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Peter Korsten

@peterkorsten.bsky.social
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biologist | behaviour, ecology & evolution | population studies of birds | lecturer @aberdlsagb.bsky.social‬ @aberuni.bsky.social‬ Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're looking for our next Editor of BTO News! Find out more about the role and apply here➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 😀 📅 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £38,710.00 per annum. 📍 Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid). Deadline for applications: 30 September 2026. #Ornithology
A bird called a Redstart perches on top of a post, showing its bright orange-red underparts, grey upperparts and black face and bill. Wording above reads: We're hiring! Science Communications Manager.
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Welsh Ornithological Society @birdsinwales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Welsh Ornithological Society Annual Conference 2026 📅 31 October 2026 📍 Aberystwyth University ⏰ 10am–5pm 🎯 Theme: ‘Bound for Wales’ | ‘Ar y ffordd i Gymru’ 🎟️ Book your place now - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/welsh-orni...
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We're seeking a Research Ecologist to develop & apply methods for analysing large-scale passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) datasets & to lead work on the collection/analysis of restoration & rewilding data. Apply via www.bto.org/jobs Closing date: 22 September. #Ornithology #bioacoustics
The heads of two Puffins appear above a bank. Wording above reads: We're hiring! Senior Research Ecologist: Landscape Restoration & Monitoring Science.
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
New job alert🪶 2.5yr fixed term Conservation Scientist role in our England and Wales team Project: Developing a trial management intervention for upland breeding Whinchat through a programme of new science Deadline: 23 Sept Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... 📷Ben Andrew
A Whinchat perches atop a fern.
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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Remember the summer heatwaves in the UK in 2026? The late May heatwave was exceptional: an event +4.3 sd above mean - likely to occur only once every few decades under normal conditions. It was also unusual in being early and coinciding with tit breeding season. What consequences did it have? 🧵1/n
Temperature fluctuations in Wytham Woods between 15 May and June 15 for 2023-2026. Orange and green lines represent mean hourly temperatures from 218 temperature loggers in 2026 (orange) and 2023-2025 (green). The grey line and ribbon represent the mean daily temperature ± mean daily temperature range from the Central England Temperature dataset (CET; 1772-2025)
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Great new open access book by Pim Edelaar: "The Selective Organism: An Expanded Theory of Adaptive Evolution" Check it out here: academic.oup.com/book/63165?l... #HPBio #PhilSci
Front cover of the book "The selective organism: An expanded theory of adaptive evolution" by Pim Edelaar.
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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European Ornithologists' Union @eounion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Join us for our 16th meeting in Brno, Czech Republic! #EOU2027 | 23 - 27 August 2027 | www.eou27.cz Stay tuned for more updates! #ornithology 🦅
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THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027! – THE 16 th EOU Conference 2027!
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Michal Šulc @biosulc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Conference website for #EOU2027 is on! www.eou27.cz
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Quentin Bacquelé @quentinbacquele.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1/ The world's songbirds sing in just 8 basic sounds. And where a bird lives decides which ones it uses. My first PhD paper is out now in @science.org (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aee6239) Here is what we found:
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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🚨 #MUSEUMJOBS KLAXON🚨 We're looking for a Senior Digitiser and two Digitisers to work across @zoologymuseum.bsky.social & @camplantsci.bsky.social to help create biodiversity data for the researchers who need it, through #DiSSCoUK. 1. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/senior-... 2. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/digitis...
A pinned moth is positioned within a light box, with a camera positioned aboveA museum drawer containing tens of pinned tiger and emerald moths lined up in rows
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!
Logo of a gosling looking up at a bee on its beak. "Behaviour" underneath.
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Vlad Demartsev @animal-sounds.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Who wants to spend 6 months at the Kalahari Research Centre?
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Simon Evans @sevans.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A new group dedicated to evolutionary ecology! This is an opportunity to have a permanent community space for the field, as well as ensure regular conferences like #ExE2026. But it needs your help 👇
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
PhD position open 🚨 We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild bird populations. nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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PhD position: Indicators of demographic risk and resilience in wild birds
We are seeking a talented, enthusiastic, and collaborative PhD candidate to investigate how seasonal environmental change influences population vulnerability and to develop new indicators of demograph...
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Morten Frederiksen @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy to announce a postdoc position with me and Jakob Strand, to work on data from the revamped Danish beached bird survey organised by DOF BirdLife Denmark. How many seabirds end up on Danish beached, where do they come from, and why did they die? #seabirds ecos.au.dk/en/about-us/...
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Postdoc in seabird ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Ecoscience - Arctic Ecosystem Ecology, Aarhus University
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Xav Harrison @xavh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We are now recruiting for a 3 year NERC-funded postdoc to study the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migratory birds. Based in the Wild Microbiome Lab @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall.
