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Vix Franks @vixfranks.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Exciting day with @amyleedale.bsky.social and @pbrekke.bsky.social down at @zslscience.bsky.social - discussing collaborations for new @salforduni.bsky.social hihi PhD project 🐦 plus we left with swag - this year's hihi conservation report hot off the press!

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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 28/07/2025

Nice mention of our Communications and Public Affairs Director @susierabin.bsky.social in this article from @audubon.org about the Gulls Eating Stuff citizen science project 👇 www.audubon.org/magazine/res... #GullsEatingStuff #CitizenScience

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This Researcher Wants Your Photos of ‘Gulls Eating Stuff’

A community science project examines how gull diets are shifting amid population declines.

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Absolutely stunning evening on Walney last night for our second gull ringing visit. Vix Franks did an amazing job helping me collect samples - lots of starfish, shrimp, crabs, voles, & earthworms in the regurgitate - clearly exploiting coastal resources! @salforduni.bsky.social

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Vix Franks @vixfranks.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Congratulations to all our Salford Uni graduates today! 🎓

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Amy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thank you #BOU2025! What an inspiring collection of avian research from a warm, vibrant community! It was wonderful to be joined by other members of the #OrnithologyResearchGroup @ #SalfordUni! @alice-risely.bsky.social @vixfranks.bsky.social @helenwhitehead1.bsky.social @sambarrett97.bsky.social 🦜

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Elli Leadbeater @ellileadbeater.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Do you know of a researcher working in the field of zoology and/or conservation who you think has made an outstanding contribution that deserves recognition? Nominations are due on Feb 25th for the ZSL awards program, which spans all career levels from UG onwards www.zsl.org/about-zsl/aw...

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Awards | ZSL

ZSL's programme of science and conservation awards recognises outstanding contributions

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Vix Franks @vixfranks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

A disaster has occurred this evening - these #hihi 🐦 colour rings are from my first PhD field season (10 years ago!). They've been a sentimental keyring ever since... Emergency superglue needed 😆

Bird colour rings on a keyring, but one is broken

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Josefine Bohr Brask @jbbrask.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I have created a starter pack for animal social networks. This is just the beginning - more people will be added. If you would like to be added, just let me know! go.bsky.app/39p1ccZ

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Animal Social Networks

Join the conversation

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ASAB @asab.org · 13/12/2024

Congratulations to the 2024 ASAB medal winner Rebbeca Kilner🏅 We award this medal annually for contributions to the science of animal behaviour, through teaching, writing, broadcasting, research or for work on behalf of the association. Any member can nominate candidates! #ASABWinter2024

Melissa Bateson awarding the medal to Rebbeca Kilner

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Amy Leedale @amyleedale.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

En route to #Edinburgh for the #ASABwinter2024 meeting on #AddressingBiases in the field of #AnimalBehaviour! Looking forward to a full programme of plenaries, talks, posters and networking. Who else is going? ❄️ @asab.org @cbenvenuto.bsky.social @vixfranks.bsky.social

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Neeltje Boogert @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Come do a PhD with Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social , Dan Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social and me on Gulls! GPS- and Bluetooth-tracking! Microbiomes & AMR acquisition & transmission! Human-wildlife conflict & mitigation! should be fun :-)

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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution

Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Exciting new NERC funded PhD opportunity available with us on #killerwhale #orca #behaviour and #conservation, co-supervised by Stephanie King, Sam Ellis and Dan Franks in partnership with The Center for Whale Research USA exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... - deadline 13th January 2025 #killerwhale

Post reproductive mother and Son copyright David Ellifrit Center for Whale Research

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Vix Franks @vixfranks.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I've been lurking here for a while but I think it's finally time for my first post! Hello everyone 👋 I'm interested in all things #behaviour and #conservation, especially #bird related. Also love #wildlife art, and booping #horse snoots in my spare time!

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