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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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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In much better news: we have registered 50% more birds at the Banter See common tern colony this year than last! Mostly thanks to the amazing 2024 cohort coming back so strong this year. ❤️

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We branched out a little and contributed mercury measurements to this study on Arctic barnacle geese by Matteo Schiavinato et al, published in Environmental Pollution: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Banter See season is slowly drawing to a close. The first day of August ended with 717 birds being registered. Last year this time that number was 477.

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New paper out!🥳 Here, we used a multi-biomarker approach to evaluate the ecotoxicological status of great tit (Parus major) populations from areas with different anthropogenic impacts. More information can be found here👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

See that cute gull-billed tern chick thinking of leaving the safety of the frog- and electric fence that allowed it to grow up behind? Well, it did, and with a logger, so that you can also see its first trip away from the colony on the right. ❤️

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Out now & open access in Avian Pathology - a collaborative paper showing how highly pathogenic avian influenza (clade 2.3.4.4b euBB) was introduced, and led to high mortality, in breeding colonies of black-headed gulls and common terns in Germany in 2023: doi.org/10.1080/0307...

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liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

we won! 🏆 kids4kids was awarded the open-science-prize from UG (Unversitätsgesellschaft Oldenburg) tinyurl.com/356mmf6m @ifv-whv.bsky.social we’re incredibly happy and grateful for this recognition. It really means a lot to see our passion project celebrated

Four Women on stage. Sabrina presents our kids4kids project during the award ceremony.

Same four women laughing - Miriam apparently said something funny :)

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Talking about the chicks... they are doing amazing! There is plenty of food around, so they are growing up fast, with the first ones having fledged this week and many more getting ready to follow that example.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Chick sampling was closely supervised by Ariella, this weekend. Ariella hatched in 2022, prospected in 2024, then started breeding with Vedran in 2025. Last year they fledged 1 chick, and this year things are looking good for fledging 2. 🥰

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

After last year’s successful pilot study, GPS-tracking @gullbilledterns-de.bsky.social's birds, we’re back at it this year. The lovely bird @harrykuipers.bsky.social photographed is L39, a 5-yr old female, breeding with 4-yr old R75 on nest 8. She laid two eggs that both hatched successfully.

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A few days after successfully defending my PhD, another chapter of my thesis is out in Environmental Toxicology!🥳 Here, we show that bird embryos actively mobilize Hg from eggshells, key for better understanding Hg impact on wildlife. More information can be found here👇 doi.org/10.1002/tox....

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Experimental Evidence for Mobilization of Mercury From the Eggshell by the Developing Embryo in an Avian Model Organism

Of the many pollutants wildlife is exposed to, mercury ranks among the most toxic. In birds, mercury does not only accumulate within generations, but also is transferred across generations via matern...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Hosted 25 kids at the museum this morning. 10 interviews are in the pocket, and the next event is planned too. One of the kids drew me this card as a thank-you. Mission accomplished. :-)

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Oscar Vedder @oscarvedder.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Very proud of you @matteobeccardi.bsky.social 👇😃🎉

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Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland' @ifv-whv.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Huge congratulations to @matteobeccardi.bsky.social on successfully defending his PhD thesis "Intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping individual quality in birds"!!!🐦🥚🐣🤔🎓 🎉 Cheers to the next chapter!!!🍾🍾🍾

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Ilaria Melato @ilariamelato.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

First opportunity to present my PhD results at #SIBM2026. A rewarding experience filled with insightful discussions, valuable feedback, and new ideas to bring back to my research.🦈🌊

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The 2-year-olds have started to arrive en masse and, with 83, now make up 18% of the registered birds at the colony. At 470 of those, we are exactly 70 above the number we had this time last year. Food is looking good too, and the chicks are growing nicely. ❤️

