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Michael Roast

@roasty247.bsky.social
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Post-doc at KLIVV - VetMedUni studying shorebird movement & population ecology. A global citizen - I'm for science, education, conservation and sustainability. Vienna / Maio ecologymjroast.wordpress.com

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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our Chair, @bksandercock.bsky.social, closes a really wonderful International @waderstudy.bsky.social conference. Thanks to all organisers 🙏🙏🙏 #iwsg2026
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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The UK breeding population of Eurasian Spoonbill continued its rapid expansion in 2025, with up to 93 pairs fledging 197 young across 15 breeding sites, according to the UK Spoonbill Working Group. Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸 Andrew Bloomfield
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International Wader Study Group @waderstudy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thank you to all our speakers on Day 2 of our conference 🇪🇸 #IWSG2026 #IWSGconf
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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“Bournemouth University has been awarded €1.5 million to lead a unique five-year research project exploring 10,000 years of seabird history to help inform long-term conservation strategies for populations in Northern Europe.” #Seabirds www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2026-09...
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Bournemouth University awarded €1.5m to uncover 10,000 years of seabird history
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🥳✨ Today we celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough 🎉, a voice that has inspired generations to look closer, care deeper and act boldly for the natural world. Happy birthday Sir David! 🎂
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📖 Published📖 charisma: An R package to perform reproducible colour characterization of digital images for biological studies🖥️ 🌍 🧪 👇️ buff.ly/bIUBOck
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Here’s the Eurasian Hoopoe nestcam livestream you didn’t know you needed! #AOC #AustrianOrnithologicalCentre #ÖstereichischeVogelwarte www.youtube.com/live/Mv_6aVO...
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Live - Wiedehopf Nistkasten Ansicht innen
YouTube video by Österreichische Vogelwarte - Außenstelle Seebarn
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 01/04/2026
🔊 WE'RE RECRUITING Would you like to play a central role in delivering our journal IBIS and engaging with the #ornithology community? Join us as our Journal and Engagement Manager! ⏰ Apply by 14 April bou.org.uk/vacancy-j... 🪶
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Society for Conservation Biology Oceania @scboceania.org · 01/04/2026
Recent surveys have confirmed that eastern quolls reintroduced to mainland Australia have successfully bred! 12 male and 7 female quolls captured during a recent survey were born in the wild. #ConservationOptimism #EarthOptimism
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𝙱.𝙺. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚌𝚔 @bksandercock.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New postdoc position on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in arctic-breeding seabirds. Field sites in coastal Norway and Svalbard. Advisors will be Veerle Jaspers and Bjørn Monroe at NTNU in collaboration with ecologists at NINA. Application deadline 26 April 2026. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Researcher on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in seabirds (296947) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Researcher on bioaccumulation and effects of PFAS in seabirds (296947), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, April 26, 2026
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Miguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Time for Kentish plovers territorial fights. First round: ♂️1️⃣: 🤨I got here first. This is my patch of beach. ♂️2️⃣: ❤️There’s room for everyone. ♂️1️⃣: 😕I don’t think so. ♂️2️⃣: 😍We Kentish plovers are colonial birds. ♂️1️⃣: 💔Semi-colonial; we find it hard to be neighbors. ♂️2️⃣: 🤔What? ♂️1️⃣: 😡I got here first...
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#Australia used to incinerate the large fruit bats, but research suggests they bring hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits to the country’s economy. #fruitbats #bats #biodiversity #conservation 🌍
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We’ve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes
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Point Blue Conservation Science @pointblue.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🐧❄️🧪🌏🦑🦉 New publication! Led by @rosetazetta.bsky.social, we used satellite imagery to study Ross Sea #emperorpenguin populations over 20+ years & found that spring colony attendance is closely linked to sea ice conditions. Learn more: shorturl.at/joLZA
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A nice visual, and a worthwhile one to remember when considering gaps and biases in biodiversity data in Australia 🦘🌱 Nearly 70% of the population lives in a greater capital city, meaning that incidental observations of animals and plants outside of those areas are rare and valuable 🧪🌏📊
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Call for Proposals for #IMCC8 in Edinburgh, Scotland has been extended until 20 March! With over 800 delegates, IMCC is the world’s largest gathering dedicated to ocean conservation. Make Marine Science Matter! Learn more: conbio.org/mini-sites/i... @scbmarine.bsky.social #marinescience 🦑🌍🐠
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Call for Abstracts for ACCB 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria is now open! Deadline: 30 May, 2026 We hope to see you in Lagos! conbio.org/mini-sites/a... #conservation #ACCB2026 #Nigeria 🌍
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Several male Goshawks breeding deep in Poland's Białowieża Forest 'routinely travelled up to 20 km to hunt feral pigeons in a town' with the authors concluding that 'urban environments shape the foraging behaviour of raptors even within primeval forests' #ornithology 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Main foraging areas (75% AKDE) of male Goshawks foraging
exclusively in forest (A), in forest and farmland (B), and in forest and
town (C). Foraging areas of individual birds are indicated by different
colours. The town of Hajnówka is shown in grey. White dots indicate
known active Goshawk nests.
