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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 13h

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 2d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Inadequate reproductive success is a potential cause of Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) population decline in England | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Malcolm D. Burgess et al | #ornithology 🪶

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 7d

Closing date tomorrow, an exciting PhD linking insects with demography of aerial foraging birds such as House martin based @uniexecec.bsky.social in Cornwall.

PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 20d

Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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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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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 20d

Fully funded PhD with me, @uniexecec.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social working on insectivorous bird declines - hopefully esp. House martin www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · 20d

New job alert: An amazing opportunity - our International science team are hiring for a 2yr position (initially) for an experienced scientist to work on tropical forest conservation 🌍🧪

Full details here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

📷Nick Williams/RSPB

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · 20d

Back from Olomouc — such a well-organised conference in a brilliant location. This community through these HNB conferences has sparked so many collaborations for PiedFly.Net, putting UK data on the map, and led to @spibirds.bsky.social making working together even easier. Thanks you organisers!

10th Hole-nesting Birds Conference @hnbirds2025.bsky.social · 21d

The 10th HNB Conference has finished! The atmosphere was fantastic, and we hope everyone enjoyed both the conference and the city of Olomouc. Congrats to the winners of the student competition: Beau Strijker (Best Poster) and Daisy Abraham (Best Talk)! We’re already looking forward to the next HNB!

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BOU @bou.org.uk · 20d

Extending Long-Term Avian Studies Alters Temporal and Climate-Driven Trend Conclusions | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶

Extending Long‐Term Avian Studies Alters Temporal and Climate‐Driven Trend Conclusions

Long-term population studies are essential for understanding the effects of climate change on biodiversity, yet predictions based on short-term data may be unreliable. Our findings reveal that initia...

doi.org

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 23d

Come work with us… PDRA position to work on a host of exciting things! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Get in touch if you want to know more

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · Aug 23

I last saw Arin in 2014 when he was a field assistant at APLORI helping us monitor whinchats in Nigeria (on his bike 🤣). Caught up with him today - 11 years later. He’s starting a zoology degree in Sep because he’s inspired to do a PhD in ornithology and help protect his home. All because of APLORI!

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jul 8

Standard Nestling Manipulation by Researchers Does Not Affect Fledging Age: A Field Experiment With Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca | doi.org/10.13157/arl... | Ardeola | #ornithology 🪶

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · Jun 1

Pleased to contribute a nest to this years @lesserspotnet.bsky.social monitoring. A brood of 4 revealed by the special camera thanks to @angusrobin.bsky.social

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BOU @bou.org.uk · May 29

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Woodland birds symposium | 18 August 2025 | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

#ornithology 🪶

SPC: Stuart Sharp
@piedflynet.bsky.social
Daria Dadam &
@parusradious.bsky.social

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BOU @bou.org.uk · May 22

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Woodland birds symposium | 18 August 2025 | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

#ornithology 🪶

SPC: Stuart Sharp
@piedflynet.bsky.social
Daria Dadam &
@parusradious.bsky.social

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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · May 22

PhD opportunity #AfricanOrnithology

PhD in Spatial-temporal dynamics of Black-tailed Godwit habitat use and foraging ecology in Senegal

www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

Vacatures bij de RUG

www.rug.nl

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · May 21

Cat and others did you see this Dartmoor habitat map generated from similar data, look OK? besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... it does seem that this does use the more robust truthing methods like suggested by @lilybellesweet.bsky.social‬ So hopefully good?

An operational land cover and land cover change toolbox: processing open‐source data with open‐source software

Customizable land cover & change toolbox for non-specialists using open-source data and software with a step-by-step guide: map what habitats are where in the area you manage, shown here for Dartmoor...

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/[email protected]‬

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Lesser Spot Network @lesserspotnet.bsky.social · May 20

Now is your last chance to find a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest. For the next week LSW young will be calling from the nest hole and you may hear them. So have a good search in your local woods. LesserSpotNet volunteers are already watching/monitoring twelve nests in the Midlands & South England.

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BOU @bou.org.uk · May 15

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING

Woodland birds symposium | 18 August 2025 | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

#ornithology 🪶

SPC: Stuart Sharp
@piedflynet.bsky.social
Daria Dadam &
@parusradious.bsky.social

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · May 11

First pied flycatcher nest hatching today, 11 May 2025. Most nests incubating eggs now.

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · Apr 22

First Pied flycatcher egg of the season at East Dartmoor, 22 April 2025

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Apr 22

📢 BOU at #EOU2025

Join us for a woodland birds symposium on EOU registration day 18 August | Bangor University | #BOUatEOU

Submit your abstract now!

Deadline: 30 May

bou.org.uk/event/woo...

SPC: Stuart Sharp @piedflynet.bsky.social Daria Dadam & @parusradious.bsky.social

#ornithology

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · Apr 14

Only two more days left to apply…

PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · Mar 14

PhD opportunity with me (RSPB) at Sheffield Hallam combining ecology (building-nesting birds esp. Swift) + building design & planning (Net Zero goals & retrofit). We need a strong student interested in both! Is that you? url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/cNyjCR636C... Please repost.

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Ed Horncastle @edhorncastle.bsky.social · Apr 12

Some pied flycatchers seem already paired up with some nest building already started @piedflynet.bsky.social At least 6 males and 4 females seen today

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Ed Horncastle @edhorncastle.bsky.social · Apr 12

Lots of new females have shown up and spring is going bonkers in the woods. Lots of singing, males defending territories and showing females some holes. Lots of fun. @piedflynet.bsky.social

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PiedFly.Net @piedflynet.bsky.social · Apr 12

At least half the male pied flycatchers back at East Dartmoor now, with some pairs starting nest building.

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