Liam Langley
@liamlangley1.bsky.social
Seabird Ecologist interested in movement, foraging ecology and navigation. Recently moved to Lund and currently getting to grips with life in Sweden. Spend an unreasonable amount of time stood on a hill waiting for birds to fly past. He/Him.
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Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Fungal Misadventure (a story in the form of a Bluesky thread)
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
"Have you ever wondered?" he asked, as they picked mushrooms in the forest near her house. "How many people died from fungal misadventure during prehistory before we found out which of these were safe to eat?"
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Half the breeding population of Elephant Seals on South Georgia lost to H5N1 (bird flu). The impact this will have on the species, the local food web, and even ocean fertilization is hard to comprehend.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Half the breeding population of Elephant Seals on South Georgia lost to H5N1 (bird flu). The impact this will have on the species, the local food web, and even ocean fertilization is hard to comprehend.
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Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣
🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
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These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a gingko-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
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Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers were working at Poldice Mine today, removing invasive Buddleia from the heathland. Silver-studded Blues have responded really positively to the management that we have been doing here over the last couple of years. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Cornwall Butterfly Conservation volunteers were working at Poldice Mine today, removing invasive Buddleia from the heathland. Silver-studded Blues have responded really positively to the management that we have been doing here over the last couple of years. @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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A decent late season seawatch at St Ives today. 7:30-14:30 with @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Billy N and Adam H. My personal totals - 7 Sooty S, 1 Leach’s Petrel, 3 late Euro Storm Petrel, 149 Manx, 3 RTD, several GND a single BTD offshore & 4 Common Scoter #cornwallbirding
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A decent late season seawatch at St Ives today. 7:30-14:30 with @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Billy N and Adam H. My personal totals - 7 Sooty S, 1 Leach’s Petrel, 3 late Euro Storm Petrel, 149 Manx, 3 RTD, several GND a single BTD offshore & 4 Common Scoter #cornwallbirding
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An unexpected twist to a walk looking for Dipper on the Horton Burn! This Little Bittern was discovered late morning at North Shields in a bit of a sorry state. Pictured here at handover to a rescue team. Looking healthy (and drier), hopefully it will recuperate overnight for a release…
#NEbirding
#NEbirding
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
An unexpected twist to a walk looking for Dipper on the Horton Burn! This Little Bittern was discovered late morning at North Shields in a bit of a sorry state. Pictured here at handover to a rescue team. Looking healthy (and drier), hopefully it will recuperate overnight for a release…
#NEbirding
#NEbirding
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Are you an MSc student based at a UK university? Or do you know one?
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
RSPB @rspbscience.bsky.social have just released their list of research projects for 2026:
www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
#ornithology #conservationscience 🌍
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Spring-accelerated loop migration in the Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
Spring-accelerated loop migration in the Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Journal of Ornithology - The Woodchat Shrike is a long-distance migrant bird whose European populations have declined over the past decades. To inform conservation efforts, we tracked five breeding...
link.springer.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Spring-accelerated loop migration in the Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Global Conservation
Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
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We visited plaine de Crau (S France) to catch Richard’s pipits last week and sample feathers for isotope tests. Numbers were low (~10), though more birds usually stop here at this time of year (up to 30/40) before they move south. Unclear if birds left early or had a poor breeding year.. #birds
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We visited plaine de Crau (S France) to catch Richard’s pipits last week and sample feathers for isotope tests. Numbers were low (~10), though more birds usually stop here at this time of year (up to 30/40) before they move south. Unclear if birds left early or had a poor breeding year.. #birds
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Distinctive 1w Russian Common Gull (heinei) candidate at Frieston Res this aft, seemed to tick all the boxes.
#LincsBirding
@lincsbirding.bsky.social
#LincsBirding
@lincsbirding.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Distinctive 1w Russian Common Gull (heinei) candidate at Frieston Res this aft, seemed to tick all the boxes.
#LincsBirding
@lincsbirding.bsky.social
#LincsBirding
@lincsbirding.bsky.social
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Blue-winged Teal at Hayle Estuary (15th Nov ‘25). Present since since the 8th Nov but really tricky to pin down. The 15th is the only day so far when the “masses” have connected. It’s Cornwall’s 27th record.
Pic courtesy of Paul Freestone.
#cornwallbirding #birding #ukbirding
Pic courtesy of Paul Freestone.
#cornwallbirding #birding #ukbirding
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Blue-winged Teal at Hayle Estuary (15th Nov ‘25). Present since since the 8th Nov but really tricky to pin down. The 15th is the only day so far when the “masses” have connected. It’s Cornwall’s 27th record.
Pic courtesy of Paul Freestone.
#cornwallbirding #birding #ukbirding
Pic courtesy of Paul Freestone.
#cornwallbirding #birding #ukbirding
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Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD Opportunity - *Understanding The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance by Migratory Birds*
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by me, @stubearhop.bsky.social (Exeter) & Patricia Brekke (ZSL). Application deadline 8th January. Please get in touch for more info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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A cold, Pyllosc-themed day on patch with warblers enjoying insects along a sunny willow ride at Swanpool. 2 of each Sibe Chiff and YBW, and a showy Dusky Warbler found by fellow student Trysten. Additionally Vagrant Emperor, and another Sibe Chiff at Maenporth. @cbwps.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A cold, Pyllosc-themed day on patch with warblers enjoying insects along a sunny willow ride at Swanpool. 2 of each Sibe Chiff and YBW, and a showy Dusky Warbler found by fellow student Trysten. Additionally Vagrant Emperor, and another Sibe Chiff at Maenporth. @cbwps.org.uk
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This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
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My first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Spatial overlap alone downplays the level of interaction between a central place forager and the local fishery
While spatial overlap is commonly used to quantify interactions, it may underestimate the true degree of competition between foraging predators and fishing vessels. Our alternative population-level m...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My first PhD paper is now out! We calculate overlap intensity between African penguins and the local purse seine fishery 🐧🐟
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check it out in @jappliedecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Fully funded PhD opportunity based at @york.ac.uk through the ECOWILD DTP working with a great supervisory team (!) on the impact of multiple stressors on wetland bird health www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 9th Jan 2026
A Toxic Brew? Evaluating Multi-Stressors (Chemicals and Pathogens) and their Impacts on Avian Health in UK Wetland Ecosystems at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - A Toxic Brew? Evaluating Multi-Stressors (Chemicals and Pathogens) and their Impacts on Avian Health in UK Wetland Ecosystems at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Fully funded PhD opportunity based at @york.ac.uk through the ECOWILD DTP working with a great supervisory team (!) on the impact of multiple stressors on wetland bird health www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 9th Jan 2026
Nice to relocate the female-type Blue-winged Teal on Hayle with @lobb66.bsky.social this afternoon - after a week without a report and 45 minutes of trying to pin it down in crap light it felt almost as a good as a self-find! #UKbirding
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Nice to relocate the female-type Blue-winged Teal on Hayle with @lobb66.bsky.social this afternoon - after a week without a report and 45 minutes of trying to pin it down in crap light it felt almost as a good as a self-find! #UKbirding
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A quality 45 minutes with @liamlangley1.bsky.social as we nailed the Hayle Blue-winged Teal originally reported last week. To go from a ‘dodgy looking Teal’ to full on blue forewing in flight was nice. #cornwallbirding
Pic thanks to Adam H
Pic thanks to Adam H
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A quality 45 minutes with @liamlangley1.bsky.social as we nailed the Hayle Blue-winged Teal originally reported last week. To go from a ‘dodgy looking Teal’ to full on blue forewing in flight was nice. #cornwallbirding
Pic thanks to Adam H
Pic thanks to Adam H
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Field trip to Falsterbo ringing station with the migration ecology course from Lund University
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Field trip to Falsterbo ringing station with the migration ecology course from Lund University
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Requesting opinion/thoughts on a possible AGP with 30 GP at Hayle pm today. Retained summer plum, slighter in size, strong head pattern, grey-er background colour, thinner bill. Didn’t get underwing nor primary proj - face-on the whole time until it flew W #idhelp #cornwallbirding #please #begentle
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Requesting opinion/thoughts on a possible AGP with 30 GP at Hayle pm today. Retained summer plum, slighter in size, strong head pattern, grey-er background colour, thinner bill. Didn’t get underwing nor primary proj - face-on the whole time until it flew W #idhelp #cornwallbirding #please #begentle
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Super excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🎉
We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟
Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟
Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cross-system transfer of fatty acids from aquatic insects supports terrestrial insectivore condition and reproductive success - Oecologia
Cross-system fluxes of aquatic insects rich in omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 LC-PUFAs), specifically eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may subsidise ins...
link.springer.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Super excited to share the first paper from my PhD! 🎉
We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟
Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We found that rivers don’t just matter for wetland birds - they also help support terrestrial insectivores, thanks to the flow of energy and nutrients from aquatic insects. 🌊🦟
Read more here: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social