Annika Peter
@annikapeter.bsky.social
PhD student investigating navigation in songbirds at University of Oldenburg, Germany 🧭🐦⬛
Passionate about #birds 🦉🪺🦆
#ornithology #birdmigration #tracking
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Passionate about #birds 🦉🪺🦆
#ornithology #birdmigration #tracking
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Annika Peter
@annikapeter.bsky.social
· Mar 3
We are happy to introduce our lab members - today: Annika @annikapeter.bsky.social!
She studies songbird navigation skills for her PhD & is fascinated by all kinds of birds & enjoys observing their behaviour, both at work & in her free time.
Wheatears have a special place in her heart ♥️
She studies songbird navigation skills for her PhD & is fascinated by all kinds of birds & enjoys observing their behaviour, both at work & in her free time.
Wheatears have a special place in her heart ♥️
I am beyond happy to be part of the Migration Ecology Group. The people are fantastic and work on amazing projects!
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Celebrating the curiosity, courage and brilliance of women and girls in science today and everyday👩🔬✨️🙌
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Celebrating the curiosity, courage and brilliance of women and girls in science today and everyday👩🔬✨️🙌
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New study shows that Cataglyphis hellenica 🐜 learns a nest direction by using a magnetic compass 🧲🧭. Demonstrating that a magnetic compass is widespread in Cataglyphis ants. @chiaratenne.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Magnetoreception in Cataglyphis hellenica ants - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Magnetoreception is the ability of animals to detect and use the geomagnetic field (GMF) for spatial orientation. Cataglyphis ants are experimental models for insect navigation and magnetoreception. A...
link.springer.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
New study shows that Cataglyphis hellenica 🐜 learns a nest direction by using a magnetic compass 🧲🧭. Demonstrating that a magnetic compass is widespread in Cataglyphis ants. @chiaratenne.bsky.social @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We're so happy to finally anounce that registration for #EOU26 is now OPEN!
Thank you all for your patience — we can’t wait to meet you in Gdańsk 🐦
👉 Registration & info: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr...
#Ornithology
Thank you all for your patience — we can’t wait to meet you in Gdańsk 🐦
👉 Registration & info: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr...
#Ornithology
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
We're so happy to finally anounce that registration for #EOU26 is now OPEN!
Thank you all for your patience — we can’t wait to meet you in Gdańsk 🐦
👉 Registration & info: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr...
#Ornithology
Thank you all for your patience — we can’t wait to meet you in Gdańsk 🐦
👉 Registration & info: eou-fledglings.github.io/2026/registr...
#Ornithology
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Meet Matteo!
Our new @sfb1372.bsky.social songbird orientation fellow
With a background in waterbirds, he is excited to dive deeper into migration research
Originally from 🇮🇹, he is strongly motivated to contribute to various research activities & firmly believes that lunch should never be rushed
Our new @sfb1372.bsky.social songbird orientation fellow
With a background in waterbirds, he is excited to dive deeper into migration research
Originally from 🇮🇹, he is strongly motivated to contribute to various research activities & firmly believes that lunch should never be rushed
February 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Meet Matteo!
Our new @sfb1372.bsky.social songbird orientation fellow
With a background in waterbirds, he is excited to dive deeper into migration research
Originally from 🇮🇹, he is strongly motivated to contribute to various research activities & firmly believes that lunch should never be rushed
Our new @sfb1372.bsky.social songbird orientation fellow
With a background in waterbirds, he is excited to dive deeper into migration research
Originally from 🇮🇹, he is strongly motivated to contribute to various research activities & firmly believes that lunch should never be rushed
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A warm welcome to @mguidotti29.bsky.social who joined our lab now as an @sfb1372.bsky.social fellow
In the next 10 months he will work on orientation 🧭
in Northern Wheatears together with @annikapeter.bsky.social
In the next 10 months he will work on orientation 🧭
in Northern Wheatears together with @annikapeter.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A warm welcome to @mguidotti29.bsky.social who joined our lab now as an @sfb1372.bsky.social fellow
In the next 10 months he will work on orientation 🧭
in Northern Wheatears together with @annikapeter.bsky.social
In the next 10 months he will work on orientation 🧭
in Northern Wheatears together with @annikapeter.bsky.social
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📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
January 23, 2026 at 12:14 PM
📣 Interested in a 4-year postdoc in the movement ecology group? @univie.ac.at is recruiting outstanding female researchers through the E-STEEM programme. @pesumas.bsky.social is a registered host and welcomes applications from potential candidates.
