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BOU @bou.org.uk · 1d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Breeding and foraging habitat are important in determining foraging ranges of sympatric generalist species | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Chris B. Thaxter et al | #ornithology 🪶

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 4d

Important date for your diaries ‼️

Our AGM is Wed 12 Nov - 12 midday (online) 📔👩‍💻

ALL our members are welcome & we'd love you to join us if you can. A number of roles have also come up within the committee - details on how to apply to follow.

Not yet signed up? www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/membership

Membership - Seabird Group

The Seabird Group was founded to promote and co-ordinate the study and conservation of seabirds. We organise conferences and publish the journal SEABIRD.

www.seabirdgroup.org.uk

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 6d

Exciting news! We’re planning the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31, and have met with @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social and @birdsinwales.bsky.social to discuss how we can work together on what we hope will be the most productive Atlas yet. #Ornithology #UKBirding

A group photo of the BTO and BirdWatch Ireland team together on the top of a cliff with green vegetation in the foreground and blue sea in the background.

A group photo of the BTO and SOC team together sitting on a bench and standing in front of a wood timber building.

A group photo of the BTO and WOS team together standing in front of a building with a small tree behind them.

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Caithness Birds 🐦‍⬛ @caithnessbirds.bsky.social · 9d

Snow Bunting on Dunnet beach early afternoon #CaithnessBirds

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Kirsty Franklin @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social · 13d

Very cool new #seabird paper showing no difference in breeding success between healthy and black-eyed gannets, but a worrying overall decline in productivity following the #avianflu outbreak. 🦠🐣

Read the paper here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #seabirds #ornithology

A breeding pair of Gannets on the Bass Rock with their chick. One of the adults clearly has a black eye, an indicator of past exposure to highly pathogenic avian influenza, while the other is normal/healthy.

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Nina O'Hanlon @ninaohanlon.bsky.social · 14d

The most recent thing I worked on was visualising my #CaithnessBirds list - using BirdTrack data (so reflects when I summited BirdTrack data rather than when I actually first saw a species in the county😅) - based on code/inspiration from Jer's course.

A timeline of lines and circles of when I added new birds species to my Caithness list between 2016 and 2025 - trying to look like a field of flowers

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Nina O'Hanlon @ninaohanlon.bsky.social · 14d

I loved this course - so much fun thinking about, exploring and visualising bird data in creative ways - and learning a new coding language! #ornithology

Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 15d

The autumn evening cohort for Binoculars to Binomials starts Thursday.

Which means you have a little over 48 hours to jump on board!

Get to know your local birds, learn some fun approaches to data viz, and... completely rewire your 🧠?

jerthorp.me/learning

Why birds & data?
To see the whole picture.
Data is a system, not a thing.
To truly understand data, you need to know how it gets made,
how it is changed by the processes of computation, and how
the choices we make in representing it affect the stories that
can be told.
Birding offers a way to get intimate with this entire system. To
watch as our observations become data. To see how they are
recast and reshaped by algorithms and models. To explore the
many practical and poetic ways we might tell our data's story.
Through birding, data is revealed not as static record, but as a
living process of which we (and our feathered neighbors) are
very much a part.
Autumn cohorts of Binoculars to Binomials start September 23rd.
Register now: jerthorp.me/learning

Birds of a feather
learn together.
Binoculars to Binomials is an online
course about birding and data
visualization.
Join a cohort of curious people to
build new skills and make
new things.
Autumn cohorts start September 23rd.
Register now: jerthorp.me/learning

Why birds & data?
It'll change
vour brain.
> Researchers have shown that cultivating a
birding practice strengthens memory and
improves ability to notice detail. In case that
wasn't enough, being around birds makes you
happier.
Everyday encounters with birds have been
demonstrated to significantly reduce
psychological distress, and improve overall
well-being.
Binoculars to Binomials is an
online course about birding
and data visualization.
Autumn cohorts start September 23rd.
Register now: jerthorp.me/learning

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 15d

1/ The Wild Bird Indicators, using BTO data, have been updated today by Defra! ⬇️

Sadly, the ‘all bird species’ index, comprising the population trends of 130 species, has been in a slow continuous decline in the UK since the 1970s, down by 18% and by 4% in the last five years. 📉 #Ornithology

Image of two Turtle Doves perching on branches over water, one leans down to take a drink. Wording to the left reads: Wild Bird Indicators. For populations in the UK and England, 1970 to 2024. Out now!

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Alice Edney @aliceedney.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 New #seabirds paper 🚨

Following a workshop at the International Seabird Group Conference 2024 & led by @seabirdmortenf.bsky.social, we review opportunities & challenges for new technologies in seabird monitoring 🎥💻🐣

Link below! ⬇️ #ornithology
doi.org/10.1093/ices...

Opportunities and challenges for new technologies in seabird population monitoring

Abstract. Monitoring of seabird population size and demography has for decades relied on observer-based methods. While such methods have allowed the accumu

doi.org

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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 16d

Today we are attending the Gull Summit in Inverness because gulls are in trouble and need help.

