A juvenile wader/shorebird does not travel with its parents, so how does it establish its personal annual migration itinerary? Black-tailed Godwit blog from 12 Sep 2024 🎂 wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/09/12/j... Paper by @tomasgunnarsson.bsky.social et al #ornithology

This month, WaderTales will be ten years old. I'm going to create a thread that highlights some of the research findings that have surprised me. Plenty of "Wow!" & "I didn't know that!" moments. Here's a link to the catalogue of 150 blogs wadertales.wordpress.com/about/ #ornithology

Long-Term Ecological Studies of Seabirds: Some Old Thoughts about Their Value and Some Newer Questions | doi.org/10.1675/063.... | Waterbirds | #ornithology 🪶

Back in Nov-Dec 2023 I joined an expedition to look for Steppe Whimbrel and survey migrant waders. The results are now published and show what a globally important place #Mozambique is for wader conservation… Excellent birding and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline unsurveyed.

50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology

It was a joy to be part this survey work back in Nov-Dec 2023. A very memorable experience… Great the results are now published. Showing that just a small % of #Mozambique ‘s coast is globally significant wader conservation… and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline is essentially unsurveyed.

50,000 waterbirds found in Bazaruto/ San Sebastian show significance of Mozambique's coastal wetlands in the Afr.-Euras'n Flyway lnkd.in/gqchdsyT Tks MBZ Species Cons'n Fund, Afr. Parks, Vil' Coastal Wild. Sanct. Curlew Hse,Tres Sereias & P. Zwanikken/ Oppenheimer Gen'tns Rsch & Cons'n #ornithology

So sorry to learn the news of the passing of Prof. Derek Pomeroy. A huge influence for good throughout his life as an expert ornithologist in Uganda, a mentor and wonderful company too. Go well Derek... #RIPDrPomeroy @NatureUganda

www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/... Very important article about vulture conservation. Well done to EWT and partners for raising this issue #RaptorResearch #AfricanOrnithology #Ornithology

Phalaropes are wonderfully tame. #ornithology

The fall of the UK. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great to find a raft of 14 Short-tailed Shearwaters loafing and feeding around shore fishing nets at Sonadia Island, Bangladesh on Global Big Day. 3rd or 4th record for the country and first not storm-blown. So confident one of them pinched part of my breakfast! #globalbigday

Bird Study is a @btobirds.bsky.social journal and welcomes high-quality papers on #ornithology, especially bird ecology & evidence-based conservation, analysis of distribution/abundance patterns, movements, habitat associations, field methods, ringing & tracking. www.tandfonline.com/journals/tbi...

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The analysis showed a hybrid origin of Nechisar Nightjar - a cross between a female Standard-winged Nightjar and, most likely, a male Freckled Nightjar 😮‍ Amazing story, none of which takes anything from the excellent work and analyses of its finders 3/3 @birdguides.bsky.social #nightjar #nightjars

Described in 1995 on the basis of a single wing of roadkill found in the Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia, in 1990, it has eluded rediscovery. Caprimulgus solala = 'one wing'. Thom sampled the specimen as part of his PhD on Afrotopical Nightjay phylogeny. Pic - Stephen Menzie 2/3

Just uploaded to @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 'Genetic and morphological analysis shows the Nechisar Nightjar is a hybrid' with Thom Shannon and Hein van Grouw www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/3

After decades of mystery, the enigma of the Nechisar Nightjar may finally be solved. Read about the latest discovery in this fascinating saga here: www.aba.org/has-the-nech... Special thanks to Mathieu Wald for sharing the preprint referenced in the article with the author.

Nechisar Nightjar - a long standing mystery solved !