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Conservation Physiology @conphysjournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
✳️ #SpecialIssue call for papers ✳️ We are accepting submissions for a NEW special issue: Applications of mechanistic #modelling in biodiversity conservation 🖥️🌎 Edited by Sean Tomlinson & Brian Helmuth Full info and submission instructions ➡️ academic.oup.com/conphys/page... @sebiology.bsky.social
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨A great PhD opportunity at University of Vienna working with caimans in French Guiana 🐊
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨Deadline extension!🚨 💡 You now have until the 8th of March to apply to join us as an Associate Editor! 🔎Find out more and apply here 👉️https://buff.ly/cIwdUMx 🧪🌍️
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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🗓️Complete schedule for this term, where we will have speakers covering higher-order interactions, metabolic scaling, niche dimensionalty, coexistence and more! Look forward to seeing you there! All details and Zoom link: iite.info/seminar/
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Galatea H @galateainthewild.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
ID guide for these globetrotting rodents! 🌍🦫 (Coypu are invasive in Europe and North America) I've seen so many coypu photos used in beaver articles recently. If you're a science communicator or a journalist, take a moment to familiarise yourself with the differences. - It may be handy! #SciComm
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Less than a month to apply to join the BES editorial board as an Associate editor!🌳🌍 📖 If you're interested in contributing to any of the BES journals, check out the link below 👇 buff.ly/6ymRGcB
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I was just wondering the other day where all the salt on the roads goes after winter…
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A project at Abberton Reservoir in Essex has begun colour-ringing and tracking Eurasian Wigeon in an effort to better understand how the species uses landscapes during the winter and beyond:
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Wigeon tagging at Abberton Reservoir to shed light on wintering and migration patterns
A new collaborative project at Abberton Reservoir in Essex is ringing and tracking Eurasian Wigeon to gain fresh insights into how these migratory ducks use landscapes for feeding, roosting and navigating threats during the winter months.
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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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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A plea from an editor: postdocs & grad students who want to review manuscripts, please (!) have an online presence with your current email. I try to solicit reviews from ECRs, but we all move a lot, and it's hard to know if we'll be able to reach you at the email address on your last paper 🧪🌍
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Pete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 13/01/2026
📢 NOMINATE FOR BOU COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP ➡️ Awards Nominations Committee ➡️ Engagement Committee ➡️ IBIS Management Committee ➡️ Meetings Committee ➡️ Records Committee Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme Full details: bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 14/01/2026
We are now accepting grant applications to fund ecological research and outreach worldwide. ⏰Apply before 10 March 2026! Find out what grants you can apply to 👇 f.mtr.cool/cucxadvxjq 🧪🌍
BES grant application is now open. Image shows a diver photographing a large whale shark underwater, with the British Ecological Society logo.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Flapper skates make a recovery in Scottish waters - BBC News
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Flapper skates make a recovery in Scottish waters
Research by Heriot-Watt University suggests that flapper skate numbers are on the increase.
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Can we learn from the UK’s guerrilla rewilding movement? 🌎🌐🧪 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Can we learn from the UK’s guerrilla rewilding movement? | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Can we learn from the UK’s guerrilla rewilding movement?
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#AI is transforming #ecology — but at what cost? A new #Nature piece warns that as models, drones & remote sensing boom, many scientists are spending less time outdoors (“I rarely get outside”). Are we losing essential natural-history insight? 🌿🤖 🧪🌍🌐 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Jared Wilson @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
For ID purposes videos can be great for familiarising yourself with seabird flight actions, structure, etc. but it’s a pain tracking down useful clips. I’ve collated video links for various N Atlantic species here #seabirds #seawatching #birding #birdID chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/s...
