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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🚨 In press: Seasonal variation in trophic niche and resource use in Great Black-backed Gulls by Langlois-Lopez et al. #seabirds #TeamGull #OpenAccess www.marineornithology.org/PDF/54_1/54_...

A flying adult Great Black-backed Gull over the water. Photo by Luke Seitz.

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Bird Conservation International @bci-journal.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🧮 How many Arctic Jaegers are there around the world? 📝 An updated global estimate of breeding population size for this migratory seabird: doi.org/10.1017/S095... #BirdConservation #Ornithology #Research #Arctic #Skua #Jaeger #migration #population

Arctic Jaeger or Arctic Skua sitting on ice against soft blue background. Updated population estimate published in new BCI paper. © Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

1/ Arctic Skuas are on the UK Birds of Conservation Concern Red List. But new BTO-led research reveals just how much we don’t know about their numbers globally. Discover more. ⬇️ #Ornithology #Seabirds 📖 www.bto.org/Arctic-Skua-...

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I have been trying to make time for pottery alongside my PhD. I did my first official market last weekend at the Bowhouse. I was very nervous before but it was so lovely to speak to so many people about my work! I have added a few leftover pieces to my new website the-puffins-burrow.sumupstore.com 🐧

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Just found an absolutely stonking male Collared Flycatcher at Creachan, a species I've been dreaming of finding for years! This is the first for Barra and the third for the Outer Hebrides. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Getting nest material is hard work, especially if it's windy!

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Nina O'Hanlon @ninaohanlon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A nice distraction this afternoon with 4 Humpback Whales cruising past the house 💙

Back and dorsal fin of a Humpback Whale surfacing the sea

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Víctor J. Hernández @victorjhernandez.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Es el momento de empaparse de este libro. ¡Los pájaros ya están a tope! LOS CANTOS DE LAS AVES, de Dave Langlois con prólogo de @joaquinaraujop.bsky.social www.tundraediciones.es

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

FIBO's permanent staff back on the Isle and the Observatory refit continues apace. Keep up to date with ornithological updates via our latest sighting page: www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸A Penn #birdingshetland #shetlandbirds #birdobservatories

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Dave Langlois @davelanglois.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

An unforgettable morning finding 4 rouzels only an hour from our house

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Out looking for wintering Ring Ouzels in an area I'd never visited before in Gredos. Pretty much exclusively juniper and rock. A very cool landscape, and we managed to see 4 ringos!

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

A day of contrasts. Several flocks of wintering Cranes starting their northward migration whilst the first Swallows and Subalpine Warblers are already here in Extremadura. A delicious 18°C compared to the miserable 4° when I left Aberdeen. And everything is already singing!

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Dave Langlois @davelanglois.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Empezando con un basto graznido hace unos 60 millones de años, las vocalizaciones de las aves se han desarrollado hasta el sinfín de composiciones musicales que vamos a oír y disfrutar en los próximos meses. ¿Cómo? ¿Por qué?

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Alex Penn @alex-penn.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It's been a quiet winter for Short-eared Owls in Orkney, perhaps unsurprising after such poor autumn passage through @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social. Extra special then to bump into a roadside group of three birds - hunting, chasing and occasionally bickering with a passing Hen Harrier

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

We found this lovely Common Scoter on the beach yesterday, wet and unable to fly after the storm. After a night of rest and food at home, it was very lively and ready to go this morning, flying out to sea straight away! Can I count it for the house list?

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Peter Stronach @macstronach.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

And the more usual current situation with Ptarmigan, in Ruadh Stac Mòr, Ceann Loch Iù. White patches of lichen on the rocks providing a bit of camouflage with the lack of snow! #BirdingScotland #highlandbirds

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Tom Gale @tomgale98.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Watercolour of one of my favourite moments last year watching a Greenish Warbler feeding amongst the sycamores at Valyie, Unst #birds #birdart #BirdingScotland

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Amazing scenes in Aberdeen this morning - Donmouth almost completely frozen over!

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

One of those dreamy winter days. Not a breath of wind, a maximum temperature of -7C°, and great quantities of snow and ice at Glen Tanar today ❄️❄️

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

A gorgeous start to 2025, hopefully a good omen for the year ❄️

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Any day you see Ptarmigan is a great day. Even more so when they are so close you can film them with your phone! #ukbirding #birds

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Staying at a lodge in Perthshire for the week and I was very surprised to see 4 Whooper Swans in the small pool alongside a male Mandarin!

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Alex Penn @alex-penn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A well-timed visit to the Loons this morning resulted in another brief view of the Bittern that’s currently in residence, as it crept across an open channel in the reeds #OrkneyBirds

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

1/ Great news! 🎉BTO, JNCC and RSPB are making decades of Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data freely available for everyone in the conservation and research community. This includes over 7 million records! 📝 Find out more ⬇️ or read the paper➡️ bit.ly/_BBSData #Ornithology #UKBirding

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Richard D. Gregory @richgreg3.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

2024 biodiversity indicators are in... If a wake-up call was needed to show the UK is failing nature, this is it. Short-term trends show progress stalling or reversing. 📉🚨 To meet 2030 targets, we need nature-friendly farming, smart planning &investment in nature now jncc.gov.uk/news/uk-biod...

