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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 6d

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ISBE2026 @isbe2026.bsky.social · 8d

#ISBE2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your abstract by 15 December 2025 on www.isbe2026.com

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations @alixkristiansen.bsky.social on your first paper from your PhD - it's out!

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Home range and activity budget in the Falkland Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)

The Falkland Islands support globally important populations of seabirds and coastal birds, underscoring their value for international conservation efforts. However, substantial knowledge gaps impede t...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · 28d

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On the Interdisciplinary Studies of Animal Cognition and Behavior: Are We Talking About the Same Thing?

The purpose of this survey is to gather different perspectives about the concept of ‘animal cognition’ in various research fields, including behavioral ecology, psychology, veterinary sciences, and ne...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨

We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨

Scan the QR code & share widely

#AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science

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Charlène Gémard @charlenegemard.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Calling researchers, students, technicians in cognition 🚨

We’re running a 10-min anonymous survey on how animal cognition is defined and studied across disciplines (from ecology, ethology, psychology, neurology, etc). 🧠✨

Scan the QR code & share widely

#AnimalCognition #ResearchSurvey #Science

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INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest) @inbo.be · 28d

Voortaan dr. Charlotte Van Driessche verdedigde vrijdag met succes haar doctoraat ‘Implementation of eDNA metabarcoding as an innovative tool for biomonitoring fish communities in lotic waters’, met @universiteitgent.bsky.social en @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social.
Beluister 📻 bit.ly/PhDCharlotte

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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · Sep 5

Had an amazing week in Kolkata at #Behaviour2025! Very grateful for the opportunity to present my work 🐥 Also super glad I got to explore the city and see some of it's wildlife, and to chat cool science with so many nice people!

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · Aug 27

🔥Wildfire tragedy in Portugal

The Cinereous Vultures (𝐴𝑒𝑔𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑠) need our help. A massive wildfire destroyed not only their nests, but also the breeding and acclimatisation centre in Douro International Nature Park in the North of Portugal.
#birds #wildfire

📸Yves Adams

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 22

We had 4 talks, and two posters so great representation of @ecobird.bsky.social from Ghent University.

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Dr Lucy Mitchell @lucyjmitchell.bsky.social · Aug 22

Successful @ecobird.bsky.social #EOU2025 trip. Great presentations by @cesarepacioni.bsky.social, Jolien Van Malderen, Caoimhe Abdul-Wahab, Mélibée Morel and me! Well done team 👏 Loads of fun, and surprisingly good Welsh weather 😇

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Cesare Pacioni @cesarepacioni.bsky.social · Aug 18

@ecobird.bsky.social at #EOU2025 🐦 Looking forward to sharing our work and connecting with the European ornithology community
Caoimhe Abdul-Wahab | Poster S1
@lucyjmitchell.bsky.social | Symp 11
Mélibée Morel | Oral 17
@cesarepacioni.bsky.social | Oral 8
Jolien Van Malderen | Symp 2 & Poster S1

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Thomas Cansse @tcansse.bsky.social · Aug 11

Happy to share my last PhD paper where we investigated the istopic niche of black-faced cormorants both for the breeding season and the non-breeding period. doi.org/10.1080/0158...
#seabirds #ornithology

Isotopic niche segregation during the non-breeding period in Black-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)

Due to environmental changes, prey distribution and availability are predicted to change. This is expected to impact their predators, especially in the highly dynamic and fast-changing marine envir...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · Jul 31

already on the to-order list!

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Alizée Vernouillet @vernouilleta.bsky.social · Jul 23

New paper out!
To Peck or Not To Peck: The influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

To peck or not to peck: the influence of early-life social environment on response inhibition and impulsive aggression in Japanese quails | Royal Society Open Science

Deficits in response inhibition (RI; i.e. the ability to suppress inappropriate responses) may contribute to increased impulsive aggression (IA; i.e. unplanned behaviours that harm others). Since earl...

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PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 26

It forms part of an exciting Special Issue of Phil Trans, "Selection shapes diverse animal minds", edited by @ellileadbeater.bsky.social & @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social

Co-authors include @ecobird.bsky.social @samellisq.bsky.social

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1929

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · Jun 26

The survival of the smartest? Assessing how cognition shapes fitness in animals. A really fun collaboration to be part of—thread below! 👇

PEC Exeter @pec-exeter.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEW PAPER🎺
How does cognition determine an individual’s fitness? A systematic review of the links between cognition, behaviour and fitness in non-human animals

Lots of studies try to explain how cognition might evolve, by taking a behavioural ecology approach

Has this approach made any progress?🧵

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Birgit Szabo, PhD 🦎🐸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @birgitszabo.bsky.social · Jun 24

Proud to share our newest gecko paper published @ecol-evol.bsky.social! We raised geckos either with or without their parents and found some effects on the development of behaviour and cognition! Read the rest here:
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · Jun 18

New paper led by @anneleendewulf.bsky.social out now! 👇🎊

Anneleen Dewulf @anneleendewulf.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨New paper out!🚨

We tested whether birds show better response inhibition when the stop signal matches their ecological niche. 🐤
No clear effect, but plenty of learning (on both sides of the test box).
More + behind-the-scenes: bit.ly/45ZYHtq
Read the registered report: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · May 28

Nice to see more media attention for this paper 📰🥳

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · May 23

This new #RSOS paper looks at neophobia across social contexts in juvenile herring #gulls. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @ecobird.bsky.social‬

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · May 21

This work has also made it to the news 📰

📢 www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

📢 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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Centre for Research on Ecology, Cognition and Behaviour of Birds @ecobird.bsky.social · May 21

🚨New Paper Out!🚨

We found that juvenile herring gulls in groups were less neophobic (quicker to eat & spent more time near novel objects) than individuals tested alone🤝

🎉 Read the preregistered report, led by Sophia Knoch & Reinoud Allaert, here:
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

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Cesare Pacioni @cesarepacioni.bsky.social · May 10

A great @ecobird.bsky.social team building day at the Zwin Natuur Park in Knokke-Heist 🐦

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Katy Willcox @katywillcox.bsky.social · May 9

Nice day out with the @ecobird.bsky.social team! saw some birds, ate some snacks & embarrassed myself in some beach games 🥐🦆⛱️

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Vitor H. B. Ferreira @vitorhbf.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thanks to the @ecobird.bsky.social
team for the warm welcome these past two days! I really enjoyed sharing ideas, learning about their work on chickens and quail, and having great conversations. Hoping for fruitful collaborations in the future! @katywillcox.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social

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