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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Nominations for this years @bou.org.uk awards are OPEN! 🏆 Godman Salvin Prize 🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture to present at #BOU2028 on Bird Demography 🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal 🌱 Early Professional Award For full details and to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo... 📆 Deadline 15th Sept 26 #ornithology ⭐

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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Come and join our wonderful IBIS Associate Editor team! Great opportunity for professional development and community contribution:

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Jen Gill @jengill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Come and work with us at IBIS and BOU! Exciting job opportunity in #ornithology

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Fantastic to see this outcome of Francis’ internship at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk being out now Increased foraging effort in poor-food years is related to nutritional state (fat metabolism) in Peruvian Boobies #seabirds #ornithology doi.org/10.1007/s002...

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... #ornithology

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

To understand effects of climate change on fish size we need to account for both direct physiological effects & changes in resource availability. Turbidity (via its impact on intake rates in visual foragers) may also impact sandeel size. www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 08/10/2025

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Breeding and foraging habitat are important in determining foraging ranges of sympatric generalist species | onlinelibrary.wiley.... Chris B. Thaxter et al | #ornithology 🪶

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 02/09/2025

⏰ EARLY-BIRD RATES TO 30 SEPT Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25 A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London ➡️ BOU member discounts ➡️ In-person & online ➡️ Visit Tring collections bou.org.uk/event/a-d... Keynote 🧵 ⬇️ #ornithology 🪶

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

More intense human-caused heat extremes have reduced terrestrial bird abundance - in particular in the tropics - more than other human pressures #ornithology doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 31/07/2025

📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! 📢 #BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | University of Nottingham | Zoom & Bluesky Take a look at the keynote lineup and submit your abstract now! bou.org.uk/event/bir... #ornithology

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Riley Lawson describes the backstory of his recent paper in The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology, which documents the underappreciated threat that collisions with anthropogenic structures pose to #seabirds. wilsonsociety.org/2025/07/28/g...

Taxonomic distribution of all banded seabirds that were recorded in the North American Bird Banding Program dataset (1930–2023) as having died from colliding with anthropogenic structures. Recovery rate is defined as the number of collision-associated recoveries per 100,000 birds banded. Bird silhouettes generated by PhyloPic (Keesey 2024).

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 04/06/2025

Some like it hot: Elevated heating capacity of carotenoid-containing contour feathers compared to melanized feathers and of rural over urban feathers | journals.sagepub.com... | Avian Biology Research | #ornithology 🪶

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Manx Shearwaters show flexible migration visiting lower latitudes during non-breeding in El Niño years and experience cascading carry over effects on subsequent breeding behaviour #ornithology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Had great fun to write this paper with Pralle Kriengwatana, @amsouth.bsky.social, Marin Ullrich & emilydoolittle.bsky.social on how animals respond to music & what needs to be reported in future to better understand their responses #AnimalWelfare @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

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British 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

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 13/01/2025

EARLY VIEW in IBIS Using model-based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) across periods spanned by different at-sea survey methods | onlinelibrary.wiley.... T.J. Clark-Wolf et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 20/12/2024

IBIS Special Issue | Citizen Science Using citizen science image analysis to measure seabird phenology | onlinelibrary.wiley.... @aliceedney.bsky.social et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

New in #BirdStudy #Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu. Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology

Great Skua in Shetland
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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Considering infrared radiation may be necessary for a better understanding of animals' colouration diversity and possible responses to thermal challenge. bsky.app/profile/bior...

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Louise Blight @louiseblight.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"Gulls are intelligent, vital birds that deserve our protection, not scorn" www.salon.com/2024/10/20/g...

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Why gulls don't deserve the hate

There’s a lot we get wrong about our least favorite seabirds

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Ruedi Nager @ruedinager.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Common 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 #seabirds

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‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions of seabirds—and they haven’t bounced back

Historic 2016 event may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem

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Tom Morrison @morrisontom.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Since 2016 we have been fortunate to host Tanzanian conservation leaders thru the Karimjee MSc Conservation scholarship at the Univ Glasgow, a full ride 2-year scholarship, generously supported by a local Tanzanian NGO the Karimjee Foundation. Please help us spread the word to potential applicants!

Announcement for a Conservation scholarship for Tanzanian nationals at the University of Glasgow, deadline January 5, 2025

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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 22/11/2024

First record of a large breeding colony of the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus in mainland Africa | www.tandfonline.com/... | Ostrich | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Out now!🔊 The SMP Report provides an overview of the status of the UK’s breeding #seabirds since 1986. It further highlights declines as shown by the recent Seabirds Count, a census of Britain & Ireland’s seabirds. Read the report➡️ www.bto.org/smp-publications @rspb.bsky.social #Ornithology

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Do you like #petrels, islands and data analysis? Well the RSPB’s Conservation Scientist role could be the one for you! Deadline closing very soon (20 Nov) ⚠️ Please get in touch if you have any questions #seabirds #ornithology app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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Conservation Scientist (Fixed-Term) | RSPB

The RSPB Centre for Conservation Science is responsible for the science that informs delivery of the RSPB’s conservation programmes for species, habitats and landscapes. We are seeking a Conservation ...

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