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Waddenacademie @waddenacademie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

WadWeten | Vogeleieren laten zien waar gif in de Waddenzee vandaan komt. Met behulp van veertig jaar aan metingen van vogeleieren is nu in kaart waar de grootste vervuiling in de Waddenzee zit: bij de Duitse riviermondingen. lees meer: www.waddenacademie.nl/wetenschap/w...

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Vogeleieren laten zien waar gif in de Waddenzee vandaan komt

Onze Waddenzee bevat kwik en andere giftige stoffen. Met behulp van veertig jaar aan metingen van vogeleieren is nu in kaart waar de grootste vervuiling zit: bij de Duitse riviermondingen.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Science Slam is my favourite of all NWDUG events we organize. And Wilhelmshaven agrees. For the 4th year in a row the event, kindly supported by @sfb1372.bsky.social, was sold out. Slamming it for the @ifv-whv.bsky.social were @sonamkulkarni.bsky.social & Phillipp. They were amazing!

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The Edinburgh Birdwatcher @edinbirdwatcher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Congratulations to The @btobirds.bsky.social for creating their first podcast titled ‘Beyond The Bird Table’. The first episode was about Researching Seabirds with Tim Birkhead & @ninaohanlon.bsky.social You can listen via Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh no, I jinxed it... Now all our GPS-tracked birds seem to have made it to Africa. It's almost spring, right?

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How lovely it would be if T98 decided to spend its first winter in Portugal – with us knowing about it and able to visit! :-)

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

T98, photographed by @harrykuipers.bsky.social during its extended stop-over in Groningen, first traveled to Spain, but has been hanging out in Portugal since the 10th of September. Over the last few days it seems to have established quite a nice routine there.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It’s the chick of mum L54, who is also carrying a GPS and left the continent on the 16th of August, and dad V05, who unfortunately escaped trapping and, therefore, tracking.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We’re having a bit of an empty-nest-syndrome here. T98 is the last of @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social gull-billed terns equipped with a GPS that’s still on the continent.

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

💡Plenary Spotlight Sandra Bouwhuis – Institute of Avian Research, Germany Sandra studies life-history strategies in common terns, focusing on migration, pollution, climate change and avian influenza. #EOU2027 | 23-27 August | Brno, CZ Submit symposia: www.eou27.cz/call-for-sym... #Ornithology

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I also thoroughly enjoyed watching ‘Watching people watching birds’, the quietude and message both speaking to me strongly. The trailer can be found here: www.loekenfranke.de/en/?p=3104

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not pictured, but wonderful just the same: our Navisense PhD student Phillipp giving his first-ever conference talk about the gull-billed terns of @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social, and talking all-things-tern with @alexthefinch.bsky.social during many-a-break.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pictured, besides the lovely ambience: Bsc student Gina rocking the presentation of her first-ever conference poster, and me gratefully receiving the 2026 Hans-Löhrl-Award, but only as the face of the most wonderful team that turns the envisaged work into reality. Thank you! ❤️

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thank you, @dornitholges.bsky.social, for putting together another lovely annual meeting, hosted in a very pretty place and with a lot of support from @ccrowther.bsky.social. The part of the tern team that could make it this year thoroughly enjoyed it.

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German Ornithological Society @dornitholges.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The 159. Annual Meeting has officially begun in #mainz! Great to see so many ornithologists coming together for a few days of research, exchange and discussion. #DOGAnnualMeeting26 #ornithology #birdresearch #birdconservation

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

They’ll be talking about the movement behaviour of the gull-billed terns of @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social, and partial migration in @genmig.bsky.social's robins. But there’ll be four non-bird talks too. For info on all participants, and tickets, please see: www.nwdug.de/aktuelles/sc...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Coming up on the 25th: the NWDUG’s #scienceslam that will take place in #Wilhelmshaven. Kindly supported by Navisense and @sfb1372.bsky.social, there will be 6 youngsters presenting their science in the coolest of ways. Among them will be Phillipp & Sonam, two PhD students from @ifv-whv.bsky.social:

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We did our best but couldn't find this little fellow. Here are some pictures of what the habitat looked like. After an hour searching through the ferns, we saw no sign of it, or of any raptor nest for that matter. We are really sorry @commonternproject.bsky.social 🙏

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thanks SO MUCH for trying! Given that the logger has stopped sharing its location in the meantime, perhaps it has been broken and carried away by something else now. But it was well worth a try to figure out what exactly had happened. And caring and kindness make the world go round too. Thank you! ❤️

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Miguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don't miss @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social's wonderful report: "State of the World’s Birds. A focus on migratory species and their flyways" sowb.birdlife.org

