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Conservation Ecologist (Twitter: @_JoseAAlves_)

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Such an impressive compilation of data from tracked birds across (most of) the global range and diversity of Whimbrel in this new collaborative paper in Ibis: look at the map - so many major transoceanic movements onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Gary Allport @birdsandlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Steppe Whimbrel - remember this? The tracking data now part of an amazing collaborative study of all tracks of whimbrels globally, put together by Camilo Carniero just published in Ibis. Still a big data gap in Southern and Eastern Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Migratory routes of tracked whimbrels with the breeding (triangles pointing downwards), wintering (triangles pointing upwards) and stopover sites (spring: circles; autumn: diamonds). Stopover symbol sizes represent duration in days. Each subspecies is represented by a distinct colour, with undetermined by grey symbols and dashed tracks. The coloured polygons at high northern latitudes illustrate the longitudinal ranges considered to assign subspecies with exception of N. p. alboaxillaris (see Table 2; note that presumed overlapping subspecies N. p. phaeopus– rogachevae and N. p. rogachevae– variegatus are not labelled). Repeated individual tracks are shown but not included in statistical analysis. The map is presented in an equal area projection, which retains the relative size of areas.
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Has anybody seen an Icelandic colour-ringed Oystercatcher this weekend?
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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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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
You may hear that 'species x is moving north', particulalrly in discussions about climate change. A range may be 'moving north' but individuals rarely change where they breed or spend winter. Juveniles drive change, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/g... 🎂7️⃣ #ornithology
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Interesting track of homeward-bound Icelandic Golden Plover (@tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social posted on Facebook). Portugal to E England, Netherlands, Orkney & Iceland. Caught up in flock heading to Europe? Readjusted to head to Iceland? #ornithology Background: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w...
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Great international collaboration: making full use of tracking information, for shorebird science and conservation. WaderTales blog published 6 May 2025 read by over 1600 people. wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ornithology
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Snipe news! 1/4 Two Snipe tagged in Iceland by José Alves left Ireland at dusk on 5 April and reached Iceland 17 hours later. See map. Averaging 80 and 87 km/h @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #ornithology
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Snipe update! Lots more tagged Snipe have flown from Ireland to Iceland Please read linked thread. Data from @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social #ornithology
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Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative @y2y.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
From caribou and grizzly bears to golden eagles and tundra swans, a new animation maps how wildlife move across the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region using NASA satellite data. Watch now:
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Room to Roam: How Tracking Data Guides Conservation Action
How do animals navigate a changing world? From the hundreds of thousands of caribou migrating across northern Canada to a single grizzly bear attempting to cross a Montana highway 46 times, wildlife…
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JoseAAlves @joseaalves.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Delighted to see this work lead by @manuelasrodrigues.bsky.social out "in print"! Much yet to discover about juvenile birds... @bou.org.uk @amornith.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social @cms.int @ramsar.org @globalflyway.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
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Martin Beal @amigodeaves.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Tracking has revolutionized the study of migratory birds - shorebirds included! 🐦 In this paper, we explore the global and historical patterns of tracking effort on these birds, and suggests some species that would benefit from future tracking efforts conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities
Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full po...
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Tracking #waders/#shorebirds - where are the knowldege gaps? See Martin's new paper: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... BLOG What are we learning from tracking? wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... Map illustrating Whimbrel tracks 👇 #ornithology
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Maps like this one - for the Dee Estuary - illustrate that Black-tailed Godwits rely on a network of sites during the course of a year. More in this blog from 9 Jan 2025: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... #ornithology @amigodeaves.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social @numenini.bsky.social
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JoseAAlves @joseaalves.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A very, very sad story! #Shorebirds stand at the forefront of #global changes, dealing with #habitat loss in their coastal non-breeding areas and warming temperatures in their higher latitude breeding grounds. @globalflyway.bsky.social @uaveiro.bsky.social @waderstudy.bsky.social @ramsar.org
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Manuela Rodrigues @manuelasrodrigues.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
(1/3) I'm happy to share that the first chapter of my thesis has just been published in Landscape Ecology 🏞️ In this study, we explored the drivers behind the recent (re)colonisation of breeding areas by the Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in Portugal 🇵🇹
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Hugo Ferreira @ferreirahrs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
I would like to thank my supervisors and co-authors, @jocelyn-tdv.bsky.social Thomas Blanchon @tamarlok.bsky.social and @joseaalves.bsky.social for the advice! Also, technicians and field volunteers at @tourduvalat.bsky.social eco_flyway @globalflyway.bsky.social CESAM, and @uaveiro.bsky.social
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Global Flyway Network @globalflyway.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
#Whimbrels SOGA and ABU have migrated back to the #Bijagós nonbreeding area in Guinea-Bissau after their breeding season in Iceland. You can track it all yourself by playing at www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci... Check it out! @roelandbom.bsky.social @joseaalves.bsky.social
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This month, WaderTales will be ten years old. I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me. Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments. Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #ornithology
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Global Wader team pulled together archived shorebird data, to help define proposed World Heritage Site in Guinea-Bissau: www.globalwader.org/news/bijagos... Excellent evidence of the benefits of collaboration, as discussed here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... #ConservationScience🌍
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