estimated in an integrated population model, indicated by diamond-shaped dots (Baveco et al., 2020; Jensen et al., 2022)."
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
𝗩𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗬 As FAIRification steward you'll scout the nature data landscape and help researchers making their data FAIR. Do you bring quantitative/technical as well as interpersonal skills? Then this vacancy of the LTER-Life digital twin project is for you! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Final day of #eou2025 one more AnE speaker. Watch lisenka de Vries give her talk on difference in dispersal between populations of barnacle geese. She will speak in session population ecology 2
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
@hanslinssen.bsky.social will present his poster on fueling and migration choices in waterfowl birds under a changing climate. You can find his poster at spot 58. Jan Geisler will show his poster on long term study on pre migration fatting up in Brent geese. You can find him at spot 116 #EOU2025 2/2
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Another day at #EOU2025 another AnE line up! Today we have @tjommem.bsky.social presenting his work on modeling virus outbreaks in the Netherlands through a common avian host. He will present in the symposium 6 session. In the second poster session (even numbers of the day we have two posters.( 1/2)
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Finally we have @dd10mz.bsky.social presenting his work on the colonization of the gut microbiome in offspring during development. He will show the influence of the nest microbial environment on this process. #EOU2025 (3/3)
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
In oral session 2 we will have Joey Burant presenting on the adjustment of incubation behaviour in female hole nesting birds in response to local micro climate changes #EOU2025 (2/3)
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Today's contribution of AnE to #EOU2025 Find Morrison Pot in oral session 1. He will update you into his PhD on starling migration. He will show some results from his displacement study on juvenile starlings in their first autumn migration.( 1/3)
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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Excited to share my recent paper on the evolution of atypical sperm morphology in a passerine bird (the red-browed finch) in @jevbio.bsky.social with @danielmhooper.bsky.social and others. Check out their weird #sperm! academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Reminder! There are just two weeks left to apply for this postdoc position. Send in your applications before the end of August.
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
New #postdoc position open 🚨 deadline 12th of September. #microbiome #ecology #reproduction
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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
3.5-year #Postdoc position on avian microbiomes and reproduction @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @niooknaw.bsky.social on a fully-funded ERC project focused on understanding the significance of reproductive microbiomes for host biology and fitness. Reach out for more info! nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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Postdoctoral researcher: avian microbiomes and reproduction
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team working on avian reproductive microbiomes at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in the group of Dr. Melissah Rowe. The postd...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
New postdoc position available 🚨 We are looking for a new post doc to work on adaptive management in geese. Are you experienced in working with animal movement patterns? And are you used to working with large files of transmitter date? Then apply before the 1st op september!
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Postdoc Goose Impact
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for research in the context of international adaptive management of geese. Did you analyse animal movement patterns during your PhD? Do you want to work wi...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
New post doc position alert 🚨 Interested in avian reproductive microbiome? We have an exciting new post doc position available with @melissahrowe.bsky.social . Send in your applications now, deadline is the 12th of September.
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
We are happy to announce our very own @disnatalie.bsky.social got a Veni grant awarded for her research on winter moths!🎉🎉 We are looking forward to welcoming her back to our department. Congratulations Nathalie!!
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New publication: Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon-dependent manner, by @mevisser.bsky.social and others. #biodiversity #lightpollution #ALAN #artificiallightatnight doi.org/10.1111/icad...
Figure 1 in Charvalakis et al. (2025): "Experimental design; 2 × 12 light traps (fitted with four differently coloured LEDs with three intensities) were placed at each side of a forest road. The order of light colour and intensity was randomized within each roadside. Insect trapping was done during 11 non-consecutive nights (minimally one night in between) during July and September."
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
With most nests fledged and out in the world we are concluding our 71st breeding season as a department. Despite a low occupancy in some areas and a higher mortality in chicks in others we look back on an average breeding season. #breedingseason2025
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Waarom is kunstlicht zo slecht voor nachtdieren? NIOO-onderzoeker Kamiel Spoelstra legt dit uit tijdens een Klokhuis-aflevering over lichtvervuiling. Meer weten? Kijk hier de klokhuisaflevering terug (tussen 5:20 en 8:02): npo.nl/start/serie/...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Its peak caterpillar time! Which is good news for the nest box breeding birds who need the caterpillars to feed their chicks. Caterpillars are monitored in the spring using frassnets you see in the picture. Twice a week the frass (caterpillar poop) is collected and weighted. @mevisser.bsky.social
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
New position open! 🚨 We have a PhD position on avian reproductive microbiome available at the department. Find more information in the post from @melissahrowe.bsky.social or here nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures... Deadline 29th of June.
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PhD position on avian reproductive microbiomes and immunity
The PhD position will involve fieldwork on wild birds to collect samples for analysis of microbiomes, immune function, and sperm quality, as well as performing in vitro studies to experimentally valid...
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The breeding season in our nestbox sites is in full swing! The pied flycatchers arrived last couple of weeks and started their breeding season. Meanwhile in most boxes with blue tits, great tits and nuthatches they are already at the incubation or chick stage. #breedingseason25
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Friederike [freddy; she/her] Hillemann @fhillemann.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/9055 Code used in research is key to the methods and scientific output and we should ensure it’s not just "available" but easy to verify and build on. We present a practical tool to code review for scientists 🧪 work with @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social
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Code review in practice: A checklist for computational reproducibility and collaborative research in ecology and evolution
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The 2024 Nestkast report is out! Every year the NESTKAST group gathers all the data on nestbox breeding birds and makes a nice overview. A nice summary of how the nestbox breeders are doing and always a wonderful collection of the odd finds all the nestbox enthusiasts have found.
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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Last year I posted too early and had to retract my post 🫣, but now that all @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social nest boxes on #Vlieland have been checked, we know for sure that it is - yet again - a very early start of the breeding season! @uniexecec.bsky.social @sevans.bsky.social
A plot the date of the first great tit egg on Vlieland against year showing 2025 is the third-earliest year since 1955.
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