Reposted by Rosemarie KentieCommon Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Here’s an update on gull-billed tern L49, whose GPS showed us that it died in France while traveling south: although google street view suggested a power line might have been the problem, the corpse actually suggests that the bird has been shot. 54922
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 01/07/2026🔈 APPLICATIONS OPEN... ...for BOU Small Research Grants & Career Development Bursaries Application deadline: 30 Oct 2026 Full details via links ⬇️ Grants: bou.org.uk/funding/s... Bursaries: bou.org.uk/funding/c... #ornithology 🪶 11225
Rosemarie Kentie @rooskentie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Lesser black-backed gulls avoid offshore wind farms - but not because they are attracted by the fishing boats outside of those windfarms New article on #seabirds #ornithology besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @robvanbemmelen.bsky.social, @judyshamounb.bsky.socialbesjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comOffshore wind farm avoidance by a discard‐feeding seabird is independent of local fishing activityFishing is not allowed within wind farms; therefore, discard-feeding seabirds may appear to avoid wind farm areas. We found that most Lesser Black-backed Gulls avoided the wind farm area, but not eac.... 22518
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 14/04/2026🔈 BOU COUNCIL NOMINATIONS We are seeking nominations for 5 positions on Council, for appointment at the 2027 AGM A great opportunity to be involved with the governance of the BOU Nomination deadline: 15 June 2026 bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶 077
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 25/03/2026🔊 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... 🪶 032
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieJudy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · 18/06/2025We are hiring a new PhD candidate 🎉as part of the No-REGRETS (NOrth Sea Renewable Energy: Gaining the Required Ecological Knowledge for the TranSition) consortium. If you are excited too, have what we are looking for and interested in joining us please apply. #ornithology #animalmovement 01326
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieWouter Vansteelant @wmgvs.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Very cool PhD opportunity with a fab team of caring and inspiring supervisors at a great institution, and building on a fantastic study system! Recommended! #ornithology 085
Rosemarie Kentie @rooskentie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Great PhD position on gull foraging behaviour ecology at sea! #ornithology Apply before 20-7-2025 or spread the word! 089
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieEldar Rakhimberdiev @eldarrak.bsky.social · 13/06/2025New PhD position in our group! Join us to study gull foraging ecology at sea using GPS and accelerometry data! You will be working here Amsterdam Movement Ecology group under supervision of @judyshamounb.bsky.social, @rooskentie.bsky.social and me. Apply here werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...werkenbij.uva.nlVacancy — PhD Position Gull Foraging Ecology in the North Sea - NO-REGRETS ProjectAre you passionate about animal movement ecology? Interested in studying gull foraging ecology at sea? Apply for this unique PhD opportunity at the Department of Theoretical and Computational Ecology ... 14557
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieJudy Shamoun-Baranes @judyshamounb.bsky.social · 28/03/20251/2 A brief introduction to some of our research through this storymap summarizing our project "Interactions between birds and offshore windfarms" with links our papers. Funded by NWO, @rijkswaterstaat.bsky.social & Gemini windpark storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/51e7...storymaps.arcgis.comInteractions between birds and offshore wind farms projectInstitute of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dynamics IBED, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ, Rijkswaterstaat, Gemini Wind Park 1136
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieAllert Bijleveld @allertbijleveld.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Vacancy: less than a week to apply for a job as lab assistent at @niozsearesearch.bsky.social working for #SIBES with benthic invertebrates in the Wadden Sea. workingat.nioz.nl/o/junior-med... 012
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieAllert Bijleveld @allertbijleveld.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Please vote for Selin Ersoy who is nominated for this award! Her paper shows that #personality relates to #migration timing in Red Knots. Big honour already, but wouldn't it be great if she wins?! Vote here bou.org.uk/ibis/ibis-be... also to see other great nominees.The paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....bou.org.ukIBIS - Best ECR paper of 2024 - British Ornithologists' UnionOur Associate Editors considered 38 IBIS papers, published in 2024, whose first or corresponding author was an Early Career Researcher (ECR), nominating their favourites. The top-ranking papers are no... 032
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieSkype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Hi! We're Skype a Scientist! We're a free program that matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&As all about science. Get matched with a scientist for a virtual conversation! We have 30+ types of scientist & match weekly. www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 17552350
