We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing

Bird flu outbreak blamed for death of Brayford Pool swans https://www.europesays.com/uk/697165/ The Lincoln Swan Project is run jointly by Dr Laetitia Marechal from the University of Lincoln and Dr…

The Lincoln Swan Project says it is actively monitoring reports of swan deaths around Lincoln

Happy New Year from the Lincoln Swan Project! Thank you to all our fantastic data collectors who submitted an astounding 918 sightings of individually ringed birds in 2025, giving us fascinating insights. Please carry on submitting your sightings or sign up (link in bio). Big plans for 2026!

Happy New Year from the Cheshire Swan Project! Thank you to everyone who has submitted their sightings through the App - we received an astounding 3,344 sightings of 155 individual swans during 2025! Please carry on submitting your sightings or sign up (link in bio). Big plans for 2026!

Excited to be part of our @wimanet.bsky.social symposium at ICOPA in August! icopa2026.org #ICOPA2026

Well, that was different. Google search for starling, pressed a button looking like two birds in flight and the words took off and started flying around the page... well played, google, well played.

New paper! Congratulations to PhD student Misa Shimizu on her first PhD paper: "Review of Genetic Information of Morphologically Described Haemoproteus Parasites Recorded in GenBank and MalAvi Databases" More data needed from non-passerine birds!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New paper! Congratulations to PhD student Misa Shimizu on her first PhD paper: "Review of Genetic Information of Morphologically Described Haemoproteus Parasites Recorded in GenBank and MalAvi Databases" More data needed from non-passerine birds!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Good grief. 39 pages of email correspondence, dated from March, about CITES import permits. Several assurances that I will have permits to take with me. Then that they will be with border force waiting for me. Now on a train to the airport and they need more information that I cannot get in time.

Unfortunately there is no treatment for affected birds. Some do recover, but sick birds should not be moved due to risk of disease spread. Rescues cannot take any birds with suspected avian influenza. Reporting to help us track and understand the spread of the disease is the best way to help. 🦢

Sadly, the same also goes for Mute Swans, with mortality now reported from both @lincolnswans.bsky.social and @cheshireswans.bsky.social. If you feel comfortable to do so, please do check for rings and report them. This provides invaluable data for wildlife disease research.

Sadly, the same also goes for Mute Swans, with mortality now reported from both @lincolnswans.bsky.social and @cheshireswans.bsky.social. If you feel comfortable to do so, please do check for rings and report them. This provides invaluable data for wildlife disease research.

We're now starting to get reports of dead Whooper Swans with rings. If you find a dead bird & feel comfortable doing so - check for rings using the below @btobirds.bsky.social advice 👇🏻 Collecting information on ringed birds helps better understand the impact on different age groups.

Fully funded PhD opportunity based at @york.ac.uk through the ECOWILD DTP working with a great supervisory team (!) on the impact of multiple stressors on wetland bird health www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 9th Jan 2026

New paper! "Optimizing Lankesterella Detection in Avian Hosts: A Comparative Analysis of Microscopic and Molecular Techniques" published in Integrative Zoology now available online. Well done to PhD student Germán Gutiérrez-Liberato onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

Fully funded PhD opportunity based at @york.ac.uk through the ECOWILD DTP working with a great supervisory team (!) on the impact of multiple stressors on wetland bird health www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 9th Jan 2026

Using historical samples from a long-term population of Bluetits we have shown that there has been an increase in malaria infected birds, from 45% in 1996 to around 90%in late 2020s. This increase in transmission is driven by warmer spring temp during the nestling phase. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

During the second #WIMANET workshop held in Lithuania, we recorded a series of interviews 🎙🎥 to share with people about what our members do 📰🆕 #meetWIMANETmembers

Do you know someone who does outstanding work on avian pop modelling & forecasting? Or who works at interface of avian conservation and decision making given uncertain futures? Submit a keynote nomination for the BOU conference Avian Futures here: bou.org.uk/event/avian-... . Deadline is next week!

Looking forward to this afternoon’s talk from Prof Nico Smit on the importance of parasite conservation #ICPOW2025

Very much looking forward to this!

New paper in #BirdStudy Field plots scattered with a supplementary seed in summer attracted Turtle Doves with only a low risk of Trichomonas exposure. Good evidence helping to ensure safe actions for supporting Turtle Dove recovery. doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology #ukbirding

Wonderful to have all my lovely lab group in the same place for two weeks at the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school and workshop 😊. Last evening exploring Vilnius before flying home tomorrow.