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Bugging is underway, and we are missing @matteobeccardi.bsky.social who spent two seasons supplementing the team to collect data on sex- and age-specific mitochondrial functioning in the terns. His paper on this just came out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Excited to share our new paper out in @jexpbiol.bsky.social! Here, we investigated how sex and age shape mitochondrial function under natural conditions in a long-lived seabird, the Common tern. Read the paper here for more information👇 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

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Sex and age shape mitochondrial function in a long-lived seabird

Summary: Age and sex influence mitochondrial function in a long-lived seabird, offering insights into ageing and individual differences in performance.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

“Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife”. Out now, and open access, in Biological Reviews: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The observation huts and rat protection are up. It's beginning to look a lot like the breeding season of 2026. Thanks to yet another dreamteam this season!❤️

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Pablo Salmón @pablosalmon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🔈Really happy to see this one ⬇️ out! 🎉 Great to see this compilation of studies finally published. Thanks to all the authors, reviewers and the team @avianbiology.bsky.social who made this possible! Editorial: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Ornithology #Physiology #Migration

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New Frontiers in Avian Physiology: What’s Migration got to do with it?: Journal of Avian Biology

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

✨ Editorial: a summary and synopsis of the studies included in the special issue on migration physiology written by the editorial team @pablosalmon.bsky.social @barbarahelm.bsky.social #TiiaKärkkäinen ➡️ vist.ly/4ucex #ornithology #birds #migration #physiology

Special issue flyer. Photo shows bar-tailed godwits (image: iStock)

Editorial team behind the special issue: Tiia Kärkkäinen, Pablo Salmón and Barbara Helm

Figure from the editorial: Features and topics of the studies included in the Special Issue. (A) Global distribution of studies with Flyway System boundaries and names defined according to BirdLife International. The circle size represents the number of studies per country. (B) Taxonomic composition of studies grouped into broad species categories. (C) Distribution of studies across physiological domains addressed in this issue. Each category represents a primary focus, although several studies span multiple topics.

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Fabio Marcolin, PhD @bibwatching.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Thanks for featuring our work! Across 6 Italian cities (220 point counts; breeding + winter), we find that established parakeets tend to expand the functional trait space of urban bird communities, consistent with filling underused niche space.

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Proud to present: Suitcase Science, a new outreach format containing 6 assignments to take on a journey to schools in the region, to teach kids about terns, how to study them, their fascinating behaviour and some of the things that threaten them. Wanna book us? Drop me a line. :-)

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Alejandro Corregidor-Castro @alecorr-castro.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

⚠️Paper out ⚠️ Here, we tested if extra feeding lesser kestrel nestlings during development (and under a heatwave) can help them deal with extreme heat. Spoiler: they really struggle. Extra food helps them grow when it’s just hot, but not under a heatwave. See 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Extra food buffers thermoregulatory costs during early development but does not reduce heatwave-induced mortality in nestlings of a cavity-nesting raptor

Global climate change is increasing both average temperatures and the occurrence of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. These changes pose majo…

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Glasgow Tawny Owl Project @glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

If you're at #BES2025 and interested in owls and how noise & light pollution affect their foraging behaviour, come to check out my owl poster 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #ornithology #RaptorResearch

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

👀Behind the Paper!👀 🪺Author Valentina Alaasam discusses single parenting in the avian world, enjoying all the outdoors has to offer, and the importance of not fearing failure🐦 Read it here👇 buff.ly/EjX8SQO 🧪🌍

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Valentina Alaasam | What is the “hidden cost” of abandonment to rock sparrow offspring?

