Vacancy on BOU Records Committee. Are you up for it? I found it a really interesting and educational experience. Happy to share my experience if you are interested. #RarebirdsUK #UKBirding

Deadline is tomorrow 5PM. Full funding, great bird study system with flexibility for you to pursue the elements you enjoy gets (whether that be #genetics #physiology #ecology or a preference for #fieldwork #labwork). Fab supervisory team & great training/teaching opportunities! #ornithology #phd

One week left to apply for this fully funded PhD studying pied flycatchers in the Peak District at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social in collaboration with @nationaltrust.org.uk A 🐦 project that inc. #genetics #physiology & #conservation #technology to explore bird fitness. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Yesterday was national #reptile day so the pet #snakes enjoyed some 🎃 enrichment! @zachinch92.bsky.social

Did I mention this is fully funded for 3 years starting in 2026? The deadline to apply is 31st October 5pm. Excellent multidisciplinary supervisory team, great balance of fieldwork, lab work & conservation technology - and opportunity to build up bird ringing/monitoring experience #ornithology.

Who doesn't love a baby Black Five? Stanier Mogul 13268 pays its first visit to the East Lancs Railway. Photo at Ewood Bridge this AM. #trains #trainphotography #steamtrain #heritagerailway 🚂

🐦Funded PhD @Bristol for UK-domiciled applicants of Black heritage ✨ How does human pressure impact the stability and longevity of bird populations in the Global South 🌍 Train in R & Bayesian modelling with partners in Tanzania, Kenya, SA, @zslscience.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Thrilled to share my latest open access research publication - Shifting Seasons: Long‐Term Insights Into Climate Change Effects on Bird Phenology From UK Bird Observatory Ringing Data #ornithology #ljmu #impact @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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...

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

I love how our 2yr old doesn't just point at birds and say "birds". He's getting good ID'ing local stuff. He enjoyed wigeon & gadwall (video) on the canal last night. He also (a bit too keenly!) corrected a lady who said "look at the pretty moorhen" - it was a coot 😅 @zachinch92.bsky.social #birding

When there's a storm and the toddler is asleep.... BIRD! 3 Leach's petrel in the bag, RNLI station - Hoylake. @zachinch92.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #birding

RIP Dame Jane Goodall DBE. One of the absolute greats in Zoology, who taught us so much & inspired beyond words. I feel privileged to have met you & thank you for all you have done for conservation, understanding and protecting our wildlife. #janegoodall

Should I stay or should I go: Drivers of Pied flycatcher population performance as a proxy for monitoring wider climate & habitat impacts. Excellent supervisory team @ljmuofficial.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social & collaborator @nationaltrust.org.uk Email me! #PhD advert ➡️ tinyurl.com/yxty6eah

📢 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN... ...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements Application deadline: 30 January 2026 Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...#ornithology 🪶 #ukbirds

A great weekend at the NYMR autumn steam gala. Here is 45428 leaving Grosmont 🚂 #trains #trainphotography #steamtrain #heritagerailway

When @ljmuofficial.bsky.social's official photographer snaps you in action at the @britsciassoc.bsky.social British Science Festival! It was great to see Europe's longest standing science festival hosted in Liverpool & be given a platform to bring #ornithology to the public. @ljmuimpact.bsky.social🌍

Should I stay or should I go?🐦 Fancy a #PhD studying Pied flycatchers in the Peak District to help better understand what drives individual & population performance? Think #habitat #movement #ecology #genetics 🌍 Make use of this nestbox PIT tag study system and join us! Email me #LJMU #NationalTrust

Another year, another #freshers week & getting to know a new bunch of great @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Wildlife Conservation students! Our "draw your lecturer" activity has become a big highlight... my colleague Rob doesn't have an official staff photo but now he has many options! 😅 #ljmu #university

Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies? Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!! Check our new preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Furness Railway No20 approaches Brooksbottom Tunnel during the ELR's Rail 200 weekend 14/09/2025 #trains #trainphotography #steamtrain #heritagerailway #steamrailway #eastlancsrailway

When the toddler falls asleep during #parkrun #PenningtonFlash so you have the rare opportunity to do some birding post-run! Great views of a couple of black terns. Nice chance to recover... #31weeks #pregnancy 🏃‍♀️

This could be a tipping point for decision makers across the UK: we're holding a National Emergency Briefing on the Climate and Nature crisis for national leaders at Westminster Central Hall, and you can help!...🧵

Great to be part of the British Science Festival today that has taken over Liverpool city centre this week - talking all things #ornithology & showing the public many ways we can monitor #birds for #conservation & research at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social (also a chance to big up @bou.org.uk)

I'll be in the Bluecoat Gardens giving a demo for all things #birds monitoring for #ornithology at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #BSF #BritishScienceFestival - hopefully see you on 10th September!

