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Isla Botting

@islabotting.bsky.social
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phd student studying red knot movement | video maker | artist | i bake too | did I miss something? | LJMU - NIOZ - BTO | (she/her)

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The Mariani Lab @marianilab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We greet and congratulate #AnnaBenvenuto for matching her big #PhD deadline and for bringing us much joy and fun during her months in Liverpool! See you in 2027! @ljmubiocon.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social #eDNA #Fish 🧬 🐠 🐟 🦈 🦢
Members of the research group sharing a farewell breakfast for visiting doctoral student Anna Benvenuto
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity! I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible. Please share!
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Isla Botting @islabotting.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Paddy Tkaczynski @paddytkaczynski.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Meet Crinkle, an excellently named monkey and the first Barbary macaque to have their whole genome sequenced. We hope this is a big step forward in the conservation of the species: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @shump.bsky.social @plasticprimates.bsky.social
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Stoke-on-Trent monkey in 'world first' gene research project
Mapping the DNA of Crinkle, a Barbary macaque at Trentham Monkey Forest, will fight wildlife crime.
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ASAB Spring 2027 @asab-meetings.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A CELEBRITY has been spotted in the Life Sciences Building 😲🤩 Let’s see how many selfies with Dave we can get on here, use the hashtag #ASABSpring2026 ! Model 💃🏻: @islabotting.bsky.social
Isla posing with a cut out of David Attenborough
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 09/02/2026
EARLY VIEW in IBIS Storm events will simultaneously reduce foraging opportunities and affect movements of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) in the intertidal Wadden Sea | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Timo Keuning, Evy Gobbens, Ran Nathan, Allert I. Bijleveld | #ornithology 🪶
Two birds flying with tags visible.
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 27/01/2026
Are you a UK researcher who wants to carry out a small-scale fieldwork project at our Antarctic research stations or on board our polar research ship? 📅 Deadline for applications is 4pm, 31 March 2026 Find out more on our website: ow.ly/aE5Q50Y3P5O 📸 Chris Walton & Nina Kinney
Scientist in a white lab coat and gloves working with a laboratory instrument in a modern research lab filled with equipment and a laptop.Two researchers in cold-weather gear examining samples on a rocky, snowy slope near a body of water.
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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We want to bring your attention to Spurn Bird Observatory and ask you to consider supporting the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project. This is a one-off ask to safeguard an incredible conservation success. Please donate if you can and share to spread the word. buff.ly/9ZOUKbz
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Isla Botting @islabotting.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Come join the team! 🦆
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🚨 PhD offer (please share) Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species Deadline: 20 Feb 2026 Starting: June 2026 Supervision: Martins Briedis & me Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
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University of Exeter CEC @uniexecec.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We're excited to share some seabird training grant opportunities with The Seabird Group for Black, Asian and minority ethnic background students!
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Dr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The Canada Government will offer 400 postdoctoral fellowships to international researchers in early 2026. If you have a background in wildlife microbiome or quantitative genetics and are interested to apply to work on microbiome variation in Sable Island horses or caribou, feel free to get in touch
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 10/12/2025
📢 APPLY NOW... ...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶 Application deadline: 30 January 2026 Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
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Clemens Küpper @chorlnev.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
📣Please share: We are looking for a field assistant to join our team in studying #ruffs on coastal meadows at Botnian Bay in Finland. The job will provide fantastic insights into lekking behaviour and provide essential skills in field ornithology. Details here www.bi.mpg.de/2790786/2512...
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Allert Bijleveld @allertbijleveld.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Bijdragen aan onderzoek in de #Waddenzee? Morgen sluit de #vacature. Help mee vogelzenders te ontwikkelen, optimaliseren en het systeem operationeel houden. Zie de vacature: workingat.nioz.nl/o/elektronic... en de #WATLAS website waar je ook live kunt meekijken waar de vogels zijn www.nioz.nl/watlas
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Isla Botting @islabotting.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 14/10/2025
Ask the Government stops allowing energy companies to charge the same price as gas for much cheaper to produce renewable electricity. Please sign and share! This will reduce bills overnight. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas
Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.
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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Jonathan A. Green @jon-seabirds.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Delighted to be cosupervising this funded PhD with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social on #migration in #birds #seabirds @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Start in early 2026! Register for our online briefing session. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - To lead or to follow: disentangling the genetic and cultural contributions to long-distance seabird migration at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Allert Bijleveld @allertbijleveld.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Just a few days left to apply to this postdoc position on Red Knots in the #WaddenSea within the fantastic project www.waakvogels.nl Please share :)
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Isla Botting @islabotting.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My pleasure 😁
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Tom Land @tom-land.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Had the absolute pleasure of talking about getting science to screen at ASAB2025. Thanks to everyone who helped put this together, and let us loose to speak.
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Isla Botting @islabotting.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Day 2 has begun!
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Nicola Koyama @nicolakoyama.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Fascinating talk from Christopher Barnard Medal winner @lirsamuni.bsky.social contrasting chimpanzee and bonobo cooperation and conflict #ASABSpring2025 #ASAB
Liran Samuni giving the Christopher Barnard Award lecture at ASAB spring conference 2025
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Isla Botting @islabotting.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The news is finally out 😎 It was not only an amazing opportunity to be part of the group which caught the UK's oldest oystercatcher, but it was even more incredible when a month later we caught a new individual which was EVEN OLDER! 🔗 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Norfolk bird surveyors find Britain’s oldest known oystercatchers
Birds in their 40s wintering on mudflats and coastal wetlands of the Wash received leg rings in early 1980s
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ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Our #ASABSpring2025 programme is out now! Want to find out when you're presenting, how to get to LJMU, or what to do in Liverpool? Well its all in here 😉 Go check out the up to date versions on our ASAB conference website 🔗 asabspring2025.github.io
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ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🚨 DEADLINE APPROACHING🚨 The deadline to submit an abstract for the #ASABSpring2025 conference is in only four days. Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your work 🔬 🔗 Follow our registration guide here: tinyurl.com/y8vjzyzt
Graphic describing that there are only four days left till our abstract deadline.
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ASAB 2025 @asab-spring-2025.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Hi all 👋 I think it's time to introduce everyone to our #ASABSpring2025 committee 🧵 (1/6)
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