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 24/02/2025📢 VACANCY Could you be our next Social Media Support Officer? We're looking for a social media whizz to support our output across multiple platforms Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶 01214
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 24/02/2025📢 VACANCY Are you committed to promoting equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility within #ornithology ? Perhaps you could be our next Equality and Diversity Support Officer Check out the details & apply: bou.org.uk/about-the... #ornithology 🪶 01613
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieThijs Kuiken @thijskuiken.bsky.social · 17/02/2025What is happening in the USA, including U.S. government censorship of research, is unacceptable. The least we can do is to state our opposition publicly. Please have a look at this declaration and--if you agree--put your name to it. docs.google.com/document/u/0...docs.google.comDeclaration To Defend Research Against Government CensorshipDeclaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship, V.1.1 Drafted by Lisa Schiff (@lschiff.bsky.social), Alice Meadows (@alicemeadows.bsky.social), Catherine Mitchell (@camitchell.bsky.... 01411
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 13/01/2025📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN... ...for the BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements Application deadline: 31 March Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s... 🪶 #ukbirds 02832
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 13/01/2025#BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1 - 3 April 2025 | University of Nottingham, UK Alfred Newton Lecture Judy Shamoun-Baranes Synergies between ornithology, technology and movement ecology Book your place now! Early-bird closes 3 Feb bou.org.uk/event/fro... #ornithology 🪶 0125
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 10/01/2025🔈 BOOK YOUR PLACE AT #BOU2025! Frontiers in ornithology | 1 - 3 April 2025 | University of Nottingham, UK & on Bluesky ⏰ Early-bird rates end 3 Feb Programme & registration: bou.org.uk/event/fro... #ornithology #ukbirds 🪶 1910
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieAllert Bijleveld @allertbijleveld.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Here, a teaser (lnkd.in/dez8eSsV) for a documentary about gas extraction in the UNESCO site #Wadden Sea: "Dilemma Ternaard". Tomorrow, it will be aired on NPO2 at 15:30. These shots are beautiful and I am already curious to see the rest! #Waddenzee #SIBES #Shorebirds @waddenvereniging.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieRuedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Common Guillemots suffered catastrophic losses following a marine heat wave in 2015 and 2016, and may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem www.science.org/content/arti... #ornithology #seabirdsscience.org‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions of seabirds—and they haven’t bounced backHistoric 2016 event may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem 05335
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 11/12/2024"At low density, a trade-off between juvenile survival and growth structures life-history variation, whereas at equilibrium density, trade-off between reproduction and juvenile survival is the major structuring axes" [Soay sheep] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comDensity Dependence Shapes Life‐History Trade‐Offs in a Food‐Limited PopulationQuantifying trade-offs within populations is important in life-history theory. However, most studies focusing on life-history trade-offs focus on two traits and assume trade-offs to be static. Our wo... 0105
Rosemarie Kentie @rooskentie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Great advice from Steve Dudley (@stevedudley.bsky.social) on the #theBOUblog how to navigate Bluesky. I found it very helpfull, as I didn't know about the feed function! I now follow the #Ornithology feed, and will add more interesting ones. @ibisjournal.bsky.social 2145
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 06/12/2024🔈 ANNOUNCING! BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements Applications open Jan 2025 More details: bou.org.uk/funding/s... 🪶 03445
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieMenno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Our paper in iScience on the evolution of aggression in the extinct solitaire on Rodriguez is highlighted in the latest issue of Science! Congrats to all my co-authors, especially to lead authors Kenneth Rijsdijk and Leon Claessens! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgIn Other JournalsEditors’ selections from the current scientific literature 021
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 28/03/2024CALL FOR KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS #BOU2025 | Frontiers in ornithology | 1-3 April 2025 We're seeking nominations for keynotes at #BOU2025 Anyone can nominate and you can do so here: bou.org.uk/event/fro... Nomination deadline: 30 April | #ornithology 027
Reposted by Rosemarie KentieBritish Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 07/03/2024Environmental factors influencing red knot (Calidris canutus islandica) departure times of relocation flights within the non-breeding period | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 054