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Paul Coiffard

@paulcoiffard.bsky.social
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French birder, coordinator of Vol de Nuit - a program dedicated to nocturnal bird migration Obsessed with nocmig, NFC, bird calls ID and birding in general xeno-canto.org/contributor/TLORJJUZ… trektellen.org/count/view/3352/2025…

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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News from the deep 🌊 Paul French tells the story of this autumn’s Challenger 1 expedition to The Canyons, taking us on a fascinating journey into the depths. Read ‘Challenger 1 expedition: to The Canyons’ 👉 www.britishbirds.co.uk/news | @nomadbirder.bsky.social
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Paul Doniol-Valcroze @pdvsky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here is the 2nd big piece of my postdoc at @cesco-lab.bsky.social, out now in @consletters.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.1111/con4...
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Multi‐Sensor Logger Tracking Reveals the Threats of Offshore Windfarms to Passerine‐Sized Birds
Offshore wind energy is a cornerstone of the transition to renewable energy, yet its rapid expansion raises concerns for wildlife. These concerns notably involve small migratory birds whose movements...
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great write-up on recent scientific advances in our understanding of avian vagrancy #ornithology #UKBirding baynature.org/2026/09/15/s...
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Are Vagrant Birds Lost, or Pioneers? For Clues, Researchers Look to the Farallones.
A recent study could change our assumptions about why birds show up out of the blue.
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Some migration info from 7 Whinchats (Saxicola rubetra) tagged with multi-sensor loggers: kind of loop migration, spring Sahara crossing up to ~5,000 m despite their tiny size (~16g), and unusually prolonged flights both at autumn and spring. 🪶🏔️ Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s10336-026-02409-1
migration tracks and info of seven Whinchats tagged in the Alps
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Curious about what drives transoceanic vagrancy and what it might mean for birds? Our new paper discusses these questions in the context of Hurricane Lee and the remarkable influx of American landbirds recorded in the British Isles in September 2023. Take a look: tinyurl.com/388k3mcp
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New paper on the pattern, process and implications of trans-Atlantic vagrancy for ecology and evolutionary biology, written with @pauldufour80.bsky.social and Andrew Farnsworth read free at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mzPI3QW8S... #Ornithology #Ecology #UKBirding 🪶🦋🌱🌎🌍🧪
Figure 1. Hypothesised drivers and movements of Nearctic landbirds associated with the passage of Hurricane Lee in autumn 2023.

NAO, North Atlantic Oscillation. Image credits: Eastern Spruce Budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) used with permission from Lucas Benaiche, wildfires and solar eruption by Gerd Altmann/geralt (Pixabay), Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) by Lucas Lombardo, Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) by Ian Davies, and Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) by Sam Viles.
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Paul Doniol-Valcroze @pdvsky.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Curious about the full annual cycle of this 'Atlantic' Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica namnetum)? Check our latest paper is out now in Journal of #Ornithology 👇 doi.org/10.1007/s103...
Tagged white-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica namnetum) © Claude BERNARD
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Really excited to be heading to Oxford for this! 🪶
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Wild Beijing @wild-beijing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver
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Wild Beijing @wild-beijing.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A library of nocturnal flight calls from Beijing, including many eastern species that could be recorded in Europe. See wildbeijing.org/beijing-noct... #nocmig #china #beijing #migration #birds
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Beijing Nocturnal Flight Call Library
This page provides examples of nocturnal flight calls (NFCs), including spectograms and audio files, all of which have been recorded in Beijing.  Dates and recording location are given for eac…
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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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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Happy to share our new paper published in @cp-iscience.bsky.social We deployed 300+ multi-sensor loggers across 17 species to investigate how different species adapt their flight strategies when crossing deserts and marine areas during migration. tinyurl.com/2c8y8xvf #ornithology #birds
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Our last paper describes the spring-accelerated loop-migration of the Woodchat Shrike, tracked with light- and multi-sensor geolocators link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ornithology
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🚨 2nd master’s project! Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦 Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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Paul Coiffard @paulcoiffard.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Excited to share the first annual report of Vol de Nuit, providing the first large-scale acoustic insights into nocturnal bird migration in France, powered by citizen science. 📄 Full report (in french): www.lpo.fr/media/read/4... #bioacoustics #nocmig
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Great progress on the sib genoscape project with freshly collected reference samples of Little Buntings (and Red-flanked Bluetails) from the western part of their range. A very nice and successful fieldwork with @joewynnbirds.bsky.social ! #ornithology
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Paul Coiffard @paulcoiffard.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
#bioacoustics #nocmig
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BioPhonia @biophonia.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Vol de Nuit : Publication d'un état des lieux et comparaison de matériel pour le suivi national de la migration nocturne par acoustique passive 🌙 #lpo @mnhn.fr @trektellen.bsky.social #nocmig #bioacoustics
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Birgen Haest @birgenhaest.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Can we use #acoustics to quantify nocturnal #birdmigration in Europe? We explored potential and outlined some challenges in our latest publication in @rsecjournal.bsky.social. Get it HERE: doi.org/10.1002/rse2... @vogelwarte.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @paulcoiffard.bsky.social
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Quantifying nocturnal bird migration using acoustics: opportunities and challenges
In this study, we explore three migration intensity measures derived from acoustic recordings, that is, bird call and passage rates, and species diversity, for their usefulness in quantifying nocturn...
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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Ornithologists, check this out! 🦉📢 #EOU2025 #ornithology
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/01/2025
A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration | doi.org/10.1093/orni... | Ornithology | #ornithology
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A call in the dark: Nocturnal flight calls and their potential to advance the study of avian migration
Abstract. Migratory birds have experienced widespread declines in abundance and face numerous threats. The conservation of migratory species relies in part
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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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