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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Do you want to use your experience with AI to help ecological research? The Netherlands Institute of Ecology is looking for an AI engineer in ecology. Interested? Or know someone who is? Apply to the vacancy by 14 June: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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AI engineer in ecology
The Animal Ecology Department has several ongoing data and software-related projects that already integrate AI, LLM, and machine learning approaches into our work. Many of these projects will benefit ...
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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We have a full time permanent technician position open, specialising in fish. Based at the John Krebs Field Station out at Wytham (University of Oxford). @biology.ox.ac.uk my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Benjamin Jarrett @bjmjarrett.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....
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Job Details | Bangor University Jobs
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Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Postdoc Opportunity! 4-year @royalsociety.org funded post @uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦 Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
Photo of a Buzzard by Edmund Fellowes / BTO and text advertising three jobs at BTO.
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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
One of our PhD students is looking at pasture management and parasite control in UK farms, and would like to hear from farmers about their current grazing and worm control practices. Please spread this survey far and wide! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/moredungro...
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Pasture management and grazing strategies on UK farms
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
⏰Time running out - deadline 19th April - to apply for funded #PhD: 🪶Quantifying animal movement patterns & behavioural interactions in a changing world 👥Joint with us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #SimonGriffith #MacquarieUniversity #modelling #birds #mammals #Australia ℹ️ tinyurl.com/343acaev
Dwarf mongoose group in South AfricaZebra finches on wire in Australia
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Job Alert 📢 Join BTO as a Senior Research Ecologist! Apply now➡️ www.bto.org/jobs This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of BTO’s climate change work! 📆 Application deadline: Sunday 26 April. 📝 £44,637 per annum. 📍 Hybrid, HQ in Norfolk or one of our country offices. #Ornithology
A side profile of a Puffin looking towards the camera showing its black body and head plumage, white cheeks and brightly coloured bill. Wording alongside reads: We're hiring! Senior Research Ecologist - Climate Change. BTO logo is top right of the image.
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Jamie Dunning @j-dunning.net · 27/03/2026
This is excellent opportunity for 14(!) young birders to visit Lundy, boat and board included -- lundybirdobs.org.uk/news-and-sig... Additional funding for young people to get out to a bird obs. through the BTO here -- www.bto.org/our-work/you... 🪶
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Lundy Bird Observatory - Young Birders Opportunity
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE
Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhDDwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms
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animalecol-nioo.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We have a new record 🚨 the warm month of march in the Netherlands had its effect on the first laying date of the Great tits! Breaking the record by two days the first egg date this year is 21st March. One blue tit went even beyond that and noted a first egg date on 19th of march! #breedingseason2026
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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨🚨 Breaking news from Wytham Woods: The 80th year of data collection of the long-term tit study officially started today with this nest with 3 Blue Tit eggs (pic: @mcmahok.bsky.social). First egg inferred 23 March which is our earliest EVER nest - beating the previous record of 26 March by 3 days!🚨🚨
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Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences @gelifes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
📢 Hiring: Tenure Track Professor of Flyway Ecology & Scientific Director of BirdEyes, the Centre for Global Ecological Change Apply before 31 Mar 👇 werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/ten... #Hiring #Vacancy #ScienceJobs #SciComm
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Tenure Track Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Flyway Ecology, Scientific Director of BirdEyes, Centre for Global Ecological Change - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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Jule Neumann @juleneumann.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Honored and over the moon to add another Chronobiology talk to the TEDx universe at Aberystwyth next week! 🌓🦟 There are still some tickets left! tedxaberystwyth.com @aberuni.bsky.social @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social @clocksevolution.bsky.social @bioclocksuk.bsky.social
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Ideas worth spreading
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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
NEW JOB in #ornithology chasing #nutcrackers in Switzerland to understand seed dispersal patterns: buff.ly/Cx0OOQy
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New role! 📢 We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Science Manager to join us at BTO. Apply now ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology 📆 Full time, Permanent. 📝 £46,344 per annum. 📍 Hybrid working. Deadline for applications: Monday 9 March.
A Cuckoo perches on a post. Wording over the image reads: We're hiring. Science Manager. www.bto.org/jobs. BTO logo top right of the image. Image credit bottom left reads: Cuckoo by Edmund Fellowes / BTO.
