iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Our GPS tracking work has found Iceland Whoopers Swans spend less than a third of their time in protected areas! Read all about it in our latest paper published fully open access today in Biological Conservation 🦢 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1157

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 10/08/2026

Did you miss the deadline for submitting a poster or Bluesky abstract for #BOU2027? You still have a chance...we've extended the poster and Bluesky abstract submission deadline to 17 August Get that abstract in now! Avian disease ecology | 6-8 April 2027 bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

055

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 24/07/2026

⏰ ABSTRACT DEADLINE APPROACHING #BOU2027 | 6-8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Avian disease ecology: combining avian ecology and OneHealth to understand and mitigate disease Submit your talk, poster or Bluesky abstract now! Deadline: 31 July bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology

0710

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New research reveals a substantial decline in the number of European Storm-petrels caught by researchers over the course of a 27-year study Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social #seabird 🪶🧪

A small dark seabird with white at the top of its tail (European Storm-petrel) cupped in a person’s hand against a black background.

15834

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Delighted to see this paper finally out after a long time in the making. Huge thanks to everyone involved—and to all those long nights spent on the cliffs catching these incredible little birds. 🥳🎉 @stephen8vickers.bsky.social #seabirds #ornithology

1289

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 18/02/2026

🔊 KEYNOTE NOMINATIONS Who would you like to see deliver a keynote at #BOU2027 ? Avian disease ecology | 6 - 8 April 2027 | Nottingham, UK & Zoom & Bluesky Nominate via link ⬇️ bou.org.uk/event/avi... #ornithology 🪶

0128

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Please keep an eye open for dead & dying Whooper Swans (and other waterbirds), see thread below on how to report for possible sampling & please also report to @birdtrack.bsky.social so we can start to build a comprehensive picture of the spread 👇🏻

21112

Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

My apps that visualise trends in the BTO annual ringing and NRS reports have been updated to include the 2024 data, which was released yesterday. Change over time plots: stephenvickers.shinyapps.io/ringing_tota... Spatial trends maps (ringing only): stephenvickers.shinyapps.io/ringing_map/

0153

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Our Whooper Swan expedition has been a blur of hauling zodiacs over tundra, coaxing engines through salt spray & dancing with Iceland’s untamed waves. While our waterproofs are still drying, we’ve gathered the stories data & moments that made this trip 👇🦢 www.linkedin.com/pulse/icelan...

linkedin.com

Iceland Whooper Swan expedition 2025

This summer, we're back in Iceland for the next chapter of our research - here’s an update from across our three current main work areas..

1202

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜 I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology! 📍 Nottingham, UK 📅 6–8 April 2027 🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe Please share widely! #BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

26139

Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The Whoopers are starting to move and will soon be back on their Icelandic breeding grounds! Since @waterbirdcm.bsky.social started ringing Whooper Swans in 2023, we've tagged >600 inds. and gathered >750 sightings. Please keep an eye out and continue to report any sightings to us as they leave!

Map of whooper movements between sightings of colour rings

Flock of colour marked Whooper swans in flight

0123

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

In Feb 23 we undertook a census of the UK naturalised Barnacle Goose population. The aim to produce an updated population estimate & report on winter distribution. Results have now been published in @britishbirds.bsky.social, with our thinking on future monitoring needs #Ornithology 1/7 ⬇️

26126

Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

New paper published today in Movement Ecology! We show North American birds that migrate in flocks have greater long-term non-breeding range shifts, particularly if flocks are mixed-age. We link this to social learning in novel migration route development. rdcu.be/d57Mw 1/10 #ornithology

rdcu.be

North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates

26520

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

New paper! If you use time-lapse cameras, this one's for you! Proud of this collaboration with UEA Computing Sciences' Marcus Jenkins & Michal Mackiewicz to improve object detection for time-lapse imagery using temporal features. 📷🖥️⏲️ Open Access in Sensors: mdpi.com/3088004

14316

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Thomas Ray Haaland @trhaaland.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

📣PhD position open in our group!📣 Come work on a super fascinating system: partial #migration in European shags. #Fieldwork, theoretical #modelling and #QuantitativeGenetics are all possible depending on interests. Please spread to good candidates of any nationality! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

jobbnorge.no

PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Ecology (271754) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Ecology (271754), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Monday, January 27, 2025

01420

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The latest movement maps of our @waterbirdcm.bsky.social naturalised Barnacle Goose ringing programme. Here's the annual movements from the 14 UK breeding colonies we've marked birds at. Thanks to everyone who contributes sightings! Map thanks to @stephen8vickers.bsky.social #Monitoring

35516

Reposted by Stephen Vickers

Kane Brides 🦆 @kanebrides.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

First GPS tracking evidence of Icelandic Whooper Swans wintering in the Netherlands 🇳🇱! Whilst we know that small numbers of Icelandic birds winter in the 🇳🇱, this is the first we've tracked. Great insight into their journey to 🇳🇱 via 🇬🇧 & how long they stay there 👌🏻 @stephen8vickers.bsky.social

09713

Stephen Vickers @stephen8vickers.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

The BTO Ringing and NRS report 2023 data has now been added to my visualisation apps: Explore graphs of numbers ringed etc. and NRS records over time: stephenvickers.shinyapps.io/ringing_tota... Explore a map of numbers ringed, etc. by region: stephenvickers.shinyapps.io/ringing_map/

030