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
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We have a new group logo - honouring one of our key study species, the northern wheatear 😍
And of cause, this bird is also tagged with a transmitter - but the tracking devices we use for our studies are so tiny, that you can´t see them on the bird 😉
And of cause, this bird is also tagged with a transmitter - but the tracking devices we use for our studies are so tiny, that you can´t see them on the bird 😉
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 AM
We have a new group logo - honouring one of our key study species, the northern wheatear 😍
And of cause, this bird is also tagged with a transmitter - but the tracking devices we use for our studies are so tiny, that you can´t see them on the bird 😉
And of cause, this bird is also tagged with a transmitter - but the tracking devices we use for our studies are so tiny, that you can´t see them on the bird 😉
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🚨 PhD offer (please share)
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
🚨 PhD offer (please share)
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
Fascinated by bird migration and movement ecology? 🦜🌍 Join us at @vogelwarte.bsky.social to study annual cycle energetics with multi-sensor loggers in multiple species
Deadline: 20 Feb 2026
Starting: June 2026
Supervision: Martins Briedis & me
Info: tinyurl.com/2dbv9nzh
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Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
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The DOG is awarding travel grants of 400€ each to young scientists presenting a talk or a poster at the EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk in March 2026.
Here you can find their website: eounion.org/fledglings/
Applications for the travel grant are open until 20.02.2026.
Photo: H.-J. Fünfstück
Here you can find their website: eounion.org/fledglings/
Applications for the travel grant are open until 20.02.2026.
Photo: H.-J. Fünfstück
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The DOG is awarding travel grants of 400€ each to young scientists presenting a talk or a poster at the EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk in March 2026.
Here you can find their website: eounion.org/fledglings/
Applications for the travel grant are open until 20.02.2026.
Photo: H.-J. Fünfstück
Here you can find their website: eounion.org/fledglings/
Applications for the travel grant are open until 20.02.2026.
Photo: H.-J. Fünfstück
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Do you want to help make our EOU Fledglings website eounion.org/fledglings extra pretty? 💛
It’s very easy! We’re collecting photos of fledglings – any bird, anywhere in the world. Snapshots from your phone are totally fine!
📸 Reply here with your photo or email it to [email protected]
It’s very easy! We’re collecting photos of fledglings – any bird, anywhere in the world. Snapshots from your phone are totally fine!
📸 Reply here with your photo or email it to [email protected]
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Do you want to help make our EOU Fledglings website eounion.org/fledglings extra pretty? 💛
It’s very easy! We’re collecting photos of fledglings – any bird, anywhere in the world. Snapshots from your phone are totally fine!
📸 Reply here with your photo or email it to [email protected]
It’s very easy! We’re collecting photos of fledglings – any bird, anywhere in the world. Snapshots from your phone are totally fine!
📸 Reply here with your photo or email it to [email protected]
🦉 Ecology of Animal Migration course in Lund 🐦⬛
I got the chance to join this inspiring PhD course at @biologylu.bsky.social. It was very well organized with fascinating lectures, a birdful excursion to Falsterbo and fantastic people doing fantastic research! #ecology #animalmigration
I got the chance to join this inspiring PhD course at @biologylu.bsky.social. It was very well organized with fascinating lectures, a birdful excursion to Falsterbo and fantastic people doing fantastic research! #ecology #animalmigration
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🦉 Ecology of Animal Migration course in Lund 🐦⬛
I got the chance to join this inspiring PhD course at @biologylu.bsky.social. It was very well organized with fascinating lectures, a birdful excursion to Falsterbo and fantastic people doing fantastic research! #ecology #animalmigration
I got the chance to join this inspiring PhD course at @biologylu.bsky.social. It was very well organized with fascinating lectures, a birdful excursion to Falsterbo and fantastic people doing fantastic research! #ecology #animalmigration
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🎉 Abstract submission is open for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland (27–29 March 2026)!
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🎉 Abstract submission is open for the EOU Fledglings Meeting 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland (27–29 March 2026)!
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
📝 Submit your oral/poster abstract:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 Deadline: 16 Jan 2026
More info: eounion.org/fledglings
#EOU26 #Ornithology
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Much enjoyed learning about how to study bird migration with radar whilst on the roof of Lund University. youtu.be/0sB5On1gLsg?...
Studying bird migration with radar
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Much enjoyed learning about how to study bird migration with radar whilst on the roof of Lund University. youtu.be/0sB5On1gLsg?...
[1/2] Thank you to everyone who joined our Young Researchers Symposium 2025 in Hamburg! In these 3 days, we learned about fascinating day and night science and connected with other early career researchers. It was a pleasure to organize this symposium as part of an amazing team! @sfb1372.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
[1/2] Thank you to everyone who joined our Young Researchers Symposium 2025 in Hamburg! In these 3 days, we learned about fascinating day and night science and connected with other early career researchers. It was a pleasure to organize this symposium as part of an amazing team! @sfb1372.bsky.social
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New study led by our @wielandheim.bsky.social uncovered negative effects of an anthropogenic fire on bird abundance and diversity during stopover:
New #ornithology paper + @ramonaheim.bsky.social
negative effects of #fire on bird abundance & diversity during stopover🔥
past work focussed on breeding birds, while fire impacts during migration remained unknown 🐤
fire management needed to sustain stopover habitat 👩🚒
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
negative effects of #fire on bird abundance & diversity during stopover🔥
past work focussed on breeding birds, while fire impacts during migration remained unknown 🐤
fire management needed to sustain stopover habitat 👩🚒
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New study led by our @wielandheim.bsky.social uncovered negative effects of an anthropogenic fire on bird abundance and diversity during stopover:
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The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The date is set for the next EOU Fledglings Meeting 🐥 in Gdansk, Poland! Share the news with your peers! 🦆
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‼️Save the date: 19/10/2025 8pm Villa Viva, Hamburg‼️
Join our fun pub quiz about Animal Navigation & Magnetoreception, the quiz is open everyone!