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

For my first post here, I’m happy to share our new paper just published in @ibisjournal.bsky.social Thanks to a great team effort, we made a small step forward in the study of Siberian vagrants in Europe and clarified the status of two (pseudo) vagrants: the YBW & the Sib Chiffchaff. Some results 🧵

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A classic spring scene in Extremadura with a White Stork against the shaded Gredos mountains #birds

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Jude Lane @heyjooode.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

📢 Exciting PhD opportunity - seabirds & machine learning 🐦💻 Revolutionise how seabird colonies are imaged & counts analysed Partnership @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social @seabirdcentre.bsky.social Deadline: 6th Jan - more info👇 e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Rough sketches of goldfinches on the seed heads of teasel and asters. #birds #ArtAdventCalendar

Pen sketches of goldfinches on teasel and daisy seedheads

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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

For our third day of #CurlewAdvent, we're sharing a different species* to our usual Eurasian Curlew. This lovely photo of Hudsonian Whimbrels was taken by @naturalistsam.bsky.social‬ *Possibly reverting back to subspecies, we await news of the speculated taxonomic lumping.

A photo of two Hudsonian Whimbrels in very shallow water, at the edge of sand. The Whimbrels are looking in different directions. The one in front is in focus, while the one behind is blurred. In one corner of the graphic, there are some grey-coloured snowflake graphics. In another corner, this is a red number 3, wearing a santa hat.

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I have been trying a range of techniques to make my mugs, plates, and ornaments recently: marbling, bubble glaze, sgraffito and hand-building. Always featuring marine wildlife 🐧🐟

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Lucy Wright @lucy-wright.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

JOB VACANCIES! We're seeking 3 Conservation Scientists to join our friendly team of #seabirders at the RSPB. We're an inclusive team where everyone is welcome. DEADLINE: Friday 3rd January. #conservationjobs #ornithology #seabirds #science Details: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

Two fieldworkers sit on a clifftop amongst the grass and wildflowers watching seabirds with a telescope and binoculars. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the sea is shimmering turquoise, and all is good!

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

My pawttery assistant Smoky is keeping me company at this weekends ceramics Christmas Market 🎄🐕

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Ella Benninghaus @ellalillyy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Excited to be selling my art at the Aberdeen Ceramics Studio winter Market this weekend. If you are in Aberdeen, come see us 🐧 My pieces are of course all wildlife focused

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Dave Langlois @davelanglois.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Reserva Natural, de Josafina Maestre, trata de los incendios, con Joaquín Araújo, y la bici como transporte, tanto por la ciudad como por el campo, como narro yo en “Un ornitociclista viejo y cascarrabias” de Tundra Ediciones. www.rtve.es/a/16350875

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Reserva natural: Entre fuegos y 'ciclismos' | RTVE Play

Emisión del programa Reserva natural titulado Entre fuegos y 'ciclismos'. Todos los contenidos de RNE los tienes aquí, en RTVE Play

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

There is no duck more dapper than the Eider. The black and white contrast, funky head shape, green patch on the neck, and vermiculated feathers in females... And, of course, their wonderful "ooOOOooh" calls. #birds #ukbirding

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

While @aberladybirder.bsky.social is on the Isle of May others members of the team were around the inner Forth. Why? you ask. Looking for colour ringed shags to understand which ones are resident and which migrate (yes shags migrate too). We'd love your sightings too. Report to shags@ceh.ac.uk

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Joe Wynn @joewynnbirds.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🚨PhD ALERT! 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomic approaches 🧬 to unravel the mysteries of migration using yellow-browed warblers. Think this is you or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 02/12 and check out the ad below!

A yellow-browed warbler caught for ringing purposes in Germany in 2023.

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Opposite views of two Hudsonian Whimbrels #birds

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Always a good day when you get to see a Long-tailed Duck! ##birdphotography

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A close look at the fine details of a Kittiwake

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NorthernSky @nskyfotos.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Snow Bunting photographed at Cairngorm Base Station. C52 on right tarsus. I have had an email replay that it was ringed in Iceland in the spring of 2020. #UKBirds #Birds

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Ever seen Otters porpoising? I filmed these two a couple of years ago in Thurso. Amazing behaviour, and quite challenging to film! #otter

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Out now!🔊 The SMP Report provides an overview of the status of the UK’s breeding #seabirds since 1986. It further highlights declines as shown by the recent Seabirds Count, a census of Britain & Ireland’s seabirds. Read the report➡️ www.bto.org/smp-publications @rspb.bsky.social #Ornithology

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Sam Langlois @naturalistsam.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Snow Bunting on snow. A rather appropriate scene for a cold day like today ❄️ #birds

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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

UKCEH Seabirds has made the migration here. You're one stop shop for all things about seabird research & news, the Isle of May and all things related to our work.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Puffins, Kittiwakes, Razorbills—the UK’s decision to end sandeel fishing was a hard-won lifeline for our struggling seabirds. The EU’s move to challenge it risks undoing that progress. 🚨 We urge the Commission to support, not undermine, this key step for marine biodiversity.

A striking Puffin stands out against a deep blue backdrop, its bold black and white plumage sharply defined. Its vibrant orange beak, adorned with grooves, holds a cluster of glistening silver fish, their tiny eyes wide and scales catching the light. The Puffin’s round, expressive eye, ringed with orange, seems to look thoughtfully into the distance, as if contemplating its next flight over the open sea. This captivating moment showcases the bird’s expert fishing skills and the richness of its coastal habitat.

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