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SPI-Birds Network & Database (Studies of Populations of Individual Birds) is a grassroots initiative connecting those working on populations of individually-marked breeding birds. Website: https://spibirds.org/ Code & docs: https://github.com/SPI-Birds/

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SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Oct 23

Hi there!

We created an account here a while ago, but let's start using this more actively...

We're *SPI-Birds Network and Database*, a grassroots initiative connecting those working on populations of individually-marked breeding birds.

Learn more about our work on spibirds.org/en

SPI-Birds Network & Database, or the Studies of Populations of Individuals – Birds, is a grassroots initiative connecting those working on populations of individually-marked breeding birds. On this we...

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Apr 23

More info about the Phenoweb project: www.phenoweb.org

Phenology and foodwebs in space and time

www.phenoweb.org

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Apr 23

✨ New study ✨

📍 Phenoweb, United Kingdom
👷 Ally Phillimore (@phenoweb.bsky.social)
🏦 University of Edinburgh
🐦 Blue tit
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...
📑 metadata only

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

What do we need to know to stop biodiversity decline, at all levels of life ranging from genes, species, communities, habitats to entire ecosystems?

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Apr 23

✨ New study ✨

📍 Westeinderplassen, Netherlands
👷 Marcel Visser (@mevisser.bsky.social)
🏦 NIOO-KNAW (@niooknaw.bsky.social)
🐦 Eurasian coot
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...
📑 metadata only

Reposted by SPI-Birds

10th Hole-nesting Birds Conference @hnbirds2025.bsky.social · Apr 1

Registration is now open for the Hole-nesting Birds Conference 2025! Researchers of all career stages are warmly invited to join us in the historic city of Olomouc, Czechia. #ornithology

[Link to register: registrace.rapl.upol.cz/Form/HoleNes...

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 13

⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis)

Cory's shearwater soaring in front of a grey sky.
Credits: Houssembo (CC-BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) through Wikimedia Commons.

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 13

✨ New study ✨

📍 Selvagem Grande, Portugal
👷 Paulo Catry, José Pedro Granadeiro
🏦 MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Ispa - Instituto Universitário, University of Lisbon
🐦 Cory's shearwater (⭐)
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...
📑 metadata only

Selvagem Grande

Metadata of the field study (SVG-1) at Selvagem Grande (SVG), Portugal

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-Northwest-5
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Revda West-Northwest-5

Metadata of the field study (RWN-1) at Revda West-Northwest-5 (RWN), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda Southwest-1.5
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Revda Southwest-1.5

Metadata of the field study (RSW-1) at Revda Southwest-1.5 (RSW), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda Northwest-2
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Revda Northwest-2

Metadata of the field study (RNW-1) at Revda Northwest-2 (RNW), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-27
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWC-1) at Revda West-27 (RWC), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-20
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWB-1) at Revda West-20 (RWB), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-16
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWA-1) at Revda West-16 (RWA), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-8
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWF-1) at Revda West-8 (RWF), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-6.5
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWH-1) at Revda West-6.5 (RWH), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-5.5
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWE-1) at Revda West-5.5 (RWE), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-4
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/project/s...

Metadata of the field study (RWG-1) at Revda West-4 (RWG), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

📍 Revda West-1
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...

Metadata of the field study (RWD-1) at Revda West-1 (RWD), Russia

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

✨ 11 new studies ✨

📍 Revda, Russia
👷 Eugen Belskii, Andrey Lyakhov
🏦 Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
🐦 Pied flycatcher
📑 metadata only – data will follow

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 28

✨ New study ✨

📍 La Maddalena Archipelago, Italy
👷 Jacopo G. Cecere (@jgcecere.bsky.social), Federico De Pascalis
🏦 ISPRA
🐦 Scopoli's shearwater
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...
📑 metadata only

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

What do we need to know to stop biodiversity decline, at all levels of life ranging from genes, species, communities, habitats to entire ecosystems?

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 28

Little owl (Athene noctua)

Little owl sitting on a dead tree.
Credits: Andy Morffew (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 28

Eurasian scops owl, European scops owl, scops owl (Otus scops)

Eurasian scops owl sitting on a branch near the trunk of a tree.
Credits: Frank Vassen (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 28

⭐ New species for SPI-Birds
European roller, roller (Coracias garrulus)

European roller sitting on a wire.
Credits: Parth Kansara (CC-BY 4.0) through Wikimedia Commons.

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 28

✨ New study ✨

📍 Guadix-Baza, Spain
👷 Deseada Parejo, Jesús Avilés
🏦 Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC)
🐦 European roller, Eurasian scops owl, Little owl (⭐)
🔗 nioo.knaw.nl/en/projects/...
📑 metadata only – data will follow

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

What do we need to know to stop biodiversity decline, at all levels of life ranging from genes, species, communities, habitats to entire ecosystems?

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 27

More info about Konza: lter.konza.ksu.edu/about-konza

About Konza | Konza Prairie LTER

lter.konza.ksu.edu

SPI-Birds @spibirds.bsky.social · Feb 27

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Dickcissel perching on a branch, looking left.
Credits: Andrew C (CC-BY 2.0) through Wikimedia Commons.