Enjoy a drink while trying to answer our interesting questions 🥂
The quiz is our icebreaker event of our #YoungResearcherSymposium
🧭🐦🐜🦇🐠
#pubquiz #Hamburg
Join our fun pub quiz about Animal Navigation & Magnetoreception, the quiz is open everyone!
Enjoy a drink while trying to answer our interesting questions 🥂
The quiz is our icebreaker event of our #YoungResearcherSymposium
🧭🐦🐜🦇🐠
#pubquiz #Hamburg
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
‼️Save the date: 19/10/2025 8pm Villa Viva, Hamburg‼️
Join our fun pub quiz about Animal Navigation & Magnetoreception, the quiz is open everyone!
Enjoy a drink while trying to answer our interesting questions 🥂
The quiz is our icebreaker event of our #YoungResearcherSymposium
🧭🐦🐜🦇🐠
#pubquiz #Hamburg
Join our fun pub quiz about Animal Navigation & Magnetoreception, the quiz is open everyone!
Enjoy a drink while trying to answer our interesting questions 🥂
The quiz is our icebreaker event of our #YoungResearcherSymposium
🧭🐦🐜🦇🐠
#pubquiz #Hamburg
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In cooperation with RWE, we proudly announce the installation of the first #MOTUS station in an offshore wind farm (Amrumbank West) in Germany and in Europe. This will help to fill key knowledge gaps in offshore environmental monitoring. We were supported by our colleagues from Wind Energy Systems
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In cooperation with RWE, we proudly announce the installation of the first #MOTUS station in an offshore wind farm (Amrumbank West) in Germany and in Europe. This will help to fill key knowledge gaps in offshore environmental monitoring. We were supported by our colleagues from Wind Energy Systems
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We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology.
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus.
Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social
uol.de/job788en
#ornithology
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🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🚨 Master’s project!
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Curious how birds find their way? 🧭🐦
Analyze decades of ringing data to study abnormal migratory routes and uncover what these deviations can reveal about the mechanisms guiding birds on their journeys. Drop me an email for details! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
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1. Yellow-browed Warbler tagged in 2025! 🤩
On September 24, @annikapeter.bsky.social tagged the first Yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) on Helgoland in 2025 to study its migratory behaviour. Stay tuned for fascinating bird tracks!
#Motus #Tracking #Birdmigration
On September 24, @annikapeter.bsky.social tagged the first Yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) on Helgoland in 2025 to study its migratory behaviour. Stay tuned for fascinating bird tracks!
#Motus #Tracking #Birdmigration
September 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
1. Yellow-browed Warbler tagged in 2025! 🤩
On September 24, @annikapeter.bsky.social tagged the first Yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) on Helgoland in 2025 to study its migratory behaviour. Stay tuned for fascinating bird tracks!
#Motus #Tracking #Birdmigration
On September 24, @annikapeter.bsky.social tagged the first Yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) on Helgoland in 2025 to study its migratory behaviour. Stay tuned for fascinating bird tracks!
#Motus #Tracking #Birdmigration
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NEW PUBLICATION on stopover ecology of Songbirds during spring migration: After packmor et al. 2020 (Mov Ecol) found that trans-Saharan migrants react differently to weather for migratory departure, we aked ourselves, whether this is also valid for spring migration? 🐦
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
September 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
NEW PUBLICATION on stopover ecology of Songbirds during spring migration: After packmor et al. 2020 (Mov Ecol) found that trans-Saharan migrants react differently to weather for migratory departure, we aked ourselves, whether this is also valid for spring migration? 🐦
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
a thread 🧵 on 7 hypotheses:
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Join us in the migration ecology group at the University of Oldenburg! 📡🐦🐥
Spread the word: we’re #hiring! We offer two short-term #fellowships for master’s degree holders and PhD candidates for 6-12 months to excellent researchers, who are interested in doing research within one dedicated project of our SFB/CRC 1372. Find more information on www.sfb1372.de/jobs
August 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Join us in the migration ecology group at the University of Oldenburg! 📡🐦🐥
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Great fun canoeing along the Wümme river near Bremen with the @migecol.bsky.social team!
Excellent food and some nice birds as well, incl. White-tailed Eagle, Black Kite, Kingfisher, Reed Buntings ...and a Cockatiel 😄 #birding
Excellent food and some nice birds as well, incl. White-tailed Eagle, Black Kite, Kingfisher, Reed Buntings ...and a Cockatiel 😄 #birding
July 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Great fun canoeing along the Wümme river near Bremen with the @migecol.bsky.social team!
Excellent food and some nice birds as well, incl. White-tailed Eagle, Black Kite, Kingfisher, Reed Buntings ...and a Cockatiel 😄 #birding
Excellent food and some nice birds as well, incl. White-tailed Eagle, Black Kite, Kingfisher, Reed Buntings ...and a Cockatiel 😄 #birding