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Kevin Wood @drkevinwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'Insights from technological advances in wildlife research' New special issue of @wildlifebiology.bsky.social nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1903220x... 🌍 🧪 🦤

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Wildlife Biology: Vol 2026, No 5

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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A new study of Black-headed Gulls in Sweden found that survivors of a 2023 highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak developed long-lasting immunity and changed their behaviour. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸 David Tipling

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New paper out! 🦆Using almost 50 years of data, we show that production of young and adult female survival are key drivers of Wigeon population change in NW Europe. A great international collaboration bringing together multiple long-term datasets from across the flyway! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nest cameras, colour-rings, GPS tags & capacity building. Read all about our latest expedition to Iceland to study Whooper Swans, part of a long-term study now in its 38th year! swansg.org/2026/09/18/i...

A boat load of Whooper Swans captured for studying through bird ringing

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Rob Thomas @robthomasbirds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A lovely blog post by Sarah Davies - a behind-the-scenes account of her recently published study of the diets of wetland warblers in Catalonia. bou.org.uk/blog-davies-...

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Disentangling the diet of reedbed warblers in Catalonia - British Ornithologists' Union

Applying DNA metabarcoding to assess dietary overlap and prey selectivity in wetland insectivore communities

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1/5 A real highlight of #IWSG2026 in Santiago de Compostela was catching up with @jengill.bsky.social. I first saw Jenny speak when I was just 14 and hearing about her & colleagues’ long-term work on Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits had a huge impact on me.

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Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Our GPS tracking work has found Iceland Whoopers Swans spend less than a third of their time in protected areas! Read all about it in our latest paper published fully open access today in Biological Conservation 🦢 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 27/07/2026

EARLY VIEW in IBIS A systematic review and meta-analysis of variation in nest predation of ground-nesting birds | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Mari D. Klaussen, Kevin A. Wood, Alex Nicol-Harper, Anita Diaz Isla, Emilie A. Hardouin, Richard A. Stillman | #ornithology 🪶

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Looking forward to the IWSG conference later this year and the chance to visit Santiago de Compostela for the first time! Excited to catch up with colleagues, hear about the latest wader research, and explore a new corner of Europe 🇪🇸

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Back from 10 brilliant days in Iceland - recovering GPS tags, deploying nest cameras on Whooper Swans, and discussing new goose projects. A real highlight was visiting a huge Pink-footed Goose colony with thousands of nesting pairs. Above all, however, it was the people that made the trip! 🇮🇸🦢

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Lovely to be back on fieldwork in Iceland continuing with and starting new projects! Today it's been good to catch up with the Whooper swans! Tomorrow we kick start a new project on Iceland Greylag geese... #Fieldwork #Iceland

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Tohar Tal @tohar-tal.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Why are Bewick’s Swans declining? Here, we set out to answer this question by breaking down the reproductive cycle of the rapidly declining Western Palearctic population, using both GPS/ACC and citizen-science data. Click the link below to read the full story! @hanslinssen.bsky.social

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Abi Mackay @abimac.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Finally got out to do some #PhD fieldwork last week! Spent Good Friday on the River Tamar taking #eDNA samples to identify fish species using the tidal freshwater zone between Calstock and Gunnislake.

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Abi Mackay @abimac.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Big thank you to the team who came out with me and made my first bit of fieldwork a breeze! @kanebrides.bsky.social Sarah Davies Sian Taylor

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Lights out, GPS trackers on. 🦢🌙 With the last of our tagged Whooper Swans back in Iceland, another winter of roost analyses is complete. Tracking 70 birds has revealed where they roost, the wetland types used, and whether those sites fall within protected areas or outside our conservation network.

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

MMU #ecology PhD student James Richardson is looking for people to complete a survey comparing different aspects of city green spaces - if you live in the UK (or a familiar with city landscapes) please help by clicking on some photos! 🌍🧪 citynaturechoices.org

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Sarah Gutowsky @halibirdnerd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You're invited to complete a short anonymous survey about device failures in bird biologger deployments! 📡 🦆 Responses accepted within the next 8 weeks. 📆 Survey link is in our bio 🔗 If you have questions please email failedbiologgingdevices@gmail.com 📧

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Picking a favourite wetland feels a bit like picking a favourite bird, let’s be honest, it's my main study site, the Ouse Washes 🦢💙 Big skies, winter floods, thousands of swans & a landscape that’s never quite the same twice. Chaotic, beautiful, dynamic and endlessly fascinating #WorldWetlandsDay

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#WorldWetlandsDay is a reminder that wetlands are cultural landscapes as much as ecological ones. The places I’ve worked - urban, farmed and remote - all exist because of generations of knowledge, care and coexistence. Protecting wetlands means valuing the people woven into them.

An Emirati lady overseeing the placement of mist-nets on a tidal creek in Dubai. For bird ringing capacity training

A Chinese fisherman using the Yellow Sea to bring in a catch.

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

One day a week a go into the office. My productivity is usually much poorer than when working from home.... mainly because of these outside my desk window 👀 #OfficeVibes

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

1/2 Curlew – wonderfully charismatic, desperately threatened and in need of urgent action if they are to remain part of our landscape. That’s why the launch of the UK Curlew Species Action Plan yesterday in the House of Lords is so important. #Ornithology #Curlew

A group of five people including BTO staff are smiling and looking at the camera at the Curlew Action Plan Launch.

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Honoured to attend the House of Lords today for the launch of a UK Action Plan for the Eurasian Curlew. A vital, evidence-based framework bringing together science, land management and policy to help halt and reverse the decline of one of the UK’s most iconic birds. Lots to be done!!

