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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 2d

I love how our 2yr old doesn't just point at birds and say "birds". He's getting good ID'ing local stuff. He enjoyed wigeon & gadwall (video) on the canal last night. He also (a bit too keenly!) corrected a lady who said "look at the pretty moorhen" - it was a coot 😅 @zachinch92.bsky.social #birding

Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 3d

When there's a storm and the toddler is asleep.... BIRD! 3 Leach's petrel in the bag, RNLI station - Hoylake. @zachinch92.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #birding

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Dame Jane Goodall DBE. One of the absolute greats in Zoology, who taught us so much & inspired beyond words. I feel privileged to have met you & thank you for all you have done for conservation, understanding and protecting our wildlife. #janegoodall

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 7d

Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of Pied flycatcher population performance as a proxy for monitoring wider climate & habitat impacts.
Excellent supervisory team @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social & collaborator @nationaltrust.org.uk
Email me!
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Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of variation in population performance of a migratory bird (Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca) as a proxy for monitoring wider climate and habitat impacts. at L...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 7d

📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN...

...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme

Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements

Application deadline: 30 January 2026

Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...

🪶 #ukbirds

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 8d

A great weekend at the NYMR autumn steam gala. Here is 45428 leaving Grosmont 🚂 #trains #trainphotography #steamtrain #heritagerailway

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 13d

When @ljmuofficial.bsky.social's official photographer snaps you in action at the @britsciassoc.bsky.social British Science Festival! It was great to see Europe's longest standing science festival hosted in Liverpool & be given a platform to bring #ornithology to the public. @ljmuimpact.bsky.social🌍

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 16d

Should I stay or should I go?🐦 Fancy a #PhD studying Pied flycatchers in the Peak District to help better understand what drives individual & population performance? Think #habitat #movement #ecology #genetics 🌍 Make use of this nestbox PIT tag study system and join us! Email me #LJMU #NationalTrust

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 21d

Another year, another #freshers week & getting to know a new bunch of great @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Wildlife Conservation students! Our "draw your lecturer" activity has become a big highlight... my colleague Rob doesn't have an official staff photo but now he has many options! 😅 #ljmu #university

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Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies?

Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!

Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

ecoevorxiv.org

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 24d

Furness Railway No20 approaches Brooksbottom Tunnel during the ELR's Rail 200 weekend 14/09/2025 #trains #trainphotography #steamtrain #heritagerailway #steamrailway #eastlancsrailway

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 25d

When the toddler falls asleep during #parkrun #PenningtonFlash so you have the rare opportunity to do some birding post-run! Great views of a couple of black terns. Nice chance to recover... #31weeks #pregnancy 🏃‍♀️

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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 26d

This could be a tipping point for decision makers across the UK: we're holding a National Emergency Briefing on the Climate and Nature crisis for national leaders at Westminster Central Hall, and you can help!...🧵

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · 28d

Great to be part of the British Science Festival today that has taken over Liverpool city centre this week - talking all things #ornithology & showing the public many ways we can monitor #birds for #conservation & research at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social (also a chance to big up @bou.org.uk)

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'll be in the Bluecoat Gardens giving a demo for all things #birds monitoring for #ornithology at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #BSF #BritishScienceFestival - hopefully see you on 10th September!

Monica McCard @monicamcc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to be representing LJMU @ljmuofficial.bsky.social who are co-hosting the British Science Festival 2025 starting next week. Tickets are still available come along and see what we are doing 😊 #BritishScienceFestival2025 #BSF #marineecology #outreach

www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...

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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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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great to have a 2nd @routledgebooks.bsky.social book chapter under my belt (prev freshwater birds, now wetland birds, yet I study passerines 😅) & absolute privilege to write with Dr Ann Hodgson. Definitely feel like I have a place in #ornithology after this year! @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #impact 🌍

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Aug 27

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Don't miss your chance to submit an abstract for #BOU2026

Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | Uni of Nottingham & Zoom

Talk, poster & Bluesky abstracts accepted

Deadline 1 September

bou.org.uk/event/bir...

#ornithology 🪶

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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · Aug 5

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing"
doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

A checklist highlighting the key points of TADA: Transferable, Accessible, Documented, and Annotated code.

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's time to join the #Motus wildlife tracking network! @woodcreeper.bsky.social gives an impressive overview of the advancement of Motus tracking & its potential for #ornithology #conservation - we need more stations, want to get involved? @eounion.bsky.social #ecology #migration #EOU2025 motus.org

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Excellent keynote from @btobirds.bsky.social Science Director James Pearce-Higgins exploring key mechanisms driving golden plover populations & the need for long-term monitoring if we are to make #conservation decisions in an ever-changing 🌍 @eounion.bsky.social #EOU2025 #ornithology #climatechange

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's the final day of the @eounion.bsky.social conference at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & Dr Rose Thorogood @helsinkiupress.bsky.social gives great examples of how personal/social cues + signals help us understand and predict bird decision making. Tits, hihis & warblers, all before 10am! #EOU2025

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 21

Fantastic excursion to @rspb.bsky.social South Stack to break up the week-long @eounion.bsky.social conference at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. Diving gannets, good numbers of kittiwakes, chorus of chough & raven, peregrines soaring & stonechat for company along the trails. Sunny weather, a bonus!

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 20

What a great bunch of birdy folk! @bou.org.uk #BOUatEOU #ornithology #EOU2025

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Dr Danni Hinchcliffe @dannihinchy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Poster 52 @eounion.bsky.social conference: long-term insights into climate change effects on bird phenology at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social. Controversially we find birds are arriving later in warmer seasons, not earlier! Why could that be? Let's chat! Poster session 5-7pm today. #EOU2025 #ornithology

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