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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/10/2025

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Challenges in population monitoring: Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) on the East Atlantic Flyway defy assumed population structure | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Jesse R. Conklin, Roeland A. Bom, Åke Lindström, Pierrick Bocher, Theunis Piersma | #ornithology 🪶

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Global Flyway Network @globalflyway.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This is bar-tailed #godwit SEDTSYS. We saw it at Striep, Terschelling, Dutch Wadden Sea on Friday 23 May, and a day later she was cruising the Gulf of Finland on her way to the Taimyr tundra! The exodus of barwits from #WaddenSea is almost complete. See: www.globalflywaynetwork.org/tracks/speci...

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Allert Bijleveld @allertbijleveld.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Our milestone #SIBES publication is out! We describe methods and share data of this huge sampling effort. We hope it will stimulate research, forge collaborations, and allow evidence-based management of the UNESCO #waddensea. Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #macrozoobenthos

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Roeland Bom @roelandbom.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

WAIT A MINUTE? No way. New paper out on prey choice in the fascinating Crab Plover! We found that Crab Plovers strongly prefer feisty swimming crabs over burrow-hiding sentinel crabs. Their specialized bill enables them handle those feisty swimmers! doi.org/10.1111/eth.... @globalflyway.bsky.social

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Wait a Minute? Hiding Behavior of Burrowing Crabs and an Oversized Bill Explain Why Crab Plovers Prefer Armored Swimming Crabs

In the Indo-West Pacific biogeographical region, a suite of shorebirds searches for crabs as food. While the majority of these shorebirds hunt on burrowing crabs, the endemic crab plover Dromas ardeo...

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Tohar Tal @tohar-tal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Rumex, tagged in 2022 at Schiermonnikoog (NL), decided to winter in the Tagus Estuary. As he spends most of his time at the intertidal around Sitio das Hortas, also my go-to birding spot, I've encountered him on multiple occasions in the past few weeks. @globalflyway.bsky.social #birds #ornithology

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Jeroen Reneerkens @jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Diet study of #arctic #shorebird chicks from #Greenland @zackenberg.bsky.social using DNA barcoding. Diptera are an important component of Arctic shorebird chick diets in NE Greenland.

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Roeland Bom @roelandbom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Noodwet voor asielbeleid zonder juridische grond is een gevaarlijke stap die de democratie ondermijnt. Teken nu #StopDeNoodwet campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...

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