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Team of naturalists who share information and moments from nature. 🌺🪾🦉

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🦅 New Research - Habitat imprinting in breeding territory selection of a long-lived bird of prey. "It gives us better understanding of the role of early experience in selection of breeding sites in long-lived species with high breeding site fidelity"

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December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Hi! We have 1 wish for Christmas! That in '26 we reach 100,000 followers on @bsky.app Please help us by RTing your endorsement!

Follow us! Birds of the World is a groundbreaking resource where you can find deep ornithological content on birds, stunning multimedia, and range maps for every bird!
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Dlužno dodat, že tyto informace by ČSO ani Evropská komise neměly, kdyby tisíce lidí - amatérských ornitologů - nesčítaly dobrovolně a zadarmo ptáky po celé Evropě. Jim patří největší poděkování.
Dnes vyšla nová verze indikátorů evropských ptáků. Nejhůře jsou na tom i nadále polní ptáci. Ptačí indikátory jsou důležitým nástrojem pro hodnocení stavu evropské přírody, který ČSO každoročně dodává Evropské komisi.

www.birdlife.cz/nova-zprava-...
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Excellent thread from @btobirds.bsky.social on this game changing development for studying Lesser Spots
1/ A new study from @lesserspotnet.bsky.social & BTO in @britishbirds.bsky.social looks at how passive acoustic monitoring is an effective way of surveying Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ➡️ www.bto.org/LSWBioacoust...

#bioacoustics #ornithology @simongillings.bsky.social @hosbirding.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Urban soil sealing, pollution and fragmentation are affecting soil productivity and biodiversity, home to nearly 59% of Earth’s species.

Protecting living soils sustains soil productivity, nutrient recycling and water filtration, and pollinators.

#WorldSoilDay #GreenCities #SoilSealing
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight.

This is likely the first time invasive brown rats have been recorded eating bats in urban hibernation sites in Europe.
Europe’s under-pressure bats face ‘astonishing’ threat: Ambush by rats
Researchers have captured video of an unexpected predator at two bat hibernation sites in northern Germany: invasive brown rats that lie in wait to intercept the bats mid-flight. Invasive rodents are…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Little Carpathians or Malé Karpaty mountains offer fragments of wild nature too. Old trees, deadwood, steep slopes, ravines.. #Karpaty #Carpathians #nature #slovakia
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
How to develop a positive relationship with nature? Sometimes it is simple - to have fun! Our naturalist club for children enjoyed preparing shelters during a beautiful sunny day. #nature #naturalistclub
October 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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We'll be interested to see how many Short-eared Owls cross the North Sea and spend the winter in Britain. 🦉 Read about BTO’s research tracking Short-eared Owls here ➡️ bit.ly/TrackingSEO #Ornithology #RaptorResearch

📷 Short-eared Owl by Liz Cutting/BTO
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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🦫 This article highlights a recent study reporting cascade effects of beaver ecosystem engineering, which positively impact bat populations. The study authors show behavioural responses with increasing foraging activity, indirectly due to beaver presence➡️https://buff.ly/EpQyz14
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
During a short excursion by the Morava river we found this flower. #flowers #Slovakia #Austria
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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🌱 How do disasters impact plant communities?

After the Kakhovka Reservoir collapse, researchers surveyed Khortytsia Island floodplains in Ukraine to study vegetation shifts from altered hydrology.

Explore the dataset shared via @gbifnorway.bsky.social 💚 🔗 gbif.link/Khortytsia...
October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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🌳 Most dominant tree species in European unmanaged forests show no consistent long-term increase in mortality over the last decades. This highlights their high resilience and adaptability to environmental stress. @WSL_research @ForEco_ETH @jokinidol

🔎 Read the full article here:
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
While you're on holiday, the EU is dismantling environmental protections 🏖️➡️💔 #HandsOffNature
You have until 10 September to tell the Commission what you think. Your voice matters: handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
handsoffnature.eu
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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How is this possible?

This ant can lay eggs of two different species, birthed by the same mother
September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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🎙 V nejnovějším díle podcastu ČSO se podíváme s @lilykores.bsky.social do ptačího parku Kosteliska. Gašpar Čamlík, jednatel Jihomoravské pobočky @birdlife.cz, která o park pečuje, vám řekne víc o tomhle krásném místě na Hodonínsku.

Poslouchejte (a sledujte) až do konce.👉🐍
youtu.be/SfAfLbn7PWc?...
Terén #2: Kosteliska. Z neprostupné džungle ptačí ráj na jižní Moravě
YouTube video by Česká společnost ornitologická
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September 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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🚨 Millions of birds are at risk from Italy’s planned Messina Strait Bridge!

The Italian government gave its final approval on the construction of the longest single-span bridge in the world in one of Europe’s most important migration bottlenecks.

Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
August 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sometimes you can find a treasure. Here, European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis). Great animal! #nature #insects #wildlife #slovakia
August 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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New research suggests that the nitrogen in Adélie penguin droppings can react with atmospheric compounds to form thermoregulating clouds, which could potentially regulate the impacts of climate change!

Cartoon by Rohan Charkravarty: buff.ly/dL4fdWv.
August 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can:

👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏
👉reduce pollinator richness🧪
👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝
...all with minimal benefits to crop yields!

Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
August 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Sýčka ohrožuje špatný stav zemědělské krajiny a technické pasti v okolí hnízdišť. Ornitologové z @birdlife.cz a @ivb-cas.bsky.social proto ve spolupráci s farmáři vyvěšují hnízdní budky, instalují berličky a domlouvají vhodné způsoby hospodaření.

Foto: Tereza Valchářová
August 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM