Pablo Capilla-Lasheras
@pcapi.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist studying adaptation to urban environments and bird migration | #MIGRALIGHT Instagram @migralight #MSCA Global Fellow | he/him/his | Views my own. In 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇸
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🎥 Video abstract: part of the price of the JAB Review Award is a video abstract of the winning article - offering an accessible snapshot of the paper’s key takeaways 🏆
@nordicoikos.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social #earlycareer #ornithology #birds #microbiome #migration
@nordicoikos.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social #earlycareer #ornithology #birds #microbiome #migration
February 3, 2026 at 9:17 AM
🎥 Video abstract: part of the price of the JAB Review Award is a video abstract of the winning article - offering an accessible snapshot of the paper’s key takeaways 🏆
@nordicoikos.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social #earlycareer #ornithology #birds #microbiome #migration
@nordicoikos.bsky.social @alice-risely.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social #earlycareer #ornithology #birds #microbiome #migration
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Award issue: @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social review what we know, and what we need to know, in order to understand to what extent the gut microbiome confers important services for migrating birds
➡️ vist.ly/4qdc2
#winner #ornithology #birds #gut #immunity #adaptation
➡️ vist.ly/4qdc2
#winner #ornithology #birds #gut #immunity #adaptation
![Fig. 1 from the article: Conceptual summary outlining potential mechanistic links between migration, gut the microbiome (‘MB'), and migration performance, including variables likely to drive individual variation of gut microbiomes and its impact on (some of) host physiological parameters relevant to migration (metabolism [i.e. energetics] and immunity).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qo6qza5jvlmx3a5p5dplxwhs/bafkreif6inujddwegsz6mo5hcet4vhmph3rdu3kc3xzlww3lnbnqfozplq@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Award issue: @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social review what we know, and what we need to know, in order to understand to what extent the gut microbiome confers important services for migrating birds
➡️ vist.ly/4qdc2
#winner #ornithology #birds #gut #immunity #adaptation
➡️ vist.ly/4qdc2
#winner #ornithology #birds #gut #immunity #adaptation
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This study was a huge team effort, and the first publication (of hopefully many more), using the full 20 site gradient. Thanks to all the co-authors, landowners, staff, students and volunteers that made the study possible. @dmdominoni.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social @rachelrosereid.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
This study was a huge team effort, and the first publication (of hopefully many more), using the full 20 site gradient. Thanks to all the co-authors, landowners, staff, students and volunteers that made the study possible. @dmdominoni.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social @rachelrosereid.bsky.social
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I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology!
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
Native trees are related to advanced bird breeding phenology and increased reproductive success along an urban gradient
Urban areas are altered from natural landscapes in several ways that can impact wildlife. Birds are widespread in urban areas, and it is well documented that there are phenotypic differences between ...
doi.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology!
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success.
📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology
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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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Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Winter means.. communal roosts! 🦅🐦🦜
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
But why do birds form such roosts? In red kites, young single males are the most frequent visitors. Once paired, birds roost more solitarily, often together as a pair.
📢 Now online: tinyurl.tools/98e9279e
@animalecology.bsky.social
@vogelwarte.bsky.social
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🎉 Congratulations to @tashgillies.bsky.social and @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social, the runner-ups of the 2025 JAB review award! 🏆
Runner-up article: vist.ly/4ir7q
#ornithology #birds #award # review #samesexpartnerships #evolution
Runner-up article: vist.ly/4ir7q
#ornithology #birds #award # review #samesexpartnerships #evolution
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎉 Congratulations to @tashgillies.bsky.social and @katrina-siddiqi.bsky.social, the runner-ups of the 2025 JAB review award! 🏆
Runner-up article: vist.ly/4ir7q
#ornithology #birds #award # review #samesexpartnerships #evolution
Runner-up article: vist.ly/4ir7q
#ornithology #birds #award # review #samesexpartnerships #evolution
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A new (and improved) version of the fantastic BES’s reproducible code guide is now live.
Seriously amazing resource for those wanting to produce code that enables reproducible research.
Featuring some SORTEE members and also code review!!
@sortee.bsky.social
Seriously amazing resource for those wanting to produce code that enables reproducible research.
Featuring some SORTEE members and also code review!!
@sortee.bsky.social
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A new (and improved) version of the fantastic BES’s reproducible code guide is now live.
Seriously amazing resource for those wanting to produce code that enables reproducible research.
Featuring some SORTEE members and also code review!!
@sortee.bsky.social
Seriously amazing resource for those wanting to produce code that enables reproducible research.
Featuring some SORTEE members and also code review!!
@sortee.bsky.social
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Thank you @avianbiology.bsky.social for this unexpected award! And to @pcapi.bsky.social for inviting me to be involved, it was really fun working on this with you :)
🎉 Congratulations to @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social, the winners of the 2025 JAB review award for the best mini-review by early career researchers! 🏆
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
December 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thank you @avianbiology.bsky.social for this unexpected award! And to @pcapi.bsky.social for inviting me to be involved, it was really fun working on this with you :)
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🎉 Congratulations to @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social, the winners of the 2025 JAB review award for the best mini-review by early career researchers! 🏆
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎉 Congratulations to @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social, the winners of the 2025 JAB review award for the best mini-review by early career researchers! 🏆
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
Very happy and thankful for this unexpected outcome!! 🥳
Only possible thanks to a fantastic coauthor, @alice-risely.bsky.social
Only possible thanks to a fantastic coauthor, @alice-risely.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to @pcapi.bsky.social and @alice-risely.bsky.social, the winners of the 2025 JAB review award for the best mini-review by early career researchers! 🏆
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
Winning article: vist.ly/4iq5m
#ornithology #birds #award #review #microbiome #migration
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Very happy and thankful for this unexpected outcome!! 🥳
Only possible thanks to a fantastic coauthor, @alice-risely.bsky.social
Only possible thanks to a fantastic coauthor, @alice-risely.bsky.social
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🎤 We’re excited to introduce another plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)!
