#BiologyLetters in @science.org | Roadkill reimagined: a review of innovative scientific use and value of animals killed by vehicular traffic: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

The new owl season has already started in Glasgow! We’ve found owls in our boxes – and even chicks! Tawnies breed in deciduous woodlands, but they can also be found in urban parks, and they can start breeding early in the year! @ecarlonminoia.bsky.social @dmdominoni.bsky.social #owls #ecology

I’m excited to share our new paper in Ecology! Our 9‑year study across an urban–rural gradient shows native trees, especially oaks, boost blue tit breeding success. More native foliage supports more of the birds preferred prey and improves reproductive success. 📃 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #ornithology

A PhD chapter that I'm very proud of is finally out in @ecol-evol.bsky.social!🦉 Using nestbox cameras from 4 countries, we explored interactive effects of habitat quality &weather on provisioning &prey composition 🪱🪲🐀in Little Owls -a rapidly declining farmland raptor. #RaptorResearch #Ornithology

Fantastic PhD opportunity available! “Leveraging citizen science data to reveal latent mechanisms regulating bird population dynamics in urbanised landscapes”. Part of the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program in Ecological Data Science: ecological-data-science.github.io/projects.html. More below.

As researchers, we often frame human-nature relationships as positive, but we have overlooked the opposite: biophobia. In our systematic review, we outline the phenomenon of growing numbers of people feeling fear, aversion or disgust toward nature: doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Our researchers reveal that light pollution disrupts nocturnal insects & spiders' movements.🏙️🕷️ Dr Rochelle Meah & Prof Nicholas Roberts highlight two key effects: 1️⃣ Masked day-to-night transitions. 🌙🕷️ 2️⃣ Blinded polarized light for navigation.☀️🦋 Read➡️: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌿 New paper out in npj Urban Sustainability doi.org/10.1038/s429... 🐦 Urban bird diversity is strongly shaped by fine-scale habitat structure. Grass cover, small water bodies and intermediate vegetation complexity enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services, also for future scenarios! #urbanbirds

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The genomics of being an owl avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/t... #ornithology

Young Peregrine euthanised after suffering gunshot injuries in Leicestershire. Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/24/p...

Great experience attending #BES2025 this week and presenting my poster. Very grateful to see my latest findings featured by @britishecologicalsociety.org. More updates on this work and on our owl project coming in 2026 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #RaptorResearch

To test how noise and light pollution are affecting tawny owls, researchers from the @glasgow.ac.uk fitted GPS trackers with built-in light detectors to 20 owls in both urban and forest landscapes around Glasgow and used remote sound recorders to collect noise data.

Tuve la oportunidad de presentar los primeros resultados de mi PhD sobre modelos para la identificación de aves y los factores que afectan la diversidad aviar en Cali @OrnitologiaCol and also in Edinburgh @britishecologicalsociety.org Stay tune for more information about this research! 🐦‍⬛

Tawny owls normally rely on sound to hunt, but new research being presented today at #BES2025 finds that owls in Glasgow are adapting to noisy roads by using street lights to hunt. www.britishecologicalsociety.org/tawny-owls-a...

This one is finally out! We found that local conspecific density does affect vocal individuality in a non-learning species🦉. For more details, check out our new paper 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ornithology #bioacoustics #prattle

Looking forward to #BES2025 this week! If you're interested in restoration, complexity and ecoacoustics you should definitely check out my talk on Thursday 🌳🌲🌳🐦🐦‍⬛

If you're at #BES2025 and interested in owls and how noise & light pollution affect their foraging behaviour, come to check out my owl poster 🦉💡🚗 #owls #ecology #ornithology #RaptorResearch

Assembling a new batch of #tawnyowl nestboxes for our project! Looking forward to putting them up and welcoming more owls this coming season 🦉 @e-carlon-m3.bsky.social #owls #RaptorResearch #ecology

Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪 The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition! We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys. Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84 #PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging

Calling all early-career ornithologists! The abstract submission for EOU Fledglings 2026 is now open! #ornithology

If you work in this area (road safety, lighting specialists, ecologists) then please join our Knowledge Network (information below)

Johnston et al (2025) Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism 💡🧪🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natclimate.nature.com (H/T @zarahpattison.bsky.social)

Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help! Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡

Avocetta journal is now also on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/avoc... Follow us for news regarding our articles and other ornithological news! 🦜

🚨New paper out Our study reveals how barn owl parents coordinate nightly chick feeding. Females step up when males underperform & pairs that meet more often at the nest share work more equally boosting chick survival🦉 doi.org/10.1016/j.is... @unil.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social #movementecology

Decoding Owl Calls: Refining Occupancy Inference From Passive Acoustic Monitoring | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

First paper from our tawny owl project finally out! Great European-wide collaboration, thanks to all participants who have kindly contributed their data. We found that noise negatively affects occupancy and breeding success, while the effects of light pollution depended on the distance to roads.

Our new European-scale study shows that noise impairs owl occupancy and reproduction. Light pollution also impairs both traits, but its effect on reproduction changes based on road proximity, decreasing closer to roads @dmdominoni.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #RaptorResearch

Our new paper in @ecol-evol.bsky.social shows that noise reduces owl prey detectability and it generates adverse effects already at an early life stage, with potential carry-over effects on adulthood. Paper: doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @dmdominoni.bsky.social #owls #RaptorResearch #ecology #noise

The dark side of bright lights, with reference to some of our #ALAN work here @sciencesncl.bsky.social india.mongabay.com/2025/09/the-...

#EOU2025 You are very welcome to join me during my talk to think about #urbanisation, #migration and #evolution. PS - If the science isn't of your interest, I promise cute pictures of owls... PPS - If you can't attend the talk but are interested in the project, follow us on Insta @migralight

The GTOP is at the EOU Conference at Bangor University showing the current research on how tawny owls cope with anthropogenic environments 🦉💡🔊🛣️ #EOU2025 @eounion.bsky.social #owls #ornithology

Interesting plenary by Davide Dominoni on urban birds and the challenges they face! #EOU2025 #ornithology

The long-term pattern of change in Tawny Owl female characteristics in a local population indicates a rapid shift in body size, but not in body mass | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #RaptorResearch 🪶

Busy days with Tawny Owl chicks around Glasgow! 🦉 On average, Tawny Owls lay 2-3 eggs and incubation lasts 28-30 days. Chicks will then fledge around 35-38 days old. #tawnyowls #strixaluco #ornithology

How did the owl cross the road? Movement patterns and behaviour of a threatened apex predator www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #RaptorResearch 🪶 #ornithology

More Tawnies on eggs in our nestboxes around Glasgow! 🦉 Tawny Owls are forest owls, but they also occur in urban parks. They nest in tree cavities, but they can also readily use nestboxes for this purpose, especially when tree cavities are not available. #GlasgowTawnyOwlProject #tawnyowls

It's spring again and Tawny Owls have started breeding in Glasgow! 🦉 The first adult owls of the season have been captured, ringed and tagged with biologgers, aiming to understand how they cope with roads, light & noise pollution in the urban environment. #GlasgowTawnyOwlProject #tawnyowls