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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 5d

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity

Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the

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Paul Dufour @pauldufour80.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 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...

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 6d

One of the benefits of studying wader migration is that you learn how interconnected places are.
The world seems smaller and country borders seem trivial.
Black-tailed Godwit blog:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 10d

Only a few days to go… please share!!!

Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 20d

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 23d

⏰ DEADLINE TODAY!

Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶

🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award

bou.org.uk/about-the...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 18

Finally, do you know someone who deserves recognition in #ornithology 🪶?

Nominations are OPEN ⤵️

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🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award

⏰ Deadline SOON! 15 September 2025

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Medals and awards

Each year, the BOU presents awards to recognise individuals who have made an outstanding contribution within ornithology. Each award celebrates a specific contribution and nominations are warmly encouraged via the annual call. Current awards Nominations are currently open! Find out more and nominate for any award via the respective links below. Nomination deadline: 15

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 27

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

British Ornithologists' Union – Early Professional Award 2025 - Oliver Padget | doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

#ornithology 🪶

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 2

🔈 #BOUasm25 KEYNOTE

Claire Spottiswoode
University of Cape Town, South Africa

A Zambian ornithological collection as a window into brood parasite-host coevolution

Keynote abstracts: bou.org.uk/conferenc...

#ornithology 🪶

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Sep 2

⏰ EARLY-BIRD RATES TO 30 SEPT

Register now for reduced rates at #BOUasm25

A day at the museum | 18 Nov 2025 | Natural History Museum, London

➡️ BOU member discounts
➡️ In-person & online
➡️ Visit Tring collections

bou.org.uk/event/a-d...

Keynote 🧵 ⬇️

#ornithology 🪶

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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌱 Early Professional Award

Awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of #ornithology (<10 years of last degree)

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Early Professional Award - British Ornithologists' Union

The Early Professional Award is awarded by BOU Council for an outstanding initial contribution to the field of ornithology. Nominate here Nomination deadline: 15 September 2025 Criteria Nominees sh...

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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal

Awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union

bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...

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Janet Kear Union Medal - British Ornithologists' Union

The Janet Kear Union Medal is awarded by BOU Council to members of the BOU in recognition of distinguished service to the Union. Nominate here Nomination deadline: 15 September 2025 The name behind ...

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Lynda Donaldson @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 Nominations for this year's round of @bou.org.uk awards are currently OPEN!

Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏

Find out more and make your nominations here: bou.org.uk/about-the-bo...

📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025

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Medals and awards - British Ornithologists' Union

Each year, the BOU presents awards to recognise individuals who have made an outstanding contribution within ornithology. Each award celebrates a specific contribution and nominations are warmly encou...

bou.org.uk

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jul 28

Check out this Senior Research Ecologist- Bioacoustics vacancy @btobirds.bsky.social

britishtrustforornithology.postingpanda.uk/job/734089

#ornithology 🪶

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Martin Beal @amigodeaves.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

WeTransfer says user content will not be used to train AI after backlash

Firm revises new terms of service that had suggested uploaded files could be used to ‘improve machine learning models’

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jun 19

🔈 NOMINATIONS OPEN

Know someone in #ornithology deserving of recognition? Nominate them for a BOU award now! 🪶

🥇 Godman Salvin Prize
🥇 Alfred Newton Lecture
🥇 Janet Kear Union Medal
🥇 Early Professional Award

Deadline: 15 September 2025

Nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · Jul 14

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.

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Hester Bronnvik @hbronnv.bsky.social · Jul 11

If there is an optimal behavior, why is there so much variation in the world? We found that, for white storks, context is everything. @anflack.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

New paper! @cellpress.bsky.social doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.044
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Stu Butchart @stubutchart.bsky.social · Jul 8

A paper describing the history of AviList and how the new unified global bird checklist was created has now been published - free to download until 1 September: rdcu.be/euZjH

AviList: a unified global bird checklist

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Rita Patrício CE3C, Uni Lisbon @ritapatricio.bsky.social · Jul 8

New paper out! 🌊🐢 OA 🙌🏻
We reviewed studies tracking male sea turtles, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatial ecology #biologging #seaturtles

doi.org/10.3354/esr0...

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Martin Beal @amigodeaves.bsky.social · Jul 4

A fun review we did on the spatial ecology of male sea turtles. Male sea turtles don't come ashore to lay eggs, making them harder to track and therefore more 'elusive'. Check it out!

Endangered Species Research @esr-ir.bsky.social · Jul 3

🐢🦤🌐🧪 New paper!
We reviewed all male sea turtle tracking studies to date, revealing key behaviors—some unique to males! We highlight major knowledge gaps and set priorities to guide future research on this overlooked half of the population. #spatialecology #biologging #seaturtles. bit.ly/esr_57_273

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Bart Hoekstra @barthoekstra.bsky.social · Jun 30

Something to send to your uncle who insists there's just no space for #renewables:

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...

Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy - IOPscience

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy, Weinand, Jann Michael, Pelser, Tristan, Kleinebrahm, Max, Stolten, Detlef

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Ellie Honan @elliehonan.bsky.social · Jun 6

The first paper of my PhD (and my first first-author paper!) is out now in Marine Biology 🌊 🎆 We tracked snow petrels in a season of extreme weather and little sea ice in east Antarctica❄️ read more on our #ANTSIE webpage here:
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/

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Steffen Oppel @steffopp.bsky.social · Jun 6

NEW PAPER collates #telemetry data of >100 marine vertebrate species including #seabirds and finds that protecting only 30% of the global ocean is not enough - because marine animals live everywhere: buff.ly/mYrtoAN

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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · Jun 3

A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.

This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology

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Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

Would appreciate a re-post!

Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

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