The African Crimson-winged Finch — a splash of rose in Morocco’s rocky highlands. Rare, rugged, and stunning. #birding #Morocco #ornithology 🐦🌄

Not sure exactly how many records of Tree Pipit there are in Bangladesh but seems quite rare, so this was a nice find near the Padma River Bridge near Dhaka last Friday (17 Jan 2025)

The one 'fixed point' in a Whimbrel's year is departure from Africa: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/w... If a bird is delayed on migration or because of a late breeding season, there seems to be time to 'catch up': wadertales.wordpress.com/2022/09/22/a... Research: Camilo Carneiro #ornithology

FAO all those involved in tracking shorebirds. Please see this new Wadertales blog on the value of making these data (provided to us by the birds) available for current and future research: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/m... www.globalwader.org #ornithology

As promised, a shorter video with 3 pointers to making your birding more valuable for the monitoring of rare breeding birds. #birds #ornithology #UKbirding

Urban bird assemblages in India: the role of traffic, greenspaces, and dietary traits in shaping community composition | link.springer.com/ar... | Urban Ecosystems | #ornithology 🪶

Lots of Blyth's Reed Warbler coming through Dhaka in last few days. Hard to find as they skulk in the tree canopy but often given away by often quite loud subsong #ornithology

Black Kite coming in to roost in Dhaka, Bangladesh last night

A fabulous Saturday morning at Nuhash Polli, BD, amongst recently arrived and actively calling Indian Pittas #ornithology

A good Friday afternoon read 📙 on how @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Seabird Tracking Database has changed the face of marine conservation! MPAs, bycatch, policy and more 🕊️📈 #Seabird #SeabirdTracking

Did you know? Museum specimens were used to try to save the Slender-billed Curlew: wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... But how else can we use museums in our studies of birds? Facinating upcoming @ibisjournal.bsky.social conference: bou.org.uk/event/a-day-... #ornithology

Subantarctic Shearwater on the recent Flock to Marion 2025 trip by BirdLife South Africa in support of Mouse Free Marion. Please give generously mousefreemarion.org/donate/. #ornithology

Looking through my Scaly Thrush pics from Bangladesh on the hunt for a White's - nearly...

Looking through my Scaly Thrush pics from Bangladesh on the hunt for a White's - nearly...

Subantarctic Shearwater on the recent Flock to Marion 2025 trip by BirdLife South Africa in support of Mouse Free Marion. Please give generously mousefreemarion.org/donate/. #ornithology

www.facebook.com/share/p/18hP... From another place, but it’s got a a nice photo and BOC is not on here. So a link to a recent paper by @birdsandlife.bsky.social and myself. Direct link: bioone.org/journals/bul... #birds #ornithology

Off on “Flock to Marion Again 2025”. Going to try to post here regularly as we go along. Departing Dhaka this morning - regrettably normal winter morning with terrible air quality…

After much trying finally caught up with an adult male Pied Harrier in Bangladesh - this from last Friday at Padma River Bridge near Dhaka

Nelson's Sparrow, a bird from the northern prairies that travels thousands of kilometers south to the saltmarshes along the Gulf Coast. They are shy, retiring birds that rarely come out from the grass. They run like little mice through the grass.

Not sure exactly how many records of Tree Pipit there are in Bangladesh but seems quite rare, so this was a nice find near the Padma River Bridge near Dhaka last Friday (17 Jan 2025)

Want to know if data shows that policies actually work rather than being a result of a statistical artefact? Excellent, accessible and wise words from the ever brilliant @billsutherland.bsky.social 👇🏽 #TogetherForNature 💚

Black-headed Bunting, imm. male, Padma River Bridge chars, Dhaka, BD, 10 Jan 2025. One of three seen - but no sign of Yellow-breasted Buntings of a few weeks ago. Bonus flock of c150 Mongolian Short-toed Larks

Deadline for these exciting seasonal roles with RSPB is fast approaching! Go, go, go 🏃 #ornithology #seabirds #ukbirding #birdingScotland #BirdingWales

If da Vinci did Barn Owls....

Nice to be back home in Dhaka. Local birding quiet but Yellow-browed Warblers now on winter territories and a bit easier to see therefore #ornithology

mmm fab - love biscuity...

PhD opportunity on individual flight behaviour of petrels in the tropical Indian Ocean! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... (Image: Richard Crossley)

Deadline today!! ⚠️ #seabirds #ornithology

The first movements of a 1st year palearctic-breeding tern in the southern oceans as far as I am aware. Hopefully more info to come on Common and Arctic Terns?

Oiled grebes in the Black Sea, victims of Russia's 'shadow fleet' of dodgy oil tankers. #birding #ornithology