Wonderful to have all my lovely lab group in the same place for two weeks at the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school and workshop 😊. Last evening exploring Vilnius before flying home tomorrow.

From the 25th to the 28th of August we enjoy the second #Workshop of #WIMANET!

Ever heard of parasite conservation and thought "Why on earth would we want to do that 😱"?! Read our new paper to find out... We cover key questions including: Why conserve parasites? How do you conserve parasites? & What parasite conservation is already happening? doi.org/10.1111/cobi... [1/3]

After a morning discussing wildlife malaria communities and an interview with Lithuanian TV (!) at lunchtime, it’s nice to have an afternoon off, exploring Vilnius city and University (and it’s stopped raining 😊)

Great to hear so much about results from @wimanet.bsky.social funded short term scientific missions during this workshop! Next up Alexandra Corduneanu talking about bat haemosporidian-microbiome interactions

Day 2 of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop starts with @olofhellgren.bsky.social giving us some fascinating insights into within-infection genetic diversity

Another proud supervisor moment! Claudio Navarette presenting early results from the first year of his PhD studies on using ecological data to gain insights into morphological and molecular characterisation of Leucocytozoon parasites

Proud supervisor moment! Misa Shimizu presenting her PhD research at the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop, on the challenges of identifying Haemoproteus parasites in vultures

Soon we’ll be starting the second session of the @wimanet.bsky.social workshop at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius. We’ll be considering molecular and morphological characterisation of wildlife malaria!

After a wonderful week, the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school has come to an end. Huge thanks to the local organisers and everyone involved! Next week, the second workshop!

Obligatory lab group photo - I think the first time all four of us have been in the same place at the same time!

Obligatory lab group photo - I think the first time all four of us have been in the same place at the same time!

After a wonderful week, the @wimanet.bsky.social summer school has come to an end. Huge thanks to the local organisers and everyone involved! Next week, the second workshop!

WELCOME TO WIMANET!! 🐦🐒🦎🦟🦠 This COST Action investigates haemosporidian parasites in natural populations, providing opportunities for training, collaboration and knowledge exchange to foster an interdisciplinary approach. You can read more in this thread and here 👇 www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...

Hurrah - WIMANET is now on BlueSky! Follow them! 😃

Some interesting slide images from today’s #WIMANET workshop microscopy - including a new species of Haemoproteus identified in yellow-crowned gonoleks from our #KBO Gambia collaboration!

Looking forward to learning about the morphological identification of haemosporidians this morning after a day of haematology yesterday!

Very much looking forward to being a student for a week and learning about morphological species identification of haemosporidian parasites at the #wildlifemalarianetwork #WIMANET second summer school!

Very much looking forward to being a student for a week and learning about morphological species identification of haemosporidian parasites at the #wildlifemalarianetwork #WIMANET second summer school!

New paper: rdcu.be/eyR0w Great to see this one out, concerning findings but a lot more to understand about the ecology and transmission of AMR bacteria in wild bird populations and at bird feeders #ornithology 🧪

New paper: rdcu.be/eyR0w Great to see this one out, concerning findings but a lot more to understand about the ecology and transmission of AMR bacteria in wild bird populations and at bird feeders #ornithology 🧪

🦠 SAVE THE DATE! 🦜 I'm excited to announce that the theme of the 2027 BOU conference is Avian Disease Ecology! 📍 Nottingham, UK 📅 6–8 April 2027 🔗 Full details: lnkd.in/gPvFFDJe Please share widely! #BOU2027 #Ornithology #WildlifeDisease #AvianDisease #EcoHealth

I passed my DPhil viva on Monday with minor corrections. Thank you to my examiners @jennycdunn.bsky.social and Sonya Clegg of @egioxford.bsky.social , and my supervisors @sheldonbirds.bsky.social and Adrian Smith of @biology.ox.ac.uk, and everyone else who has contributed...1/5

L312 hatched in May 2023 at the Brayford and was then ringed on 02/08/2023. Since leaving the Brayford he hasn't been sighted until today he was sighted with 12 other swans at Middlemarsh Farm! Photo Credit: Lincoln Swan Project Data Collector

The Release of Non-Native Gamebirds Is Associated With Amplified Zoonotic Disease Risk | doi.org/10.1111/ele.... | Ecology Letters | #ornithology 🪶 🧪