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Working under the cover of darkness, counting snoozing swans 🦢💤 #Ornithology

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who is out counting swans this weekend for the International Swan Census! I've had a great day in the Cambridgeshire Fens. I'm really looking forward to analysing the data & seeing the overall results! 🦢

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Out counting for the International Swan Census this weekend? Look out for colour-ringed swans. Sightings will help us assess the whereabouts of individuals but also to detect whether any major movement has occurred during the census period. Sightings to ring.ac #ornithology

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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Up early to count the swans before they left their roost. 389 Whooper Swans (59 juvs) and 1 Bewick's Swan. All submitted to the International Swan Census data portal. Check out vacant sites that need covering this weekend app.bto.org/gsmp/public/... #NorfolkBirding

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

🦢 The International Swan Census is almost here – this weekend! We still have a few priority sites that need coverage. Please check the map & help us assess how well our Whooper & Bewick’s Swan populations are faring. Every count matters! 🙏 bto.org/gsmp-isc 📸 @tangrigg.bsky.social #Ornithology

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) | Goose & Swan Monitoring (GSMP) @webs-gsmp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

📉Bewick's Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe are declining. Would you like to help us continue to monitor Bewick's (and Whooper Swans) through participating in the International Swan Census this weekend? See more information: www.bto.org/gsmp-isc

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The next International Swan Census is almost here (17/18 Jan). Coverage is looking good, but there's a few small gaps. If you're able to help, please check the below map and get in touch with @webs-gsmp.bsky.social Birders on Mull, Skye, Orkney & Uists are needed in particular! Thank you!!

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Pinkies above the chimney pots! Apologies to all my colleagues who had to endure several mid-meeting pauses today so I could grab photos of migrating Pink-footed Geese from my desk… priorities! Streams of Pink-footed geese heading west over Manchester today.

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We can confirm these two Bewick's are now at WWT Slimbridge. Known as Clutton & Cameley, they arrived at Slimbridge on Christmas Day / Boxing Day. Clutton is a regular & Cameley is here for the first time @samodonnell25.bsky.social

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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

RSPB seasonal positions @rspbscience.bsky.social are live & we are ready for applications! 🌱🪶🌊⛰️🐣 Huge variety of posts available for 2026: seabirds, veg surveys, visitor questionnaires, upland monitoring, wader chick tracking... all listed on the attachments via the link 👇 Deadline 11th Jan 2026 📆

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Our latest paper in Wildfowl presents the most comprehensive assessment yet of micro-particle ingestion in wild geese. From 809 faecal samples across five species, 46.5% contained synthetic micro-particles, detected at every sampling location. Open access paper - tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... ⬇️

European White-fronted Goose, James Lees/WWT

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Latest Greenland White-fronted Goose population estimate: 13,303. Now 13,302 (that we know of). I dread every ringing recovery that lands in my inbox - another bird lost to illegal shooting in Iceland. We can’t afford to lose any more. 📸David Dinsley

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

📉 Our new paper shows Bewick’s Swan numbers in NW/NE Europe have fallen to ~12,900 birds - a 56.7% decline since 1995, with further losses predicted by 2026 unless survival or breeding success improves. Flyway-wide conservation is urgent. 🦢 Download paper > tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/art... #Ornithology

A flock of Bewick's Swans by Ben Cherry/WWT

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The International Swan Census is nearly here! UK coverage looks strong, but key Whooper/Bewick's sites still need volunteers for 17–18 Jan 26. If you can help, please reach out to @btobirds.bsky.social. Check map for vacant sites lnkd.in/eWqWm7GW Thanks to all who are taking part! Photo: Ben Andrew

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Big up to the team for working into the small hours last night 🌙We thermal-drone-imaged farm reservoirs across Fenland to better understand the role these vital, unprotected wetlands play for the Icelandic Whooper Swan population 🦢🌍 #Wetlands

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Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) | Goose & Swan Monitoring (GSMP) @webs-gsmp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

📢Looking for counters for the International Swan Census (ISC) on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 in West Inverness/Wester Ross and the Isle of Skye. @btoscotland.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This time, the washes were ready! 🦢✅ After a 570km U-turn north to Aberdeenshire, likely due to low water at the Ouse Washes, the same swan has migrated south again & arrived to restored, higher levels. A real-world example of landscape-scale habitat assessment by migratory birds.

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Cat Eden @cateden91.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Super excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🎉 We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟 Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Cross-system transfer of fatty acids from aquatic insects supports terrestrial insectivore condition and reproductive success - Oecologia

Cross-system fluxes of aquatic insects rich in omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 LC-PUFAs), specifically eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may subsidise ins...

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Whooper Swans, sounding like a brass band falling down the stairs. Sound up. #ukbirding

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Out of office ✔️ Week of nocturnal surveys at the Ouse Washes to map how smaller wetlands support roosting Iceland Whooper Swans. Thermal tech + drones + GPS tracking = identifying key sites & backing landscape-scale wetland protection for migrants 🌍🦢 #Wetlands #Conservation #Ornithology

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project? We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣 🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology

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Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) | Goose & Swan Monitoring (GSMP) @webs-gsmp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The International Swan Census (ISC) is taking place on the weekend of 17th-18th January 2026 (WeBS January Core Count weekend), counting Whooper and Bewick’s Swans. Follow these simple steps to get involved 👇 @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social #UKBirding #Ornithology

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Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Arrived in Dongying at the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Birdwatching Season. I also enjoyed giving a Western perspective on swan monitoring & conservation at the 2nd International Symposium for Swan Conservation to delegates from China, Japan & Mongolia. #Ornithology

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