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🎤 We’re excited to introduce another plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)!
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
🌿 Miriam Liedvogel (@genmig.bsky.social) will share her work on blackcap migration - a fascinating look into one of Europe’s most dynamic songbird species.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
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🎤 We’re delighted to announce the final plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)!
🧬 Piotr Minias will explore host–parasite dynamics and the evolutionary insights revealed through avian immunogenetics.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
🧬 Piotr Minias will explore host–parasite dynamics and the evolutionary insights revealed through avian immunogenetics.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🎤 We’re delighted to announce the final plenary speaker for the 5th EOU Fledglings Meeting in Gdańsk (27–29 March 2026)!
🧬 Piotr Minias will explore host–parasite dynamics and the evolutionary insights revealed through avian immunogenetics.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
🧬 Piotr Minias will explore host–parasite dynamics and the evolutionary insights revealed through avian immunogenetics.
#EOU26 #Ornithology
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We're hiring! Post-doctoral fellow in evolutionary ecology w/focus on ecophysiology.
Uncover why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild birds. Work with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social 👏
Please apply no later than 25 November.
👉 lnkd.in/dkAh9jnc
Uncover why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild birds. Work with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social 👏
Please apply no later than 25 November.
👉 lnkd.in/dkAh9jnc
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We're hiring! Post-doctoral fellow in evolutionary ecology w/focus on ecophysiology.
Uncover why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild birds. Work with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social 👏
Please apply no later than 25 November.
👉 lnkd.in/dkAh9jnc
Uncover why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild birds. Work with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social 👏
Please apply no later than 25 November.
👉 lnkd.in/dkAh9jnc
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October 3, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Very very happy to see my PhD work out! Congrats to the whole team 🎉🎉🎉
1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration
The reshuffling of genomic variation from multiple origins is an important contributor to phenotypic diversification, yet insights into the evolutionary trajectories of this combinatorial process and ...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Very very happy to see my PhD work out! Congrats to the whole team 🎉🎉🎉
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🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
🚨🚨Very interesting project with excellent supervisors and collaborators!! 👇🏻👇🏻
If you are looking for a MSc project to challenge you and gain valuable skills, look no more and apply! If I could, I would apply myself!
If you are looking for a MSc project to challenge you and gain valuable skills, look no more and apply! If I could, I would apply myself!
🚨 2nd master’s project!
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
Interested in bird migration & genomics? 🧬🐦
Use whole-genome data to trace the recent colonization of Ouessant Island by Blue Tits and explore how irruptive migratory events can shape colonization dynamics. Please share! #ornithology
www.vogelwarte.ch/de/wir/mitar...
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🚨🚨Very interesting project with excellent supervisors and collaborators!! 👇🏻👇🏻
If you are looking for a MSc project to challenge you and gain valuable skills, look no more and apply! If I could, I would apply myself!
If you are looking for a MSc project to challenge you and gain valuable skills, look no more and apply! If I could, I would apply myself!
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The PhD will analyse:
💡 Pair bond formation & maintenance
📊 Consequences for reproductive success & survival
🧩 Social networks, paternity, parental care & communication using RFID-tagged long-term monitored population
💡 Pair bond formation & maintenance
📊 Consequences for reproductive success & survival
🧩 Social networks, paternity, parental care & communication using RFID-tagged long-term monitored population
September 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The PhD will analyse:
💡 Pair bond formation & maintenance
📊 Consequences for reproductive success & survival
🧩 Social networks, paternity, parental care & communication using RFID-tagged long-term monitored population
💡 Pair bond formation & maintenance
📊 Consequences for reproductive success & survival
🧩 Social networks, paternity, parental care & communication using RFID-tagged long-term monitored population
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Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
September 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please share!🙏
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
🚨 PhD Oportunity in Avian Behavioural Ecology in Spain
The BirdBond Project (MNCN & IREC) studies how pair bonds form, change & affect reproduction/survival in the spotless starling 🐦
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Ready for a fascinating symposium about bird shape and size in a changing world?
Meet us in Room MALT today at 10.30!
@alecorr-castro.bsky.social #ornithology #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social
Meet us in Room MALT today at 10.30!
@alecorr-castro.bsky.social #ornithology #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ready for a fascinating symposium about bird shape and size in a changing world?
Meet us in Room MALT today at 10.30!
@alecorr-castro.bsky.social #ornithology #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social
Meet us in Room MALT today at 10.30!
@alecorr-castro.bsky.social #ornithology #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social
#EOU2025
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
August 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#EOU2025
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution.
PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls...
PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight
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#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on the importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution. Lots of great results in the talks from the different speakers!
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#EOU2025 Come and join us for the symposium on the importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution. Lots of great results in the talks from the different speakers!
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
LR4 - Friday 22 - 10:30
@alexanderlees.bsky.social @joewynnbirds.bsky.social #ornithology @vogelwarte.bsky.social
Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...
www.dropbox.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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If you are an early career researcher and at #EOU2025 come to the @nordicoikos.bsky.social booth and learn all about our @avianbiology.bsky.social review award. 🪶🏆 #birds #ornithology
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
August 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you are an early career researcher and at #EOU2025 come to the @nordicoikos.bsky.social booth and learn all about our @avianbiology.bsky.social review award. 🪶🏆 #birds #ornithology
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...
www.avianbiology.org/authors/jab-...