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Phillipp had a look, and 5 tagged adults flew by Albufera de Valencia. :-)

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finding out is one of the many reasons for the tracking project, now led by Phillipp: ifv-vogelwarte.de/en/research/...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Could be! We've been wondering about that since this paper by Anna, the first PhD student on the project: doi.org/10.1007/s105...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Update: @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social has offered to go search. So we've got Portugal covered. :-) THANK YOU, Alfredo!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's amazing how willing people are to help, and how fast these things can get arranged. We've now done (had to do) this in three countries for one adult and two fledglings and it has been the same outpour of kindness every time.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Update: @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social has offered to go search. So we've got Portugal covered. :-) THANK YOU, Alfredo!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks to @harrykuipers.bsky.social for the lovely picture of T99 in better shape!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finding out why birds do not make their way back to us, in addition to the when and where of mortality is one of the main aims of the project, so we would be very, very grateful!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It seems more accessible than the location of H36, so here I go again: do we know anyone in the Fontes area who would be willing to try and find the bird and/or tag and send us pictures and the device? We can cover costs for postage and a few kilometers.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I can’t believe I am writing this, but chick T99 chose another route than his dad L43, and whereas dad seems to safely be hanging out in Spanish Laguna de Gallocanta, the GPS track of T99 suggests predation in Portugal. Here’s the position: maps.app.goo.gl/qHsMCT8HUzWm...

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What happens on the first migration south will set the pattern for the rest of a juvenile wader's life. Blog from 12 Sep 2024. 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j... #ornithology Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Slamming in addition to @sonamkulkarni.bsky.social for @sfb1372.bsky.social will be Navisense PhD student Phillipp Apel. :-)

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SFB 1372 @sfb1372.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On 25 Sep, science comes alive at the NWDUG #ScienceSlam in Wilhelmshaven! 🎤🧪Co-organised & moderated by our PostDoc Nathalie Kürten, the event puts researchers in the spotlight - with just 10 min to present their projects in creative & accessible ways. Tickets: www.nwdug.de/aktuelles/science-slam/

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There are only 3 GPS tagged adults and 2 GPS tagged chicks left on the continent now: two in France and three in Spain. Fingers crossed for those to make it to their wintering areas safely!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

H36 was the chick of logger-parent L46. But they were not traveling together. L46 left the continent on the 30th of August after having taken a different route:

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don’t know how easy it is to access the island with a canoe or so, but should anyone know anyone paddling in the area, would it be an option to check whether the bird and/or GPS device could be retrieved? We would be very grateful!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dear Bluesky-friends, I am back to ask another favour. Gull-billed tern chick H36 has died close to Parque Nacional de Doñana. It seems to be on a small island in the Caño de Guadiamar: maps.app.goo.gl/Z195ha4z9zYY...

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NABU @nabu.de · 08/09/2026

👑🐦 Wer macht das Rennen? Fünf tolle Kandidaten stehen zur Wahl zum Vogel des Jahres 2027: Kolkrabe, Kranich, Mehlschwalbe, Trauerschnäpper & Wasseramsel. Wer ist dein Favorit? 🗳️ Jetzt abstimmen unter www.vogeldesjahres.de

Auf dem Bild sind Kolkrabe, Wasseramsel, Mehlschwalbe, Kranichund Trauerschnäpper zu sehen. Überschrift: Wer wird Vogel des Jahres 2027?

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Harry Kuipers @harrykuipers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It is September and there are still a few Gull-billed Terns in NW Europe. During daytime, this bird is staying near Emden (D) and at night he is sleeping in the Dollard (NL). It is a male and he has a chick to care for. The frog he caught was too delicious to feed to his chick, so he at it himself.😋

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Finally, we warn that without a proactive and data-driven approach to conservation, HPAI will continue to threaten global wildlife populations, with cascading ecological, economic and public health consequences.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We also demonstrate the value of integrating mortality data with ecological, serological and genetic data before, during and after outbreaks, and argue that the absence of a centralised and standardised wildlife mortality monitoring framework hampers outbreak forecasting and conservation planning.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, and assess its 2020-2025 impact on wildlife.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

‘Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic #avianinfluenza in wildlife’ – officially out now, and open access, in Biological Reviews. #HPAI #H5N1 doi.org/10.1002/brv....

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Have you read the latest Oystercatcher blog, about juveniles crossing the Atlantic? wadertales.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/a... Another tagged chick (middle bird) seems to have settled on a wintering area - Morecambe Bay (NW England). Colour-ringed Dad winters in Cornwall (SW England). #UKbirding

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