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, we’re getting real about parenthood! From their recently published paper: “Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and p…

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Davide Baldan @baldand.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

New paper out in @funecology.bsky.social: Parental conflict over care is bad for offspring growth! 🐤🐣 Check out our article: Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and physiology in a songbird with multiple parental strategies. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and physiology in a songbird with multiple parental strategies

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Happy to share our latest publication out now in @funecology.bsky.social. 🥳 Here, we studied the effects of mate desertion on offspring survival, development and physiology in one of the most interesting bird species, the Rock sparrow! Check out the paper for more info👇 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Mate desertion affects offspring survival, development and physiology in a songbird with multiple parental strategies

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🎤 We’re excited to introduce another plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)! 🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species. #EOU26 #Ornithology

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A great seminar from @mmoiron.bsky.social walking us through how to disentangle the causes of similarity among partners & the estimation & implications of indirect effects in natural populations

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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

This week's EGI seminar is being given by Dr Maria Moiron @mmoiron.bsky.social of the University of Bielefeld at 3.30pm on Friday 21 Nov in LT1 in the Life & Mind Building @biology.ox.ac.uk. See below for online joining details - all welcome!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142

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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆

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Avocetta @avocettajournal.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Premio Matteo Griggio per tesi di dottorato di ambito ornitologico. www.istitutoveneto.it/premio-matte... Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2026 Per concorrere al Premio, bisogna aver conseguito un dottorato presso un'università italiana tra il 1° gennaio 2023 e il 31 dicembre 2025.

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Premio Matteo Griggio | Istituto Veneto

Con i fondi messi a disposizione dai famigliari di Matteo Griggio e, attraverso una sottoscrizione promossa dalla Società Italiana di Etologia, da amici e colleghi, l'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lette...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Out @animalecology.bsky.social today - a paper with David Ewing in which we explore the #HPAI outbreak in the terns. We find bird-to-bird transmission to be the main driver of infection and estimate the probability of mortality to drop from 0.26 to 0.14 from 2022 to 2023: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

When we hypothesised female terns to have lower mercury levels than males due to egg laying, @matteobeccardi.bsky.social et al designed an elegant experiment to prove the effectiveness of this pathway. That proof just got published & the open access paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland' @ifv-whv.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Out now in Environmental Pollution: 'Experimental evidence for maternal offloading of mercury pollution via reproduction' By @matteobeccardi.bsky.social, @commonternproject.bsky.social, @pablosalmon.bsky.social, @icbm-uol.bsky.social & @oscarvedder.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127121

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I'm happy to share with you our new paper out now in Environmental Pollution! Here, we experimentally studied the maternal offloading of mercury pollution via reproduction in an avian model species. Read the paper here for more details👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Giulia Masoero @giumasoero.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

#Birds and #ClimateChange ⚠️ spoiler alert ⚠️ Check out my #EOU2025 #poster in advance about #AlpineSwifts and Extreme Temperatures... Interested? Come chat at the poster session Wednesday afternoon! link: osf.io/cfe46 @eounion.bsky.social #ornithology

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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

So much cool avian vagrancy research presented and discussed at our #EOU2025 symposium today. Thanks to everyone who presented and attended @pauldufour80.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #Ornithology

Joe Wynn – Whole-genome resequencing reveals the origin of a rapidly emerging ‘reverse’ songbird migration.

Ádám Tisza – Long-distance relatives: genetic structure and diversity of eastern imperial eagle populations across Eurasia.

Lucinda Zawadzki – Using stable isotope analysis to determine the natal origin of vagrants

Georg Langebrake – Comparing different genetic encoding mechanisms of a novel migratory route in the Eurasian blackcap.

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#EOU2025 delegates birding at the beautiful South Stack nature reserve

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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

#EOU2025 at the start with a plenary by Tim Birkhead! Fascinating talk about long term studies of seabirds in Wales!

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Out now in Environmental Research – Anna’s new paper in which she assesses the levels of 118 contaminants in unhatched eggs and dead chicks found in the last and endangered population of gull-billed terns in Central Europe, breeding at Neufelderkoog: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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Common Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Ooooh, one of our beautiful terns made it to the cover of the issue of Ethology that contains Melina's study on individual behavioral responses to novel stimuli: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Matteo Beccardi @matteobeccardi.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Are you interested in the effects of mercury contamination on seabirds? Check out the latest @commonternproject.bsky.social paper pubblished in Environmental Research!👇 "Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival". doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

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