You can read more about how we can learn to live with gulls here: www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/new...

📷: Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)

Close up of a Herring Gull looking at the camera with its head thoughtfully tilted to one side

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Rob Hughes @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social · 22d

Back from a relaxing 9 days on Shetland Mainland (and Mousa) with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
Nice bumping into the odd scarce migrant as well as quite a few Pied Flycatchers and Garden Warblers
ebird.org/tripreport/4...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 26d

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open!

The Natural History Museum priorities are below.

If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more

www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 28d

⏰ 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

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

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · Sep 4

Bird conservation is only going to work if these species have healthy habitats to live in. Can citizen scientists help gather vital information on habitat condition? This new study investigates➡️ www.bto.org/citizen-science-habitat-monitoring #Ornithology #citsci @ukceh.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · Aug 27

One of the delights of teaching Binoculars to Binomials is how the class attracts interesting people from all walks of life.

Ornithologists, librarians, retirees, engineers, artists, composers... all interested in the intersection of birds, data & care.

Join us?

🪶📊🎨

jerthorp.me/learning

Binoculars to Binomials is an online course about birding and data visualization.Join a cohort of curious people to build new skills and make new things.

Autumn cohorts start September 23rd.

Register now: jerthorp.me/learning

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Nina O'Hanlon @ninaohanlon.bsky.social · Sep 5

Whoop 🎉 @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social submitting his PhD thesis after 3.5 years 🦆 Much more chilled than I was, and he has already published most of it 🌟

Bearded guy happily looking at his computer

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Nina O'Hanlon @ninaohanlon.bsky.social · Sep 5

A gorgeous pre-work @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count this morning, lots of waders including at least 7 Curlew Sandpipers 💙
#CaithnessBirds

Blue skies and blue sea with sand dune vegetation and sandy beach in foreground and a slice on land between the sea and sky.

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · Sep 3

With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Graphic displays two fulmars, one sat on a cliff face and the second about to land next to the other. The sitting bird has its beak open and there is a speech bubble with the text ‘IT’S SMP DATA SUBMISSION TIME!’ emerging from its mouth. The caption reads ‘With the seabird breeding season ending, and many species returning to sea or their wintering grounds, it’s the perfect opportunity to submit your breeding data to the Seabird Monitoring Programme! (deadline: end of October) #seabirds’

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Rob Hughes @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social · Sep 2

Amazing views of the hawking Black-winged Pratincole at Brawlbin this afternoon. Great find by @anguscroudace.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds

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Rob Hughes @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social · Sep 2

Juv Curlew Sandpiper on Freswick beach this morning #CaithnessBirds

Curlew Sandpiper on a beach with some Dunlin

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Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · Aug 29

One again the new volume 53(2) of @marineorno.bsky.social covers a wide geographical and species range!
#seabirds #ornithology #OpenAccess #Conservation

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Jacqui Glencross @jacquiglencross.bsky.social · Aug 26

Please share!
We are still looking for more mentors for @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social Guillemates!

Are you a mid-career seabirder (or beyond) wanting to help support ECRs and can run 4 sessions throughout the year🐧🐥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Sign up here: forms.gle/MuQLcdaZHtxU...

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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · Aug 26

The next in our series of ECR talks is coming up on Fri 5th September - this time on Peer Review 👀📃

The panel will be our own @thelabandfield.bsky.social & @ingridpollet.bsky.social, @tashgillies.bsky.social & Dr. Richard Sherley ✒️✨

Time: 9.30 am (BST). Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A pile of books and papers. Taken by Wesley Tingey.

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · Aug 24

Do I know anyone on here who might find it useful to predict hatching dates from birds eggs? Please reach out if you're open to help me develop ovotime.com to include more species, and to expand with more detailed #oology features! #phenology #seabirds #ornithology 🌍🧪

Ovotime

Ovotime is a tool for predicting the hatching time of skua eggs based on their mass, length, breadth, and density.

ovotime.com

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Martin Stervander 🏳️‍🌈🇸🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏛️🦉🦤🪶 @stervander.com · Aug 12

Join us as Assistant #Curator of Vertebrates @ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NMS! Large collections of #birds & #mammals + very active specimen prep = cool place! The ad doesn't say, but I say there's a good chance of prolongation beyond 1y. Hurry up and apply/spread the word: careers.nms.ac.uk/job/748553!

🪶🧪 #museumjobs #job

Yours truly and our mounted Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) specimen

The bird collection store, busy with visiting researchers, mounts, and in the background our volunteers who capture data from the specimen labels. It's not always this packed, but we do have a fair number of volunteers and visitors.

Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) in trays in the cabinets. The collections spaces are pretty new, fresh, and functional, which is not always the case for museum collections...

A tray of African raptor eggs to illustrate the breadth of the bird collection, which holds som 70K skin specimens, 60K egg clutches, and 10K skeletons.

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