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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Field Assistant positions - four of them!! - working with the long-term Wytham project this coming spring. Details below. Previous year's field team - come and join us! Details below ⬇️
2025 Wytham Tit Project field team
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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Six roles with @rspbcymru.bsky.social to survey breeding waders in #Wales in March/April, with a particular focus on #Curlews. Closing date is 25 January. #ConservationJobs app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Breeding Wader Surveyor (Fixed Term) | RSPB
We are looking for fieldworkers to undertake a survey of breeding wader species at sites across Wales (primarily in North Wales, Powys and Gwent). The role will be mobile, visiting a wide range of upl...
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EOU Fledglings @eoufledglings.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🚨 Last call for abstracts! 🚨 Only 7 days left to submit your abstract for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 🐣 🗓 Deadline: 16 January 2026 🎤 Oral & poster presentations welcome 🌍 Conference for early-career ornithologists 👉https://eounion.org/fledglings Don’t miss out — we’d love to see your work! ✨🦉
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Dr Katrina Siddiqi-Davies @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We are looking to hire a Seabird Field Assistant for 2026 for our Manx Shearwater research project. Please share this to anyone who'd like to get out in the field this summer and learn about biotelemetry, bird handling and research into animal behaviour. drive.google.com/file/d/1SGZt...
Last years field assistant holding a Manx Shearwater on the isle of Rum (under a towel), retrieving a GPS device after a bird has returned from a foraging trip!
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Medwyn @medrobs.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Christmas Eve Eve #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion #Cymru #Wales
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Exciting news! @btocymru.bsky.social is hosting its first Welsh Raptor Convention. Book a spot ➡️ www.bto.org/RaptorConvention2026 🦅 Find out results from our Welsh raptor survey Cudyll Cymru, listen to expert guest speakers, join our feather ID workshop and enjoy lunch! #BirdingWales
A Kestrel perches on a rock. The BTO Cymru logo is top right of the image. Wording over the image reads: Welsh Raptor Convention 2026. Saturday 31 January, 10am-4pm. Aberystwyth University. Image credit bottom right reads: Kestrel by Philip Croft/BTO.
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Tim Fawcett @timwfawcett.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Fully funded #PhD studentships, start Sept 2026: 1. Weaponry and aggression in wild fiddler crabs, with me, Safi Darden, Martin How tinyurl.com/weaponsPhD 2. The emotional basis of behaviour, with me, Danny Williamson, Andy Higginson tinyurl.com/emotionsPhD #AnimalBehaviour @crab-exeter.bsky.social
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We're hiring! Seasonal Research Assistant and Senior Research Assistant positions for 2026 🪶 Deadline: 11th Jan 26 Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Peter Korsten @peterkorsten.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Lectureship in Zoology at Aberystwyth University! jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/l... Come join our fantastic team at @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social in beautiful Wales. Application deadline: 14 Dec 2025.
View of Aberystwyth
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arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland? Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social Reach out to chat more! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Primate Behavioral Ecology @primbehavecol.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!! Details in thread. Please re-post!
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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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RSPB Cymru @rspbcymru.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🦅 Are you a leader, influential, want to have a transformational effect on the fundraising and communications sector - and want to save Wales' nature? 🐝 🦆 We're looking for a very special someone to become the new Head of Fundraising and Communications for RSPB Cymru! Apply here! 👉 brnw.ch/21wX2x6
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Head of Fundraising and Communications/Pennaeth Codi Arian a Chyfathrebu - RSPB Cymru | RSPB
Mae'r RSPB yn awyddus i benodi Pennaeth Codi Arian a Chyfathrebu i RSPB Cymru. Bydd yr unigolyn llwyddiannus yn cynnig arweinyddiaeth strategol ac yn cyfrannu at ddatblygu a gweithredu strategaethau a...
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Jennifer Morinay @jennifer-morinay.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 Come join the fantastic long-tailed tit team 🚨 🐦We are recruiting a field technician to collect behavioural data on a long-term studied population of wild long-tailed tits (passerine birds). 🪶20 months contract in Sheffield, UK. 🌲Deadline: 23/11/2025. jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
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Co-BreeD (Cooperative Breeding Database) @co-breed.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
1/6 The Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD) is alive! Co-BreeD covers key biological parameters relevant to cooperative breeding research in birds and mammals. Get your copy of this updateable & open-access database: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @animalecology.bsky.social
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An integrative, peer‐reviewed and open‐source cooperative‐breeding database (Co‐BreeD)
Co-BreeD is the first updatable and open-source database dedicated to cooperative breeding. It enables continuous, non-binary measurement of cooperative breeding, transforming how we study breeding s....
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 29/10/2025
📢 JOB VACANCY Marine Ornithologist - Scottish Government Application deadline: 7 Nov shorturl.at/tXeHn #ornithology
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Marine Ornithologist
Do you want to use your scientific and research expertise to play an important role in decisions made on the sustainable delivery of marine renewables and the marine environment?
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