Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
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⏰ DEADLINE TODAY!

Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶

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

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⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Nominate now for a BOU #ornithology award 🪶

Deadline: Mon 15 Sept

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

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Just a few days left to submit nominations for the @bou.org.uk awards!

Nominations close this Monday 15th Sept ⏰

#ornithology

We're hiring!🧪🪶

Join our Conservation Science Technical team and help design and develop field equipment for research activities such as tracking and monitoring

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🦆Bird friends!🦜

The @nhm-london.bsky.social is hosting an exciting birding conference! Talks from the RSPB, the BBC NHU & BirdLife International, among many others

Open to ANYONE at only £10 (£5 online!) is amazing value to listen to the world's top bird scientists! 🪶
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🌱 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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5/5

🎖️ Janet Kear Union Medal

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

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4/5

🎤 Alfred Newton Lecture

Awarded to an internationally renowned figure in the field of Avian Disease Ecology, who will present this prestige lecture at #BOU2027

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3/5

🏆 Godman Salvin Prize

Awarded by BOU Council to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished #ornithological work

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2/5

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

Your chance to recognise those key people in #ornithology 👏

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📆 Deadline 15th Sept 2025

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New job alert: Would you like to help analyse our Big Garden Birdwatch dataset? 🪶🧪

Our monitoring science team are hiring for a new 2yr position to develop the ecological analysis and visualisation of BGBW data

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Does head-starting deliver for Black-tailed Godwits and can it deliver for Curlew?
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Paper by @lyndadonaldson.bsky.social et al
#UKbirding

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Join us on 12-13 November for #ornithology research within the theme. We will be summarising many of presenters' presentations here.

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