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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Specifically, we used Landsat-derived NDVI data as a proxy for food availability—due to its strong association with arthropod abundance—to consider indirect spatial and temporal effects of climate and climate change on superb fairy-wrens via potential changes in trophic interactions.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

As the good weather continues, nest boxes are filling up quickly here in Scotland, with around 70% occupancy across the transect. Many nests are now at the incubation stage, and today (5th May) we recorded the first chicks of 2026 to hatch!

Nest box attached to a tree with a carpet of bluebells in the background.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Spring is gaining momentum across Scotland. 🌱 Cumulative budburst across the transect has now passed 40%, driven by a surge of activity at our northern sites in recent days. While the North is waking up, the South continues to lead the way in terms of first leaf emergence. #Phenology #Spring2026

Plot showing the cumulative percentage of trees in first budburst and first leaf across the Phenoweb Transect since 1 April 2026. Orange line shows southern sites, while the blue line shows northern sites. The black line represents the transect-wide trend.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The first egg for the 13th year of data collection along the Phenoweb Transect was laid on 12th April 2026! Looking like we’re in for a fairly ‘average‘ year up here in Scotland, with nest building and budburst progressing slightly slower than in 2025, especially in the North of the transect🪺🌳

One blue tit egg in a cozy looking nest lined with feathers.

Plot showing the first egg date recorded for the project between 2014 and 2026.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The first week of the 2026 field season is underway, and Storm Dave has provided a chilly – but atmospheric – start. ❄️🏔 63 blue tit nests initiated, so far, with 4 lined. Looking like a later start for us compared to elsewhere in the UK/Western Europe. #phenology

A snowy mountain scene taken in the northern Cairngorms on 5 April 2026.

Woodcrete nest box hanging from a snow-covered tree.

Woodcrete nest box hanging from a tree, with a snowy landscape in the background.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Ahead of this year’s field season, we’ve been busy installing SOPRANO devices at several of our sites. These devices automatically monitor biodiversity and climate, continuously recording birds and bats and sending real-time species identifications back to Edinburgh!🔈🐦‍⬛🦇

Fieldworker kneeling on the ground helping to install the Soprano device as it snows.

Two Soprano devices stood next to each other in the field. They consist of a solar panel, battery, circuit board, audio moth and antenna all mounted onto a tripod.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The first of our blue tits successfully fledged last week! And, many more nestlings are ready to go — won’t be long now! #ukbirding #phenology #ornithology #birds

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Although we're still collecting this year's data, 2025 is shaping up to be a record-early year for first leaf emergence among many of our studied tree species — including oaks! 🌳 #phenology 🍃

The change in date of the first oak leaf. Black points represent the mean (+/- SE) first oak leaf date in each year, across all oak trees studied on our transect across Scotland (with day 1 equal to the 1 April). The light grey points represent the first oak leaf date for individual trees. The regression line represents the estimated mean (+/- 95% CI).

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Happy Easter weekend to all who celebrate! While you're out hunting for chocolate eggs, our team is busy monitoring the breeding progress of our blue tits. 🪺 As of today, we have eggs in 73 nests, with several females already incubating. In contrast, on this day last year, only 2 nests had eggs!

One of our Field Assistants, Charlotte, checking on the progress of a blue tit nest inside of a woodcrete nest box that is attached to a tree.

Photo: Megan Thompson

A clutch of 7 blue tit eggs in a nest in a woodcrete nest box.

Photo: Ally Phillimore

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

And we're off! Our first blue tit egg was laid on 3 April 2025 - making this, by some margin, the earliest start to a season in the 12 years of our project! 🪺 #phenology #ukbirding #ornithology 🪶

A single blue tit egg in a nest inside a woodcrete nest box.

The change in date of the first blue tit egg in the Phenoweb project population. Black points represent the mean (+/- SE) first egg date in each year, across all sites on our transect (with day 1 equal to the 1 April). The light grey points represent the first egg date at each individual site. The regression line represents the estimated mean (+/- 95% CI) and is fitted through data from 2014-2024. The red point represents the date of our first egg found in the current 2025 season.

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Phenoweb project @phenoweb.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Looks like being a very early spring for us. We already have over 60 blue tit nests and didn’t reach similar numbers ‘til around April 10th last year. This sycamore is already in leaf, and last year it didn’t reach a similar stage for another three weeks. When will we get our first eggs?

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