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Seabird Video Footage as a Learning Resource for Seawatchers
During the last few years significant progress has been made in improving our understanding of identification criteria and distribution of previously problematic seabird species. This progress has …
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Grant C. McDonald @gcmcdon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
New research in @avianbiology.bsky.social: "No detectable deployment impacts of solar-powered GPS devices for long-term use on a small shorebird" nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Shorebird #Wader #GPS #Reproduction @roasty247.bsky.social
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No detectable deployment impacts of solar‐powered GPS devices for long‐term use on a small shorebird
Portable devices, or biologgers, attached to animals are designed to record data on unobservable aspects of animal behaviour, physiology and ecology. However, wearing such devices is expected to be c...
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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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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
🧵1/5 Our new paper is now published in @avianbiology.bsky.social! The first GPS tagging study of Kentish Plovers in Maio investigated the potential impact of tagging, finding no detectable impacts across multiple aspects of behaviour, reproduction & survival. doi.org/10.1002/jav....
Kentish Plover with a solar-powered GPS tag just before release, Maio, Cape VerdeKentish Plover with a solar-powered GPS tag just before release after a nocturnal capture, Maio, Cape Verde
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New PhD opportunity: Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @chrissuthy.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew
A solitary Lapwing stands in the grass.
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
NEW PAPER: machine learning and bird physiology: general patterns of heterophil/lymphocyte ratio with respect to age, sex and breeding status across a forest bird community. ➡️ vist.ly/3n4gki7 #ornithology #birds #disease #conservation #hematology 🪶
European robin. Photo: Finja StrehmannFig. 3 from the article: the predicted H/L values of the model on potentially incubating birds.
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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Great talk, Edina! So proud to have you as part of our group! 🤩 @klivvvienna.bsky.social
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Did you see the “Same data, many analysts” study? There’s going to be a follow-up study! The team are looking for a new post-doc to work on the project! #meta #data #ecology #evolution #statistics apply.interfolio.com/166608
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) - gratuitous flower picture for attention!
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
New project alert! 📢 Can you help us count Birds in Greenspaces? 🐦🌳 Sign up ➡️ www.bto.org/greenspa... #Ornithology #UKBirding This pilot survey is for people who enjoy watching birds, whether experienced birders or new to nature! It’s flexible too so you can take part anywhere in the UK. 📝
Image of a Starling perched with bill open and wings outstretched. Wording alongside reads: Birds in Greenspaces Survey. Can you help? www.bto.org/greenspaces-pilot. BTO logo top right of image. Starling image credit: Edmund Fellowes/BTO.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
New streetlights installed in a Cape Verdean town have caused hundreds of seabird deaths in a matter of days, according to reports:
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New lights cause hundreds of seabird deaths in Cape Verde
Hundreds of seabirds are being killed in a Cape Verdean town after the installation of new streetlights. Associação Projecto Vitó, a local conservation NGO, reported that it started receiving calls from fishermen in the town of Tantum on the island of Brava about large numbers of dead seabirds on...
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
That’s some serious site fidelity!
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Behaviour 2025 @behaviour2025.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
📣🚨 Extension of Early Bird Registration Deadline 🚨📣 We are pleased to announce that the Early Bird Registration deadline for Behaviour Conference 2025 has been extended to accommodate ongoing interest from participants. 🗓 New registration deadline: 7th April 2025. 🗒️
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 24/02/2025
‼️ VOTE NOW ‼️ For your favourite Early Career Researcher paper published in IBIS in 2024 bou.org.uk/ibis/ibis... Voting closes: 21 March Supported by Leica Camera (UK) | #ornithology 🧵 ⬇️
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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
South Iceland's breeding waders are in trouble. Black-tailed Godwit numbers are going down (but not as rapidly as 4 other species). wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/i... Blog based on paper by Aldís Pálsdóttir et al #ornithology
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Turns out just a single gene controls all the male ruff morphs! #waders #shorebirds www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Michael Roast @roasty247.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The analytical decisions researchers make are so important...and add a major source of variation in our results! This study out now (you might have seen it as a preprint) in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Biology was a phenomenal effort by 300+ authors and was 5 years in the making 💪🏆✨ rdcu.be/d8V4L
Plot A shows the effect of blue tit brood size on nestling growth study, and plot B shows the effect of grass cover on Eucalyptus seedling success. Both plots show the spread of effect sizes obtained by many different analysts from analysing exactly the same data sets.
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