⏰ 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 ➡️ In-person & online ➡️ Visit Tring collections bou.org.uk/event/a-d...#BOUasm25 Keynote 🧵 ⬇️ #ornithology 🪶

Great to have a 2nd @routledgebooks.bsky.social book chapter under my belt (prev freshwater birds, now wetland birds, yet I study passerines 😅) & absolute privilege to write with Dr Ann Hodgson. Definitely feel like I have a place in #ornithology after this year! @ljmuofficial.bsky.social #impact 🌍

⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING Don't miss your chance to submit an abstract for #BOU2026 Birds and people | 31 March - 2 April 2026 | Uni of Nottingham & Zoom Talk, poster & Bluesky abstracts accepted Deadline 1 September bou.org.uk/event/bir...#BOU2026 #ornithology 🪶

"TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing" doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

It's time to join the #Motus wildlife tracking network! @woodcreeper.bsky.social gives an impressive overview of the advancement of Motus tracking & its potential for #ornithology #conservation - we need more stations, want to get involved? @eounion.bsky.social #ecology #migration #EOU2025 motus.org

Excellent keynote from @btobirds.bsky.social Science Director James Pearce-Higgins exploring key mechanisms driving golden plover populations & the need for long-term monitoring if we are to make #conservation decisions in an ever-changing 🌍 @eounion.bsky.social #EOU2025 #ornithology #climatechange

It's the final day of the @eounion.bsky.social conference at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social & Dr Rose Thorogood @helsinkiupress.bsky.social gives great examples of how personal/social cues + signals help us understand and predict bird decision making. Tits, hihis & warblers, all before 10am! #EOU2025

Fantastic excursion to @rspb.bsky.social South Stack to break up the week-long @eounion.bsky.social conference at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. Diving gannets, good numbers of kittiwakes, chorus of chough & raven, peregrines soaring & stonechat for company along the trails. Sunny weather, a bonus!

What a great bunch of birdy folk! @bou.org.uk #BOUatEOU #ornithology #EOU2025

Poster 52 @eounion.bsky.social conference: long-term insights into climate change effects on bird phenology at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social. Controversially we find birds are arriving later in warmer seasons, not earlier! Why could that be? Let's chat! Poster session 5-7pm today. #EOU2025 #ornithology

Excellent talk from @carladreon.bsky.social @vogelwarte.bsky.social in the life history & development #ornithology plenary @eounion.bsky.social evidencing lay date plasticity in alpine swifts with warming temperatures - a heritable adaptation that boosts individual reproductive success. #EOU2025

Good morning from the annual @eounion.bsky.social #ornithology conference - day 2 kicks off with @mylenemariette.bsky.social @deakinuniversity.bsky.social - a fascinating plenary on how zebrafinch "speak" to their eggs to help embryos develop & adapt to challenging environmental conditions #EOU2025

What a venue for a conference! @eounion.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social #EOU2025 #BOUatEOU #ornithology

Afternoon symposium @eounion.bsky.social conference: life histories & development #ornithology Dr Alex Sutton @bangoruniversity.bsky.social makes a strong case to use relative timing (rather than absolute) of reproduction in birds when looking at fitness consequences of adjusting lay date #EOU2025

A much needed topic takes the spotlight for this afternoon's @eounion.bsky.social conference plenary from @anticac.bsky.social - the how's and why of collaborative & robust research. How can we better design, do and share our studies/data with the science community 📊 #EOU2025 @sortee.bsky.social

Morning symposium @eounion.bsky.social conference: linking social & ecological aspects of urban #ornithology Prof Piotr Tryjanowski covers a range of topics from bird feeders to birdwatching & the subtle social role of urban birds. Are experience of the natural world at risk of extinction? #EOU2025

Are you at the #EOU2025 and interested in #OpenScience? Matthieu Paquet and I are hosting this roundtable to chat about the topic with you 😀 @eounion.bsky.social @sortee.bsky.social #ornithology

Prof Will Cresswell @uniofstandrews.bsky.social kicks off the @eounion.bsky.social #ornithology conference today with an excellent plenary on the challenges of migration 🌍 considering both the challenges for the birds, but also for us & #conservation #EOU2025

A special plenary lecture from Prof Tim Birkhead showcasing decades of research on Skomer Island studying guillemots. My favourite lecturer from my undergrad days @sheffielduni.bsky.social who continues to inspire through storytelling & science 🌍 #ornithology #seabirds @eounion.bsky.social #EOU2025

A common theme at the @bou.org.uk Woodland Birds symposium #BOUatEOU is we all work with birds in decline, which can be depressing! But @lesserspotnet.bsky.social boosted morale with great news that lesser spotted woodpeckers are doubling their brood sizes 🎉 A gold standard citizen science project 👊

Today's @bou.org.uk woodland birds symposium was the perfect warm up for the @eounion.bsky.social conference here at @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. I especially enjoyed Gilberto Pasinelli's keynote looking at how seed masts, rodents + predators influence wood warbler fecundity & survival. #BOUatEOU

My first international conference research talk in 10 years - scary! It's hard starting up a study system from scratch with no research group but with strong collaborations, hard work & great study species - there is progress. It was great to share today with @bou.org.uk folk #BOUatEOU #ornithology

1/ Developing conservation policies for declining migrant species amid 🌍 change is challenging. I’m at #BOUatEOU presenting my findings on factors influencing breeding success for the conservation of Pied flycatchers in the Peak District 🐦 #ornithology #ecology #climate #conservationscience

Quest for Small Red-eyed continues but six Red-eyed on the St Helens canal in Sankey Valley this evening

Awesome to be at The Greatest Gathering event in Derby today to celebrate 200 years of the railway. The event was so well organised, with so much to do in a day (16K+ steps & that was just running around after the toddler!) #trains #trainphotography #railway200 #railadvent #flyingscotsman #deltic 🚂🚆