Ruedi Nager
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Researching #seabirds #gulls and #thermal-imaging at Glasgow Uni | Editing Ibis #ornithology | Running Animal #Welfare MSc @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
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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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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
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➡️ Visit Tring collections

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Keynote 🧵 ⬇️

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More intense human-caused heat extremes have reduced terrestrial bird abundance - in particular in the tropics - more than other human pressures
#ornithology
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jul 31
📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! 📢

#BOU2026 | Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | University of Nottingham | Zoom & Bluesky

Take a look at the keynote lineup and submit your abstract now!

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There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Riley Lawson describes the backstory of his recent paper in The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology, which documents the underappreciated threat that collisions with anthropogenic structures pose to #seabirds. wilsonsociety.org/2025/07/28/g...
Taxonomic distribution of all banded seabirds that were recorded in the North American Bird Banding Program dataset (1930–2023) as having died from colliding with anthropogenic structures. Recovery rate is defined as the number of collision-associated recoveries per 100,000 birds banded. Bird silhouettes generated by PhyloPic (Keesey 2024).
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jun 4
Some like it hot: Elevated heating capacity of carotenoid-containing contour feathers compared to melanized feathers and of rural over urban feathers | journals.sagepub.com... | Avian Biology Research | #ornithology 🪶
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Manx Shearwaters show flexible migration visiting lower latitudes during non-breeding in El Niño years and experience cascading carry over effects on subsequent breeding behaviour #ornithology royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Had great fun to write this paper with Pralle Kriengwatana, @amsouth.bsky.social, Marin Ullrich & emilydoolittle.bsky.social on how animals respond to music & what needs to be reported in future to better understand their responses #AnimalWelfare @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jan 13
📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN...

...for the BOU Summer Placement Scheme

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

Application deadline: 31 March

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

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jan 13
EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Using model-based distance sampling to estimate decadal population change in Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) across periods spanned by different at-sea survey methods | onlinelibrary.wiley....

T.J. Clark-Wolf et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Dec 20
IBIS Special Issue | Citizen Science

Using citizen science image analysis to measure seabird phenology | onlinelibrary.wiley....

@aliceedney.bsky.social et al | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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New in #BirdStudy
#Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu.

Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006...
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Great Skua in Shetland
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Considering infrared radiation may be necessary for a better understanding of animals' colouration diversity and possible responses to thermal challenge.

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How does Gloger's rule predict near- and mid-infrared radiation in birds? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.12.628255v1
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Common Guillemots suffered catastrophic losses following a marine heat wave in 2015 and 2016, and may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem
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‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions of seabirds—and they haven’t bounced back
Historic 2016 event may have permanently altered northern Pacific ecosystem
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Since 2016 we have been fortunate to host Tanzanian conservation leaders thru the Karimjee MSc Conservation scholarship at the Univ Glasgow, a full ride 2-year scholarship, generously supported by a local Tanzanian NGO the Karimjee Foundation. Please help us spread the word to potential applicants!
Announcement for a Conservation scholarship for Tanzanian nationals at the University of Glasgow, deadline January 5, 2025
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BOU @bou.org.uk · Nov 22
First record of a large breeding colony of the Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus in mainland Africa | www.tandfonline.com/... | Ostrich | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
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Out now!🔊 The SMP Report provides an overview of the status of the UK’s breeding #seabirds since 1986. It further highlights declines as shown by the recent Seabirds Count, a census of Britain & Ireland’s seabirds.

Read the report➡️ www.bto.org/smp-publications @rspb.bsky.social #Ornithology
Image of two Gannets alongside the wording: Seabird Monitoring Programme. Seabirds Population Trends and Causes of Change: 1986-2023. SMP logo top right of image. BTO, JNCC, and ‘in association with’ RSPB logo bottom right.
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